Updated: Image wasn't actually LINKED to the fullsized version. Gods I miss my Semagic. Need to get it reinstalled.

 

A friend sent me the URL to this. I just HAD to screen it and keep it for posterity. Probably one of the best Blue replies I've seen in forever. Someone give this man a cookie, maybe a raise too. You can see the official thread here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336870406

Take my advice, copy and paste the ASCII art into something that has 10pt Arial, looks fucking awesome.

Yea, I haven't posted in forever again, got depressed for awhile  after Dragon*Con so I visited a friend and been busy since. Have a WiiFit now and been making sure to do anywhere from half an hour to a full hour a day, not to mention taking River down to the park to walk for at least 15 mins.

I need to post more, but lack of a good LJ client for the iphone is making me drift away from it more and more. Yes, there are half a dozen blogging clients, but none do things like tagging, mood, location, music, or anything. It's just public posting. Hell, the overall lack of a good text editor really makes me miss my old Treo sometimes.

In other news, my new laptop is working great, except my external HD died. As in, corrupt master table. Quu has tried to fix it to no avail. The sad part is, not only did it have all my music on it (which was just copies from our master collection on the network) but all my stories and documents. All my notes. I had no less than two novel outlines in the works. All of it wasn't backed up elsewhere because I was in the middle of moving it to the new computer. THinking about it makes me depressed so unless I post to say it's fixed, don't expect me to talk about it much.

If you don't have a Wii, trust me when I say it's worth getting one just for the Wii fit. People spend thousands of dollars on excercises equimpment, but this is one that you will actually USE. The only bad part of it is that, according to the current BMI charts, the vast majority of americans are OBEASE. Most of these people are not obease by comparison to others, but the poor WiiFit can't tell the difference. Believe it or not, Quu CAN use it, but getting him to do so will be a chore. Pointing out that sex will be better when we're both in shape doesn't seem to effect him. *sighs*

In any case, I have a dozen errands to run and a puppy to take to the park.

My heart goes out to synamontwist .

Yes, I live. Had company this past weekend and just not been near a computer in ages. Anyway, was poking around getting caught up on Zero Punctuation and Yahtzee had this quote:

"This is probably the most balanced generation of all time with it all coming down to what you personally want from a console. The Wii is an excitable little yappy bastard good with children but a little exhausting. The PS3 is a big dependable black monster slow but lovingly bringing in your slippers every morning. And the 360 is a good all rounder, but only occasionally pisses itself and dies. " ~ Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw from Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown.

You have to admit, he's quite true. Though I see the xbox more for FPS and hardcore gamers, PS3 for RPG graphics whores, and the Wii for Kids and Parties. I just like how he puts it so much better. Watch the video though, it's hilarious!

So.. I get this email from her entitled "Food Network". My first thought is maybe something happened to her dish and suddenly she's not getting it anymore. Then.. I open and read what she says:

Well Dear Daughter--------I am getting educated by watching the Food Network.  Last evening they focused on the Hershey and Mars chocolate companies.  Very interesting.  And I learned what the M&M's on the candies mean!!!!!  They stand for Mars and Murphy, the names of the men who invented them!!   Now just how educated can one person get??????????????

I love my mom. :-D

http://www.fizzyfruit.com/

It is real fruit pieces that are infused with carbonization so when you open and consume them they 'fizzle'. Marketed mostly towards kids to try and help them eat more fruit. I saw it on the Food Network show "Unwrapped" and was curious enough to try and dig up where it's sold. So far all I can find out is "the southeast and southwest" and "select walmart and 7-eleven's".

Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes :

I saw on MakeUseOf.com this article about the best timewasters on the internet (besides being sucked into Wikipedia). The first one I tried, and probably one of the ones I'll visit regurlarly is (The Customer is) Not Always Right. Halarious! One of my favoriates is this (Full) Font(al) Desk story.

My sister sent this too me and it's too cute not to pass on.

Mark R. Levin on law on National Review Online:

Bradshaw vs. Phillips. This is the judge's response for the defendants request for summary judgment. Probably the most beautiful piece of legal material I've ever seen. Read every word, as they are each priceless. I guarantee not a single one of you who reads this will come away disappointed for doing so.

From this comic has come this: xkcd » Blog Archive » Growing Up
Once this was done, then this has come about: Last.fm – the Blog · Blogging from the Ballpit
Now we have this: xkcd » Blog Archive » Ball Pit, Phase II


Anyone else want one too? Wonder if we could convert the old "make out room" downstairs into a huge ballpit.

...sorta.

Only a few people might get why I think this is halarious.

Saw a character named: Vahjayjay

Laughter ensues.

Yes, the band players had fun, but you know for a fact that their band leader and chorographer are the real gamer geeks.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=26120

So far I think this is the order they go in:

Pong
Tetris
Mortal Combat
Contra??
Smash Borther's Melee - but could be pokimon
Zelda
Super Mario Brothers (four themes)

Ok.. so a couple days ago I find a green hairball on my living room floor... gross, yes, but not as gross as what was in it. The green color I knew was because I had the cat grass out again.. but that didn't account for the insect like exoskeletons the hairball contained. My first thought was: "holy shit those look like god damn huge fleas!" yes.. dime sized fleas..

I freaked.

Talked to pat, and was on the phone with the vet in less than 10 mins. Scheduled an appt to bring in all the animals because i was terrified that if one had digestive parasites then probably they all did. Besides.. River needed her heartworm checkup and the cats were vastly overdue for their shots.

By the time pat got home that night, he mentioned the near infestation of crickets we have in our basement and that Sebastion had been down there for a while the other day. My freaking out lessoned, but i'm still not 100% sure it's crickets.

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fast forward to today
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Appt is set for 2pm. At 1:40pm we pull out the cat carrier and the dog crate. Pat grabs Sebastion and I pick up Sasha. Two attempts to get them in the crate and they are NOT happy.. we have to let them out because the two boys started to fight. Oops. We resign ourselves to the fact we're gonna have to come back to get The Tasmanian Devil (aka Ladye Gray) after we drop the boys and River off. The boys are mewing in protest the whole drive, but River is happy as a clam. We get to the vet and they go ahead and put us in the exam room, let Pat borrow one of their cat carriers to go get Ladye Gray (spouting all the while that I'm going to have to buy him dinner to repay him for his trouble >_>).

First up is River (who's shaking like a leaf) and Sasha, taking both in the back for the general stuff they do. I'm sitting on the floor petting Sebastion through the door on the crate (nice hole I can squeese my hand through) to calm him down when I hear the yipping and barking from River. She's such a cry baby. They eventually bring them back and River is more than pleased to be back with Mommy. She parks on my lap, loops around my chair, and sometimes hides under my chair. Almost 10 mins have passed and still not Pat and Ladye Gray. I'm slightly worried. Vet comes in with the nurse who's got Sebastion and his crate. He gives Sebastion his physical and his shots and they get him back in the crate fine... though he was obviously NOT happy about getting the shots.

Next is Sasha... and comedy ensues. The Vet is writing notes on the charts while the nurse tries to get Sasha out of the carrier. He's got his head to the back, and it's a pretty tight fit (not too tight, but quite comfy) plus the carrier is on the floor so she's having trouble. She brings it up to the table and tries to maneuver the carrier while drag him backwards all at the same time. Cat is NOT budging. Sasha, as most of you probably know.. is a slippery cat. His fluffy fur only adds to his ability to slip through your fingers. I'm starting to laugh at the poor girl's trouble, and offer to help even though River is on my lap. By this time the Vet was done making notes and reaches over to take the carrier from the nurse. He then proceeds to upend the thing and try to shake him loose while the nurse reaches up inside to try and pull Sasha out. Picture this: Ever seen those cartoons where someone is about to be dumped in a pot of boiling water or some such? They brace their feet on the rim and refuse to budge? Now picture this cat doing the exact same, only he's inside and refusing to come out. The towel comes out fine, but Sasha just is NOT leaving that damn carrier. By this point I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. Eventually the nurse manages to get ahold of him, I think he eventually turned around, and plops him on the table. We're all laughing by this point. The vet looks him over and gives him his shots (though he nearly got away once).

Ok.. by this point.. Pat STILL isn't back with Ghetto Girl and i'm about to call him when the door opens and there he stands... looking like he just ran a marathon.. or been through a warzone... take your pick. Pat sets the carrier down and proceeds to tell us the story while the vet finishes up with Sasha. Apparently as soon as Pat walked in the door and LG saw the carrier.. she tore off like a flash. He tried picking her up off the couch.. and she took the cushions off with her.. all three of them somehow. He tried getting her in the carrier four times.. she 'shot out like a chinese cannon' each time. At one point he had her and she managed to scratch his belly (not too bad).. but then her back claws dug into his jean shorts and literally tore them to shreds. I will admit.. I thought he was over exaggerating at this point. Mostly cause he kept saying 'You're very lucky she didn't cut the skin or i'd be a eunuch'.

Well by this point the vet was done with Sasha and he went back into his carrier fine. River was up next and she was a good puppy. He looked at her tail, and it looks like there are probably some fleas in the backyard that are biting her. She just does NOT react well. She's also got a few other allergic reactions and said we could give her a normal dose of benidryl to help with the allergies until the flea medication prevented the fleas from bothering her.

Finally he's done with River and it's time for the Tasmanian Devil. After a good discussion.. we decide to have her put under anthisia so the doc can give her a full check up. I'm quite worried about her because she looks like she's lost a lot of weight. Anyway.. that gives us about a half hour to wait so Pat takes the boys back home. Pat get's back just after LG finally starts to wake up, so we had to take her home in the borrowed carrier. I did spend an extra 5 bucks and got River a pink ribbon neck-kerchif. Less for the kerchif and more for the donation to the Komen foundation. But anyway.. got everything all paid up, meds bought, then took River and LG home.

Needless to say, LG bolted as soon as the door to the carrier was opened and we had a hard time even finding her before we left to return the carrier and get some lunch.

Oh.. btw.. pat was NOT exaggerating when he was talking about his shorts. I HAVE to take pictures of these so you all can see them. I think we're going to hold onto them as a deathly reminder.

Been an interesting day to say the least ^_^

The Morning News - The LiveJournal of Zachary Marsh by Matthew Baldwin:

A friend of mine sent this to me. "The Shadow of Innsmouth" done LJ style!

props to pleroma who posted this. *dies of laughter*

from "American Scientist" Vol 94 #6, "Tamper-Indicating Seals" by Roger G. Johnston:

Since the dawn of history, people have wondered about some deeply philosophical issues: Who am I? How was the world created? What is the meaning of life? And for as long as human beings have been thinking of such things, they have also been occupied by another classic question: Has anybody been messing with my stuff?

Methinks the author is a fan of Terri Pratchet... sounds like something he'd put in a Discworld book.

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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid291708786

Ok.. click on the above link, then in the box on the right click 12 Days of Hogswatch, scroll to the bottom and start with Day one. It's GREAT!!!

I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Screw "Talk like a Pirate" day...

NINJA's RULZ!!!

From the creator of LJ Combat Cards!

my status

my team status

infection status

game status

I just noticed (since i was checking comments)...

but quu  actually renamed his LJ to the name of his holding corp in EvE online... "Atrae Pennae", which, for those of you who don't speak Latin, means "Wife Aggro".

>_<

from bpeace:

"I have a fallen angel willing to blow me to give me power."

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