Buzzed Again

I hadn't had a haircut in over two months...I feel so much better.

Cool Stuff I Found on the Web II

Even more cool things I found...

A "transformer" laptop:



A trailer for Dead Snow, a foreign movie with Nazi zombies:

Watch it here
And I guess that's it for now. The other things I found interesting are long gone, forgotten for now, but there's always something cool to find tomorrow.

Cool Stuff I Found on the Web

I've been collecting these pictures and links and articles for a few weeks now with the intention of posting them on the blog. I'm tired of the open tabs and cluttered desktop, so here's a batch of stuff I found interesting...

A cool tattoo:


A couple of comic book illustrations, the first a Batwoman pin-up by Jock, and the second a Powergirl cover by Adam Hughes:



A link to an interesting lawsuit regarding Captain Crunch's Crunchberries:
Read about it here
A long forgotten, but awesome line of toys - Battle Beasts:


And a great history of the Battle Beasts can be found here

Week of Loss - June 28

This week I lost 0.8 lbs., and am within 56.8 lbs. of my goal weight.

Continue to monitor my progress and other health and wellness information over at A Year of Loss and Health, Pirate.

Week of Stories - June 28

Stories read this week from over at A Year of Stories, Pirate.

(And every story this week was a 5-star – excellent – example of the form.)

Monday: “Happy Fish, Plus Coin” by Scott Snyder * * * * *
Tuesday: “The Museum of Whatnot” by Kevin Wilson * * * * *
Wednesday: “Julie in the Funhouse” by Jincy Willett * * * * *
Thursday: “Pompeii” by Leslie Pietrzyk * * * * *
Friday: “Abraham’s Boys” by Joe Hill * * * * *
Saturday: “The Flints of Memory Lane” by Neil Gaiman * * * * *
Sunday: “Everything’s Eventual” by Stephen King * * * * *

My favorite story of the week was: “The Museum of Whatnot” by Kevin Wilson

From the review: “Whimsical, romantic, and just strange enough to completely capture your attention.”

The Impressive Power of Water

It's amazing what water can do in just four minutes time.

Daybreakers Trailer

Whoo, boy! Before you say, "Oh, another vampire movie," you need to watch the trailer. Looks fantastic. Almost everyone on the planet is a vampire, and they hunt the few remaining humans for their blood. Only they are running out of blood. And all kinds of crazy stuff happens after that.

Click through to watch the trailer.

Scarred for Life?

I doubt I could have handled a toy like this as a child.

Created by Elmer Presslee.

Biking: Revenge of the Bird

A little over a week ago I hit, and most likely killed, a bird with my vehicle while driving over to Ankeny for a bike ride. I felt bad; though not a huge fan of animals (or birds), I don’t deliberately go out of my way to kill them.

So it seems only fitting that while out on my bike ride today a bird attacked me. I could see it coming from behind me, its shadow soaring along the highway, gaining on me.

And then it struck.

The bird hit my helmet and nearly knocked me off my bike. It then followed me. I was cruising along at 17 or 18 mph and the bird kept pace, just to the left of me. Apparently not satisfied with its first unsuccessful attempt, the bird tried three more times while I shouted and flailed one hand over my head trying to shoo the bird away.

Eventually the bird retreated to fight another day, and I put the pedal down to get some distance between us.

Now I’m sure the “incident” had nothing to do with my entire ride being so much faster than my previous record, but you never know. Maybe subconsciously I rode faster in an attempt to finish and hide from my new worst enemies.

Because Everyone Needs A Little Classical Art in the AM

Andy Helms watched too many Blade movies over the weekend:

Week of Loss - June 21

This week I gained 1 lb., and am within 57.6 lbs. of my goal weight.

Continue to monitor my progress and other health and wellness information over at A Year of Loss and Health, Pirate.

Week of Stories - June 21

Stories read this week from over at A Year of Stories, Pirate.

Monday: “Making Love in 2003” by Miranda July * * *
Tuesday: “Sunbird” by Neil Gaiman * * * * *
Wednesday: “The Replacement” by Duane Swierczynski * * * * *
Thursday: “Feeling Good, Feeling Fine” by George Garrett * * * * *
Friday: “There, There” by Deb Olin Unferth * * * *
Saturday: “The Parrot” by Italo Calvino * * *
Sunday: “Battleground” by Stephen King * * * * *

My favorite story of the week was: “The Replacement” by Duane Swierczynski

From the review: “Swierczynski is a master at taking an impossible idea and turning it into a fast-paced, enjoyable tale.”

Buffy vs. Edward

You can't imagine how hilarious I found this mashup to be. It's Buffy being stalked by that goofball Edward from the Twilight movie.

New Linkin Park Video

Here's the new Linkin Park/Transformers mashup of a video. It's kind of cool.

Linkin Park – “New Divide”

Week of Stories - June 14

Stories read this week from over at A Year of Stories, Pirate.

“A Week of Richard Matheson” short stories.
Monday: “No Such Thing as a Vampire” by Richard Matheson * * * *
Tuesday: “Pattern for Survival” by Richard Matheson * * *
Wednesday: “Clothes Make the Man” by Richard Matheson * *
Thursday: “Mute” by Richard Matheson * * *
Friday: “The Creeping Terror” by Richard Matheson * * *
Saturday: “Shock Wave” by Richard Matheson * *
Sunday: “’Tis the Season to Be Jelly” by Richard Matheson *
Sunday: “Gray Matter” by Stephen King * * * *

My favorite story of the week was: “No Such Thing as a Vampire” by Richard Matheson

From the review: “It challenges you to at first believe its veracity, and then question it, leaving you primed and ready for the perfect ending. A nice little tweaking of conventions.”

Week of Loss - June 14

This week I gained 4 lbs., and am within 56.6 lbs. of my goal weight.

Continue to monitor my progress and other health and wellness information over at A Year of Loss and Health, Pirate.

And...I've been exercising again. 50+ miles on the bike over the past 2 days! It feels good to be back in the swing of things.

The Time Traveler's Wife Trailer

Here's the link to the trailer for The Time Traveler's Wife.

This was an amazing book.

(But then again, I am a sucker for time travel.)

The movie looks good. And any movie with Rachel McAdams...

Beaker's Ode to Joy

Beaker is da bomb! "Meep." (This is hilarious.)

"The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9"

This is a pretty awesome cartoon by Jake Armstrong. A nice style of work and an entertaining science fiction story. If all cartoons were this great, kids today would be much more interesting.

Catch Up

Going to post some things I've found interesting over the past week, but was too lazy to put up sooner.

I've been off Twittering and by the time the day is done, most of what I've wanted to say has been condensed to 140 characters and posted here.

I'm going to try do better about blogging - real blogging - not just posting videos and links.

But for now...enjoy the following videos and links.

Classic Movie Quotes

It's amazing how many of these movies I've seen (and if I haven't seen them, I at least have heard the lines before somewhere).

100 famous movie lines in 200 seconds.

Lucky Words

Yeah, I couldn't resist posting the cover to the July issue of Esquire.


A new Stephen King short story! [Review here.]

Week of Loss - June 7

This week I gained 0.8 lbs., and am within 52.6 lbs. of my goal weight.

Continue to monitor my progress and other health and wellness information over at A Year of Loss and Health, Pirate.

Week of Stories - June 7

Stories read this week from over at A Year of Stories, Pirate.

Monday: “A Sleep Not Unlike Death” by Sean Chercover * * * *
Tuesday: “Like Riding a Moped” by Jordan Harper * * * *
Wednesday: “Dynamite Hole” by Donald Ray Pollock * * *
Thursday: “The Holiday Man” by Richard Matheson * *
Friday: “Burning Ring of Fire” by Hana K. Lee * * * *
Saturday: “Love Far from Home” by Italo Calvino * * * * *
Sunday: “Morality” by Stephen King * * * *

My favorite story of the week was: “Love Far from Home” by Italo Calvino

From the review: “And by far the coolest name for woman I’ve come across – Mariamirella.”

Week of Loss - May 31

This week I gained 4.8 lbs., and am within 51.8 lbs. of my goal weight.

Continue to monitor my progress and other health and wellness information over at A Year of Loss and Health, Pirate.