Your Guide To Easy Reading

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And Lo! An index was born.

!NEW! posts are marked accordingly. History. Science. Fiction. Horror. Comedy. Pop Culture. Commentary. Interviews. DIY's. Lots to see here so look around and have fun. 

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Be well! 

And so should you!

FICTION 

 

Things in the World  - A father's worries collide with a terror from the night. 

Awake at a Wake  - in which four people sharing a long history find themselves in a funeral parlor - 

The Haunting's House - horror

"The Haunting's House" is a sequel, I think. (spoilers) 

Buried Treasure
Do real pictures always tell a real story? Do we want them to? (found items)
The Illustrated Boy (flash fiction concept piece) 
What if Storms Fell Up? A stormy forecast on another Earth
Rest Stop - Horror Flash Fiction  
The Teeny Tiny Monster Who was Almost Too Small  video

To Serve A Prince  (A Star Trek Red Shirt origin story.)
Dry Bones - Philosophical zombie flash fiction
The Goo - A novel in progress
Indistinguishable  (Careful what you wish for.)

The Wedding Piece (Southern Gothic for Tracey and Alex)

They are at the window again  (It's a love story. With zombies.)

Running With Wolves  (Wolves on Wall St, indeed.)

The Terror in the Woods at Night next to a Lake.  (Ode to 80's horror)

“But had the walls eyes to pluck out….”  

Wondering About Wonder Woman  

The Zombie Alphabet

The Death of Joe Average  (What happens when the deathtrap works?)

Thoughts of a Visitor  

Knight’s Rider  (80's TV meets zombie apocalypse)

By Way of Goliath

FUNNY HA HA?

My memes mostly come at night. Mostly. Part 2  
Frosty the Snow Golem 
Today's Tom Sawyer
The Grendel Who Stole Christmas

Potatoes are what we eat. Potatoes are what we ride

The Dangers of Exposition
And on that confusing note...   

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to really screw it up. 

My memes mostly come at night. Mostly. 

A clean slate for the New Year. 

I find your lack of faith and math skills disturbing.  

Canada’s Chuck Norris

Commuting Rant 

Sand Jerks. Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate Tusken Raiders  

Japanese Television is Evil. 

He's # 1 because he takes his job seriously.

HISTORICAL

"The Second Going" by Yeets  

The 2020 Post: Humans, History, and Hope.  

A 500-Hundred-Year-Old Rhythmic Rump is Music to the Ears
Chipping Away at the History of the Potato Chip 
The US Government's UFO interest just got weirder  
Voyager 1 fires thrusters silent since Jimmy Carter was President 
For Those Lost, Those Hurt, And Those Who Fight 
Romancing the (Rosetta) Stone
Total Eclipse (of the heart) 2017
Will the real Rosie the Riveter please stand up! 
The World is But a Stage(coach) for Mary
Words Have Meaning
Of What Weight is a Piece of Infinity?  
Planet X, you say? 
Home(stead) for the Holidays
Local necropolis, er, cemetery. 
Local necropolis, er, cemetery. PART 2 
When Superman fought the KKK  
iVon Daniken 
How Fast The Great Pyramid - Let's crunch the numbers - 2024 update



BEWARE MY BRAIN

Decoupage Captain America Shield Build  - photos !NEW!

The Unnoticed Symbolism in Our Calendar's Year End Arc  

That one time The Golden Girls fought H.P. Lovecraft   

Upstate Gold - An Upstate New York spin on a Californian one-hit wonder 

Ancient Aliens Live Tour 2022: A brief review of one stop

Comic Book Rant Because I am Old and Think I know Shit  
Spring Sprang Sprung  - A brief poem, like the seasons.   

Maggot's Work - A poem. A story. A life.  

ROM the Spaceknight is an Archetype?
Star Trek Meant I Had A Future 
Throwing Shorts Away with Throwing Axes   video

A Definition of the Martial Arts

Two Collections and One Novel - Now Available on Amazon 
Speak Loudly, Do The Ghosts We Carry  
This Thanksgiving I am Thankful for YOU 
Goodbye, Stan. EXCELSIOR!  
The Stranglers meet the Mystery Men  
ALL FIXED! THANKS, POLITICS!   video
Dear Dear.  A trail cam vid and 150th post!      video
A Rocket, A Tesla, and Some Horse Poop Walk Into a Bar   
How Creativity Works   
'He said, She said' aka 'Coyote Argument, Mostly Chemical'   video

Something to Chew On About Zombies and the Living  
Hello Kitty and the Vermont Comic Con 
Wise Words, Parallel Worlds 
Happy Fourth of July (with a few well deserved shout-outs) 
Of Life and Gratitude (not my usual kind of post)
I Am the Terror That Croaks in The Night
Predatory Remains of the Calcium Kind
My Everyday On This Planet 
Welcome to Night Vale, the All Hail tour 2017  
Happy New Year 2017, Humanity!
We Want Your Business
STOP READING THIS BLOG 
Baby It's Cold Outside: Revisionism, Clickbait, and Bullshit. Any Questions?
Did You Hear That?

Conforming to the definition of Non-Conformity
Spock Thoughts

Settle Down Fellow Nerds

Happy Mother's Day!

Farewell, Prince

Holy LEGO, Batman! 

Gimme a Red! 

The Election Rant Post I Should Just Cut-n-Paste Every Four Years 

Self Defense starts with SELF for a reason  

I am Very Offended that I could not come up with a better title for this blog. 

The Color Purple (Man)  

The Internet  

Consumed by Zombies  

Goodbye AJ  

The NAKED truth about internet privacy. 

I Mourn the Loss of Evil, Maleficent movie review 

Atlas gave them One Shrug, Atlas Shrugged movie review.

I said do it… or else.  

V for Ven-Stupid  

It’s the End of the World. Again.  

Star Trek Ruined Me  

25 Favorite Children's Titles 

Ronald Reagan, Watchmen, and aliens.  video

Fixing the Electoral Process 

Loaded words. 

San Diego Comic Con 2008 Recap

INTERVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS THAT NEVER HAPPENED

Digging for an Oak Island interview  (Attempted)
Robert Clotworthy: You Know His Voice 
The 12,500 yr old Interview. Kind of…    (Graham Hancock attempted)
So this guy on the Great Space Coaster walks up to me at a con…  
This Interview Would Have Been Bullshit   (Matt Page aka Master Ken attempted)
Here’s to hope! (Tsoukalos attempted)
Strongarm Interview 3: Dr. Steel 
Strongarm Interview #2 Smeff 
Strongarm Interview: John "Widgett" Robinson



STUFF YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING

Trying to bring Kung Fu movie sound effects into the real world video  

Doctor Strange 2 to be MCU's first horror film. Sweet. **(overdue 2024 update) 
Funko's Alien 40th Anniversary Breakfast Cereal
Star Trek TOS Set Tour: Set Phasers to IMPRESSIVE!
SCP-4082 "Real Heavy" (A SCP submission. REJECTED)
Farewell Steve Ditko, Harlan Ellison, and Cinamon Hadley
Cinemassacre interviews Joe Bob Briggs. A post for fellow B-movie fans.
Skyrim on Alexa: The joke that FUS RO DAH'd into reality 
How I Built My Floating Deck on Uneven Ground    video 
The Nightmare Before Christmas on Broadway?   video
Proof of Time Travel. YOU CAN RELAX NOW! 
Touch My Anchor and I'll F*#% You Up! 
Slowing It Down   video
Where is your center?  video
My Captain America Shield is done!   video
The Circle of Internet Life
Cooking With Vsauce
Geek Moms and Geek Dads  
Hail! Our new Alien rulers!  
WALL-E you look at that! 
TAKE MY MONEY. LEGO® Scooby-Doo Sets and...YOURS?!

(Not new anymore) NEW STUFF NEW STUFF NEW STUFF



IT INVOLVES ME FOR SOME ODD REASON

William Shatner's 90th Birthday Celebration at the Star Trek Set Tour, Ticonderoga NY 

My First Renn Fest! Huzzah!
From Bellicose to Vericose: A M3 Rock Festival post
Putting the Mental back into Mental Illness (Updated)
Dear Sump Pump 
Sam's 2016 Presidential Campaign Updates  video playlist
If I am elected your President  
Sam for President? 
You Can't Go Home Again
Kill It With Fire!
I'd buy that for a dollar!    
A Retinue of Reviews 
Beauty and the Beastmaster 
Six months of insurance sales hell 
Visiting Hours. A true ghost(?) story.

Decoupage Captain America Shield Build - with photos

Decoupage Captain America Shield Build 

 

-Many, many comics were harmed in the making of this project-

 An idea struck me for a new, unconventional Captain America shield. 

Decoupage: a visual art form involving decorating an object by gluing cut-out paper, fabric, or other flat materials onto its surface, sometimes in combination with special paint effects, or other decorative elements. 

So, I got out some spare shield parts and started playing…

 ..and playing...

 

 
 

 

 

 

Right about this point in the process (a year in) it hit me. I wasn't making an ode to comics. I was making a comic. The star a speech bubble, a sound effect, and a catch phrase. The white back a page. A bleached chariot of pressed pulp carrying gods, demons, monsters, lovers, heroes, and villains from their world into ours. The red, white, and blue a stage for clashes of muscle and mind.

A DIY vid is in the works that will combine ‘how-to’ with ‘step-by-step progression’ without turning into a glorified slide show. I think. Hopefully. No promises. 

Be well.

 - Sam 

 

Trying to bring Kung Fu movie sound effects into the real world

A video in which I (poorly) try to duplicate some Kung Fu movie sound effects in the real world using the guts of a (cheap) motion activated toy. A proof of concept, if you will. I know someone more skilled than I can make this happen. I believe in you!

Be well!

-Sam

How I Built My Floating Deck on Uneven Ground (video)

In which I, an unwashed novice in the ancient arts of Deck Building, built a level freestanding/floating one. Huzzah!

I hope this helps with your own build. I didn't re-invent the wheel, but I made damn sure it was level.

Local mosquitoes know this is a likely spot to find me 

during the 6.5 weeks of summer we get in the Northeast. 

No joke, my shovels were next to the front door 

for seven months between this past Fall and Winter. Brutal.

My Captain America shield is done!

One shield down and ???? more to go. I think I'll go for a shiny look on the next build and try different paints to see which style I like more. And for the one after that? Hmm...still deciding. The darker stealth shield from was cool. I like the half shield/half Hydra image so that's a possibility. Oh! battle damaged! That sounds cool.

Regardless of what I do, I hope the build helps with your own superhero DIY builds.

Be seeing you,

Sam

SHIELDS AT MAXIMUM!

In the next few weeks I'll be posting a DIY video for a build I'm working on. I don't want to give any hints so I'll post a few pics I know won't...

IT'S A CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD! IT'S A CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD! WOO HOO!