Awesome Fat Guy of the Week.

Another Friday is upon us. As such it is time to highlight yet another massively awesome man of mass. Or as I have taken to calling them, the Awesome Fat Guy of the Week. Originally I had planned on speaking about a comedian but, as usually happens, plans changed. This Sunday is Wrestlemania 28. The WWE inducts people into it's Hall of Fame the day after the big show. Hence today's subject. Yokozuna.

Damn!! Thursday.

Another Thursday and another trip through the weird, upsetting, disturbing, and funny parts of the Internet. The picture above is just one of many taken by Miles Morgan who has risked life an limb to photograph the worlds most active volcano. You can find more here. Now that the primer pic is out of the way let's get to the main event.

Web Wednesday.

Now that my goal of diversifying Web Wednesday has been met we can move on to the majority of Web Entertainers. I.E. white guys. Although I can't be sure that today's subject is a white guy. You see Todd in the Shadows likes to hide his face. I can tell by his hands and the parts of his face that are visible that he is most likely Caucasian but I can't be sure. He might be of Italian or even Hispanic decent. There are many ethnic people who can pass for white. But I am reasonably sure that he is a white guy. Hell he likes pop music. There's nothing more white than that.

Media Monday.

Anyone who has followed my G.I.Joe retrospective (All None of you) would know that I failed to make a post last Monday. I apologize for this. I have been feeling under the weather. The cold  that I've been on the verge of getting for the last couple of weeks has lead to a very unbalanced sleep schedule. To be perfectly honest I have also been a little down. Well, not down exactly. I'm not depressed, or anything. I've just been a little out of it recently. Having said that I am attempting to get back on track. So let's get to today's post on Episodes 16-20 of G.I.Joe.

Awesome Fat Guy of the Week.

This week's edition of Awesome Fat Guy of the Week is going to be a little different. Most of the men I spotlight here are entertainers. Whether they be actors, musicians, comedians, or professional wrestlers. In fact the only guys I can remember talking about who weren't entertainers are Akebono, Eric Esch, Kim Schimitz, and Louis Cyr. Even then Akebono, Eric Esch, and Louis Cyr were all athletes, of a kind, whose abilities were enjoyed by the masses. Which leaves Kim Schmitz. An entrepreneur who lead an interesting life. Today's Awesome Fat Guy of the Week is similar in that regard but has lead a much less public life. Which means that this post will be light on biographical information. With that said let's get to the main event. This week's Awesome Fat guy Lynn C. Thompson.

Damn!! Thursday.

It's that time again. Time to trawl the Internet for anything that can elicit an exclamation of "DAMN!!". The above picture features monkeys in masks. I don't like monkeys and masks just make things worse. Now the monkeys can fuck with you without worrying about being identified.  I'm not going to waste any more time so let's jump right into it.

Web Wednesday.

Welcome to the last "Diversity" Web Wednesday post, unless I think of another person or group of people that fit in the non-white dude group. Today's Web Entertainer is The Blockbuster Buster. Another Hispanic, possibly Puerto Rican, reviewer. He may be the most divisive person I have spot lighted here but I feel he deserves my praise.

Tat Tuesday.

Last Tuesday, while talking about 50 cent machines, I mentioned rubber band guns. That passing mention got me thinking. I have always loved things that shoot. That is to say Nerf blasters, BB guns, and anything that fires a non lethal projectile. The most easily accessible is the rubber band gun. This accessibility has made the rubber band gun, not only, a child hood favorite but a cubicle warfare standby. Let's take a look at the different kinds of rubber band guns.

Awesome Fat Guy of the Week.

It’s  that time again. Time for the Awesome Fat Guy of the Week. Not too long ago, I spoke about Will Sasso. I mentioned that Sasso was the funny fat guy from MADtv. What I may not have said was that Will was not the first nor last funny fat guy. The first was Artie Lang, a man I know too little about, and the third was Frank Caliendo, who is this week’s Awesome Fat Guy. Which means that yes, I have fallen back on the funny fat guy list. What can I say? There are so many of them. It’s just my go to list.

Damn!! Thursday.

I love the above picture. I know it's just a pic of a boy and a chicken (Possibly a Rooster either way we will talk about a boy and his Cock later) but the kid has so much attitude. I just see that picture and think "Damn!! that a bad-ass kid. Which works since today is Damn!! Thursday. So lets take a look at all the shit that got to me this week.

Web Wednesday.

On my continued quest to diversify Web Wednesday I have come to the first Hispanic individual to be featured here. Today we are talking about Angry Joe. A Puerto Rican from Texas, of all places. Before we get into the post proper I have to get something off my chest. Puerto Ricans usually come from one of two places. Puerto Rico and New York. Of course there are Puerto Rican all over the country but those are the two main populations centers. Texas is more known for Mexicans. So any Hispanic person from Texas is automatically thought to be Mexican. That's what I thought. I was actually happy to be mistaken. It's nice to see a fellow Puerto Rican make it as an Internet personality. Although spending so much time on Joe's race is a bit of a disservice to him as an entertainer and reviewer. So let's just move on.

Tat Tuesday.

Last week, while talking about Pogs, I mentioned that one of the reasons they were banned was the "gambling" aspect. That is to say you could play for keeps and win something. Which is, of course, the definition of gambling. What's funny is that gambling is a large part of a kids life. In fact childhood hobbies can be directly equated to forms of gambling. For instance Pogs are Dice, Card Games are Poker, and there are even slot machine equivalents. Which brings me to today subject. Bubble toy vending machines.

Media Monday.

 

It's that time again. Time to take a stroll down nostalgia lane and take a look back at the most American of cartoons, that happened to be animated by Koreans. G.I.Joe. This week I'll be looking at episodes 11 through 15. So with out further ado let's get to the good stuff. 

Awesome Fat Guy of the Week.

As a fat kid you are always looking for things that fit you. Clothes, friends, hobbies, and heroes. While other kids could look at any number of athletes and action stars, your choices are much more limited. There was one stand by though. One sport and group of athletes that you could call upon. Make no mistake about this. Fat kids, boys to be exact, always think of Sumo Wrestlers. I’m not saying that we watched Sumo Wrestling and wanted to learn about the sport. No, what I am saying is that the Sumo Wrestler was a big guy who was strong, confident, and fought. He was what we wanted to be. When boys talk about fighting and wanting to learn about martial arts the fat kid falls back on Sumo. Sure he could say Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, or any number of other martial arts that don’t evolve triple back flips, but Sumo was the obvious choice.  Which leads me to this weeks Awesome Fat Guy of the Week. A true giant in the world of Sumo. Akebono.

Damn!! Thursday.

It's that time again. Time to take a look at the shocking, funny, embarrassing, and just plain weird. It's DAMN!! Thursday. To start off I'd like to you to take a good look at the above image. I have not been able to find it's original source, as such I do not know who the artist is. What I do know is that it is awesome. I love the idea of fast food icons beating the shit out of each other. It just tickles me.

Web Wednesday.

Well, we have reached another Wednesday. Which means it's once again time to spotlight an Internet something or other. This week we are looking at another Internet reviewer/personality. And taking another step on my journey to diversify the people featured in these posts. Today's subject is Justin Carmical AKA JewWario. As you can guess by the name he is of Japanese decent. Actually that might not be right. Let me check my notes......Sorry my mistake he's Jewish. It is an understandable mistake when you dive deeper into the man's interest.

Tat Tuesday.

When I was a kid there weren't many collectable card games. By the time Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! came out I was in high-school and past the age of their attraction. I did collect comic book cards as a kid but there was no game to go along with the collecting. Most of these card games are considered to be nothing more than fads. That is arguable, but what is true is that there was a similar fad that I did fall into. I, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit this, was  a fan of Pogs. Pogs were small round pieces of cardboard or other heavier materials. The idea was that they can be collected and played with. I liked Pogs. I was good at the game. It was my fad. So I thought Pogs would be perfect for "Tat Tuesday". So let's take a look at the history of this, sadly, short lived fad. 

Media Monday.

On a non-G.I.Joe related note my Mother, who I have spoken about before (in case you are interested she is still off the pills), cut her finger quite badly. She had to go the hospital and get 5 stitches. The Doctors were concerned that she may have cut some blood vessels and could lose the tip of her finger. The worst part of this is that  I was there when she cut herself. I saw that she was holding the knife wrong and though about telling her but didn't. I feel somewhat responsible. Anyway onto the first official ongoing episodes of G.I.Joe. The more I watch this show the more I want to start collecting the figures. Considering how far they have come in quality and inexpensive they are it's hard not to.

Awesome Fat Guy of the Week.

This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, at least to anyone who has read my Awesome Fat Guy of the Week posts, but I am a bit of a Professional Wrestling fan. When I was a kid in the late 80’s and early 90’s it was the time of bigger than life personalities like Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior, but as I grew up the world of Professional Wrestling changed along with me. As I reached my early teens the WWE, then the WWF, began what would later be called the Attitude Era. During these years nothing was off limits. It was years of profanity, scantily clad women, and over the top violence. As great as it was nothing is forever. Most of the personalities from that time came out of it rather well. There were a few whose careers would never be the same. One of those men, at least until recently, was Mark Henry. He is the Awesome Fat Guy of the Week. Let’s take a look at his career and find out just what makes him deserving of this, highly sought after, praise.