The League of Extraordinary Bloggers: Iron Man Made Me A Believer
This week Brian from Cool & Collected posed the following question: What media announcement had you throwing fist pumps and doing roundhouse kicks in the air? Did the final result live up to your...
View ArticleThe League Of Extraordinary Bloggers: Play Ball!
Taking a break from our usual oeuvre, The League is talking baseball! Contrary to popular belief I do have hobbies beyond Legos, Star Trek, or The Walking Dead. Baseball has been a big part of my life,...
View ArticleThe League of Extraordinary Bloggers: Prized Possessions
This week’s assignment from The League is to show off our prized possession, the one thing that you would sacrifice life and limb for. Other than my wife and kids, the one thing I love the most in my...
View ArticleA Very Starfleet Christmas
The assignment this week for The League of Extraordinary Bloggers is pretty simple, to show off some of our geeky Christmas cheer. I’m lucky enough that my wife is supportive of my geeky additions to...
View ArticleA Tribute To SilverHawk Colonel Bluegrass, The Original Space Cowboy
This week’s assignment for the League was pretty straightforward, the topic was “cowboys” and I’m pretty sure that I’ve taken a pretty circuitous route this time around. As a child of the 1980s, I...
View ArticleZanzibar, The Gas Siphoning Dreadnok Pirate
I’ve long felt that Larry Hama’s 155 issue run on the Marvel GI JOE comic book often goes unheralded. It was a lot more gritty than its cartoon counterpart, where Snake Eyes went from a scarred Special...
View ArticleUnicron Really Knew How To Make A First Impression
This week’s task for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers was to talk about first impressions in pop culture. My first thought came to the cold open to Transformers: The Movie (1986). It was nothing...
View ArticleStar Trek Week — Collection Spotlight >“Star Trek III Taco Bell Glass”
In a promotion that coincided with the release of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Taco Bell released a set of four collectible glasses in 1984. Upon learning of their existence I immediately went...
View ArticleStar Trek Week — My (Model Kit) Ships of the Line
Editor’s Note: Brian from Cool & Collected was gracious enough to include the entire League of Extraordinary Bloggers in Star Trek Week. So thanks again Brian! There was a stretch of my childhood...
View ArticleSometimes A Halloween Double Dare Just Isn’t Worth It
It’s been five months since I last participated in an assignment from The League of Extraordinary Bloggers, and there was no way I could let this one pass me by. We were challenged to complete a...
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