There’s a nerd blog I read called Topless Robot, and they recently gave birth to a new internet meme.  If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably already seen this stuff. They do a weekly feature called “Fan Fiction Friday,” wherein they pluck the most horrific fan fiction from the internet and post it with [...]

Donny & Marie do Star Wars. Red Foxx is Obi-wan and makes Sanford & Son jokes.  Kris Kristofferson plays Han Solo.  Paul Lynde is a bad guy.  Stormtroopers sing and dance.  As I watched this, I looked like Joaquin Phoenix when he sees the home video in Signs. You’re welcome.

One of the events fictionalized/referred to in our play, 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick, was the time Polish science fiction author Stanislaw Lem (Ryan Parker Knox) singled out Philip K. Dick (Luverne Seifert) as the only worthwhile American science fiction author.  You can read Lem’s essay: Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans. [...]

I’m selling some of my stuff to supplement my income and lighten my load.  Right now, I’m eyeing my old Star Trek Micro Machines, and wondering if the current Trek mania will make them worth selling.  They’re loose, but in good shape and have their stands.  As I was searching online for an indication of [...]

Yet another fun topic on Twitter today, this time started by Joe Bozic. It’s #RidiculousHistory. Here are mine: In 1936, “Action” Jackson Pollack discovered his trademark style when he shot a fellow spy, spraying blood on a canvas. Davy Crockett & his faithful partner Ricardo Tubbs successfully defended the Alamo from a force of Indians [...]

Today’s “trending topic” hashtag game on Twitter is #crapnamesforpubs, and holy crap, there are a lot of them. Here are mine: The Stranger Hug The Breathalyzed Senator The Ol’ 9-11 The Bathroom Rape Inn The Sailor and Semen The Hard Stool The Marinating Fetus Bangers ‘n’ Sashimi The Keg and Flukeworm Rolling Rock Tavern Daddy [...]

I was squatting in one of the science-fiction aisles at the Barnes & Noble in Roseville last night, perusing their selection of Philip K. Dick books.  I’d just sold them a huge stack of old sci-fi paperbacks from my high school days, and decided to convert those 26 Star Wars/X Files/Stargate novels into a couple of books I’d [...]

Whilst digging around the internet, thinking about my next show, I discovered interesting (and potentially exciting or distressing) information. Philip K. Dick’s novels and short stories have been adapted into films, sometimes with relative success (Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report), and some…not so much (Next, Paycheck, Screamers).  There are a few Dick-inspired films currently in [...]

So, every once in a while, Twitter lights up with ridiculous hashtag games.  People tweet jokes (usually puns) and label them with the appropriate hashtag.  Over the weekend, I kind of went overboard with #tvbandnames, and I apologize to anyone who was following me.  People were making portmanteaus of a TV show and a band [...]

The poster has been unveiled for Workhaus Collective’s 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick.  And thanks to the arrangement of images, it looks a lot like I’m eyeing Phil’s crotch.*  Click the image above to enlarge.  The image, not the…oh, never mind. Visit www.workhauscollective.org for info about the play. *”Dick” pun successfully avoided.