Author Archives: Steve

What time is it? Roll (special) 2d12!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Steve

Looking back, the first d12 isn’t all that special! Any d12 would’ve covered the hour segment of the time but I do love the other with the the five-minute increments. They’re huge dice too, about the size of super balls. … Continue reading →

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Italian #39: Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Steve

Although Maria never made any breakthrough or major contribution to math, she was the first European woman to publish a textbook (what they would call a handbook then) which focused on differential and integral calculus. I have little idea what … Continue reading →

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Got two astromechs and a microphone

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Steve

Yet when it comes to Jawas, the only thing you hear is their trademarked “Oo-tini!”

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Italian #38: Giuseppe Piazzi

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Steve

With all the news about Rosetta landing on a comet after 12 years in space, I wanted to kick off with the person who discovered the largest asteroid in our solar system, or maybe it’s a dwarf planet now…Ceres. Back when I … Continue reading →

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A belated kickoff to Italian Heritage month!

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Steve

This year, the banner is courteous of my friend Mark M who recently spent his honeymoon in Italy. It’s a sign for an HVAC company he spotted. Are they relatives? Maybe. The odds of people with our surname being related … Continue reading →

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One of the best Lego Movie jokes on a shirt

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Steve

I know I’m behind on my Brushes week promise but I have a really good excuse. Meanwhile, enjoy a new shirt acquisition I made at WizWorld!

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Danny Trejo

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Steve

Danny Trejo has been the designated badass in numerous movies for the last 20 years, especially when Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino needed him. They must do something special with the camera because as the picture above shows…I’m a couple … Continue reading →

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All Glory to this Shirt!

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Steve
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Sam Jones, my favorite Flash Gordon!

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Steve

Sam Jones is best known for being Flash Gordon in the 1980 movie of the same name. He’s my favorite person to play the role because the Buster Crabbe is silly and the 2007 TV show was just plain awful. … Continue reading →

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Bugs Bunny meets The Doctor

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Steve

Got it just in time for WizWorld. I received a lot of positive inquiries about the shirt too.

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Lee Majors! The kickoff to Brushes week!

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Steve

Another WizWorld Austin has come and gone! This year’s was great too. It finally had a gauntlet of people I wanted to see, meet, have photos with and get autographs of. Then comes the buying of crap but on the … Continue reading →

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Happy 150th birthday HG Wells

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Steve

The guy who gave us four major stories Hollywood keeps remaking via film and TV was born on this day. Many authors are often known for like one, maybe two major novels with the public at large, unless it’s Stephen … Continue reading →

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DC’s Hanna-Barbera offerings redesigned

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Steve

Suffice to say, not everything from DC is annoying reboot of their universe for the umpteenth time *cough! Rebirth**cough! Crisis something* No, someone from the executive caste in the Time Warner empire probably told the DC people to make viable … Continue reading →

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Scientia est bona

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Steve

Another addition to my collection of fake school shirts. I’m not nuts about Animal House.  There’s some pretty funny moments and the sitcom was surprisingly good but I’ve always found the movie to be more Boomer navel gazing over a past … Continue reading →

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Ghostbusters (2016) not even worth renting

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Steve

Let me get this out of the way…I never liked the original Ghostbusters neither. It was a huge letdown from the team that gave the world funnier stuff such as Stripes, Caddyshack, Meatballs, Animal House and to a lesser extent The Blues Brothers. I laughed … Continue reading →

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