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Celebrating the move and return, the 500 comments contest
I don’t miss the spammers flooding my site with their worthless “comments” for Ugg boots, pyramid schemes and celebration gossip but I did miss the opportunity of receiving a peep from a friend on a story. So to celebrate, I’m … Continue reading
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Why not Lego Zoidberg?
It’s fun what you can do with Adobe Photoshop!
Cat Castle
What an awesome solution and a what dedication these homeowners have! I wish I had their means to keep the cat litter smell at bay.
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Notice anything? No? Good!
Maggi Picayune has moved! From the Mac Mini in my living room to a real hosting solution which should have a much, much, more reliable uptime level than what the Mini had been doing for the last couple years. I wish … Continue reading
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Midge Ure
After KUT/KUTX took over the Cactus Cafe, international touring acts disappeared from the line up for a while. Thankfully they wised up and brought them back with my second show in a year (the previous being Justin Currie). I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, Eighties, New Wave, Seventies
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Into The Woods Rental
My short review is…Into the Woods? More like Into the Exposition! Not Sondheim’s best musical given how every other song sounded like a recap of the plot. For those not familiar with the original Broadway show from the late Eighties (me … Continue reading
Sixteen years later…
On this evening, I had a dinner meeting with some lady I met via Match.com but it was the trial version. We had conversed over the phone at least once. Now I was going to the Chili’s near Apple’s old … Continue reading
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Happy birthday Mark B
I rarely see the guy anymore because he’s busy working for the Dark Side (the DA of Williamson County, aka North Reaganstan to us in Austin) and probably still cleaning up the mess left behind by the scummy predecessor who I … Continue reading
Alas, poor Lego Yorick!
An awesome find I made at the “used” Lego store up in Round Rock. They sell minifigs in see-thru bags at varying prices and some blind from past series.
Star Wars #1 is alright so far but nothing groundbreaking…
…except Marvel trying harder than they did from 1977-86. I think that despite Disney handing them the title on a silver platter, Marvel’s work will be better thanks to Dark Horse raising the standard after their 21-year run. I bought … Continue reading
Presenting Susu’s construction (loot given out part three)
These cool Legos should help everyone in Minneapolis get through the long periods of darkness and cold.
Star Wars returns to Marvel Comics
To celebrate, Nick of Rogues Gallery put together an additional diorama from his action-figure collection to show that the characters share our enthusiasm.
Check out my Master Builder skills!
Those troopers I made for nephews are having their transportation to Qatar arrangements negotiated, say a personal courier. I wish it were me, I’ve never set foot on another continent, let alone an island off of North America. Meanwhile, I … Continue reading
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Big Eyes Worth Seeing
The good news is the Tim Burton who makes the movies I like without regret years later showed up to make this adaptation from the same duo responsible for Ed Wood. Any bad news? Nothing too serious other than I’m rather … Continue reading
Playmobil figures substituting for people in paintings
Click here to check out this artist’s work. I only recognized about half the pieces he did because I consider Basquiat’s stuff to be unimpressive. I also find it funny that the adaptations are done by a French guy due to … Continue reading