Return of the Unipiper

This video contains almost everything I like in the world.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentine's Day .. My own little comic .. called Death (by chocolate) Star.

Copyright 2012 Cram/Kmuzu. All rights reserved.

Comic Convention

Attending the Las Vegas comic book festival was an equal mix of euphoria and shame.

Yoda Bill

Yoda, as seen on Imperial Currency.

I'm Pre-sick

I think I caught something from my daughter. I'm not sick; I'm pre-sick. You know that feeling you get right before you become sick.

Your head is kind of swimming and you feel sorta hot all over. It's not actually a bad feeling, kind of euphoric in a way - like being pre-drunk.

However, I've experienced this condition many times before, I know what's in store for me.

If I were on a road trip with my friends, this would be the time that I clapped them on the shoulder and told them goodnight. It wouldn't matter how much they begged or complained. Then I would head on over to the gift shop and purchase that fifteen dollar, one dose bottle of NyQuil. Head on up to my room - take a big swig, turn off the clock and go into a semi-coma for the next eighteen hours.

At my current age and physical condition I don't drink NyQuil or it's older cure-all, a shot of whiskey - so instead I've settled for a nice cup of tea and of couple of Advil.

I drew a nice picture of how I feel - this is me in my pajamas and my well-worn, comforting Star Wars t-shirt. I shall see you all after I am over Elementary School Gunk Face.

Copyright 2011 Cram / Kmuzu

Foto Friday - Late

Another Foto Friday - It's really early Saturday, but who's counting.

I don't own the copyright nor am I the originator of any of the above photo's and art.

Boss flew off the handle about his religion today

Found this on Reddit and thought it was sort of amusing.

During an emergency meeting, he sweeps in with the CFO, both of them casually late as usual. At least this time they had an excuse - they just met with the CEO, who finally stopped worrying about the PR and asked some problematic VPs to resign, which will clear a lot of red tape for us later. We try to bring both of them up to speed on the discussion. We just suffered an attack that compromised important proprietary data. Rolling out any changes to our recent implementation of the relevant systems would require delays we can't afford, so we're talking about increased defenses just to cover our butts from exploits. Rule of law won't be enough if the upstarts nipping at our heels pay some kids to hit a vulnerability.

My boss won't have any of it, though - he thinks we can contain the information. As if nobody's made copies yet! All the technical people shift about uncomfortably, and I try to make the best of it by saying we're probably fine regardless. Everything goes online ASAP and we can ruin the other guys once it's all running smoothly.

He then declares that all our infrastructure is window-dressing compared to the innate protection of his faith. We would be fine not because of all the employees and contractors running the show, but thanks to some mystical seance bullshit that he looks to for guidance and references entirely too often in private conversation. I don't even think it's an organized religion - just vague pagan nonsense with creepy voodoo overtones, like he's the last devotee of a cult from the 70s. I must've been sleep-deprived, because I don't even hesitate to call that a bunch of crap. Ass Hat choked me from across the room.

Original Link - Reddit: My Boss

Don't get it - think Star Wars

Tatooine Wisdom

I wake up early, because it's already 100 degrees outside and the air conditioning is having a hard time keeping up. I turn on the computer, wait for it to boot - let all the useless programs load into my task bar.

I pop open a Diet Coke for breakfast and look at my iPhone. I don't know why. Back to my computer - email has just popped up.

I wonder if the dreamers of the future in the 70's and 80's ever imagine that with the invention of such wonderful technology we would spend most of our morning scrolling through Ebay Daily Deals and TigerDirect contests.

Something starts clanking around in my computer and for a moment I wish the whole thing would just die.


Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine from Eric Power on Vimeo.

Foto Friday - August 12, 2011

I present to you stuff I found on the web, that I did not create nor do I own.

Foto Friday - Super Super

 It's Foto Friday and still there is no logo and it's actually Saturday, but if I can do this quick, it will be done before sunrise. So it's still Foto Friday.

I am neither the creator nor do I own the copyright to any of these pictures. All presented here under a loose interpretation of Fair Use. I'm sure with a little research on the Internet you can find the original.

Always saw these is some small corner in Southern California

If Picasso painted Punisher

And Wonder Woman

Never believe something that you read on a small plaque

One reason I love dogs

Once you see it, Batman is never the same.

The REAL WW

How I imagine myself at the airport

After I place the pictures, I always try to determine if there was any kind of subconscious theme. Definetly, there is a superhero vibe going on here .. with a touch of superpowers ..

 As I mentioned before, I found these on the Internet and have no rights or privileges to the material. If you know the owner or creator I would be more than happy to provide a link to the website.

Friday Foto - Yea

Here it is again .. without a logo .. give it up for Friday Photo.

Sort of have a movie theme going.

Yes you are them.

I don't usually kill bears but when I do ...

Movies before CG and it was awesome

I wonder where that Stay-Puff is today?

Sometimes the French do awesome stuff.

I do not own the copyright to any of these pictures. Displaying them here as "Fair Use"

Star Wars - The Empire Won

It's 3:30 in the morning, my MS is acting up and I can't sleep - so why not go on a bit of Star Wars rant.

Recently, Greenpeace produced a satirical commercial - poking fun at the Star War - Darth Vader Volkswagen commercial that appeared in Super Bowl 2010.

I happened to like the Volkswagen commercial - It was cute.



Tonight, I Stumbled Upon an article in AutoBlog titled, Greenpeace parodies Little Vader ad to show dark side of Volkswagen. The article, in a non-biased way, explains that Greenpeace is upset at Volkswagen trying to squelch the EU laws on CO2 admissions and created a fake commercial, where Volkswagen is the new Empire. There's even a huge VW logo on the Death Star. To tell you the truth, it's not that funny - I mean it's okay I guess - but that's not what this post is about.



Even though the article was published a few days ago, it seems that George Lucas got his panties in a wad, a real tight wad and demanded the video be removed. Now, I'm not going to go into the political argument of whether Greenpeace is right or wrong about Global Climate Change. And it is a political arguement, because the science is conclusive. Maybe the CO2 laws in the EU are too strict .. I have no idea.

Here's what this post is about. Greenpeace suggests that Lucas has sold his soul to the Dark Side commercial marketing and become the Empire of capitalization. So, what does George Lucas do? He immediately turns around and proves it's all true by lawyering  up and forcing GP to shut down the video. It is the highest form of douchebagness to shut down a parody. 

In Star Wars 4 - A New Hope, which is really chronologically the first Star Wars movie.  There's a great line by Princess Leia. 

The Empire a-hole, Governor Tarkin says "... No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now."

To which Leia replies, "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

Is this not a perfect analogy of what Lucas is doing to GP? The video Lucas is so desperately trying to shutdown is popping up all over the Internet.


The purpose of a parody is to provoke thought and conversation using comedy. And look, I don't really think the content of the GP's parody succeeds - first, I don't consider VW to be one of the big offenders of CO2 emissions and the video is too far reaching and over the top to be effective.


However, George Lucas reacting to the video in such a draconian way validates the parody. In sense VW may not be the evil empire but Lucas my be the Emperor. 


Article in AutoBlog

Wrestling Kirks

Two Kirks in an epic arms battle

This picture makes me happy. It's the sort of happiness that happens when something occurs that's really awesome in a nerdy sort of way and has none of the marketing trappings.

Apparently, the two Kirks saw each other at some outdoor mall. Eyeing each other, they slowly sat down on a bench and without a word began to arm wrestle. Probably none of this is true .. but I want to believe it and so for today. This is how it happened.


Something completely different. All my pictures of Utah are on my little netbook and I can't find my USB drive. I will transfer the pictures over (one way or another) and start posting them today. That is if I can get over this incredible headache.

 Another meeting of kings with capes, I hope is not Photoshopped. 

Elvis and Vader - who is the greater?

Take care good citizens of EiMB.