Annals of the Homestarmy - Oddities

One Hundred Words

nospam@example.com (Daboo) — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:44:39 -0600

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.

Behold, the future of America.

nospam@example.com (Wren) — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:27:56 -0600

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.

I Love It When Microsoft Does Dumb Stuff

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:16:00 -0600

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".

Ten Word Stories

nospam@example.com (The Mad Giggler) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:46:37 -0600

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!"

Ya Moron

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:22:18 -0600

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.

The Rules

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:21:56 -0700

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"

The face of Christianity

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:07:11 -0700

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"

Aw Nuts!

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:46:06 -0700

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?

No truer statment...

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:33:10 -0700

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.

Some SciFi Movies

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:47:00 -0700

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"

Another top 10 list

nospam@example.com (Daboo) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:35:22 -0700

My students are practicing description. Specifically, were learning about sensory words, similes, and metaphors. I asked them to describe their mothers. And let me just say, these were all written in complete seriousness. Here are my top 10 favorites (each of these is by a different child):

10: Her eyes are as blue as the water in the toilet.

9: She has dark brown hair like a little puppy sitting on her head.

8: Her hair is just like a polluted cloud.

7: When she gets mad she makes weird faces like a clown.

6: Her brown glistening eyes seem as if they are poisonous cockroaches coming after you in the dark.

5: Her eyes are as brown as a bear covered in chocolate.

4: She looks like a nice, extravagant witch.

3: She is short, like a pumpkin.

2: She looks like a frog but with whiter, less warty skin.

And finally, 1:

When she starts screaming she is like a more pissed-off version of you. (no offense.)

oh, and I have to add an honorable mention. This was written by a boy:

She cute. She even cuter than Brad Pitt.

Decision reached

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:06:00 -0700

I posted an article about a Klingon chalice back on Feb 5 2007. A friend had gotten me a Klingon chalice and I was looking for suggestions on what to drink in it.

I finally made a decision.
Continue reading "Decision reached"

As Golum would say... "I'M FREE!!!!!!"

nospam@example.com (Radar) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:04:24 -0700

I have had the same calling in my stake for the last year and four months. I was an assistant stake executive secretary - with responsibilities over the missionary department. Most of you would say, that's nothing, wait till you get in to a family ward. I would agree. But a calling in a university/single stake is not quite the same. High turnover and constant activities make for a very stressful job.

I have enjoyed my calling as I have been able to attend most of the baptisms in the stake as well as be able to see the week to week operations of stake leadership as I attended Stake Presidency meetings and Stake PEC. But the toll has been hard as my duties demanded that I miss a good share of my own ward (all of Sunday School and sometimes all of Elders Quorum). I really like Sunday School. And frankly I don't recognize a good share of the people in my own ward.

So this past Thursday I sat down with the Stake President and asked if I could be released to go back to my ward. He agreed and said that I could go back. I thanked him and walked out feeling much better. So now I get to just be a regular member for a little while; at least until they call me to something else.

I Had No Idea...

nospam@example.com (Ancient of Days) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:41:33 -0700

exactly how far in advance some book publishers plan their releases! (first book, right-most column)

I don't just make this stuff up!

nospam@example.com (Wren) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:24:04 -0700

Hey, remember when I told you guys that the youngest woman on record to ever give live birth was six years old? And someone said, "That's not even possible," and I insisted that the girl had reached puberty at a very young age, three if I remember correctly, (probably due to hormones in her dairy or eggs, although that's questionable) then got sexually abused by some homeless guy in her South American village at age five and subsequently gave birth to a boy by ceasarian section at age six?
Well it's true. Very occasionally, girls mature at a very young age. They even have a term for it nowadays. They call it 'precocious puberty'. Here is an example.