Farewell, Uncle Owen

Phil Brown, who played the cantakerous Uncle Owen in ANH, died today at age 89. Brown had been in poor health for a long time. He was a guest at Celebration II and I remember seeing him in a wheelchair and breathing from an oxygen tank, looking rather frail. I'm surprised he lasted nearly four more years, to be honest. But he appeared at conventions until a couple of years ago, and signed autographs from home until a year/year-and-a-half ago.

Clear skies to Mr. Brown and condolensces to his family.

Collecting news

The lounge pants my friend found on clearance at a Target in Maryland arrived yesterday. They're sweet! Perfect for long days lounging about watching SW DVDs.

Just when I thought my bank account was safe from purchasing more action figures beside an occasional repack or something, Hasbro comes up with this fabulous new gimmick where I have to buy five vintage figures, get the proofs of purchase, and order by mail a George Lucas stormtrooper action figure. You know I want one! And then there are these silver foil chase figures available in May, one of which is an Anakin figure. Grrr!

http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/hasbro/news20060210.html

LEGO is doing an OT video game, due out this fall. I hope they make another "movie" like "Revenge of the Brick." Even if you don't play video games, it's still teh cute:

http://www.starwars.com/gaming/videogames/news/news20060210.html

Update: I forgot about these sweet iPod covers. Unfortunately, I have the iPod photo, not video!:

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=104753

OT: Tagged for a meme

90% of the time when I get tagged for these things, I forget to do it. This is one of those rare special times where I actually remember...

Tagged by hydnfn4evr:

The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover/partner. Need to mention the sex of the target. Tag 8 victims to join this game and leave a comment on their comments saying they've been tagged. if tagged the 2nd time, there's no need to post again.

Target of partner: Male

1) has to be heterosexual
2) has to be employed
3) has to be clean most of the time
4) has to be reasonably attractive
5) has to be drug free and drinks moderately
6) has to make minimal bodily noises in my presence
7) has to neither be too cheap or too irresponsible with money
8) has to want kids

Can you tell I'm in my 30s ;)?

I tag whoever feels like doing this.