The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

Last week my dad was in town for a couple days for some meetings for work, something about running a better shop.  Anyway, he was staying at the Glenmore Inn which is over in the ghetto of Ogden Rd and also right by Bob's Hamburgers.  We didn't go to Bob's.  On Tuesday I got there a few minutes early, so he was still in the meeting.  There is also a Salvation Army right there, so I went in to have a look.  I actually found something cool for a change!

Goonies glasses!  The real deal from 1985 and still in great condition.  I picked them up for 99 cents a glass.  One side has a scene from the movie and the back says the film title, studio names and what scene is being presented.  The glasses I got are Sloth and the Goonies, Sloth Comes to the Rescue, Goonies in the Organ Chamber and Data on the Waterslide.

What the glasses don't say on them is where they are from.  Usually they'd have a Burger King or McDonald's logo on them if they were part of a promotional offer.  Cody was trying to figure out where they came from then I noticed the Data on the Waterslide glass still had part of an original sticker on the bottom of it. Using that and my keen intellect I deduced that these Goonies glasses are from Godfather's Pizza!

Wow, I had completely forgotten about Godfather's Pizza.  I don't think I've even seen a commercial for them since the early 90's or even late 80's.  They do have a Canadian website, but looks like all the franchises are out east in Ontario.  

I'm the last person who needs more glasses, I have too many already.  I'm always buying glasses, cups and mugs with funny or cool stuff on them and they just sit in the cupboard or in a box.  Back in Cranbrook I have two boxes full of nothing but Tiki glasses.  Plus I don't use them because then I'd have to wash them, so I just drink straight out of the juice cartoon or milk jug.  I guess they are collector's items and maybe one day I can sell these 99 cent Goonies glasses for $2 each and finally retire to someplace warm.

How about that weather eh?

After Calgary got hit last week with a bunch of snow, we are getting more snow with heavy winds.  Come on, it's May fer crying out loud!  Anyway, I had to go to some tool place in the NE to get a part for my dad's sander.  When I stepped out the back door this is what I saw.

Haha, it's upside down!

After I got the sander parts I went over to the Pacific Place mall to look for some bootleg movies, but they didn't have what I was looking for.  At the movie place they have up sale signs that say "Closing Out", but they've been closing out for the past couple years.  Make up your minds already!

I did go into the Utsuwa-No-Yakata, the Japanese tableware place to look for a new cereal bowl.  My old cereal bowl I got there was a plastic replica of the old Japanese wooden lacquer bowls.  The red plastic on the inside was starting to get all bumpy, so I figured it was time to replace it.  Unfortunately, they didn't have anymore bowls like that, so I had to settle for a plain old ceramic bowl...

...with a cat on it!

I actually already have one of these in a small rice bowl sized version, but I find it makes a good salsa bowl.  The new larger bowl is perfect because it is a good width and nice and deep too.  Also, it is cute.

The front end.

And the ass end.

Accessorize

I picked up a new "accessory" for my Moo Mixer, some Rolo flavored Nesquik. It's like regular chocolate Quik, but with a caramel flavor. It's like some old saying goes, don't fix what's not broken. What they should do is make chocolate Quik with an extra chocolatey flavor. Maybe fudge?

FCBD 2010

If it is the first Saturday of May then it means that it's Free Comic Day.  This morning I headed down to Kensington to go Another Dimension.  Most places give you one free comic, but AD is the best place to go because you get two free comics and you can buy additional comics for 25 cents each.  I only got two, The Simpson's comic from Bongo and the Oni Press' "Free For All".  Even though we were there early it was full of people in there, young and old.  Cody thought the kid working the register was stoned, but I think he's usually just like that.  Then again, it was pretty busy in there, maybe he needed something to help get him through the day.   Somehow I think his employers might frown upon that.  Either way I like him because he said my Galactus shirt that I bought at Goodwill was cool.  Flattery works.

On Friday I stopped by Phoenix Comics and ended up grabbing a Simpsons vinyl figure just for the hell of it.  I saw these at last weekend's comic expo, but didn't get one.  The figures are done by Kid Robot and are packaged so you don't know exactly what you are going to get.  I hate it when they do that because I never get the ones I want.  Luckily, Martin said if I ever get doubles I can just bring it back.  The characters I really want are the harder to find ones like Itchy, Scratchy, Duffman, and Funzo.  The odds of getting a Funzo are 1/96.  Damn, maybe I should buy a lottery ticket instead!  I ended up getting Comic Book Guy who also comes with a pair of removable Vulcan ears.  They are nice despite my CBG have a couple flaws, but are nice and solid and I even bought another one this morning at Another Dimension and got Homer.

Worst picture EVER!

The character card is also a sticker.

One of those mystery figures is Mr. Teeny, not sure about the others.

EVERY BOX WINS!

I was walking down the cereal aisle at Co-op looking for something good which means I was looking to see if there were any cereals with toys in them.  There wasn't any!   A box of Honeycomb caught my eye with a "EVERY BOX WINS" logo on the corner.  If I'm guaranteed to win then I can't lose!  The contest is called "Flip the Flap" which is reminiscent of Tim Horton's "Roll Up the Rim" and I'm sure that was the whole idea.

The thing about contests now is that on the inside of the packaging there is a PIN which you then have to register online to find out what you won if anything.  But first you have to register at a website and give them your name, e-mail, address and then look forward to many a junk mail.  I remember the good old days when you looked under the cap of your Pepsi or on the inside of your chocolate bar or chip wrapper and it would say if you won.  Instant gratification!  It's too much of a hassle to do all this PIN number & website business I wonder if all these prizes are getting claimed or not.

Since Honeycomb guaranteed me that I was going to win I registered all my info on their website and put in my PIN to see what I won.  Yes, I won!  Unfortunately, it was a free Puretracks download, just one download of one song.  Can't I at least have one album?  I looked around Puretracks for about one minute before I closed the tab which means my free download is up for grabs.  Grab it fast before anyone else.  Does anyone else even read this

Puretracks^® PIN code: 9882903931

Puretracks^® serial number: 3637501

The old college try.

After the debacle that was my last post I figured I should e-mail Fiona and apologize or something.  I went to her website, but she doesn't have her e-mail address listed on it.  But let it be known that I tried!

Funny books

If it's the end of April then it's time for the annual Calgary Comic Book Expo.  Last year I went both Saturday and Sunday, but this year only went Sunday because there wasn't that many people I want to go see.  They double the size of space, yet there were still a lot of people crammed in there.  It seemed like every time I saw something I wanted to look at like twenty showed up to stand right in front it.  When we first walked in we walked by someplace selling some vintage G.I. Joes and I wanted to get a original plain old blue Cobra grunt or "The Enemy" as labeled on the package.  I went back to find the table later and couldn't find it!  I wandered around that place like fifty times and couldn't find it unless it was just my imagination.  I'm getting old.

As I said there wasn't that many people I wanted to check out, but I did get a few things signed and got a couple sketches, but that is about it.  I didn't even spend that much money which is cool because I can spend it on some other stuff I don't need.

Every year the Expo puts out an art book with stuff from the guests with the proceeds going to charity.  In past years it was done with a "western" theme, but this year they went with a sci-fi theme.  I picked up my book and never really even looked at it, but just got a few artists I liked to sign it.  After I went home I had time to look at it and there is lots of cool stuff in it.  I wish I had a few more of the artists sign their pages.  I was getting a sketch book and signature on my art book from local artist Gerald Garcia and he asked me if I ever filled an entire art book with signatures and I was like, "No, I'm not that ambitious."  That is too much work!

Mini Marvels!  I got my Mini Marvels signed by writer/artist Chris Giarusso.  You may have seen his work when I posted a commission he did for me of the Punisher.  I also got him to do me a Spider-Man sketch.

The comics above are signed by colorist Christina Strain.  You'll notice the Mary Jane ones are also signed by artist Takeshi Miyazawa making them twice as cool.  Daughters of the Dragon is also signed by writer Jimmy Palmiotti.

Tiny Titans signed by Art Baltazar.  I picked up my art book after getting him to sign this and forgot to go back and get him the art book.  Oops.  Nice guy though, and he was wearing a Superman costume.

A couple things signed by local artist Fiona Staples.  I tried to buy a $3 comic from her, but all I had was a $20 and she didn't have any change.  I said I'd come back later which I did with a $5 and she still have the change.  How unprofessional, that is the last time I ever buy anything from her.  Good thing Cody gave me $3.

The Mighty Skullboy Army signed by creator Jacob Chabot.  Another nice guy and mad props to him for recognizing my L4D2 Midnight Riders t-shirt.  FYI, the new L4D2 DLC is now out.   Take notice he drew a little Unit 2 aka the monkey in the bottom corner.  He also did the Marvel mini series X-Babies and he did me this kid Wolverine picture.  I also bought an old Spider-Man picture off him that for some reason he has had since 2006 and nobody wants.

I also got artist Marcio Takara to sign my art book and I got a Spider-Man sketch and a Invisible Woman print from him.

That is pretty much it.  There was a lot to do I guess and a lot of movie guests this year like Leonard Nimoy,  Brent Spiner, Malcolm McDowell, Billy Dee Williams and Lloyd Kaufman.  I didn't learn until about 5 minutes ago that Garry Chalk aka Vice Principal Grimes from Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins was there.  I totally missed out!

There didn't seem to be as many people in costume this year or maybe it just seemed that way because there were more people in general.  One of the best costumes I saw was some girl dressed as one of those blue aliens from Avatar which looked totally professional.  The best wasn't the fanciest, it was a little girl dressed as Hitgirl from Kick-Ass complete with cardboard knife.  I wonder if she even knew what the character was about because the comic and the movie are way too adult for her.

I carried all my comics around in a messenger bag and my back is killing me from standing/walking all day with a bag hanging on my shoulder.  I'm getting old.

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Cody came home on Monday and saw my Moo Mixer and said, "Where did you get that?!"  Yesterday he went out bought his own and after trying it out set it on the counter right next to mine.  Now we can't tell which cup belongs to who.  I guess the only way to sort it out is to throw both of them in garbage and go buy new ones, making sure to label our own mugs.  Problem solved?