| Copzzors

Ja-El, beware. Cameras plus cops equals a whole lot of no good. They don't usually take kindly to being filmed/photographed without consent. Legal or no, you might want to steer clear.

Just finished the last of my companies bonehead training. Ethics, Harassment, etc... Seriously, based on what the training conveyed to us, either people are really stupid and do not know what is appropriate or more likely they are playing dumb and claim they don't kno0w any better. Either way, almost 4 hours in the tank.

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Traffic tickets suck, sorry dude. Hope you win your case. I always just pay but luckily I haven't been busted in years. My most recent ticket though was a red-light cam and THAT was some fucking bullshit, makes me so furious. Nothing to fight though because they give you the link to you "breaking the law." It was a red-light and I made a right turn. But it was late at night with no traffic, so rolled through it. Didn't know that was considered running a red-light. Oh i fucking hate Hawthorne and those traffic cameras.

hehe... Jet Lee was a cool name until that no talent ass-clown started doing movies and stuff with it. If anything he should change his name.

I'm just kidding man, nothing against twitter, everyone just tweet away, tweet the sweet last living breathhhhhh... huuuuh. I'm just a bitter old kook who can't adapt to new technologies.

Just got back from Traffic court to pay my ticket. Well, actually just bail cuz i'm gonna fight it. On my way back home I counted no less than 5 police cars on the freeway, theyre out in full force on a 15 mile drive. I saw one cop car less than 1 and 1/2 cars distance away behind the car in front doing 60. UH ISNT THAT TAILGATING? and I actually got a ticket for tailgating at 20 mph, coming to a stop because i was too close apparently. should have fought that ticket but was just too damn lazy back then.

I'm going to bring around my camera to take photos of police cars breaking the law.

Hi Jet Lee! Maybe don't name yourself after a celebrity first of all hahaha. But looking at the people who are following you, it's all bots - "make $300 bucks" "Hookup with cheaters" - shit like that. Not real people. There's all kinds of privacy filters to make it completely private or open to the world. But honestly, what are you worried someone's going to see on there? Like enron said, it's another experiment.

problem with twit is that ANY1 can follow ur twit. So that means more people are going to be reading THEAT nonsense and jarble which innately is moot, but also = less privacy, unless you pretty much stick to mundane nuetral topics like "i'm at the water cooler" or "my kids are great" instead of "dam, I'm jackin off to porn! So good, I can't stop!" because people might wonder what a loser you were, or just wondered how long you've been without a bath. And of course nothing really political either.

I used a name HarrylotterVgna and already I have 8 followers, and I haven't tweeted a single iota. Keep out!

*I guess blogs are searchable as well. eh...

The Wire is so friggen excellent! I remember when it was new and I caught part of a first season episode and I thought it was HORRIBLE! All the cussing and acting seemed totally janky to me and I couldn't understand how it was being critically acclaimed. But it's just one of those shows you can't watch out of order. It would make zero sense. So when I finally saw it once it was all out on dvd, wow! Glad you guys are liking it Jon!

Avatard Imax 3D was good on a technical tip! Pretty friggen incredible what 3D looks like now. Beautiful movie visually speaking. Seriously, I looked HARD for jaggies or blurry edges and it all looks pretty darn real. The story was shitty though. It is Space: Dances with Wolves/Last Samurai/Ferngully. Literally!

| it's nice

seeing the Twitter feeds because I know you guys are alive! Aeryk, if I signed up for Twitter, would it be simple for you to throw my feed on the page as well, or are you already stretching the limits of the Internet to its maximum potential?

Couple random things:
- Finally got around to seeing District 9. This movie was really very good, certainly much more visually impressive than I thought it was going to be. Apparently Peter Jackson had recruited this South African dude to direct the Halo movie, but the licensing fell through, so they ended up making this amazing looking movie for super cheap. Watching it you can tell that if they had ended up making a Halo movie it would have been really good.
- We are approaching the home stretch of The Wire, just finished the first disc of Season 4. You were right Rude, this show does keep getting better. I love how every season is about something totally different. Best show on television.
- Aeryk, do you know anything about this alternate WWII game Incursion?
- If you ever have the chance to pick up some Angelo Pietro Shoyu Salad Dressing, do so. It is delicious.
- I like you guys, you are my friends!

| I Just Love Road House So Much

I'd say it's the defining movie of my early-mid 30's.

I like FB, although some weeks I check it constantly and then I won't check it for months. It's weird how I'm "friends" with all these people from high school but I never talk with or interact with most of them in any way besides the initial "add friend" click.

Did you guys know David Fincher has a movie coming out about the origins of Facebook? Called The Social Network or something like that. Perhaps one day some visionary director will make the film of "Rona Jaffe's The Action Team."

I don't mind the facebook interface at all. All the shit they clutter the page with on either side of the main strip is pretty garish, but the main function of it is fantastic. Sticking videos and links in there, and entire threads people can comment on is really cool. I'm sure its a matter of time before it goes the way of myspace and the next big it-thing comes along.

Blogger signs me out every few days which is annoying, but I love the AT site. Sometimes we go days and sometimes weeks without a peepers tho :(

| It's a perfectly cromulent word

I agree. Facebook just gets muddy. That interface is a perfect example of kitchen sink UI design. Inbiggened to the fullest potential. The sad part is, it works well enough to be wildly popular, despite the grumblings of many-a user. I do find the quick post and community responses very fun. Like twitter but with direct interactivity. What gets me is that I just don't feel motivated enough to log in to Facebook and post. Unlike the Action "Jackson" Team where the login doesn't seem to be the obstacle so much as coming up with something worth saying.

jr0n, you can never go wrong with Road House references.

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| Facebook is harder than a blog

The thing about posting to facebook vs. a blog and then vs. twitter is that Facebook there are categories, pages, things to follow, profile expectations to keep up, etc. With a blog, its pretty much just one way, one page, and thats it. Slim to none interactivity, just the time to compose your post, log in, and actually hit send.

Twitter is even easier, smaller, faster, and ultra-meaningless. I have 'Twhirl' running on my desktop at work and it is as easy as typing what I want to say, then hitting send. Of course editing down my statement to 140 characters is a different kind of chore...

DO IT!

So we're watching "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader" on CMT (Country Music Television). I'm all: "Maybe they'll play Road House next!" Two minutes later, they announce, next up: Road House.

I guess this is the kind of thing I'd put on Twitter as well? Very cool Eric!

Uggg, that sucks about rugRat.subElzar's ear issues. Daven has been going through bouts of ear infections too. My sister had a numerous bouts of ear infections as a kid. It would appear the little guy picked up the genes from mommy. Also, they finally figured out he is allergic to Red Dye. Not sure which one though.

GW, what a bunch of jArks. Really in all fairness, both Gino and Chad were actually perfect company representatives. They embodied the worst of humanity, yet were towering examples of the GW company ethos.

I can not say that I have picked up many games of late. I have been trying to cut back the "disposable income in the toilet" lately. I swear, weddings suck balls financially. At this point, I am about ready to say fuck it and get married in a sewer to save myself the fiduciary agony.

Work is killing my brain. Anyone ever get to a point when you look at your to-do list and it is so long, you just do not know where to start. That and every item you attemp to tackle ends up mushrooming to become more complicated and drawn out then initially anticipated. Oh and I have to wear ties to work now. Oh and I have to wear business suits too. Ballz. Looks like this and next month's saved money is out the door as I go spend a truck load of money on work wear. Two tears in a bucket... You know the rest.

eLzar: I still pull out the old Doom gameage every year or two. It is still a fun game. It is a shame Doom III deviated so much from the old format. The whole creepy, monsters sneaking up and punching you in the balls format just didn't feel right. I preferred the whole slug fest of I & II. I guess that is why Serious Sam was such a hit. Which I would like to play again in the revitalized version: Serious Sam HD. It has the original version content/maps, just overhauled with a new 3D engine and graphics update. Maybe I'll pony up for this one. Or not. I think it is only $6.79 on steam right now.

The tweets seem cool. Seems like I might enter more info. I rarely post on Action Team due to the lack of anything substantial to add to it. Only snippets of nonsense run through my head anymore. Then again, I got tired of facebook, so what can you do?

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Eric - Sorry to hear about mini-Eric. Has he been having ear infections? My sister has a friend whose son has something similar. I don't know if it applies to your situation, but the friend put her son on a gluten-free diet and it seemed to clear up. Hope he feels better.

Oh, by the way. Have you been keeping up with GW's clampdown on the big Blood Bowl sites? They were sicking their lawyers on them. And after all these years of letting the fans do all the work too. That's a real nice way to treat your fanbase. It makes me cry to think it might even affect my miniature buying habits. /cry

Cool Eric! I just did a new one as a test and nothing popped up. Maybe it just takes time. Awesome though, and creepy!