THE GET OFF MY LAWN 3000

Roasted Pork (F-111C)

MOTORCYCLE

“Let’s go kill some kids together”

Starship Troopers

Told through the eyes of Starship Trooper Johnny Rico, Robert A. Heinlein’s classic story of war and warriors is set 5000 years in the future.

Not sure why I felt like I needed to reach this again, other than it popped up to the top of my Kindle list for some reason. It’s still one of the best military science fiction stories with nearly a third of the book taking place in boot camp and really only having a single real combat story element, but it’s tightly written and the world is so well made that I didn’t even notice that last part until it was all over. There’s some real unfortunate stuff in the book though, I’ve not done a lot of research on if these were Heinlein’s actual thoughts on politics, but the book is solidly in the facist camp, with a firm opinion that it’s the loss of corporal punishment on both a parental and societal level that’s caused all the modern issues of crime and social decay. With hindsight we can see that when this book was written in 1959 that crime was really just getting started, so I wonder how he would feel knowing the huge spike would be happening in just 20 or 30 years later, then having a massive drop to way below the 50’s levels, all because we opened abortion access and stopped mainlining leaded gasoline?

After reading this, I can see how John Scalzi’s “Old Man’s War” did so well with all those elements removed and a more modern humanity depicted. In fact, I actually recommend OMW over Starship Troopers these days, if only because Scalzi’s version has actual green little men in it.

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Devil Rider study by Frank Frazetta

CONCEPT

Charles Schridde’s “ Houses Of The Future “ series produced for motorola, 1961.

LEGO DOTS Theme Ending in 2023

It has been announced that the LEGO DOTS theme will sadly be coming to an end later this year.

Kristen Stewart

Lulu Simmons

Scraem VI / Scream 6 (2023)

No one expects a Jungle Mortar Camel

New Toy Story x Hard Seltzer collab just dropped

Cthulhu digitalart by kalmahul

More images of the US new M1299,including its new XM1155 shell which has a tail rocket and glides in on the target (range 75 miles). Operational Assessment starts this year.

Hunter King

Hobbes is the best dinner companion ever

There’s A Ton of Competition.

don’t be late!

Riziere by Tom Hisbergue

Ice eggs at sunset in Estonia

Japanese plane shot down during the battle of Saipan . 1944 .

Katheryn Winnick.

Lanterns

US Military new M1299 Howitzer to replace the Paladin M109 in 2025. It uses an autoloader and can hit targets 40-50 miles away.

The restrooms at my local pizzeria.

nice sunglasses

A German Gepard tracked anti-air system painted like a cheetah (Since Gepard means cheetah in German)

Soviet Union: Country with unlimited touristic programs (1986, Slovakian ad)

head-taxidermy of pets

Conceptship, by Dmitry Vishnevsky

Like a broken record

No better way to show your love

Truth is Love (Downtown Denver)

My cyberpunk cosplay

TATTOO

Imss

The forbidden

USA! USA! USA!

Wind blowing against the freezing ice at Confederation Bridge (Canada) created this “ice shredder” effect.

Superman: Lost #2 Variant Cover by Lee Weeks/Elizabeth Breitweiser

Pretty Face

Dominik Mayer – ghost fire knight [2000×2800]

PIC

Muh gas stove!

I Shot The Sheriff Gayageum improv. by Luna

Cyclops by Miguel Mercado

Saw the purple ketchup, and raise you the blue & pink colored butter from the 90’s.

Dragon, by me