Category Archives: Diversions

My childhood during the Seventies and early Eighties wouldn’t be the same with this duo on TV and in some movies. Jack was immortalized as the sitcom version of Oscar on The Odd Couple. He had the right level of … Continue reading →

This head-scratcher from Mental Floss has a time limit of five minutes. I only nailed a dozen because size seemed to matter. I’m sure someone will do better than me but let me give you a few hints. Spanish counts Hyphenated … Continue reading →

One of my non-autograph, non-picture and non-apparel acquisitions from the recent convention. After Bender, Calculon is my next favorite robot on the show because he is such a gullible ham. Due to his age and being the original werecar from the … Continue reading →

An interesting musing from the crew at io9.com but too many entries put to the vote. It is the author’s article so she should’ve weeded out the weaker and more obscure choices (Judge Dredd, old comic books and kid shows). … Continue reading →

Michael O’Hare passed on September 28. He was best known as Commander Sinclair on Babylon 5 and spoiler alert, Valenn. This was revealed over a decade ago, it’s not really a spoiler. O’Hare didn’t do much TV from what I … Continue reading →

Most people my age recognize him as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, the poor boss of Inspector Clouseau from the original and far superior Pink Panther movies. As a kid, his insane antics were on par with Peter Sellers, probably due to … Continue reading →

…and one that I missed, I should’ve nailed because I’m a huge fan of the show, still. See how well you do by checking the link here. I’m betting Jose can beat my score due to his time with Channel … Continue reading →

Somebody from the Onion’s AV Club turned in the essential 10 episodes of Star Trek; it’s just Star Trek, not TOS, most people know the difference between the Sixties show and what followed. I have the same gripe regarding Star … Continue reading →

Once in a while there are some pretty cool Google deals that don’t involve a local restaurant, Waterloo Records or Pinballz. I couldn’t resist $30 toward Mimoco thumb drives…especially when they have licensed Adventure Time characters! Somara got a Sanrio … Continue reading →

The voice behind Muppets Robin (Kermit’s nephew), the Count, Floyd of the Electric Mayhem, Crazy Harry, Dr. Strangepork and Marjory the Trashheap, passed away. I feel the Onion‘s piece covered Jerry’s career and purpose pretty well.

Some rather realistic, creepy versions of the Futurama aliens courtesy of io9 or was it badastronomy? The fact they were made through CG is pretty cool.