I bought a new TV today for the living room!  Once it's delivered, our TV shows will be that much showier and our video games will be that much gamier.  But this isn't a story about the TV per se ( Read more... )

Jaymark: Cesarano says the internet is a bad place for discussions
Jaymark: I wouldn't say that, but I would say that it takes a certain kind of person to keep a level head online
Dad: It takes a certain kind of person to keep a level head anytime. The 'instant response' capability of the internet disuades reflective thought, which magnifies ( Read more... )

Well, this has been an eventful week. Yesterday at 2PM I was sitting at my desk, I started to lean back, and my shoulder said "OUCH!" Since then, my neck and shoulder have been hurting and I don't know why. The only thing I can think of is that an hour or two before I started hurting, I got down on the ground to look up at the underside of my ( Read more... )

Grim Hall Single:
Plus: Room to myself on 3rd floor
Minus: Bathroom on 4th floor
Plus: No need to clean bathroom
Minus: Have to share with 3 other people
Plus: There's no way around that
Plus: The shower is large, hot, and pressurized
Minus: There is no place both convinient and dry to put clothes or towel in the bathroom
Minus: I often ( Read more... )

Geeks in Love. That is all. Stephie will be watching it when she gets home. (Even though I imagine she's already seen it)

So, I came back into MO from visiting Brandi, come upstairs, realize I can take a shower and be in bed by midnight. And so I step into the bathroom, strip, begin showering... After a few minutes, somebody starts running a really loud electric shaver... I'm all like, what, is someone shaving in the shower area that I can hear it that clearly? ( Read more... )

I've got it! The 2004 election is like the last console war. Bush and Cheney is like the XBox, big and manly, appearing for big money (Microsoft), and patriotic (made in America!... well, and Mexico). Kerry and Edwards are like the Gamecube, appearing sleek and sophisticated, and some people think it 'looks kind of gay'. Really, for the most ( Read more... )