Wednesday, February 24, 2010

My Grandfather's Home Workbench


My Grandfather's Home Workbench, originally uploaded by sakraft1.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Jeremy on NBC Philadelphia

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Jeremy Kraft of Hunt Auctions.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Star Trek IV, starring Eddie Murphy?

According to wikipedia (compiled from several different articles):

Murphy was also offered a part in 1986's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, a role that, after being heavily re-written from comic relief to love interest, ultimately went to future 7th Heaven star Catherine Hicks. By this point[14] Murphy's near-exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures rivaled Star Trek as Paramount's most lucrative franchise.

When his million-dollar contract with Paramount Pictures arrived to be signed by Murphy, he delayed signing it for nearly an hour because he was so engrossed with an episode of the original series.

Nimoy approached Beverly Hills Cop writer Daniel Petrie, Jr. to write the script when a concept that executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg described as "either the best or worst idea in the world" arose—Star Trek fan Eddie Murphy wanted a starring role. Both Nimoy and Murphy acknowledged his part would attract non-Star Trek fans to the franchise following the rising popularity of Murphy, but it also meant the film might be panned. Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes (The Long Way Home) were hired to write a script with Murphy as a college professor who believes in aliens and who likes to play whale songs. Murphy disliked the part, explaining he wanted to play an alien or a Starfleet officer (Nimoy was unaware of this)[11] and chose to make The Golden Child (a decision Murphy later said was a mistake). Murphy's character was combined with a marine biologist and a female reporter to become Gillian Taylor.[12]

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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

I like angular vehicles

Iveco Massif:


Iveco Massif Pickup, originally uploaded by FWnetz.




Iveco Massif, originally uploaded by FWnetz.



VW Thing:

VW Safari/Thing

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Safari Truck, originally uploaded by Kevin H..



Landrover Defender:


'Camel' Land Rover, originally uploaded by kenjonbro.






Land Rover Defender County 90, originally uploaded by kenjonbro.