Siurvivor Blood vs Water Cast

The cast list is out! Let's talk about the pics!

Aras Baskauskas: Survivor Panama.

I'm shocked by this. Last I heard from this Yoga Guru/Survivor Winner was that he was not returning to the game because he had a company to run. But I guess when you let him bring along another family member he caved in to the request. Not for himself, but for whoever in his family wanted to go. He's a good guy. It'll be interesting how he's going to play the game this time around.

 

Colton Cumbie: Survivor One World

My wife's most hated person to play the game returns and it shouldn't be a surprise for anyone. I'm just shocked he wasn't asked back for last season. He'll be a big threat once again this year and will probably go far. He's bringing his boyfriend with him so it should be interesting to see if he's as big a bully as Colton is. 

 Gervase Peterson: Survivor Borneo

WHAAAAAAAT?! Another shocker for me. They brought back someone from season 1?! WOW. Though the only memorable thing he did was gag over eating a worm, Gervase is coming back with his nephew to play the game. But a lot has changed with the game since he played. Let's see if he's able to keep up the new style of play this season. I'm doubtful to say the least. 

 

Kat Edorsson: Survivor One World

Dumb and Dumber is back! Rumor has it, the only reason she was asked back was so she could bring her boyfriend Hayden Moss into the game. Hayden was a guy who won Big Brother one year. I didn't watch the show but I heard he was a favorite. My bet is he'll be eaten alive when it comes to Survivor. 

 

Laura Morett: Survivor Samoa

Do ask me. She was a no name player during Russell's first appearance. She did nothing interesting in the game and I'm guessing the only reason she's back is because the production team has a hard time of finding interesting woman that were past players who fans remember. Who cares about her. Moving on!

Monica Culpepper: Survivor One World

Monica is the 3rd contestant from One World and the only reason they  brought her back is for her football playing husband Brad. In fact, that's really the only thing memorable about Monica on the show. CBS hyped it every episode she was featured in almost. They crave to get an NFL crowd of folks watching it so it makes sense to bring her and her husband in to play the game. My guess is they blindside her husband then take her out in the following tribal council.

RC Saint-Amour: Survivor: Phillippines

Not a surprise either is RC coming back to play again. It's obvious she was a favorite of the producers but is she good enough to go to the end? That's still left to be determined.

 Rupert Boneham: Survivor Pearl Islands

When Rupert was first on the show. I loved him. In All-Stars he embarrassed himself by showing the world what an idiot he could be and in Heroes vs Villains I hated him. Rupert should have never come back the last two times because I would've been excited to see he and his wife coming back to play the show instead I'm rolling my eyes and hoping he gets voted out first. In Pearl Islands the pirate theme fit him. But in Survivor as a whole, he's not cut out for it. 

 Tina Wesson: Survivor Austailia

Another shocker for him. According to all previous reports, she was done with the game and to be honest, seeing how she bombed in All-Stars I didn't blame her. Without Colby's coat tails to ride, Tina and her husband should expect another early exit from the game. 

Tyson Apostol: Survivor Tocantis

I've got to be honest, I love this guy. He's exactly what I would be playing this game. Funny and mean spirited. I was sorry to see his early exit from the game in Heroes vs Villains but I'm glad the producers are giving him a second chance. Hopefully he and his girlfriend will make it far in the game. He's one of the most interesting characters to watch!

Ok, so that about does it! I'll talk tomorrow about the folks they missed out on and why.

Great Star Wars gifts

 

 

A Star Wars coffee table where you can showcase your Star Wars action figures. I don't have any to show off but I'd be impress with someone who did.

What better way to show her you love her than a Death Star necklace? Warning: I here it falls apart if hit in a specific spot!

I think they're made of darth chocolate. Get it? Darth choco...aw forget it.

 

 

Wow. Words cannot express how awsome this jacket is. In Top Gun if Goose had sported this instead of a leather jacket he'd still be alive today!

Side note: Whoever wore this would get ultimate shotgun in my car.

Super Plumbers (6)

Super Plumbers (5)

Super Plumbers (4)

Gift ideas for him and her

I get this one for Megan...

...and this one for me!

Pretty sweet huh? Whoever thought about this is a genius.

Just saying.

Baby gift ideas

Megan's twin is having a baby. So I came up with a few ideas for gifts!

Why not a little shirt?

Or for all you gamers...this.

Yes, they actually make a baby muzzle. Amazing isn't it?! Don't worry, the makers of them say the baby can breathe just fine but you can't hear them anymore when they scream.

I know it's mean but I bet you're thinking the same thing I was when I first read about it.

"I wonder how well that thing works?"

Or how about the alternative and just buy a pacifier for the little monster?

Have a good one folks!

Megan tries pink milk...FOR THE FIRST TIME?!

Subtle butt

A fart neutralizer!!!

Looks like someone beat me to the punch inventing these things!

To check out more at Amazon click:
 here

Unbelievable!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Good luck trying to find something to do all day that's fun!

Super Plumbers (3)

Super Plumbers (2)

Super Plumbers (1)

Fish Training Kit

Any takers?

A NEW comic strip starts tomorrow!

Introducing: Elves

Ladies and Gentlemen, it give me much pleasure to announce the newest project I've taken on. "Elves" will be the Christmas show this year at the Strauss Theatre.

Why does that matter? Because I wrote (and will direct it) for them this December! After many months of hammering out a script "by Jove" I've got it!

The project was given the "greenlight" a few weeks ago I just have been too busy to announce it yet. You should start seeing this ad pop up on their website soon.

Even though the play is written, I still have a lot to work on. Such as the music, costume design and set layout. But I'm hoping to have it all completed by the end of the summer so we'll be ready to roll when auditions come along some time in October.

I'm super excited about it and just wanted to tell you the news!

Switching topics real quick, my dinner theatre "The Deadly Briefcase" has been called back to do another performance run tonight. It's for a private party so sorry, tickets aren't available for this one.

Also, for any of you wondering. My "I Love Lucy" play is slated to debut as the season opener for "Murder is Served" in 2014. I'm sure the lines for those tickets will be of Star Wars cinema proportions.

Avengers Desk

Something tells me Megan's going to ask for this for our anniversary.

TriForce Nightlight

Here's perfect solution for when things go bump in the night. Let your worries go when you roll over in your bed and are reassured that the complete TriForce is safe in your hands and Princess Zelda owes you big time.

Can't get much better than that, eh kids?!

Hilton Underwater Suite in Maldives

Right of the coast of the Indian ocean lies this little room at the Hilton Suites. I have no idea how much it cost but I'm sure it's in the $5000 per night range.

You walk down a tube into the ocean and arrive at your very own underwater suite complete with bed, bathroom and a ceiling full of fish. Feel free to stare at the million types of fish that will be swimming by you thru the night as you lay awake in your bed trying to understand why you spent so much money for this room.

Wi-fi is not available which counts me out from ever renting it.

Sorry, but my email comes first over Flipper!

Super Hero keyboard

Here's an idea. Take one super hero you know that begins with each letter from the alphabet and place it as a letter on a keyboard. And for the "space" bar? Excelsior of course!

What a cool idea. Too bad most folks use tablets, laptops and phones to access the internet these days. This could've been a hot seller!

The ultimate car decal!

May next car may have to have this on it.

Remember Commadore 64?!

I so wanted my friends to be knocking down my door and see pure 80's magic jump right out of my computer screen and around my room.

I'm so sad to discover this commercial was just about a bunch of kids tripping on acid instead.

Stupid lying commercials!

July Movie review

Hi folks!

It's that time again to talk about upcoming movies for July!

As you know July is full of "blockbuster" hopefuls trying to grab your cash. A perfect example of this is Despicable Me 2. Though the first was was ho-hum it made money. And money (not quality stories) is what Hollywood is all about!

Grown Ups 2. I predict this summer's suicide rate will increase exponentially in response to the opening date of this film.  

Lone Ranger. Congratulations Johnny Depp. You finally made a movie I won't mind missing in theaters.

 Pacific Rim. I know very little about this film so I really can't say that much about it. What I see looks interesting, though the jury's still out on this one.

Red 2. The first one was a popcorn pleaser, I'm sure the 2nd one will be as well.

 R.I.P.D. Hmmm...MIB 3 just came out last year so instead of calling it MIB 4 they opted for a new cast and same old tired story line.

Please see review of Despicable Me 2 and insert the word "Smurfs 2" as the title.

 Believe it or not but the Conjuring looks like a pretty good flick. I'm tired of the same old horror story lines and the fact that this takes place in the 60's is actually appealing to me. Watch the teaser with this scene at the end. You're guaranteed goose bumps at the end.

The Wolverine. (sigh) I'll watch it. The last one was ok, I expect this one to be as well. But these films really have no direction. They don't lead us to a bigger picture. aka, Avenger's really ruined a lot of future super hero films to come. They've set the bar so high that now if it isn't a movie about, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man or Batman. We really don't care that much anymore.

Turbo is another movie I know little about. It's a pixar film but I can't give the a "pass" just because of that. Not everything that comes out of them is gold. (Cars 2 anyone?)

Any other movies I missed? Any opinions that differ from my own? I bet there are....

Man of Kill review

Megan drug me to the movie theatre this past weekend to watch the worst movie I've seen so far this year.

This Superman movie isn't the worse. Superman Returns will always hold that record. But it ranks up there however.

Did you like the movie? Why??

First off we have a 20 minute sci-fi film showing life on Krypton . They got to show us cool space ship battles, laser guns and even Jor'El riding a space dragon! Unfortunanly this was an elaborate set up for a story line that wasn't needed. They just wanted to show a space battle. This time could've been better used to establish Superman's past. (Which they treated like a Momento movie)

*****SPOILERS****

So we start off in the confusing way ever as Superman is on a fishing boat. Why? Because we had to set up a scene showing off his strength. Seriously, that was the only point. They never told us how he came to be there or why. He just is. Now if at the end of the movie he'd gone back to working the sea in a low key position (instead of glasses at the Daily Planet) I'd have been all up for it. But no. It was just set up for a "cool" scene.

Didn't you love how the story line was so choppy they had to insert "flashbacks" to help move the story from scene to scene? It felt like a bunch of people got in a room and said "You know what would be cool for Superman to do?" and they came up with a few independent scenes for the movie and the director said "Geez, how am I going to make this all make sense? I got it! I'll just insert flashbacks through out the movie and pray people don't notice it!"

Good job sir. It worked on a lot of people in the theater.

Flash forward to Lois Lane who spends....days? Weeks? Months? Tracking down the origin of Superman and after all the time and money she finally does. But after Supes tells her a story about his past Lane decides to DROP IT?! WHAT?!

This makes no sense in a movie that has clearly established Lane to be a hard nosed reporter that takes her job with the utmost importance. Did the audience suddenly forget her introductory scene where she tells the military general in so many words "to stuff it" because there's a story here and she's getting it!

Oh and when she does, Perry refuses to print it so what does she do? Go behind his back and have someone else print the story for her. Because "people need to know the truth". Well I guess not Miss Lane if all of the sudden you're willing to bury a story you've been working hard on for a while because someone told you a sob story about their life.

Once you leave another flash back you come to Lane and Supes standing in the middle of a desert. (yeah, really confusing I know) Zod is landing to pick up Supes but for some unexplained reason he wants Lane to come too. Why? We never find out.

It's just another story plot where the writers needed Lane on the ship so she could meet Jor'El and find out how to stop Zod. Really, no other reason than that. But they couldn't be creative, they just put her on the ship and hoped no one in the audience noticed the big plot hole.

Once again....well done hollywood. Not many noticed.

Action after action scene happens after that. After a confusing "dream" sequence Superman starts fighting one villain after the next. I laughed out loud when I saw the "big" alien appear. He'd never been introduced in the story before that and it's obvious he was set up to be another "cool fight scene" for the movie. It served no point and reminded me of the classic scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where a no name villain appears out of no where to fight Indy but instead of an elaborate fight scene, Speilburg slyly slips in a comedy shot of Indy shooting him with his gun and walking away.

Too bad it wasn't that easy for Supes.

I can't even speak of the ridiculous "terra-forming" machines plot point but I did chuckle when I remembered Jor'El's voice telling Superman earlier that "You were meant to save them"

Really?! Because Zod would never have come to earth in the first place if it wasn't for Supes. Maybe Jor'El should have said was "You will be a giant pain in their ass."  

Fast forward to the unnecessary final showdown between Zod and Supes where Zod tries to kill this people we care nothing for and Supes ends up having to kill him in anguish. Um....none of that made sense. I actually heard a few people in a Monroe audience left before this fight scene because they though the movie had gone on too long by them and was crap.

Score one for those folks.

The scene makes no sense. When Superman slammed into Zod at his home in Smallville he didn't seem too concerned about killing him. In fact, I'm pretty sure that was intention through out that entire scene. But now that he has him by the neck he...doesn't want to all of the sudden?!

"Oh but he did it to save those people!" you say. Ok, let's think about that..Metropolis is flattened, so it looks like millions of people have already died. Did Superman at any time stop his fight against Zod to (I don't know) stop one of the 237 falling buildings we saw in the film? Nah. He had other things on his mind. Let'em fall!

And why did they want us to care about the Perry White/Reporters side story? Perry had only 2 scenes earlier and the reporters we basically nameless until then, so why give them a side story unless... oh yeah. Another plot point. Mix the action in with a little suspense.

Don't believe me? Then off the top of your head right now, call out the name of either reporter that was with Perry White.

See?

Ok, that's my rant for the day. Superman sucks. I knew it would not let's move on and pray they don't make enough to turn this shlock into a sequel

Burger King's "McRib" taste test

In the Flesh

In the Flesh is a wonderfully intriguing story the deals with the after math of a zombie apocalypse. As the story goes, everyone who died in 2009 rose from their graves only to become real life zombies. Eating being and only being killed by a shot to the head.

Fast forward to 2013 where a cure has been found and the war against the zombies is coming to a close. The first round of former zombies (now know as the "partially living") are about to be integrated back into the same town they terrorized for the past five years to be back with their families.

However, is the town ready to accept them? Meanwhile, the partially dead are having their "zombie" memories slowly return to them. Causing some grief, other bewilderment and for few, joy.

Will the partially living be able to re-connect with their former families and become accepted citizens of the town? And who is this masked man on the internet who has mysteriously been promoting a drug called "blue oblivion" which promises to set the partially living "free"? Or what about the human volunteer army (which were proclaimed heroes during the crisis) do now that their job is essentially over and they must return to their natural way of living again?

WHO KNOWS?! BECAUSE THE STUPID BBC ONLY LET THIS GO 3 EPISODES FOR THE FIRST SEASON!!!!

It's been renewed for another season. Well big whoop. I got into this story and now I have to pray my interest holds out another year in time to see 6 FRIGGING EPISODES FOR SEASON 2?!?!?!

I hate BBC.

MMA Bed

Do you have dreams of becoming an MMA fighter?! Then make those dreams...uh...sweet dreams with this MMA Bed. You can silently slumber away inside this steel cage awaiting your next opponent.

Or

Your wife could come in to fight, make you scream like a girly man who eventually passes out in a choke hold at the end.

Or maybe you've had it with your disobedient son and you make him go to his bed where he and you will settle it once and for all!

The possibilities are endless...

Stun Knuckles

Hey ladies? Wanna knock a guy down on the first punch? Here's the way to do it! Taser Knuckles! From the makers who gave you sliced bread comes another brilliant idea. Whether the crook attacking you takes the hit or blocks the punch he'll still feel the fury of your fist with this device!

But this looks to me like a man's fist holding it. What on earth a dude would want with this device is beyond me. Maybe it's "Revenge of the Nerds" for the new age?

24 coming back!

Well, I know I said I wouldn't take on any more TV shows unless they were through but this one seems to be some what of an enigma!

24's COMING BACK with another season full of Jack Baur tearin it up and I'll be right there watching him every tick of the clock!

I loved this show. It was one I always used to watch back in the day and since it's coming back you KNOW I'll be watching it again. I can't wait! Though not a "full" season (12 episodes is rumored) I'll still enjoy seeing the mis-adventures of Mr Baur and friends.

Think about this for a minute. Depending on how well this show will be received upon it's return this could really change the face of television!

If 24 starts pulling in the big numbers again, other TV Exec's will be digging back through their trash bins to see what show's they can bring back as well. I hope it all works out.

I'd love for Fox to try and get Firefly back again for Season 2.......zzzzzzzz...wha?! Huh?! Oh sorry folks, must have been dreaming just then!

Disfusable Alarm Clock

How would you love to wake up every morning next to this? Though alarm clocks have gone the way of the buffalo since the invention of the cell phone this one may worth worth buying for the fun of it.

It works like a regular clock you just have to pull the red wire for it to stop.

Or was it the green one?

Blue?

Aliens Caterpiller P-5000

Some guy on Etsy made the actual "loader machine" and for the low, low price of $1600 you can walk around the comfort of your own home wearing nothing but the Catapiller P-5000. Besides winning a Halloween costume contest or being sent out into space with a bunch of gun-crazy marines who want to fight aliens, I see no other reason to buy this.

Then again...you never know. 

Dang cool stuff you can buy

Talk about drinking your breakfasy right?

That's not the half of it! I've been cruising the internet lately and have discovered some wild things you can actually buy online!

So for the next few weeks I'm going to be sharing me findings with you!

Keep in mind that all these are REAL products. Nothing's fake!

Get ready to be amazed...

Strat-o-matic Baseball

I remember when I was younger my dad brought out his old strat-o-matic baseball game and showed us how to play.

If you haven't heard of this before strat-o-matic is a wonderful game involving the luck of the dice and baseball strategy. You roll 3 dice (usually one red and the other 2 white) which decide the fate of your batter. The game plays excellently within the boundaries of the actual game and even let's you create your own "dream team" as well.

Remember, these things were made before video games such as EA Sports platforms were even thought of! The games popularity still exist today in a smaller market but has a strong cult following.

I loved the game so much that when my brothers got bored of playing it I started playing it by myself which is as exceptional as allowing the computer to play itself while you watch just to see the outcome. (I did this a lot on my NCAA game back in the day)

But to spice things up I added myself to the Mets roster, later I'd add my brothers to the Braves. When I realized I was having more fun playing with my families characters than actual ball players I took it upon myself to create my own league!

Just about everyone I know has a character card for my game now. It also became a great way to remember names of long lost friends I'm sure I would have forgotten by now.

Anyway, every summer I break out this game and enjoy an entire season made up of all the friends I know.

And no, my team doesn't win the World Series all the time. In fact, for the past 4 years my team's only won once.

I think the dice are loaded.  

Come in/Go away welcome mat

Now you can say what you really mean to all guest who visit your doorstep!

Feather Head

Let's go back to circa 2011 for minute.

REMEMBER WHEN GIRLS FEATHERED THEIR HAIR AND THOUGHT IT WAS COOL?!? I'm so glad this stupid fashion lasted only a year and I hope every girl who did it will hang their heads in shame as if leaving a Taylor Swift concert!

This was one of the STUPIDEST ideas I've ever heard of and about half the women I knew had it done to their hair back then. Why?! Why would you put a feather in your head?! Where was the sense in that? I didn't get it back then and I don't get it now.

C'mon ladies, be honest. Did you do this or not? If not, I bet you could name a few of your friends that did. Am I right?

Ok, I'm done talking about "fashion" time to get back to more manly subjects from here on out!

Grunge Style, and why it's still awsome today!

Ok so last week I spoke about the typical 80's fashions of what's still hot and what's not. This week, I want to address one other style I LOVED back in the day and still love to this day.

Grunge.

Using Kurt Cobain as an example is pretty close to what I mean but there are a few extra features to point out.

Grunge was all about feeling comfy in the worn clothes you always wear. For instance, our jeans weren't cut on purpose. They got that way over several months of hard use. (just when jeans are comfiest!) Throw on some old boots maybe an over sized shirt and a flannel shirt tied around the waist and we're good to go!!

DANG I LOVED THIS FASHION! The Mrs can tell you I still have a few shirts left over from those days and they're some of my favorite clothes I wear!

I had to throw my grunge jeans out last year but the material was so worn by then it'd started evaporating into thin air. But oh the good ole 90's grunge!

Any other styles you missed?

80's fashion that SUCKED then and STILL sucks today!

Alright, so I told you what I thought was cool still today in the 80's but what fashion's did I HATE back then and STILL hate today?

Let's look at a few...

The half cut jersey.

Remember when men used to wear the half cut football jersey to show off their mid section?!

This is a terrible example pick but I couldn't find the one I'm talking about, which leads me to believe they were so awful some "Web Guardian" decided to delete every pic of one posted on the www! (good for him!)

Anyway, I remember it being all the rage growing up and I thought it was stupid back THEN and I was 9! My grandmother bought me one for my birthday and had to go take it back to the store when she realized I hated it.

If anyone has a better pic of what I'm talking about. Send it to me and I'll re-post it.

I see these ALL the time at "retro" stores calling them 80's fashion but believe me they were few and far between for folks wearing them. I thought they sucked back then too! I knew one girl that had a pair and I think it was only to match what she had on that day. I tried on some when I was a kid and remembered thinking they sucked and how stupid people looked in them. (except when Debbie Gibson did it and that's because anything Debbie Gibson did back in the day was HOT)

I picked up a pair to look at just last year at a costume shop and it looks like they're made from the exact same crap material they were made out of back then. So they get an "A" for consistency I guess.

 The striped polo shirt of the 80's. It looked like sin wrapped in a napkin lit up and left on your door step for you to stomp out only to later realize you had nasty 80's polo on your shoe.

THIS was your great design in the 80's folks! Come to think of it, if you add yellow and make the lines smaller this WAS my shirt back in the 80's and mom made me wear them to school every week! I HATED those polos. (part of the reason I rarely wear polos today) I knew they were ugly back in the 80's when everyone was wearing them.

I think now everyone knows how ugly they were and I pray they DON'T come back in fashion again.

Well, that's the style I hated in the 80's. Did I miss anything? Let me know...