I PROMISE I’m getting my shit together and doing a real post.. i was searching for pics of the game I’m going to review and for some reason these rather amusing (IMHO) “de-motivational” posters came up. I know they are a bit overdone.. but its still funny to me:

AAAAND this one:

Anyone who wishes to challenge that i WAS in fact looking for boobs and not a “Mad Cat” Mech can bite me! I have screen shots to prove I was looking for something game related!

ZIM: Gir we ran out of fuel surprisingly fast.
GIR: Oh, I emptied it out.
ZIM: WHAT?! WHY?!
GIR: To make room for the tuna.

The title is a hint at the next retro game I plan on reviewing in a (im sure feigned) attempt at blogging again! Anyone who can tell me which game this comes from first wins the prize of knowing you are just as big a geek as I ;o)

Good luck and good hunting!

I PROMISE I am going to have some real posts up soon.. but this was too damned funny NOT to regurgitate:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns

Read it and weep DMB fans!

The birth of my daughter, the greatest singular event in my life, occurred at 1:22am Saturday morning.

Picture courtesy of one of my oldest, and best friends: Shane Thomas

I know I said I wasn’t going to blog for a while, but this inspiration came to me during my recent road trip to and back from NM. For me the hallowed “Road Trip” is a form of therapy that will beat out even the most seasoned veteran doctor any day. There is just something about smell of foreign air and the sight of farms and plains and cities speeding by me that just re-invigorates my spirit. When I was a kid I had a fascination with highway sign. You know,the big green ones with the white borders? I was obsessed with them, even to the point that I would ask my parents to get on the freeway to go ANYWHERE in town, just so I could stare at them.

Well part of this love of the road for me is music. There is nothing more conducive to the esoteric experience of car traveling then a perfect soundtrack to go along with it. You want something both upbeat AND introspective to keep your spirits high but yet well grounded enough for some real soul searching. So in keeping with this idea; I have decided to list my top 10 road trip albums. Now this is a difficult process because firstly, there are not many FULL albums out there where the whole thing is awesome. Then on top of all that, that the full album can then lend itself to the road trip experience! For instance, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is one of my favorite FULL albums of all time, but for some reason; I just don’t care for it from the road trip standpoint. So here again is my list of 10, in no particular order. I merely list them as they come to me:

1. Led Zeppelin’s “Led Zeppelin IV (aka. Zoso)“
2. The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s “The Dirty Boogie“
3. DJ Shadow’s “Preemptive Strike“
4. Beastie Boys “Hello Nasty“
5. Led Zeppelin’s “Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Vol. 1“
6. Maynard Ferguson’s “The Essence of Maynard Ferguson“
7. Antonin Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”“
8. Jamiroquai’s “A Funk Odyssey“
9. Maynard Ferguson’s “Master of the Stratosphere“
10. Dallas Jazz Orchestra’s “Scrapbook“

So that is my list, there were many others that I really wanted to honorably mention like “Elvis’ Live from Hawaii” or “Jerry Seinfeld’s I’m telling you for the last time”, that were VERY special in terms of road trip relevance, but not quite in the spirit of what the list was about. I look forward to seeing everyone else’s ideas!

Hola everyone,

The next month is going to be a whirlwind of lots of different feelings, thoughts, concerns, etc… So Ill be take an extended break from putting up a new post. I have a few ideas I plan on writing about once I get my life in order.

More to come, I promise!

Gotta love Google’s “joke” this year check it out:

Google Custom Time

1. Why is it that nobody really had a problem with “double dipping” until the Seinfeld episode brought it to light? Was the flu more virulent before? Were people dropping dead from some bizarre pathogen that could only survive from chip to leek dip? And for that matter, if you are slobbering over a chip so much that you subsequently taint the dip: Is the act of double-dipping REALLY your biggest concern?
2. What is it about people singing poorly or greatly that makes for such awesome television? Reality TV is not even reality, it’s just a game show with more interviews. You know when Alex Trebek discusses a few interesting facts about the guests in between each round? THATS the same as “reality” television. You want REAL reality television? Video tape yourself trying to work your DVR; THATS reality television. A recording of you getting so angry at the poorly programmed interface and furious at possibly the slowest speed hard drive known to man IS reality entertainment.
3. Have you noticed that in recent years that telling someone you use dial-up internet service is like back in the 80’s telling someone you still own a Trans AM, except ever since that mud bogging incident with cousin Rocky after the Tesla concert its been on blocks in front of the trailer; But you’re gonna get it all fixed up again and then get that job as a stunt double for Hasselhoff on Knight Rider and move outta the park? Having dial-up anymore is tantamount to using food stamps, and loving the idea of government cheese.
4. When was the last time you actually needed a pay phone? Why in the hell are they still around?
5. Why don’t the airlines just get rid of the middle seat? Who actually LIKES sitting there, with your back all contorted in strange ways as you attempt to maintain some amount of personal space? I propose that they do away with the middle seat entirely, then at least you have some more room for the 2 tons of luggage most people carry with them on the plane anyway? If there is any consequence of the rampant baggage losses the airlines were getting bad press for back in the 90’s, the 1 bag/1 personal item limit is it. And who actually follows this rule as it was intended? Everyone knows what you do: you stuff your laptop bag/purse/jacket/D.) all of the above with so much shit that you look like a French fur trader post season getting on the damned plane!

From the mouth (or blog) of the man himself:

“The guy who fails at the game is the one who
goes out looking for women to make him
feel good about himself.

The guy who succeeds at the game is the one
who goes out and makes other people feel good
about themselves”.