Thursday July 29, 2004
Phun With Photoshop
I was fooling around yesterday, and I came up with this: The Munsters Go To Boston.
I know I'm not the first to make the "John Kerry looks like Frankenstein/Herman Munster" comparison (Lurch from the Addams Family has also been suggested), but as far as I know, no one else has cast his running mate, John "Slip and Fall" Edwards, as Eddie, or Ted "Hic" Kennedy as Grampa, and Teresa "I'd like to be a dog" Heinz as Lilly.
I, for one, hope they don't wind up moving from 1313 Mockingbird Lane to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now THAT would be a fright-fest!
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Tuesday July 27, 2004
LEGO my Spidey, Doc Ock!!
If only my mom hadn't given away all the LEGOs I acquired as a kid, I probably could have done something like this.
Hmmm, then again, maybe not.
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Tuesday July 20, 2004
Pigskin Dept. Reactivated
Sunday In Ward 8 in back up, in a new location, and with a new intro page.. Check it out.
The Riptania Komycx Index page, and the Riptania Home Index page, with both be up soon. Stay tuned.
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Saturday July 17, 2004
“Gey Kaken, Ya Fat Bastid”
One panel shots at America's most celebrated, blobulous, unshaven Moore‑on.
I hear that baseball cap keeps his brain from floatin' out his head and up into space. Or maybe that's what keeping it out.
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Wednesday July 7, 2004
Sad News For Trek Fans
James Doohan (aka Chief Engineer Scott) diagnosed with with Alzheimer's disease
I saw him on stage, along with the TOS crew, during the TV Land Awards a couple of years ago, and he didn't look right, and was slurring his speech. Sadly, what I feared is true. Must have been all those years of exposure to dilithium, and anti-matter.
Seriously, though, Scotty was always one of my favorite Star Trek characters. He always had great lines, as well as some of the most memorable reactions to all the mishugas in which the Enterprise encountered.
Doohan was pretty versatile too. In addition to Scotty, he did a lot of voice-overs on the show, as well. He was the voice of the M-5 computer, and Sargon, just to name a few.
First Ronny Reagan, then Chuck Heston, and now Scotty. It just ain't fair. Damn you, Alzheimer's! Damn you to hell!
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Friday July 2, 2004
More Delays. Please Hold…
I think it's common knowledge that I'm a huge Yankee fan (well if it's not, it is now), and it's been a busy week for fans of the Bronx Bombers; a three game set with our arch-enemies, the Boston Red Sox, sandwiched between home and away sets with our cross-town rivals, the Mets. As you can imagine, then, I've been quite distracted, and haven't gotten much work done.
I also came up with an idea for a comic that I want to work on. It's sort of topical, so I'd let to get it out as soon as I can, which means less time spent on getting the web site back to full speed.
I know you're all waiting with baited breath.
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Friday June 25, 2004
Weekly Progress Report II
It's all coming together. Can ya feel it? Well, I know you can't see it…yet.
The Ethereal Generators are humming. The Elemental Turbines are spinning. The smoke is coming out my ears.
Soon, baby, soon,
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Friday June 18, 2004
Weekly Progress Report
A lot, but nothing you can see…yet.
In trying to make things simpler, I've made them more complicated. It's amazing; the amount of work we do now, so we don't have as much work to do later. It's amazing; the time and effort that is expended in order to save time and effort.
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Friday June 11, 2004
Oy Vey! What’s Taking You So Long, Rip?
Yeah, yeah, I know I said this week. Well now I'm saying next week. Nothing ever goes smoothly, or happens on time here at the Sky-Palace.
Sorry if you bet your house.
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Sunday June 6, 2004
D-Day + 60 Years
A shout-out to all those who participated in Operation Overload, and especially to those souls who were lost on the beaches, and hedgerows of Normandy, so that the most evil, and twisted regime of the 20th Century could be wiped from the face of the Earth.
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Saturday June 5, 2004
The Gipper Is Gone
R.I.P. Ronald Wilson Reagan: lifeguard, sportscaster, movie star, horseman, communicator, tamer of the Terrible Bear, and 40th President of the United States of America. There's nothing better than having a cowboy in the White House. Happy Trails to a great American.
Oh, and maybe you would have been better off betting on me instead. Smarty Jones loses at Belmont. The long track on Long Island denies horse-racing another Triple Crown.
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Friday June 4, 2004
OK, Maybe Next Week
Things are taking longer than I expected them to. My PC has been giving me headaches for some time now. The Warp Drive is off-line, and she's running on impulse power. The helm is sluggish as well.
OK, so I'm a Star Trek geek. Hey, it's not like I'm the only one on the web.
Hopefully, the site will be back up next week…but don't bet your house on it. You're better off going with Smarty Jones, instead.
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Monday May 31, 2004
Happy Memorial Day
Riptania is being closed down for the next few days, to undergo a major renovation. Return here later this week when our new site design is launched.
Big fun, baby, coming soon to a web browser near you!
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Thursday March 4, 2004
Rippy, The Air Force, and the Flying Leprechaun
It's Military Day. March Forth…get it?
Achem!
With all the hub-bub concerning the military service of the Presidential candidates, I decided to bring mine out in the open. Read about the time I contributed my talents to the United States Air Force, and how I served my country in boosting the morale of our future flyers. Learn the consequences for wearing green on Thursday. See Cap'n Jack Canabawitz transformed into a winged leprechaun. Ask "Why was there no pot‑o'‑gold at the end of the runway for poor ol' Rippy?"
"Where's me gold!!!"
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Friday January 30, 2004
Win One For The Ripper!
This Sunday, do you want sit through some cheesy, over produced, half-time spectacle? Of course you don't. You're an intellectual, by Zeus, not some insipid moron! After the second quarter ends, come to Riptania, and read a comic strip befitting a higher mind.
Watch what happens when mental patients watch the Big Game! Watch what happens when one of them starts fiddling with the T.V., right before the kick-off! Join “Psycho” Sam Zarr, “Cap'n” Jack Canabawitz, Ol' Man Fishman, and all their flaky friends, for their first episode of mishugahs on the Internet.
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