[dc]I[/dc]t appears since I updated ComicPress, comics are not included in my Jetpack powered subscription emails. I’ll try to fix this soon, probably tonight. This might mean having to install a new subscription plugin, and existing subscribers might have to sign up again. We’ll see. I know what is causing the issue–comics aren’t a ‘category’ any more, so the comic posts don’t exist in the eyes of some features/plugins. I’ll get this figured out ASAP.
[dc]T[/dc]oday on the Friday Six: More stand up comedy, MST3K 25th anniversary collection, LEGO mechs, R. Stevens interview, cat mayor injured, and Get Lucky recreated in Mario Paint.
[ ] I’m performing ten minutes of stand up comedy at next month’s Church of Comedy event at The Avenue here in Lansing. Don’t let the name fool you, this ain’t a religious show in the least. Sunday, Oct. 6th, 6PM, Free. I got a promotion, I was only allowed five minutes last time (good grief, that was six months ago?!)
[ ] Geek Thing of The Week: This Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition collection.
This MST3K set comes out in November, but is available for pre-order now. It has the following episodes (never released on home video): Moon Zero Two, The Day the Earth Froze (yes, the “Sampo!” movie), The Leech Woman, and Gorgo. Also included are long out of print classics Mitchell and The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (I have the official VHS release of the latter), which are Joel’s last episode and Mike’s first, respectively.
The set also includes a bunch of extras like behind the scenes specials, and the three-part documentary Return To Eden Prairie: 25 Years Of Mystery Science Theater 3000. WANT.
[dc]T[/dc]here are times when enjoying an adult beverage requires stealth and secrecy: attending a dry wedding, attending a wedding with a cash bar, waiting in line to see Santa Claus, and so on. When the need for secret drinking arises, be it occasionally or hourly, flasks are handy. But the problem with a flask is, it looks like a flask. To sip a drink without drawing attention, one needs to think outside the box–or rather, the flask.
These secret flasks will do the trick (and please, do the trick responsibly. Getting kicked out of a petting zoo isn’t as hilarious as it sounds. Goats are angry drunks).
Why is Your Bra Sloshing?
For women, or adventurous-minded guys, wanting to sip some Sauvignon on the sly, there is the aptly named Wine Rack. The wearer fills bladders inside a bra and imbibes the liquid cache of wine (or any adult beverage) via a tube in the side. Sure, the photo makes it look like someone drinking their own blood (and who hasn’t at least once, really), but if such a thing concerns you, stick to white wine. Then all you have to worry about is a giant tube sticking out of your torso.
[dc]O[/dc]ur Wedding has come and gone. It will be strange not to talk or write about planning a wedding, as it has been a daily part of Stephanie and my’s life for over a year. Our wedding was worth all the work though, and everyone enjoyed themselves–folks enjoyed our different approach. Speaking of different approaches, here’s one of the wedding cards we received.
Because this is The Internet, and because The Internet loves lists, here’s a list of wedding highlights in no particular order.
- I played the following songs off my secret iPod playlist at the wedding: Boogie in Your Butt, Magic Dance, Walk the Dinosaur from Super Mario Bros., and The Nightingale from Twin Peaks. (I also played some Danzig at the sound check earlier in the afternoon)
- I put my viking drinking horn, a gift from my best man for being his, to proper use during the reception.
- Speaking of my best man, his speech compared the modern wedding and courtship to that of the Vikings. Educational and hilarious.
- Thanks to Eat Pomegranate Photography for shooting our wedding. I can’t wait to see all the wedding photos. We had a lot of fun posing, especially for the photos at Lick-ity Split ice cream in downtown Grand Ledge.
- Our wedding ceremony featured a reading from Douglas Adams’ So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (read by Ginger, Adorned‘s Kat Cooper), and our wedding officiant made several Star Trek references (“Love, the final frontier,” “Every starship needs a crew.”)