Papercraft

Still No Shirt :-(

The Hostess truck from TDZM was easier than making a mini-me. The truck was held together by tabs glued to panels, but this had tabs going into slots and while the head was kind of easy the body was tricky and the “legs” were a real pain. And even though I used a metal ruler for a straight edge, cutting parallel and perpendicular was equally important as straight. As you can see I had to resort to clear tape to keep me together.

It took UPS two days to move my Pacific Playland T-shirt from Groveport, Ohio 530 miles to Atlanta, GA. It has taken the USPS two days to get it from Atlanta, GA 150 miles to Augusta GA. I wonder how long it will take them to go the last 25 miles? Two days?

Little Rock: Have you heard about Pacific Playland? There are no zombies there.
Columbus: The amusement park?
Little Rock: Yep!
Tallahassee: That place totally blows!
[Little Rock and Wichita shoot Tallahassee angry looks]
Tallahassee: … my mind. Just fun for the whole family.

My current car insurance is with State Farm and after watching Two and a Half Men this evening I think I can get 21st Century insurance to pay me to be insured with them. First, switching to Geico will save me 15%, then switching to Allstate from Geico will save me an additional $396. Changing to Progressive from Allstate will save me $474. Then converting to 21st Century from Progressive saves me another $550.

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Two And Nine Tenths Men

Having recently discovered the joy of dessert TV in the form of Two And A Men reruns I was unpleasantly surprised by how much I didn’t enjoy a first run episode. After House last night I was surfing for a background show while blogging and ended up watching a new this season episode. It stuck to its basic formula, but everyone seemed to be trying to hard. All TV shows have an expiration date and last night both House and 2-1/2 Men last night confirmed that they are past theirs.

If I still owned a first gen Miata I might still be running the Barndoor Fan Club and I would definitely be sporting one of these NA-Culture Tees.

Now, how about some papercraft? Stumbled on this link to How To Geek somewhere and thought, cool. How to Create Your Own Custom Papercraft Toy. Based on my old Mad Men Yourself self-portrait I’m going to make one of those of me. Photo tomorrow.

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Cubist Miata

Cubist MiataIf you have wondering why I haven’t taken any photos of the Miata recently, it is because I’m embarrassed by it’s condition. Yeah, its kinda of dirty, but mostly because of an accident involving a warp in the space-time continuum it lost all of the smooth curves that made it so sexy looking. Now everything is all sharp angles, it looks like it was painted by Georges Braque.

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