Author Archives: Steve

Two thousand miles for 2019!

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Steve

Not everything in the soon to be smaller, more resilient Maggi Republic is bad news. Today, I succeeded in passing the 2000-mile in a year mark on the indoor bike as per my spreadsheet tracking all exercise since 2011. Pretty … Continue reading →

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So what’s with the mid-month header change?

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Steve

After 20 years together and 16 years of marriage, Somara has asked to call it quits. Why? A gazillion reasons why on both sides and in some ways I was too cowardly to ask for this as my birthday present … Continue reading →

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Feel the radioactive slapshot of the Isotopes!

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Steve

Thanks again to Geeky Jerseys, my Simpsons-based Springfield Isotopes was customized and made a reality. I think the maker has done it before but this time I was on top of it! The hardest part was picking a name and … Continue reading →

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Another bird collides into my car in one year

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Steve

I have no idea why it happened either time. Maybe birds have a thing against the Prius. Maybe birds have a thing against me. No, Tippi Hedren wasn’t my passenger. Yet again another made a kamikaze-like dive into my car. … Continue reading →

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RIP: Kip Addotta

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Steve

Kip was only a household name to fans of Dr. Demento and maybe anyone who caught the syndicated show Make Me Laugh. He first came to my attention while living in Indiacrapolis when the rock station responsible for not-funny Bob & Tom … Continue reading →

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Dental Work #3 & #4: New fillings

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Steve

The progress on repairing/rebuilding my teeth had to take a pause due to scheduling with the dentists and I forgot to mention the right side getting fillings while I was patching the “time holes” in the site. Today though was … Continue reading →

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Harley’s first set of mpg stats are in

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Steve

With the iPhone app Road Trip always takes the second fill up to be of any use when you buy a new car because I can’t remember why it doesn’t calculate the dealer’s gratis tank, doesn’t matter, the car’s computer … Continue reading →

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A like-minded fan!

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Steve

Only diehards know why six is the magic number with INXS. Anyone besides me and the car’s owner in the loop?

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Booksmart: Worth seeing, actually funny

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Steve

Two quick things about Booksmart, put aside the nonsense plug saying from the people behind the unfunny movies Superbad  or Sausage Party, this is actually good, clever and humorous. The other was how Olivia Wilde is a better director than actress. Admittedly, the … Continue reading →

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Belated birthday gift on display! Weird Al in 3-D!

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Steve

Weird Al brought this old shirt back into production thanks to Stranger Things 3‘s Dustin wearing it. Quick aside, NO SPOILERS, I’m rewatching the whole show from the beginning and I don’t want to know what happened this season yet! Kristin … Continue reading →

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LEGO Bill Lumbergh of Office Space

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Steve

So it’s not “to the letter” accurate because the torso isn’t a two-tone shirt but the suspenders, coffee cup and glasses are the key to making Lumbergh. Normally LEGO doesn’t make such a torso, I scored it from a minifig … Continue reading →

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Matt sporting a Japanese lawyer game

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Steve

Another gift scored from the Classic Gaming Expo in late July. I often noticed how Matt would use the character on the shirt as his avatar in electronic forums because I recognized it from a weird game the Wii offered. … Continue reading →

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Blast from TSR and my Sci-Fi past

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Steve

A couple Chupacabracons ago, I scored a used copy of Knight Hawks which was the disappointing starship rules addition to Star Frontiers, TSR’s pretty weak attempt to break into Sci-Fi, again. The first two were Metamorphosis Alpha (trying to transform Expedition to the Barrier Peaks into … Continue reading →

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Brick Fiesta Austin 2019! Part Two

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Steve

Return of the Xenomorph Attack!

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RIP Ernie Colón

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Steve

Another great guy who worked in Comic Books passed away last week. I never gave his heritage any thought because he went by the Anglo version of Ernesto, ergo, he was an American like Jack “The King” Kirby (Jewish) or … Continue reading →

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