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| Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 | | 11:41 am |
Why so serious?
Finally got to see Dark Knight. I'm glad I did. Great frickin' movie, though I wish Bale's performance was as strong as the rest of the cast's. It's funny how the supposed star of the show has the least to really do. And it would have been nice to see them give a little more time to Two-Face, but overall they handled him really well.
Oh, and Heath better get a nomination. An amazing piece of work there. | | Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 | | 9:42 pm |
I'm going to be smart... and take some inspiration from Aries and break my vacation stuff into manageable pieces, with pics as needed (NSF 56K!). So...we'll start with general impressions of Eleuthera and the first day or so of the trip. General Impressions August is the low season here. Apparently 90 degrees Fahrenheit and humid with a chance of hurricane lacks appeal for your average vacationer. Go figure. The island's population is only ~11,000, many of whom live on the north of Governor's Harbour (notice the British spelling). Basically, if you see more than three cars on the road going either direction it's virtually a traffic jam. And if you see anyone else on the beach it's a crowd. Essentially, Eleuthera is not an island for people who want to *do* things. If, however, you want to have craptons of privacy and quiet, it's well worth your consideration. This phenomenon is compounded by staying at Le Sable Rose, where due to its isolation we were able to run in pants-optional mode pretty much the entire time. ( Sunday, 8/2 )I'll post more as the days go by and I find the time. Thanks for reading! | | Monday, August 18th, 2008 | | 8:12 pm |
A preview of the upcoming big post The view from the north end of our porch in Eleuthera...  | | 1:18 pm |
Back from my trip!
Did I miss anything interesting? I see I missed an NYC meet with Aaron and Buzzard, which makes me sad inside, but did I miss anything else?
I'll post a nice long tale of two vacations soon, perhaps tonight or tomorrow. There will be pics. Good ones. And yes, I will be wearing pants in them. Crotchless ones, but pants nonetheless. | | Friday, August 1st, 2008 | | 10:02 am |
How did our summer baseball season end?
With an unassisted triple play, courtesy of the best fielding kid on the other team being in the right spot and having a seven-year-old and a kid with ADHD whose meds balance isn't always exactly right on base. A fitting cap to the season, I think!
Still, the kids had a great time and I got to see a few of them really develop over the last six weeks. And of course they forgot all about the game as we sat around eating the pizza I had delivered to the field as a treat for all the kids. (We had money left over in the budget, I'm not *that* big of a sport.)
The downside? I know I'm going to be drafted to run fall ball now, because of how smoothly things went this summer. I am such a sucker. | | Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 | | 11:37 am |
Can't believe we leave for the Bahamas in less than 72 hours. Mad props to Aries and PK for the link to the place we're staying. Hopefully I'll be able to give you guys an update or two while we're there! | | Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 | | 2:26 pm |
I'd like to see an entire week go by on FO without seeing at least one fucktard who just doesn't get the joke bagging on my boy Buzzard. At least almost everyone's finally gotten past the whole "A'Gaeris is a Nazi" nonsense. | | 2:15 pm |
Bum-bum BADAAA, DADADAAAAAAAAA!!
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Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0
created with QuizFarm.com |
| You scored as James Bond, Agent 007 James Bond is MI6's best agent, a suave, sophisticated super spy with charm, cunning, and a license's to kill. He doesn't care about rules or regulations and somewhat amoral. He does care about saving humanity though, as well as the beautiful women who fill his world. Bond has expensive tastes, a wide knowledge of many subjects, and his usually armed with a clever gadget and an appropriate one-liner.
James Bond, Agent 007 |
| 75% | William Wallace |
| 63% | Maximus |
| 54% | Batman, the Dark Knight |
| 50% | Captain Jack Sparrow |
| 50% | The Amazing Spider-Man |
| 50% | Neo, the "One" |
| 46% | The Terminator |
| 38% | El Zorro |
| 38% | Lara Croft |
| 38% | Indiana Jones |
| 29% |
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 | | Friday, July 25th, 2008 | | 3:30 pm |
My older daughter is turing into a G-I-R-L. This is somewhat distressing. :-(
Yeah, circle of life, that's what happens, kids grow up, blah blah blah. Knowing it intellectually doesn't make it any easier for Daddy to handle emotionally, you know. | | 8:43 am |
Gotta teach these durn kids everything...
As I fired up TF2 yesterday, my son, who occasionally plays on my account, came over to me all excited and informed me he had gotten me the Flare Gun.
He was somewhat taken aback when I pinned him with the stink eye and said "You did what?"
And he gamely went on, telling me "Yeah, Tyler and I found these servers where you can get achievements..." and trailed off as I fixed him with a second stink eye.
I explained to him that A) It's my game, not his and if I want achievements unlocked I'll do it myself and B) achievement farming is verboten in my household.
I felt pretty bad about it this morning, though, because I know he meant well and was sorry that he did it once I explained things to him. Fortunately he was up before I left for work this morning, so I let him know I knew he meant well, just that he had to understand I liked to unlock the achievements in the course of playing and that farming is for lamers. Getting together with a couple of buddies to do the really tough ones at the end is OK, but farming is icky.
He bounced back OK, though, when I told him that when the Sniper and Engineer achievements come out, they're all his. He just better not try that stuff with the Heavy or the Soldier, or he's grounded. :-p | | Sunday, July 20th, 2008 | | 5:51 pm |
By the by, Dr. Horrible was awesome. :-) | | 7:58 am |
The Avatar series finale was overflowing with awesome. It bubbled over with more coolness than just about anything I've seen in a long time. Seriously, if you are on my F-list and haven't watched this show at all yet, maybe because you assume (not without a bit of merit) that a show on Nick couldn't possibly have any real appeal for a grown up, I wish you'd give it a try. You're denying yourself a real treat. | | Friday, July 18th, 2008 | | 11:59 am |
You ever want to feel like you'll never lift your arm over your head again? Throw BP for two hours. | | 10:34 am |
I can't believe it's only two weeks before we head off to Eleuthera. Where the heck has the time gone? | | Thursday, July 17th, 2008 | | 12:42 pm |
I'm just going to join the pack here and say that Dr. Horrible was a pretty fun way to kill a half hour at lunch today. | | 8:31 am |
Yay, finally new Avatar episodes!! Best American 'toon since JLU, I think. | | Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 | | 2:21 pm |
I did something today I never thought I'd do...
Order Yankees tickets. Seems wrong for a boy who loves baseball the way mine does not to see the place once, even though I detest those pinstripe wearing stinkers. | | 8:49 am |
| | Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | | 2:40 pm |
So my wife comes to visit me for lunch today, and really goes out of her way to doll herself up. Nice new clothes, hair just so, new earrings, the whole bit. Just looked great.
And where does she want to go for lunch, all done up like it's a first date or something? What is it she truly craves to break her fast? Arby's. No, seriously. Arby's. She just wanted some roast beef. I couldn't even talk her into going somewhere else, even though it felt ridiculous. Honestly, how low maintenance can you get?
I was actually laughing at the whole thing, because it was like we were 17-year-olds with the girl getting all done up and the guy feeling like a tool because he can't afford to take her somewhere nicer. It was hilarious.
But like Bugs Bunny says, "What Baby wants, Baby gets." | | 10:56 am |
I think if you use expressions like "heteronormativity" in an unironic way, you should probably take a step back and re-examine your life. I mean really, could you be any more pretentious? |
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