Who Were Your Heroes?

Over at Chaka's World, Brother Chaka was asking who we looked upon as heroes when we were children. I knew my answer before finishing to read his post - after my Dad it began and ended with Captain Kirk. This was what I wrote in his comment section:

"I always hoped that William Shatner would have died after Star Trek went off the air. Then he would have been frozen in our memories as the James Dean of Science Fiction. There were many embarrassing lean years between Star Trek, his classic SNL skit ("Have any of you ever kissed a girl?") and his great, great turn as Denny Crane on 'Boston Legal'. I have his RECORDS so I know from what I speak. Today he has a fantastic self depreciating sense of his own fame and can joke WITH us now about all the things that make him cool. Who would have ever thunk it? But as a kid...Captain Kirk was the bomb baby. In the "Gamesters of Triskelion" when he tore off that restraining collar with contempt at the end of that episode, I yelled "FUCK YEH KIRK" at the TV screen and got grounded for a week. I didn't care because my mother just didn't understand how cool a moment that was to me and I felt sorry for her because of that."

Classic Cool Pin-up Of Superman

Kick Ass Trailer

This looks like it could be good. I loved the John Romita, Mark Millar series because for once I realized, "HEY, I could get my ass kicked for playing superhero. DUH!" I am a simple little monkey. Do yourself a favor and check out the comic. It's crazy over the top.

Fear and Lies

I am terrified listening to the Republican Right talking about the attack on soldiers at Fort Hood. They are working up their base and shamelessly using this incident to keep the wars going in the Middle East. I feel like we are back in the days just after 9/11 when anyone who was Muslim or was not perceived to be a real American could be shot in the streets. I don't blame individuals who are scared of what they don't fully understand - I blame officials who use such fear to advance their own evil agendas.

From the beginning, terrorists should have been dealt with as a 'law enforcement' problem and not a 'military' problem. There was no 'army' to fight. Using investigative techniques to first find then eliminate the ringleaders would have saved thousands of US lives and the trillions that have gone wasted in the past 6 years. These lost dollars could have paid for universal healthcare a dozen times over. There is always money for war and Wallstreet but not for the ordinary citizen.

It has been military procedures such as 'stop-loss' that have created the stress in soldiers like the individual who killed 13 at Fort Hood. Asking for 40,000 more troops for Afghanistan is sheer lunacy and only escalates a conflict that is UNWINABLE. More dead young men, more returning with life shattering injuries and PTSD that will show up in many more tragic killings.

Why can't anyone learn from the lessons of history? We all know that no one since Alexander the Great has been able to defeat the forces in Afghanistan. What makes the US think they will fair any differently than the Russians or the British before them?

What happened last week is tragic but is emblematic of all that is wrong with American foreign policy. I have nothing but respect and sympathy for the soldiers (my father was one for 32 years) who seem to be the sacrificial lambs for those who have evil intentions and the desire to keep the profits flowing by maintaining the war policies. Its time to bring those brave young men and women home. Time to make what they fought and died for lead to meaningful change in America. They have earned that.

Judgement Bear...

judges your hat to be FABULOUS!

Damn Commies

Well I did see a Stalin-sized poopy in the toilet.

Yes Little One, I FEEL The POWER

Most Tigers do convert after entering the prison that is the zoo.

This is Xenu From Scientology?

I am sorry Tom, but that guy is gayer than the purple Teletubby. Maybe the theme song of your 'religion' should be 'Its Raining Men' by the Weather Girls.

Our Private School

really has relaxed their admission policies.

Just Beautiful

There they go with that red hair again and personally I welcome our cute new readheaded overlords.

Just Funny

Cool Posters Of Old

The White Kraken

Thanks to Dr. Monkey for sending me this site and especially this post about a true norther menace - The WHITE KRAKEN. Here I was thinking that in the cold frozen waterways that we were safe but like Mordor - there are things here that do not sleep - even in the depth of winter.

"Once known as the terror among the ice, the Frost Kraken of 1816 enveloped its prey with the snow white embrace of silken fur and would quickly dispatch a still-beating heart with its concealed obsidian beak. Explorers tell of the rare Frost Kraken ink which remained as warm as smouldering embers long after the beast’s own death. A single drop upon naked skin was said to cause a lasting sense of pleasure and euphoria so powerful that it was most certainly fatal to all but the most exceptional victims."

http://www.ectomo.com/

Cool Poster For Cool Film

Bob Hauwk - "The President is missing."
Snake Pliskin - "The President of what?"

Straight For The Water Baby

Homemade skateboard...check. Crazy steep hill...check. No helmet to increase drag...check. Upcoming death...double check.

This reminds me of my sister and what happen to her when we were kids. We were in British Columbia visiting relatives and we took the bikes for a ride. Like many people our relatives lived on the side of a mountain. So when you rode the bikes you had to be careful not to put full brakes on when you picked up speed down the hill. She ignored this advice and did a full frontal road scrape after flying over the handle bars while wearing just shorts and a halter top. It was horrific. That night my mother pulled tiny rocks out from under her skin with tweezers. She then put that stinging cream on her while we ate spaghetti and meatballs in the next room without a word. We could only listen to her muffled cries. One of my cousins then looked down at his plate and said, "This looks like Kimmy." We laughed and laughed till we couldn't breath. I don't know why I just told that story. Good times...good times.

We Welcome Our Robot Brothers To The Struggle

As long as they remember Asimov's rules and use their mechanical arms for the crushing of iPod using squids. If I didn't know better I would swear that one has the complete Conway Twitty collection on that music player and I do hates me some Conway Twitty. Oh no, I did it again didn't I? Now I will get hateful messages from the "Conway Twitty Fans For Jeebus" crowd. Well bring it bitches. My dislike for the man runs long and deep.

Cats Are Energy

I love this picture that captures perfectly the energy that makes up our beloved kitties. No wonder the mummies and cephalopods hate and fear them.

My Greatest Fear

When I was 16 I attended a six week cadet training camp in Ontario. We spent about a week learning how to scuba dive in the base pool and for our certification we had to do a dive in the local lake. Unfortunately there was a tornado warning and our testing got cancelled and I never did scuba dive again. To be honest I was terrified to get into the water because of all the things living IN the water. This picture is my worst nightmare. There I am, minding my own business. No plants or sharks or fish to worry about. Just a pool like calm and BOOM..there he is...old boneless himself and me without a knife strapped to my leg or a spear gun. Because you KNOW that if I did have a spear gun I would be aiming right for that bulbous head of his. Just look at that bastard trying to change colors to confuse me and freak me out at the same time. Flight or fight baby...flight or fight. I would be swimming away but if he followed me then it would have been ON. I hate them. I really do.

Back Up Muthafracker

I got a full diaper and I am not afraid to use it to get my way.

Who Is This Artist?

I just love his/her stuff. The mixture of disconnected images just works for me. I printed these all up for my wall of fame.

I Love This Picture

I love any thing under a bell jar for some strange reason. That little thing under glass both fascinates me and freaks me out. He seems like the remains of a race of little buggers that used to run around Ireland or somewhere equally mystic and green.

Retro Cool

My time machine is SO gonna look like this. Its a good 60s look and just one door to walk through. I have been thinking I have to take the machine WITH me when I travel. I can get home by remote. This changes everything.

Stephen Wiltshire

One of my all time favorite artists in Stephen Wiltshire. He was born autistic but has an amazing ability to draw realistic representations of buildings or cityscapes that he has only seen ONCE. He didn't learn to speak until he was nine. Thankfully a teacher saw his talent and steered him towards a career in art. His work is truly amazing. One of his books 'Floating Cities' covers the art he drew after touring through the capitals of Europe when he was 12. He is a true savant.

Did I Miscount?

I count seven? Do you?

Ah The Churches

Just the place to go for compassion and acceptance.

Proudest Mother In Mexico

WTF?

You are invading my cupcakes now? Have you no shame? I can see you dragging puppies and small children to their deaths but hiding in my snack food? I have to draw the line somewhere. Fricken cephalopods.

Wicked Cool Alex Ross Print.

Alex Ross has donated the above signed,original artwork to S.W.R.O, a charity dedicated to rescuing animals. The Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization, Inc. is auctioning the pencil-and-inked Catwoman piece through eBay here, the bidding ending on Friday.

http://comicbooks.tumblr.com/

From The Files Of The Cave Of Cool - 32

I Think I Will Never See - A Cooler Costume Than The Bee