Review: Lord of the Rings
As good as everyone says. Albeit a little long. For years, I have been saying that we need more bang for the buck at movie houses... specifically longer films. Now that I have that, I think an intermission is in order. Or a least a little box that pops up on the bottom of the screen with a timer letting you know how much longer you have to sneak out and use the restroom until the movie hits another action scene. That would be sweet.

Who's working from home today?
I'm working from home today! You know, the best part about writing the thesis is that you can work where ever there happens to be a computer. The worst part is that you have to write a thesis. I may very well petition the college of engineering to allow me to submit a thesis done up entirely in graphic novel style. With lots of explosions and stuff.

Review: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Not as bad as everyone says. I liked the effects and the sets. Enough so that I could ignore the acting. Pretty pictures make for good action movies.

Die screaming with sharp things in your head!!!
Of course, this only applies to our friendly gnome pals. Sadly, the lawn jockeys could not be reached for comment.

[This is good.]
Paul finally, finally came through with a good discovery for the PC. It's called Avant Browser, and it is here to save the day. It has flash filter, pop-up blocker and google integrated into it, and it runs off the IE platform. Most of all, it has some of the nice little extras that I have missed ever since I stopped using Opera. For instance, you can go forward and back on pages by doing certain combinations of mouse-button clicks (getures) and you can vertically tile windows with a single button. Granted (and as Paul said) it takes about forty minutes to really configure everything just the way you want it, but it is worth it. Good stuff, and highly recommend (for now).

Paul said "No Breaks"... so here I am.
One last time on this fine Christmas Eve... just for the ladies. And Paul.

The following are some things I discovered over the weekend whilst Rando was in town from the L to the A:

1. Adding just one wheat grass ice cube to a rum and coke increases you daily vegetable intake by one pound while still allowing you to maintain that binge drinking status.

2. I rule at Bubble Hockey. In fact, I rule so much that when I top shelf it from number six (who happens to be an all-star) the puck is hit so hard that it riccochets back out of the goal and doesn't count. That's some pretty hard ruling.

3. The bacon at Wando's beer-and-bacon night is horrible. But I predict that Hamm's will be the new PBR.

4. The guy from the Nashville Hotel that kept plugging his hotel during the Gingerbread segment of the Today show is a jerk.

5. It is entirely possible to cram twenty-five hours of video game playing into a twenty-four hour day. Oh, and I can survive for four days on habenero cheese, pizza and beer.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas people.
Updates will be sporadic around here for the next week or so, as I will be gone on some merry making adventures. Have a good holidays everyone. Except Stew, that freaking butt snorkler.

New Favorites
New favorite insult.... butt snorkler. Here it is in a sentence:
"Hey butt snorkler, pass the chips."

New favorite nickname... lunchbox. Here it is in context:
"What up lunchbox?"

The evolution of the fab five.
Fab five... meet fab five.

Since I'm on the topic of logos...
why not round out some of the day with the top 15 trends taking shape in logo design. I thoroughly enjoyed this article for two reasons; 1. they tell you the trends and 2. they show you example logos. Plus, the pretty pictures made me feel good. There is something about a well designed and drawn logo that is just really, really cool.

Here's you Daily Game...
Now stop hounding me you filthy beggars. Go back to sniffing sharpies.

Less of a game than a quiz, to keep you occupied over the weekend. Can you name the comic book heros based only on 12 pixel reprensentations of their costumes? I can. Then again, I am a dork. But don't tell anyone, I'm trying to keep a high profile.

Big weekend ahead suckas
Yep. The Dough rolls into town this Sunday. Prepare ye the way for the stupid. It should be good times. And items, which, conicidentally, is an anagram of times.

Friday the Hoj rolls in and Saturday is the big uber-holiday party. Replete with furious two on two dredel action. It's on Big Guy. There may or may not also be some Cranium in store. And pursuit of Trivia. And cocktale wienes. With apple jelly.

Logo RIP
I'm guessing that if you look hard enough you will find the old UPS logo in here. Way to go UPS. Way to take a perfectly good, highly recognizable logo and completely redesign it to look exactly like all the other logos out there. Idiots.

Here's today's DG!
Marble mayhem. Remember that old wooden box game where you moved the dials and the surface tilted and controlled where the marble went? Well, this is kind of like that.

The MDI Air Car is a cool car
But I don't necessarily know if it is the worlds cleanest. They claim that it is because it runs on compressed air. The clean argument holds up if you view compressed air as a source of energy, but it isn't. It is a form of energy, and that air needs to be compressed by something... most likely a gasoline or diesel engine. And there is more than likely a loss of energy due to compression and transfer efficiency. This kind of thinking, which is along the same lines as those who propose a fully electric car, irks me. Energy does not magically appear from some sort of electricity tree that lives in your walls right behind a socket. Nor does it come from some genie that resides in your gasoline (or electric) air compressor.

Complaining aside, a small commuter car is still a neat concept.

Building a better dumber mousetrap.
Hey, I've got an idea! Let's take a normal, working, bicycle and crap it all up. It will be fun! Whoopity Woo!

365 Project is coming to a close
For all of you who have enjoyed the eclectic sounds of the 365 project, get to downloading because the project is almost over. Schnell! Schnell!

Wow. Slow day on the web today.
I guess it's time to break out the old standbys. Discovery Canada has a fantastic article, replete with videos, on the 'physics-defying' feats of the Shaolin Monks. It's Science, it's crap, it's all this and more.

Graffiti Archaeology
Here is a pretty slick flash site that lets you step through time lapse photos taken over the course of five years at different graffiti sites. See how it all evolves.

Now I'm just getting lazy
Fan and ball. You are a fan. You blow the ball into the goal area. It's kind of like marble madness sans marbles and madness. Also, it runs really slow if you don't have a quick pc.

Come to think of it... did I post this game before? I can't remember.

Keith and I rule at Euchre
And don't you forget it jgzt79! Welcome back to the house that Jack built. Jack Bauer.

Long Live Kelp Records!
I just ordered the Andrew Vincent album from their site today. Hopefully it will arrive shortly. Only 10 bucks my friends. 10 bucks. And you know what? 10 bucks is right at the waterline for what I will pay for an album. And did I mention that that 10 bucks previously spoken about in this entry also includes shipping? Yes it does! Oh yeah.

Wow. The stupidity just never ends
Redneck surfing is best learned from other's mistakes.

Possible "brake instead of gas" incident.
Or it is just another case of "bus driver really, really wants to get his hands on some porno... RIGHT NOW".

Shades of dumb and dumber
Adams County Waste Reduction and Recycling took out a full page ad in a local newspaper to let people know that milk jugs are not urinals. The ad has a sense of parental authority that really lets those truckers what they are doing is wrong. And it shows a half filled jug of pee... or orange juice.

Booked for Murder is a great store.
You know, people have been telling me that for some six years now, and it is just yesterday that I finally set foot in the door. What they say is most certainly true; the store is fantastic. I would read pretty much every single book in there if I had a chance, and I could sit in their chairs while I do it. They have everything from used paperbacks (three bucks apiece) to first editions, and the staff seems pretty knowledgable. I will definitely be back, and I recommend you go there if you get a chance. It's barely off campus on University just past the Goodwill on the south side of the avenue. If you hit Midvale you went too far.

It's a very merry Holiday game!
Slingshot Santa. Toss Santa across the gap. He bounces! My current record is 314 feet.

AVGPA is the only VGP I watch
Why? Because. Just because.

Swap-o-mania II is in full effect!
The signups are closed and the burning begins today! Check out swap-o-mania for more info on this season's swap. Happy burning! And remember, you have about a month to get everything ready to send out.

It's a busy week
As such, there may not be a lot of blogging going on over here. I will try to keep up with the DG though. Here's a little "gas instead of brake" article to cheer up your monday.

Words around. To my proverbial homies.
Just a couple of quick notes: Rando, bring some crap so we can go climbing when you get up here. And bring a warm jacket, because I don't want to hear any of that sissy "It's soooo cold." crap. Heuer, I will check with Jess about swinging up to St. Cloud to see you over the Christmas and get back to you. Al, did you try out that nickname I suggested with the D-rod? Stew, you still owe me 10 dollars. I am offically calling you out and putting the following bounty on your head:

If anyone can bring me the 10 dollars that Stew owes me, I will give that person half of the take reclaimed cash.

I think that's everything for now.

Today's posts brought to you by wheatgrass.
Oh yeah... wheatgrass baby. A couple of teaspoons of this stuff is equilivant to multiple servings of vegetables. I like to mix it in with the smoothies. Not only does it make them smell funny, but they also have the look of baby puke. Nothing goes better with pizza than a big glass of chilled baby puke. But if it means I don't have to choke down another flouret of broccoli than I'm game.

By the by, did you know broccoli is the world's smartest vegetable, with an IQ of 10! 10!

Does this picture make me look fat?
Good 'ol Pauly Paul Paul managed to dig up a picture that bears remarkable resemblence to yours truly. Now you can get an idea of the famous looks that got me all the fine ladies back at the Hill. And as an added bonus, here's the lunch menu!

Gluttonous Trees here
I like the one that swallowed the bike the best. All in all, pretty cool pictures.

Geek News alert
So, SCO is suing IBM under the premis that IBM is using some of their Linux code without permission, thus committing copyright infringement. IBM contends that they aren't and demands that SCO show them what part of the code they are talking about. SCO says fine, and sends IBM the code... printed out on 1 million sheets of paper. What the crap SCO?

Haiku on one of the tenents of Haiku writing
...as written at three in the morning last Thursday.

A correct scribe must,
in the text of a haiku
allude to seasons.

Hot Blob on Blob action
Today's DG is Fusion. You are some sort of little crazy robot guy and you throw a bunch of same colored blobs at each other to blow them up. Then you pick up the bonus items like bones, milkshakes and game boy advances. Good stuff.

The best of Hubble
In 2010, the Hubble will end it's mission. Since it's been up there for so long, I think it deserves to put out a "Best Of" compilation. Check it out.

Prepare ye the way for the ONE
What is the ONE? Why, it's Norbert's online NES emulator. It runs a little slow on my tiny little laptop, but it is still worth checking out for the occasional quick game of Contra or Bubble Bobble.

Holiday Game
Being the Holiday season, here's a fun game for those of you without the good fortune of owning your own dreidel. I find a fun variation to the game is "punch dreidel" where coins are replaced with a festive slug to the shoulder. It's time to hand out a serious shinning!

Forest Whitaker has a crazy eye.
At first I thought it was a lazy eye, but upon further review it definitely falls into the 'crazy eye' category. Almost sleepy with a dash of evil.

Finally got around to watching Ghost Dog last night, and I have to say it was rather disappointing. Except for the part where Whitaker was practicing with the katana on the roof. Footage of crazy-eyed chubby guys shiving imaginary people on a roof makes for good comedy. Oh, and the french-speaking ice cream guy was pretty cool too. Crazy Frenchie. Upon further review of chubby and frenchie, I now whole-heartedly recommend this movie.

Daily Game... to the EXTREME!
Actually, this is less of a game and more of an activity. Poke the animals and they spin around and make noises. Good stuff.

Devastatin' Dave the turntable slave...
wants YOU to check out the worst album covers ever.

Where in the world is my freaking candy?
Here's a pretty good "Switch" parody for the Homestar folks. And remember, prank calls don't work if nobody picks up the phone.

Is there any greater mini-golf course than this?
I think not. Any course that has multiple poo related obstacles is king in my book. Feast your eyes upon the Valhalla of putt-putt.

We're going Sizzler
All I have to do is ask. I make one comment on the lack of gas/brake mishaps and the Hoj and Paul both step up to the plate. Thanks guys.

World's greatest flash drive
Though I don't necessarily think that it is bath tub safe. Scroll down.

The Gigli Experiment
"Or can some schmuck with a crappy web page gross more money than the movie Gigli, starring J-Lo and Ben Affleck." Personally, I didn't think his web page was crappy at all. I thought it was horribly crappy. But it is really the thought that counts... and this man's thought was bang on.

Holy Musical Crap Batman!
Want to know what's hot on the Latvian charts this week? How about the newest hits in world gothic music? Well, you can get them and anything and everything else chart-related here. Man, this site is going to take some time to sort through. Sweet sassy molassy.

Crazy Bear Suit inventor at it again
The guy who invented the Bear Suit, the suit that looks so freaking weird that bears won't come near you, has a new invention... fire paste. It supposedly can be applied to items, and then the items will not burn up. The article here mentions that it is many times lighter than aluminum, so my guess is that the man just formed a type of aerogel. Aerogels have been around a long time, and are pretty amazing. Check out some info on the stuff here. The pictures in the NASA article are not doctored. Aerogel actually has a semi-translucent appearance. It's really just weird stuff.

One upping Celeberity Phone Calls
Yes, for the low, low price of only 10 dollars, you too can have a genuine phone call from a genuine lesbian! Order today.

A hearty congratulations to our nation's elderly
Why? Because I haven't come across a "gas pedal mistaken for brake" story in at least two weeks. While this isn't good for my scrapbook, it bodes well for American pedestrians at large.

Just airing out a pet peeve here
Google Bombs, recognize them, watch for them and laugh at them if you will, but please don't blame Google for anything they bring up. The bombs are a small price to pay for, quite possibly, the world's best search engine. Remember back in the day when it just had the little Google pic up there and a space to type in a query? And everytime you typed something in, you always got relevant information? Those days have not yet left us my friends.

Thanks to Paul, for reminding me of this excellent topic. Visit his site. He needs friends.

CJ recaps his drive home from the sandwich shop
... in which proper sandwich/vehicle interactions are discussed and a test is made of the audioblogging capabilities of blogger.
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David Schwimmer sucks at celebrity poker.
You hear me Schwimmer? You hear me?!?!

Mark my words...
In the uber-competitive world of punctuation, the hyphen is making a comeback.

Reliving the so-called "glory days"
Jess is going to be out of town starting tomorrow for almost a week. That means that I have to manage on my own for awhile. With that in mind, I have compiled a list of goals to achieve by the week's end:

1. Readjust my sleeping technique so that I take up as much space in the bed as humanely possible.
2. Neglect the cleanliness of the apartment.
3. Convince mother to visit on Wednesday.
4. Convince mother to clean apartment.
5. Feed fish.

I really think that number five is the biggie, though number one does have it's advantages. I was also going to throw a card party, but no one could make it. I'm fairly sure that it is because Jess won't be there... with banana bread.

Hmmm... comments are back.
Apparently, I need only to speak of the problem and it is fixed.

Hmmm... my supply of iced cream is in lacking.

Hmmm... comments are down.
Since the comment system is third party, there isn't anything I can do. When they're back, they're back. In the mean time, get your daily game fix here. Flip flap is kind of a puzzle, reaction type game. And it's simple, which is exactly how I like 'em.

Music for the not-so-massless masses
I don't have much time today to post a lot of things, so I figured I better make them good. Here are free mp3 downloads of songs played by John Peel on his radio 1 show that he does for the BBC. So far, there looks to be some fantastic stuff here, but I haven't even cracked the surface of that giant list. Let me know if you come across a good track, as, more than likely, I haven't heard it yet.

Christmas shopping made easy
Or "Holiday" shopping, for all my Hoj-related friends out there. Over on Kevin Kelly, there is an excellent conversation regarding different types of unique catalogs out there. Since I have been thinking about getting an old poster I saw that detailed microscopic pictures of metallurgy (must have come out around the late '60s), I have been looking online for some type of catalogue that deals with that sort of stuff. Anyway, whilst perusing the comments, I have found some really unique catalogues out there.

Who put the... bah bah bah bah bah
Today's game features Mario. With a bazooka. It isn't really difficult, or even super exciting for that matter, but I got a kick out of it for a little while. Just go around blowing stuff up. Enjoy.

And don't ask me why a flash game is being featured on java-gaming.com, because I can't pretend to be an idiot long enough to figure out what they were thinking. I can be jaded and cynical though... that's a forte of mine.

Mori Chack is a genious
His entire site serves only to satisfy man's lust for cute, fuzzy, pink cartoon animals beating the crap out of stuff. I just keep on clicking.

Chack has been around in the art world for awhile now, and he is finally getting the exposure he most certainly deserves. I love that freaking bear.

Get your RPS t-shirts here
Sticking with yesterday's rock/paper/scissors theme, you can get your t-shirts from the World RPS Pro Shop. They are kind of expensive though, but they look cool.

Holy Crap, this is cool!
It is a passive digital sundial. The top face is masked so that, when the sun shines on it, it reveals the time (digitally numeric) on the bottom face. The time changes every ten minutes. I haven't been this excited since the time I saw the Golden Girls episode where Betty White was going to marry that dwarf.

Be back in two and two
In case you were wondering, and I know you were, Chuck Woolery has his own line of motorized fishing lures. Why? Because he's insane. That's why. I saw him on the QVC chatting up some old lady about the lures. Man, that guy can chat it up.

Who's got the T3 hook-up?
I do. That's why I'm backing CJ up with a link to the Stencil Graffiti. By the way, I cooked my first turkey this Thanksgiving, and let's just say that turkeys be stepping a little lighter when I'm around, knowing there's a good chance I may roast them. (and not in the Dean Martin way either.)

My crazy German learning software made a pass at me.
I was having a dialoug [sic] with it, and it said to me "Mmmmmm... Ich mag lange harre." My response consisted of throwing the drink I had at the screen and storming off. That insensitive bastard didn't even recognize that I got my hair cut last week.

Update on Stencil Graffiti book
It is called Stencil Graffiti, by Tristan Manco. It has some great pics of stuff by Banksy, and my personal favorite, Nano4814. He makes crazy cat stencils and puts them all over the place. Good stuff.

I would put a link up to the book, but you will have to find it yourselves, since I am on a dialup right now and far too impatient to actually surf the web for anything.

Taking the DG offline
... with rock/paper/scissors. Go challenge a friend today, preferably for some sort of loot, like french fries. Or those big chewy pretzels. Those are sweet. And if you lose, tell them that you were playing for french fries, but all you have is freedom fries, so they don't get any.

Inspiration for today's DG was brought to me by Jake.

If you blend up kiwis too long, they make your smoothie bitter
I learned that the hard, lonely, bitter way.

It's DG time!
Today's daily game is brought to you by the letter phi. And the Cyrillic alphabet, because it looks like they are writing in all caps all the time. Use your mouse, shoot the sky attacking thingies, don't die.

Does anyone out there cross train?
I have been trying to add some weight lifting to my repitoire of late, but I confess I have no idea what to do, and I haven't been able to find anything of worth on the web. Does anyone know of a good rule of thumb for a weight routine designed to accompany a cardio workout. I know it has something to do with low weight/high reps, but I don't know how low or how many to do.

Finally, a solution for the fruit-stupid
Which, incidentally, is your's truly. I am fruit stupid. I buy stuff like pears, which need to be ripened, then never know when the appropriate time is to eat them. Most of the time then tend to go bad. Hopefully, these new color changing ripeness indicators will change all of that.

Finally, something that makes that two bucks I spent on a Booya shirt seem worth it.
For crap's sake. If you want to charge that much for music, at least make sure it is decent. Or just lie and tell everyone it is special, magical music. Then they'll buy it. Oh yeah... booya.

Who's got a book being held for them at the library?
I do. That's who. And don't you forget it.

Deutschlanders leibt David Hasselhoff!
I am going to relearn German. Well, not actually relearn, since I really didn't learn anything the first time around. This all stems from the free German Pro software that I got at Best Buy this weekend. I only had to wait forty minutes in line, but the time flew by since I had a "Line Buddy" whom I met there. He was buying speakers. Nice guy. We talked about the Roomba. Anyway, I am going to attempt to learn Deutsch. Wish me luck.