So last time I posted to LJ, it was when I had just started playing WoW and it was new and fresh. Like many others I made the switch to FB around the same time and stopped posting here ( Read more... )

If anyone reading this plays WoW, make sure you log on today. There is a 4th anniversary pet in your mail...

Also be careful, it is account-bound unique, you can only learn it on one character.

EDIT: evidently the article I read was wrong, it's not limited to one character.

Let the Right One In is really good, if you can find it showing (very limited release). Worth checking to see if it's playing anywhere close.

I was making an online reservation at a hotel today and came across this interesting tidbit on the (major chain) hotel's reservation page:

"Due to system limitations please do not use the following characters: &, %, < and ( Read more... )

Realms can be full??!!

I bought a copy of World of Warcraft today (actually, troublebox bought a copy too.)

I am downloading a huge patch right now, which is only going at about 128k/s; I have a sneaking suspicion my ISP is rate limiting me, which is annoying since I have business class service. In any case, after having successfully avoided MMO's for years, I will be playing one

OMG there's a cat behind me whatdoIdo?????

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showsWatched["Heroes"] = NULL;  // Plot no longer makes any sense whatever

This is what downtown Issaquah looks like during the annual Salmon Days festival. Mmmmmm festival junk food.


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Yesterday, I heard a McDonald's ad where a woman was overjoyed that she no longer had to pursue intellectual pursuits in order to order espresso, since McDonald's has it now. "Come back to the least common denominator," the ad seemed to say, "it's more comfortable here."

Today I saw in the news that Beverly Hills Chihuahua won the weekend and, in ( Read more... )