Monday, October 30, 2006

Dallas Comic Con, with Baby Katie + R2-D2

This is a story about last weekend's Dallas Comic Con. Ron Glass of Firefly fame was there, as well as Jake Lloyd and others. The picture of Katie Eakins with R2-D2 is the real story! What? A dad can't be proud of his little Princess Leia hair wearing daughter?

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Rolling Stone : COVER STORY: Time to Go! Inside the Worst Congress Ever

Here's a little article that every patriotic American should read and take to heart. Congress has gone to the dogs, and it's time to clean house.

From Digg:
How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Troubadork: 25 years of "Weird Al" Yankovic

I've been listening to Al's music since I was quite young. Bridget and I have been to 2 of his concerts... she may have been to more. Through Al I have gained a love of polka music. His music has given me countless hours of enjoyment and I hope he never stops creating!

From digg:
"White & Nerdy" is a good example of Weird Al's gifts. He lovingly reproduces the sonic drive of the original song, all the way down to guest rapper Krayzie Bone's dense, melodic second verse. There are a handful of great lines ("MC Escher
—that's my favorite MC"; "My rims never spin, to the contrary/ You'll find that they're quite stationary")

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Yoda-Katie + Photoshop





yoda-katie

Originally uploaded by FlipSide3.


Photoshop strikes again. This took all of 2 minutes to do, and that's because I wasn't in a hurry. You wouldn't like her when she's angry! Really, she can get pretty cranky.

Revisionist History





revisionist history 2

Originally uploaded by FlipSide3.


I wanted to practice my photoshop skills, so I combined a couple pictures together. The wife and I weren't in the original pictures together. Then I threw in the giant baby head... because I could.

Monday, October 9, 2006

Guy Gets to Level 60 in WoW...Naked

This digg is in honor of my cousin John and Jeremiah the BrutalNewt.

From Digg:
The quest of a guy who made it to level 60 in World of Warcraft without wearing any armor.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Lemmings not actually "suicidal" (How Disney lied)

What a wonderful example of how popular culture can infect and alter the perception of generations to follow. Disney threw some cute rats off a cliff and created a cultural catch phrase we still use today. Heck they even created a video game series off of it.

Here's a couple more links backing up the story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming
http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm

From Digg:
Remember how we all learned lemmings commit mass suicide from that Disney movie in elementary school? Well, it turns out the whole thing was staged. (But the Disney Company actually killed all those lemmings.)

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