Sure adults can enjoy the story of the tragedy at sea, but can kids? Some people decided to find out... or make books and movies.... maybe they weren't really interested in finding out.
First up is White Star! The story of a dog aboard the Titanic. Look at him as he swims to safety! I don't see anyone else in the water... what is going on here?
I also find it interesting that the dog is named White Star and so was the cruise line that launched Titanic. BTW: There were dogs on the Titanic, and a few did survive.
This is Titanicat...
I hope it's about a giant cat the size of Titanic.
Cats and dogs... how about a Polar Bear:
Alright, I actually read the back cover on this one so I am an expert about it.
This is a story of a teddy bear that a little boy brought on Titanic and took onto the lifeboat with him and brought the bear back to NY.
Now, I know what you are thinking... "this sounds great, but I hate reading. Stupid books!"
I can't agree more. Wanna see a feature length cartoon from Italy about the disaster that features talking mice?
There are 2:
Yes, there are TWO different animated tales of Titanic! I have it on good authority (a YouTube commenter) that one of these films also features a rapping dog.
A RAPPING DOG! I have no idea why I haven't seen these yet. Time to fix that!
I attended Wrestlemania this year in Miami. Like the past several Wrestlemania's there is a whole weekend of stuff to do. My weekend started with the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the arena where the Miami Heat play:
It was a fun show with some very funny and/or deeply moving speeches. They had at sign outside the door warning the wrestling fans not to act like wrestling fans.
Sadly it didn't work.
The inductees this year were Mil Mascaras, Mike Tyson, Edge, The Four Horsemen, Yokozuna and Ron Simmons.
I got a nice shirt with every hall of famer listed on the back:
I also got some amazing arena junk food:
First stop on day two was the Jackie Gleason theater. There was actually a WWE event nearby, but I would have driven an hour away to see the building where Jackie and Art Carney revived The Honeymooners (in color, no less!)
Out front is a clever stick figure of Jackie. Sadly the building was closed and the doors were locked. I have heard the place may be knocked down soon. I'm glad I got to see it for myself.
Next stop was Wrestlemania Axxess! This is a big event that is essentially a convention for WWE fans.
I got to meet a bunch of WWE stars including Jinder Mahal. Jinder is a stone faced, dull character on TV, but he was really funny in person!
Here is a legend, the great Handsome Harley Race:
Alright, these were just costumed goofballs that Mattel had on hand. But, the funny thing was, the actual Jimmy Hart was on hand as well!
Ricky The Dragon Steamboat:
The Usos:
Macho Man Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth:
Just kidding, that was Derrick Bateman and Maxine. I barely heard of them either.
Here is former tag champ Heath Slater... greatest WWE name ever:
This guy isn't a wrestler at all, but he does have massive arms. This guy is a WWE superfan of epic proportions. I have seen him in camera shots at live events for as long as I can remember. I spotted him in line for Heath Slater and talked to him for a bit. Super nice guy.
I picked this up weird thing at a thrift shop recently:
It has a working keyboard and an actual mouse (not pictured... the fake mouse on the computer does nothing... ignore the rotate and start buttons.)
The graphics on the screen are ripped off from the internet.
Hey look:
Notice anything?
It came with a cartridge with 48 games:
The games run on the Nintendo Famicom system (which was the Japanese version of the NES.) Most of the games seem to be ports of old Windows 3.1 programs.
You can type as Mario runs below you.
Not sure how much I will use this silly thing, but I am glad to have it.
Here is a neat little project I did this weekend.I was very pleased with the results and it was incredibly easy.
To start out I had an old TV. It was a square TV, but it had a nice flat screen with a bright clear image.
I bought a mount for it on eBay and put it up in my basement:
Look at that TV with it's sweet built in VCR!
I then took an old foam mounted poster I had. A sturdy piece of cardboard would have worked too.
I printed out a bunch of Duck Hunt images:
I included the "laughing dog". I love him. I am surprised to find how many people on the net hated him. It's like 50/50 between "I hate that dog" and "I'd hit dat".
Then I cut the foam board to match the size and shape of the TV leaving a spot for the remote control sensor:
Then I painted it blue and glued on the images on:
Then I just used a staple gun to staple it to the TV:
Not too shabby! Sure hanging the heavy TV was a bit back breaking... and yes, I did get some glares from the cashier at Kinkos after printing the images... but wow. Looks really good!
There is something kind of disorienting about playing Duck Hunt on a TV with a Duck Hunt graphics around the screen.
I collect celebrity yearbooks. I have several of Mr. T's yearbooks, one from Alan Hale (The Skipper from Gilligan's Island) and one from Burr Tillstrom (the creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie.)
The other day I Mister Rogers senior and sophomore yearbooks.
Here is a bit of trivia. Remember Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers Neighborhood? Fred's mother's maiden name was McFeely. It used to be a tradition for people to give kids the mothers maiden name as a middle name.
I think it was. Not sure. I think I heard it in a country song.
One of the things I noticed about Fred Rogers in his yearbook is that he was a superstar student. He was all over this yearbook!
The picture above is Mister Rogers as a Soph. He's on the right. Its hard to miss him. He really didnt change much over the years.
Here is another one. This is the French Club. He's in the front row seated in between the pretty gal and the moody guy.
There he is, Student Council president and ladies man.
This is my favorite picture because he is wearing a cardigan sweater!! It's not a zip up like he wore on the show, but wow!
