A nerd must-have: the Admiral Ackbar shirt

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

As you might imagine if you’re a regular viewer of this blog, I’m a big fan of action figures. And a big fan of “Star Wars.” One of my favorite figures of that line back in the day was a guy you had to send away for, that being Admiral Ackbar. (If you’re at a loss, he was the red, lobster-y leader of the Rebel fleet against the second Death Star at the end of “Return of the Jedi.” Any geek worth their Lego Millennium Falcon knows who I’m talking about.) So, boy, was I psyched when I saw this Admiral Ackbar T-shirt that featured one of his most memorable lines. The Force is strong with this one, yo.

There are a lot of people with too much time on their hands. But this guy is at least doing something entertaining as he’s taking creative liberties with a gang of Stormtroopers. The political-leaning folks will like this post from the same site: a critical look at bad paintings of Barack Obama. (If you like want to see the art sans commentary, go here.)

Maybe the Stormtrooper guy recently got a pink slip. That means he also has one of these.

What’s that saying, about stuff coming from the mouths of babes? This is a pretty funny list of how first-graders filled in the blanks with famous proverbs.

I pity the fool who doesn’t check out this Tuff Talkin’ Mr. T! Pull the string on a real Mr. T or an action-figure version for one of his many “A-Team” catchphrases. I can get behind this jibba-jabba.

Check out The Virtual Piano and its many chords for a quick musical interlude to your day. Word to your diminished 7th!

Anyone besides me recall those Quizno’s commercials from a few years back featuring weird creatures singing, “We love these suuuubs!”? The guy who created that has his own site and there is some wicked cool stuff on there, usually having to do with chinchillas, crabs and cats in viking attire. This video of a Slayer fan is simply priceless.

Got a lead on a neat-o link? Send it to me at novapoppin@gmail.com. For your video of the week, I present … “Kitten War”!!!

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