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Monthly Archives: April 2020
San Antonio (by bike) achieved!
Today, I got across the first threshold of distance on my hybrid bike, San Antonio which is around 80 miles from Austin. I also closed the rings for the ninth time in a row even though I’ve been on my … Continue reading
Hero Forge is now at Beta for color!
I received the e-mail yesterday and couldn’t wait to experiment with the color palettes from my contribution via Kickstarter. Hero Forge was already impressive with their customization to create the mini you want to represent your character. Now you can … Continue reading
1970: The First Earth Day
It was a nice try 50 years ago but then St. Reagan came along to demonize those of us who had the nerve to demand clean air and water. Even to this day, the FBI spies on is the Green … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, History, Science & Technology
Tagged Current Events, Environment, Politics
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A Stupid and Futile Gesture
Netflix made an interesting biography flick about the first decade of National Lampoon and its co-founder Douglas Kenney. How they executed it was most impressive because it was filled with surprises: namely the casting, the story flow and it readily admitted to … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Pandemic Theater, Streaming
Tagged Comedy, Mockumentary, Netflix, Seventies
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Howe…Gordie, Howe
Sometime after the Futurama jerseys arrived, my James Bond jersey arrived within a month. The demo Geeky Jerseys showed for this had three digits on the back, 007 obviously, and it was how I could get my Bender number in hexadecimal. … Continue reading
Threadgill’s is closing for good, more of Austin dies
An element which made Austin…Austin and not another cookie-cutter, ‘burb-filled shithole filled with just Volvo-driving soccer moms (see Indiacrapolis and Raleigh-Durham), is shuttering for good. Threadgill’s has been at its location on Lamar since the days the city proper ended … Continue reading
Trumpkins don’t believe in spelling neither
The GOP war on Education has been paying off as this sign in North Carolina proves.
This is going to be my quarantine flag
In light of the moronavirus breakout Saturday, this will be my counter-terrorism flag to the terrorist symbol I remember seeing even in Illinois and Wisconsin. I need a can of spray paint to cover it up whenever it is found as … Continue reading
Disenchantment characters remade seriously
My friend Steve (or as I refer to him as Stvee) did these “serious takes” on six key characters from my fave Disenchantment as part of a recent art challenge. I threw in some extra money toward his Kickstarter for going … Continue reading
My new bike rack!
The missing piece(s) I needed to have the rack installed from last week arrived yesterday. Mike, the guy who sold everything I bought, put it all together and now I can transport two bikes via my car. Two? Why two? … Continue reading
Austin had a moronavirus outbreak
One horrible downside to Austin is that carnival barker Alex Jones lives here and spouts off his horseshit from his parents’ basement via the Internet. Today he gathered up a few hundred Ammosexuals to protest Science, Reality and not being … Continue reading
A Quiet Place
A Horror movie with a new twist I was willing to investigate. Quiet receiving a sequel wasn’t a surprise though, about half of all new Horror franchises do well enough to get another: Happy Death Day, SAW, Candyman, etc. I think Quiet earned … Continue reading
RIP Brian Dennehy
For a long time, Brian was the original “You know…that guy…he was in…umm, Cocoon and I think Tommy Boy!” actor. I was guilty of forgetting his name too until Cocoon which would’ve been around 1985. What can you say though. Being “forgotten” because you … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, TV
Tagged Action, Celebrity Obituary, Drama, Eighties, Science Fiction, Superheroes
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The Trump ‘Hail Mary’ arrives
I saw it late last night in my checking account after friends told me they received theirs too. Yes, I’m talking about America’s woefully inadequate $1200 to keep its fragile Kapitalism Uber Alles religion alive. Given how much it costs … Continue reading
Bite my red-hot, glowing puck!
These jerseys came in from Geeky Jerseys last Fall and I forgot to photograph them. Shame on me given how much I love Futurama! The people behind the site were awesome to me on a special request you’ll see below. Firstly, … Continue reading