FLASHBACK: Chris Wide

Here are a couple of bonus pictures of COLT Man Chris Wide. I decided to post these after scanning the old posts on my blog (looking for missing artwork). I created Extra Sparks long after I was posting about Chris, so I felt the need to go back and add some bonus pictures.

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DO MY LAUNDRY!

CRUSH OF THE MONTH:April

The first three pictures are from Maxim Magazine, 2006. The last picture is taken from Michael Trucoo ("Anders") web site. For the original post about the men of Battlestar Galactica, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: March

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THE ZOMBIE QUIZ

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1. What is a zombie?
d) A dead person come back to life - There really is a rum-soaked drink called a zombie, but it has nothing to do with the un-dead.

2. How does a person become a zombie?
c) Getting bitten or killed by another zombie

3. What do zombies drink?
d) nothing - they live of the flesh they eat

4. How smart are zombies?
b) Some intelligence but not much

5. What is the average life span of a zombie?
c) Three to five years - I actually don't agree with this answer... they're already dead, so there is no such thing as a "life" span. If you chose 'd' I think you're right.

6. How strong are zombies?
b) As strong as they were when they were alive, just slower

7. How do you kill a zombie?
b) Destroy the brain

8. What happens when you chop off a zombie head?
c) The body is dead, but the head still lives

9. What is the weapon of choice when fighting a zombie?
d) rifle - grenades throw shrapnel which could infect others, hatchets put you too close to the zombie and flamethrowers will only piss them off

10. How can you protect your pets from zombies?
d) Trick question - zombies only crave human flesh!

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CRUSH OF THE MONTH: February

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PIECE OF BLASPHEMY

Aww, poor Britney. Up on the cross, no less. To return to the original post, click here.

HOTEL BABYLON HOTTIE

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LEGO MADNESS

Here are some more crazy things people made with Lego toys. (To go back to the original article, click here.)

GAY GLADIATOR

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CRUSH OF THE MONTH: January

DOLLY... or DALI? Answers

1. "The way I see it, if you want a rainbow, you gotta paint up the rain." Dolly Parton

2. "I don't do drugs, I am drugs." Salvador Dali

3. "Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making." Salvador Dali

4. "We never actually starved, but sometimes we never had quite enough to eat." Dolly Parton

5. "I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it." Salvador Dali

6. "When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next." Dolly Parton

7. "When people say less is more, I say more is more. Less is less. I want more." Dolly Parton

8. "It is good taste, and good taste along, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning." Salvador Dali

9. "There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction." Salvador Dali

10. "Even though a bird can fly, it must land on Earth." The Dali Lama

11. "I may be an eagle when I fly, but I'm a sparrow when it comes to feelings."Dolly Parton

12. "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." Salvador Dali

THE HARRY POTTER ANSWERS

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1. What sport do they play at Hogwarts?
d) quidditch

2. When was the first Harry Potter book released in the United States?
b) 1998 - We're coming up on a decade of Potter mania.

3. What does the "J" in "JK Rowling" stand for?
c) Joanne - Who tops the list of income in the United Kingdom. The most recent list of top making money makers in the U.K. came out and Ms. Rowling was followed by Madonna... who while not a citizen of the U.K., resided there for most of the year, she made the list.

4. True or false: J.K. Rowling is worth more than the Queen of England.
True - Kinda sad, huh?

5. What's the highest number of Harry Potter books sold in the U.S. in one 24-hour period?
a) 6.9 million - Which comes out to 28,7500 nerds, uh, I mean books per hour.

6. Which of these is not a name of a Harry Potter book?
b) Harry Potter & The Glass Prophecy - Duh.

7. Books from the series have officially been translated into the following languages except:
d) Zulu - I think the clicks and whirs would be hard to put down on paper.

8. What is the highest grossing Potter movie to date?
a) The Sorcerer's Stone - Never as good as the first time, I guess.

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SOPRANOS QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Creator David Chase wanted to call the show The Sopranos, but HBO originally said no. Why?
c) They were afraid the viewers would think the show was about opera singers. They suggested Family Guy, but backed away when Fox debuted a show with that name.

2. Which of the following other titles were also considered before HBO finally gave in?
d) All of the above

3. How did James Gandolfini (a.k.a. Tony Soprano) take up acting?
d) "A friend took me to an acting class, and I was scared to death. That made me really mad, so I stayed. I don't know why."

4. Who said, "Hit them over the head with a baseball bat, and they come around," and, "I'm come come back here and carve my initials in your forehead. You better show me the respect I deserve!"
b) Tony Sirico, the actor who plays Paulie Wlanuts, who really was a gangster in the 1970s. He made the threats during a confrontation with a discotheque owner. He was arrested 28 times for suspected mob-related crimes, and even imprisoned once.

5. What is a goomah?
c) The same as a comare—a mobster's mistress Don't confuse it with "goombah" which means "godfather"

6. What was one of the challeneges Michael Imperioli had to overcome to play Tony Soprano's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti?
a) Learning how to drive. Like many naive New Yorkers, he never learned to drive.

7. What is an "executive game"?
b) An exclusive, high-stakes poker game for celebrities and rich people.