Category Archives: Diversions

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RIP: Phyllis Diller

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Steve

Phyllis was an enormous talent who was still hitting her stride when I was a kid. The first time I saw her was on Love American Style (syndicated, I’m not that old). She was playing a version of herself, making … Continue reading →

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RIP: William Windom

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Steve

Many people in my circles knew him as the obsessive, suicidal Commodore Matthew Decker from Star Trek‘s “The Doomsday Machine.” Windom’s character was special because his “son” appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Commander William Decker who in turn … Continue reading →

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GWD at the Highball, the most exhausting GWD ever

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Steve

Lately I’ve been teaming up with another team on Sunday nights for Geeks Who Drink (what GWD means if you didn’t know). This nice person named Pablo who works at Waterloo Records invited me. I feel more like a mascot because … Continue reading →

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Awesome (to the max)! Early Eighties versions of Star Wars

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Steve

This cool artist did a mash-up or interpretation of the key Star Wars characters as the Eighties high-school archetypes, maybe a touch of college. I say the early Eighties since half the fashions shown fell out of favor by the … Continue reading →

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Happy 100th Birthday Julia Childs

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Steve

Julia was instrumental to the birth of American public television and expanding our interests in “foreign” cuisine. Somara is the bigger expert on the famous lady. She’s read at least two books about Julia but the greater connection is them … Continue reading →

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Cool 44th birthday present #1

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Steve

My friend/co-worker Ben gave me the stretchy-powere Jake with BMO (“Beemo”). Now my talking Bender won’t have to feign interest in what Henchman #21 is blathering on about. These action figures decorate my cubicle although I prefer Douglas Coupland’s term … Continue reading →

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Major cartoon geek alert

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Steve

All the diehards probably already know but sometimes the news slips through and I know numerous casual fans with priorities. So without further ado… During the next season of Archer, the slacking super spy will visit the world of Bob’s … Continue reading →

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Bob Hoskins retires

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Steve

Reading the news regarding Bob’s involuntary retirement because he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease was a damned shame. I had been thinking about his body of work recently thanks to seeing The Wall for the Summer of 1982 fest. … Continue reading →

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RIP: Marvin Hamlisch

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Steve

Marvin was often a boring, somewhat self-centered guest on most shows I had seen but he did compose some of the best, memorable tunes, namely my personal fave, “Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me).” Until Duran Duran’s … Continue reading →

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Belated RIP: Sherman Hemsley

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Steve

I’m not sure which is the bigger bummer, the loss of this funny actor or how I found out…through a magazine, not via the instantaneous Internet. Either way, Sherman will be missed even if he was probably retired. As Mr. … Continue reading →

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Mental Floss Eighties theme-song quiz

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Steve

As Summer hits its final leg, the good people at Mental Floss have posted a theme-song quiz. I nailed nine out of 10! See if you can beat me.

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Happy 72nd Birthday Bugs Bunny

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Steve

If the Looney Toons Show is as successful as I hope on Cartoon Network, Bugs might be enjoying a brief resurgence in his popularity. He looks good, more three-dimensional lately. Thanks to digital cel painting, there are no more cel … Continue reading →

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Belated RIP: Tom Davis

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Steve

I’m not a big fan of SNL’s alleged golden age, aka 1975-1980 but I remember Tom’s participation in the “Franken & Davis” sketches. The two were a pretty clever duo through their cameo in Trading Places and they still did … Continue reading →

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Twopeat of First Place Victories!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Steve

After missing out on Geeks Who Drink for several weeks, I participated in two matches and was a member of the winning team…TWICE! My main team (usually called Kappa Kappa Wong) had been out of commission so long, I was … Continue reading →

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RIP: Ernest Borgnine

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Steve

In his memory and honor, the GWD team I temp’d for chose to call ourselves Mermaid Man’s Fan Club since it was the last role Ernest had been doing consistently, pretty amazing for guy in his early nineties! I figured … Continue reading →

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