Nearly 40 years later, I still recall the huge disappointment, in second grade, when the animated film we were to watch in class - The Magic Crane - turned out not to be about construction equipment, but about some stupid bird. Or the following year, third grade, when the “recorders” we’d be using in music class weren’t tape decks but a kind of ( Read more... )

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It’s part of the Geneva Convention that every Halloween store is required to carry the slutty nurse costume, slutty pirate costume, slutty cheerleader, etc.

You can now add slutty dinosaur to that list.

Friend had to cancel at the last minute. :( One discounted FantasyCon VIP 3-day pass available on flashseats.com (includes early access, swag bag, plush dragon, etc.)

So I’m out riding yesterday. Busy road, two lanes, dedicated bike lane, no parking lane. A wave of cars comes along and is passing normally, all good. I spot a big hazard ahead in the bike lane, won’t fit around it while staying in the lane ( Read more... )

Had a hankerin’ for Togo’s #24 Turkey & Avocado sub. You can probably figure out what goes on that. Had to go back to the counter to ask for the avocado.

Now you do eventually plan to have dinosaurs on your...on your dinosaur tour, right? Hello?

( TWO ITEM COMBO! $6.99! )

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If I see one more person using contact cement wrong, I'm gonna kick a kitten. This also includes Barge cement, common office-supply rubber cement, etc.

If you glop it on, join the parts together and wait for it to dry, you’re doing it wrong…you’re compromising the strength of the bond and wasting a lot of time as solvent tries to evaporate from ( Read more... )

Some time last year I’d ordered a single pair of German safety goggles from Restoration Hardware for a costume project. One pair. About $35. I don’t recall clicking on any “send me crap in the mail!” button, usually I opt out of that stuff anyway. Got my goggles, did project, never heard from them again, that was that ( Read more... )