Big news for sci-fi aficionados! Billy Dee Williams — Star Wars' Lando Calrissian — will make an appearance at Planet Comicon on March 24 and 25. Although, it does appear that Lando is a little sick of shuffling in and out of hotel banquet rooms and about life in Cloud City. The Planet Comicon's website makes it clear that he's only going to be available for a short time both days.
But the really good news here is that we have an excuse to watch Williams' brilliant work in Colt 45 commercials from the 1980s. The classic one is above. After the jump, there's a stranger, more conceptual one that surely is either based on Williams' role as Harvey Dent in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman or led to his casting in the role.
Although the weather of late has been in the 40s and practically balmy, soon frozen winter misery will be upon us. With that in mind, Chiefs defensive end Glenn Dorsey, his pooch Bugsy and PETA have released this spot reminding dog owners to keep their dogs warm and safe in the cold. Fact is, although they have fur, dogs — especially ones kept outdoors — can die from exposure, frostbite and plain old freezing. And for the love of God, remember that water freezes, so check on their water bowls. If Bugsy melts your heart, you can sponsor a doghouse through PETA here.
Bartholow, an associate professor of psychology, explains that when you do stupid things while wasted, it's not that you're unaware that what you're doing is idiotic, it's that you just don't give a damn.
“Our study isn’t the first to show that alcohol reduces this alarm signal, but contrary to previous studies, our study shows that alcohol doesn’t reduce your awareness of mistakes — it reduces how much you care about making those mistakes,” Bartholow said in a news release.
Submitted without comment, a press release and video from Kansas State introducing its new environmentally friendly mascot, EcoKat, and her partnership with the traditional mascot, Willie the Wildcat. Collectively, they will be known as the Eco-Enforcers:
Meet EcoKat, crusader of conservation and fanatic of fluorescents. The new caricature has embarked upon Kansas State University with one mission: Reduce, reuse and recycle.Catch EcoKat at community events like Purple Power Play, visiting the local elementary schools and making other community appearances.
EcoKat, who is played by a K-State senior who auditioned for the role, is outfitted in a costume made of 90 percent repurposed materials, coming mostly from the athletics department. The department of apparel, textiles and interior design used eco-friendly dyes to get the final look, making it entirely sustainable and recyclable within K-State.
The EcoKat video idea was born from a serious call to action that morphed into a more humorous, tough-love take on environmentalism.
Willie the Wildcat was added into the equation to make the local campaign uniquely K-State.
Kansas City's summer of strange lights in the sky continued last weekend, when multiple people shot video of what looked like a fireball falling toward Earth before splitting into a bunch of tiny fireballs. It was only the latest part of a trend in 2011 that has been keeping the city's UFO believers' necks craned.
Well, this sighting is easily explained, the Star reports. It was the Army's Golden Knights parachuting team participating in the Kansas City Air Show. (Schedule showing their KC dates) Oh, well. I guess we can still wonder about this.
The three-day, back-to-school sales tax holiday is a product of state law. Most counties and cities in Missouri are also participating in the program. We bought some socks at the midtown Costco this morning. The register charged $0.00 in sales taxes.
Though Kansas City, Independence, Liberty and Lee's Summit are all taking part in the holiday, area shoppers may still find a small tax at the bottom of their receipts. Here's why:
Next time you think about sitting at a picnic table, minding your business, enjoying the view of a lake while getting a little work done, you might want to check to make sure that the lake is public property. Or else you might end up in jail.
KMBC has the strange story of Jennifer Payne, who visited Weatherby Lake (north of the metro) on Monday between meetings in the Kansas City area. She sat down at a picnic table to write some thank-you cards. As she was leaving, the TV station reports, a police officer busted her for trespassing. The lake is private property, and although the roads around the lake and some of the land are public, the table that Payne was sitting on was privately owned. So, any decent human being would just chalk it up to an out-of-towner not knowing the rules, right? Nope. The officer arrested her, and the lake board decided to press charges.
We decided to take a look back at June and see what you guys cared about last month. The top story of the month: Jackass star Ryan Dunn dying in a drunken driving car crash (with a blood alcohol content of .196 and driving between 130 and 140 mph in his Porsche).
You guys also cared about Donald Jones, who is accused of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his friend, Ronald Oliver. Jones told police that he "threw a knife" at Oliver during an argument while watching the NBA Finals. I'm guessing Jones' mug shot had something to do with this.
I don't have to tell you that we're on the verge of a three-day weekend. Just like you, we're taking Monday off to blow shit up. See you back here Tuesday, unless we see you in the emergency room first.
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