Yesterday, I caught the biggest fish of my short, tender life: An 8lb. 13oz. monster. This was then followed by bagging a second 7 pounder, putting to rest any rumors of “fluke” or “luck” or “photoshop”. Many thanks to my Master Fishman Guide Tony.
7lb 4oz Bigin:
8lb. 130z Mammoth:
Someone with some skill and a LOT of time on their hands created a full size model of the Star Wars Stardestroyer. Made to be accurately sized to the 4 inch action figures, it's over 6 feet long and includes a host of features: The ship is completely covered over with removable panels and has been carefully detailed and weathered. The rear engines can be ignited with a simple push (they are push on/off lights). Although not entirely screen accurate (it would have been the length of my street for that) the distinctive shape is unmistakable. There are many different rooms including an armoury, bridge, cell bay, computer room, engineering (split over 2 levels), Darth Vader’s chamber, conference room, troop rest room, medical bay and more. The largest feature of the ship is the landing bay. The centre ramp lowers to the floor and can launch or capture any ship from an A-wing to the Millennium Falcon. The ramp was designed around the Millennium Falcon, to play that scenario if it were captured! Boasting 8 laser batteries an assault on this Star Destroyer would not last long and any escaping craft would be locked on with the tractor beam positioned on the very front. Then there is the hanger bay underneath the ship. 3 tie fighters can fit comfortably on the racks, ready to launch. There are many figure stands to support your troops located around the ship and over 33 seated positions.
Do you hate pithy sayings as much as i do? Some glib rhyming/motivational/alliterated/over-done/inane saying that is often matched with a picture in an attempt to add substence and authority to the “words of wisdom”. Many of these are now excedingly popular in the business realm. I mean, why motivate with a sense of purpose, or people’s paycheck, or even common goals when you can give out pretty, small posters (framed of course) instead?
Now apparently someone, with a similar disposition as my own, has gone out and turned this previous marketing genius on its head. Dispair.com has created a litany of sarcastic, jaded products for those of us not motivated by a sunset and the words like “the value of hard earned money” (which incidently is the EXACT same value of money that was easy to come by). Some examples of their creations are listed below.
Until recently, exercising your face required – well – some interesting efforts, such as, over-enunciating you vowels over and over, but NO MORE! Now you can get that same great work out in a new bizzare way: the Facial Gym! And apparently I’m going to have to add a new topic that encompasses all the bizzare stuff I have been finding lately.
That’s right banana guard. It guards your banana. No really, your BANANA. Apparently squished banana’s in lunches has become quite a problem or perhaps the market for difficult to manufacture products is a bit to saturated right now. Anyway, it comes in a variety of colors and even a glow in the dark model (for a $1 more, of course).