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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Rather than give your sweetheart a teddy bear for your next special occasion, why not give her a Cylon teddy bear, the gift that says, “You give me warm and fuzzies which make me want to serve you like a mindless death bot so please, please, please just give me something to kill”…?
Because your sense [...]
Snow-Blowers Are for Wussies: Snow-Melting Fire-Breathing Dragon [Video]
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Nick and Anna B. of Bel Air, Maryland, don’t screw around when it comes to battling the Snowpocalypse. Nick, an engineer, handmade everything on this fire-breathing dragon, “including his fiery red eyes and his ferocious roaring.”
It’s not often a geek can out-badass the neighborhood’s Johnny Power Tool, so cheers to Nick.
Via Gizmodo, who knows [...]
It’s Official: The International Space Station Is a Tie Fighter
Thursday, February 18th, 2010“Sure,” you said. “Sure, the International Space Station looks like a Tie Fighter if you squint real hard and look at it from a distance. But that’s just a coincidence.”
Sure it is, you rube.
Now that astronauts have added the last major component to the International Space Station, including a cupola that looks just [...]
Top Ten: What Would Corey Feldman Twitter?
Monday, August 11th, 2008The closest I had to a celebrity run-in at Comic-Con last month came when a huge dude sporting gold chains, a leopard print muscle shirt, and a name tag marked “Guest of Corey Feldman” asked me for directions on the Con floor “to the Thundercats. You know, Lion-O. Thundercats.”
Ok, first, sir, you’ve met [...]
The Top Five Hot Actresses Roundly Ignored by Fanboys at Comic-Con 2008
Friday, August 1st, 2008I’ve seen it for myself several times, now: sometimes comic book conventions can be gayer than the cast of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy driving Mazda Miatas to a wine and cheese party at Clay Aiken’s house to listen to Liza Minnelli records. Which–if you’ve ever sat through three lame punchlines on Will [...]
Comic-Con 2008 Costume Gallery – Day 1, Part 1
Friday, July 25th, 2008Busy day on the convention floor of Comic-Con International 2008 snapping pictures of costumes and other goodies I’ll post to my Flickr photostream and subsequent posts.
Me: “Hey, could I get your picture?” Girl #1: “Sure, should we, like, hang ourselves on you or something?” Me: “No, standing over there will be just fine.”
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