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Papercraft Friday #47: Macross Zentraedi Battlepod
When pursuing DPileggi’s papercrafts last week after choosing last week’s model, I saw this little number and knew I had to pick it. It’s a Regult Class Zentraedi Battlepod from the anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross, a.k.a Robotech in the U.S. Ah… fond memories. You can download it from DPileggi’s website. It’d go great with…
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Movie Impressions: The Hangover
When you’re vacationing in a town with a 3-screen movie theater, your selection of movies to see with da wifey on a night out on the town is pretty limited. This week our choices were: Up which we are seeing with the kids in a few days), Imagine That (which also would be a shame…
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Papercraft Friday #46: Star Wars Trade Federation Battle Droid
As you can imagine, there are a ton of different Star Wars paper models on the internet. I’ve seen many of them, but I’m always on the lookout for things that are unique, not just your standard Death Star or R2-D2. DPileggi has some very interesting models, including this week’s pick, the Star Wars Trade…
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Trek Tuesday #4: The Naked Time
STATS Original Airdate: 9/29/66 Starting Stardate: 1704.2 STORY The crew of the Enterprise becomes infected one-by-one by a strange affliction that breaks down their inhibitions and ultimately threatens to destroy the ship as the crew loses control. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Spray snow! Nice safety-orange “biohazard” suits Kirk is playing with some more wooden 3.5″ floppy…
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Book Impressions: UR by Stephen King
The very first book I bought for my Kindle 2 was Ur by Stephen King. It is currently a Kindle exclusive, and being a sucker for all things King (a Constant Reader, if you will), I just had to pick it up. The story revolves around college English professor Wesley Smith, who was chided by…
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Papercraft Friday #45: Structure of the Sun
Summer is upon us. It’s a scorcher out there. (Well, at least it’s starting to be where I live.) This week’s model from Canon Creative Park is the perfect summertime activity. Engage the kids in building the recently released Structure of the Sun model. They can have fun and learn something in the process this…
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David Eddings, 1931-2009
I’ve been sick the last few weeks and kind of out of it, so much so that I completely missed the news that one of my favorite authors died last week. According to Wired: The world of fantasy literature has lost one of its modern giants. David Eddings, best known for his Malloreon series and…
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Trek Tuesday #3: Where No Man Has Gone Before
STATS Original Airdate: 9/22/66 Starting Stardate: 1312.4 STORY Out at the edge of the galaxy, the Enterprise encounters a galactic barrier that gives Kirk’s old friend Mitchell silver eyes and god-like powers. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Love the old style uniforms…look like felt shirts Spock’s eyebrows are a bit too sloped Rank braids are different Scotty…
