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benjaminbailey:

Alf by Bill Sienkiewicz

Want

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psuedofolio:

Got some spare time? Make a comic!

Download the sample printable comic right here!

Reasons for doing this?

1: My followers can finally have a printed comic by me.

2: It seemed like a fun activity to do, specially with young kids.

3: It might be cool if interweb folks shared tiny little mini comics with each other. And a whole bunch of people can print each other’s comics and maybe we could collect ones by other artists. So… ya know. Why not?

EDIT: AHH! Before I forget, I should mention that this mini comic format was created by the folks at http://www.pocketmod.com/ I came by their technique while listening to Fear the Boot, a roleplaying game podcast as they were interviewing Stuart Robertson an indie tablet top rpg designer.

If you’d like, support those folks cause they helped me discover this neat design.

EDIT2: Added tags. Dag nabbit.

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Ever since someone told me they tried one of the work out plans I posted here, I am motivated to continue to do it.  Here is a great 5k training program.  Start now, and then come run with me bro.

This Announcer is the best Announcer

This goal is the best goal.

May 4th is “Star Wars Day” which gives nerds an extra reasons to post funny pictures of Star Wars on the internet.

"I will probably be doing this at some point when I work up the nerve."

Dana Linn Bailey: 5 for 5 for 25 Workout

jasonlatour:

IPSO X-FACTOID on Flickr.

X-Factor was maybe my favorite book as a kid. I had an interesting talk about these characters last weekend…

This Beast is the best Beast.  

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Photo from 701cca installation of David Cianni’s robot sculptures.  You should check it out if you haven’t already. 

vintage69br:

Career Timeline: 1981 - TRON

Moebius is hired by Disney Studios to begin concept design work for TRON(released in 1982). He would also serve as a backup storyboard artist.

This is one of those things I did not know, but now it clicks, and I kicked myself for not recognizing it earlier. 

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menshealthmag:

The reason YOU should take that workout outside.

"Everybody wants to win the Lotto, but not everybody wants to buy a ticket. We won the Lotto with Cam."

Steve Smith, ever the great quote, at his press conference on re-signing with the Panthers.

Words About Foo Fighters

I watched that Foo Fighters documentary “Back and Forth” that runs all the time on Palladia the other day.  I never really paid attention to the Foo Fighters outside of them being a popular rock band.  I never bought any of their albums before.  But after watching the movie and subsequently buying their Greatest Hits album, and came to a few realizations.

1) It is amazing to me that this band has been around almost 20 years now.  They’re sort of the last bastion of that 90s grunge/post-punk pop band I listened to as a teen.  Well, maybe them and Green Day, but for me Green Day is so far away from their rock roots that it’s hard to remember that early 90s stuff.  With Foo Fighters, there is direct link between Monkey Wrench, All My Life, Best of You, and The Pretender that you know it’s the same band.  But it’s hard to believe the same band that made such a fast and loud song like Basket Case and would later make Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

2) I think I wrote off Foo Fighters when the first single Big Me came out.  I remember in high school, my friend (who introduced me to punk) and I were talking about how that song was kind of weak compared to the more punk Nirvana stuff.  Then Monkey Wrench came out, and we said, yeah - that’s more punk.  But who punk can it be if they play it on the radio?  Of course now listening to it with more maturity, that is a perfect little punk song.

3) It’s amazing how many of there songs are just sort of there in your consciousness, like Best of You and Learn to Fly.  Again, never bought these albums or purposely listened to them; but they just got played everywhere.

4) I don’t think I really heard All My Life prior to buying this album, as it must have hit when I was not listening to pop radio so much.  But that is definitely my jam.

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BoxOffice Mojo reports that John Carter has grossed $254.5 million, a $4.5 million over its budget—currently not technically a profit, considering its advertising budget, but it’s far better than the epic loss that many had feared.

Unsurprisingly, most of this coin has come from overseas. While John Carter earned over $66 million here in the United States, international markets have pulled in over $188 million. Film Buff Online writes that John Carter was #1 in box office receipts for two weeks in a row in China. This profit will keep increasing, as John Carter has yet to be released in Japan, where it will surely put the movie several million dollars in the black.

Jason pointed me toward this article at Forbes: John Carter’s Trip to Mars Finally Earns Its Budget, which makes Disney’s “OMZ Guys, This Movie’s Such A Flop” announcement two weeks after opening all the weirder. (via bigredrobot)

I feel like John Carter will end up like Speed Racer in that it will be this awesome, awesome movie that people who have seen it love, but no one else seems to care.

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bigredrobot:

alittlefurtheroutoftheway:

So, this is a real Star Wars game. The only disappointing thing is that it doesn’t start with Lobot singing his own name.

(This is already the version of this song that I sing in my head. I think I now have to buy an X-Box and a Kinect.)

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

YES