Yearly Archives: 2016

Rest in peace Miette

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Steve

We knew the end was coming for Miette ever since her thyroid destroyed what little body mass she had. Poor thing ended her life the way I met her, always hungry. I also thought I would have at least a … Continue reading →

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All Hail King Julien is a pleasant surprise on Netflix

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Steve

Netflix’s animation offerings outside of Bojack Horseman, which isn’t for children, have been rather disappointing until this offshoot of Madagascar started last year. King Julien stole both the movie and the Penguins show with his devil-may-care attitude mixed with equal parts of … Continue reading →

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Doctor Strange: Worth Seeing

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Steve

Marvel did it again with their recycled origin story! Hero is a jerk/no-goodnik, hero has humiliating experience, hero goes through the process of learning new powers and hero gets skilled enough to defeat the villain. Could be a synopsis of Iron … Continue reading →

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RIP Sharon Jones

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Steve

A darned shame too. I thought she was in better health after the first bout with cancer and there was a new album out. I came across her material with the Dap Kings during my days doing volunteer shows via … Continue reading →

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Three offbeat comics to check out

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Steve

They’re back for the fourth time and are now part of what’s called the Hasbroverse alongside the Transformers, ROM the Spaceknight, GI Joe and MASK. What I’d give to read the original Marvel run of about five years. Micronauts was a rarity … Continue reading →

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It’s gonna’ be another shitty four years

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Steve

I often try to keep politics off my site but…Jeez Louise, the American people never cease to amaze me in their stupidity. We’ve endured a B-movie star who almost started a couple nuclear wars, then a sociopathic fratboy who did … Continue reading →

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Matt Smith

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Steve

The big guest of this year’s WizWorld, the Eleventh Doctor! Missed out on him two years ago when he had to bail. Since you’re allowed two people in the photo, I let my friend Ayako’s son Eddie join us! Turns … Continue reading →

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A tale of two genetic tests

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Steve

The results are in! And they’re kind of muddy. Hell, they don’t quite agree which makes me wonder what each company’s criteria are for an ethnic group, especially when they lump at least two very distinctive peoples into something as amorphous … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Steve

Another book I managed to read before the movie is released in…2018. Yeah, I definitely got a better head start unlike The Martian. Spielberg is directing so the film adaptation may be fantastic like Jurassic Park or a humongous dud like this Summer’s The BFG. … Continue reading →

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November finally

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Steve

Well the ‘finally’ is my bit covering the header in the spirit of Star Trek. The second incarnation of Voyager when they ditched Kes and replaced her with a former Borg. I had stopped watching the show by then but thought it … Continue reading →

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Italian #44: Christopher Lee

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Steve

What? The consummate Englishman from all those Hammer Horror movies? Saruman the White? Count Dokku? Scaramanga? Yes, the towering actor was half Italian. His mother was Countess Estelle Marie Carandini di Sarzano, an Italian citizen who married an English army officer. … Continue reading →

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: Rental

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Steve

Another instance of the good Tim Burton directing this ho-hum movie about peculiar (weird) children; more like a Victorian X-Men that doesn’t fight other mutants. I can’t help feeling Peregrine is a poor attempt at competing with the Harry Potter franchise. The whole premise … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Shada

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Steve

Almost done with all the celebrities I saw at this year’s WizWorld. Jeremy was a last-minute addition to the show. As you can see from the poster, he’s the voice of Adventure Time‘s Finn, the program’s main hero. I stupidly didn’t … Continue reading →

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An evening with Bryan Cranston

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Steve

My first outdoor rolling roadshow for Alamo Drafthouse and they couldn’t have gone with a better choice. Getting his book signed would’ve been nice but I have a feeling Bryan is high demand in Hollywood thanks to Breaking Bad. I’m hoping … Continue reading →

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We seem to have it easy with just four cats

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Steve
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