Transforming the Batmobile into a bubble machine
Tough on the outside, playful on the inside! Meet the car that’s redefining macho. Pull the string at the back, and it’s bubble bonanza time!
Pop culture
Market mistakes with Jawas
The following is a story about me discovering a Star Wars card on eBay featuring a Jawa. I discovered later that this is a digital card, not a physical card. I wrote the story like I’m a Jawa getting hoodwinked by another Jawa. Utinni! I so feeling sad and zapped, fellow Jawa! I thought hit …
The first Hot Wheels car with braille
Translating the braille on the Hot Wheels car, and exploring more engaging phrases for use in braille
Hilarious insurance for your $1.29 Hot Wheels car
Does Batman have an insurance policy on his Batmobile?
X-men logos suddenly appear everywhere in a suburb
Why is someone going around Glen Ellyn spray-painting X-Men logos on people’s lawns?
Why “I Love Onions” is such a wonderfully quirky song
What combines kazoos, scatting, muppet voices, a Billboard 100 appearance, and played on Captain Kangaroo? Answer: this song!
19th century chair as a Transformer
I might have gone too far. I have come up with three different Transformer names for this 19th century armchair in the Art Institute’s collection.
SpongeBob’s great grandfather is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection
Today I discovered Spongebob Squarepants’ great-great grandfather—in an art museum.
International Space Station or Millennium Falcon?
For a brief moment when I saw this image of the International Space Station, it reminded me of my Millennium Falcon photos.
“Mah Na Mah Na” connected to TRON Legacy?
When searching for Mah Na Mah Na on Spotify, the results include Daft Punk’s TRON soundtrack.