Just when you thought Shel Silverstein was busy being deceased he comes out with a new album. As a big fan of him and his books and records, I was totally surprised to hear about his latest work called Underwater Land.

Enjoy seventeen delightful underwater themed songs, written by Shel Silverstein and sung by Pat Dailey for minnows of all ages. Featuring a beautiful 32-page booklet of previously unreleased Silverstein lyrics and illustrations, Underwater Land overflows with the zany humor and poignant wit that has made Shel Silverstein one of the world’s most popular and best-loved children’s authors of all time.

I used to have his vinyl records years ago, but have since lost them I believe. I don’t even have any of his books. But I’ve got most of his humorous rhymes in my heart.

A curved barrel machine gun? A speechless phone-answering robot? A “tasty” mixture of honey and vinegar called Honegar? Brilliant, you say? Ingenious, you mutter. No, they’re just some of the 30 dumb inventions over at Life. These historical blunders are quite entertaining and I bet people are still coming up with dumb inventions. In fact, I’ll give you a few off the top of my head: rechargeable toilet paper, inflatable contact lens, heated ice cube trays and a dateless calendar. Can you come up with some?

For those of you fans of the Mexican wrestling that fights in the lucha libre style, here’s the Mr Toast for you. This is the second time Dan Goodsell’s done this and yet has there been a limited version available. If your interested in getting one of these, let him know!

They Might Be Giants are on Homestar Runner again! Crystal Fortress- In this partially-Powered by The Cheat music video, Davey attempts to call Strong Bad from his crystal fortress – but the Rambling Wreck of E-Mail Check has got some countermeasures! Please come down from your crystal fortress, Strong Bad.

Summer’s here and unless you want a sunburn and future skin issues, you better be wearing your sunscreen. Funny man Will Ferrell’s Sexy Hot Tan Sunscreen, Sun Stroke Sunscreen and Forbidden Fruit Sunscreen will help! 100% of the proceeds from sales go to the Cancer for College Scholarship Fund.

All of the sunscreen products come in 6 oz bottles and are 30 SPF.

The secret word of the day is: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse LIVE! Yup, it’s on stage beginning this November in Hollywood, CA. Tickets go on sale starting tomorrow morning. Let the fun begin! Pee-wee Herman is inviting you – and all your friends – back to Puppetland. Come join Pee-wee, Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Jambi, Chairry and all your favorites, live on stage.

Re-imagined, re-invented, and nuttier than ever, “The Pee-wee Herman Show” will be LA’s theatrical event of 2009, with its live-action cast and puppets galore! “The Pee-wee Herman Show” will be at the Music Box @ Fonda, on Hollywood Boulevard, from November 8 for a VERY LIMITED engagement. (And tickets are sure to sell out — so book now!)

This is great news! I grew up watching this crazy, awesome show with my brother. It’s too bad that the gritty, unshaven Captain Carl, won’t be appearing…

I’ve always been impressed by Scott Campbell’s adorable, little watercolor paintings. Well his latest artwork from the show “We’ll Be Right Back… After These Messages”, at the Rivet Gallery, are up and they look great. The show was inspired by cartoons from the 80s and early 90s and runs through Aug 31st. Artists include Andrew Bell, Charlie Owens, Christopher Lee, Daniel Elson, Clinton Reno, John Lara, Tiffany Liu, Mike Maas, Scott Campbell, Shannon Bonatakis, Jason Limon, Thom Glick, C.J. Metzger, Matthew Hawkins, and Gunnar.

Can you believe that it’s been nearly a whole decade since the last game in the Monkey Island universe was released?

Join Guybrush Threepwood in this first chapter of an epic 5-part saga, with humor, romance, and piratey swashbuckling. When a showdown with the demon pirate LeChuck goes up in flames, Guybrush gets marooned on a strange island. How will he escape? Where is Guybrush’s beloved wife, Elaine? And what’s up with the voodoo pox spreading through the isles? Jump into Tales of Monkey Island today to find out. The first chapter is available now from the Wii Shop Channel! (Wii Points: 1,000)

After seeing this game at the Telltale Games booth at Comic-Con, I was quite impressed. If they continue with the quality gaming in the following chapters, then I can’t wait for the next installment. So if you’re a fan of adventure games and high-seas hijinks you should look into Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal.

From the guy who brought us Kleeman and Mike, Randall Christopher has created a new comic – Bear and Fox! It follows the adventures of two best friends; a mockingbird named Bear and a snake named Fox. Bear’s name comes from his loud, boisterous nature. Fox’s name refers to his clever, thoughtful disposition. They’ve known each other forever. Their personalities and tastes sometimes clash, but they always have fun adventures and they are friends to the end.

Be sure to visit Bear and Fox at Comic-Con 2009, table F-11!

This illustration by John Martz is awesome! When users surfing the web with IE6 visit Momentile.com, this is what they see.

IE6 gets such a bad wrap and it totally deserves it. This outdated browser needs to go the way of the dodo. I use the latest incarnation of Firefox for most of my daily browsing and am still stuck with IE6 on my PC. (Thanks Microsoft! I won’t be updating the browser and it’s a bear to uninstall it from the OS.) Many businesses are stuck with using IE6 and that’s too bad.