Writing, editing, storytelling, and more from Jim Gibbons
I recently saw a post on Laughing Squid about a Web site called Pummelvision which, with a user’s permission, pulls photos from a Facebook account and makes them into a video—your “life” flashing before your eyes, if you will. It sounded interesting and the example video looked pretty cool… Continue Reading “Pummelvision: Facebook life ain’t real life.”
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This week, Marvel announced that an upcoming miniseries called Captain America: Reborn will bring the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, back from the dead after his assassination two years ago.
Continue Reading “Why I love Steve Rogers: A tribute to Cap’s return and a boyhood story.”
Back in 2004 I decided to bleach my hair blonde, sport a fu manchu and shave some male pattern baldness into my head. At the time, this seemed like a pretty hilarious idea, and whether it was or not, here’s how it all went down…
Continue Reading “Infamous Past Jim Gibbons Decisions: Hulk Hogan haircut”
Today’s blog theme is apparently sharing my favorite YouTube videos with the masses, but what better way to recapture sitting around with some buddies on laptops drinking beers and perusing the interwebs?! By the way, if you haven’t ever partaken in a night of casual drunkenness and online laughter, you should! In fact, I have a story about that which I’ll recount after the video and after the jump, so read on!
Continue Reading “Another undisputed classic: ‘George Washington.’ And, a story from times past!”
Now this is a portent of doom if I’ve ever seen one…
A Marmaduke movie?!?! Good gravy!
Back in my college days, we had a free newspaper readership program that allowed me to indulge in the finest in newspaper strips everyday (usually during a boring lecture). Each and every day, I read every strip in the paper, and each and every day Marmaduke just infuriated me. I had a dog growing up and love animals (especially dogs!), but this f@#&ing Marmaduke…Gah!
Oddly enough, I always (ALWAYS!) loved the Family Circus…each and every day.