So I'm sitting here at a friends house, leeching off of their internet connection. We're three days into our power outage at CDX HQ. We had an ice storm Thursday night that knocked out power to a good portion of New England. Over 300,000 homes in Massachusetts were without power. It's Sunday now, and they are now telling us that we may not have power back until Tuesday.

We've been keeping warm, we still have power, but we have no heat. We have a fireplace that has been keeping us warm, and we should have enough wood to last us the duration.

It's amazing how much we rely on technology. I went into laptop withdrawl while at the house, so we ended up folding a lot of laundry. Our cel phones worked, but thats about it. We went scrounging at local stores for batteries and candles...

We were really unprepared. Looking forward we may invest in a generator to keep the heat and lights on. Where we are in town is not exactly on the list of priority places to restore power.

Please bear with us if the site goes down, or news and content isnt updated much this week..

Hosts: Andrew and Jeff Tatarek from the Lather's Blather podcast.

This is about bridges, airplanes, blimps, and giant robots and how nice they all look on your commute to work.

Click [HERE] to sit in traffic.

Once again, Thai-Toku.com proves to be an invaluable asset to me...

Hosts: Clarissa from Anime World Order, Jeremy, Viga from Viga the Otagal

This is the first of a two part series on the second Urusei Yatsura movie.

This is about endless summers, infinite mirrors, mold covered apartments, and watching Godzilla films at a ruined drive-in theatre.

Click [HERE] to get stuck at school for weeks working on a Nazi cafe.

Sad news today as Forrest J. Ackerman has passed away at age 92 at his home in LA. "Uncle Forry" as he was known may have been the biggest collector of us all. Besides being the publisher of the legendary "Famous Monsters Of Filmland" and the man who discovered Ray Bradbury, he had one of the greatest horror and sci-fi collections on the planet and would routinely open up his house to visitors who wanted to see his it. I know it was always a great treat for monster collectors to get to visit the "Ackermansion" and I regret that I never did.

It's strange to admit, but even as a longtime horror and monster fan, I never actually read Famous Monsters Of Filmland. I got started in it during the 80s and at that time Fangoria was all rage. In recent weeks, as it's become more apparent that the end was near, many people have written to Forry personally as well as shared their experiences and remembrances amongst themselves. I've felt a bit left out in that I really had nothing to contribute. I never read the magazine, didn't see the collection and hadn't met the man. But on a site dedicated to collecting, I think it's important to note his passing. And hopefully in so doing, I can introduce him and his contributions to others like me who didn't know him as well as we should have and honor his legacy in the process.

I love Plaid Stallions. It's such a fantastic blog, each day is a trip back into my childhood. Today they had a great sale ad from JC Penney.. from 1978. This takes me back to a happier time...

Image via Plaid Stallions

How old were you in '78? I was FIVE.

Hosts: Andrew and Jeremy

This is about being forced into a nice dinner at gunpoint, falling into giant cleavage, rock battles, and why you shouldn't sleep with your bandmate's sister.

Click [HERE] to explore your giantess fetish.

I think I taste something nasty in my mouth...

Hosts: Jeremy, Mike, René Laloux, Skye, Star, Zuey

This was/will be about topless blue chicks, head wings, GIANT ENEMY CRABS, black power robots, how France has less gravity, and massive evil-in-the-future glans/brains.

Features an exclusive appearance by the film's director René Laloux!

Click [HERE] to grow boob-knees.

Yes, I had a nice time at the wedding, and yes I did survive the two plane trips needed to get there and back again. (The return trip was probably the best flight I've ever had!) It was nice to see the extended family back there after nine years too.

'Nuff of that now.