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Just saying hi. Might be using my blog more often. That's the plan.

DC Universe Online

I just want to watch this over and over so I thought I'd put it here.

Musical Discovery of the Month: Fred

Fred, the band from Ireland, is set to take over the world. And what a more wonderful world it would be with them in charge. Here's a video for their song Skyscrapers. All hail Fred!

Lolcats Classic

Zombie vs. Shark

From the classic 1979 Italian flick, Zombi. Here's something you don't see every day!

Action Figure Palooza: new Marvel Legends 2 Packs

So I went to my local Toys R Us not expecting to find anything new but was I surprised. They had these new Marvel marbles and a stand in a brand new box, none of the marbles were missing - a complete set. Wow! Unfortunately, they are pretty crappy and one more thing I DON'T need to start collecting. Some Marvel Legends 2 packs were sitting on the shelf as well and I just assumed they were the Elektra/Ronin and/or Mr. Fantastic/Thing sets that someone found in the back. Well, when I saw a red Hand Ninja and Nick Fury AND Skrull solider and Kree solider sets, I just about peed my pants. Too bad they didn't have the Iron Man/Maria Hill set too but I ain't complaining!

Musical Discovery of the Month: My First Earthquake

They don't have a video for their excellent song Vow to Vowels yet but I did find this gem on YouTube. It's like a B-52's song written by "Weird Al" Yankovic! It's so 1980's! The only thing that tells you it was recorded in 2008 is the Apple laptop. Hopefully this is a band on the brink of making it big. Unique lyrics and catchy hooks - Break out the parachute pants!

Loldogs Classic

SDCC - new Marvel Universe figures

Got this pic from Marvelousnews.com of new Marvel Universe figures from SDCC. There's some pretty cool ones coming soon like The Vision & Ultron. But I just had to post this photo after something caught my eye. What the heck is the Green Goblin doing?!? Better hope that Pumpkin Bomb doesn't go off accidently! LOL

Travelers Insurance Commercial

LOVE. THIS. COMMERCIAL.

It's so good, I get goosebumps and little tears in my eyes at the same time! That dog! What an actor!! Music is by Ray LaMontagne.

Musical Discovery of the Month: Super700

The video is a little creepy and a little boring but I love this song! It sounds like it could have been in a 70's horror film.

Lolcats Classic

Action Figure Palooza

Here's some pics I've taken of some of my action figures "in action" so to speak.

The Invaders strike a pose for the cover of Time.

Kang defeats the Avengers!

The Man of Steel vs. the Mad Titan.

ULTRASEVEN

I'm a huge Ultraseven fan but I have to admit, I've lost track of what's going on lately in the world of Ultraman. I assume this video is clips from a new Seven show. It looks very faithful to the original 60s series. I may have to poke around the internet some more to find out about it. Enjoy!

Bestest Cats in the World!

Here’s the last two members of our animal family. A male cat named Finnegan Floppsie but better known as “Buster” and Phoebe Meeker. We got them both from a Michigan feline rescue. We were hoping to get siblings of some kind (female/female, male/female) but Phoebe and Buster were the next best thing – they had been foster cared for in the same home. So if not actual siblings, they were at least friends before we brought them to our house. And they get along great together (except sometimes Buster gets a bit hyper and plays a little too rough). Both are super affectionate cats. Phoebe is our dairy kitty – she loves milk & cheese. Buster has a weird allergy but we don’t know to what. He’s licked the fur off his back legs, his whole stomach and parts of his front legs. This makes him look very silly. BellaBear loves them very much too. We really got lucky with this batch of pets.

Best. Decade. Ever! The 70s: We Are The Freakies!

I don't remember what Freakies cereal tasted like but I know I ate a lot of it! I still have my set of Freakies plastic figures (I even painted their eyes white and gave them other color highlights). This is a great collection of Freakies cereal commercials from the 70s. And I don't even remember Cocoa Freakies! Groovy.

Flea Market Finds: Knickerbocker Pinocchio Puppet

Just this past weekend, we went to the annual in-door flea market at McMoran's in Port Huron, MI. I seem to have good luck there and this year was definately not an exception. Besides buying a stack of comics for .25 to $1 (including many issues of DC's All Star Squadron from the 80s) and getting three Toy Biz Spider-Man Classics action figures still in the package (just like Marvel Legends) of Kraven the Hunter, Beetle & Scorpion, in the very last row of tables, I found this little guy. My eyes lite up like a kid on Christmas morning! I knew exactly who he was - Pinocchio! But not the Disney version. He's from the 1962 Videocraft series, produced by Rankin/Bass, "The New Adventures of Pinocchio." I fondly remember watching reruns of this "Ani-Magic" show on CBC Windsor Channel 9 in the 70s (along with The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dress-up). And I'm a huge Rankin/Bass fan (have to watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer every year!) Pinocchio is in excellent condition, very clean. The only problem is the finger trigger on his controller is broken off and some of his strings are fraying. Otherwise, he's in great shape and only cost $5 (that also included a Flintstone's Pebbles push button puppet). Pinoc is now proudly hanging in my comic book/tool area in the basement.

Lolcats Classic

Everyone loves Lolcats!

Musical Discovery of the Month: The Heavy Blinkers

From their album The Night & I Are Still So Young, which came out a few years ago, this is Canada's own The Heavy Blinkers with one of the most colorful videos around. Follow the adventures of a young cupcake as he journeys to Candy Land. Will he recover his missing cherry? Will he find true love? Hey, it's a super cute video so I bet the answer is yes to both questions! Their website is under construction but they do have a MySpace page for more info on the band.