Why can't the old Knight Rider be the new Knight Rider...

Sadly, I finally came to the end of the 53 episode run of Arrested Developement.  That show was made up of so much win, that I can only wonder, how in the hell is a show like the new Knight Rider still around, yet Arrested Developement is canceled?  I suppose I’m partly to blame since I never watched the show while it was actually running, but Jesus, why didn’t someone tell me back then how good it was?  This same crap happened with Firefly too.  At least someone at Fox was smart enough to bring the Family Guy back.

Oh my

Quick post to keep the 80′s toy train rollin’.  How did I not turn out gay playing with crap like this as a kid?  Thank you, Dolph Lundgren, for killing this one off.

Rip off in disguise

Keeping with the theme of 80′s toys rising from the dead with 21st century movies.  How could you not go wrong with cars that could turn into death machines?  Oh, right, Gobots.

Luckily, my son loves Transformers and they even have re-makes of the “classic” figures from my childhood.  Unluckily, much like most things of this generation, they are cheap and made of all plastic.  In my grumpy old man days, they at least had a little bit of metal in them.  Nowadays, you can rip the plastic legs and arms off and “transform” them like you would “solve” a Rubik’s Cube.  You can even purchase tiny Transformers that don’t transform.  The package actually says, “does not convert”.  Since when does anyone refer to a Transformer’s transformation as converting?  How can it still be a Transformer if it doesn’t convert?

That’s like buying a computer that doesn’t compute.  Oh, right, Macs.

The Greatest, non-real, American Hero

Seeing the new G.I.Joe trailor durring the Super-Sized American Football Game that Determined this Season’s Champion last night, it brought back fond memories of one of the greatest toy lines ever created.  As such, I shall now ramble a bit on why G.I.Joe was so full of the awesome.

From around ’77 through ’82, the action figure market was being dominated by the, then Midi-chlorian free, Star Wars toy line.  Light saber wielding figures, with plastic capes, who’s arms and legs could only move as if they were marching for Hitler?  How could something like that be stopped?   Fisher-Price attempted to compete around that time with something they called, Adventure People.  Seriously, that’s what they were called.  I remember that one of them came with a motor cycle, and his legs actually bent at the knees, but if he was ever not on his motor cycle, he looked like he was walking with a load in his pants.

Then in ’82 Hasbro re-launched their G.I.Joe toy line, this time not as the 12″ Ken dolls with army fatigues that old people used to talk about, but as 3-3/4″ plastic Star Wars killers.  What made G.I.Joe great was so simple, yet so much better.  Knees and elbows.  However, the poseability didn’t stop there, the next year they drove the stake through Luke’s heart with Swivel-Arm Battle Grip aka Kung Fu Grip.  With Kung Fu Grip my toys could finally hold a gun in a semi-reasonable way as opposed to the previous standard of holding a gun in such a way that the safest place to be, was directly in front of the gunman.

Star Wars tried to make a go at things with Return of the Jedi, but the Ewoks just couldn’t compete with the technological terror Hasbro had created (a figure that changed color in sunlight and a 7 foot long aircraft carrier).  Not to mention, they still lacked knees and elbows.

Did you know that Sas can fly?

No, I’m not really searching for anything, there is too much work in that.  I just haven’t had anything going on the last couple of days worthy of archiving, for historical purposes, here.  Combine that with my own, self imposed, post requirement of finding a picture that is not directly related to my post topic, yet is still relevant in some obscure way, and you end up with way more effort than I’m inclined to provide.

Of course, this all begs the question of, why was this post worth the effort?  To that I say, “Oh my god!  What’s that thing behind you?!”.  *poof*

The other one

A week of late night gaming followed by later night Arrested Development watching followed by a couple hours of sleep followed by work is not really working out so well right about now.  Skittles and Mountain Dew are the only things keeping my body going.  If only Arrested Development wasn’t such a good show.  Oh well, 12 down, 41 to go!

Mmm, bacon

So my cousin mentions something to me about a product called Baconnaise that supposedly makes everything taste like awesome.  Curious, I investigated the product and learned that it was created by a company that also produces something called Bacon Salt.  I know the names are somewhat deceptive, but they are in fact bacon flavored, food stuffs.  The first being a spreadable, bacon flavored, mayonnaise concoction.  The second being being a bacon flavored, seasoned salt, kinda thing.

Unfortunately, Baconnaise is not yet widely available for purchase at your local food obtaining place and must be purchased online.  Bacon Salt on the other hand, makes your other hand taste like bacon, and is available where most food things are sold!  Like the wonderful wife she is, mine was kind enough to grab some during her most recent trip to a nearby food purveyor.  A few sprinkles on my food last night and let me tell ya, much like everything else that is bacon flavored, bacon flavored chicken fries do taste just like awesome!

Tonight’s experiment?  Bacon flavored popcorn!

The Cake, she is a lie

Today we celebrate the birth of the Year.  As such, I will take this time to catch up with what’s been going on since the last time I stopped ignoring this site.  Let me explain…

No, there is too much.  Let me sum up.

I didn’t hate the New Xbox Experience.  I liked the new Bond flick.  I finally signed up with Netflix.  Thanksgiving happened.  I got a new phone.  I created a website for my cousin’s upcoming book.  The Dallas Cowboys lost too many games.  My fantasy football team choked.  I can nearly solve a Rubik’s Cube.  Christmas happened.  The Cowboys didn’t fire their coach.  I got to see Eric, Joe, and Beata.  I liked The Spirit.  I played 47 days worth of various video games.  Left 4 Dead owns me.

Hairless cat, wierd

“There’s more than one way to skin a cat.”

Where the hell did that statement ever come from?  Who was having a hard time skinning their cat only to have a friend come along with the knowledge of numerous other ways to “git ‘er done”?  What are the various ways to skin a cat?

These are the questions that inquiring minds want to know.  Well, these are the questions I want to know after the statement somehow found its way into a conversation today at work.

A quick internet search hasn’t really helped.  From what I’ve seen, it could have originated from multiple ways to skin a cat-fish or it is just the bastardization, over time, of a statement about skinning some other animal.  The endeavor wasn’t a total waste of time however.  I now have a new replacement saying for the cat one, I just need a good opportunity to use it:

“There are more ways of killing a dog than choking him with pudding.”  – Some guy on the internet (so it must be true)