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October 13, 2015 By Brian 5 Comments

The Nerd Lunch Podcast’s 200th Episode!

Four years ago, the Nerd Lunch Podcast with CT, Pax, and Jeeg was born, and in that time, has cultivated a large community of bloggers, podcasters, and pop culture fans. Whenever a new guest appears in the fourth chair, I always check them out (after they dropped their thing in the thing), and follow them on their various social media […]

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September 30, 2015 By Brian 5 Comments

I do NOT collect gumball machines

They say if you have three of something, you have a collection. Well, crud. I guess I have a gumball machine collection now. (Seriously spellcheck, you don’t like “gumball” but want me to write about “gumboils” instead? That would be an entirely different article.) I didn’t mean for this happen, it’s just that when I am presented with […]

Filed Under: Collections Tagged With: Vending machines

September 28, 2015 By Brian 5 Comments

If you build it, I will buy it — Field of Dreams VW Van

Guys, how come nobody told me about this? I have a new favorite thing. Having been on the pop culture die-cast vehicle bandwagon for a while now, stumbling upon this  Greenlight Hollywood Series 1973 Volkswagen Type 2 Vanwas a serious “OMG” moment for me — I’m a 40+ year-old dude, so for me to use OMG in a sentence means […]

Filed Under: Toys, TV & Movies Tagged With: Diecast, Field of Dreams, hot Wheels

September 24, 2015 By Brian 4 Comments

This is what happens when I go to the thrift store

I don’t go to Goodwill often, but when I do, I come home with some weird shit. Case in point, yesterday afternoon, I came up empty at the local Goodwill, but as I was walking to my car, I see this lady pulling a giant steer horn out of her trunk (that sounds bad, I know, but I’m […]

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September 23, 2015 By Brian 5 Comments

Summer Swap 2015 … and the Pope!

Today may be the last official day of Summer 2015, but the AEIOU and Sometimes Why Summer Swap is still going strong. Some fellow bloggers have been passing around a box of goodies to each other all summer, taking what they want and adding things along the way. I had the very good fortune to be the […]

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