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I cannot TELL you how flabbergasted I was to see those smug clowns over at Penny Arcade make a comic about a mediocre superpower today. Gabe’s mediocre superpower? A Beta Whisperer. Pfff.

Hmph. On SATURDAY, which clearly and by all laws of known physics occurs BEFORE Monday, Thrax, Perry, Keebler and myself sat around the ICHQ Kitchen Island and discussed, you guessed it, MEDIOCRE SUPERPOWERS.

Thrax’ mediocre superpower was the amazing ability to make chicken taste like anything. He simply touches a piece of chicken and… voila, it tastes like chocolate. Or raspberries. Or Creme Brulee Java Stout.

Perry’s was the “Human Wi-Fi Hotspot”. His feet were Wi-Fi antennae. Nomads in the desert would flock to him and gather round while their wireless devices were finally quenched with the updates they so desperately lacked. 

You get the idea. 

So GABE and TYCHO, WE DID IT FIRST. I think maybe Tycho’s mediocre superpower is to PSYCHICALLY STEAL AMAZING IDEAS from other websites and then render them into comic form with his partner in crime. Perhaps this explains all of their awesome comic ideas over the years. Perhaps their well of inspiration contains dark, nefarious waters…

This weekend, Lincoln Russell did a quiet feature update to Icrontic.com.

Three major new features: Icrontic Blogs, Icrontic Directories, and completely revamped user profiles.

Read, and enjoy!

Why is this Icrontic news, you ask? Because so many of you who have flown to Detroit to hang out with us over the years have flown into the decrepit old Smith Terminal. You know the one - the “brown” terminal. You may have had vending machine-powered Butterfinger cappuchinos there. It’s where we picked up Dan “Shorty” Pass the first time he came over to ICHQ from England. It’s where the most exciting amenity is the Starbucks that closes at 4pm.

Well, bugger all those fancy, high-ticket-price-paying “McNamara Terminal” dandies, with their railcars and world class shopping, because on Wednesday, Metro Airport opens the North Terminal to replace Smith and Barry. While not as big as McNamara, it is indeed quite as fancy, with a “character all its own” as they describe it.

For those flying in to ICHQ for the Expo Icrontic 2009, breathe a sigh of relief, and go ahead and get that cheaper ticket - you’ll be arriving at a shiny, brand new terminal.