Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Toys of Our Lives
Inspired by Wil Wheaton's Games of Our Lives over at the AV Club on theonion.com and my earlier Popples post I have decided to do a Toys of Our Lives.
Every Wednesday I will dig up an awesome 80s toy and write about it providing my wonderful readers with photos for reference.
So, what is the very first Toys of Our Lives at 1.21 Gigawatts going to be about?
Boglins
Reviewed by Jeremy January
Boglins were one of the hottest toys in my neighborhood in the late 1980s. Boglins are made of a comfortable rubbery sort of material and fit over your hand like a puppet. Inside were simple switches which would shift the eyes cleverly.
Boglins were purchased in boxes that resembled a crate with bent bars as pictured. There were three "races" of Boglins available: Flurp, Dwork, Vlobb. These were of the full sized variety.
Other sizes and sorts of Boglins were also created but they were not the originals.
Kids today might not like them because: Boglin's don't have any computerized talents or much of a tie in with popular japanese animation.
Kids today might like them because: They feel and look like monsters and come in a cool box to store your Inu Yasha trading card game in.
Please leave comments and suggestions for 80s toys you think people may have forgotten.
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More Katrina Aid Groups
Here is a website with 30+ different charities aiding Hurricane Katrina victims includuding some groups that support pets suffering through this disaster.
[Network for Good]
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Macgyver 2008
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Animals Suffering Katrina
As I mentioned in an earlier post I have been very concerned with not only the humans effected by Hurricane Katrina but also the animals which would suffer too.
I was glad to see Boing Boing mentioning them in their post and pointing blog readers to the following aid groups dealing with animals effected by the floods.
[The Humane Society of the United States]
Please donate any sort of items that will help these animals in distress. According to the sites money is not the only thing they need.
Humane Society Animal Rescue Video
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Remember Popples?
Pop your soccer ball Popple.
Who's got the ball!?
I've got a Popple!
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Brothers Grimm
It isn't a bad film, it's enjoyable and the costuming was great. I just expected more.
Both the lead actors left me a bit cold with their characterization of Jacob and Wil. There really was not a lot of interesting things done with the characters but all in all I liked the movie.
There is not enough fairy tale in it for me and the singular plot and weak love interest left something to be desired.
I would catch this film in a matinee or at the cheap theater near you.
You may even just want to wait for it to come out on video.
I give it a C+.
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Seattle Poker Open
I haven't blogged here about the Seattle Poker Open but I wanted to bring it up in case I have any readers here in Seattle.
The SPO is a B&M game at various pubs in the area including Jillians and Floyd's Place.
You get $1000 in free chips and play until the last player. Prizes include $50 buy ins at the Tulalip Casino and an assortment of other prizes. It's free and has a great turnout of about 20-40 players and runs four days a week.
Best I've done is in 10th at Floyd's Place.
The SPO does go in seasons and we are currently in the Fall 05 season.
Check out the SPO Website for locations and times.
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Late Night Karaoke
Two of my friends who went into the Marines nearly four years ago are both in town. Josh is on vacation and Alex came up due to the death of our friend Seth Edwards.
Sunday was the memorial which I have yet to blog. I think I may just keep it as a private memory. I don't think many of my readers will mind all that much.
But Sunday night the three of us went to an Irish Pub "Murphys" a few blocks from my house and got piss drunk on rum and cream ale of some british draught.
By my 4th glass of beer and a warm up shot of Captain's we were all ready to go.
To start off we did "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News then When I Come Around" by Greenday.
Third was Jump by One Hit Wonders Kriss Kross
Fourth was my solo with "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" which may be Dean Martin
And to top it off we did My Generation by The Who.
Our friend Ben met us there a little later and did a couple of songs with us and it was great fun. We drank to Seth and we wandered the neighborhood.
It was a fitting night to honor our rockstar friend.
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Hurricane Katrina
As Hurricane Katrina gets worse and worse I am of course continually becoming more worried about the people and pets there.
My thoughts are with those this diasater may touch and I hope that no pets are left behind.
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Friday, August 26, 2005
Anti Sit Architecture
And aren't they just BEGGING for homocides by readily offering spiked weapons to anyone with a street squabble?
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Pirate Tattoos
<-- My Jack Rackham tattoo.
I'm thinking of getting another pirate tat on my lower arm as well. Don't know of what yet though. I can't find any information on tattoos real pirates might have have hundreds of years ago.
I am guessing it wasn't much of an issue then. The search goes on.
Here is an awesome pirate painting.
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Pirattitude
I was going to check out this new pirate book today but it doesn't come out until September 6th.
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Lightening up of the heart
I have been depressed since I got some horrible news.
To cheer myself up a bit I read some of my favorite blogs and starred in a movie with Vince Vaughn.
[Jeremy's Film Debut]
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Outer Planets
I am a 15 year old martian.
My next birthday is Saturday Mar 10, 2007.
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Losing a Friend
Update 08/26/05:
Seth's obituary can be found here.
His memorial guest book can be read here.
Memorial services are being held Sunday, August 28th at the chapel at Bishop Blanchet High School on 85th and Wallingford.
--------08.24.05--------
I wish I was blogging a review of a new movie that gave me child like joy like Herbie did.
Instead I am writing about an old friend that died last night. Seth Edwards, someone I was very good friends with until the past year or two died in a car accident a couple blocks away from home.
When I was mugged a few years back he was there, he caught the worst of it and had to go to the hospital. And last night he died.
It is very hard to believe someone is truly gone. It seems unreal, or impossible that Seth is gone.
At only 23 his life ended so near his house, it rattles my own sense of mortality. This can happen any where at any time.
He was one of my very good friends and I will miss him though we have not talked in a few years.
Seth, I hope you rest in peace and get a chance to play with Hendrix out there some where.
You will be missed.
Seth's Band Courtney Killed Kurt.
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Monday, August 22, 2005
Tom Green's Blog
Tom Green is funny. He says funny things and looks funny. He also has a funny goofy blog gang! Check it out!
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BlogSpot
If you like this blog and want to read some of the more recent posts before my move you can check them out
here.
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Categories
Categories. I love them, I can blog about five different topics and they are neatly filed on the right.
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Sunday, August 21, 2005
Leaving BlogSpot
I have been a loyal blogspot blogger for sometime but it has yet to offer as many great options as BlogSpirit.
Because of that I am going to be blogging here, I love the trackbacks and category options and the layout outs are really nice looking.
With BlogSpirit I have finally found the answer to my blogging dilemmas. Mainly having categories and a minimalistic layout that I really like.
You can expect the same content and brilliant opinion here. Though I am also planning to amp up the posts a bit after some blog research.
Thanks for following me in the move or for subscribing for the first time.
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