Every so often here at the bloggy-woggy-wing-dang-thang, I'll probably be doing more posts like this! Stuff that I've wanted to throw up here, that maybe by themselves, would make for kind of a DINKY post! So--- why not group up a few things that've kept the 'ol Loydster-GEEK-o-meter clicking away!
First up, a mild case of my old 'mad scientist' nature kicking in recently. I was lounging at my desk, up in the 'Secret Sanctum', gazing over at the collection of 'hero masks' in the top case, over to the left of the desk. THIS is what caught my eye.----
Your'e probably thinking: 'Ok, two 'Bat-cowls'. an 'animated' version, and a customized number--- made to look like the 60s comic book version'. Right-o! They're BOTH nifty, but nothing about either of them really 'reaches out and grabs hold of your inner-GEEK!' At least-- that what I was starting to think!
Then the old 'Dr. Frankenstein' mentality took over!! BUT... nothing drastic needed to be done. No 'desperate measures' needed to be taken.What would be VERY cool, I thought to myself, was to put in some white material behind the 'eyes' of each cowl. Just a little something to make BOTH items really POP off the shelf at you! This is the result!----
I also did a little work around the 'eyes' of the '60s-style' cowl, (using some wood-filler material-- it hardens over night, and you can sand it and work with it like bondo! Only it doesn't STINK or make as much of a MESS!) to make it look even MORE like the Caped Crusader's cowl from the 'Silver Age'!
Oh, and the 'white material' I used for the 'eyes'? Just some 'foam core' from an old poster-board scrap I had laying around!
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This next item, REALLY fits into the strange (but VERY neat-o COOL!) coincidence department! Remember my post a while back, about the desire I had, for a better version of the poster for one of my ALL-TIME favorite flicks, 'The Maltese Falcon'? How I discovered there were SEVERAL versions made for this movie? How I finally stumbled--- through the MAGIC of Amazon-- onto one I felt just SCREAMED: 'Crime Drama'?
Well.... if memory fails you... here's the version I found! I still DIG it, EVERY time I see it out in the stairwell!---
Now, this is the 'strange-but-COOL-coincidence' part of the story! A few weeks back, my wifey and daughter, were helping sort through items being donated to a local church, for a big yard sale. The gal they were helping out---who also works with my wife--- said whatever neat stuff they found, they could either have FREE, or she'd sell it to them for extremely CHEAP!
While going through a pretty sizable PILE of DVDs, my daughter stumbled across THIS little item! Check out the image on the case!----
How VERY cool is THAT? Except for the background color, the image is IDENTICAL! Not to mention, I've been on the look-out for the DVD -version of this movie for AGES! The 'whipped-cream-with-cherry' on top of this 'classic-Bogart-movie-GEEK's' sundae? My wife's friend let us have it.... for FREE!
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Last on our list of 'Odds & Ends', just a little GOOF-BALL something to show that my family not ONLY knows without a doubt, that the Loydster is a SHAMELESS GEEK-A-ZOID, they do what they can to help him show-off that GEEKY-NESS with PRIDE!
Another joint-project my wife & daughter have tackled together, is sewing protective masks for a number of the family and close friends. Like, I'm sure a LOT of you out there-- the Ferrells have been staying home MOST of the time (during all the INSANITY going on with--- oh you KNOW WHAT!)!
This project not only helped friends & loved ones, it helped wife & daughter keep their sanity, and kept them from having too much 'cabin fever'! Here's the little number they worked up for 'dear old Dad'!---
Nothing says 'Hey, I'm SAFE & protected' better, than the JUSTICE LEAGUE covering half of your FACE! AND--- yes, I HAVE worn it out in public... several times, in fact! That's kinda the point, right?
Stay safe and stay SANE everybody!
