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February 12, 2009: What Ever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

Charles Schneider — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:03:30 +0000

I thought I’d let anyone who reads or accidently stumbles upon my blog that I’ve started a new one on Tumblr.

The title of today’s post is in honor of Neil Gaiman’s new two parter Batman story Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader. It’s awesome and you should all check it out. Don’t worry if you didn’t understand all the recent Grant Morrison stuff. This has nothing to do with that.

Be sure to check out my new site for all the same funny stories, videos, and general rambling that I’ve done here. I update it every day (just like here).

Thanks to blogger for getting me started. In the future I may post here on occasion, but in general everyday stuff will be on the new site.

Thanks for visiting!

Tagged: Batman, Charlie Schneider, gochuckster.com, Neil Gaiman, Tumblr

December 12, 2008: 40 Inspiration Speeches in Two Minutes

Charles Schneider — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:48:59 +0000

Schools out, and in honor of the beginning of a long break from independent original thought I’ve found an awesome clip. It’s 40 inspiration speeches from various movies mashed into a two minutes and 15 seconds. via Overthingkingit.com

Enjoy:

Tagged: Animal House, Braveheart, Charlie Schneider, Fozzie Bear, Inspirational Speeches, John Belushi, Mel Gibson, Morgan Freeman, Muppets, Rudy

December 03, 2008: Early Post and Imagining the 10th Dimension

Charles Schneider — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:46:37 +0000

Since Wednesday is probably going to have me pulling my hair out while trying to finish every possible assignment I’ll post early. Here’s a cool video I saw a long time ago on Digg, then preceded to forget about. Now It’s on Youtube.

Here it is, give yourself a pat on the back if you can successfully follow the video and explain it in detail to someone else.

Imagining the 10th Dimension:

Tagged: 10th Dimension, Charlie Schneider, Robert Bryanton, String Theory, Theoretical Physics

December 02, 2008: In Which Many Posts Are Skipped

Charles Schneider — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:45:46 +0000

In lieu of back posting my way through the months of October and November I’ve elected to skip over them in video game fashion. Don’t you remember when you learned about the Super Mario Brothers cheat that allowed you to skip to the final boss while only completing a fraction of the levels? I’m sure the programmers were happy that all those levels in between were deemed throwaways. What’s a thousand man hours anyway?

Just to recap the last couple of months:

October highlights: The major highlight of October was the Threadbanger Handcrafted Halloween party downtown (NYC). We all had a blast and some lucky winners even won some prizes. Plus we had Indy Mogul Steve and a great metal band play.

Lowlights: The killing of the original Burlesque party the Threadbanger wanted to throw. KIA by the powers that be.

November Highlights: Cousin Wendy’s Bat Mitzvah’s and Turkey Day of course. I’ve got the whole thing chronicled on flickr.

December: At a glance, classes will end this week (for one) and next week for the other. I’m currently on track to finish all my work for the end of the first class, so I’m free of one class after Thursday (this is me cheering).

After next week it’ll be smooth sailing and regular every-day work till Christmas. I’m not making an special gift plans as I’ve already gifted myself a ton of toys this year.

Tagged: Bat Mitzvah, Charlie Schneider, Christmas, Halloween, Heavy Metal, Indy Mogul, Rob and Corinne, Steve Nelson, Thanksgiving, Threadbanger, Wendy Liroff

October 11, 2008: Election Party

Charles Schneider — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:41:32 +0000

Looks like Ben and Rusty set up quite an election party with Amber. Obviously the big day is November 4th. While most are given to rampant speculation, I currently am of the opinion that this horse race won’t even be close. Do I even need to say it?

So come party with us and ring in the new administration.

Tickets are $15.

Tagged: Amber Lee Ettinger, Barack Obama, Barely Political, Ben Relles, Election Day, John McCain

October 10, 2008: Jeauxbama ’08

Charles Schneider — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:37:24 +0000

Our own Jeaux Janovsky has recently been asked to submit a custom Barack Obama doll for a Toy Tokyo art show called Art + Action=Obama. Here’s the bulletin:

ART + ACTION = OBAMA 08, presented by Jailbreak Toys, is coming up on October 17th in New York City. ART + ACTION is an exhibition of custom Obama Action Figures by contemporary artists, graf writers, and toymakers. Visionary pieces by Mars-1 and Jason Alberto Garcia, edgy versions by Damion Silver and David Choong Lee, as well as completely reconstructed custom toys by Brin Berliner, kaNO, and so many more will line the walls of The Showroom NYC at Toy Tokyo. Ron English will be there signing his Abraham Obama posters. There will also be signed Obama posters for sale by legendary Obey-creator, Shepherd Fairey.

Brooklyn-based funk archivalists Truth And Soul will heat the place up with fat, juicy grooves. Singha Beer will cool the place down with Thai-style pilsner. This event will be fresh, funky, thought-provoking, inspirational and one-of-a-kind. Be there.

On a lighter note Erik recently finished his bigfoot feet for his most recent project. He clomped around the office to show them off.

Pics: Jeauxbama ’08, Amber and Jeaux pose with his Obama doll submission, Amber blesses the doll with a kiss (thus imbuing it with special powers, and Erik’s new stompers.

Tagged: Amber Lee Ettinger, Barack Obama, Frederated, Jeaux Janovsky, Obama Girl, Toy Tokyo

October 09, 2008: Super 8 and RePuglicans

Charles Schneider — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:36:19 +0000

Lots of Barely Political videos going on now that the election is looming. I’ll be sure to post pictures as the videos are released. Here’s some of the latest.

Repuglican Convention

Pics: Steve plays with Ramon’s Super 8 vintage camcorder.

Tagged: Barely Political, Charlie Schneider, Film cameras, Ramon DeSouza, Steve Nelson, Super 8 Film, Vintage Camcorders

October 08, 2008: Batmitzvahs and Turkey Day Minus The Fuzzy Garbage Disposals

Charles Schneider — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:35:41 +0000

Congratulations to cousin Wendy on her upcoming batmitzvah! My young cousin has a big family month coming up, as do my aunt and uncle. Our Thanksgiving this year falls just a week after cousin W’s big celebration. Considering that, everyone has generously decided to loiter in the greater New York area and stop by the happy family’s house for Thanksgiving dinner.

Plans as of yet are known only to the party planning committee, which consists of my aunt, uncle, mom, and grandparents. As a young person my job is mainly to show up and relieve the happy hosts of their food and drink.

The last few years Mom has hosted the mid-western version of Turkey day. Unfortunately our Labs won’t be coming, as they require double beds that my aunt and uncle have already promised to human relatives. I knew I should have RSVP’d sooner!

I’m sure Mom and Dad will take home plenty of left-overs to gloss over any bad feelings Arthur and Clark have from being left behind.

Tagged: Charlie Schneider, Dogs, Labrador Retriever, Puppies, Thanksgiving, Turkey

October 07, 2008: Super Obama and McEvil-Lyn

Charles Schneider — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:34:29 +0000

Way back at San Diego Comic Con I saw some promo material for a couple of comic titles based on our current presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain. At the time I only considered the novelty of the comics, but Alex, Justin, and Pete have reviewed them on Comic Book Club. Unfortunately the impression they give is not good. In theory the idea of a biographical comic (with an albeit hightened take on reality) sounds interesting, but at second glance makes me reach for the snooze button.

Both the comics are told from realistic perspectives, that is they don’t have fictional powers. I had suspected the rumors of John McCains sleep-beams had been exaggerated.

I will definitely be avoiding these down at Forbidden Planet. Save your money for something interesting.

Tagged: Barack Obama, Charlie Schneider, Comic Books, John McCain, Presidential Race

October 06, 2008: Rage of The Red Lanterns

Charles Schneider — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:12:04 +0000

I’ve been missing a few live tapings of Comic Book Club with my buddies Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler, and Pete LePage. You might remember them from a little show called The Stack on Pulp Secret. I thought a comic book post was in order to fill the void. Today it’s Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver’s Rage of The Red Lanterns.

DC Comics has posted the first few pages of the title as shown above.

Artist Shane Davis via our old friends at Newsarama!

Writer Geoff Johns also via old friends at Newsarama!

Here’s a little technical info on how the Red Lanterns’ Power Rings work (versus the Green/Yellow Lanterns’ Rings).

For those who haven’t seen it, here’s a notable episode of The Stack:

Tagged: Charlie Schneider, DC Comics, Ethan Van Sciver, Final Crisis, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Rage of The Red Lanterns, Shane Davis