These are the Xylopholks. They dress in furry animal costumes while playing old-timey music. They’re kind of like Mummers but with even more creepy. Somehow I think this would be nightmarish to children. Just a hunch.
The Simpsons vs Star Trek Awesomeness
April 21st, 2009To mash-up the themes from The Simpsons and Star Trek is one thing. It’s kind of cute but it lacks any real “WOW” factor. But to do so whilst using a Theremin most certainly attains that “WOW” factor, and dare I say takes things to a much higher state of awesomeness.
The Vaderatrix [Kind of NSFW: Vinyl-Clad Villainess]
April 17th, 2009So I was Googling various nonsense to see what would come up via Google images whilst I read my morning emails and sipped my thinking juice (aka: coffee). Eventually I found this gem of a picture;
Behold! The Vaderatrix! Alluring yet frightening! Disturbing yet awesome! I mean come on, she (or he ’cause one never knows) even has the life-support doohickey and the utility belt. All that’s missing is the whip and a bottle of Astroglide. Once again this proves that geeks are some of the kinkiest freaks on this green rock.
I’m sure this picture has already made the rounds but hell, how can I not share something like this? I have no idea where the original photo comes from, so if you know let me know, but from the looks of it the shot was probably taken at a convention. Shocker I know.
Certainly puts a new twist to the famous Star Wars quote “And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base… “
National Haunters Con and Philly Zombie Crawl Pics
April 16th, 2009So this past weekend I attended the National Haunters Convention, which took place at the Valley Forge Convention Center right outside of Philly. It’s a mix of a Haunted Attraction trade show and Halloween enthusiast show and included a tour of a local haunt named the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride. There was a lot going on for me including running a class. A fun time was had by all.
And ’cause I’m a glutton for punishment, Sunday was the 4th annual Philly Zombie Crawl on South Street. My guess, and it’s just that, is that we had some 400 zombies wandering around South Street from bar to bar. All in all it was pretty successful. Being that I’m one of the organizer monkeys there was a lot going on for me. A fun time was had by all.
Sooo… Instead of going through all of the details of both events you can peruse all of the photographs I took this past weekend. Think of it as a gruesome picture book instead of me being a lazy bum.
Click the above shot to see the whole set of photos from the National Haunters Con.
Click the above shot to see the whole set of photos from the Philly Zombie Crawl.
My New Fave Nerd Band – The Browncoats
April 9th, 2009The Browncoats are a Firefly fan band that seems to have embraced the embodiment of everyone’s favorite badass from the Vers – Jyane. They’re scruffy, tattooed, drunk, rowdy and toqued. And to further prove it they just released their new video of their cover of the song The Hero of Canton.
National Haunters Convention This Weekend
April 9th, 2009Posted by News & Updates from Grendel’s Den Design Studio
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This Friday and Saturday I will be participating at the National Haunters Convention, which will be held at the Valley Forge Convention Center. You can catch GDDS at booth 1105 so be sure to stop by. I’m also running a seminar “Building Your Online Presence”, which will take place on Friday at 9:00AM.
ISP Outage
April 8th, 2009Posted by News & Updates from Grendel’s Den Design Studio
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Verizon, my Internet Service Provider, is experiencing outages throughout the Philadelphia region today and doesn’t expect to have things back to normal until 1:00 PM (EST) today. This means that my online access will be sporadic until Verizon has this issue fixed later today.
When Bunnies Attack
April 7th, 2009PrettyGeek.net
April 3rd, 2009
Fellow blogger, geek and really good friend of mine Hugh Casey has a fantastic site for those who have a fine appreciation of sexy geeks. PrettyGeek.net features various photographs of geeks in nerdtastic outfits ranging from the infamous Princes Leia slave girl bikini to pirates. If it’s a part of geek culture it’s probably going to make its way onto this blog. There’s nothing naughty about this site and is all around work safe, which for some I guess is a bit of a let-down. But hey, naked geeks isn’t what PrettyGeek.net is about. It is in fact all about showing the masses that geeks aren’t all a bunch of unwashed, unkempt, uncouth, socially inept freaks that live in their parent’s basement. Many can be pretty damned swank -and- frigging hot.
The Joker’s Wild
April 3rd, 2009If you’re in the Philly region and want something to do for First Friday tonight might I recommend checking out the Autumn Society of Philadelphia’s “Joker’s Wild” group gallery exhibit hosted by local comic store Brave New Worlds. The show will feature a wide range of interpretations from various artists of Batman’s most notable antagonist the Joker.
The opening is tonight from 6PM to 9PM and runs until April 30th. Original artwork as well as other merchandise will be on sale also.
