Monthly Archives: November 2017

Krysten Ritter

Currently Krysten is best known as Jessica Jones on Netflix (a show I need to restart) but for me she was Jesse’s ill-fated girlfriend Jane on Breaking Bad plus I remember her in Big Eyes. Krysten was stopping through Austin to promote … Continue reading

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The little Bowie fan

The little kids dad humored me with a photo of his little David Bowie fan! It was so cute that a shirt their size existed and then getting a pair of matching Wellies to boot! Only in Austin is this … Continue reading

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I’m Mr. Meseeks! Look at me!

Target of all places had Rick and Morty figures so I had to score everyone’s favorite laborer Mr. Meseeks. This mini one I summoned through the Meseeks Box is present to make sure I left the Pflugerville Public Library on time, … Continue reading

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Thor: Ragnorak: Worth Seeing

I know this movie came out a couple weeks ago and 90 percent of my review was written but I had derailed by life. If you haven’t seen this, check it out. If you have, comment on where you agree … Continue reading

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Bully! It’s Lego President Teddy Roosevelt!

Sunday was our first visit to the Lego Store in weeks; had to get the Women of NASA set! In many ways I missed going, especially when it comes their kiosk for building minifigs! I can’t remember what Somara was … Continue reading

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Let my freak flag fly #2

This artwork by Erol Otus was the cover of my first D&D Basic Set circa 1981. Erol was often someone people really hated because I think he took a more unconventional route. As per this painting: the wizard is a … Continue reading

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My MST3K perks

If you haven’t heard by now, Netflix has renewed MST3K for another season since the Return was a success by their mysterious algorithms. Meanwhile, as a proud Kickstarter backer way back when (I chipped in enough to get the Blu-Rays), I had … Continue reading

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RIP Tommy Keene

Tommy passed away last Wednesday in his sleep despite being in really good health. The papers said he was 59. Wow! He could’ve fooled me since I had the honor of seeing him open for Matthew Sweet (twice) this Summer … Continue reading

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New weight-loss strategy due to hurting knees

Last year, while I was sick, I had enormous problems eating. Like I was going to vomit and at other times, I just wasn’t hungry. After I recovered, food tasted so good and now I’m way overboard. How overboard? My … Continue reading

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The Derrs have left Austin for Amsterdam

One major reason why I’ve been offline, not updating the Picayune, has been my ongoing sadness over losing a nice set of friends to Europe. Well, Jeremy says they won’t be there forever but given that the American electorate (one of … Continue reading

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KMAG hits 14,000 songs!

Woo hoo! Only four years behind the pace I set for expanding the stream’s library or content but still, it’s quite a landmark from the day I started from just 2000 off the top of my head. I know most … Continue reading

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Michelle Wolf

Last weekend I had the honor of briefly meeting while laughing constantly to The Daily Show‘s Michelle Wolf. Besides being a prolific writer, Michelle was incredibly funny, especially when she was covering gender politics and the weirdness of NYC; when Austin … Continue reading

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Welcome November 2017

As I peek out briefly from my Stranger Things 2-hole, I’m halfway through it, NO SPOILERS!!!…I wanted to drop a less depressing post to welcome you all to the home stretch of a crappy year. Well, crappy for the world since the … Continue reading

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Rest in Peace Michael Satran

I had the brief pleasure of meeting Michael this Spring at Austin’s small but growing gaming convention Chupacabra Con. As you can see above this recent photo was taken of him attending, showing off the latest wares from Hero (aka Champions) … Continue reading

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