Author Archives: Steve

Humorous shirt spotted at Pinballz (May 2019)

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Steve

I like how Sonny Bono is replaced by Bill Macy, Bea Arthur’s co-star from Maude, while the artist maintained the contrast in the singers’ heights (calling Sonny a singer is pretty generous on my part). I think Bea, normally pronounced “BEE” … Continue reading →

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Five hundred days cumulative…finally

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Steve

Too bad this only took me around four years and two Apple Watches to pull this off. Let’s hope getting to 1000 days will happen faster. I’m also curious if any owners who achieved this at some point in 2018 … Continue reading →

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Had to fix this Superman action figure

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Steve

 

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Shazam! (aka Captain Marvel): Worth Seeing

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Steve

Finally another notch in the win column for DC. It accompanies Wonder Woman and not the dreadful Justice League, Batman v. Superman, Man of Steel or the by-the-numbers Aquaman. A less-serious adaptation of their Captain Marvel (known as Shazam by stupid people … Continue reading →

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Chupacabracon VI is over and was great fun!

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Steve

The Austin area’s primary gaming convention coincides at a bad time but I always go with it first because we don’t have anything better nor closer (allegedly HavenCon is trying to turn that around). GenCon is in Indiacrapolis (pass), DragonCon … Continue reading →

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Billvis & Butt-Ted

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Steve

Both duos are low IQ types but Bill & Ted were more endearing since they didn’t use frogs as baseballs or put firecrackers into innocent creatures…and they wouldn’t vote for Donal Trump. However, Beavis & Butt-Head are closer to reality … Continue reading →

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Force Awakens meets Duran Duran

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Steve

My favorite Duran Duran album mashed up with the cool, newer character from the Star Wars saga. The minimal of colors and porcelain skin applied to Rey via the Nagel style works pretty well.

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The Flintstone House!

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Steve

I wonder if the Guardian‘s ears were burning? In light of the recent new LEGO Ideas release of The Flintstone’s house with minifigs of Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty, here’s a story about a lady with a dwelling in the same … Continue reading →

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Moontower 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Steve

Austin’s Eighth Annual Moontower Comedy Festival (aka Moontower 2019) was pretty good this year. For me, it wasn’t as cool as last year when they had the after party at a place the comedians enjoyed hanging out at but I … Continue reading →

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Todd Rundgren, an “Unpredictable Evening with”

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Steve

Here comes yet another concert I attended over six months ago and finally posted about, Todd Rundgren. Even in a city with a somewhat exaggerated reputation for loving popular music, his name elicits either “who?” from most under 40 and … Continue reading →

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First thousand miles for 2019

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Steve

Before I head out to enjoy my three-day weekend of geeking (or is it needing) out at Chupacabracon VI, I achieved 1000 miles on the exercise bike at the gym! A much better result than last year, I think I … Continue reading →

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1999: Spongebob Squarepants debuts

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Steve

D’oh! Wait, that’s not his catchphrase. *Ahem!* BARNACLES! TARTAR SAUCE! Much better. Yesterday was the premiere of what became Nickelodeon’s biggest, most successful cartoon character. One could say, he’s the cable network’s equivalent of their Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny. … Continue reading →

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RIP: Peter Mayhew

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Steve

What makes Peter’s passing even sadder was that he was scheduled as a guest for Austin’s upcoming comic book convention; he had spent his final years living in Texas because he married an American lady. Unlike David Prowse (the other … Continue reading →

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1979: Voyagers arrive at Jupiter

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Steve

Can’t remember what my source was saying that either Voyager 1 or 2 arrived at their first destination around May but one go there in January, the other in July so I’ll just accept May as the compromise, hence this month’s header art! … Continue reading →

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Children of Men: a cautionary tale we’re ignoring

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Steve

I think this movie did pretty poorly at the box office because Dystopian films tend to fail when they’re released between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Can’t even remember why I didn’t see it sooner but it popped up on … Continue reading →

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