The
Long Arm of the Law
Final
update of 1999. Goin' out CHiPs-style with an all new Station
entrance (aw yeah boyeee). Old entrance retires to the Archive.
Was
gonna sign-off with some Y2K Survival Tips, but the Onion beat me
to the punch. Check
it out. Instead I bid fare-thee-well to 1999 with a Y2K haiku
(inspired by J. Hunt):
Y2k!
Lights out!
Bath tub water and cat food,
I'll ride with the Humongous!
Cup
o' Galactic Joe
The
Dragonfly sent us this great ad.
Righteous java. |
Another
Silky Smoove Groove
Back
from hiatus, your Bro with the 'Fro
has updated the Sugar Shack with some
heavy Fashion Kung Fu. Can you dig it?
+waterbeds...
evil spirits... +beautiful +men... jellyfish...
That
WebCrawler search
engine now offers a very hip little service called Search Voyeur.
Checkout this site
where a java window will pop open and display a ticker tape-style
real-time read out of what key words folks are using on the search
engine. Example:
punch
down tool... daffy duck dryer... photos of elephants... +mother +oil...
big joe turner... how do I walk with crutches?... in the ghetto
I could
watch this baby all day.
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Caution:
Wildlife Are Dangerous. Do Not Approach.
Occasionally
the Management here takes a "non-Toshi Station
Vacation", which is exactly what went down this past summer.
Road-trip to th' Badlands, Devil's Tower, Rushmore, Yellowstone -
the only Star Wars flavored item we encountered was this
clever sign (which actually had to be explained to me).
A
sampling of what we saw:
The
Palace, The Tower
("This means something."), Tower
campsite, scary things in the
woods of Yellowstone, a
Sasquatch.
Hear
His Battle Cry!
Remember
back in November when we suggested The
Toy Syndicate as an online resource for laying hands on those
suhweeet Bruce Lee figures mentioned
here in the past? Well, Station patron Scott Wheelock made the big
purchase and had the following to report:
"When ordering, I wasn't too happy to see that no info was provided on
shipping charges; I am in NB, Canada, about as far from California as
one can get without going further east. It wasn't until I got the
package (today) that I found out it was 14 bucks USD for three figures
(owww). Upon opening the well-sealed box, I found that no packing
material had been provided, and the carded figures had been sardined in
there like...uh...small fish. The cards were bent (not creased), a
shame for those who don't open their figures. Fortunately, this mattered little to me, as I always rip open figures as soon as I can.
The figures themselves were in great shape (the ankle joint on Screaming Bruce was broken on one side of the loop, I am debating
whether or not I care enough to go through the hassle of returning it),
and I was very impressed with their posability and clothes (the bo and
escrima sticks are a little hard to jam in those hands, much care must
be taken). As for communication, I got three automated e-mails, and a
packing slip in the box. All in all, a somewhat alarming transaction
that turned out well despite. I can't say I wouldn't recommend them,
but they've got lots of work to do." |
Packing
Your Angry Eyes
Caught
that Toy Story II movie over the holiday weekend. Pure hilarity.
Can't get enough of that cgi stuff, y'know? Overall, not quite as
entertaining as our Wookiee Theater Version,
but I'm sure Pixar didn't have the monster budget we had... Also
saw Dogma a little while back. Most excellent. How can you not dig
on Jay and Bob?
 Life
After Star Wars
Wonder
whatever happened to your favorite wookiee after the Trilogy?
Apparently the 'Bacca managed to settle down and find a little
woman. Scope out this rare,
candid photograph of Chewie and, uh, companion.
Archived
URP's
Tossed the
November material into the URP Archive page. |
Jay
Shepard wrote to inform us that Shirley Hemphill passed away last
weekend. Shirley played Shirley Wilson (waitress) on the popular
70's show What's Happening!!. Shirley died of natural
causes at the age of 52. No one put Rerun in his place quite like
Shirley did...
