tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60318856683050976352012-02-16T04:47:41.820-06:00You know what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like this....Igotnothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374432873287181839noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031885668305097635.post-84241970476887463252011-10-18T21:50:00.000-05:002011-10-18T21:54:24.495-05:00

Well I’ve been on hiatus from the blog for over eight months. Wow! Eight months! I can’t believe I haven’t updated in so long. I know although I don’t get many responses on the blog there are a few people that are following it and have asked me what is going on. The simple answer is, nothing really, I was just so caught up in different stuff I just didn’t make time to post. Well I’m starting up

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This week, Megazords! Megazords are enormous robots which fight evil that are made of smaller robots or zords. The term zords was made up for the live action show “Power Rangers”. ”Power Rangers” was definitely a show that was on long after I was watching kids shows but who didn’t know who they were. If there was a preteen boy or girl for that matter in the house you probably heard their theme; ‘

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So the update to ALF Friday is late because I didn’t have access to a computer for a couple of days. So without further ado I give you this week’s subject; Voltron, Defender of the Universe. Well ok I could have just said ‘Voltron’ but I really like saying the ‘Defender of the Universe’ part. Voltron the Anime first began running here in the US in 1984. Voltron was the story of a group of

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What the hell was I talking about?!?!?!?!? I said my starting weight was 230 lbs. Correction that would be 238 lbs. Thanks to my buddy Joe who wished me good luck on the diet. Made me come back and look at my post for a minute. I would have been behind from the start. Numbers are hard.

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Well I'm going on a diet. I lost over 40 lbs back in 2009 and kept it off for quite awhile. Over the period of 2010, especially with the holidays at the end of the year I gained back about 10 lbs. So I'm starting off with a weight of 230 lbs. Goal weight will be 200 lbs even. Shooting for that by the time I go to Gen Con which will be August 4th. That gives me just a little bit less that 7

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This Friday I bring you Astro Boy. Astro boy started out as a Japanese comic book or as it is referred to Manga. It was later made into an animated cartoon or as that is referred to now as Anime. In face Astro Boy was the first Anime and set the styles, looks and groundwork for how future Anime would look. The comics were first published in 1952 and the cartoon first aired in 1963 in Japan. The

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This week it’s Frankenstein Junior. Frankenstein Junior came out in 1966 and was another of the massive amount of cartoons put out by Hanna Barbera. Much like the ‘Flintstones’ resembled the popular ‘Honeymooners’, Frankenstein Junior resembled Gigantor, which I wrote about last week. Hanna Barbera was kind of known for taking something that was a good/popular show and capitalizing on it with

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This week; Gigantor the Space Age Robot! Gigantor was one of the first Japanese Anime’s broadcast here in the United States. Along with Gigantor there was Astro Boy and Speed Racer. I never watched Astro Boy, for that matter I don’t even remember it being on but I did watch Gigantor and Speed Racer. Gigantor was a giant robot over 50ft tall that was controlled by a young boy named Little Jimmy

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Brazilian barbeque steak houses or Churrascarias have been around in the United States since the late 1990’s. I had heard of them but had never gone to one, which is strange considering how much I love meat, barbeque and eating in general. That has all changed. I recently went to Texas de Brazil which is a chain that first opened in Addison Texas in 1998. They now have locations in Texas,

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Well I wanted to get this up last Friday, December 31 but I downloaded a virus and was not able to get online for a couple of days. I won’t go into the particulars about the virus as I want to get on with my posting. With that being said, here is the second installment of ALF Friday. This week in keeping with the cartoon and Hanna Barbera theme I give you Dynomutt! Dynomutt was the loyal

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So I tried the Walken thing for awhile, now I want to start another series. This one I’m calling artificial-life-form Fridays. I’ll be taking a look at any and all androids, robots or cyborgs I can think of. They can come from movies, television shows, cartoons, comics, books or just about anywhere else. I’ll do a different one every Friday. That should keep me busy for awhile. I’ll start off

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Ah Gen Con. The convention that gamers wait all year for. In this case, Gen Con Indy, which took place from August 5th through August 8th. The members of my gaming group, The Evil Fleet have attended the past 13 Gen Cons in a row. We stay the entire length of the convention taking in things that only gamers and ‘geeks’ could love. We also run a bunch of events under our name for other players to

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Have you ever had a chance to re-live part of your childhood? Or at least re-visit your teenage years? Well I got a chance not too long ago. On a humid July 23rd, 2010 I went to Ridgefest, which is a summer festival put on in Chicago Ridge. Joan Jett was playing at the fest on the main stage there. Am I talking about the Joan Jett who first became known to most through her cover of ‘I Love Rock

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Well once again I’ve been on hiatus. New posts on the way. Time to get back into the grove. I've got lots of things I want to add here so I'm really going to try and stay on top of it. If you've been reading here (you few lonely souls) I'll be adding new stuff very shortly. Stay tuned!.................

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I wasn't sure if I wanted to post this or not. But we all handle pain in our own ways and for me, putting it here helps. Macy Bella Ganz, a wonderfully tough and beautiful little girl lost her battle with cancer this past Friday 8/6. The news was devastating for many, myself included. I mentioned Macy back quite awhile ago when she was first showing signs of winning the battle. Michelle, her

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I recently had a chance to go to a little restaurant I had never been to before by the name of Kuma’s Korner. Kuma’s is a gourmet burger restaurant with a heavy metal theme. I first heard about it from a friend of mine who said they had great burgers and was a lot of fun. I figured what the hell, I like burgers, let’s do it! Kuma’s Korner is located at 2900 West Belmont Ave. right on the

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Here's something I wrote not to long ago. Of course like most of what I write it's horror. I went dark on this one so you might get creeped out before the end. But read it to the end before you write me off as a nutjob. Hunter Rain slick pavement glistened in his head lights as he made a pass for the third time around the bus terminal. It wasn’t the breeding ground of scum like it used to be

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So last Saturday June 26th I went to Cyphan. It’s a new small Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. I’ve hit a few conventions in this past year and have enjoyed going to them. I didn’t get to stay very long but I was able to stop by for a couple of hours. It was held at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel in Wheeling, Illinois. Little bit of a ride for me but it was worth it. For a small

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So I just joined a new site. It's called Good Reads and you can build a list of books you have read, books you are reading and list what are the next books you are going to read. You can also down load the HTML information to copy and past into a widget on your site for various lists you have or can create. I did one as well. it's in the column on the right toward the botthom of the page. The

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So I"ve kind of been out of it lately. Between work, writing for my Gencon event, writing and life in general haven't had much time to work on the blog. I've got new stuff coming soon so expect to see a good flow coming through.

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Just today, a little while ago, The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. I wasn't able to watch the entire game but I did get to see the end and the final OT goal that won the game. Today is a day I'll remember for a long time, at least until my memory goes. The Blackhawks were the last of the Chicago teams that I have never seen win the 'big game'. I'm excluding the Cubs here because I'm

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Man I love bacon. Did I mention that already? Like I said before, who doesn’t? But if I thought I loved bacon I can’t even describe what these guys feel for bacon. These guys at J&D’s Everything Should Taste Like Bacon (jdfoods.net) have created some amazing bacon products. Now I have not personally tried any of their products but I intend to. Fact is I don’t even know how I didn’t know this

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So have you gotten a package from the Census this year? Didn't know how to answer it? That's ok Chris will show you how. From the skit on SNL.

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So who doesn't like bacon? Ok now before any vegetarians, vegans or members of PETA start harassing me.......please don't. If you do not wish to eat meat, don't. I on the other hand like meat and bacon is very, very good. I'm not sure anyone can actually deny that. But I digress. I think bacon is awesome. In fact I think bacon makes just about any food better. Come on now, what other food do you

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Ok a little something differnt this time. Walken has hosted 'Saturday Night Live' many times. When he's on you can be sure it will be a funny episode. Well sometimes they do dress rehersals the same evening before the show is on and record them so see how the response was from the audiance. Some skits never make it on the air like this one but I'm glad someone posted it. It's pretty funny, in my

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Ok let me try to put this down so it doesn't sound like I'm cravy. Christopher Walken is Puss in Boots from the childrens story of the same name. I can't even explain it. Just watch. Only Walken! Ya gotta love the guy!

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So this time around because Walken is such a lover of the arts, he did a public service announcement for Armitage Gone! dance group. Walken wants your pointe shoes. If I were you.....I'd give them to him.

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Ok so you've seen the incomparable Walken dancing to Fat Boy Slims 'Weapon of Choice' but this is known a little less. This is Walken doing 'Let's Misbehave' from the movie 'Pennies From Heaven'. Man this guy can dance. Granted it was quite a few years ago but he is awesome! Take it Chris.

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On Saturday April 17th, I had a chance to go to the new convention in town C2E2. This convention was kind of special for me. See I've been working ALOT lately and it looked as though my plans to go to this show were lost. It was especially disappointing because I had passed up on going to Wizard World Chicago. I had heard a lot of hype about this new convention and the operators, The Reed

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This time around it's Walken reading Lady Gagas' Pokerface. This ones a royal flush. Enjoy!

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This past Saturday, April 17th, was the premier of the new incarnation of Doctor Who on BBC America. This is the 11th Doctor counting the one shot movie Doctor of Paul McGann. In this 5th season of the new series Matt Smith takes over the reigns from David Tennant. Tennant has been playing the good Doctor for the last 3 seasons and has become a fan favorite. Smith has some big shoes he will be

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Ok, ok I know I'm late on this one. It's Tuesday after the fact but I was very busy and well I forgot. Anyway here is the third instalment of Walken Day. This time around he reads 'The Three Little Pigs' in a way that only he could. Enjoy!

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Whedon Assemble Avengers!....(maybe) So I just read this article saying Whedon is to direct The Avengers movie coming out it 2012.Here's the story: "I'm told Marvel Studios is in final negotiations for Buffy the Vampire Slayer series architect Joss Whedon to direct Marvel Studios' The Avengers. That's the fast-tracked film that would amount to an all-star team of Marvel superheros, including

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Back with another Walken Satuday. This time it's a classic skit he did on Saturday Night Live. The Blue Oyster Cult Cowbell skit. He's got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell. Enjoy.

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So the same guy that wrote 'Pride, Prejudice and Zombies just wrote a new book. I think the title speaks for itself. The publishers made a 'movie style' trailer for the book. I thought it was pretty funny, hope you do as well. Enjoy. Thanks to Matt for letting me know about it.

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Yes it's a post about action figures. I told you I was a geek. Action figures are not unusual with us. It would figure (no pun intened) that a post about action figures would turn up sooner or later. Anyway, a co-worker of mine picked up some Doctor Who action figures recently. He got one of each of the differnt incarnations of the Doctor sans the Paul McGann one because it is not availible it.

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Ok is there any celebrity funnier than Christopher Walken? Every Saturday I'm gonna have something about him. It's a video for the band, Fat Boy Slim and the song is 'Weapon of Choice'. Enjoy.

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Zombieland! What a name, what a movie. Zombieland tells the story of 4 survivors of a terrible virus that infects most of the world. It starts off with the meeting of Columbus (played by Jesse Eisenberg) and Tallahassee (played by Woody Harrelson). The two of them team up because they seem to be going in the same direction so for safety reasons in a world full of zombies, two are safer than one.

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I just finished the book ‘Tau 4’. It is a large paperback measuring 8 inches by 5 inches. It has a total of 496 pages, see photo above for cover illustration. This is a novel written by an up and coming author by the name of VJ Waks. I bought mine at Gen Con in 2009 and had a chance to meet the author. I usually don’t buy books from authors from Gen Con because there are just so many you don’t

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On the heels of yesterday post I wanted to add the story by my friend Joe. Joe and I did this as a little exercise in writing. We came up with this idea after actually watching the bashing of a Piñata at a kids party. We both wrote our stories and then exchanged them. It's funny how similar we were on some parts of our stories, yet had enough different about them to make them unique. Lot of fun

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On the suggestion of a friend I'm posting a short (very short) story I wrote. Just a little something I came up with. Just to warn anyone reading it can be a bit graphic but I ask that you be patient and read all the way to the end of the story. Now I give you: TorturedI lie here unable to move, unable to defend my self. I am at the mercy of those who have no mercy and do not care. The truth of

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I've lived in the Chicagoland area my entire life (44 years) and while you get used to drastic changes in the weather, every now and then it still finds a way to surprise me. An old saying around here is; 'If you don't like the weather, wait ten minutes'. There's a good reason for that saying. Friday March 19th, was the last full day of Winter. The weather here was beautiful. My truck was

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So I've REALLY busy with work but I finally got a chance to do an upload. If you've been checking...thanks for waiting. Now on with the show. *Warning: This Review Contains Spoilers* On the agenda this time is the made for television mini-series produced by the SyFy Channel, Tin Man. Ok usually I don’t give away spoilers in my reviews but some of the things in this movie raise questions that I

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To anyone who has been reading my blog, sorry for no updates lately. Work schedule has been pretty full and has been keeping me pretty busy. We've been winding down a bit so I should be back and posting again in a couple of days. If you have been waiting for me, thank you. I want to post just haven't had time. Look for posts to start rolling in again soon.

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“Oh no! I broke history!” (Hiro) So following up on my review of Heroes Season 1, I just finished watching the second season. This season was much shorter than the first as it only had 11 episodes while the first had 23. A big reason for the reduction in the amount of episodes was due to the Writers Guild of America going on strike. This caused the producers to revamp the season they were

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“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” If you’re a fan of H.P. Lovecraft or have read The Call of Cthulhu you’ll know that line. I’ve said before that I’m a fan of Lovecraft and all things that have to do with the Cthulhu mythos so when I heard that the HP Lovecraft Historical Society was making this most famous of his titles I was a little……..

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So do you hate cleaning windows? What's your excuse for not doing them? Too many windows, hard to get them clean, need to get a ladder to reach the high ones. You got nothing on these guys. And you thought you had it bad. Quit complaining and get those windows cleaned!

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Awesome. I'm having a good week. Welcome aboad Meatspider. Glad you joined. Got a great blog yourself. Love the sculpts. Guess I should start posting some more stuff. Incoming posts on the way!

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3 followers.......awesome. Welcome along for the ride Madman! Hope you enjoy some of this madman's rants.

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So I’ve just recently been able to watch some television shows that have been on for awhile. Since I haven’t been able to watch much network television of the last couple of years I have been catching up on shows that I heard so much about but never had a chance to see. As I am an old comic book and superhero fan, all the hype over Heroes had always had me interested. Recently I picked up the

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So I added some functionallity to the blog that I did not know I had the capability to. I first started with Blogger and then went to Blogger in Draft as it had some other things to use. Well creating new pages on your blog was one of the new functions. So I've added 3 pages to the top of the page, a 'What's It All About', 'Why Porkchop Express', and 'Stops Along The Road (Links)'. I was able to

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So I just picked up a second follower. And he's completely unsolicitated. I'm so excited! (yes I"m easy to please) All the way from Sydney, Australia. If you read this, welcome! I hope you enjoy the reads.

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This review is about “Doctor Who: The Witch Hunters”, the second Doctor Who book I have reviewed. This is a BBC publication dealing with a classic Doctor Who story but not corresponding with any of the shows. It deals with the first incarnation of the Doctor and his first companions Susan, Barbara and Ian. This book is out of production and I had a little trouble finding it but finally tracked

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So after 2 long years of an open run the show Jersey Boys was coming to a close. I figured if I wanted to see it now would be the time. Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons rise to fame. It starts back from the very creation of the group leading all the way up to what is the current state of the four original members of the group. Here in Chicago the show was running at

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So is your workspace to tight? They don't allow you to have enough individuality? Pfft!! Get over it. Think you got it bad? You don't have it nearly as bad as these folks! Quit complaining and get back to work!

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This is my review of the graphic novel Battlestar Galactica: Volume 1. I’ve mentioned before about how much better graphic novels look on a bookshelf than regular comic books and this one maintains my thought about that. However there is one little extra thing to this graphic novel, this is a hardcover book. My copy came with a dust jacket with a photo of the actress Tricia Helfer on the cover.

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Ok so I wrote up a post about the Kindle Ereader before but I did not have one. I was very excited about the prospects of getting one so I finally decided to go out and get one. That post was speculation about how it would be going with the product specifications about the Kindle from Amazon’s website. Now that I have one and have had a little time to work with it (and by work with it I mean play

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So I used to like to read alot but over the past........too many years, I found I was reading less books than I ever did. In 2008 I read a grand total of 5 books with about 1100 pages of text. For 2009 I wanted to get back to more like I used to be. At one time I would read 1-2 books a week. Well I don't think I will ever get back to that kind of reading again but I did do considerably better

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So do you carpool to work? Think it's tough with having a lot of people in one car? Man you ain't got nothing on this. Quit complaining and get in the car!

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Night of the Living Dead: The Musical. Now there’s something you don’t hear everyday. This show is the brainchild of Jack Schultz who is the writer of the script and lyrics with music by Kathleen Dooley. It is based on the George A. Romero’s classic zombie horror film 'Night of the Living Dead'. If you’ve seen the film before than you know the premise of this story. It follows the original movie

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Before I get into this next review I want to tell you a little about myself. I have always been a fan of horror. Be it in the written form, movies, haunted houses, whatever, I have enjoyed horror from a very young age. I don’t equate ‘slasher’ movies or gore necessarily to horror. I believe that sound, angles, lighting setting has more to do with being horrific than some guy running around with a

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Hooray for Captain Spaulding, the African Explorer………… You know I never thought about hearing those lyrics in a live play. It just goes to show you, you never know what to expect. And the same can be said for the live production of Animal Crackers. Animal Crackers is probably most famous for being a movie staring the Marx Brothers. I remember watching the old black and white film on television

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This week I had the chance to go to Chicago Tardis. This is a local annual Dr. Who convention held in the western suburbs. The conventions if run by a local retailer Alien Entertainment. I’ve been to their store many times and have left much money there. Great little store with a great selection for its size. The convention is a little on the small side but they packed it full of a lot of

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So with the economy and the current state of the country many people have had a hit to their pockets. Even the company I work for has had to make some tough decisions in as far as reduction in employees and reduction in hours for our existing employees. Even with that people still find it in their hearts to reach out to others that are in need. Perhaps it is because they feel the economic pinch

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I...I.....have a follower! Speechless............

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Hey all welcome to the new blog. If you followed me over from my Wordpress blog right now all you'll see is the past post that I have copied here. If you're new to the blog than it's all new to you! For those of you who did follow the other blog I ended up having 920 hits before I put my last post up about coming here. For that I thank you. I've not been posting lately to take the time to set

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*UPDATE! The show has been extended to December 20th. Go see it!* Before I get into this review I have a little story that I would like to pass on to you. It is important to the review as it will tell you how I was feeling before I saw it. I ask you to be patient and bear with me. Prior to going to this show I had another play I went to. That play ended well and I was in good spirits when I

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Ah yes so we all have our own version of The American Dream. I know I sure did. Mine, I"m sure as it was for a lot of other people, was to have my own nice big house with a nice big yard on a tree lined street in a nice suburb. I got what I wanted. I forgot was comes along with that 'tree lined street' description. See here --> One, Two Worse part is I'm only about 65% done. Be careful what

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Whoa! What happened? I was just doing a check on stats for the blog and my hits were at 498. I clicked out and then re-checked something because I found a spelling error and I had 558! This so far has been the single biggest day of hits, 75. Almost double my highest to date. Thank you to anyone and everyone who has come to my site. I hope you are enjoying it.

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This time around it’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’. It’s a comedy about Mortimer Brewster who discovers his two elderly aunts are actually mass murders who have killed 12 lonely men and buried them in their basement. Mortimer needs to find a way to stop his aunts, deal with his crazy brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt while fending off his sadistic and also murderous brother Jonathan who has

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So I like T-shirts. More correctly I like printed T-shirts. If it's got a pop-culture reference or associated with something I like I just must have one. I used to have printed T-shirts when I was younger so I guess this is kind of a throw back to that. So I've put up a gallery on my Photobucket site with pictures of all of them. As I get more, which I'm sure I will, I will update with the new

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This time around I’m reviewing a book titled, “The House on Mango Street.” This book is a collection of short vignettes written by Sandra Cisneros (her website) . My copy was the 25th anniversary edition that I got from Amazon.com, the drawn cover shows a girl looking out of the window of a 2 story red brick house. It was only 110 pgs in length with an additional 14 pgs of introduction by the

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I like to collect autographs and I have a few to share with you. I've started a album on Photobucket here and will be adding as time goes on. These are just a few I have and I will upload more very shortly. I have lots more besides what I am showing you here but have not had a chance to photograph them and organize them. Artwork signed by model Shannon McRandle as Mara Jade (Luke Skywalkers’

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There are two things to know about a Doctor Who book when reading or reviewing them. First thing to know is that there are various lines/series of books from different publishers. They usually fall into one of five categories. Number one, the Target publishers of the novelization of the original series that would correspond directly with a television episode. Two, the BBC (British Broadcasting

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I've got a whirlwind week coming up. I'm going to a lot of shows this week so expect to see a flood of reviews. Hopefully I'll be able to make a post everyday. Stay tuned. It's gonna be a busy week.

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So ya think you got a crappy job? I don't think so. Now if you had this here job I might agree with you.Quit complaining and get back to work!

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So global warming. Polar ice caps melting. Pollution. Depleted fossil fuels. Mother Nature has had enough. Here’s what she thinks of all of us.

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Ok a quick post here. Here's a little something new from time to time. I'll be adding images to a photo gallery and show you things that I think are just a little funny. I guess this is what the little girls who are 'Hello Kitty' fans in Japan use when they grow up. Leave it to the Japanese!

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On the 3rd of October I had a chance to go see a show that was a lot of fun. That show was Schoolhouse Rock Live! It was a small cabaret held on the second floor of Hamburger Mary's Chicago. See my review here for that restaurant. The second floor is called Mary's Attic and is a small show space with seating for about 50 people or so. The seating is made up of a couple of arm chairs, a sofa, bar

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Kind of a review. So I’ve been looking into purchasing an ebook reader for awhile now. If you haven’t seen one of these yet, they are pretty cool. For someone like me or other readers they are great and really look like the future. I had seen these in my local book store and was seriously thinking about getting one. Here’s the thing I like about these the most. They are small, about the size of

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So I went out this past Saturday to a restaurant I have never been to before. It's called Hamburger Mary's Chicago and as you can imagine they specialize in hamburgers. Go figure. It is located at 5400 N. Clark St. in Chicago. I don't usually go out in that area but there was a small cabaret show playing at it's upstairs bar, Mary’s Attic that I went to go see and I thought I would give the

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So I took a long ride this weekend out to a comic shop named AF Books (Amazing Fantasy). They are the sister store of the publisher Moonstone Books. It was quite a ride for me as all of their stores are pretty far out. They have 4 locations in; Calumet City, Frankfort, Lockport and Tinley Park. I chose to go to the one in Frankfort althought the one in Tinley Park probably would have been a

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WARNING: INCOMING RANT! Ok knew this was going to happen sooner or later but I thought it would be later. Oh well best get the first rant out of the way. I did quite a bit of driving this weekend and ended up using the tollway for most of that traveling. I think I went through about 10 toll booths altogether and with the exception of 2, none of the attendants said a word to me. Ok so here's

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Ok so this is my first review. I’m going to use a 1-10 rating on reviews only because I feel that a rating system of 1-5 makes some ratings to close. So now that I got that out of the way the book I will be reviewing is titled “Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Lovecraftian Horror.” Graphic novels look so much better on a book shelf then your regular comics and this one is no exception. The book

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These are just some website I like to go to from time to time. Most are just fun sites. Enjoy C2E2  Short for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – is a convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. Cyphan  Midwest's very own Sci-Fi / Fantasy convention for costumers, collectors, gamers and any other Frakker

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Here are some sites that have some great stuff for sale. Lots of little funny items and plenty of pop culture T-Shirts. 3 Point Entertainment Among other things I have a healthy beer stein collection. I also play World of Warcraft and love it. So this is combination of both. World of Warcraft beer steins. However they are kind of pricey. I haven't decided if I want to pay that much for them yet.

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So there are some television shows that I just can't get enough of. These are some links to website created about the shows I like. Hope you enjoy. I'll add more as time goes on. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (most of these sites cover the series Angel as well, another one of my favorites) Buffy Comics Really complete site about all the comics pertaining to the the Buffyverse. It covers and listed

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So I love reading but don't get to do it as often as I like. I wanted to share some sites with you that I like going to. There is also a site to a great place to pick up books inexpensively. Enjoy. A Kindle World Blog  Great blog that has every thing you could possible want to know about Kindles. Run by a very knowledgable lady. C2E2   Short for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – is a

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Here are some additional gaming links that you might like. For MMORPG Ten Ton Hammer Website split up by different MMORPGs for finding out information items/locations/NPCs in game. Also has some great guides on leveling/classes/specs/instances runs. Thottbot Website to find out information on items/locations/NPCs in game for World of Warcraft. WarcraftPets Do you collect the non combat pets in

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Links to some of the best gaming sites around, whatever your taste is. Tried to break them down by categories but some overlap. Conventions Gencon The biggest and oldest gaming convention in the Midwest. I'll see you there! Dragon-Con "Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in

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Here are some links from the one and only movie the blog is named for. The Wing Kong Express Great site that has quotes, sound bytes, pictures and lots of other stuff, including great merchandise you can buy. Get a Jack Burton T-shit! I am! James Hong Homepage The one, the only, the incomparable actor who plays Lo Pan. Thank you Mr. Hong. He is one of the best played villains ever. ----->

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