Carja

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Apr 232018
 

Hi there blog readers. As you’re reading this, you know what time it is. Blog Time!

Today has not been the best day ever. I  hurt my neck looking up at work. Somehow I pulled something. It was like, “Wow! That’s super painful!” Fortunately it was later in the afternoon so I didn’t have to suffer through too much of my work day. The capper to the day however was the bus breaking down before we could leave. This is the second time in a week that the bus I’m on or waiting for has experienced mechanical troubles. As a result, I’m an hour late getting home. Not fun. All things considered, if those are my two biggest concerns for the day, it’s not all THAT bad, but I’ve had better days.

I started watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine a week ago. I’d been watching some convention panels of Star Trek stars and it made me want to watch some Trek. Deep Space Nine is the most radically different of that era of series and that appealed to me. I remember watching some of the early episodes back in the day but so far, apart from the pilot, I can’t say I remember seeing any of the stuff I’m watching now.

Three games on the horizon for me: Mystic Vale, Space Base and the expansion for Roll Player. Some good times lie ahead.

That’s all the news that’s fit to print this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday.

Saturday Night’s Main Event – Jesse “The Body” Ventura

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Apr 212018
 

Hello everyone and welcome to Saturday Night’s Main Event, the show where we mash ’em up just like wrestling superstars in the ring.

Jesse “The Body” Ventura was not the most gifted wrestler in the ring. But he was colourful and he could talk. Boy could he ever talk. It got him the plum heel announcer role on WWE programming. Jesse and Vince made a great pair, with Ventura praising the heels and belittling McMahon at every opportunity. When Jesse would pair up with Gorilla Monsoon for pay per views, he was a little more respectful and objective, though his heel bias would still poke through. I remember when he first joined the booth with Vince and Bruno Sammartino (RIP). Bruno got so mad (in character) at Jesse that he walked out. I kept waiting for Bruno to come back and kick Jesse out of the booth, but he never did. Now, when I go back and listen to some of that old commentary I get a kick out of Jesse’s heel persona. It was highly entertaining. And how many wrestlers do YOU know who became governor of a state? Interesting fact, The Body was the first LJN wrestling action figure (more like inaction figure, since they had no articulation) I ever bought. I dug his colourful attire even though I had no idea who he was at the time.

Here’s Skitter as The Body. He’s showing so much attitude I barely recognize him!

That’s all for this week. One more wrestling mash-up to go folks!

You Think There’s Not a Lot Goin’ On

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Apr 162018
 

Hey all. Blog time. I was having a lot of connectivity problems earlier so this is going to be short…I need sleep.

It’s been raining on and off all day. And it’s been cold so the rain has frozen to make everything really unpleasant outside. I’m really looking forward to spring arriving for real.

I finally got to try the game I suspect would have made my Top 100 had I played it before I made the list: Thunderstone Quest. And yes, it was glorious. I enjoyed the original Thunderstone and Quest just improves on it. I definitely hope to play it again soon.

FCL put on its monthly wrestling card on Saturday. It was probably the weakest show of theirs since I started going to them. The guys (and girl) worked hard but it just didn’t click well. The crowd was rowdy but not in a good way. They kept cheering for the ref and the Cats. Not good.

That’s all for this week. As I said, it was brief. I just didn’t want to skip a week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.

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