The Rise and Fall of Balloon Boy and The Bunnies From Dementia Five(or, more NaNo Preview Stuff!)

I was going to comment on the now-revealed hoax of Balloon Boy, some poor child of an attention-seeking family from Colorado, but have now decided they deserve as much attention as the boil on my right ass cheek: not really bothering me yet, but may have to lance it and get on with life.

Anyways, in an attempt to flush out/develop my characters in the upcoming opus Willowbend Tales, a couple thoughts crossed my mind:

• Do character vignettes ala Rocket Robin Hood (As seen here, here, and here.). Sadly, I lack time and resources to do something like this.
• Something in the vein of Apple's smarmy "Mac vs. PC" ads, which inspired YouTube sensation "Marvel vs. DC" (example: Wolverine vs. Dr. Manhattan) Sadly, my action figure collection is not so diverse and would run into problems doing the female characters. (Not ALL of them can be Kate from Lost and Martha Jones from Doctor Who!). So yeah..
  
• But then I realized I'm a writer dammit! Written words are used to create images. If you can't do that as a writer, well, you're kinda screwed... ;)

So yeah, coming within 24-48 hours: Apocalypse Wow! vs Willowbend Tales: Either One Writer's Own Entertaining Way To Develop New Characters And Refresh Old Ones, or the Biggest Ill-Advised Match-Up Since Mike Tyson vs. Secretariat. Stay tuned...

P.S. There is an easter egg in this post's title of something that will appear in the story when it begins. What will it be? Only one way to find out... ;)