A Halo 3 Multi - Player Idea

I think a Halo 3 Drinking Game Tournament would be cool.

$20 entry fee. As many 360s hooked up via Ethernet as possible.

Random teams to start, flip a coin. Heads, red team. Tails, blue team.

All slayer matches with the members of the losing team all doing a shot or chugging a beer after each round.

You total up your killing score from each round and write it down to keep a running total.

Then the teams are shuffled with the top half of scorers on one team and the lower half on the other.

You play until someone reaches 1000 kills or all but one pass out. Losing team gets the odd man out caused by passers out.

This would be awesome for a weekend guys-only party.

Dr. Doom Speaks:

For Jay...

The embed feature isn't working for this one and I'm too lazy to figure it out. So click this link instead:
http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/12/31

Now That's Much Better...

I've never bothered to learn anything about HTML until about five minutes ago. And Blogger's directions suck. But I think this is much nicer on the eyes. I've always hated all that wasted space.

Although I might revert back to the classic layout with the adjusted margins.

BTW: feel free to offer layout suggestions if you're so moved.

The Best Thing EVER PUT ON THE INTERNET!

More goofy crap.

"No, You're An Idiot!"

Well, that's what I heard when... well, let me set it up. I was reading this terrific rant over at Rachel Lucas'.

I just love when life takes you out of the tech support manual. Having someone say something is "impossible" while it's happening to you is infuriating.

I'm sure everyone has this happen to them occasionally. But I just wanted to share my favorite time it happened to me.

I was buying something for my '84 Ford Mustang. I forget what exactly. I think it was some sort of engine sensor.

But I went in to the dealer and told them I needed the part.

Him: "What year?"
Me: "84"
Him: "What engine size?"
Me: "GT 2.3 liter turbo"
Him: ".................. they didn't make that."
Me: "Ummmm... yeah they did. GT. EFI. 2.3L turbo. 5 speed. It's sitting right outside."
Him: "No, they didn't make one."
Me: ...... (silently contemplating murder)

Now, I am not a big car guy. I cannot recite specs on every big block ever made, but after spending a LOT of time getting my car repaired by me and shops... I knew my car. Especially what the heck it WAS.

Strangely, no one that told me it didn't exist would ever come out the door to just LOOK at the engine and those letters carved into the top that said "MICHAEL IS RIGHT!" Their computer's database could not POSSIBLY be wrong or somewhat non-comprehensive.

No. I was an idiot.

BTW, it was a silver 'Stang hatchback with black highlights and a sunroof. Much like this one, except mine didn't have the pony logo on the sides like this one. (And that always annoyed me too.)

It was my first car and it's been gone for over a decade. But I still miss her, pain in the ass though it was. But, like all cars, she was female so she just had to be trouble, right?

Mmmmm... Local Produce...

Indiana Vodka... Good stuff! I just opened the bottle and had two half shots neat. I like to try everything that way first.

Indiana Vodka is smooth and pretty tasty, so far as vodkas go. Almost no burn in my throat. It actually smells harsher than it tastes, which is a first so far as I can remember.

I usually buy cheaper vodkas (Gordon's, Seagrams or Smirnoff). They're all usually around $10 but decent. I almost keep it in the freezer. I'm not sure I want to do that with this one though. It's more than good enough neat to keep it room temp in the cabinet.

And I'm thinking it should be very good on the rocks with a bit of lime.

It is a bit spendy at $27 a bottle over at Vine & Table. But they can be on the expensive side so I will check the other local liquor stores soon enough. But I bought there because I could try before buying. The sales guy Denis said it's selling very, very well. Good to hear.

IV (hey, I like that!) is at least as good as any other vodka I've tried. Plus it's made locally and the folks over at Heartland Distillers are already talking about making a gin (which is really just flavoured vodka anyway) and maybe even a bourbon down the road.

It would be pretty cool to have a local brand making good stuff be successful, so I think I shall be doing to do my part and keep at least one bottle in stock.

Sexting?

http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2008/11/teens_can_have_sex_just_not_take_photos_of_it.html


This guy about sums up my thoughts on the subject. It is a timely topic, albeit an insane one.

Of course this changes my ideas on some things. Like if I legally marry a 16 year old girl with her parents' consent, I can go to jail for videotaping the cherry-popping?

In what kind of sick fucking barbaric world do I find myself?

Not that I would ever DO that, mind you. That would be just wrong. It would totally go against all my strongly-held beliefs.

Especially the one that would have me playing Winger's "I'm Only Seventeeeeeeen" song in the background during said wedding night.

Just Passed The House...

"This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’."

Funny. Sounds more like a "To Assert Kontrol over Everybody" or "TAKE" act.

You youngin's have fun slaving for Uncle Barack now, ya hear?

And before anyone bitches at me, I think the draft is even more evil than chattel slavery. And compulsory jury duty is bullshit. So save it for someone that cares.

Too Easy A Target...

... but that don't mean I won't post funny links about our Tard Prez.

Check the captions on the photos:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/284601.php

Did I Already Post This?

I keep getting deja vu all the freaking time lately. It's really getting spooky.

Is It Wrong To Hope?

For Zombies?

I think we're sunk and going into a fascist lunatic society. From my reading of the Bible, I'm not allowed to shoot my fellow man. But if they were ZOMBIFIED!

OPEN SEASON, MUTHAFUCKAS!

That would be cool. As long as the ammo holds out.

And if Satan is listening, I prefer the slow-moving zombies.

The Sequel That's Just BEGGING To Be Made!

SON OF Man's Best Friend!

Yes, that incredible (and it was!) Ally Sheedy / Lance Henriksen film about a DNA-altered Rottie that pisses acid and swallows cats whole!

Why not? Every other shitty movie ever made is being "reimagined" or having sequels made a decade or two late.

Last House on the Left? He Knows You're Alone? Prom Night?

It's not as though a desire for quality films could possibly be the reason preventing this one from being made.

They have to add at least one super-power to the mutt though. Laser beams from it's eyes?

How Odd I Is

Isn't it interesting the ways you realize you've been naive about something your entire life? It has never occurred to me that eateries would intentionally spew out yummy smells into the breeze to stir up business. I read something on the net this weekend about BBQ joints doing that. It was a completely novel idea to me.

And it makes perfect sense.

I'm not complaining (for once!), just noticing.

LOOK AT THE SMIRK!

Seth Rogan should TOTALLY play "Angel" from Buffy.

Why Watch The Watchmen?

The good:

Visually it was very well done. A near-perfect visual adaptation of Dave Gibbons' work. Good (but not great) special effects. Dr. Manhattan detonating folks was disturbing but cool to watch.

Directing, from an adaptation of the Gibbons art POV, very well done. (Except for the slow-mo crap which has been done to death and really just needs to die. No more bullet time, no more panoramic frozen-in-time crap a la Swordfish, no more slow-mo ever again. No one will miss it, really.)

It really did capture a lot of the visual feel of the comic. On a Sin City level, though both the comic and the movie on that one are just awful on about every level. (Frank Miller is stupidly and spectacularly juvenile. Just about everything I've read of his since Dark Knight Returns is plain awful. And I suspect it's all just him mocking his audience while raking in gobs of dough.)

The bad:
The cartoonish violence was just awful. I don't mind graphic violence. But these are humans fighting, not SUPER-humans. Even Silk Spectre is sending guys flying. IIRC, even Ozymandias wasn't super-human. And he wasn't depicted as such in the film either. So WHY the ridiculous-looking antics? Why have folks flying 30 feet away after being kicked? It just looks stupid. This is yet another Hollywood convention that needs to die ASAFP.

The psyche session wasn't interesting at all. Probably the best issue of the entire series and it might as well not even be in the film. That's something that could have been put into a DVD special like the pirate ship thing. It could have been paced appropriately slow to the point of boring. Kovacs "dying" would have been 10 times more interesting and had a much bigger impact psychologically.

The pacing BLOWS. This is a thinking man's comic book, as much as any comic can be. Maybe a contradiction in terms to some, but it isn't so much a slap you in the face with its dick experience as the movie is. The movie is way too much action, not enough subtlety. I said it before watching it, that it should have been a HBO mini-series instead of a film. The pacing pretty much ruins it for me.

Overall, I don't know how well it works as a movie. I tend to think not very well, but my perceptions are mixed up because of the comic and always will be. So I would have to ask someone that knows nothing about the comic series to get a feel for a decent answer.

Other interesting crap:
http://watchmen.wikia.com/wiki/Watchmen_Wiki

Nitpick alert: Watchmen is NOT a graphic novel. It was a twelve-issue limited series when originally released.

Quick aside: How fucking pathetic is this?
http://io9.com/5156140/warner-bros-forced-watchmens-laurie-to-go-cold-turkey

Another quick aside: Malin Akerman actually looks much better as a blonde, something I almost never say. And it's not just because pics of her tits come up on a Google search. Found those accidentally... honest. I accidentally clicked on the pics too... honest... mmmmmmmm...

Exactly...

I Don't Use This Title Seriously Very Often...

... but this dude... is a BADASS.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4972492/Diver-grapples-with-12ft-tiger-shark.html

Man, I really, really, really hate those things.

UPDATE: MORE MANLINESS!!!! BASE JUMPING!

More manly insanity reposted: http://vimeo.com/1778399

Maybe I Should Watch More Often

Some funny before the semi-serious, with a hat tip to the LRC Blog:

The New F***ing Citibank - watch more funny videos

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220533

Dude... John Stewart prison raped this dude. It's almost painful to watch.

But Stewart is being completely naive himself. Why in the world should anyone take MSNBC or Mad Money at face value? Skepticism is called for at all levels. Comedy Central answers to folks too. Maybe they're shorting MSNBC stock and making dough off of this performance. Who knows?

Short selling isn't evil. Even leveraging isn't evil. The evil is using the government to make these gamblers whole when they guess wrong.

It's as if the Duke & Duke brothers in the Eddie Murphy movie "Trading Places" could just walk over to a Congressman and say "Hey! We fucked up! Cut us a check please." And they walked away with a check. That's the meltdown writ large.

And I don't watch The Daily Show, but how often does Stewart call out fractional reserve banking, the FDIC (and other "insurances") or the Federal Reserve?

Wall Street didn't do this by themselves. The simple fact is that they COULD NOT do it by themselves. Wall Street cannot destroy the dollar without the Fed's involvement. They can destroy the stocks, but not the dollar itself.

And yes, John: toxic mortgages indeed had a very large part in all this financial meltdown too.

And anyone investing expecting their stock funds, 401K's or whatever to always go up is just stupid. And greedy. Stewart did get it right to say hard work gets you ahead. The real bitch of it is that working hard, living within your means and paying your bills right now is likely to have you watching your irresponsible neighbors get Free Obama Cash to help with their mortgage while you have to struggle and watch any savings you have get wiped out by inflation.

No one but the Austrians seem to have called this meltdown in advance. But the Keynesians sure spout plenty of stupid bullshit about how to fix it. How wise is that approach?

ASIDE: On that subject:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/richards-b1.html

This is a great clip, just incomplete.

Nice Work, Satan!

I was talking to this ditz someone some years back. As was (is) often the case, there was downtime at my federal job and we were yakking for a while and the topic of money troubles came up.

She told me: "Go to church. God gave me lots of money." My immediate thought was that was rather obnoxious. Treating God like an ATM? I wasn't even a believer, but I was actually offended. (Fake seeming believers that can't think through their own beliefs have always annoyed me.)

This was a person that cut corners at everything on her job and seemed to be a crooked individual. Maybe sleazy is a better term. I got the sense that nothing was beneath her if it was to her advantage. Just a feeling, but when you have a number of folks saying someone's sleeping her way to the top you begin to wonder. Especially when she's as dumb as a box of rocks, constantly demonstrates her incompetence and rises so quickly.

She's since been divorced. And the last time I talked to her, she seemed to be the same way.

Just now, a post over at Vox' blog mentioned how things are likely to get worse for new Christians. I can attest to that, but I also wonder if deluded and/or superficial wanna-be Christians might not actually BE rewarded with earthly treasures.

By Satan.

As a means of duping the rubes into thinking "God gave us prosperity" and easing their way into Hell.

Just wondering out loud. That would be a very slick way to scam souls.

I guess I'm reflecting on that because I honestly feel that this world rewards greedy and stupid behavior (leaving the religious part out of the equation momentarily). And I sure seem to have had an easier time with it when I wasn't trying to be as responsible. Or a Christian.

I Cannot Argue

I would be a motorboating son of a bitch!

Brrrrrbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb!!!!!!!!!!

"The Military's "Breathtaking" Contempt for US Civilian Lives"

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/025684.html

I would like to see the government refute this. I seriously doubt they are able.

I Had An Idea For A Blog Entry...

... and now it's gone. How annoying.

Oh well...

TITTIES!

Okay, now I feel better.

(Remember the South Park Heavy Metal sequence?)

... titties...

Yummo....

This thing rocked. Not as decadent as Shane's bacon roll HERE, but mighty tasty!

I don't remember where I got the idea for this, but I made some stuffed peppers the other night and the cheese oozed off of the peppers and melted onto the broiler pan. But I ate the spilloff and really loved it. So... what do you do with leftover cheese?

Me, I preheated my oven at 350, then spread out some California Olive Oil (from Trader Joe's, VERY tasty stuff BTW) on my nonstick cookie sheet. Then I spread out some Quattro Formaggio cheese (a mix of Parmasean, Asiago, Fontina & Mild Provolne) in as thin a layer as possible.
Then I turned on the light in the oven and watched the bubbly fun. I kept it at 350, but I got impatient and turned it up to 400.

I let the edges brown up, then waited til the rest browned up too. I kept it a little less cooked in the middle simply because I didn't want the edges to burn.

The "Cheese Crunchy" easily came up in one piece. The edges were crunchy, the middle was wonderfully chewy.

I crumbled the edges into my salad. I just ate the middle, savoring the cheesy goodness.

Next time I think I will put a light layer of black and white pepper on the top. But that might ruin the subtleties of the cheesiness. So I might just leave it be.

Easy and delicious. Just like how I like my womens. :p

"on PAID Administrative leave"

As is all too typical.

This should be case closed. This pig should be indicted for assault with intent to commit bodily harm posthaste.

And add a charge for gross stupidity while you're at it. What sort of imbecile does this in full view of videocameras?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/025593.html#more

I can hear plenty of folks saying "She tried to attack him with her shoe!"

Those folks are morons.

Yes, she was stupid for not realizing she's considered a disposable nuisance to our Masters and being properly deferential.

No, the piggies do not have any legal right or moral justification for this sort of action.

Ever.

I do find it amusing that the deputy's partner tries to justify the beating with "She called us fat!"

I LOVE NY!

The NEW YORK POST, anyway.

Regarding the Magic Negro's plans:

"This isn't the free market. It's the freeloader market."

Lovely turn of phrase...