Tag: Star Wars

Wednesday Wanderings: Thor’s Hammer Prank, What is Orbiting This Star?, Star Wars 7 Trailer, and DIY Halloween

~ M.A. Kropp

This is a great prank. This guy uses magnets and a thumbprint scanner to reproduce Mjollinor and confound a few would-be Thors: Thor's Hammer Astronomers using the Kepler Space Telescope have found something very unusual orbiting this particular star: Unusual Mass Orbiting Star I suppose everyone has seen the new Star Wars 7 trailer by … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Thor’s Hammer Prank, What is Orbiting This Star?, Star Wars 7 Trailer, and DIY Halloween

Wednesday Wanderings: Water on Mars, Grimm(er) Fairy Tales, How to Tell if a TV Show Might be Good, and Star Wars: Special Editions

~ M.A. Kropp

The big news from NASA this week was the discovery of flowing salt water on Mars: Waters of Mars We all know that the original Grimm Brothers' fairy tales were not the cleaned-up versions we read to our children. But here are some facts about the stories I didn't know before: Grimm's Fairy Tales With … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Water on Mars, Grimm(er) Fairy Tales, How to Tell if a TV Show Might be Good, and Star Wars: Special Editions

Wednesday Wanderings: Bubbles, Saturn’s Moon’s Ocean, More Star Wars VII Details, and the Wisdom of Yogi Berra

~ M.A. Kropp

What this woman does with bubbles is amazing: Bubbles Using data from the Cassini mission, scientists have discovered a global ocean on one of Saturn's moons: Moon Ocean This is from a few months back, but it gives more hints and details about the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Star Wars VII Yogi Berra, … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Bubbles, Saturn’s Moon’s Ocean, More Star Wars VII Details, and the Wisdom of Yogi Berra

Wednesday Wanderings: Weird Star Wars Merch, Movie Mash-up, Star Wars Ep. VII Comic Con Footage, and 15 Best Space Ships

~ M.A. Kropp

We all know tie-in merchandise is a big money maker for many franchises. And no one does it better than Star Wars, as these decidedly weird tie-ins demonstrate (that 3PO tape dispenser is just- wrong): Weird Star Wars Merch This is one very well done mash-up video. It is practically flawless in the edits, and … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Weird Star Wars Merch, Movie Mash-up, Star Wars Ep. VII Comic Con Footage, and 15 Best Space Ships

Monday Musings: Weekend Madness, Spring has Sprung, and May the Fourth Be With You

~ M.A. Kropp

We were in Somers, CT for the 30th annual New England Regional Chili Cook Off this weekend. We did not cook. I was scorekeeper and the BaldMan was Chief Judge for one of the cook offs. Yes, I said "one of." There were two cook offs, both on Saturday. One in the morning and one … Continue reading Monday Musings: Weekend Madness, Spring has Sprung, and May the Fourth Be With You

Wednesday Wanderings: German Castles, R2-Me2, Useful Hair Clip, and 25 Years of Hubble

~ M.A. Kropp

This week's collection of interesting stuff from around the Interwebs: I love castles. All sorts of castles. Here's a look at some of the best castles in Germany: German Castles As part of the Star Wars celebration, Sideshow Collectibles asked 90 artists to re-imagine R2-D2 in new ways. Some of these are quite clever: R2-Me2 … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: German Castles, R2-Me2, Useful Hair Clip, and 25 Years of Hubble

Wednesday Wanderings: Norse Temple, Star Wars at Mme. Toussaud’s, Photos of Oldest Trees, and Eyelid Art

~ M.A. Kropp

It seems there will be a new temple built to the old Norse gods: Norse Temple Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is preparing a new Star Wars exhibit: Wax Star Wars A woman has spent the last fourteen years photographing the world's oldest trees: Old Trees This incredible make-up artist turns eyelids into storybook scenes: Story … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Norse Temple, Star Wars at Mme. Toussaud’s, Photos of Oldest Trees, and Eyelid Art

Wednesday Wanderings: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Responds to Racism Issues, Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announced, Life Mysteries, and Container Gardens

~ M.A. Kropp

Serious post first. This is Kareem Abdul-Jabar's response to the Donald Sterling brouhaha. I think he makes some excellent points that we should all think about: http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism/ On to the less heavy stuff. The cast for the Star Wars Episode VII movie has been announced: http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html Some of these "life mysteries" have been around for … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Responds to Racism Issues, Star Wars Episode VII Cast Announced, Life Mysteries, and Container Gardens

Wednesday Wanderings: Hubble Images, Olympic Trivia, Star Wars Characters in High School, and Scifi/Fantasy Headgear

~ M.A. Kropp

A gallery of images from the Hubble space telescope. Some really gorgeous stuff here: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/ Since we are in the midst of the Winter Olympics, here is some Olympic trivia: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771580.html This week's bit of silliness is one artist's idea of what some of the Star Wars characters would have looked like if they were … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Hubble Images, Olympic Trivia, Star Wars Characters in High School, and Scifi/Fantasy Headgear