Monthly Archives: June 2015

Why asparagus jokes are funny!

It was always a great punchline on Larry Sanders.

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Star Wars: Rebels proves Disney fare is not weak

June 20 was the Season Two premiere for Disney’s first outing with Star Wars as an animated show. The kickoff was decent but nothing terribly revealing other than Darth Vader appearing and giving the two low-end Jedi Knights a serious ass kicking. … Continue reading

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Lego Superheroes joke

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A little D&D humor

Sadly, I have played with people like the above but their PC got it on with a elven princess or some other kind of “hot” girl.

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Gossamer is my co-pilot

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RPG Day 2015

The final and least-known Geek High Holiday has come and gone. This celebration is only seven years old but when you don’t have Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day plugging it, you can how easily it can be forgotten. I don’t … Continue reading

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1865: The First Juneteenth Day

This lesser-known celebration and anniversary has been gaining traction. I only heard about when I moved to Austin 20 years ago since it was mostly a Texas thing. Small wonder since this state was mostly eliminated from the Civil War … Continue reading

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ESPN should be worried alongside other lame-ass channels

Somara and I ditched Dish years ago after our second run with them. Compared to what jerks TWC had been to us in the last apartment, it was a bummer but not after paying what I considered a ridiculous amount … Continue reading

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Just say no…in a galaxy far, far away

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Jurassic World: Rental at Best

The short version? If you’ve seen Jurassic Park, you’ve seen this. Amoral Scientist? Check. Well-meaning billionaire founder? Check. Villain looking to make a profit on the dinosaurs despite the dangers? Check. Child dinosaur expert? Check. Humans armed to the gills with … Continue reading

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How to know your baby was born in Austin

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New “surfer” Chucks

They seemed to resemble the pattern on a station wagon, surfboard or the long-legged shorts you’d see on the beach.

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Look at me! I’m Mr. Meseeks!

Only about six weeks to go before we see the next season covering the misadventures of Rick and Morty. Meanwhile, sporting this shirt based upon the Obey Andre the Giant logo/meme you may seen around is a very nice person … Continue reading

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1990: Marquette graduation, the Marcotte version

Last month was the 25th anniversary of the Class of 1990’s graduation. No more games of three-man, no more papers and no more dorm-food dinners! Time to face the real world which in 1990 was during the Reagan-Bush Recession, the … Continue reading

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1215: Magna Carta is signed

This very old document from English history is greatly exaggerated in what it actually established but I do think it put the Western Empire on the right track for what would follow: legislatures, habeas corpus, written constitutions, bills/charters of rights and numerous other … Continue reading

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