
You can only get away with this costume one day out of the year. And that day only occurs on leap year. In another dimension.
Thankfully, every day of the year you can enjoy a different Shocker euphemism with The Shocker 365 Calendar (iPhone app forthcoming). As a writer, and a guy with a 12-yr-old’s sense of humor, See the rest »

Yes, it has rotating wheels on the bottom of the feet.
Yes, it has a spring-loaded Rocket Punch firing fist.
Yes, you are crazy for wondering if you need it. Of course you need a two-foot tall Star Wars Super Shogun Stormtrooper.

In the world of jumbo-sized Japanese toys known as Jumbo Machinders, or even Shogun Warriors, no new characters have been produced in this size for over 25 years. Until now.
San Francisco‘s Super7 brings us the limited edition Super Shogun Stormtrooper in all its two-foot glory.


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BONUS: JUMBO MACHINDER VINTAGE TV SPOTS
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1st Place Moustache Justin Shurtz could easily hold a bottle of IPA in each curl.
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Yup, that’s a moustache-shaped goatee. He won 1st place in the goatee category. (Pic via Wardinger)
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The Kind Beard
This is Matt “Beards In A Box” Wilson. Yes, he’s holding up a bag of beard. Though absent from Petaluma Whiskerino for the last couple years, he’s been a contestant the previous dozen plus. After every year he shaves his beard and saves it in that Jack Daniel‘s box. This is the real deal, folks.
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Tons more pics below …
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At just about noon I heard a loud pop outside from my 10th floor office. After more pops I leaned out and saw this flaming spectacle on Montgomery St & Post @ Market in San Francisco.
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UPDATE: Here’s video from the 15th floor of my building (just five floors up from where I snapped these crappy iPhone pics)
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What a month. First I run into Ferris Bueller’s “Cameron” Alan Ruck with a big ‘ol Lemmy ‘Stache. Then I got to meet my all-time Moustache Hero this last weekend, former Oakland A‘s pitcher Rollie Fingers. You know in all his career he never used performance-enhancing moustache fiber. Much respect.
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This shot of Tiger Woods‘ ball coming right at the lens of Daily Mail photographer Mark Pain is cool. But even cooler is the moustache ‘n wig dude in the crowd.

I don’t follow golf, but I’m sure there’s a story on this guy.
Via SFGate. (Thanks, Ty)

Click for more Cigar Guy photoshop awesomeness. Damn, the interwebs work fast. (Thanks, Rich!)

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Spotted a motherload of street art on our last trip to LA. Mostly in Silverlake. This piece happened to be just up from the amazing Necromance. Enjoy.
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[Sunset @ Lucile in Silverlake]
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[Spotted under the bar at Little Joy Cocktails in Echo Park]
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[Buff Monster ice cream street art off Glendale Blvd.]
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For the 1st annual Petaluma Rivertown Revival festival at Steamer Landing Park there was a loose river monster (which was later caught … see below), viking ships, SRL robots, Lagunitas, deep-fried pickles, and killer handmade crafts. If you missed it, you really missed out. One more reason to love this crazy-ass town.

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