Friday, February 06, 2009

Cole Bombing Charges Dropped--What the Hell?

OK, when I saw this headline, I have to admit that I thought "See
that? Another faulty terrorist case! Looks like the USG can't catch a
real terrorist to save their lives."
 
Then I realized, that's not what this story is about. According to
that article at Bloomberg.com, it turns out that "The U.S. dropped charges against the alleged mastermind of the bomb attack on the USS Cole while the Obama administration considers how to handle terrorist suspects detained at Guantanamo, the Defense Department said."
 
Wait--WHAT?
 
Because Obama wants to close Gitmo charges were dropped?
 
That makes no sense. That's like saying: "Well, I'm thinking about
buying a car, might as well send my current car to the junk yard!"
 
Noooo, see, just because putting these guys on trial under military
law is unfair, it doesn't mean charges should be dropped and they
should go free--I mean, who ever said this? Obama never said "let's
free everyone at Guantanamo" did he?
 
So why have charges against the Cole Bombing mastermind being dropped?
 
Maybe it IS a case of the USG not being able to catch a terrorist, after all?

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

@tmofee The best Doctors are d...

@tmofee The best Doctors are dizzy IMHO. :) But I rather like "Web Planet". I just wish they'd made it a 4 ep arc instead of 6. Too long!

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

@Jazzybam I've done about 20 c...

@Jazzybam I've done about 20 customs--some you can see at toys.thepete.com and others on my Flickr. Have some I have yet to take pics of.

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Liked "10 Ultimate Components ...

Liked "10 Ultimate Components of a Geeky Eighties Childhood" http://ff.im/SW8Z

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Monday, February 02, 2009

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Heading out to Pluck U to get ...

Heading out to Pluck U to get our wings the old fashioned way--ourselves!

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Toy2R Includes ThePete as One of 66 Contributing Artists from Around the World!



Ah, this is kinda sweet :) I was included as one of the 66 contributing toy artists for Toy2R's custom, 36" Qee Bear that they put together during the 2008 Hong Kong Award for Industries ceremony. According to a recent post on the US Toy2R blog, Qee4All.com, they were named the Grand Winner in the category of Innovation and Creativity.

That sounds awesome, doesn't it? Well for them it does--but I got to be included in the fun, too. Back in December I was approached by Toy2R for future collaboration on a toy design or two. In the meantime I was asked to provide a sticker design to be included in the 36" Qee Bear project put together at the HKAI awards ceremony. Now, I looked at the pictures of the finished Qee Bear (here and here) but couldn't spot my logo. But hey, I am psyched and honored just to included at all.

I design custom toys because it's a blast to do. The fact that someone who makes toys for a living thinks my stuff is good is like a whole separate cake I get to eat (not just the icing on the cake).

So, thanks Toy2R!! You guys rock!

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Awesome 10 min talk from Neil ...

Awesome 10 min talk from Neil deGrasse Tyson re: the universe & religion. (http://ping.fm/r31DM)

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Crazy nite! After seeing Cirqu...

Crazy nite! After seeing Cirque du Soleil, got to hang w/some of the cast inc/an old uni friend of @siskita We even rode on their tour bus.

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