I am so proud of my country right now.

Note to the rest of the world: Your hillbilly cousins elected the first minority president of any first world nation. Try to keep up.

Two female 'ninjas' rob gas station for cash, cigarettes, and lottery tickets.

I've got a new post up at KillTenRats.com: In Defense of the Tankmage. Take a look if you're interested in game balance and the idea of classless systems.

For the folks reading this that play MMOs, which is probably the majority of you, I've recently started writing articles/entries for Kill Ten Rats, an MMO blog. Only 3 up so far, including an intro post, but there's a lot of interesting articles from other folks there as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/13/faked.attack.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Way to end that career there. I'm trying to figure out exactly what the hell they were trying to teach the kids.

Reading this is like looking at my childhood. I was regularly praised by teachers and my parents for being smart, because, well, I was smart. Unfortunately, I have always relied upon that innate intelligence instead of expanding on it. At least now I have a better understanding of why. Yeah, I'm lazy, yeah, I give up too easily. But now I have ( Read more... )

Let's run down the weekend:

stinabat came up on Friday to visit and stay with us during a convention. Unfortunately, she got turned around by the Dallas roads and ended up calling twice for guidance. Due to my misunderstanding, I ultimately had to drive out to her and guide her in. We all had a nice visit while she was there after that, tho ( Read more... )

Amusingly, I'm also Superman.

Your results:
You are Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor
89%
Dr. Doom
77%
Apocalypse
65%
Magneto
64%
Mr. Freeze
60%
Venom
58%
Kingpin
58%
The Joker
55%
Juggernaut
49%
Green Goblin
49%
Mystique
45%
Dark Phoenix
45%
Riddler
40%
Catwoman
38%
Poison Ivy
36%
Two-Face
21%

A brilliant businessman on a quest for world ( Read more... )

I got one. It rocks. A friend of mine works at a Gamestop nearby and held one for me. Karina and I had a coup el of friends over on Sunday and we ended up spending something like four hours just playing Wii Sports. the game that comes with the system. I also picked up the new Legend of Zelda game, but, honestly, as much fun as it is, I think I' ( Read more... )