Wednesday, August 13. 2008What the...
Seriously. What the hell is wrong with some people? Seriously!!!!
Special thanks the ThRhett for the video. Wednesday, August 13. 2008
First Crosspost: A Tinker's Debts ... Posted by Ancient of Days
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02:09Comment (1) Trackbacks (0) First Crosspost: A Tinker's Debts Are Always Paid
[Ed: I will be cross-posting any of my blog.joeysmith.com posts that I think might have general appeal, until such a
time as I discover a better method of syndicating the two blogs together.]
I picked up "The Name of the Wind" on the recommendation of Radar- when I first opened the book, I was gravely concerned - my experience has previously shown that the more glowing reviews a book got, the more likely it is that the book would not have sold without those reviews, and this book had no less than three full pages of raves. However, I went against my own judgement and have thus far been glad. If you decide to pick it up, do me this favor - stick with the story long enough to see Chronicler deal with highway robbery. If you still don't like it by that point, at least I won't be able to say you didn't give it a fair shake. Tuesday, July 29. 2008Anyone looking for a side job?An acquaintance of mine is looking for a webprogrammer to help him get his pet project up and running. It's a golf management system (that's all I'm at liberty to say at the moment.) If you're interested, I'll fwd your info to him and he'll be in touch. He's the CFO of a well established construction company and is quite responsible. What the crap is Birdwood, NE? Thursday, July 17. 2008Look-alike Meter
I guess I look equally like Jared and Pete:
 Sunday, May 18. 2008
Girls only want boyfriends who have ... Posted by Daboo
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17:54Comments (10) Trackbacks (0) Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.
You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills.
Do you have any hidden skills? I do. I can shave a cat. If you think that's not a difficult skill...lol. Oh, and yes he was conscious. So...what are YOUR skills? Wednesday, May 14. 2008One Hundred Words
Okay, so I don't usually like to just re-post a link I've seen on Penny-Arcade, but these are absolutely cool, and I definitely recommend reading through them. They
are little stories of 100 words. I thought they would be boring, but actually each one is quite interesting and hooked
me--though they're a little frustrating in that I want to know more. I especially loved the stories about Longinus,
which coordinate with another author at the Fabian Society. I think it takes a lot of creativity to be able to
intrigue a reader in only 100 words--makes me jealous.
Monday, May 12. 2008Behold, the future of America.
When I was 13, it never crossed my mind to steal a credit card from my parents and stay up all night playing Halo with
hookers, but obviously this kid is
ahead of the league.
I'm posting this here because it made me laugh so hard. Wednesday, April 23. 2008
I Love It When Microsoft Does Dumb Stuff Posted by Ancient of Days
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10:16Comments (6) Trackbacks (0) I Love It When Microsoft Does Dumb Stuff
Harkening back to the glory days of "Dance Monkey-boy Dance", I bring you Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street
Band performing "Rockin' our Sales".
Friday, April 18. 2008Ten Word Stories
Details at penny-arcade.com (warning: lots of vulgarity to be found there).
Mine Got nerfed, rolled an alt, got nerfed again, emoted displeasure. Reported for foul language, argued with GM, lost my shoes. Gnome bit my ankle, but an undead patched it up. Feared by warlock, stunned by rogue, capped flag. I stealthed into the flag room only to be ice-trapped. "My ankle is bleeding!" he cried, glaring at the gnome. "Those are mine," he sneered, accompanied by his hulking infernal. "Cute couple. Her beautiful tusks match his cold, undead skin." For sale: shiny paladin armor, slightly coated in murloc slime. Some from Daboo: This village was the most beautiful refuge, before Arthas came. He writhed in her icy grip. "Just kidding! Undead rock!" For sale: Hunter pet, velociraptor, very sharp teeth. Slightly disloyal. "Oops," he thought frantically, "Tauren don't appreciate Troll love songs!" Thursday, April 3. 2008Ya Moron
Some tennis-playing idjit hit himself in the head with his racket during a professional match, presumably out of
frustration. You can watch it via our
youtube cache. The mistake he made happens around 0:28, and he goes postal on his own forehead at around 0:34.
I can say I've felt that frustration about once a week for the past few years. The best part is around 1:32 where his opponent comes over and laughs at him. Monday, March 3. 2008The Rules
Doing it this way should save me some time on IM today.
If you were just as confused by today's XKCD as I was, follow below the fold. If you weren't confused, you lose anyway. 
Continue reading "The Rules"Sunday, February 24. 2008The face of Christianity
So I was cruising the internet this last week (I hate surfing) looking for a torrent to one of my new favorite shows The Unit and I noticed an ad on of the sites that I
found quite fascinating. It was an ad for a Christian Single site.
It just seemed to me that this ad had seemed a little racy for my brand of Christianity. What do you guys think? (see the ad by following the link below:) Continue reading "The face of Christianity" Sunday, February 24. 2008Aw Nuts!
I recently watched a report on the news regarding the types of food that people should be eating at certain ages in
their life. I was personally struck by the fact that I am not eating well at all for any age! I decided that I needed
to try and do something about it.
So I decided, based on recommendations by the reporter, that I should begin including vegetables and nuts to my diet. This is not an easily made decision since I grew up on a farm where we raised walnuts and almonds. I hate walnuts and don't really enjoy almonds. I do like some nuts and so I purchased pistachios and cashews. According to the report nuts help to reduce the risk of heart disease. I'm not sure about this because when I saw the price for just a pound of each type of nut my blood pressure hit the roof. Pistachios cost me $6 to purchase a pound (and that includes the weight of the shell), and the cashews also cost me $6 (thankfully pre-shelled). Maybe it will be worth the price. Can anybody recommend any other types of nuts that are healthy, and preferably cheap?
Sunday, February 17. 2008No truer statment...
My friend Jon said something as we were walking out of church
today that made me laugh and was absolutely the truth. He said: "Captain Planet was the lamest of superheroes ever
because he fights pollution and his only weakness is... pollution."
Here is where you can learn more about Captain Planet. Make sure you have your sound turned on. Sunday, February 3. 2008Some SciFi Movies
I was looking for some movies for the Mrs. and I to watch together, and came across Rotten Tomatoes Journey Through Sci-Fi, listing
what they consider the top 100 SciFi movies of all time. From that list, I culled the following subset of movies that
I've either never seen, or that I don't recall well enough to count them as a "rewatch". They also had a more timely
list, focused on football related
movies. I think Rudy being tied for #9 is a bit of an atrocity while Jerry Maguire
got a tie for #3, but *shrug*. (Make sure to read all the way to the bottom, where they explain why "Brian's Song"
didn't make the list).
Continue reading "Some SciFi Movies"
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Tue, 19.08.2008 13:37
Honestly, outside of Portal, I haven't heard much about any puzzle platformers on the PC s ince the Myst series dri [...]Comments ()
Tue, 19.08.2008 13:30
I thought you were going as Th e Jet now. I am so confused.Comments ()
Tue, 19.08.2008 10:09
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Mon, 18.08.2008 17:22
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Mon, 18.08.2008 16:21
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Wow. Well that ending was. . .unexpected.Comments ()
Mon, 18.08.2008 15:47
I like Sudoku. AoD got me usi ng this site: http://sudokugen erator.com/.Comments ()
Mon, 18.08.2008 14:52
I know Myst had a bunch of seq uels.Comments ()
Mon, 18.08.2008 12:07
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Fri, 15.08.2008 12:03
I am just implying that a sma rt person would double check their work.Comments ()