KXLL, our local radio station, had a great Star Wars party last night. Here are a few photos used with permission from Brian Wallace. Thanks Brian!
Live music by Sexy Skywalker and the Droids You’re Looking For.
Rogue Squadron in tha house!
Darth Kxlline, only you could be so bold.
Yub Nub!
Poul Jensen, a midfielder for the Rusty Buffalo and Space Physics grad student in Fairbanks, shared some of his time lapse footage with me this weekend.
This collection of his older work hints at the skill and thoughtful subject matter found in his latest pieces, to see those you’ll have to track down Poul and his Zombie defibrillating laptop.
Aaron and I went to Anchorage over the weekend to play in a soccer tournament with the Rusty Buffalo of Fairbanks. The Buffalo are a unique team, a patchwork quilt of madmen, geniuses, alcoholics and engineers who wade through games relying more heavily on strength of spirit than skill.
We did well, our defense was incredible, the posts were more than friendly, and we only allowed one goal in the five games we played, winning the championship after an overtime shootout.
The team name sounds like it could be a dirty sex act, and probably is, but it’s also Tristan Cobine’s porn name, generated by combining his first pet’s name with the street he grew up on. Following the formula my own porn name would be Saggy Douglas. Aaron’s would be Fish Northland.
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Here it is, part one in the story of Poseidon. A nine part tale of tridents, owls, love and the sea.
This has been a fun story to write, Gods make a particularly good starting point for characters, they’re flexible templates who can be cherry picked for background material. Poseidon here is a gentle curmudgeon, a rusty romantic, and a bit depressed by his recent breakup. I had a good time getting to know him.
Ted Stevens is gone. My condolences to his family and to the families of the other passengers on his flight.
It’s a strange feeling to lose such an iconic Alaskan. A tragedy for certain but I’d like to think that for Stevens this was the kind of ending he wanted. Tough sons of bitches generally don’t like dying of old age and Stevens was just that. He lived a full life punctuated by a plane crash in remote Alaska and, in my eyes, that beats withering away in a nursing home.
As a politician, Stevens sometimes played the hero and sometimes played the villain. He was a force of nature. The Incredible Hulk.
An occasional satirist, I couldn’t help taking a few jabs at Stevens but in the end he grew on me. I listened to his part in the corrupt bastards case and decided, “Damnit. I like Ted Stevens.” I didn’t want to like him but I couldn’t help it, he sounded like a good guy.
A couple weeks after I shared my thoughts on the case, an envelope arrived. Stevens had found what I wrote and scrawled out a hand written thank you note. Class act.
Alaska will miss you Ted Stevens, you were a provider. Hope you didn’t mind the zombie animation. I had to.
I’ve been meaning to post this for a long time. Maybe I did post it, years ago. The future is the past. Regardless, it’s worth sharing again.
The Alaska Public Radio Network ran a show back in 2007 called “AK: In the Trenches,” and it featured a story on retired airman, Col. Howard “Mike” Hunt. I cut together all the good bits.
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The original show can be caught here, it’s better listening to the whole thing but we’re busy people in busy times and we have to get back to our twitters and emails.
AK was a good radio show, the “This American Life” of Alaska, I’m sad that it’s over and hope it gets revived someday. I don’t know if Rebecca Sheir was in on the joke but I have to hope so given the episode’s title.
The Fairbanks News Miner also ran a story on the guy. He’s apparently a total badass and I have to believe he finds as much humor in all this as I do — otherwise I’m a douchebag making fun of an 88 year old war hero’s name.
Webcomics philosopher Aaron Diaz, creator of Dresden Codak, has launched Indistinguishable from Magic, wherein he discusses and dissects the comics art form.
If you’re interested in creating or understanding comics, you’ll want to read his posts which include topics like character design, panel layout, environment and motion.
There’s a bachelorette party next door. They keep smuggling me a drink they call the Pink Panty Dropper. Here’s the recipe:
Pink Panty Dropper
I think that’s how it goes. Man my head hurts.
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