Monthly Archives: July 2012

Panic attack for July

Sorry if I haven’t posted lately, at least I’ve been more consistent than my favorite fictional burnout from The Onion, Jim Anchower, who is probably ending his 16-year run in prison. I on the other hand have been more fortunate. … Continue reading

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Twopeat of First Place Victories!

After missing out on Geeks Who Drink for several weeks, I participated in two matches and was a member of the winning team…TWICE! My main team (usually called Kappa Kappa Wong) had been out of commission so long, I was … Continue reading

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RIP: Ernest Borgnine

In his memory and honor, the GWD team I temp’d for chose to call ourselves Mermaid Man’s Fan Club since it was the last role Ernest had been doing consistently, pretty amazing for guy in his early nineties! I figured … Continue reading

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Jake spotting, it’s Pizza Time!

This was on the back of a delivery car for our favorite, every occasion pizza…Austin’s Pizza; I love Mangia too but their deep dish is for special occasions. Now that I think about it, how do I know this wasn’t … Continue reading

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Summer of 1982 VIII: TRON

We have hit the official ending for the Summer of 1982 festival but MC Zack did give everybody some hope, the people who own Blade Runner may finally capitulate on allowing Alamo to show the beloved Philip K Dick adaptation. … Continue reading

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: Rental

Another review going into new territory because I can’t whole-heartedly endorse this movie, especially with today’s ridiculous ticket prices. It would’ve been easier if Lincoln were clearly terrible. The mash-up of an alternate history was fine, hell I was looking forward … Continue reading

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Dalek spotted at Apple

The key to their successful conquest of Earth will be how well they blend in, prevent us humans from noticing them. First there was the one I saw hiding in the New York New York casino, disguised as a garbage … Continue reading

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Roxy Music to have a boxed set!

What synchronicity or coincidence or something! While I was writing the first draft, my stream was playing Concrete Blonde’s tribute song to the legendary band “Roxy.” Plus Concrete Blonde had one of the (many) former Roxy drummers in their lineup … Continue reading

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Seven years of ‘blog form

It started out as an experiment/training exercise after I learned that Mac OS X Server 10.4 had a built-in weblog solution. Although blojsom (I think this was its name) wasn’t very elegant, the software became an effective successor to my … Continue reading

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Nada Surf

This is a special two-parter because the nice gentleman from Houston who took the above photo almost forgot to send it, thankfully Nada Surf was on tour this Summer and their Houston appearance (before Austin) reminded him. Hey, better late … Continue reading

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New banner for July in honor of the party

The Summer of 1982 officially concludes this upcoming Friday with TRON. I do plan to watch the original theatrical cut of Blade Runner at home via Blu-Ray, then take in The Wall and Fast Times at Ridgemont High later, the … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Rad!

The Radman of Phoenix celebrates what I think would be number 42. Hey he’s now the Doug Adams answer to everything for the next year. Drop him a line if you know him. I need to get a late card … Continue reading

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Happy Canada Day!

Or as we sing down in the states, “Blame Canada.” According to the Toronto Star, the nation is 145 when I could’ve sworn it’s 199. Why? I always thought our northern neighbors started the process in 1863 during the (American) … Continue reading

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