Some good Action Team sightings over Christmas!

- Enron and Ryan (surprise of the decade!) at the Poop Deck! Enron not to downplay your significance but it was really surprising and awesome to see you Ry. Glad you're doing good over there.
- Rude at our bratwurst a thon. Thanks for the gift Rudy, it is awesome, I won't say too much about it because I haven't given Enron his yet. But I think it will see some use for sure.

I have some advice for you guys that aren't married yet, and that is, don't have a Christmas visit to your families in between your engagement and the ceremony as it just makes it that much more exhausting. Neither of our families are even that intense about it compared to many I'm sure, but it is somewhat tiresome when that's the only subject of conversation. We got home two days ago and we're still wiped out.

Rudy and Denis you should plan a trip up here so we can have a big role-playing weekend! I am super fired up about running the new version of Warhammer that I got for Christmas.

Happy New Year everyone! Be safe you big drunk assholes, and watch out for that crazy Redondo Beach traffic!

| Merry Xmas!

I hope you guys can join me and numerous other nice persons at the Poop Deck this year! As always, we will be there Christmas Eve (tomorrow) starting at approximately 3:00. We typically hang out until about 6:00 or so. It's a nice way to get in some relaxing time during the otherwise hectic holidays. Do it!

I picked up a couple of games today for cheapz0rs. One was Machinarium, a very fun and stylish adventure game. Seems worth the ten bones so far. I also bought Torchlight through Steam for $10 as well. Rude, you played that, right? I've heard nothing but good things about it so far so looking forward to trying that one.

| Meesa lika presentsss!

Happy Holidays! Now go open your presents you rugrats.

Miskatonic U. wrapping paper w/ human leather ribbon.

Jar Jar Binks wrapping paper taped together with my dried tears.

I think it's been pushed back till at least 1st Quarter - so for 360 theyre listing late Jan - and a couple months after that for other versions. It's pretty janky and could use as much time as it can get.

Does anyone know when Blood Bowl is coming out for 360, PSP, PS3, or anything? I am getting conflicting reports and I am getting pissed off. If it is out, where in the fuck do you find it?

funny comic strip

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1880/

| Spark of WoW interest....

1) My co-worker is a SERIOUS 2v2 and 3v3 player, and he's in the guild. Like, serious.

2) We have a 10 man ventrillo server.

3) Paladins are probably the strongest single class there is. BUT REMEMBER, certain class and class-combos are just better at beating others, which means SOMETIMES you will get pwned. Also, you will be beat by people with better gear, so get used to it!

4) I'm a priest, and we have another really good priest and pally healer in the guild. If you wanna be the boss, run the show, and yell at other people for not doing their jobs right, you should roll a protection warrior, protection pally, or feral druid and be a tank.

5) I think you are underestimating the challenge and thrill of doing heroic dungeons and raids, not to mention the sweet gear drops and achievements...

6)I'm leveling a protection warrior right now, pretty easily. They have really made the trip from 1 - 70 fairly quick.

7) You can do a faction and server transfer of your character for a fee of I think $30 each (so $60 total: $30 for faction, and $30 for server) if you are interested in that.

8) Did you play to 80? I thought you quit at the 60 cap.

9) Here's a link to my main toon Acererak! Check 'The Old Guard' guild link from my toon profile and look at 'Black' for the arena pro of the guild.

10) Do it!

Interested in doing some serious Arena 2v2? 3v3 or 5v5? that's the only way I'll play that game. Evar. but I wonder if that's already overdone and there's not much to explore on that. Plus my characters on a totally different server so grinding my guy up to 80 again would be the suck unless there's some serious noob Pleveling and goodies from ur guildies and if we use voice chat programs.

oh oh oh and if you give me a million bucks.

And if you get blizzard to make paladins better. (but i'd probably restart as a priest just because this won't happen and priests or druids are waaay better at healing)

And if you get rudy to play his druid again so I can smite him with my paladin.

I'd probably also have to buy a new 20" LCD and a desktop, but that would be refreshing from this laptop so i would do that on my own.

I have cable now and have also watched some horrible shows. More often than not though I lean towards science/history/food programming which isn't too offensive. I do try to catch MTV's Jersey Shore though because that is possibly the best bit of reality television ever. I can't describe it but it is the ultimate. So good. Oh god, one day when I first got cable I got sucked into this horrible marathon of Intervention and Hoarders... my soul was so drained after that. Don't do fucking drugs or keep moldy newspapers in your house, that's horrible.

Eric is the king of WoW! Where were you when me and Johnny were the big addicts!? I'm still into console gaming. Assassin's Creed 2 is really awesome, as is Dragon Age. I'll give WoW another trial pretty soon and I'll check out that server. Everytime I do though, my interest fades sooner and sooner. It's all about being in a guild, so that's rad you're getting to see that side of things.

| Two Douches Break Stuff: The Series

I saw about 7 minutes of the episode where they break a carnival up. It was some of the worst TV ever.

My 7 minutes in summation: "Carnivals have attractions, one of them is the fortune teller machine, it is made of wood, metal and glass. Can these guys use their feet to kick this machine apart? Let's find out! (man kicks glass with foot, shattering the glass, replayed in slo-mo from different angles, 5 - 9 times) Yes!"

I have been playing a lot of WoW and having a blast. Level 80 is a totally different beast altogether, playing in a guild with folks that are nice and run dungeons is totally fun, and the new patch that dropped last week that gives cross-server random dungeon groups has changed the face of the game in very significant, and fun ways. If you are at all interested in picking it up again, I'm on a pvp server "Bonechewer", on the horde side, and have two active characters Acererak and Robbase. Leveling is a breeze now too, and you can get mounts at lvl 20!

I know I'm just spinnin' my wheels here, but I gotta try, right?

Denis is in the guild, but Dragon Age has kept Kasiopaeia at level 23 for some time now... :)

| I feel dumb

I spent a LOT of time yesterday watching the G4 network, aka the Ninja Warrior Channel. Also saw a show where two guys just destroy stuff (they spent yesterday's episode ripping apart a tour bus). What the hell?

I'm sure I'm late on this but this cracks me up so hard:
Catchphrase

God man, just the part where you're getting the chains and in the background people are sliding into each other - unnerving!!! Fuck weather, I wouldn't have survived that, glad you guys made it back. And Islands is the bee's knees, haven't been in years either.

I don't even know what that is, but fuck it, I'll take one!

So this weekend the ladyfriend and I went to Tahoe to scout wedding locations. The good news is I think we found somewhere pretty good! Basically it's two houses, one big, one small, with a big-ass lawn in between them, and a view of the lake, if you kind of squint and look to one side. It seems pretty ideal because if the weather is great like it typically is that time of year, the lawn will be awesome, but if everything is horribad, then the inside is pretty big too and will be large enough to support the relatively small wedding we are planning (roughly 75 people). Plus the house has a MAMMOTH TV (like, 60" or something ludicrous) that I expect will make for some epic Rock Band. Or porn viewing. We'll which way things go.

The bad news though was the weather. We knew a storm was supposed to come over the Rockies, but the weather channels all said that was coming in the evening, so since we were planning on getting out yesterday by one, we thought we were covered. Instead, as we were on our way to the property, it started flurrying.

D'oh!

By the time we left the property it was starting to snow pretty good. Neither of us has ever driven in snow before so this was not that rad. We made tracks to the freeway, but by the time we got there, it was snowing HARD, and cars were starting to skid all the fuck around the place. The freeway was totally stopped.

Us: "Fuck it, we need chains."

So we went and paid an exorbitant amount for chains and I somehow fumbled them on with the assistance of a friendly local. All the time concerned that I was fucking up the installation and that my actions would lead to our grisly demise and that shortly I would be simultaneously burning and freezing to death at the bottom of some horrid ravine. At the time we were parked on a snow covered parking lot next to the highway where people were constantly sliding and banging into each other, which added some texture.

Anyway finally we got things sorted out and got on the freeway. Where we waited at a dead standstill for about an hour next to the sign reading: "Donner Pass 1 Mile." My morbid jokes about the upcoming cannibalism fest were not well received I must say.

Finally we got moving at which point we did the roughly 60 mile crawl over the mountainous pass with extremely limited visibility at about 25 mph. Meaning it was about a two and a half hour journey. It was hardcore. I must admit the ladyfriend did all the driving (I volunteered to take over at several points, but she started it and wanted to finish it). My main job was frequently getting out of the car to tear all the snow and ice off of the windshield and wiper blades. Mostly it was very quiet except for the trundle of the chains on the road, and occasionally the sound of some retard zooming by at 65 mph in their SUV. It was kind of beautiful though. Really it was my first time in that kind of weather. At one point I saw a truck someone had abandoned that was half buried in snow.

After we got off the mountain we went to Islands. Islands, what the fuck! I haven't been there in years. Then I took over and drove home in a mammoth rainstorm in the dark.

All in all, an awesome day of driving!

email me enron, i don't remember anyone's emails! Ya, it's interesting - seems like there's a lot you can do with plugins.

| Oogle Gave

Rude: I would be interested too. I am quite curious to see how the product works. It could be a great tool.

D>M>

email me your email addy cuz I don't have it! mine is rudymangual at gmail do it!

| I'll take one!

I've got 8 invites for Google Wave if anyone's interested - I see that Jordan and Eric are on it, but honestly it's still a mystery to me :)

Care package, eh? No doubt it's a Homosexual package full of Homosexual dildos. I accept your gift!

Yes, the poop deck is definitely on! Christmas Eve, 3:00-5:30 or so. Who knows when that bar is finally gonna close, so I'm just treating every year as potentially the last year from now on.

I hereby request that in the event of my untimely demise, you all play dungeons and dragons for twenty hours in a row. That should quash Ja-el's scurrilous plans. >.>

I ate a beef tongue and pork heart salad last night. It was pretty good!

Oh cool, if at least one of you is in town, I can just give you the box to take back to the others (if they're not already here.) -Santy Claws

| Holiday plans

I will be down in LA Wednesday through Sunday around Xmas. jr0n and Myke usually comes down too. ja _El too I am sure. jr0n, what's up with the Poop this Xmas eve? Assuming that is happening this year, maybe then Rude. Otherwise I can send my work address to you.

D>M>

would you northern cali a-holes text-message/email me a central mailing address? I feel like putting together a little care package for x-mas but I don't wanna mail out multiple things - are you guys all staying up there for the holidays or coming down to S. Cali?

No D&D?! I'm in. If only I knew how easy it was to avoid playing D&D, I would have done "the deed" a long time ago. If Jon ever dissapears, i'm just sayin'.... except now I wouldn't do such a thing to Ja-nyce's dismay. Aw shucks!

| AT&Balls

Uggg... AT&T has been the shits lately. Reception is particularly bad in the financial district towers. Because of the high vertical density of cellular users, especially smartphone users, AT&T is auditing about 22 high rises here to for likely locations to install cellular repeaters within our communications risers.

AT&T is just having a hard time handling the load the iPhone has placed on their networks. Totally unprepared. For reception, Verizon is still the way to go.

How is the 'droid treating you. If anything is going shake out Apple, I think it will be this tech. Blackberry is cool and all, but lacks a bit in the UI department. And Microslop is just that.

In other news, eLzar & jr0n already in the know, I am game for any sort of SF excursion on Saturday. jA -El, you in? I think DnD is out due to jr0n's absence, so you may want to take part.

jr0n, that meat man video was truly a horror show. Yum yum. I love that show. Always awesome, nerdy and some times 'splody & gross. Win, win, win and win.

Ry and Rude: Those books sound interesting. I will have to give them a read. I have been looking for something to read recently after a bit of a reading dry spell.

The word is on the street now that my office will honestly and truly make our transition to our new company, CB Richard Ellis, on the 14th. Finally. Only a month and a half late. Long story... And boring...

D>M>

| droid test

Testing the bloggability of the new droid phone... pretty neat so far. Locked into two more years with verizon, but don't get reception from att in my houseM so there you go

Darnit, I'll be out of town this weekend scouting out wedding locations, but I am sure the other dudes will be around to gratify your gaming urges.

Glad to hear his other books are good Ry, I might try Blood Meridian or those westerns next. Yeah, The Road was really great. I'll see the movie because it will be interesting to see how they chose to visualize some of this stuff, but on the other hand one of the trailers I saw seemed to over explain certain aspects of WHY the world is the way it is and that's kinda cheesy. But otherwise, everything else in those trailers I remember right out of the book so I'm pretty stoked.

| SF Invasion!

What are the odds at least one of the SFers will be there and available for gaming this Saturday - Sunday? I'd like to leave in the morning Sat, the earlier the better(!), and stay until either late Sat or leave Sunday morning.

Thoughts?

| Ash

It's so weird you say this. I am about halfway through The Road. McCarthy's vocabulary is so fucking amazing and I love the way he writes. I read No Country for Old Men which I loved. The Cohen Brothers stuck very very close to the story, but it clears a few things up that the movie leaves vague. When I bought The Road, I also bought Blood Meridian, which is set in the 1850s about this kid who lives on the Texas-Mexico boarder where people trade Indian scalps. Sounds gruesome.

He has a trilogy out that is supposed to be amazing. I think All the Pretty Horses is the first book.

The guy is truly an amazing writer. Totally fixated on The Road. You are right though, it is fucking bleak. So much ash.

Ew! That was nasty. I wonder if that was sorta what happens in Total Recall towards the end when their eyes are bugging out.

Just finished reading Cormac Mccarthy's The Road. That was some grim reading but I totally liked it. I saw there's a movie out for it so I wanted to read the book first. If you've read the book, there's like scenes from the very end of the book right in those previews which is kinda weird (but I guess if you've never read it you wouldn't know.) Anyways, that's probably the most realistic take on a post-apocalyptic world I've ever experienced. I think it's a great read but jesus it's extremely bleak. I haven't read anything else by him, has anyone read No Country for Old Men? I wanna read more of this guy's stuff.

| Sqeeeeeee!

Sir, you have made my Thanksgiving. I still can't get rid of my grin. That is probably one of the top ten best things I have ever witnessed.

| Poor Meat Man

Mythbusters recently did an episode where the B-team tested whether cutting off pressure to a deep-sea diving suit would actually force the diver's body up into the helmet. They built a "meat man" by taking a skeleton, putting organs into it and then stitching pork all around the bones, then put it in the suit and cut off the air. The results are... nasty.

Kinda in two parts from YouTube:
The setup
Meat Man's demise

Pretty cool.

Im a people alien, here kitty kitty
-Alf

Yeah, the wire is awesome!!! It only gets better and better and then like most good cable shows, after you watch it all you'll notice a bunch of the actors in other shows. Good shit. Now go watch Deadwood if you never watched that one.

Happy Thanksgiving from me as well! May it be full of both turkey, and Action.

I just caught up to the cutting edge of pop culture from seven years ago by finishing the first season of The Wire. Most of you guys probably either saw this five years ago or are never going to watch it, but it was really good! This also puts me in better standing with white people.

Do it! I'm so hip. Ohhhhh :(

happy t-day fellars! Have fun with your families and friends :)

Damn, I made some good-ass chicken soup tonight. Feeling under the weather? I'm your man, motherfuckers.

I'm really fired up about Warhammer FRP 3rd edition. It looks like a really fun, and really unique game. I can't justify the expense right now but I did put in an Xmas request. As long as I stay off the Naughty list, hopefully some of us action teamers will be able to get together post-Xmas and go insane with fear of Skaven.

holy shit ry-ry, those pictures are hilarious, I almost spit coffee all over my work computer.

| www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com

Yeah, heard about that, it's supposed to be pretty good and trippy as well. Be seeing you! ;)

| New Prisoner

Did you guys know there's a new Prisoner show? And that's it's starting tonight?

I didn't
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| Fucking Swedes are weird...

Harvest by Alunda Kyrkokör (2009) from Olle Corneer on Vimeo.

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| Thanks again

This is all good stuff.

This Saturday: '80s movie Patrick Swayze -- Dirty Dancing followed by Road House. Everybody come! You know you want to!

| The wedding of champions

jr0n, while we are on the laundry theme, you should also consider using plastic dry-cleaning plastic bags as seat covers instead of the nice cloth ones. Also, you should incorporate a Perchloroethylene odor into the center piece somehow too. This will really make your special lady friend's family feel right at home.

Also, if we double dragon the weddings, you are totally going down.

I ran across some just plain bizarre print ad titles that make sense when you see the add, but make no sense out of context:

1. Kayaking Jumbo Peanut: Choking
2. Ambulance – Listermint Mouthwash
3. Philips: Snakebite
4. Wolf Hot Sauce: Hand dryer
5. Hospital – Lazer Helmets

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Since the Chinese really like laundromats, maybe the centerpieces on the tables can be boxes of laundry detergent if we are sticking with stereotypes. That would be my only suggestion.

oh my fucking god, wedding of the year right there

| Thanks!

Thanks guys. I really appreciate all the well wishes and suggestions. The Double Dragon one is my favorite so far. I will definitely be very sad if Ja-el's cowboy hat does not make an appearance of some kind. The wedding theme we're looking into right now is "Marco Polo's Journey to the Orient." The groom's party is in the mysterious East, trading for silks and spices. Suddenly the groom is taken aback by the beautiful Khan's daughter! Trading away his wedding party into slavery (not real) for her hand he is granted it after a protracted sword battle. In the second act of the ceremony I wear yellowface and deliver an extended monologue as the evil Dr Fu Manchu. As the ceremony ends we build a railroad and ride away in a caboose that has "just married, ni hao kai lan!" written on the back.

Oh shit, wait a minute. Did you and A-ME get engaged too!? I totally forgot if you did. I have a horrible memory, I'm sorry. DUDE! You can have your wedding together - Double Dragon themed! No punching the brides :(

| The tunnel of... Bolos?!?

Rude: I think you should be the rogue of the wedding party. 80% of the proceeds stolen from the guests would be given as a gift from you to the bride & groom. Plus you could play the Lute for entertainment right?

Either that or we'll watch one cowboy hat wearing jA _el get hammered and cut some mean rug with the ladies.

I'm not the least bit sad to say that I will not be having an uber-nerd themed wedding.

D>M>

| *DING* Grats!

Grats on dinging level 40 for your Adult character!

(I have been playing a lot of WoW so I can only relate to real life in those terms right now)

The number of times Enron viewed the Dudley/Bike-Shop scene could be harmful to his future babysitting career.

Oh fuck, if you guys decide on that Ren Faire theme for the wedding, I'm calling dibs on Head Wizard of the Wedding Party. J*nice can come down the isle all normal like being led by her dad or whatever, but you're gonna come down in full plate flanked by your crew, The Action Team. I dunno, maybe we'll form a cage around you with shields or at LEAST we'll make a tunnel of swords and bolos for you guys to walk under.

Inspirations

| Another Bachelor Tamed

Congratulations jr0n. That is very cool.

Ry: I definitely agree with jr0n. Real last names should forever be banned from use on the AT blog. Too many conversations that, taken out of proper context, could be quite damaging to careers and what not. A lot of hiring employers search the web for a candidate's web presence. The old pandora's box like adage applies: Once on the web, forever on the web.

I have been enjoying Borderlands quite a bit. Even though the game is a hodgepodge of Diablo & WoW RPGs, a Firefly slash Mad Max world setting, comic book visuals & characters and an FPS perspective, I very much like its game play and visual style.

D>M>

Congrats Jon! When I skipped over the blog and saw someone mention Wow, I thought it meant a relapse on the Warcraft bandwagon.

Clearly that is not the case!


J.

Ah, I try not to put anyone's name on this site really. I'm sure I've fucked that up once or twice but that's the general rule I follow.

But anyway, thanks very much guys!

Hey "yan-ray," how's life on the islands?

| Nice!

Another one bites the dust. Way to go dude! Hey, how come you can't put J______ L____'s name on the net? Is there something I don't get?

| Aaaaaaaaw!

It seems felicitations are in order. Good show old man. Give my regards to the future Mrs. Jorn. You gonna be a progressive male and hyphenate your name?

Following in this tradition of announcing big news. I too shall disclose something:

Last weekend I enjoyed a bowl of Trader Joe's turkey chili. Quite tasty. Right, nothing else to see, move along, everyone be about your business.

| WoW (World of Warcraft)

Congratulations! Way to upstage Aaron's birthday/honor it by proposing on same day.

Fuck, super cool! PLEASE can I go to the wedding!?

| Sorry ladies... I'm taken

Yes sirs, my life of bachelorhood has officially bitten the dust... Ms. L____ has very kindly agreed to be my wife!

Now to eat some pizza and then maybe play Borderlands!

I have 2 more origins to play which is the Dwarf Noble and Elf Commoner. I'll do the female versions after I play the main game. Prolly gonna run thru the main campaign with my Human Noble Fighter or the Elf Casteless Rogue. The mage origin is really awesome, give it a shot. I'm just not gonna run thru the main game mage-stylee because it seems like it'd be kinda hard.

Aww, boo for no L4D2. If we bought a Steam 4-pack it's like $30 bucks a copy! But like I said, my PC is sort of a McPooper.

I'm probably skipping L4D2 (r2d2's cousin?). The original was fun, but I didn't get enough online goodness out of it to justify another $60. (I've already played Borderlands like 3x as much). Maybe if I get gamefly next year.

My PC is pretty decent right now! I'm running xp on my intel mac and should be "current" for a year or two. Fired up Dragon Age briefly and had fun. My character is a dwarf female named Rachael who dreams of someday becoming a famed cook. But first it's going to take a lot of bloodshed, and a lot of dirty, dirty sex.

(I thought the default dwarven female looked like Rachael Ray, so I decided to roll with it.)

Nah, I returned it last week for Dragon Age :( !!! Left4Dead2 in couple weeks so maybe we can meet again there. Do you have a gnarly pc!? I'm just afraid mine wouldn't run it, but I'll probably get it down the line when it's cheaper and if I've upgraded by then. But yeah, I'm liking it a lot. Still running through all the origins so haven't even got into the main chunk of game yet.

I'm glad you like it! I'm relieved because I bought it a few days ago (for PC) and finally have a chance to check it out. In fact I was going to play it RIGHT AFTER checking the blog. Definitely people seem happy with it.

Do you still have Borderlands? Enron got it for his b-day, so if you've still got it we can form the Pandoran Action Team Auxiliary.

| Dragon Age: Origin

The new Bioware RPG Dragon Age: Origins is awesome. Playing it on the PS3. Supposedly the PC version is the bestest but I just don't have a rig capable. Then the PS3 with the 360 version looking the worst, sorta. It's got some goofy old-school textures but whatever, it's just a fun Baldur's Gate for the modern day. They ditched the DnD license so created their own world which is HEAVILY influenced by stuff like GRRM's Ice & Fire books. In the game there's the "Grey Wardens" who are basically the Night's Watch. And it's all dark-grimy fantasy. But it's great! The "origin" subtitle comes from I think it being the first game in this new universe they've created, but also there's 6+ completely different openings to the game depending on the race/class you choose. Those "origins" last about 2 hours or so and then you get to the same starting point for the rest of the story. (The reason I say + is that if you're FEMALE, then the origins are totally different as well - at least in the dwarf and elf ones I've tried - but its the same basic story, you're just playing a different roll.) RAD!!!

If you've got a computer capable, totally get the PC version though. They released all the tools so it will probably be like Neverwinter Nights and have a big community with homebrew adventures that the console one's will never get. Also, the console controls are kinda goofy. I'm already used to it but I can only imagine how rad it would be to have complete control of the menus, etc, with a mouse.

| Happy birthday Enron

And here we all thought you'd OD on speedballs before you were twenty. Congratulations, jark.

The new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was totally not on my radar, but man, this is some weird shit. It looks like they decided 2nd ed took it as far as it was gonna go and just completely changed everything up for the new edition. It comes in a huge box and has tons of weird dice, cards, all kinds of shit. Best part is it assumes a GM + 3 players, unlike 4th ed D&D whose default assumption is GM + 5. It's as if they know that if you're a WFRP fan, you're kind of a friendless loner. Which I am!

I thought this was pretty funny: renamed board games.

That's a chilling vision of the future. Sounds like a movie, "Men in Brown."

man, the Bay Bridge has been closed for a week, BART is delayed, and I didn't get any sleep. Duck we're off to a good start.

| The future...

Had a decent Halloween. Went to a couple of parties as Ricky Ricardo with the lady friend going as Lucy. One of the parties was kind of a fancy one in Pacific Palisades and they had some celebrity psychic there and I got a reading. Weird shit! Kinda hokey too, but it was fun, here's some highlights. In about 4 or 5 years I'm going to publish a bestselling novel, sounded sorta like a memoir, maybe having to do with my job (so maybe something crime related - like another OJ? some behind the scenes shit perhaps?) She also had visions of FBI or CIA in my future in that I'd be working for them in some capacity. She said "I see a man in a brown suit..." and implied that he was going to pull me into some sort of government intrigue. THEN she asked if I believe in UFO's and I said "sure" and she said "you should listen to this radio show, coast to coast with art bell..." I don't know how that random bit relates but it was still pretty funny.

Fucking Halloween.

| Thinking of giving myself an early Christmas present...

This

| St. Jude's just sent me personalized address stickers with Elder Signs on them

What the heck man. This has been a weird week.

Aww... sorry I missed you. I went out with some dudes from work to this hamburger place in the east bay and got this HUGE, delicious but atrocious meal: cheeseburger with bacon, steak fries, and a vanilla milkshake. Easily 2,500 calories. Delicious, and yet, I feel like I can stop eating things like that for a long long time.

Dunno if you'll keep the game past this weekend but if you do, I'm always up for some more! I've got a level 19 Siren and a level 16 Hunter in addition to the character we were playing. I have a shotgun that lights people on fire. It's glorious.

| I Torchlight yo house!

www.torchlightgame.com
Torchlight - Action RPG. This game is pretty fun and runs well on my shitty old computer, so a heads up to you Diablo fans. It's from the people who made Diablo 1 and 2. They were Blizzard North for awhile then it got disbanded and they made a couple more games. This one is only $20 bucks and it's a really fun loot and click-fest. I got it through Steam, you can get it there or from their own site. Only single-player, but their next project will be an MMORPG in this Diablo-esque style that will be free to play. Here's a few mins of the Giant Bomb dudes playing it so you can see what it's all about.
Quick Look!
I think it's worth checking out!

PS: Jon, tonight I'd be down for some Borderlands if you're around - I don't gotta work tomorrow and I friggen played race-car games all night so need a break from that. Do it!

EDIT: Hmm, nevermind, sounds like some pre-order bullshit gets you access to the demo. Nothing to see here, move along!

Left 4 Dead 2 demo up on Steam today! I believe it gives you one episode to play (or probably a part of an episode like the first game's demo did.) PC gamers, get on Steam and grab it so we can have some mini-goodtimes.

EDIT: Well, demos might or might not be out yet, I'm at work and just seeing chatter about it, but who friggen knows. Goes for the Xbox version as well. I'll be busy playing racing car game all week, so I won't get to it till later.

Ryan, I'm pretty sure he was kidding as I seem to recall that he took some anatomy courses. Unless he took Conversational Anatomy, in which case he would've learned body parts by name like "pecker," "shitter" and "corn hole."

Aeryk glad to hear your kid's OK too. "I never was afraid in my life until I had my first kid." - D. Oeterson

Rudy, Enron and I (although not all together) have been playing some co-op Borderlands on the 360. It's SUPER fun and definitely worth picking up with the caveat that it is best played co-op with pals. You team up to shoot stuff and grab loot, it feels like exactly what I want to be playing on Xbox Live.

Worked too late today. Blah.

Five minutes later, I am still laughing about Eric's post. For some reason, this strikes me as really funny. I don't know if it was the explanation of Eric's misunderstanding of the word "anus" (were you serious?) or if it was the quote "my anus (butt hole) is really really itchy." Both are good.

Funny!

| Smart, considerate, people

I was reading about the poisonous beginnings of raw cashews and found a very insightful and helpful quote in the comments:

"As mentioned above, cashews are part of the poison ivy family and I think the raw cashews I bought were poorly steamed because my anus (butt hole) is really really itchy especially right after I go to the bathroom."

Anus has been one of those words that I just never really knew what it meant, so I have just sort of nodded along all these years when I hear it in conversation, but after reading this person's comment, so much has been explained.

Thank you, Intarwebz.

| Paranormal Activity?

More like Para-BORE-mal Activity! Saw this last night and it was just alright. I will be spoiler-free but it is very much in the vein of Blair Witch but somehow less "real" feeling. Still fun to watch but seriously, quotes they have in the trailers about people being SO scared, that's just shady marketing, it has to be. Or our world is full of a bunch of fat babies.

Note: I watched a copy of the DVD screener which is the version from about a year ago (the movie is from 2007.) It has a different ending than the one in theaters now. After I watched, I looked up the different endings and maybe my ending is better than the new one. I don't know.

It's fine, but I think this new Alien movie coming out, 4th Kind or something, looks scarier.

| Holy Shit

Ugh! Thinking of Wylie hitting the concrete skull first gives me the creeps like you wouldn't believe. Sooo glad he pulled it. Not only do kids have have amazing abilities to regenerate, but also they really don't have far to fall. Sounds like you have a hockey/polo player in the making there!

That's also really annoying about the ER. 2 hours??? I guess we can thank the media for scaring the shit out of everyone who has a sniffle, making them think they have H1N1.

Wow, glad he's ok Eric! Kids are friggin nuts, I don't know if I have it in me to raise them. That seriously has to be THE most rewarding/horrifying things in the world - raising a kid. But like you said, they're all unbreakable at that age thank goodness. And speaking of cat scans and all that stuff, This American Life, the npr radio show also available on itunes (it's SO good) had it's last 2 episodes about Healthcare and yeah, don't give your kid cat scans and mri's if he doesn't need them. Lots of stuff can go wrong from unnecessary treatments, etc. Listen to those shows though, really fascinating stuff!

Glad the boy is well!

This American Life

| Lets see here

Let me preface this by saying everything is fine, fyi.

Last weekend Wylie was running in a park in Fresno (never going back there again!) and slipped on an old puddle of scummy rainwater - went right from standing to his head hitting the concrete, direct hit. The old adage with kids is if they cry, they are "okay", if not, there is a problem. Wylie sort of started convulsing before I grabbed him and it took him a good minute to get his bearings and start crying. Needless to say, we were FREAKED THE FUCKING FUCK OUT.

Amazingly, there was no blood. I was sure there would be broken skull, brains, blood, etc. - I had never seen a head hit concrete more directly than that before and was sure it was going to be bad, bad, bad. After calming him down we rushed off the the ER post-haste.

It was late in the day, and he had skipped his nap, and was probably scared to death from the hit and the crying and wanted to close his eyes and take a nap. First rule in head injuries, no napping. So we had to keep him up best we could on the way there which was good times.

So here we have this kid with a possible scrambled egg for brains and arrive at the ER only to end up waiting for 2 hours before being seen because the place was crammed top to bottom with people that thought they had the H1N1. It was absolutely ridiculous. Their triage system worked like this: Are you sick? If yes, sit there and wait for us to call you. Head injury? If yes, sit there and wait for us to call you.

Now I'm sure that if there was blood streaming down his head and his eyes were rolled back and I kicked the security door down someone would have seen him sooner, but alas, thankfully none of those things happened.

During our wait, amongst the masks, the barf bags, and the general malaise and stink of the place, Wylie moved past the stage where I basically had to constantly move him so he wouldn't sleep in my arms, to somewhat mild interest in his surroundings, to laughing and me playing with him. Eventually he perked up and became his old self. At this point it shouldn't be surprising anymore, but the massive goose egg that was on the side of his head disappeared (kids have AMAZING regenerative powers - necromancers, all of them!) and really he was just bored.

He was a trooper, and once we were admitted to the hospital proper, the bevy of doctors that came in and checked him in the identical way all agreed that he showed no signs of concussion, drain bramage, etc. and we were free to go. Thank God no MRI, CAT scans, etc. because as I understand it, that can get expensive?

He's fine now, and my constant replaying of the fall in my head all day and night is starting to subside. Just seems like it could have been so much worse...

Yikes.

You are free to move about the Blog now, nothing more to see here.

mcd game is a total scam like the scam-wow guy.

I'm so easily goofed... or perhaps i shoulda just done a search online to check the printed odds. But it's Mcdonalds! (destroys inner kid of trusts) The online game is rigged too. Moral is?: Internet is consumers best friend.

I'll hopefully be getting Borderlands by Wed from my game rental sight, so would be awesome to do some co-op with you. I gotta say, I also have a PS3 and been playing a ton of Uncharted 2. It's a friggen INCREDIBLE game! It is so good and looks amazing and plays so fun and it really feels like you're in control of a really good Indiana Jones type of movie. Wow! Also, Batman: Arkham Asylum is really excellent. The melee combat in it is just fun and brutal and you really just feel like such a badass being all stealth and taking out all these thugs. Brutal Legend from Tim Schafer (Grim Fandago, Psychonauts, Full Throttle) is kind of a bummer. Story-wise it seems really funny and full of great writing. It's the heavy metal one with Jack Black. He's pretty hilarious and it's just a rad idea for a world, but the actual GAME is not very fun, especially with these other high-caliber games out there. It's something like a God of War clone with the hack n' slash but I guess it also has Real Time Strategy segments. I dunno, it's sorta open-worldy too. Just wasn't having fun with the actual game portions and was just tolerating that to get to the next cutscene. Play the demo, it's pretty funny and gives you enough of a taste.

Watched Watchmen on Blu Ray for the first time last night. It was alright! Not like movie of the year material or anything, but also not totally offensively bad or anything. I remember there being talk of Terry Gilliam wanting to do a 12 hour mini-series of the comic but I was struggling to make it through 3 hours on this one, don't think I'd need 12 hours! But overall I think it did a good job of telling the story and I liked all the performances.

Any of you fools planning on picking up Borderlands? I'm thinking it looks like a good, shootfest, RPG lite game to play co-op on the ol' 360.

Just watched the Swayze's Road House last night. Hilariously bad and cheesy. Just as good is that they randomly got Kevin Smith to do a commentary track on it; very funny.

i think Eric and Aaron would appreciate this video

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-9-year-old-scores-greatest-goal-in-Boston?urn=nhl,195876

World of Goo - awesome puzzle game - is priced at whatever you want till 0ct 19th for it's birthday. Being the asshole that I am, I payed $00.01 cents. You can pay as much or maybe like $5 bucks. It's usually $20. Really fun game, I'd played the demo previously.

1-Cent Assholes Only

One of my co-workers saw Paranormal Activity and he really liked it. So... yep.

Where the Wild Things Are looks good, too.

It's playing down here as well but haven't seen it. I think I glanced at Rotten Tomatoe reviews and saw one that was "meh" so stopped right there. I like these on dvd so I'll wait, tell us how it is.

zombieland was alright. Cutesy and had some ok funny parts. Should have just rented it but oh well.

| "Paranormal Activity" Movie

It's playing in Santa Cruz and I really want to see it. Any of you living in more enlightened areas of the country that has access to a theatre playing this movie seen it yet?

I have heard it is 1) the scariest movie you will see this year, 2) scary enough that is will stick with you long after the movie is over, and 3) it is similar in nature to the Blair Witch Project in so far as it's low budget, guerilla/word-of-mouf marketing, and unique in the horror movie space.

I am really excited to experience it in the theatre. I thought BWP was an amazing event and concept from marketing to movie and am thinking about sneaking out of the house for the 9.30 showing in SC...

Thoughts?

| Actually Enron

I was too busy shaking my head in disgust at your obvious intent to bitch out to spend any time web blogging. "Let me consult my secretary." Yeah right. I know a bailout setup when I smell one. You don't even have a secretary unless you're talking about one of those dudes from your film series, "Enron Blows Dudes in the Office" (vol 1-32 available now at club 1821!). What you should have written was, "Let me consult my pussy to see if it hurts," because I guarantee you... it does. And if it doesn't now... if will after Saturday, when you are on the receiving end of World's Miniaturist Gangbang '09.

ZOMG, this is too sweet and sooo wrong. Elzar, Wylie has to have one of these.

jr0n and jA -El, did you two run home to your mother's teats? Man up pussy lips.

Ry, an insult that weak deserves another (plus I am Le tired, so I'll fire za missles later)... Yo momma likes face shitting.

D>M>

| Hey...

I am going to shit on your guys' faces.

jr0n, the only eating that will occur when we all throw down will involve you, ja -El and one cup. I'll supply the fart meat via your own soiled diaper. Bon appetite, turd burglar. You know, you are right about the paint thing, there is no way I can scratch the paint on those "finely" painted miniatures. Every time I look at that janky shit, I want to scratch my eyes out with a rusty crab fork. I rather like my eyes so I will continue to avert my glaze from the Sistine Chapel of hemorrhoid-festooned baboon anus paintings. jr0n, if my superior intellect equates to shit for brains, what does that mean for your electrically dead, rotten squash? Obviously your skull is filled to the brim and bubbling over with the remnants of ja -El's many failed, and now putrefied, "8 inch inseam" equine penile transplants. As far as shitting pewter, oh you better believe it. Only a goddamn bastard such as myself is so damn hard he shits metal. I live and breath fucking metal you flaccid whore-mongering cock gobbler. I shit more manly than your entire summed existence.

Ja -El, you can "round-robin" jr0n's balls all you like, but keeps that foul anal probe you call a tongue away from me. I will break that shit off and kill it with fire. Or maybe let jr0n play dolls with it. Whatever. You, Shafting me? Ha, I think not. The only shafting you will have the dubious honor of be involved in will entail "receiving" because, hey, that's what bitches do! Stand and deliver? Nope, Stand and Receive. That is all you can look forward to and you'll like it.

Who asked you Ry? The little girl goes to Hawaii and thinks he's grown a pair. Has the salt water has finally corroded that mash of tofu and steel wool bobbing about on your neck? Get in your place alter boy. Oh and jr0n, make sure you make his mini's anatomically correct. A light needle for the frank and sand grains for beans. I'll help deliver a round of punches once your garden-hose grade guns tire, but we'll need a microscope to hit that shit.

Also, jr0n & jA -El, lemme check with my secretary if I am available that day.

D>M>

Saturday is good for me. With all this buildup, I think one game would be kind of a letdown, since the game Smear the Queeron and I will be playing will only last about 15 minutes. I propose a round-robin format? and do an all part nighter.

| Don't think you're safe Ryan

Just because you're over the ocean and you don't play this particular game. I'm going to create an army made up all of dudes named "Ryan," make tiny greenstuff balls for them and then individually punch each tiny set.

Not sure why you had to bring Rodney King, Martin Luther King and Jesus into the picture Ja-el but the Rubicon has been crossed. I'm going to torch the houses of your miniatures so bad that they're going to organize into groups and hold a mass protest in a tiny 30 mm scale version of Tian Man Square, and then I'm going to run them down in REAL tanks. I'm going to throw down on your army like Brent Richmond throwing that retarded kid down the bleachers.

Enron I hope you're wearing a diaper on your head because you've clearly got shit for brains if you even think you can scratch the paint on my finely painted minis. At the end of the day you'll be eating your words, and your miniatures. You'll be shitting pewter my friend.

But at the end of the day, actions speak louder than nerds. What day are we holding this ultimate grudge match? I propose Saturday so that we can go late into the night if required. Any opposition?

| Jeeez!

Jeeez.

| Oh Shit, now Mikes mad!

Enron, mboy, there will be such a beatdown that even r0dn3y king couldn't imagine, and would make the M4rtin L8ther King hisself, roll over his grave and praise the mighty L0rd Hesus for everlasting forgiveness. My sin will not to be save my soul, but to save my long shaft of infinite love for you on the battlefield. In fact you will recieve such a long and extensive shafting, with such loving caress, that it will orally portrude. In fact, it will be so loving that all the Happy shiny people WILL start holding hands. Oh, and Jon and Mike will love it as well as they lick the head end together as I enslave their Khador armies and trade their swords into thongstraps and black leather muzzles to amuse their masters.

9 days await! - better start writing your last rights.

| Mad, oh shit now they all are!

Next time we throw down, you best wear your most voluminous depends, jr0n. Expect to defecate yourself in short order as my faction runs you through like Butt-ah. And this isn't going to be just any old sit and shit day-cruise, it's going to be one hell of a bowel movement. After your done, you'll be lucky if you have any bones left.

Tricks you say jr0n? Bring it. Let's see you Swing with the big boys or is that axe wound between your legs holding you back, peon?. I laugh in the face of your "Superior" trickery skills you gonad-faced baboon! You are barking up the tree of Cryxian treachery and talking to me about trickery, little chihuahua boy? There is a reason Cryx rhymes with Dyx and Tryx. The Bastard will deliver the skull-fucking of your life. Bet on it jr0n Simpleton.

And where is that quivering mound of femininity, Ja -El. Did I scare your little shitburger chops out of the forest? Wake up, we cross swords next weekend, be prepared. Incompetence will not be tolerated. You better bring some sawdust stuffed in that overambitious, underutilized grape-smuggling jockstrap of yours, Pant-wetting is assured on your part. Suck it Trebek!

D>M>

| Oh shit, now I'm mad

That's it my fine feathered friend. No longer will I caress your fair skin with the silky gloves of good sportsmanship. Oh, no. From this day forth I send nothing but the dirtiest, nastiest, smelliest tricks this side of yo' mama at you. Enjoy your hike tomorrow because next weekend you're gonna be so scared, your jelly-like knees won't be able to support your terror-swollen body and all of your bones south of the pelvis will spontaneously shatter, leaving only a liquid like mass that will look on in horror as each of your pulverized miniatures is destroyed, one by one!

| Oh, shit...

All talk and no game, eh? I invite you to inspect Exhibit A:

"Best win/loss record by player: Enron! 40 games logged, 23 victories. My hat's off to you, sir.
Worst win/loss record by player: Me! 42 games logged, 16 victories. Why do the ones we love, always hurt us the most?" **
**Eat this.

Your own words, 'gina boy. Seems I will be serving up Ass of jr0n for dinner after creaming nancy-boy, jA -El, like a ten cent whore at lunch. Looks like were gonna have a barbecue, ummm-K.



"My new home is in Aptos, I like stout men like eLzar. I'll be seeing you around boy, in my cellar... You like ball gags right? And games of chance. And knives. And Submarines. Yummmm...."

| Oh shit, Enron's apparently mad

I think you're all talk and no game chief. Yeah we're all real scared of your unpainted "stealth camo" army. Hey I got an idea, why don't you field Terminus so I can shoot him to death in turn one again? I'm sure you remember that game, it was your best one.

Now that we're all super pissed, check this out: pretty good online army builder. Still got some bugs apparently, but worked pretty well for the list I built.



- "I hate when you guys talk about Warmachine!"

| meatheads

I think most if not all athletes are meatheads, especially water-polo dudes! I wrote a more scathing condemnation of water-polo about 3 mins ago but hit the wrong fucking key and lost it all!

After playing the UFC videogame, I totally have a better understanding of it and appreciate it a lot more. I really think the public trend is heading more towards MMA (mixed marital arts)than boxing. And besides, boxing is still so incredibly shady and seemingly corrupt, bah, to the new age of fight sports I say! Plus, believe it or not, supposedly MMA is healthier for the fighters because you take a couple good shots to the head, they stop the fight. Boxing, you go 12 rounds getting pounded over and over - sure there's gloves, but there's a lot more long-term damage being done do these dude's brains. They get all shakey and crippled-like!

RABBI'S Adventure!
Gonna buy this game tonight, so thought I'd share the link:
SHIVAH - A rabbinical adventure of mourning and mystery.
They were talking about it on one of my new favorite podcasts, Idle Thumbs (check it out Eric) and it sounds awesome! Old school graphic adventure game but seemingly is pretty open-ended in the investigation part where you sorta gotta keep notes and you actually feel like your solving the clues. $5 bucks and there's a demo, let's do this my goyemz.

| Ultimate Meathead Competition

Yeah, I have to agree, the meathead factor is way too high in those UFC type fighting leagues. I just can't watch those fights. It's just too brutal and fast. While I don't like Boxing, I can at least understand why people like that a bit more. It usually lasts longer and is more of a technical and stamina competition.

Ja -eL: I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. Cardboard cutouts? Maybe all of your faction should be made from toilet paper tubes with printed images on them. That way, I can literally crush them under my thumb when your war-lording skills crumble under the pressure of my superior intellect.

D>M>

PS, am I really just setting myself up for a spirit crushing anticlimactic loss in Warmachine to a n00b such as ja -El? Oh boy.

That's part of the secret dude! Think there's a real advantage when choosing the right units/combos... It would be aesthetically pleasing if you have the miniatures, but, if not we can always just use subs and our imaginations.

Edit: I just finished watching Ultim8te f8ghter .... bleh, what a bunch of meatheads. Seriously... There are a few intelligent ones, but I guess it taking one too many meat-fists to the head doesn't make the lightbulbs shine.

Cardboard cutouts, you say? I'm intrigued! Do you have any particular army mans in mind yet?

That's an excellent bit of trashtalkin! and pretty much all that can be said, so all I can bring to the table is a little wisdom from the Wayans...
“Yeah, you weren’t so tough when mastuh was kicking your ass.”

Although, last week you elevated your fearness factor when you gave Matt that good trouncing in lightning fashion. So that does back up your smack talkin a good-bit. I'll have to make a few little cutout cardboard miniatures for some practice games like they have in Car Wars.

man... I'm excited.

| Suck it Trebek!

Ja -El, when you are done celebrating the defeat of Mykenoth in that mud-filled lumpy melon perched between your shoulders, come play the real deal, Yo. Read all the rules you want, spank it all night and then come to meet your sovereign lord. My Cryx with Dyx, or perhaps Merkins, will be more than willing to throw down, while drunk, and still manage to slyly serve you your own finely sauteed penal colony for lunch, and you'll come begging for seconds. Oh shit! No wait, I meant, we'll have a jolly old time chap. Cheerio!

I will be unavailable this weekend, but next, jA- eL, your hot ass is mine once Mykenoth is done smoking your Cygnar, this is if you are man enough to be in town.

On more pedestrian note, I find out if I have a job next month on Saturday. Here's to good fortune.

D>M>

PS, since Myke never posts, I figure I had to ramp up the shit talking to fill the void.

Anytime! Perhaps Cygnar shall have a civil war as the drunken former allies fall to infighting. Or, perhaps you'll take something else out for a spin. Anyway, we can probably hook something up for the weekend of the 17th. (We might play this weekend as well, but I guess you won't be around yet.)

Speaking of, any SF WM crew up for a warmachine rematch, a la carte? Cuz Mike better be hungry for some sandwich of hurtin. I'll be back from exile by next Munday.

(P.S, been readin up on the rules, no drinkin, so bring it on)

I thought this was awesome. Star Wars is divided into 15-second clips, you sign up to make one of the clips, and in the end they all get spliced into one coherent (if bizarre) whole. Anyone want to sign up?

Hey Denis -- glad you mentioned future floor polish -- how do you use that stuff, anyway? I've still got a bottle of this magic wash that you gave me a while ago but I haven't used it yet. Do you use it to cut inks kind of like you use matte medium for?

We saw Zombieland last weekend. I cannot for the life of me think of a reason anybody who is on this blog wouldn't enjoy it, it's light and funny, but with heart. Shrek it out!

That is sweet that Wylie is already starting on his improv routine.

I almost spit my oatmeal on my computer when I read this: "And really? Does a terminator need a candelabra on top of his armour?" and by the way, Yes he does! GW says so. I have to agree with the floor polish. A bit much. I really like the embossing, but a more matte finish would have done it more justice. Still a great game.

D>M>

| Ceci n'est pas un pomme

Genius! I do believe Wylie is becoming a surrealist.


I broke down (not really) and bought Space Hulk. Very nice minis. A little too busy with the details though. I think there is such a thing as too many skulls. And really? Does a terminator need a candelabra on top of his armour? I like that the floor tiles are embossed. Very classy, though a little too glossy for my tastes. Apparently genestealers like to use Future floor polish in their hulks. I don't blame them, the fruity scent is delightful. I plan to take the minis off the sprues, look at them lovingly, prime them, half paint them and never play the game ever.

Speaking of games I will buy but never play because the minis are half painted, Privateer Press posted the rules for their warjack bloodbowl game. For some reason I'm reminded of The Blood of Heroes. Aaah, a gem from my youth. Anyone remember this fine, fine movie?

Grind!!!!

| Knock Knock

Who's there?

Banana.

Banana who?

Apples.



- Courtesy of Wylie

That was definitely a fun day. Gotta like any game where one side is drunk by turn two. Your tactical advice re: crotch shots was most appreciated, although I'm afraid nothing can help me win with that particular warcaster. I'm retiring her to a career playing Warmachine Beach Volleyball. Showin' off that rack. High five.

Also, seriously, between the three of us we have an extreme shitload of different stuff. You'd never have to buy anything. Or, there certainly is enough for some extensive try before you buy. When you factor in that I have Aeryk's gorgeous Khador miniatures (some airbrushed!), we've got all the factions represented (except the elves). I doubt he'd mind if you took 'em for a spin, especially if you called them the Khadoran Khombat Khommanders.

Good stuff. Awesome picture. Was that playing solitaire? The stress must have been tremendous. Jon loaned his copy to me to read through. Still reading through it, but if I have any questions I wonder who would be knowledgeable in this game. hmmm....?

Aaron, I found a Vassal War machine module. Might be cool to check out.

http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/WMVassal

| n00b Kommander

ja -El, you should totally read up on the rules, play a few solitaire games and then go school that n00b eLzar.

It's a pretty neat system I have to say. I have enjoyed all the games I played. Even that first parched, solar fueled sweat fest drudgery of a game at Boobla Khan.

Exhibit A (sun drenched n00b vampyre dying from his own sun bathing stupidity):




D>M>

| Eh, Wot?

What is this Combat Commander game you speak of? Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll try it out sometime?

I have HEARD that the rulebook is is overwhelming in appearance only, the system itself is actually very, very playable and makes a lot of sense. I have also heard a suggestion that reading and setting up and following the example of play BEFORE actually reading the rules will help put all the rules you read into perspective.

I have HEARD that's a good way to learn the rules.

Let me know if the game is any good! :P

Great weekend, thanks Jon for hosting. Its definitely worth the hour n half trek up there to see you guys. Good seeing Mike and Aaron and meeting Matt (He-who-is-not-ziskin) . He does look like the skinny old version though.

WM
Let's do it again sometimes. I'm looking into getting some WM minis, but i don't know about buying all the paint shit again. I spend 150 bucks for all that crap and only use 1/100th of it. Maybe I'll just bum off of Jon's paint.

Combat Commander

So many rules! Still reading up on the examples, but so far it's pretty neat


Tropic Thunder

So Funny!

No doubt about it, I would totally buy a Jones "Stuff" Soda. Ahhh only the best of the best from 2nd ed for this cat.

That is a pretty creepy picture of the Sedin twins. They just happen to have nearly the exact same expression and head tilt. It's Funny. It's a funny hat.

Rude: You should have procured one of the fine brands of Sorny, Magnetbox or Panaphonics. The Carnivale has so much to offer too.

jRon: I went through having a part of a tooth shear off a few years back. It was an old break from my childhood (skateboarding). The dentist repaired it but after some twenty years the bond failed while biting into a piece of sourdough bread. It didn't hurt, but it had a sickening sound and creeped me out.

Turd Ferguson

| Needs to be a Jones "Stuff" Soda

The Sedin twins play for the Vancouver Canucks. They play on the same line so it makes sense they are next to each other on the bench, but the picture looked strange to me. They are Swedish so they look very angular and soft, but again, that picture looks extra angular and soft.

D&D Drinks, whoa!

And that hockey pic is gross dude - is that fake or do they all sorta look alike now!?

| In the Future....

Hockey games will be played by teams of clones.... to the death!

Nice dude... nice. Yeah it's this weekend. Sunday, noonish. So far it's just me and one other dude but I am hopeful Enron or Mykkke will show up.

Today at work I gave a guy the nickname "Chipper" and got really frustrated at my boss. That's about all I did.

I'm back. and I'm down Whigger! (that's a whity-n) Ah yeah! I'll call you later tonight to get the time. This weekend? or next?

Nice TV! That's the perfect size for crowding around and playing GoldenEye.

I went to the dentist and it basically turned out to be an extravagantly chipped tooth. I hit the tooth just right to stress it and pow. I got it filled and it's not a problem anymore, except having a tooth that feels bizarrely large.

(This was actually my first real filling except for some small pseudo-fillings I got back in junior high, so tooth wise I've been pretty lucky so far... KNOCK ON WOOD)

Paging all Ja-Els: are you back in the Bay Area now? If so, interested in coming by for some gaming on Sunday? I believe Warmachine will be in effect. If you like you can crash out here too. The ladyfriend will be out of town, so you know, "we're all guys here."

Tooths stories always make me cringe. At least it doesn't hurt because mouth pain is so shitty, but goddamn, it still sounds gross. You always hear to take care of your teeth, ugh.

Got my big screen already, no thanks to Enron! 19" 480i HeavyDestiny, $2400 bucks at Crazy Ivan's! HOT DEAL.

| In all likelihood, a chilling harbinger of things of come

So I was just biting one of my nails -- yeah, real great habit there, Jr0n -- when I think, "hey, this fingernail is awfully hard." Then I realize, it's not my fingernail. It's part of my tooth. And then a whoooooole bunch more tooth comes out. Basically the bottom half, of the back, of my upper left lateral incisor crumbled out like a bunch of broken chalk.

It's not painful at all, and the "frame" of the tooth is still there, so you can't tell anything is wrong from looking at it, but... holy shit.

This is actually kind of a novel experience because I have never had any significant problems with my teeth prior to this. I kind of lucked out at a young age. I never had any cavities and didn't have to get much dental work done, beyond having my wisdom teeth out, and having a retainer which I stopped using after I accidentally threw it in a fire.

I'm sure tomorrow is going to be, in the parlance of the Bay Area, HELLA fun.

Glad it went good! That shit is so sketchy - for us, I thought being a city worker would mean total security but they're talking layoffs and furloughs. Sounds like I am safe from layoffs but we're def all getting furloughed, so 10% paycut basically. I'm still happy to just be working.

FUCK! Goodluck you guys.

I've been playing a lot of Scrabble on facebook because I dunno, you can stretch that shit out for weeks. So, I invited some of you dudes if you feel like gettin your scrabble on.

| Jobby Job

Well, the interview went well I think. We should get our offers, or lack thereof, on October 9th. So we shall see. The bunk part is that I need to get my real estate sales person license to keep my title/position. That's all fine and dandy, but I doubt I will be able to get it done before we are on-boarded. Suck. Pain in my batookus.

Interviewing your boss sounds like a bit of a conflict of interest there. Hopefully it pans out okay and you can find someone that is both good for you and the company.

Actually the line should be, "The new D&D books are so well written that even Aaron can almost DM a game."

Dark Sun you say? Thri-kreen with Human Jerky. Yes!

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How'd your interview go? That sucks...

I've started interviewing candidates to be MY boss, which is strange. What's in the companys best interest vs what's in MY best interest.

Related to nothing... the D&D books are all really good quality. I'm reading the DMG 2 and it's packed with good advice. I bet even Enron could run a game based off this book. The trick is, make all butter poison to the touch. Apparently they are redoing Dark Sun next year as well. Whoo ho0, erdlu!

| 8 inch diagonal inseem

Scrotal humor aside Rude, I'll have to get back to you on the TV business. We get to interview for our jobs today. I can honestly say that I am more than a little bit nervous. Uggg...

jr0n, that seems an accurate and fair summary of the weekend.

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Sounds like fun! Why haven't any of those other rapscallops checked in!?

Aaron: I swear to fucking g*d, help me pick out a HD tv dude. It has to have some low-ass latency for maximum video game usage and at least 2 hdmi ports. I don't even have frakkin CABLE TV so you know where this is headed. How much was Jons? I'm thinking in the $6-800 rocks range? No more for sure but maybe LESS if you can hook that sh!t up! Shooot, get me in the $3-bills range if possible. Before you ask how big, you know me. My appetite is HUGE just like my taste in video screens, scrotum, and tripple-word scoring scrabble.

| Man-con play by play

Here's what I remember anyway:
- Friday, 6:00, Aeryk calls me from the hotel and says that he can't feel his face or lips, connection then lost
- Friday, 6:45, the gf and I arrive and chat with Aeryk who is thoroughly bombed, we proceed to drink many free drinks, followed by Enron and Myke, who do same
- Friday, 7:30, Enron shakes a lot of salt and pepper into own his hair in the restaurant
- Friday, 8:00, after dinner my gf leaves and we all proceed to put the MAN in MAN CON!
- Friday, 9:00-11:00 (?) we play Tichu, me and Enron are crushed by Mike/Eric
- Saturday, 8:30, Aeryk (who is wrecked) and Enron play Space Hulk
- Saturday, 11:00, we start playing D&D, we get back into the swing of things with the party massacring an axe murderer wearing only a leather apron
- Saturday, 12-3, basically lunch, server maintenance, etc.
- Saturday, 3-6, more D&D, the party beats up a creepy flying brain in a jar plus a bunch of its crawling withered hand minions, then gets to the big city, meets some nice old people, goes into the sewers underneath the city to rescue a little girl, and when they return, said old people have been beaten to death by a vicious halfling gang... REVENGE IMMINENT!
- Saturday, 6-9, more drinking and Tichu
- Saturday, 9-midnight, more drinking (I got smashed that night but in a very lucid manner) several games of Space Alert (insane pseudo-realtime cooperative game), capping with a successful game, yay
- Sunday, 8:30, wake up and GTFO
- Monday, 11:55 PM, write this

~~The End~~

| DDO

Argonnessen is the server im on! Made a fighter and ran the tutorial, that's it! I don't even remember my name but it's something like Rudolfocus Riotus.

Where's the man-con play by play!?

| Man-Con II: This Time, It Was Personal

Another successful manccomplishment. Aeryk, we really have to go down to your place soon because I am fired up for the H-Town Massacre.

I call back room next time so I can open the window and sleep next to it... my sinuses feel like they're sandpaper. Bonus: aggravated snoring!

I'm going to switch over to the XP side of my computer and download DDO, right now!

| Little Late

But I am bringing:

- My Space Hulk so we can play 2v2 x 2v2! (and I want to finish punching and glueing)
- Combat Commander: Pacific, just because.
- Day of Heroes: Mogadishu, just because.
- WoW Adventure game, cause it's tradition.
- Tichu.
- Some WWII card game.
- Cribbage Board.
- D&D Books.

And there you have it. I should probably only bring SH and D&D books, but it's me, so I need to keep my hopes up and bring lots of useless games!

| Official Games List of ManCon (JP)

- Space Hulk
- Space Alert
- Dungeon and Dragons, 4th ed.

Aeryk, bring your game mat if you can dig it up!

I was thinking about trying out the free to play myself, so I'm down to be like a dungeon dragon online. Probably won't get much of a chance to play until after mancon so use the next few days to learn all the tricks and show me the ropez and sweet hax dude! I hereby declare us... Guild 1821!

WoW is a constant temptation for me. Only by constantly buying games in other media (xbox 360, warmachine, space hulk 3rd edition) am I able to avoid its horrific grasp. I got Borst up to something like 73rd level before I crapped out last time. Other than that my next highest level character is pretty low, either a warrior or shaman somewhere in the 20s I think. I got a Druid somewhere up in the high teens but then couldn't figure out where in magical druid land to find my fucking manatee form and quit.

I will definitely be buying the new expansion next year. They are redoing most of the zones so that the entire 1-60 experience is different. That's the best thing they can do for the game since the new starting zones and the 61+ stuff are head and shoulders above the original zones.

Dungeon & Dragons Online is going Free-To-Play tomorrow, on my birthday. I think I'll give it a shot. I had tried the demo out ages ago and didn't like it, but for free it might be funner. I guess it will have a cash store for crap like extra quests/classes/dungeons/etc. So, I'll let you know how awesome or not it is.

Reinstalled WoW yesterday to do a 10-day free trial of Lich King. So far all I did was start a new human rogue hahaha, got him to level 8 I think. I should be using new races/classes but NOOOo I go for a friggen rogue. I've only ever played in a serious way: Mage/Hunter/Druid. I think I got a priest into the 30s or 40s, and then stalled out early teens with rogue/warrior. Never ever tried a pally or shaman. WoW.

| I like to play dungeon and dragon

I'm putting together an adventure for next weekend. Should be fun!

Aeryk and Enron: Do you have your character sheets? And/or whatever equipment and crap you looted from the last adventure? Also everyone is still 2nd level, right?

Not D&D related: Ja-el, Enron, Myke and a variety of fine ladies came over last night for a little Rock Band action. This game is always great when you get a full band. I will say that I learned that Enron is a very entertaining, if not exactly technically skilled singer.

At the end of the night Enron, Mike and I decided to play the manly trio of Metallica songs. Ultimate disappointment at the end when we failed out in the last song, at 58% of the way through And Justice for All, ie, 20 minutes into it. We'll have to take another stab at it next time.

| More "Funny 'cause it's true..."

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If my xbox wasn't off getting repaired for the garsh-darn RROD, I'd at least give that Magic demo a shot!

| Magic: The Xboxing

On a co-worker's recommendation, I downloaded the demo, and later the full version of Xbox Live's version of Magic. It's fun! It's been at least 10 years since I played Magic (... holy shit) but I still remember it well and enjoy it.

What I like is: the game costs 10 bucks, and you're done. No booster pack bullshit or anything like that. There is not much deck building. You have a choice of premade decks. You do get new cards for those decks as you play through the game so you can a little modification. Yeah, dumbed down a little for the Xboxers I guess, but I am totally cool with that in this workaday world.

If any of you Xboxers download it, we could have ourselves an fun time!

| A recently reunited Sublime?

Oh shit, stoners have mastered necromancy.

Zoli's a fucking tool. AND Sublime is going to be there, fantastic. And the rest of that line-up is fucking crap too, great.

Ok, got my car - ended up getting a CR-V. About the same MPG as my last ride but sturdier, I dunno, I like it. It was right in my price range, paid cash, done.

| This guy sucks.

Ignite vocalist Zoli Teglas has been tapped to temporarily fill the vacant position in Pennywise. Teglas will be taking the place of longtime Pennywise singer Jim Lindberg who departed in August 2009. As of right now, the vocalist has only been confirmed for the two day Smokeout Festival set for October 23 and 24 and also set to include Slipknot, Deftones, Cypress Hill, Kottonmouth Kings, Bad Brains, Method Man/Red Man and a recently reunited Sublime.

Teglas is looking forward to playing with Pennywise and their hometown So Cal fans adding, “I'm stoked to be singing these upcoming shows with Pennywise. I'm a huge fan of the band and am super grateful to share the stage with my long time friends Fletcher, Byron, and Randy. “

Not only that, I hate festivals, and as festivals go, this seems like a particularly shitty one.

Aloha.

| Also "funny 'cause it's true"

| Its funny 'cause it's true

This is a fun free game - type racer. Browser game - type and race your car.

| Resolved Question

Belief that photos steal your soul?
does anyone have any information on this belief. I've tried to google it but i just end up with photography sites or sites that mention it but don't explain it
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ive heard of it.

but its not real, just like wwe.
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Finally picked a new car! Thanks for all the help gang :)
I can't seem to upload images anymore, so fuck yaaaaaa im gonna fuckin lunk that shittt!!!! its so hot and im drunk!

| Man-Con: It's Official

All right, room's booked and Man-Con is on! September 11-13 in beautiful Burlingame, CA in a luxurious two-room suite with comfy double beds. Any of our LA friends want to join the fun?

Amenities:
- Free Drinking
- Free Breakfast
- Free Gaming
- Some Sleeping

Sorry I don't have any car recommendations Rude -- don't know shit about cars, never have. I recommend one with four wheels: far more stable than a bicycle or pennyfarthing.

| Jeeps

I love driving Jeeps about town. They are surprisingly maneuverable (short wheel base) bouncy and lovely in the summer with the top down and doors off. They are a drag at highway speeds though. Oh and yes the gas mileage is absolutely atrocious. My father's mid-90s YJ commonly got 13 miles a gallon. Worse than his Grand Cherokee that weighed 25% more and had 50% more cubic displacement. Amazing. Even the 2009 models only get 15/19 per the new EPA measurements. Booo, because I like the vehicles. They are built like tanks, geared for the off road and suffer accordingly.

The smart cars look scary on the road. It just looks like they would get crushed by an SUV. I did see the video of one test running a Smart car at 70 head on into a concrete barrier. The vehicle was ruined; however, the driver's space didn't get crushed. Assuming no spinal injury would have occurred from the deceleration and whiplash, the driver would have survived.

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| Prius!? More like POSIEDUMUS

Good to hear the Prius is still going strong. I would probably go for a used one and theres 2003-2005s for around $14k. I'm just not sure if they keep on jammin' after a few years. Aaron, please tell me a Wrangler gets as good mileage, PLEASE :)

Buying a friggen car is a headache. If I think about putting down $10k then getting a new Prius at mid 20ks, then it opens up basically every other car out there too, and I have total overload.

Edit: Thanks for the bonus tips Enron! I want a friggen MINI! MINI-HYBRID! A friend has a smart car and those friggen awful - you look like a clown and the ride is super bouncey and all the accidents I have, death for sure.

| Gas, gas or gas. No one rides for free.

Rude: Most Prius owners I talk to gush about there vehicles. They are of course quite efficient as eLzar noted, have a nice technophile factor and in true Toyota form are extremely reliable from a maintenance stand point. All this and they are classified as a mid-sized sedan, unlike most other efficient vehicles. They also hold there value really well.

The Mini Coops are great little cars and for a standard gas engine are one of the most fuel efficient, although not as much as the Prius. They tend to get real mpg numbers in the high 20's for the city and mid-high 30's for the highway. Art has an S model and says, even when driving like a shithead, he gets mid-30 mpg. Also, they are quite peppy, especially the S model) and definitely feel a bit like a go cart, in a good way. I have a lot of fun driving my mothers when I am in LA. They do have a major downside though, to make them that efficient, they have made the backseats very tight. The legroom is killer in the backseat for long trips or large people. Also, the luggage space is definitely tight, but not impossible. They are a snap to park though. There is also the clubman model which is something like 4 inches longer; however, they look a little dis-proportioned to my eye and you do lose a slight amount of mileage.

If so inclined, you may also look at Diesel vehicles. They are quite efficient, more so than gas but less than a hybrid, and the modern diesels are much better than the pigs of prior decades. Typically turbocharged by default (really a requirement for diesel), Faster/peppier, quieter and much cleaner. Unfortunately, they suffer the same cost premium issue that afflicts hybrids. Also, you would need to buy new or near-new. Diesels were a bit of a problem in California until the past year or so due to smog issues that the manufacturers needed to solve.

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| Prius FTW +1 ftfy ymmv otoh

My Prius is a 2006 and I think it's the bees knees. Aaron can quote you a lot of numbers from his sources that say some regular gas engine cars have the same mileage as the Prius, but my first hand experience is that I drive ~80 on the freeway, pass fairly aggressively, accelerate fairly aggressively as well, I commute 60 miles up and down a hill daily and I get about 40mpg, when driving for work and at the speed limit I hit about 53 highway. There is plenty of room for the three of us plus stuff, I fit totally comfortably, and it fits in SF area tiny parking spots!

I have had the tires replaced once, but other than that have had no maintenance in 3 years of hard driving. And I installed that electric only toggle, so I can kill the gas engine while driving under 30mph (until the battery needs a recharge or I am running the a/c).

My vote? If it is at all an option for you, I say Prius!

| RROD

360 broke! That's a sign for me to get out there and dance! Or something. I was very calm and zen-like when the 3 red rings of death were flashing. Just stuck it in a box and sent it via work's UPS dude this morning. Whatever!

So, next wed is when I have ALL my monies available for a new/used car - about $16k. What to get!? Eric what year is your Prius and how has it been holding up? Anyone have opinion on Minis? How about a CR-V/Rav4? Talk to me my friends!

Sweetness...

- Wifi at starbucks is pretty cool - I got disconnected once after I wrote the first draft of this blog but that was my fault cuz i didn't complete the registration and starbux booted me off their server. But enjoying a naked breeze and doing internet is cool, but it is only limited for 2 hours.

- I flew down to Fremont today and met with a Sr. Engineer manager for a larger router manufacturer. He gave me a project to get me on the AVL list. If I get on, I'm back in Fremont!

| Sony Skulduggery

So, if you want your nice new PS3 slim to stand vertically, you can buy this fine Sony price gouging accessory. One quarter the way back to $399. What else you got Sony?

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I just have to wait for the next one to "fall off" the back of a truck. Maybe I will go over Jon's one night and make his fall off the truck. Yes!

Finally, the PS3 price comes more in line with the other game boxes. We will see how it impacts sales. Personally I think Sony will see a good uptick this holiday season to the detriment of the other console's market share. I dislike the new design, not that the old design was great, because it wasn't, but the new one just looks cheap. The 80GB unit can still be had for $299, although it is bigger... Then again, I do my best to hide game consoles anyway since none of them really do much for my already cluttered living room.

D>M>

| PS3 Slim 120gb - $299

Price drop on the PS3's and the new tiny version comes out like early Sept, so I might be getting me a blu-ray/new game thingy!

See, now I'm really motivated to get a CHEAPER used car and use that extra scrilla on stupid shit like video game machines and tvs - I don't even have a regular tv now!

Enron, hook me up with the same tv deal you did for Jon!

| and oh uh

Jael: When I had probs with that Eric sorta walked me through it, but for the most part port forwarding is easy with my router. Maybe he can help you out.

Oh, also: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC - I'm too lazy to dig up a Pennywise pic unless you want one of the bass player by the hot tub :(

I can't seem to open up port 16962. Any help? I checked into the router and did all that port forwarding and open junk... which is easy. But when i test the connection with the websites and free checker software, it doesn't work.

Just my opinion -

I think we SHUD do some comedy skits of some sort. It'll be fun. Rudy AKA break out the Bignutzecles has a battle down with Jael AKA Hump-O-sydon and Eric AKA (___) next time we're at the con-. I'm totally inspired by FOTC, not to be mixed with WOTC, dem white and nerdy, funny shit.

I don't know too much about ol' SK...

(the lyrics were ok - it didn't tie into the dick theme, but Too many dicks was just too funny by itself to pass up)

| Stephen King

Is/was he a comedy writer but we didn't know it?

It?

Maximum Overdrive?

Or were the directors for these movies comedic directors and SK didn't know it?

- Lol'd :)

That was the best thing I have ever read. A+!

I think the logical next step would be to get the one man band of Rudy and the Manuals (of the Planes) back to together, 9 years after their previous release, and record this.

I will gladly lend backing vocals, hot guitar licks, and kick ass drumming if necessary.

(wrote this in about 5 min so... it's about that good)

Script:
Me: Hey, Dude, there's too many guys at the Con
Jon: Why, there's spandex woman
Me: I just don't feel comforable
Jon: Let's go grab some Hot dogs and Gravel pizza!
Me: Ok.

(sing along, sing with the song)


Too many Dicks at the Man con...
Too many Dicks at the Man con...
too many dicks!
Too many Dicks at the Man con...
too many dicks!
Too many Dicks at the Man con...
too many dicks!

Gamin at the Hyatt
Dungeons Dragons come try it
we'll make you roll for I-nit
all you can do with Orks is fight it
Roll a 10, you'll get a hit
Roll a 20, you'll get a crit
Feel the hotdogs and take a sh*t!

Goin to the con with the guys
Playing games, rollin dies,
Vaseline when your hands are dry!
Break a miniature, he'll (dennis) definitely cry

All you playas in the game,
The ho's and bitches are not the same,
There's vikings and pirate dames,
With Double D's and magic flames

Point at the sky
Look at the fly
Look out for the trap
it's Bob, the Ham Man guy


Ok... creativitys stopped.. I'm outa here.

- "Your next league series should try out this mod, sounds like it improves things and makes them less ghetto!"x-ternal league app

| PS

I would like to try and get Mancon going on the holiday weekend, however the problem with that is Leslie has the week off prior and will be taking Wylie out of school that week to poo-poo potty train all week and might resent me for the rest of my life if the weekend after she has been ankle deep in poop, I take off.

Will start the negotiations.

Possibly the following weekend if need be?

Potty training, sounds fun! Ugh.

Well, we can throw down anytime you have the time and energy for it. Just let me know.

Since it sounds like you're ridiculously busy these days, so I propose the following adjustment to ManCon '09. It will consist of me and Enron driving by your house at 10 mph. We will blow the horn one time, like a really short half-honk, and you'll look out the window and wave. We'll wave back and then return to SF.

Anyone (by which I guess I mean Eric, since I think we're the only fans) checked out season 2 of flight of the conchords yet? I'm working my way through the set. The first episode was a dud, but it gets pretty much back to normal hilarity after that. I can't get Too Many Dicks out of my head, for example.

| Amobg the Dead

- That was supposed to say 'Among the Dead' but I thought the typo looked cool enough to leave well alone. It might be my next WoW or D&D characters name, time will tell.

- Been busy and burnt out at night from work so I pretty much have the time and patience for like 30 minutes to an hour of WoW right now, but I will absolutely get this next BB game done this week. Scouts Honor. (Suckers, I was never a TRUE scout, only a Webelos).

- And then there is the potty training going on, which for us anyway, has been some added stress and time/brain sink. Oh yeah, and either family or work functions every weekend for what seems like forever now.

- Ryan, call me for tech support. I dare you. I double dog dare you mother effer, call me one more god damn time.

- My video card went kaput last night. It was a poopy card anyhow, but it worked and now I need to schedule and spend money and time on a new one. Blarg.

- And, not that it is a big surprise, I am officially addicted to caffeine. I get headaches without it and don't like that feeling so I am officially riding the Dark Mistress of Beans Pony til the end of days.

Update: It would also be weird if Pennywise the Band were the ones peering up from the sewers asking Eric to play blood bowl.

Fuck man, I'm sorry my easily predictable pseudo scam wouldn't work. Hmm. My gf's car is a really reliable used Accord, that was about $9k. I dunno if it has the Rudy Spirit though. Maybe do you like any of these?

That $4500 applies only to buying new cars which is what I want to avoid (more payments) and the "clunker" needs to have been running and insured for the past year - so it's not all that hot for a duder like me who needs some wheels.

I also LOL'd at that picture. Well played! I think a world in which Pennywise the Clown was constantly peering from sewers, plaintively asking Eric to play Blood Bowl would basically be the definition of "mixed bag."

I've been wondering if it is possible/legal under the program to buy some piece of shit car, and then immediately turn it in under the Cash for Clunkers program. Like if you could buy some piece of crap for $2500 and then turn it in for a $3500 or $4500 credit.

(Don't fuck up and pay $10k for the Jeep, then turn that in for a $4500 credit... that's not what we're talking about here dude.)

Anyway no particular recommendations but good luck!

The last thing Pennywise asked me to ask YOU guys was "What car should Rudy get, raagargle?!!" I got my check from the insurance yesterday, so that's $10k plus I have a few thousand I can throw in to sweeten the pot. But I want something fun that fits the whole "rudy-vibe"... I'm looking at Jeep Wranglers from the 1990s but F, they get horrible gas mileage. Any ideas, suggestions? :(

why are clowns pics so funny or just clowns in general? I lol'd.

- "Blood Bowl!"

jA -El's favorite dietary supplement:





Also, more proof that WWII was fucked up.

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Eric has been MIA. Hopefully he's OK, and not pissed or anything.

To help summon him back to The Action Team, I am providing a link to a picture of Pennywise the Clown, which ties into his love of three things: clowns, punk rock outfit Pennywise, and the article "the."

I think he also likes cute girls and Star Wars so here is a picture of a girl dressed like Princess Leia.