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Doc Mock Episode #8 Premieres LIVE Tonight At 10pm PST / 1am EST!

by -RoG- on 07/03/2009, 7:42 pm

Hey guys, I'm just dropping in to give you all a quick reminder that the eighth episode of Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum airs LIVE tonight (7/3/09) at 10pm PST / 1am EST, so be sure to catch it! You can watch the show and join in the chat room fun and either of the following two URLs:

http://www.justin.tv/thestreamdottv

http://www.stickam.com/thestreamdottv

The network goes on a one-week break after tonight, so don't miss this one! Hope to see ya there!

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RainbowPuke Is Back!

by -RoG- on 07/02/2009, 11:06 pm

I'm sure many of you recall this little project I started a few years ago called RainbowPuke. The idea was simple: I wanted to create a site where people were free to submit their own artistic visions of rainbows puking up rainbows. To my surprise, the idea caught on quickly and I was receiving so many RainbowPuke art submissions each week, I simply couldn't keep up with all of them. An art professor at Virginia Commonwealth University even had his entire class do a project based on the Rainbow Puke site (you can check out their amazing puke projects here).

This "happy place for sad rainbows" had grown out of control. Well, I had other things (including I-Mockery) going on at the time, so I simply couldn't dedicate the resources to RainbowPuke that was required since the whole site was done in basic HTML. Had I known it was going to blow up and receive so many submissions, I would've planned it out better, but it was really just a joke that I figured a few people would participate in. I suppose I underestimated the lure of rainbows puking in technicolor.

So, I promised myself I would one day set aside the time to completely rework the site in a way that I could update it anytime I wanted with new individual art submissions rather than wait to update it with huge batches of pictures (which was always a time-consuming ordeal). Well, that day finally came this past week and I'm proud to announce the rebirth (or regurgitation, if you will) of RainbowPuke.com!

The site has been completely revamped with a simple interface and I've archived all seven original collections of the Rainbow Puke images. So from this point onward, you'll be able to enjoy all new RainbowPuke submissions on a regular basis. Plus, since it's set up as a blog, you can discuss each of the entries with your fellow Rainbow Puke pals. And for those of you who've sent them in over the past year, don't worry, I've saved 'em and they'll all be posted up on there soon! You can expect frequent updates to the site each week.

Don't forget, RainbowPuke is a project for EVERYBODY to participate in, not just professional artists. One look through all of the entries currently on the site and you'll see we have a wide variety of entries on there. So even if it means busting out a set of crayons and scanning in your own rendition of a puking rainbow, I hope all of you will submit at least one piece of Rainbow Puke art soon. You can email your submissions here.

Let the vomitous celebration commence once again!

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The Fictional Transforming Skyscraper Toy From “Big”.

by -RoG- on 06/29/2009, 4:42 pm

So I caught a little bit of the movie "Big", starring Tom Hanks as Josh, the other night and I hadn't seen it in years. It was always a fun movie as a kid and still holds up pretty well even today, but there was one scene I had completely forgotten about. After he gets a job at the toy company, there's a scene where Josh is in a meeting and they're discussing a new Transformers toy. It's a giant skyscraper that turns into a robot. After playing with it for a little while, Josh announces, "I don't get it. It turns from a building into a robot, right? Well, what's fun about that? What's so fun about playing with a building? That's not any fun!" and he then goes on to brainstorm ideas for a new line of Transformers based on insects. Yes, we all knew this was a nod to the Insecticons, but that's not what I'm here to talk about today.

I'm here to talk about the fact that I don't think a skyscraper which transforms into a robot (and vice versa) was really such a bad idea at all. Sure, it's not as cool as all of the Constructicons joining together to form Devastator, but it's still a nice big toy and it looks like it has red flashy eyes and a surprised look on its face. What kid wouldn't love a giant skyscraper with red flashy eyes and a surprised look on its face? I'll tell you what kid wouldn't want that toy. The kind of kid that should've been aborted.

Hasbro, if you're reading this, you missed a golden opportunity with this toy back in the 80s, but it's never too late to correct that mistake. If you make a giant skyscraper Transformer reminiscent of the one seen in "Big", I will most certainly buy one... and I'm sure many, many other people will do the same. To sweeten the deal, myself and the other I-Mockery readers will even lend you a hand with it - we'll come up with some names for the skyscraper-bot! Do we have a deal, Hasbro? Good.

To all the readers of I-Mockery: Post your ideas in this thread for what you think the skyscraper Transformer toy should be named! Corpotron? Skyscrape? Let's see what awesome names you guys can come up with.

It's high time this fictional movie toy becomes a reality, so let's get the ball rollin'. Who knows... this could be the impetus for an entire city playset that transforms into a robot. Crazier shit has happened.

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Maddox Appearing LIVE On Doc Mock’s Movie Mausoleum Friday, June 26th!

by -RoG- on 06/22/2009, 1:51 pm

I've got a big treat for you guys on the next episode of Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum; my good chum Maddox (author of The Alphabet of Manliness) is going to be appearing LIVE on the show at 10pm PST! So not only will we be airing another mind-mutating movie, you'll also get to interact with the most manly modern pirate on the Internet! We'll even be putting up some new Maddox merchandise for giveaway during the show. This is definitely one episode you don't want to wait to view once it's been archived online, so make sure you guys catch it live.

In the meantime, our most recent episode from last Friday night with special guest Todd Fasen is now online! Check it out!

Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum - Arm Wrestling Cyborgs: Part I:
http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1556

Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum - Arm Wrestling Cyborgs: Part II:
http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1557

Alright, that's all for now... see you guys this Friday night!

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Doc Mock Episode #6 Premieres LIVE Tonight At 10pm PST / 1am EST!

by -RoG- on 06/19/2009, 3:38 pm

Yo ho ho disco donkeys! I'm just here to remind you that Episode #6 of Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum is set to air tonight, Friday June 19th, LIVE on theStream.tv at 10pm PST (1am EST), so be sure to tune in and join in the chat room as our resident nurse, Miss Diagnosis, will once again be on-hand to field your questions and comments! You'll also want to tune in because Todd Fasen, from two of LA’s top improv comedy teams (Convoy and Sentimental Lady), will be joining me as we watch another movie made to murder your medulla oblongata! Todd has also appeared on Reno 911 and co-created and starred in a pilot for Comedy Central!

Just go to theStream.tv/live to watch the show and join in the chat room madness! You can also access it via thestreamdottv channel on justin.tv. Wherever you happen to be watching the show from, be sure to hop in the chat rooms so you can blab it up with all the other insomniacs as we watch another movie together!

While you wait for the new LIVE episode to air tonight, you can catch up on what went down in the Movie Mausoleum last week as the full episode is now available online!

Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum - Deadly Video Zombies: Part I:
http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1535

Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum - Deadly Video Zombies: Part II:
http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1536

Alright! See you guys LIVE on our latest episode tonight!

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Oh Joy! I Have Bad Sectors!

by -RoG- on 06/16/2009, 8:53 pm

So my laptop started acting up this week and after I was unable to resolve the problem myself, I decided to take it in to the local repair shop. Well, they ran some diagnostics on it and it turns on my main hard drive is filled with bad sectors and is on the brink of death. Eugh. What a pain in the ass. I don't know about you guys, but having to reinstall everything on a computer is a major annoyance that I wouldn't wish upon anyone. I'm trying to look at the bright side here though; the computer itself is fine, it's just a $100 drive that's going bad which they'll replace and I have very recent backups of just about everything that's important to me. Sure am glad I invested in that external backup drive a while back. So yeah, at least I don't need to buy a completely new laptop or anything.

Still, I decided to blow off some steam since that shitty Seagate hard drive is causing me all this grief with its bad sectors 'n all. So rather than slam my laptop on the ground, I decided to make an animated gif to demonstrate what really happened to my drive. (more...)

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