Digging into the childhood creations again…
TOADMAN.
See a trend? As a child? I was very into reptiles and amphibians. So I made a few heroes based on them. Unlike Turtle Man, he only had one origin. He was always a guy in a suit. I was fascinated by animatronic work [...]
February 29, 2008
Categories: Art, Sketch Fridays . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 1 Comment
“I mean, nobody else on the plane looked like us except us.”
Seriously, I love this line. I could not stop laughing.
I mean, I suppose it’s possible. Lord knows, there are petty people who instantly despise people they perceive as conventionally more attractive than themselves. I’ve had friends who disliked women for the [...]
February 28, 2008
Categories: Humor, Social Issues . . Author: thomwade . Comments: Leave a Comment
Okay, I am sure many, many people have blogged about those “Head on, apply directly to the forehead (repeat 87 times)” commercials. I won’t harp on the irritating nature of the original ads. I’ve now noticed they are running ads where a guy pops up on scream to declare how annoying the ads are, but [...]
February 27, 2008
Categories: Pop Culture, Television . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 2 Comments
When you are a customer in a store that is going out of business and is having a liquidation sale… and you are upset with the deal you are getting…exactly what ind of threat is “I’m never coming back here!”
February 26, 2008
Categories: Humor, Life . . Author: thomwade . Comments: Leave a Comment
In the Christian Rock Music world…
(update: For those asking “Larry WHO? Here is a good overview from Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Willman)
MESSAGE FROM SOLID ROCK – PLEASE READ
Hello everybody.
Our friend and my wonderful brother Larry passed away at 2:45 Sunday
morning. Kristin and I were with him, holding his hands and sitting in
bed with him when his [...]
February 25, 2008
Categories: Music, Musicians, Xian Music That Doesn't Suck . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 1 Comment
So this Friday I thought I would do something slightly different. This is a character from my childhood. He is called Turtle Man. See, when I was a kid, I would draw up my own comic books, photo copy them and give them to people. According to one uncle, he has [...]
February 22, 2008
Categories: Art, Sketch Fridays . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 2 Comments
So, on Morning Joe this morning, they noticed that Bill O’Reilly criticized NBC for giving airtime to the Obama supporter who had the confrontation with Bill Clinton over the weekend. They showed some interview footage, in which Robert Holman said he thinks Bill Clinton might have even struck him. O’Reilly is right that [...]
February 21, 2008
Categories: Humor, News, Politics, Television . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 1 Comment
Uh, strike that…they HAD one good show. It was the only show that could claim to be fair and balanced without lying. Newswatch with Eric Burns was great. It had a panel of columnists and editors who would discuss and dissect the way the news was reported that week-was it fair, was [...]
February 20, 2008
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Well, the big rumor over the weekend was that Toshiba was throwing in the towel on HD-DVD. Now, as of yesterday morning, Toshiba was denying this, saying they were just re-evaluating their game plan. By this morning, that is not the case.
Toshiba announced today that they are dropping the format. I am impressed by Sony [...]
February 19, 2008
Categories: Blu-ray, HD DVD . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 2 Comments
Today’s choice? The Prayer Chain.
February 18, 2008
Categories: Music, Xian Music That Doesn't Suck . . Author: thomwade . Comments: 7 Comments