The Fate of Bonecrusher Six

For those of you not in my BN I apologise for the inside joke.

The commander of one of our companies is a banjo aficionado (for CPT Baker, that means someone who is really good at playing the banjo :) )...if you can use that word in regards to an redneck instrument like a banjo. Bonus redneck geek points for the song choice.

H/T My Pet Jawa

Geek Alert

From the, "it takes all kinds" department:

Available soon the perfect gift for that lonely Star Wars fan...a lifesize Princess Leia statue...

From the website where it's available...

Star Wars Animated Life Size Princess Leia Monument Description:
She's larger than life! Really, she's just actual size-- which is pretty big. This 5-foot tall fiberglass statue from GENTLE GIANT takes the design of everybody's favorite space princess and expands her to the biggest Leia collectible ever created. Based on the design of the hugely popular animated maquette, this statue will give your home or office a sense of fun that few sci-fi icons can hope to offer. Be the envy of all your friends, and your enemies too. You've seen her at conventions, now you can bring her home! Limited edition.

You can bring her home if your willing to spend $799.99. With a price like that, these things will be flying out of the warehouse. It's a bargan at twice the price, I tell you. I'm shocked that it isn't the gold bikini slave girl version...now that would be totally worth it.

Actually, that's available too...although it's not available in a size large enough that you can actually take to a party and call your "date".

Patches, Patches, Patches

I spotted this story in Ares and brought to mind my patch collection...

I am known as a patch hound. That's the guy who goes to air shows and rather than looking at all the airplanes, tries to trade for patches from all the aircrews. I've been doing this rather geeky hobby for more years than I care to admit. The first patch I got that I was really proud of was when I was in high school. I sent a letter to the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada and asked if I could have one of their patches...oddly enough someone sent one. That was the beginning of a long and wallet sucking affair that continues to this day. Which brings me to this abomination...

Sorry, the patch doesn't seem to show up when I view the page...hopefully it will be there for you, it shows up when I compose the post. Maybe FOX is jamming the picture with some kind of high tech device that even the government doesn't know about, because it's in violation of copyright laws?

Anyway, if you can't see it, the patch depicts an enraged Homer Simpson yelling "You Sent Me To Afghanistan, You Bastards!" I would expect given the popularity of "The Simpsons" in the UK, this patch belongs to one of "them" or a really enthusiastic fan of "The Simpsons" (there are still people who are jacked up about "The Simpsons"?!?)

Why would I say that such a nicely rendered Homer Simpson is an abomination? Well, they ruined the joke. I have a patch that was and is still quite popular in Iraq...I bought it in '04 and it references a line that appeared in many many episodes of the popular cartoon South Park..."You Killed Kenny, You Bastards!" There is also a version for Afghanistan.

Now I will freely admit that the artist who did the Homer patch did a much better job than the guy who made the patch featuring Kyle...however, the patch has more meaning with Kyle than Homer...unless you just want to have Homer Simpson express your disgust with being sent to Afghanistan.

If that is in fact the case then mission accomplished and BRAVO!

What does this have to do with anything? Not a whole hell of a lot, expect to show that no matter where Soldiers, Sailors. Airmen and Marines go, we take our pop culture and our bitching with us. After all it is a Soldiers right to bitch...one of the few we still have.

Now if you want a patch...this is a patch!

H/T Ares

BSG Direct to DVD Movie?

From the folks at GEEKMONTHLY.com

Despite declining ratings for Battlestar Galactica on SciFi Channel, nearly universal critical acclaim along with robust DVD sales have led Universal Home Video to consider greenlighting a Battlestar Galactica direct-to-video telefilm, which will presumably air on The SciFi Channel, after debuting on home video, sources tell Geek. If it goes forward, the two hour telefilm will shoot in March during the series hiatus and prior to the commencement of production on the series fourth season in June. While there is no story for the telefilm at present, plans are afoot to come up with a screenplay that doesn’t step on existing continuity for the series, but utilizes most of its existing sets. There is also speculation the telefilm will somehow tie into the mythology for the Galactica spin-off series, Caprica, which has not been officially greenlit by SciFi Channel.

For the rest of this story please go HERE!

I don't know what's worse; the fact that I care about this at all, or the fact that I know about GEEKMONTHLY.