Author Archives: Steve

Doubled the distance!

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve

Last year, I ran about 250 miles on the treadmill, putting me past Jose and Nancy’s house in the Dallas suburbs. Over the weekend, I have completed over 500 miles on various treadmills this year! This would put me within … Continue reading →

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New October-November gains and Con hits

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve

My next installment from Austin’s 2012 Comic Convention is shirts. Here, Nerd/Geek Culture has this nailed. Hey, I like pro sports to a point and in many circles, namely Texas, hockey doesn’t often count…until Dallas wins the Stanley Cup again … Continue reading →

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Nerd do Well by Simon Pegg

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Steve

Finally! Another book completed on my iPad, something I totally failed to do during our recent vacation to Las Vegas. Plus I’ve been slogging through Nerd for about a year. This doesn’t mean it’s a hard read, far from it. … Continue reading →

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Happy Belated 20th Birthday Cartoon Network

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Steve

I can’t wish the same for the slightly older SyFy (former SciFi) network but I did have the great fortune of living in a market which subscribed to both at their launches. Dennis Miller, when he used to be funny, … Continue reading →

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Happy 55th Birthday Adam Ant

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Steve

Prince Charming has much to celebrate this year. I think his US tour went well. OK, Vegas was packed, I have no idea about Austin. I haven’t found one person who went yet Adam is due in light of all … Continue reading →

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Regular Green Show

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Steve

I had this piece commissioned by Austin Rogers of Redbeard Comics. He did an excellent job, well he really exceeded my expectations because I was just planning on him drawing Mordecai and Rigby saying one of their catchphrases. Making them Green … Continue reading →

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Recuperation mostly done! Catching up news

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Steve

It was a nice but mixed couple nights off. Any plans for Halloween got squashed by Molly’s death (the after effects of this are fading away) and Somara’s sudden surgery which is underway today. Don’t panic, it’s nothing serious. I … Continue reading →

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Look! It’s Calculon from All My Circuits!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Steve

One of my non-autograph, non-picture and non-apparel acquisitions from the recent convention. After Bender, Calculon is my next favorite robot on the show because he is such a gullible ham. Due to his age and being the original werecar from the … Continue reading →

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Norman Reedus

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Steve

Here’s a quick snippet of many, many cool things to appear on Picayune from our attendance at Austin’s comic-book convention, aka the Wizardworld circuit. As you see, this gentleman is currently famous for his role as Daryl on AMC’s hit … Continue reading →

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Maggi Picayune is recuperating for a bit

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Steve

I’m hoping that taking the rest of Sunday night off from everything, similarly to what I ended up doing for most of Friday…on my first paid shutdown day, argh!…will result help my recover from what was an incredibly awesome weekend. … Continue reading →

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My nephews’ Halloween costume

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Steve

The oldest nephew Hunter found a way to re-use his walker (which he doesn’t need anymore) from his recent knee operation. I can’t get Cannon to go…squirrel!

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Seems there was a little more left in the tank

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Steve

Last I lamented about how the annual comic book from Bongo had seemed to run its course. There really wasn’t much else to parody and this was started to redo premises/stories the TV show had covered a decade ago. This … Continue reading →

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Thomas Dolby 2012!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Steve

Thankfully Thomas Dolby returned to Austin after performing at SXSW this Spring, it says I live in a very awesome city. Well I feel it does because I know Milwaukee wouldn’t be worth another attempt. Last time I saw Thomas was … Continue reading →

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Robot & Frank: Worth Seeing

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Steve

Low-key SciFi seems to be the “in” thing lately but unlike Looper, Robot & Frank is a more light-hearted story set in the near future. It’s always great to see a movie made for adults too. What I reveal here … Continue reading →

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Italian #19: Albert “Cubby” Broccoli

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Steve

I’m glad I didn’t cover this world famous movie producer last year because 2012 is the 50th anniversary of Dr. No, the first Bond film he co-helmed and what would be the template for the franchise. There had been attempts … Continue reading →

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