It's Monday and I bought something

[max_cool]

A damn fine stove top coffee maker.

It's a Giannini 

[Mupepe]

nice!

I bought El Topo on DVD for a friend and Dawn of the Dead on Blu Ray for me yesterday. 

[abrader]

thats lovely.

[lordmaji]

damn it's only 9:25am EST. you guys hit up stores this early? Damn it's too early to deal w/ anyone especially shoppers.

[Eric P]

Starman Omnibus Volume 1

The classic super-hero series STARMAN, starring a Gen-X super-hero, is re-presented in high quality format.

The super-heroic legacy of Starman is renewed in these stories, in which Jack Knight -- antiques collector and dealer -- inherits the name and powers of his father's old Starman identity from his older brother, who has been assassinated. Reluctantly adjusting to his role, Jack reinvents the look of Starman, ditching the traditional red and green in favor of black leather and aviator goggles. But Jack has inherited more than a heroic identity from his brother . . . he's also gained a foe: the beautiful but mentally unbalanced Nash, daughter of the villain known as the Mist. Jack also must come to grips with The Shade, the morally ambiguous former villain who decides to become Jack's mentor.

This is the first full-length study of emerging Anglo-American science fiction's relation to the history, discourses, and ideologies of colonialism and imperialism. Nearly all scholars and critics of early science fiction acknowledge that colonialism is an important and relevant part of its historical context, and recent scholarship has emphasized imperialism's impact on late Victorian Gothic and adventure fiction and on Anglo-American popular and literary culture in general. John Rieder argues that colonial history and ideology are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. He proposes that the profound ambivalence that pervades colonial accounts of the exotic "other" establishes the basic texture of much science fiction, in particular its vacillation between fantasies of discovery and visions of disaster. Combining original scholarship and theoretical sophistication with a clearly written presentation suitable for students as well as professional scholars, this study offers new and innovative readings of both acknowledged classics and rediscovered gems.

Includes discussion of works by Edwin A. Abbott, Edward Bellamy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John W. Campbell, George Tomkyns Chesney, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Edmond Hamilton, W. H. Hudson, Richard Jefferies, Henry Kuttner, Alun Llewellyn, Jack London, A. Merritt, Catherine L. Moore, William Morris, Garrett P. Serviss, Mary Shelley, Olaf Stapledon, and H. G. Wells.

Grant Morrison's The Invisibles was the most ground-breaking and controversial comic book series of the last decade. A must-have for comics fans, this Guide features exhaustive, detailed analysis of the full six-year series as well as all-new, exclusive interviews with Morrison and many of the series' artists and editors.

Already featured in Disinformation: The Interviews and the accompanying TV series and DVD, Grant Morrison has been heavily promoted as a contemporary pop culture star, the first comics writer to be included as one of Entertainment Weekly's top 100 creative people in America. We will market the book aggressively to Morrison fan sites and comics, skate and punk zines.

Journalists and Invisibles fanatics Patrick Neighly and Kereth Cowe-Spigai reside in Bethesda, Maryland, and Orlando, Florida, respectively.

[Grecco]

Finally got a copy of Harvey Birdman for the Wii

HaHa Phoenix Wright ripoff.

[Kestastrophe]

i bought an R4 DS. Now where is the best place to pirate games? 


Also,  DARRRRRRR!!!!!!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

So, I have this friend who's a Mormon, but also awesome, thus proving God has a sense of humor. I've totally seen her drink Diet Coke, though, so I think she's borderline for getting kicked out of the temple. This may push her over the edge.

A few months ago, she started a stuffed-animal making business out of her house that has become super successful for her (http://www.flaky-friends.com/). As you can see from her website, the fundamental components of a Flaky Friend are the sphere and the eyeball. And she also encourages custom orders of strange and unusual animals. So, of course I commissioned a Beholder:





Wow, are his tentacles arranged in a mohawk? Does each eyeball have a unique shape and color? And he comes with a tongue? Wow, just wow. My stuffed animal can magically disintegrate your stuffed animal!

[Van Cruncheon]

this is so amazingly rad. i want one!

edit: it's black, not grey: it's an ELDER ORB!

[Brehvolution]

That Beholder is cool. I helped take one down in DDO a while back. Sadly, I can't find the picture I took so I'll leave you all with this one.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

this is so amazingly rad. i want one!

edit: it's black, not grey: it's an ELDER ORB!

She'll make you one if you want to commission it (seriously). It cost $60.00, which isn't so bad given that they're hand made and totally awesome. That's also on the high end of her scale (in fact, it may BE the new high end), due to the complexity and size of the creature.

She said it's her 3-year-old daughter's new favorite toy and it's going to be hard for her to sell it. She may have to make another one for her to sleep with and keep her safe.

You should commission a Mural Kitty!

[muckhole]

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That is positively awesome. I had tried to get my sis who makes traditional bears into doing stuff like that, but she just lost interest in the whole hobby before I could get any results.

[CHOW CHOW]

Synthesize Patel, that's badass... and only 60 bucks?  I've already got the perfect custom job.  Our lovable mascot over at Forgotten-Gamer:

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Synthesize Patel, that's badass... and only 60 bucks?  I've already got the perfect custom job.  Our lovable mascot over at Forgotten-Gamer: (Image removed from quote.)

she makes a great hippo:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12384541

Change the skin color and add a cravat and you've got yourself a mascot!

[Fragamemnon]

I love weird stuffed animals. I have nearly a covey of quail plushes in my home office. I'm so asking for a displacer beast for my birthday!

A lot of the mormons I've known have been cool people to be around. MUCH more tolerable than the supposedly friendly and hospitable Southern Baptists I run into.

[Rman]

Not buying anything today, but I'm getting a new mousepad and floormat for my office. 

You're expensing it.

[Rman]

Trying to get into beach shape.

[Eric P]

58 Michael Moorcock books for $53.

[MrAngryFace]

Metal Gear Solid Series
You win TVC. All your measured pimping regarding this game inspired me to not only buy it, but the games before it as well (30 bucks come on).

[Howard Alan Treesong]

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58 Michael Moorcock books for $53.

that's a lot of 'cock

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Was planning on buying a PStriple on thursday along with a guitar, but isntead paid off a stupid $200 credit card bill (and that was just it being overdue).

Sucks. Fucking sucks.

[Rman]

FA, remember Body for Life? This is similar.  I used the program in college and lost 20 pounds.  The cover looks very gay, but I previewed the book in at a local bookstore and was impressed with the content.

[MrAngryFace]

Bought Shiren DS and Persona 3: fes.  Too many people whose opinions I respect saying good things about these games for me to ignore them any further.

I trolled the games for months and here I am playing FES again. Im a bit more open minded this time around. Temptation to troll is so great.

[drew]

try parliament lights if you haven't yet.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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[Raban]

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58 Michael Moorcock books for $53.

that's a lot of 'cock

You simply cannot judge a man who wants Moorcock. The thirst for some is never ending.