September 2006

This is a list of archived entries published in September 2006.

Zombies rule

I wish I had an Xbox 360. And Dead Rising.
Alternatively, I wish I’d never gone to my cousin Mike’s and played Dead Rising, because now I know what I’m missing.

09.28.2006 | Blog, Zombies | Permalink | 3 comments

Yaz

Does anyone else find themselves thinking of a certain baseball player while watching that ad for “Yaz”? (I’d link to it on YouTube, but the only full version up there has been edited and vandalized.) If you think of him instead of the med whenever they say the word, the ad becomes hilarious.
Even with the [...]

09.21.2006 | Blog | Permalink | Comments closed

If you are Vin Diesel, yell really loud

Again, apologies for my extended absence. My only consolation is that everyone else in my Sphere of Influence over there seems to be busy too.
Rest assured I’m hard at work on That Thing I Can’t Talk About Yet.
In the meantime, enjoy one of my favorite websites: funny emergency signs.

09.20.2006 | Blog | Permalink | 6 comments

He-Man (2002) action figure

NOTE: Originally published under the name “Poe Ghostal” on OAFE on 8/5/02.
He-Man and the Heroic Masters of the Universe must save Eternia from the clutches of the sinister Skeletor and his Evil Horde…
A headstrong teenager with a nose for trouble stumbles upon an ancient stone castle deep in the Eternia Forest. There he meets a [...]

09.13.2006 | Blog, Reviews, Toys | Permalink | Comments closed

Wolverine (brown costume)

NOTE: Originally published under the name “Poe Ghostal” on OAFE on 10/5/04.
I can trace my awareness of the X-Men comics—and by extension, the mutant superhero called Wolverine—to its original source: an advertisement in the back of a comic book. The ad featured a “cool” kid—you knew he was cool because he was wearing a denim [...]

09.06.2006 | Blog, Comics, Reviews, Toys | Permalink | Comments closed

Wake me up when September ends

I’ll be going a little light on entries this month. Fear not—there’s a very good reason for this, which will be revealed when the time comes. In the meantime, I’ll be recycling some old content, including transferring some of my more memoir-heavy reviews from OAFE, and maybe some other old stuff I can dig up.
By [...]

09.05.2006 | Blog | Permalink | 3 comments