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...
 

80's fashion that's STILL cool today!

Ok, I was thinking about this last week and there's some 80's fashion I'd STILL wear today (if the Mrs let me)

Let's talk about them and how cool there were ARE!

Ahhh.. the blue jean jacket. When I first got mine I can't remember who gave it to me but I'm pretty sure it was a gift from my grandmother. Anyway... I loved it. I wore it ALL the time. I even collected pins and badges to put on it for "extra coolness" even when the style was fading out in the early 90's I wore mine with pride!

I found it not to long ago and tried it on. Surprisingly it still fits (though rather tight) I wanted to wear it one night to a function but after receiving the evil eye from the Mrs I promptly put it away. Since then, I haven't been able to locate it, which makes me wonder if she got rid of it for good.

Either way, this fashion is only for woman or Mexican Highway workers of which I'm not in either class. It's sad because look at it....DANG THAT LOOKS GOOD!

The calculator watch.
I think this is the EXACT one I had as a kid and I thought I was the coolest person in the world because of it! I wore it all the time and used the calculator on it for the stupidest reasons. Like adding up things in the grocery store with mom just to see how much the total was, or random calculations just so people could see me on my calculator watch.

C'mon! Who WOULDN'T want that stylish thing on your wrist?!

Last but certainly not least were Roos. Shoes with pockets in them. See where it says Roos on the label? That is where you pulled apart the Velcro pouch and placed anything in the side pocket of your shoe.

I had a pair as a kid where I kept all my change. However, as time went by I had so much change in them it ended up busting through the pocket and all across the street I was walking down.

It was funny because I didn't notice it until some kid told me. Every time I stepped you could see I nickle, dime or quarter (cause silver is how I rolled!) where every footfall had been.

Awesome shoes. And if I had to do it all over again...that's what I'd still be wearing today!

What about you? Any fashion's you'd still be wearing today if ya could?

Fashion week on the blog!

Hey folks! This week we're going to talk about fashion!

I'm not joking.

I have a lot to say on the subject that I think is important.

Trust me, you're going to love it. I'm been sitting on these posts for weeks perfecting them.

So grab a seat turn the flash on your camera on and get ready to walk with me down the red carpet!

This is going to be great.

Remember Homestar Runner?!

Just think, 10 years ago this was THE site to visit. It seems as though everyone was saying quotes from Strongbad or Homestar Runner and now the site hasn't been updated since 2010.

Sad.

So what ever happened to them? Well, they went on to work on actual projects with Nickaloadeon and other companies, making shows for the masses while leaving there first fans out in the cold.

Actually, I have no hard feelings towards these folks. It was bound to get old after a while and they left at just the right time before it did. The garnered my respect however for never allowing 3rd party ads on their site which is unheard of in today's society.

But I do miss watching Strongbad answer an fan email every once in a while. (sigh)

It was good while it lasted wasn't it? If you don't know what I'm talking about check out there website at www.homestarrunner.com

As if peeing isn't already fun for guys...

You can literally rock out with...well you get it.

Ohea self making bed

I WANT ONE!

Morninghead

I can't believe someone actually thought about making this?!

Hop, the following suitcase

Pretty cool gadget, but based on it's size I think Megan would need about 17 of them for a trip.

Kuratas Robot

Yes it exist and if you have 1.3 million dollars you can get one too.

I so want 1.3 million dollars.

Skittles sorting machine

I don't know how and I don't know why.

The odd side of YouTube

So I showed you some wild stuff on Amazon, now it's time to show you some wild videos of inventions I've seen lately too.

The fun starts tomorrow so I hope you enjoy!

Tales of Dune

So I just finished reading the ebook "Tales of Dune" I LOVE the Dune series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson and this book is all the collected short stories in one volume.

Though the stories are excellent, for $3.99 I was expecting a lot more. I think you pay $2 more for the "Dune" name brand than anything else.

Other than that, I recommend hardcore sci-fi lovers read this series. Every story has been captivating. Even the short ones told here.