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Mad Ants Beyond Sugardome: Round Two

Dennis: “… well I don’t think I’ve actually been to Mars, but I’ve been lots of other places, like Planet Costco and the Star League space bowling alley …”
Mouse: “I cannot believe NASA hasn’t hung up on you yet.”
Adam Ant: “Excuse me, but how much longer will I be expected to stand here listening to that dog talk on the phone?”
Producer Smurf: “Dennis! Stop smurfing around on the phone with NASA! We have a show to smurf and we’re behind schedule!”
Dennis: “… oh and one time I got turned into a chicken by a space chicken. Then we went to their home planet and …”

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Memorial Monday: In The Hall Of David Bowie. I Mean The Goblin King.

RIP Jareth. I mean David Bowie. (Post originally appeared in 2009.)

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He’s No Angel

Just when it seemed as if we were about to find out way out of the labyrinth and get Ludo back to his band, the full extent of Jareth’s treachery was revealed.  He took the tickets Hoggle had obtained from his former employers at Travelocity and left with a retinue of goblins to become the new lead singer of Ludo’s band, while Ludo, Hoggle, Tucker, and I were imprisoned in the dank depths of the Goblin King’s dungeon.  When I became an archeologist, I never thought that I would end up entombed myself …

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In The Hall Of The Goblin King

After escaping from the FBI dungeon with the help of my new friend, Hoggle the Gnome, I have found myself in a strange subterranean maze, the likes of which have not been seen since the Minotaur roamed the labyrinth of Knossos.  Although I am greatly relieved to be out of captivity, I find myself wondering if I have not traded one prison for another, vaster one, even more difficult to escape.

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