Minibosses

Hey everyone! There is this band that I really like, they are called the Minibosses and they do pure instrumental music from old Nintendo games...it's pretty rad (yes, I said rad.) Have a listen on the jukebox below or go to their website to download the songs for free! I recommend starting with Super Mario Bros. 2 and then listen to everything else.

It definitely brings me back in time. Wives, if you weren't much of a game player growing up, grab your husbands, I think they'll enjoy it. I'm realizing our blog demographic is mostly Monique's friends, I need to reach out to the fellas.

You might need to download Adobe Flash Player 9 to see the jukebox, if so, just follow the link below:

To use the E-Phonic MP3 Player you will need Adobe Flash Player 9 or better and a Javascript enabled browser.

My Favorite Movie - The Goonies

We took a family trip this weekend to the Oregon coast and I had time to think about my favorite movie, The Goonies, which conveniently was filmed on the Oregon coast. Though these pictures are from last year's trip, we were able to visit most of the same sites this year...I'm sure Monique will post those pics shortly. What you see below are screenshots from the movie and following each of them are the corresponding pictures we took that kind-of match the movie. It was pretty fun finding the locations. Enjoy! County Jail - Astoria, OR

The county jail was closed to the public but had a nice sign on it saying that we could stand in front and take as many pictures as we would like.

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Data's House - Astoria, OR

Data and Mikey's houses were right next to each other. They were on top of a little hill that overlooks the Columbia River. There was a sign at the bottom of the driveway that said feel free to take pictures in front of the house, but not to drive up there. I still felt strange intruding on these people's properties and chickened out going too far up the driveway (there was a guy sitting on his porch just watching us, so that didn't make me feel any more confortable.)

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Mikey and Brand's house - Astoria, OR

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Historical Society (Flavel House Museum) - Astoria, OR

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Road to restaurant (Road to Ecola State Park) - Cannon Beach, OR

I'm pretty sure that I took this picture at the right spot. This was 23 years after filming the movie, so things were a bit overgrown.

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Restaurant field (Ecola State Park) - Cannon Beach, OR

Monique sure is beautiful!

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Restaurant (Ecola State Park) - Cannon Beach, OR

I look like an idiot in these pictures...sorry about that. Anyways, if you look behind me, that is where they built the restaurant set for the movie. If you look close enough, you can see a tree stump that is overgrown with various foliage, you can see the same stump in the movie (behind the car.) Cool huh?

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Restaurant field (Ecola State Park) - Cannon Beach, OR

I just shot this picture of Samantha for fun, but when I got home I realized that it was in the exact location as this clip in the movie.

Top 100 Cartoons of my Childhood

OK. I've had a few requests for a top 100 countdown of cartoons from my childhood. So go to The Anamnesis Project to have a look. Just like before, if you click on the cartoon title, you can watch the opening theme for that cartoon. Have fun and let me know what I left off the list! Oh, Digg my article if you get a chance. It would be fun to get a bunch of people looking at the site.

Top TV Shows of My Childhood

Hey everyone! Head over to The Anamnesis Project and check out my favorite shows from when I was a kid. Post a comment and let me know what I left off the list that you liked growning up.

Also, The Anamnesis Project is starting to take shape and I'm pretty excited about it. I still need to make it look nice, but I've found a CMS (Content Management System) that I really like. So check it out every once in a while to get a dose of the 80's and 90's.