Every Once In A While, Something Can Happen At Work That Makes You Happy...

In January, we got a duplicate of an instrument we already had (A BD FACSCanto II, if anyone cares...), and to distinguish between the two we had a naming contest. The winners, by a long shot, were "R2-D2" and "C-3PO" - I like to think that my culture of Star Wars love had something to do with this, even though I didn't suggest it (all of the warning posters I've created feature either Darth Vader or Storm Troopers, although we have one made by someone else that has Chuck 'effing Norris on it). Anyhow, today while preoccupied with something else, I notice something out of the corner of my eye. Someone had christened "C-3PO" with her own mast head:


Majestic, ain't he...

More surprises followed...









If you crack this puppy open, what do you get?













A recreation, in miniature, of the Mos Eisley Cantina scene!


Ladies and Gentleman, the Modal Nodes...Jeez I'm a nerd for knowing the band's name!

Greedo even get's blasted out of his seat if you push down on the table!

Han shoots first, bitches. Now and forever!
Also, notice the storm trooper door-bursting action!


She can make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.





Oh, and it snowed this week. A lot, but it's mostly gone now. I did think that the snow made an interesting juxtaposition with the new growth happening on our trees, so I took some pictures.

I think I may need to clean my camera lens or somethin.' Sometimes my pictures have unexplained smudges - or maybe it's my eyes.

On Your Own Terms

It warms my cockles to see that people like this can still be found in the world - even thought this particular instance is of someone who's left the earth. Godspeed, Dugout Dick.

This Guy

He's as cool in real life as he is on TV. Apparently.

Follow This

For the most part I detest Twitter, but I'm going to try my hardest to follow this...

Awesome. And Kind Of Sweet.

This is about the raddest thing I've seen on the internets, ever. A 29 year old artist draws comics that his five year old brother writes. Check it out.

Jeez I should be collaborating artistically with my guys more. I think the results are almost always going to be adorable when you throw the mentality of a little kid into the mix.

I'm With Coco

I gotta admit, I stopped watching Conan when he took over "The Tonight Show." It just kind of seemed like he was comedically neutered by the move. But since he's been given his walking papers, his old style of comedy has reared it's hilarious head. I'm happy he's back to form, but where will he land that we'll get to enjoy it?

Example:


where's the Canadian masturbating bear been during all of this?

It's True, Too.

Funny and true.

My New Favorite Thing Ever

BTW, Y'all. We're going to be in the greater Warshington area from the 11th throught the 20th of this month, or somewhere thereabouts, if anyone wants to meet up. I'm sure I'll send out an e-mail to everyone I think might be interested with some more details, but you might ping me if you're interested and you read this blog. I may even try to send out some details via *gasp* Facebook, but dont' count on it!

Maybe I should try to post some pictures sometime soon.

This Needs Absolutely No Explanation or Translation

Dammit!

Movies like this beg to be seen on a large screen, and I know this won't be playing up here in my neck of the woods. It looks like about the greatest thing ever.

How To...

...Hunt like a damn man. I think most people that I know don't even appreciate where that cellophane-wrapped stuff int he supermarket comes from. Damn.



I always like these David Attenborough things.

I Would Watch This

I guess this is a preview for a fan-made CG Batman flick. I'd shell out a couple of ducats to watch, based on what I see here...

God Bless You, Adam West

The guy is a national treasure. And if he really did get ripped off in Madoff's ponzi scheme, I'd send him $20.

Batman Garage Sale with Adam West from Adam West

Bass In Yo Face

One of my buddies here at work hooked me up with a bass guitar, so I went to the internet - the source of all things wholesome and factual™ - for some guidance on how to get started. I just wanted a few beginner tips (although I have to admit I'm enjoying taking what I know about guitar, combining it with what I *think* I know from bass players - which is basically how to move your shoulders and head rhythmically - and coming up with bass lines in complete naivete), so I checked out YouTube, and after viewing a few lessons, I found Superfly here blowing my f%$&*@# mind with down-low funky saintliness. Enjoy.

You Know...

...I hope we can all agree anyway. Tracy Morgan is brilliant on "30 Rock." But. Some of the shit he used to do (read "get away with") on SNL was all that and so much more.

Astronaut Jones
by djgreenuts

Make My (Wed-Ness)Day!

This is frikkin' sick (the good kind of sick, not the "oh gross" kind).

That is all.

-B-

Respect.

Metallica have taken a lot of flack over the last ten years or so for their uneven musical direction, inability to adapt to the digital age and really, really, drama queenish infighting, and probably some other things that I'm forgetting. But. A bunch of guys in their fifties that can still bring it like this deserve your respect:



I also saw a pretty great video of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page performing "Beck's Bolero" and Immigrant Song" that's worth looking up.

Damn.

Can someone who's got the Cartoon Network look up when this is going to be on and record it for me, please?



Because I always was a little bit irritated that a solid three minutes of each episode was devoted to the Joes and Cobras firing guns (and knives, swords, harpoons, shurikens, animals, bombs, missiles, you name it) at each other, and yet there was nary a casualty to be seen.

You Got The Touch!

You got the power!


Fun Fact: Last year Connor would sing this to me all the time. It was awesome. I miss it. I also miss his humming of the Imperial March whenever he'd get sleepy.

Supposedly this is going to be in the new Transformers movie, so that things can come full circle. Too bad they can't bring Orson Wells back from the dead to voice Unicron as well.
Fun Fact: I recently found an old school assignment of Ethan's where he stated something like "Unicron comes along and eats the planet" and his damn teacher marked him down for misspelling "Unicorn." When's the last time you heard of a unicorn eating a damn planet, lady.

Transformers. You were about my third favorite toy growing up, yet you've managed to stay a more prevalent part of my life than the first and second favorite toys.

I'll Take...

...Three please.