One last Spidey for the year

Yesterday was my daughter's 17^th birthday, and we went into NYC to celebrate, while she was there she spotted this Spidey figurine, and picked it up for me.

Here he is holding my straw. Pretty cool, eh?

One more Cap toy for the road...

So I was (as usual) at the movies and decided to splurge for a bucket of popcorn (hey, it was my birthday). Well as it turns out, the theater (a multiplex) still had Captain America popcorn buckets left over from this Summer’s Captain America movie. Well, I had never acquired on (and am not even sure I knew that this promotion was going on at the time), so I managed to score me yet another piece of cool Marvel swag (plus it was free refill, so you know I got me some of that as well).

And it goes so well w/my Captain America cup.

Don’t you wish you were me?

Yes, today is my birthday!

Started today off pretty good, as I discovered the card my lovely daughter left for me. It contained some prety nifty Spidey stuff.

First up, Tattoos:

Then Stickers:

And finally, there was also what appears to be the key to the Spider-Lair!

Pretty cool, eh?

A jumble of Spidey Swag

So, you saw my (Spidey) birthday cake from the other day. well, it came from this package:

Then I went up to visit my old buddy, Jim Main, who was having a tag sale, and selling off some of his collectibles. Well, I acquired some of the coolest stuff there. Take a look.

Here is some Spidey mouthwash

This Sandman came packed in a box of breakfast cereal

This is a vintage Spidey motor boat. I’m sure I have one, but there’s always room for more!

A vintage Spidey flying Wing. How cool is this?

   

Building a better cupcake

So, as some of you already know, they other day was my Birthday, and well, as always, my family made certain that it was a very Spider Day for me, as you can plainly see...

Here's the “Cake Display”

Here is is a close-up of a cross-section of the cake holder

As for the cupcakes themselves, here are some close-ups, courtesy of my brilliant-photog daughter

Thanks for playing our game.

You say it (was) my birthday...

Yeah, well, a week or two back it was my birthday, and as usual, I received some more Spidey stuff.

First up, is the obligatory Spidey card (this one in shimmering 3D)



Then, so I have something to do, a Spidey Activity book:



And last but not at all least, I got a brand new Spidey-bop bag:



I actually already have one of these, but the one I have is probably 20+ years old, and packed away somewhere.

Oh yeah, I also got some Shiny Spidey Stickers.



Then, for myself,I went to my local comicbook shop, and scored a pile of Spidey back issues that I was missing. I'm currently only missing two comics from the original run (#s 431 & 436) and 18 from the (short-lived) reboot (all from the lower numbers).

How good it is to be me, eh?

One last trip to the Birthday Well

It seems that I somehow forgot to post the Spidey birthday card that was given to me by my wife. With this posting, this should be the last of my Birthday riff. Here you can see both the front and the inside of the card I received.

I plan to return to, well, interesting stuff tomorrow.

Today I have to run out early this morning, and meet with a client, so I really have to make this short this morning. However, I did recently acquire a couple of comics produced from some of my friends (Fellow CAG buddies), that I want to talk about, which I will do next time (yes, we can talk about stuff other than Spider-Man).

So they say it’s my Birthday

OK, so it was some time ago, (Tuesday), but still, the celebration goes on. Well, not really, but I did get access to some new pics from a different set of Spider-Man 3 birthday cake toppers, that I acquired from a different grocery store.







I think that’s it for Birthday cake toppers.

Spider-Pie! (yes, for my birthday)

So, my Birthday is continuing (sort of). I stopped by my parents this week, and discovered that she had baked me a birthday (apple) pie. When I brought it home, I decided that I deserved a “Spider-Pie”, so I went by my local supermarket and purchased a set of those Spider-Tchotchkes that go on top of your cake. As you all recall, I had a Spider-Cake on my 50th birthday, and since these figures are different from those (these figures are from Spider-Man 3).







Yeah, you’ll notice that I had already taken a slice of pie before I out the figures on top, but that’s the best part of being an adult, you can eat your cake (or in this case, pie), and have it too.

Day three of my Birthday

Hey, this is my Blog, so, yeah, I can celebrate my birthday all week if I want. Truth of the matter is — as you all know — I tend to get Spidey stuff on my birthday, and this time was no different. I received a bunch of cool Spidey stuff from my family, and I now have pictures! As you can see, the first item of the day is a deck of Spidey playing cards. I know that I have another (older) deck lying around somewhere (from 15 years or so back), but it is always cool getting new stuff like this. Unfortunately, it is a standard deck with generic images on the faces, rather than Spider-Man-specific. Still it is cool to have.

Next up is a Spidey pad (with a way-cool magnet on the back so I can hang it on the side of the fridge or something metalic).



As a writer, I’m going to need a journal, so now I have a Spidey-Journal




Well, with all these Spidery things to write on, I’m going to need Spider-Man pens:



...and what is a birthday without sweets?



All-in-all, loads of fun stuff, eh?

It is still my Birthday — Deal with it!

Yes, it is true that yesterday was my birthday, and several of you contacted me to wish me well (a couple of you posted — Thanks). Truth to tell, while I did spend some time yesterday doing stuff that I do enjoy (I saw two films back-to-back Lakeview Terrace & Righteous Kill) which I will review shortly on my Film column, Suspension of Belief which can be found over at (the new and improved) PopThought), much of my day (as well as the week prior) was, well, crap.

Hopefully that will change.

Still, the voice mail from my younger brother (where he said “I miss you the most, Scarecrow”) did brighten my day. Then, of course the cards from my children (where they both credit me as being a great dad because I had a great kid with them) were cute. Then, of course, there was this bit of silliness from Tommy:



Thanks to all!

It’s my birthday, I’ll Geek if I want to

Earlier this month, it was my older brother’s birthday. Today (September 23), it is mine.



In case you are wondering, yes this is me, but it from just over two decades ago.