To whom it may concern

Yo! Sorry I have been out of commission lately. I got your phone calls Moose but after the fact (as usual). I havent really been in the mood to play games lately. I did play some WCIII over my lan with Denys a couple of days ago! That was awesome and made me feel really nostalgic. It seems I still got the skills, but it took a few losses to hone. However, after that I was sort of aloof in regards to gaming. Ive got this impending sense that I need to "do" something with my remaining time. Im not so sure what that means, but its how I feel. Ive taken it to mean that I need to do personal reading before I start school (Next Tuesday). I finished 2 books and Im currently working on the Bible so I could finally just read it from cover to cover for once in my life and in the future I wont have to feel conflicted about certain interpretations of the bible that have always bothered me; I hope to form my own. Ive been writing little poems and other random things. My short story is being put on hold until I feel its healthy for me to continue (its about many things that I try not relive, chiefly drug experiences). However, I have been thinking if I may just chill on video games all together when I start school because I really need to buckle down and get it done. I love WoW so much and I treasure the good times that I share with you all in the bay so I doubt very much that I will stop altogether. It may just mean me doing something that I should have done years ago. I need to set limits. Designated playing times that dont conflict with classes or work. Should be no prob as Im just taking 2 classes this semester and work ends every day at 2 pm. Only time will tell just how I manage my time, I dont expect to stop being orc any time soon, but for now Im out. I want to get a pay check under my belt (the 5th approaches!) and I also want to start school so I can assess just how demanding it is going to be. Ive never taken poly sci and I dont know if it will flow well with me, or take lots of my free time. One or another Im getting that class, and the math class, over with and completed! Forgive my notable absence. Just a side note, Im fully aware that initially school should be exceedingly easy as Ive taken this class more times than I care to remember and that means that for at least half of my load I should be walking through it with my eyes closed. In addition, unfortunately I may be unemployed for the month of February because my school is going off of track and I do not know if I will find a sub position elsewhere. So perhaps this post is premature. February should be wide open! So lets game it up come the 5th/6th. Ill hopefully have money in the bank, light school load, and no wake up time. I only chose to post now because this past week Ive been out of the game and I dont see that changing during this weekend, or the next couple of days. I have work Ive been putting off that I need to get handled before my real work begins next week. Im sure you all understand.

You Suck at Photoshop

So pretty much this shit is the best edutainment I've ever seen in my life. You can actually learn from these short vids or you could just laugh hysterically at this miserable character's life. There's five of them so far and I think this one is my favorite, thought the first one introduces the characters pretty well. Check the other ones out at My Damn Channel.

FISA Special Comment from Keith Olbermann

Here we learn that the new douchebag that has replaced Alberto Gonzales, Mukasey, has ties to Verizon. So Mukasey tries to make a case for waterboarding being ok and capital G fights to give the telecoms retroactive immunity. What a nice trade! Governmental circle-jerks all around!

Biden Pwns Mukasey. Mukasey Cries on the Inside.

Here we see Mukasey, our new Attorney General, trying to stand before Congress and straight faced say that waterboaring could be ok in some circumstances. Meanwhile Senator Biden translates and calls him out on being a piece of shit. Well he put it nicer than I ever would.

psychoanalysing bush...via his favorite painting.

Yeah, that pic above is GW's favorite painting...first and foremost, he's got bad taste.

But apparently there's more than just a banal taste for art hidden in this image. It seems this picture was taken to different analysts to peer into the president's psychology.

Whats the best part?

Bush feels this painting represents America's push forward, our ability to lead through the "rough trails."

What does it actually depict?

A dude stealing a horse.

LOLbush

A Painting Fit for a President - [Guardian Unlimited]

Analyzing Bush Based on His Favorite Painting - [BoingBoing]

A Get Fuzzy Poem

Short, simple, I love it.

Cute furry thing of the day =)

Perhaps more accurately, "cool, probably furry thing of the day," but whatever. He'll kick your ass and then drink you for lunch. That's cute, right? No? Oh well. If I saw him walking down the street in dog form, I'd probably try to pet him.

Lookee what I found

I was poking around for pictures for a cute furry thing of the day and I found some crazy Hellsing fan art (at least I think that's what they are). My web browser is tweaking out so I can't quite figure out where they came from originally, but meh, looks cools anyway.

What I learned today (yesterday...): Giving blood sucks

Yesterday I decided to be a good citizen and donate blood. They have Red Cross come up to the labs every couple of months for blood drives and my friend from work always goes. I've gone with her before, but my blood hasn't been iron-y enough, so I never got bled. Until yesterday. She ended up having way too much work to do, so I ended up there by myself, and for once I passed the iron test. I was totally fine until right at the end when they attached some extra little test tubes to the blood sucker cord and wiggled the needle a little, and then I couldn't really hear anything and everything looked kind of dark and fuzzy. So I told them I felt kind of weird and they freaked out and stuck ice packs on me and it was pretty embarrassing. When they finally decided I wasn't going to pass out and let me leave, I went back to my cubicle and kept working. Everything was going fine until I got my bandage stuck on the arm of my chair and had to readjust it. My arm spurted out some blood and then the whole lack of hearing and sight thing came back. So I just sort of sat there for a while hoping I wasn't going to barf or die or anything and then went and begged for a ride home and curled up in a ball for the rest of the day. Ron's response to it all was something to the effect of "Why?!? You're like 2 feet tall; you have no blood." Hehe. At least I got a free umbrella for donating. It's the first new umbrella I've had since I was about five and got a purple one with a duck handle.
I don't know if I'm ever doing that again. Maybe after eating about half a cow. So yeah. Who ever gets my blood is really lucky. It's limited edition.

So does anyone subscribe?

Just picked up the newish browser Flock as I'm trying to be part of this whole internet crazy/social media dealy... and our page doesn't work. - So as soon as the words were typed the problem killed itself out of shame and imberassment... damn I'm good/bad.- Anyways might want to check out flock as it's kinda crazy for the mass integration of just about half of everything. The media browser integration is particularly of interest to me, but hey I'm kinda just special like that.

Also the Bloggies are going on... we didn't get nominated this year so heres hoping that next year is our year... interesting source of a few sites I never knew about, take a look and be supprised, or don't.

A call to arms...

The platypus brigade has been summoned...well, assuming you have no REAL plans for valentines day.

We must adorn ourselves with ironed Ts which have a lobster on them and fight the evil pillow wielding hordes (or alliance depending on weather you want to insert a WOW reference).

Well, we don't have to do crap, but I would love to attend this thing. It just looks f'ing cool.

When: February 14th @ 6pm
Where: S.F.'s Justin Herman Plaza (Market and Embarcadero)

Rules:

1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
2) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
3) Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm
4) Don’t hit anyone without a pillow (unless they want it)
5) Don’t hit anyone with a camera
6) HAVE FUN!!!

LOLcats extravaganza!

I present for the cup community, the history of LOLcats!


The History of LOLCats - Watch more free videos

And if you really want to descend into the dark deep world of LOLcats...visit:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Where you can view user generated LOLcats or use their LOLcats builder to create your own.

Here are two I've made in the past:

Under Construction

Is this close?

State of the Union Applause on it's Way Down

I'd like to see other graphs along these lines, perhaps number of times terror is mentioned in each one? I wonder if that would have been increasing or decreasing or remaining constant. The good thing is applause should be way up at the next State of the Union Address, as there will be a new more eloquent speaker. Unless he finally makes it official and declares himself emperor. Nice graph came by way of Crooks & Liars.

More Platypus Brigade Carpola

I'm pretty sure that's everybody other than the abandoned random characters. Appologies if I'm accidentally making anyone cross dress or if you actually consider your main to be something other than your highest level.



And one more thing for the road...

Memories from Shimmering Flats, courtesy of my work notebook... Yes I do actually work, sometimes.



No more PB stuff for a while. I promise. Maybe.

Cute furry thing of the day =) : LOLKiwi

Yay for kiwis! A tasty fruit and a ridiculous looking bird.

Rambo joins Blackwater

Ohhh man...this was pretty entertaining.

Iran Backpedaling Ho!

So you guys know Iran has nuclear weapons right? You didn't? Oh. Well then you guys know that Iran is making nuclear weapons right? You didn't know that either huh? Well did you guys know that Iran has the desire to build nuclear weapons in the future? No again? Well did you guys know that Iran has seen nuclear weapons in movies right? Cause that last one is true...... i think.....