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Poor Sarah has big problems: her mother is persistently annoying, her boyfriend is giving off signals that their relationship is ending and she just doesn’t have any serious friends. Then it gets worse. After coughing up blood for a while, … Continue reading
RIP Carl Weathers
What a pisser! Right before Black History Month and more episodes of The Mandalorian! Carl was a great presence on Twitter too. He didn’t shit talk, always pushed for peace and understanding. I read other obits about him and didn’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Movies
Tagged Action, Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Eighties, Regular Show, Science Fiction, Seventies, Star Wars
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1994 & 1999: Babylon 5 and Crusade
Two parts of a great Sci-Fi show got rolling respectively in 1994 and 1999! They represent 40 percent of this month’s animated Header. Now, I admit we all could argue three ways. Babylon 5 had its pilot attempt back in 1993 … Continue reading
My latest, greatest Kickstarter bundle arrived!
The core rulebook came out last year but it was worth the wait. I thought I chipped in for the Pacific Rim part too yet I don’t care. It’s great to have what I need to run a campaign or whatever. … Continue reading
Posted in D & D
Tagged Action, Cinematic, Fantasy, Horror, Modern Life, Science Fiction
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RIP Keith Giffen & Gary Graham
The first obit I felt like a complete moron about! I missed all the tributes on Twitter for the passing of Keith Giffen last October! He was one of the funniest writers in the Eighties as he revamped Justice League into … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, TV
Tagged Aughts, Celebrity Obituary, DC Comics, Eighties, Science Fiction, Seventies, Star Trek
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Repo Man
First up for my favorite and a movie that influenced me from 1984…the cult fave and cable staple Repo Man! It was produced by Mike Nesmith with unknown Emilio Estevez in the lead alongside Harry Dean Stanton and Tracy Walter. Beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged Dystopia, Eighties, Satire, Science Fiction
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RIP Cindy Morgan
Cindy had the dual role for Gen X nerds! Firstly, she was cast as the slut character in the forever funny Caddyshack. Being that it was released in the early Eighties, that means we got to see her in the “all together” … Continue reading
Something more Italian to celebrate today!
I finally caught up with Austin’s Conversational Italian club! It was at Kick Butt Coffee of all places. They gathered somewhat early (before noon) to have breakfast, converse and to see Lorenzo Vignando (above) perform with his ukulele and promote … Continue reading
Relearned some High School Physics I didn’t learn
Maybe I was out that week in Physics class in 1986. I do remember we spent way too many weeks on vectors, fulcrums and the stuff about lenses was boring. We never got nuclear or atomic stuff but near graduation, … Continue reading
Posted in D & D, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged 2300 AD, Science Fiction, Traveller
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1973: The original Westworld is great but this author is off base
The awesome B movie that spawned an insipid sequel (the goofy Futureworld) and two TV shows (one dumb and the other disappointing after two seasons), debuted around 50 years ago. I saw the trailer before sitting through Fantasia as a … Continue reading
Surrounded by Assholes!
My co-worker/friend Jason ran into these Assholes at the San Diego Comic Convention last weekend!
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Humor, Movies, Pictures
Tagged Comedy, Eighties, Parody, Science Fiction
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The overdue explanation for the June ’23 Header: Finale
Today, I conclude with the last book which I think overlapped into the school year. Even then I was a slow reader! I had numerous distractions over the Summer of 1983, namely the arcade and I did have people to … Continue reading
The overdue explanation for the June ’23 Header: Part Two
Today, I will pick up where I left off with novel number two… The Mercenary by Jerry Pournelle was initially deceptive thanks to its Boris Vallejo cover. Yet it became the novel to aid my understanding of Traveller by teaching … Continue reading
The overdue explanation for the June ’23 Header: Part One
Yikes! June is almost over and I need to explain why this month’s header is three random paperback Sci-Fi novels! Forty years ago, a co-worker gave these to my Dad who then gave them to me. I figure the co-worker … Continue reading
I’d play this video game
Great shirt worn by a nice lady at my nearby HEB! She said Tim himself saw it and loved it at a convention. Let’s see if I can name all 10 movies to choose without looking them up on imdb.com, … Continue reading