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Monthly Archives: August 2012
RIP: William Windom
Many people in my circles knew him as the obsessive, suicidal Commodore Matthew Decker from Star Trek‘s “The Doomsday Machine.” Windom’s character was special because his “son” appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Commander William Decker who in turn … Continue reading
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It’s Birthday Time!
There’s a delivery driver at our local Austin’s Pizza who has a Jake sticker on his car; I’ve posted it before. While I was waiting to pick up an order he offered me this picture of a birthday cake he … Continue reading
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The Amazing Spider-Man: Worth Seeing
I was originally in the naysayer camp about how it was too soon for the Spider-Man franchise to be rebooted. Rumors/stories abound regarding the contract Sony has with Marvel so there was a cynical element to the complaining; allegedly, Sony can continue … Continue reading
GWD at the Highball, the most exhausting GWD ever
Lately I’ve been teaming up with another team on Sunday nights for Geeks Who Drink (what GWD means if you didn’t know). This nice person named Pablo who works at Waterloo Records invited me. I feel more like a mascot because … Continue reading
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Awesome (to the max)! Early Eighties versions of Star Wars
This cool artist did a mash-up or interpretation of the key Star Wars characters as the Eighties high-school archetypes, maybe a touch of college. I say the early Eighties since half the fashions shown fell out of favor by the … Continue reading
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Cool 44th birthday present #2
My Aggie nephews (because they live in College Station now and their parents are both graduates of Texas A&M) gave me this bitchin’ Justice League lunchbox. Inside were some cool Toy Joy-like trinkets but the lunchbox is the star. The … Continue reading
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Nintendo-Star Trek joke requiring a color printer
Maybe I’m oblivious but there seems to be numerous versions of this Legend of Zelda joke going around. I knew something would eventually push out the Contra button combo to make your character invincible. The original poster at work was … Continue reading
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Happy 100th Birthday Julia Childs
Julia was instrumental to the birth of American public television and expanding our interests in “foreign” cuisine. Somara is the bigger expert on the famous lady. She’s read at least two books about Julia but the greater connection is them … Continue reading
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Fridge/Pizza Shop humor
Stumbled upon this amongst the kid-art gallery at the Braker Lane branch of Austin’s Pizza last weekend. I knew there was a reason besides taste for avoid Papa John’s bread-tangle crap posed as food.
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Cool 44th birthday present #1
My friend/co-worker Ben gave me the stretchy-powere Jake with BMO (“Beemo”). Now my talking Bender won’t have to feign interest in what Henchman #21 is blathering on about. These action figures decorate my cubicle although I prefer Douglas Coupland’s term … Continue reading
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Immortals
This horrendously awful interpretation or (in Hollywoodspeak) re-imagining of Greek mythology, makes the rebooted Clash of the Titans seem intellectual. The story focuses on the Titans being incarcerated in Mount Tartarus by the Gods and there’s only one thing that can … Continue reading
RIP: Joe Kubert
The man synonymous with the DC characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman (Silver Age mostly) passed away yesterday. Although I wasn’t into the comic books Kubert usually drew, he had a very recognizable style. He also had moved into semi-retirement around … Continue reading
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Angel & Jack Duet!
I found the Lowrys’ two shy cats hanging out on Alaire’s digital piano. My guess is they think I can’t see them behind the music stand. The area covering the instrument’s guts must cooler and has a better view than … Continue reading
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My menopausal nightmare!
Somara jokingly used her Pinballz tickets to buy this little gag gift to hilarious results. I couldn’t wear it because I already have a ton of facial hair, the addition of a Gene Shalit cookie broom on my lip would result … Continue reading
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Six hundred miles crossed!
Today I achieved a minor goal in the mileage department, the major one will be Albuquerque which according to my calculations should happen during our upcoming vacation. Now that I’ve regained my daily routine of three miles, I am going … Continue reading
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