The Alphabet Meme

The Rules

1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet.

2. The letter "A" and the word "The" do not count as the beginning of a film's title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don't know of any films with those titles.

3. Return of the Jedi belongs under "R," not "S" as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with "S." Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under "R," not "I" as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Conversely, all films in the LOTR series belong under "L" and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under "C," as that's what those filmmakers called their films from the start. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Use your better judgement to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.

4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number's word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under "T."

5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type "alphabet meme" into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.

Attack of the Clones
Brazil
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Dawn of the Dead
Escape from New York
From Hell
Gone in Sixty Seconds (no the Nicholas Cage one)
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Ice Pirates
Justice League of America (like they'll ever get it together enough to make it...)
Kull
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Mad Max
The Neverending Story
Once Upon a Time in America
Planet of the Apes
The Quick and the Dead
Rushmore
Sin City
Taxi Driver
Underworld
The Van
Watchmen
X-Men
Yellow Submarine
Zulu

A Capella Wars

This is great!

Characters of Deadwood: Al Swearengen, Dan Dorrity, and Dolly the whore.

One of the best characters on the show, Al Swearengen, and his right hand man Dan (complete with knife). Also Dolly the whore is in this picture... if you know what I mean....

On a side note, I wasn't completely happy with this one, as it was my first one, so there will likely be another picture of Al in the future.

Characters of Deadwood: Doc fucking Cochran

One of my favorites, Doc Cochran. Expertly played by Brad Dourif.

This drawing in particular shows one of my influences... R. Crumb.

Characters of Deadwood: Mr Wu

I am starting a new feature here. This is going to be quick (less than 1 hr) sketches of
characters from one of my favorite shows, "Deadwood". Since the show had such a huge cast, I have a rather large ensemble to draw from. The first I am presenting is "Mr. Wu", boss of the area known as "Chink's Alley". JUst don't end up in his pig pen...

Van of the Week: Starfire

Wow. Verily I am sucking at posting lately. I just can't seem to get it together enough to pop in here much any more. I guess real life takes precedence sometimes eh? Well, if anyone is still reading this, here is another featured van of mine. This was taken at the Nats this year in Ill. What we have here is the van "Starfire". It is a mid-Dodge Maxivan, which has had several major modifications done to the body (such as the chop above the front seats), thus landing it in the class of a radical custom. As a matter of fact it is the oldest surviving radical custom van still on the road. In the seventies it graced the covers and interiors of many of the top van magazines, some of which were laid out on the floor as a display. It was truly a cool thing to see this old survivor in person, and knowing it's still out there truckin' gives me hope that mine will be around for a long time to come. Enjoy the pics.

What I was doing 10 years ago today

Today is the 10th anniversary of the day I closed on my house. I can't believe it's been 10 years! Damn I feel old, but that's beside the point. I can't believe I was a 23 yr old home owner. That is virtually unheard of now. Anyway, I have had a great past decade in the house, and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I love this house.
Another thing I love is being a Mainer. Don't know why, but I get a little gooofy about it sometimes. Anyway, to celebrate the event we had a little dinner here today and it consisted of 10 lobsters, potato salad, apple pie (I made last night from apples off one of the trees out back), and blueberry scones. Also I had Sea Dog Blueberry Ale, and Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale. Can't get much more "Maine" that this folks. (Unless i threw some clams or mussels in the mix) ...actually there was homeade clam dip too, and it was delicious.


I thought I had a decent picture of the outside of the house, but nope. Maybe next time.