Old-School brew Schlitz is attempting a comeback.  Currently owned by another throwback brand, Pabst Brewing Co., they’re releasing a classic formula called “Classic 1960s Formula” in bottles in select markets. According to an article in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “…Pabst is selling bottled Schlitz as a sudsy comfort food for men in their 50s and [...]

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Well, March 19, 2008 marks 5 years of American involvement in the war in Iraq.  Some points to ponder about the Iraq War: – The American Civil War lasted 4 years, ending on April 9, 1865. – World War I lasted 4 years and just under 5 months. – The U.S. role in World War [...]

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The man, the myth, the legend – god among geeks – E. Gary Gygax has passed away Tuesday at the age of 69.  The Wisconsin native is best known for co-inventing Dungeons & Dragons in 1974.  This is like the death of Elvis or John Lennon for a lot of us nerds. – Milwaukee Journal [...]

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I guess you could argue that the less he’s actually in the White House , the less damage he can do… but it’s official, GW has spent 452 days on vacation so far during his presidency.  According to the SNAFU-ed blog (by way of CBS radio) George Bush ‘s trip to Crawford, TX last week [...]

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Interesting and incredibly disturbing… a voice recording of cult leader Jim Jones immediately preceding and during the mass suicide/murder of over 900 members of the Jonestown, Guyana cult. Here’s the Wikipedia entry for some background on the People’s Temple and the freakiness that should never have happened and should never again. Technorati Tags: Jim Jones, [...]

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Whitney Matheson over at USA Today‘s Pop Candy blog alerted me to the fact that Monday was the 50th birthday?  anniversary?  whatever… these wonderfully colorful blocks have been around for 50 freakin’ years. Gizmodo has this elaborately detailed timeline and fun facts about Lego bricks.  Not the least of which, they are officially not called [...]

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It’s a familiar story with a bizarre twist.  Imagine you’re in the military… and you find the love of your life.  You decide to marry while you are on leave, and three days later you must return to your army unit.  Then imagine not seeing your wife for 60 years. That’s what happened to Russian [...]

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OK, so I was a day late (and so many dollars short), but TubaPants would like to wish the Smurfs happy 50th birthday.  Started by the Belgian artist Peyo, the Smurfs made their debut in comic strip form in 1958. Some Smurfy links for you: the official site a list of character names and, of [...]

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Major Andrew Olmsted has been blogging from the frontlines of the Iraq war both on his own and for the Rocky Mountain News. On Thursday, January 3rd, Olmsted became one of the first two casualties of 2008. Being truly committed both to blogging and to his chosen profession, Olmsted knew his was a dangerous lot [...]

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A company called Jailbreak Toys has released a series of toy figurines called “Lord Crumwell’s Oddfellows,” a series of important artists, writers, thinkers and world leaders. There pretty neat actually.  Check ‘em out. Technorati Tags: Jailbreak Toys, Lord Crumwell’s Oddfellows

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From a Greek nunnery turned into a marijuana farm by two men posing as gardeners to a South African man with a gunshot wound told by a doctor to “walk the pain off,” the world was full of weird news in 2007. A Moscow woman set fire to her ex-husband’s penis as he sat naked [...]

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A while back I posted a pretty extreme gamer tattoo that I thought some of ya’ll might find interesting. Well, stumbled across another one in the same vein. This one’s a little more basic in its design, but equally representative of the old school nerd world. Behold, the 20-sided die tattoo from hipsterplease.com: “I wanna [...]

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“Don’t tase me bro“ A quote which topped out phrases like:   “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.” “That’s some nappy-headed hos there,” and “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our [...]

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Here is a great article about the release of the first two seasons of Sesame Street. I wasn’t around for these opening seasons, but I know that I do not approve of the changes the show made from when I was a kid to now days. Technorati Tags: Sesame Street

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It is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!! Speak it, Love it, Live it… YARRRRRR!!!! Technorati Tags: Talk Like a Pirate Day

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