CHINESE STAR WARS EXHIBIT

"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"

Star Wars exhibit pics in Singapore here.








* thanks, Melchy!

WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG PASSES AWAY

Sad news (and freaky!)

Sam, 3 time winner of "the Word's Ugliest Dog" contest, has passed away. He was 15 years old. Owner Susie Lockheed said she initially was terrified of Sam when she agreed to take him in as a rescue dog. Although she fell in love with him, his appearance repulsed her then-boyfriend and prompted the man to break up with her.

Later, however, Sam became a matchmaker by bringing together Lockheed and her current beau, who saw a picture of the two on an online dating site. er, ok.
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You know, one of our art professors back in undergrad had a cat that makes Sam look like the cutest thing ever. I still have nightmares of watching that frankenkitty.

*Sam is survived by his younger bro, Salacious Crumb.

DC COMICS STAMPS IN 2006

The USPS has announced some cool stamps for next year:

DC COMICS HEROES!!!!

(...and in 2007 - MARVEL Heroes!)

Dig em! I like that its a mix from the different Comic Eras; Golden Age, Silver Age, Modern Age...

This added with the MUPPETS stamps, the U.S. is finally starting to have some cool stamps for us dorky citizens! Before, we had to geek on foreign stamps like Mongolia's X-MEN or the REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE's super sweet ALIEN stamps (which I have, thanks to ebay. heheh)

YOUR DADDY KILLS ANIMALS

Whoa - check it out...

PETA has produced a brochure for children regarding fishing. Its entitled:

"Your Daddy Kills Animals!".

Here's a sample of the brochure (.pdf file)

That cover is freaking fantastic!!!

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* the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were unavailable for comments.

KONG PREVIEW

Click here or hereto watch a 4-minute preview of

Peter Jackson's upcoming KING KONG remake.

AWFUL PLASTIC SURGERY

This is Steve Erhardt.
Steve is a hairdresser in L.A.
He has spent over $250k on face lifts, pec implants, bicep implants, butt implants, rhiniplasty and more.

Steve is a freak of (un)Nature.

I weep for the Future of genetic cosmetics.

<----- check out those freaky pec implants.
He'll be a hit come Mardi Gra time!
"Show us your tits, freak!!!"

See other plastic surgery abominations here.


* thanks, Ali!

JIM HEAD HURT ! ! !

JIM HAVE SPLITTING HEADACHE

1st REVIEW OF KING KONG VERSION 3

Click here to read the first review of Peter Jackson's King Kong.

It's all thumbs up...
but its also MSNBC/Newsweek,
so take it for what its worth.

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*Pic is by Jon Foster. Click to enlarge.
More of him here.

KING KONG REIGNS SUPREME

KING KONG
the 1933 original.
There is no better.

My first viewing of King Kong is also one of my very first memories. I was about 3 or 4 years old, not in any kind of school yet (preschool or kindergarten). It was a warm summer night in Maryland. Fireflies filled the dark backyard, the sounds of crickets in the bushes and treeline, and a gorgeous sky of countless stars (remember when we could see stars in the sky?!).
My mom and older brother put the small black and white TV outside on the back patio, up on a chair. We brought our pillows, sleeping bags and blankets out onto the carport, made popcorn and watched the movie. It was the most amazing, intense thing I had ever seen. Imagine, I'm just beginning to see the World and Life and I'm exposed to this brilliant, imaginitive film!!!!! I can say without a doubt, that night King Kong set me on the path that defines my personality and interests Today.

Terra had never seen the original before, so I was very excited to show it to her. I hadn't seen the movie myself in what... 15-20years? Would it hold up? Well, we watched it this past saturday on dvd and it still rocks!!! There isn't a thing I'd change. I'd even go as far to say the movie is one of my 3 favorite movies of all time. It has everything you'd want in a movie: Skull Island! Stop-motion dinosaurs, pterodactyls and giant lizards, all fighting Kong! Crazed Tribals in ritual getups and face paint! A giant fortress wall! Sexy blonde damsel in distress! Awesome airplanes with machine guns! King Kong himself, King of Skull Island!! The stop-motion animation is awesome and has something special to it that is lacking in Today's [CG] animation. Even the composites don't pull me from the film, and this was done in 1933!

The movie is perfect.

Peter Jackson has a very big challenge before him to remake this film. If it was any other director, I think I'd want them to fail at remaking it (like the 1976 remake, although it has its moments), just so the original stays on top. But I really like what Jackson did with the Lord of the Rings movies (wow!), and I'd hate to see him fall short with this. Hopefully, he IS the great filmmaker I think he is. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend revisiting King Kong again. If you haven't seen it before, you MUST see it before you see Peter Jackson's. There is no discussion on this, ok?

VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE

In an example of Life Imitates Star Wars, Canadians have ousted their current government in a vote of no confidence. More here.


Former Supreme Chancellor Vallorum was unavailable for comment.

TRANSFORMER GEEKINESS

Check it out - this dude makes lifesize Transformer outfits that really transform. Click here.






Thanks, Woospace (I stole this from him)

SUPREME COURT FALLING APART

A piece of marble moulding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court, landing on the steps near where visitors wait to enter.
(More here)

How very telling.

When asked how he felt about this, newly appointed Justice John Roberts replied, "I ain't sayin' shit."

RIP: RUTH M. SIEMS

Sad news for this Thanksgiving:

Ruth M. Siems passed away earlier this month on Nov 13th. Siems was 1 of 4 co-creators of Stove Top Stuffing. She was 74.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE ! !

** gobble - gobble - gobble **

SEE YA NEXT WEEK

** jimsmash will return next week **
HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAY! ! !

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*I thought this pic of an early Alien Chestburster design by Giger was dementedly appropriate to the holiday.

ORI-GAMI KENOBI

Star Wars origami!!!

Click here.

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* thanks, Melchy!

DIE FURCHTSAMEN VERLIERER

There's a new book in Germany about Star Wars called "Die Macht Mit Uns" (The Force With Us). It covers everything from toy collecting to prop creating. It also has a special chapter dedicated to what is apparently a "blossoming interest" in Slave Leia costuming by women fans. Er, ok.

Amazon has it if ya want: here.



I'm thinking an American version would look significantly different (anyone ever been to Comicon??!!!!)

Click here for, I kid you not, "leaismetalbikini.com"
yessir, an entire website devoted. yikes.
I feel creepy.

ANOTHER "MY JUNIOR HIGH EXP SUCKED"

This time brought to you by Tampa, FL.
Junior High teacher Debra Lafave, 25, pleaded guilty to having sex with at 14-yr old student.

My Junior High experience was nothing like that!

But I guess being pushed into lockers and the occassional epileptic seizure was cool.

KING KONG ARRIVES ! ! !

FINALLY!!!! The brilliant, classic, freaking awesome 1933 KING KONG is now available on DVD today!!!! Man, I've been waiting what feels like forever for this bad boy to be released!! The 2disc set includes (to name a few) the flick itself (newly restored), commentary by Ray Harryhausen, a Making of documentary, and creation test footage with Harryhausen commentary.

Peter Jackson's Kong is coming out next month and looks impressive. I'm sure it will be amazing, but for me THIS version is all one needs. If you haven't seen it before (whuh??!!) or haven't seen it in awhile, I highly recommend picking it up for a viewing!

BANNER AD OF THE DAY

This was the banner at the top of the XBox 360 article on msnbc.com
I found it humorous that it was on the Gamer's page.

Here's a picture from the article:

"Video game fans wait overnight for a store to open tuesday morning. To pass the time, they played an older Xbox game, powered by a generator."

A generator.
If these dudes are any indication of a Gamer's life, I don't think there's any risk of getting genital herpies.

PIC OF THE DAY - MILK MAN

This is Mehmet Yilmaz in Instanbul, Turkey.
Mehmet is snorting milk up his nose and squirting it out of his eye in hopes of setting a new world record.








And women say all the good ones are taken.

KATRINA HERO

A bit of news that I'm sure will bring a tear to anyone's eye:

The Crazy Goat Saloon is heeding the call of Gov. Jon Hunsman Jr to reach out to Hurricane Katrina victims. Daniel Darger, the owner, has offered jobs to displaced strippers from New Orleans. "Exotic dancers need work, too" he says, "There are a number of them from the French Quarter in New Orleans who have been displaced."


Darger, the hero that he is, apparently has never been to a strip club in New Orleans I'm assuming. heheh.

FISTFUL OF DORK

The Official 1st day of Holiday Shopping is the day after Thanksgiving.
So here are 3 stupid (yet oddly cool) toys for that special dork in your life: Thing hands, Hulk hands, and King Kong hands.
I recommend the Hulk hands, as I have a pair myself. hahaha

GIGER CENSORED - AT OWN MUSEUM

Outside the Swiss museum of H.R. Giger in Gruyères, stands a life-sized statue of an Alien to greet visitors. Well, the town leaders aren't too happy about it and have ordered Giger to remove the statue. Boo on them!!!!


*pic posted is not of the statue itself.

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2 MORE "SOUTH PARK YOU" ENTRIES

2 new additions to the South Park You post; Whoozee & Neely
(sounds like a spin-off of the Jeffersons TV show)

Scroll down or click here to see all of them.

Make your own here and email me - I'll post it!
jimsmash@gmail.com

20th ANNIVERSAY - THEISMANN'S LEG SNAPS

Wow, its been 20 years since "The Hit That No One Who Saw It Can Ever Forget". RFK Stadium, 1985 - Redskins' quarterback Joe Theismann got hit by NY Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor. For those of you who saw it on that night on Monday Night Football, you will remember - Theismann's lower leg bent the wrong way and bone came a-poppin-out, for all the viewers to see! Taylor said he knew immediately after hitting Theismann that it was bad. He even quickly ran to the Redskin' sideline to grab their medical people . It ended Theismann's career right then and there.

To this day, Theismann said he has not seen a replay. He said Taylor has told him he has not watched it either.

*The actual anniversary DAY was last friday.

Tell your friends..........if you DARE!!!!!

SOUTH PARK YOU

Create your own here.
Email me your pics and I'll post - jimsmash@gmail.com


Here's Neely's!!!












Here's Whoozee's!












Here's Terra! SO cute!!!!










Here's Ali's!! with ipod, of course! nice touch w/the crown! haha












here's Steve, who apparently is having a rough friday.










and lookie-lookie!! Hunter, of woospace, sent me his this morning! thanks!











Check it!
South Park Jimmy!

iPOD-WHUH?

Just in time for the Holidays!
They now have a vibrator for her ipod.Yep.
Apparently the vibrations are in synch with whatever music is being played.

Okey dokey then.

More here.


Note: Keep all insults/jokes to yourself, Jason. ;)

DUELING CHAINSAWS

THIS!........IS A BOOMSTICK!!!

Ok, they're not boomsticks - they're chainsaws.
And they're not concerning Evil Dead.
But they sure would be a lot cooler if they WERE!!

Behold chainsaw controllers for Resident Evil 4!!!
Awesome. Click here to read more about 'em.

SHOES MADE FOR WHUH?

Check out these shoes - they are made specifically for sneaking across the border (no, not from Canada silly, from Mexico).

They are outfitted with a compass and flashlight which dangle from one shoelace. The pocket in the tongue is for money or pain relievers. A rough map of the border region is printed on a removable insole. They're red, white and green - the colors of the Mexican flag. On the back side, a drawing of Mexico's patron saint of migrants.

Their name? "Brinco", which is spanish for "jump."
They cost $215 in San Diego, but the designer is giving them away to migrants before they cross to the US.

Wow.

THE STAR DESTROYER PROJECT

Saw this over at my buddy SpaceJase's blog:

It's a commissioned Star Destroyer with mad details and working lights! Click here and then here for the BIG one.

There's also a cool X-Wing and Millenium Falcon!

Impressive. Most impressive.

THE IRON BOWL COMETHS ! ! !

HERE WE GO AUBURN HERE WE GO!!!!

Oh man!!!! Tomorrow is the IRON BOWL, where the badass honorable AUBURN TIGERS face off against the wretched, despicable ALABAMA NUTSACKS at home in Jordan-Hare Stadium!!!

Its just fun football during the season until this game! Then all bets are off and it gets ugly! Families are split and friendships are tested! Loyalty and bragging rights is what its all about here!

People don't understand how hardcore of a rivalry this is!
It transcends sports and competitiveness - its all out war!!

So pray to your Gods for Auburn tomorrow and sacrifice whatever you need to!!! Come on Tuberville.... rally your troops for battle!!!
We can do this!!!

Alright my fellow AU brothers-and-sisters-in-arms....
give me a battle cry for good luck:

Waaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr EAGLE!!! HEY!!!!