Yearly Archives: 2018

RIP Steve Hillenburg

It’s a shame he passed away at a relatively early age but his main creation, Spongebob Squarepants, have given children and adults alike joy. Before Spongebob, Steve got his start with Nickelodeon’s second wave of original cartoons through Rocko’s Modern Life. … Continue reading

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RIP William Goldman

William’s name may only come up easily for film buffs but to the rest of us, he’s the author behind the novel and screenplay The Princess Bride. The movie tanked when it was released 31 years ago but thanks to the … Continue reading

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RIP Stan Lee

I would be super negligent if I didn’t write about Stan “The Man” Lee. He was a huge part of my childhood. Every day in Macomb, IL, rushing home to catch the Spider-Man cartoon on channel 44 (Chicago) and if I … Continue reading

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RIP Joachim Rönneberg

This incredibly brave man passed away back in October and what he achieved should be celebrated by both the US and Russia. During WWII, Rönneberg led his Norwegian freedom fighters to destroy a Nazi heavy water facility. Without this rare … Continue reading

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Finally, something new after several weeks

The last thing I posted was Somara’s return from her vacation abroad (Netherlands, Qatar). Besides candy, pictures and memories, she brought back bronchitis thanks to a discourteous traveller on the flight to London, not from, to. Thus, her trip was … Continue reading

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Somara is home! Hooray!

The only bad news is that she has a cold, nursing it since Amsterdam. First stop on our way home Friday evening wasn’t dinner (even if Somara was well, too tired to eat) but HEB for NyQuil®, tissues and chicken-noodle … Continue reading

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New shirt from WizWorld #5: Seventies parody

Lucy Van Pelt would be proud!

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RIP Will Vinton

His name may ring a bell at first but let me fill you in on why. Will is the guy who “invented” Claymation, aka Animation via clay. He wasn’t necessarily the first person to use stop-motion techniques with clay-based objects, … Continue reading

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Lost 80s Live

This festival tour slash concert was one of the holdups on getting off my duff to get cranking on my site with new stories. It was a concert Somara, Ayako and I went to see for the heck of it. … Continue reading

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Down but not out or alone

The first culprit on why the site was “dark” for another week can be blamed on the flu. Although I got a flu shot last Friday, I did ask the nurse, I’ve gotten sick despite being inoculated. The response was, … Continue reading

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1918: The Great War ends

Today, at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, what was the bloodiest and nastiest conflict in known history came to a stop; WWI is the first war in which over 50 percent of … Continue reading

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New shirt from WizWorld #4: The Hormone Monster!

Big Mouth‘s imaginary advisor to Nick and Andrew is one of the funniest thing Nick Kroll has actually done, I often find his other stuff a bit weak. Either way, it’s great to have this character which is part satyr … Continue reading

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RIP Paul Allen

Paul wasn’t as famous as Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer being the number three guy at Microsoft but he will always remain essential to the history of personal computing. He was also pretty savvy too. Paul left Microsoft in 1982 … Continue reading

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RIP Geoff Emerick

Another late obituary I wanted to post because Geoff was an instrumental man in the evolution of Pop/Rock music. He may be most famous for being the engineer at Abbey Road during the Beatles’ run of albums but to me … Continue reading

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The Predator: Streaming…at best

Everyone’s big-game-hunting alien(s) return in the latest installment of the Predator saga. What’s new this time? Not very much other than their race can be over ten-feet tall. Shane Black takes a shot at directing and in my opinion he came … Continue reading

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