What A Slacker!

The Star Trek Experience Will Be Returning to Vegas

1 comment March 1st, 2009

So I guess it is true that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, sort of. Last Fall the Star Trek Experience, which I NEVER got to go to, closed its doors. Bummer not only for me but tons of Trekkies every where.

Well good news all you geeks out there Star Trek The Experience is coming back to Los Vegas (or maybe it never left). So now I can finally get my sorry butt out to the desert and head to this Trek mecca (before it disappears again).

Guess while I am out there I should head off to Roswell too. As these are both on my big TO DO LIST I keep talking about.

Name the 50 Aliens on This Shirt

Add comment February 21st, 2009

I had so much fun with my friends trying to figure out the 51 Robots on my other Chop Shop t-shirt that I thought I would do the same here with the 50 Aliens shirt. (Both of which are highly recommended by me as being both uber cool and uber geeky.)

Here’s what I got (feel free to comment below with additions or corrections to the list):

1. Ignignokt the Mooninite - Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2. Alien

3. Space Invaders ?

4. Preditor

5. Yip Yip Martians - Sesame Street

6. ?

7. Marvin the Martian - Looney Tunes

8. Bug - Starship Troopers

9. Kodos or is it Kang? - The Simpsons

10. Glactus - Marvel Comics (not the Silver Surfer movie, slackers)

11. Vorgon - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Movie

12. Mos Eisley Cantina Band Member - Star Wars: A New Hope

13. ?

14. Tribble - Star Trek TOS

15. ?

16. Diva - Fifth Element

17. Howard the Duck

18. E.T.

19. Alien - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

20. ?

21. X-Files?

22. ?

23. Klaatu - Day The Earth Stood Still (original)

24. Space Invaders

25. Nibbler - Futurama

26. Space Invaders

27. Great Gazoo (Kazoo)- The Flinstones

28. Spock - Star Trek

29. ?

30. ?

31. ID4 Alien - Independence Day

32. Mork from Ork - Mork and Mindy

33. ?

34. Uncle Martin - My Favorite Martian

35. MIB Worm - Men in Black

36. Sand Worm - Dune

37. ?

38. Beldar - Coneheads

39. Martian - Mars Attacks

40. Kanamit - Twilight Zone To Serve Man

41. Quark - Star Trek Deep Space Nine

42. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)

43. Zim - Invader Zim

44. ?

45. ?

46. ?

47. ?

48. Zoidberg - Futurama

49. Alf

50. Dalek - Doctor Who

So as you can see there are holes in this list. So your help is appreciated!

I Want It Wednesday: Telescope

Add comment September 3rd, 2008

I have always loved looking up at the night sky. Funny thing is I have never anything better than binoculars to view the heavenly bodies with. The night sky is one of the things I miss most since I have moved out of the country and into the city. Now I barely get to see a single star let alone a sky full. There is just too much light pollution here.

I would love a really good telescope. This one has an onboard computer to show you where the stars are and it will even hook up to a PC so you can create your own sky tour. Heck this thing could even teach a slacker like me astronomy. And boy could I spot the UFOs with this!

Available at Hammacher Schlemmer.

Blobfest Starts Today

1 comment July 11th, 2008

It is the 50th anniversary of the film THE BLOB. Filmed in Chester County way back in 1958 and starring Steve McQueen. Each year the Colonial Theater (this would be the theater in the famous scene where everyone is running out escaping the BLOB) has a BLOBfest to celebrate their fifteen minutes of fame and this year is no exception (how could it be with it being the 50th anniversary and all).

 Stop by tonight and watch the reinactment of the running of the Blob. Other activities include costume contests, a parade, a street fair, meet the REAL Blob and Tom Savini or just come to see the film on the big screen.

The Blob Poster

Buy at AllPosters.com

Get Off Your Butt And Do Something

Add comment June 5th, 2008

It is summertime, well not officially yet. That means it is time to get away from the TV, computer, xbox or wii and get out into the great outdoors and enjoy yourself. You don’t have to do anything too strenuous. There is plenty to do without breaking the bank you’re a sweat. You could go bird watching. All you need is a book, a pair of binoculars, good walking shoes and some time.

 On the warm evenings you could check out the night sky with those very same binoculars or step it up a notch with a telescope and see that UFO zooming by. (For the techno-geek that has to have his PC along you can still bring it and use the night sky software or bird guide of your choice on your computer or PDA.) If your out at night you might want to pick up a night vision scope to see what is out in the woods with you. Any good bigfoot hunter worth his weight would not be caught without one.