The local Super Walmart had a remote control submarine from a company called Motorworks for a mere $19.99, cheap in comparison to the average $69.99+ that most other R/C subs sell for. The 14-inch long plastic sub actually works really well in the pool, able to dive all the way to the bottom and run around under full control four feet under water.

Some video:

• Surface Run (2.6MB, quicktime)
• Dive! Dive! (4.1MB, quicktime)

The things are getting a lot of good reviews from the R/C community, and several people have started modifying the little beasts with more beefier parts.

Really, the thing is impressive for how inexpensive it is, and Ill no doubt be geeking out with the pool for awhile.

Sandy Collora, the man behind the fan-movie Batman: Dead End has released a new film for those of us who enjoy a bit of well done superhero fun on the cheap, World’s Finest (80mb, Quicktime), with Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and Two Face.

Good stuff, now DC just needs to give in and get that man a movie deal before Catwoman completely ruins the DC hero movie franchise possibilities.

For those of you who enjoyed the fan-made Batman: Dead End film that made its way across the ‘net a year ago, check out Grayson.

The five and a half “preview” revolves around Dick Grayson, the man behind the first Robin’s mask, as he sets out to find Batman’s killer. Obviously taking place much earlier in the comic run, as no mention of him as Nightwing among other continuity changes, the film is fun in it’s attempts to keep true to the comic costumes, rather than the “moviefied” slick versions of the same we’ve gotten over the years.

I’m currently watching our new 18ft wide, 4ft deep pool slowly filling up with water outside my window.

Finally.

After almost a month of being away from Ohio, Im back.

The road trip from the sisters house in Abilene, Texas took some time, mostly due to stopping over for a night in Hope, Arkasas, then stopping for several more days at the brothers house near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The total time spent on the road over those days came close to something like twenty-three hours.

The Meister Mom is home with us for a very short time, and we even ended up with the brothers and sisters dogs for the trip so right now our house is full:

Lima	Oscar	Rocky	Spanky