(Fantasy FLCL card created by Ollie Frith)
It’s been twenty years, and the world has flipped inside out. We did it.
Much like the printing press did for even older people, the machine you are using to dance through my babbling today has changed the human condition. Drastically. Not only did I live through it, but I [...]
Time to start another tradition.
Guess what this photograph is. During these contests, no Photoshopping will ever be included. Straight shots, every time. Each pic will get about three days of guessing. Then I will reveal the source and the true identity of the object.
Ready… Set… Guess!
(Card by Upper Deck Entertainment, art by Georges Jeanty)
Often these posts will revolve loosely around the Trading Card Game called Vs. System. It is cardboard paradise for those of us who adore the modern myths of comic book cosmology.
Last night we had a draft at the Hobby League of Miami, with the new Marvel Legends set. [...]
(Photo by My Dad.)
No, seriously. I forget what song it was. Maybe The Romantics’ “What I Like About You.” My stepbrother’s wedding. That’s me in the dragon shirt, getting squashed by my son-in-law and my nephew. Nina is obviously the one under the flowing braids.
It is always 3:33 pm somewhere. If you are here for the [...]
(Digitized Self-Portrait by me, used in Nick Herbert’s Nobel Prize presentation to illustrate quantum merging.)
There is a barrel of background information on this question inside the post under this if you want to make an educated decision…
If you could switch bodies with anyone, or any thing, what or who would you want to be?
(photoshoppery of real plastic body armor by Rian Fike.)
The full body transplant experience grows from the urge to become the object of your desire, to merge completely into one glowing entity, to be totally in love. Not love like hearts and possessions, but love like fire.
Nina and I met under a full moon on Miami [...]
(Painting of Insectoid Troopers by Andy Brase)
Our daily ritual: I ask an open ended question, and you get creative. Simple enough? Okay. There’s only one thing to do. Tell me your answer to this…
If the entire world were to be swarmed over by one thing within the next 24 hours, what would you want it [...]
(Drawing by J. Abrams, Caricature Artist at Sea World)
This blog is going to be like a sponge for my spare time at work when my lesson plans are done and there is still time to fill. I am actually feeling much better about this school year after five weeks, mostly because I am remembering how [...]
I got published by Neatorama!!! Check me out, fourth from the bottom: http://www.neatorama.com/category/quote-a-day/
(Photo by Craig Gibson, God of Trading Card Game Tournament Coverage.)
Where should I begin? The beginning, obviously.
The name is Rian Fike.
Born in Toledo on the same day same year as Princess Diana. Grew up in Central Ohio, mostly in Newark. I am a jerk from Nerk, yes I am. Moved to Miami in 1972 when my dad got a job as a Professor of Social [...]
