Day 286 - Hush Nerdy Baby - Geeky Lullaby - 10/15/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day is an adaptation of "Hush Little Baby"!

From youtube:

A sort of sequel to "Santa Buddy" (my first song parody video)!

A lullaby for Geek Moms and Dads!


Lyrics:

Hush little baby don't say a word
Papa's gonna buy toys fit for a nerd.
If nerdy toys turn out to be your thing
Papa's gonna buy you Sauron's Ring
and if that ring messes with your head
Papa will buy the Mirror of Erised
and if that Mirror is worse than Tumblr
Papa's gonna buy you a Billy-Bumbler
and if that throcken won't be your pet
Papa's gonna buy you a Starscream Jet
and if that jet won't transform with you in it
Papa's gonna buy you a K-9 unit
and if K-9 leave you for a Time Lord
Papa's gonna buy you a Hoverboard.
If that Hoverboard makes you fall down
You'll still be the Hoopiest Frood in town.

 I wish I blogspot would let me fit more Labels in the Label section.

Day 165 - All the Fun - an original song! - 6/14/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is a new original song!

It's also a lyric video!

It's about people being mean. Especially geeks and nerds, who, in my opinion, should be nicer to everyone. Especially each other.

It's also about sporks.

You can download it here! Just click on any of the words in this line!

Or you could become my Patron!

Day 145 - Towel/Geek Pride/Star Wars/Glorious 25th of May! - 5/25/2015.

It's Memorial Day.

And Geek Pride Day/Towel Day/Star Wars Day/the Glorious 25th of May!

I celebrate the latter 4 on this day each year!

You can download this song here! https://sethifus.bandcamp.com/track/glorious-towel-pride



But today's Thing-a-Day Thing is actually this:

My Towel Day Towel!

I've been using it for a few years now. I chose it because it's small enough to carry around without much trouble. Plus it reminds me a bit of Arthur Dent's towel in the much-maligned movie version of "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

I actually like the movie version a lot. To each their own...

This year the towel is a bit different! Today I added some drawings to represent the other May 25th geeky celebrations!  Here they are!

The towel itself and the number 42 in the corner are in celebration of Towel Day, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Douglas Adams. The 42 has been there other years, but I remarkered and added a little orange on the edges to make it pop out more.

I wrote "GEEK PRIDE" in a pixilated font for Geek Pride Day! I try not to be too prideful too much of the time, but I do like the things I like.

A sprig of lilacs for the Glorious 25th of May! This is a reference to Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. I've read a few of the books, played the games, seen a few of the movies, but haven't gotten into the series like I feel I should. I don't not like it, but I'm not head-over-feet for it. I wish I was.

And finally the Rebel Alliance starbird for Star Wars Day! I like Star Wars, but I've always liked Star Trek a little more. They're both good nerdgeekdork fun, though. Can't we all just get along?

That's it!

I'd like to add more, but I don't know what to add. I'm already representing each of the 4 celebrations of May 25th. Am I missing any?

If so, let me know in the comments!

I wish there was something Star Trek-y to celebrate today as well.

Day 140 - Dinosaur Dracula! - 5/20/2015

Today's Thing is Dinosaur Dracula!

I love the DinoDrac site! It is probably my favorite entertainment, online magazine site. If you like things like cereal mascots, cartoons, action figures, Halloween, Christmas, Gremlins, tiki culture, and everything great about the 80's and early 90's, you should check it out!

Mummy Shark is pretty great, too!

Roger Rabbit!

 

I love Roger Rabbit!

 

 

 

 All things Roger Rabbit!

 

 

I used to have kid's books, cake decoration PVC figures, shirts, a sweatshirt, posters, toys, and lots of other great stuff I don't have anymore.

 

But I do still have some stuff.

 

 I have the movie and cartoon shorts in VHS and DVD form...

 

 

 

I have 2 of the 3 books (no e-reader for "Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?" Soon...) and all of the comics!

 

 

 

 

 

And even most (if not all) of the cards (I should put them in order).

 

 

I wish they'd make another movie, but I have a feeling it will never happen.

 

 

But while I wait for the movie that will never come, here's a bunch of rare/forgotten videos I found on youtube! Enjoy them while they're still up!

 

First up, a Diet Coke commercial!



 

Next, a McDonald's commercial!

 

 

 

Here's some early test footage when Roger didn't look like Roger, Eddie wasn't Bob Hoskins, and Paul Ruebens was Roger's voice!



 

Here's some surprisingly good computer animation from the 90s! Testing out computer animation for a possible sequel/prequel.

 

Here's "Mickey's 60th Birthday Special. Roger is in the beginning, onscreen with Charles Fleisher (his voice)!

 

 

Now, I know Topher Grace already did this on his site "Cereal Prize", but here's the collection of Maroon Cartoon shorts!

 

 

And one last silly video. Here's a Disney Sing-along Songs video with a person in a Roger costume, singing along in Charles Fleischer's voice!

 

 

 

 

If you have any other rare/forgotten Roger Rabbit videos (other than the special features on the DVD/Bluray) leave them in the comments section!

 

Here's hoping for Roger Rabbit 2! P-b-b-b-b-b-b-lease!





Hello, Strange Kids!

This post is for anybody who wondered to the Ponder Couch by way of the Strange Kids Clubhouse.

Hello.

Here are two video reviews I did for a couple of Deficitionalized Products:

Romulan ale.

Buzz Cola


And just for fun:

Yeah, Jelly Babies and Turkish Delight aren't Defictionalized, but I found out about them through shows and books I enjoy so... they're almost the same... kinda...

Here's that song I did about geeky t-shirts mentioned and linked to in the Strange Kids Club article:

Check out the rest of the site! There's lots of fun stuff and some of it is by other people!

And if you don't know what I'm talking about go here:  http://www.strangekidsclub.com/2013/05/08/collector-spotlight-9/

A couple Halloween/October videos...

Glass Table Experiment 1

#geekworldproblems

My Ticket Stub Collection

One of my all time favorite films is High Fidelity.  This movie has had a far deeper impact on my life than should be humanly possible.  In it there is a line spoken by John Cusak referring to the vinyl records as “Fetishized possessions.” This is a concept I have always found fascinating to which I can relate.  I have many fetishized possessions, but the one that concerns me now is a collection of movie ticket stubs I have kept since as early as 1998. 

    

      I feel it is important to mention, that I hadn’t chosen it for this reason, but upon leafing through my ticket stub collection, I find that I have one for when I first saw High Fidelity in theaters.  The collection started as an extension of my OCD tenancies.   To this day, I have trouble throwing away receipts and the plastic name tags they stick to the top of DVDs.  Ticket stubs were just another one of those things, but at the same time, they were always different.  Even if it is only seeing a movie, a ticket stub is a physical reminder of a moment in history.  I can look at certain tickets in my collection and have them pull up a memory as vivid as if it had just happened yesterday.  Some of the best points in my life have been punctuated with movies; first dates, birthdays, points both high and low in my life, and the relationships I’ve kept with my friends over the years.

     I can hold my "House of 1000 Corpses"  stub and remember one of the last times I spent with my cousin and good friend before he moved out to Virginia.  Elsewhere on the Spectrum is the ticket to "Freddy got Fingered", which is a reminder of a strange outing with my then girlfriend and my grandmother, who for some reason wanted to see this over the top film.  I often go through my collection and reminisce. It also is an interesting visual guide to the changes made to tickets at the same theater over the years.  Some of these theaters I have been frequenting for at least 10 years.

     Recently Seth, friend and Ponder Couch mate, gave me an album designed specifically for ticket stubs.  It seems like it may have been designed with a larger ticket stub in mind, but I am slowly filling it up and I am enjoying the new way to display and protect my collection.  I may add pictures of the album as it fills out.

Car Trip Song!

I'm like the Beach Boys.

Christmas at the Ponder Couch!

Santa Buddy, slip a Lightsaber under the tree, for me

been an awful good geek, Santa buddy,
so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Santa Buddy, an 81 Delorean too,

Trash fueled
A Mr. Fusion on top.

Santa buddy, so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Think of all the mercy I’ve shown
To all the stupid noobs that I could’ve pwned.

If you help my collection grow
I’ll help you jailbreak your new smart phone.

Santa Buddy, Time and Relative

Dimension in Space, is the place

Keep the Weeping Angels at bay.
Santa Buddy, so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Santa Partner, there’s one thing I really do need,

Indeed

A gold pressed Latinum pile

Santa partner, so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Santa studly, fill my stocking with a Holodeck,

And next
put the Deathly Hollows inside,

Santa studly, and hurry down the chimney tonight.

Come and trim my Christmas tree,
With geeky decorations bought off of etsy.

I’ll really take great responsibility,
with the great power that you’ll give me,

Santa buddy, forgot to mention one little thing,
A ring.
One to rule them all,
Santa buddy, so hurry down the chimney tonight,
Shimmy down the chimney tonight,
Hurry, tonight.

SOAP!!!!!

I got a box from Geeky Clean!!!




Geeky Clean is a wonderful purveyor of geeky soap.




This time around I got the Firefly Collection and Monkey Farts.



Many of the Geeky Clean Soaps come with a toy prize inside! (just like Cracker Jacks and cereal used to!) I like that. The Wash-o-Saurus bar has a toy T-rex in it and the Monkey Farts has a Barrel o' Monkeys monkey in it.



The soap also has a hard plastic packaging, the lids of which have bar-specific labels that can be collected like trading cards! Even more appropriate for geeks.


I put the Fruity Oaty Bar in our downstairs bathroom. It smells like a fruit mixture and reminds me of fruit snax.





The Monkey Farts on the sink in my bathroom. It has a strong and pleasent banana scent.




And the Wash-o-Saurus in my shower. It has a lovely fruit punch scent.

I've been enjoying them all and highly recommend Geeky Clean to all of you geeks!