Monday, July 07, 2008

Delightfully Inappropriate Indiana Jones Toy for

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So the latest line of cutified characters-as-action-figures for kidsfrom Hasbro is one based on the Indiana Jones franchise. Like the X-Menline and it's innappropriate use of a character who was killed,autopsied and then returned from the dead (Elektra) this line, too, hasa questionably chosen character who has been cutified. In this case,it's the Nazi mechanic from the first and best Indy movie, "Raiders ofthe Lost Ark".



There's something that says "not kid-friendly" about this adorablelittle guy.



Maybe it's the fact that in the movie this same character's face getssliced off by a plane-propeller.



Yeah, that's probably it.



Elsewhere in the Indy line of cutified action figures:

The incredibly precious Cairo Swordsman whom an equally adorablebewipped Indy can fell with a single shot from his cartonishly hugepistol.



A truly cutified (and blueified) ghost from the ark who's cinematiccounterpart melted faces.



An adorably animated mummy, inhabited by a snake. In the original"Raiders" the pair terrorized Marion (though only the snake wasanimated).



One other thing is worth noting regarding the set I picked up--the NaziMechanic isn't even referred to on the label as the Nazi Mechanic--he'ssimply called a "German" Mechanic. Leaving the word "Nazi" off of thelabel not only keeps kids "safe" from asking depressing questions butalso turns the whole of the Hasbro toy company into Holocaust deniers.



Yay! Hasbro hates the Jews!
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Sunday, July 06, 2008

TheNYC: Crowd outside of Gypsy

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As I walked down 44th on my way to meet up with TheWife and a goodfriend from LA I wandered into a crowd that had formed around a limo infront of the theater "Gypsy" was performing at. I'm guessing it was abunch of fans waiting for Patti LuPone who starred in the show. I say"starred" because as I passed by one of the crowd on his cell phone Iheard him say "No, it's closing!"



Hm, shows come and go so fast in this city. If you're in the Big Appleand you have a show you know you want to see don't wait go check it outasap.
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Saturday, July 05, 2008

This is What the End (as we know it) Looks Like

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So, I grabbed this off of Drudge back on July 1, 2008.

Yeah, SUV sales in decline, Hummer my sell the brand, Saudi king says "deal with it."

If you don't live in a city or town with exemplary mass transit, it's time to pick up that skateboard because the end is seriously nigh.

I and many others have been watching this situation get worse and worse since 2000. High oil prices, inflation, and now high food prices all tell us it's only going to get worse because the causes of our problems (Peak Oil/Middle East wars and inflation) aren't going away and probably never will.

Just an FYI.

Now go run and hide from your responsibility. ;)

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Friday, July 04, 2008

TheNYC 4th of July Umbrellas Suck

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So, we found a good square of concrete to see the fireworks show down atthe South Street Seaport and we procede to sit there (along with plentyof other folks) for a bit less than 3 hours (or so).



About ten minutes before the show was to start, rain began to fall. Itgot a little worse than a drizzle and umbrellas went up. Soon, though,the rain lightened up and most of the umbrellas closed.



Then the show started and *all* the umbrellas closed... except one.



For almost half the show this moron kept his umbrella up, blocking ahuge number of us from seeing the explosions over the East River. TheWife, myself and a few others behind us started yelling at the guy toput it down. However, it was drizzling, so his umbrella stayed up.



I hope that guy wakes up tomorrow with huge scratches on his sunglasses.
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TheNYC: Back at the Brooklyn Bridge

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What a diference the date makes. It's 7/4/8 and there's a huge crowdhere. Must be some sort of special event 'r sumthin'. :P
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This can't be true, can it? Wo...

This can't be true, can it? World Bank: Biofuels behind food price hikes. (http://ping.fm/UpRjx)

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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Heading home after a really ni...

Heading home after a really nice visit to South Street Seaport. Going to subject ourselves to the last two BSG eps now. +_+

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TheNYC: Some Bridge or Something

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I think I can see a "FOR SALE" sign over there.
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TheNYC: Checking Out South Street Seaport

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Exploring NYC and the only thing I could remember from childhood(vaguely) was this place. Seems a bit like NYC's version of the 3rd St.Promenade in Santa Monica. Aka: a cool little place to shop/hang out.
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Had the eee pc running Windows...

Had the eee pc running Windows XP for about an hour before ThreatFire picked up some malware (GLB1B.TMP). That didn't take long...

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