Posted by Rob on May 16, 2011 – 4:47 pm
Filed under My Personal Life
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, chess, dark tower, darth maul, darth vader, DVD, gamecube, garage sale, hulk hogan, lightsaber, lord of the rings, luke skywalker, salvation army, stephen king
With us moving to the Carolinas next month, we wanted to have one last garage sale to get rid of as much crud as possible. I had accumulated a lot of crap over the years and it really had no place in our new home. So I priced everything on the cheap and we headed down to Shell’s dad’s house to hold the garage sale in his neighborhood.
Saturday was a huge success, and we made more money and got rid of more crap than last year. It was cloudy and cold all day, but luckily it did not rain, so we had a steady flow of people coming in to check out our wares. Unfortunately, Sunday did not work out as well, due to the nasty, rainy weather all day. We had planned on having the garage sale from 8-1, but by 11:00 we had only had four people come by, and no one bought anything. We decided to close up shop and spent the rest of the day packing all our unsold goods up for donations to the Salvation Army and other organizations. Read More »
Posted by Rob on May 8, 2011 – 6:03 am
Filed under My Personal Life
Tagged as 7th seas, alf, big bad bob, bigbadbob, board game, carolinas, ccg, collectibles, crosby, customizable card game, garage sale, hat, hockey, knife, lightsaber, lord of the rings, lundqvist, mask, micro machines, middle-earth, moving, north carolina, posters, robert jordan, Simpsons, south carolina, Star Wars, stephen king, swords, toys, video games, weapons, x-files
With only a few weeks left living in New York before we move down to the Carolinas (we will be staying with Shell’s mom in South Carolina until we can line up a place of our own in North Carolina) we have been preparing for another garage sale at Shell’s dad’s house. We had a garage sale last summer, but it was more of a way for us to make some extra cash and get rid of stuff. Since it wasn’t as big a deal, I didn’t really put out too much of my “nerdy” stuff that’s been holed up in my old bedroom at my parent’s house. This time around, since we’re actually moving, I had more of a need to get rid of this stuff. It was a very hard thing to do, and for a brief moment I knew what those people on those “hoarder” shows were feeling.
The main problem was that I worked a lot as a kid,and had decent paying jobs as a kid. With all that extra cash, instead of saving it (which I really, REALLY wish I had) I spent it on all sorts of random crap that I didn’t need. My closet was full of clothes I bought and never wore…some of the shirts and jeans still had tags on them from the 90′s! But at least clothing was practical in some sense…the other stuff in the “closet of doom” was just ridiculous. I had a ton of nerdy board games, whether it was Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Simpsons, or warfare-related. They were games that I only played like once with friends or my mother (yup, she is quite the nerd and while I couldn’t get her to play video games, she was always willing for a game of Star Wars CCG or the Lord of the Rings boardgame) and were just sitting in that closet collecting dust. I had three plastic lightsabers with the light and sound, and while the Darth Maul one sounded like the lightsaber crystal was drained, the other two worked perfectly well. I also had some random hats, helmets, and masks in there, and as I’m sure will be much to Steve’s dismay, I am getting rid of the infamous “ALF” mask. I also threw in some old VHS tapes and books (mostly Stephen King and Robert Jordan) to get sold off. Read More »
Posted by Rob on June 14, 2010 – 11:22 pm
Filed under Video Games
Tagged as archery, casual, frisbee, game review, kinect, legend of zelda, lightsaber, microsoft, move, Nintendo, Playstation, Sony, Star Wars, swordplay, Wii, wii motion plus, wii sports, wii sports resort
While on my honeymoon, I stumbled across a $50 Best Buy gift card in my wallet, and was itching to head to the mall and buy something neat. In the end, I decided to finally pick up the Wii Motion Plus, which came packaged with Wii Sports Resort. I enjoyed the casual games of Wii Sports, so I figured I would equally enjoy Wii Sports Resort.
Wii Sports Resort is kind of a mixed bag, with some great games, as well as some lame ones. There are twelve total, though two (golf and bowling) are basically clones from Wii Sports, but with the Motion Plus controls. Before I get into the game, let me talk about Wii Motion Plus. It’s a small device that attaches to the bottom of the Wii Remote, but the problem is that the Motion Plus is encased in a silicon sleeve, so you have to go through some effort to attach it each time. The Nunchuck then connects to the bottom of the Motion Plus. This makes the controller bulky…what was initially a nice light controller in your hand is now getting weighed down with the Motion Plus and the casing. However, it’s only a minor annoyance, and if anything I hate it more for the effort to hook it up than the weight it adds (which is actually minor, but I just want to complain about it.)
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Posted by Rob on January 11, 2010 – 12:09 pm
Filed under My Personal Life
Tagged as albany, blade, christmas, collection, franklin mint, frodo, gandalf, highlander, knife, lightsaber, lord of the rings, MacCloud, nazgul, shuriken, spider-man, Star Wars, swiss army, sword, tae kwon do, weapon
On Saturday, the women (Shell, Cara, and my mom) went out shopping in the afternoon. While I was home at my parents house, I decided to go up to my room and look over my weapons collection. Ive been collecting bladed weapons for many years, and have an extensive collection of all kinds of swords, knives, axes, and other weapons. I dont remember how I first got interested in it, but Im sure my Tae Kwon Do training had a big impact on it. As I was looking through them, I thought it would be interesting to show off some of my personal favorites in a post. Mind you, what you are seeing here is only a sampling of what I own. I just picked some of my favorites and the things that looked coolest. I also own other weapons that I didnt put on here because they arent that special or because I probably shouldnt share them publicly…
This is the weapons cabinet in my room. As you can see, it is filled with weapons and boxes containing more weapons…mostly swords and knives. I also have a stash of my larger weapons in my closet.
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