Have survived and am in Indianapolis. Room service was closed when I got here and my hotel is right by the airport. Thankfully, I can sleep through just about anything. We'll see how I hold up once pizza arrives. ... writing off pizza as an expense is loads of fun.

Shortly I'll be on my way to Indianapolis to cover an event for Gamespot. Let's hope I survive...

The following conversation occured while playing Eve Online with Kurt (who is sitting next to me, I had been typing in Corporate Chat):

"The Loan Cruiser?"
"Yeah, like the Lone Ranger."
"But with a bank."
"Oh. Crap."


Booooooooooooooooooooze.

Note to self: Fool around with Pandora some and see if you can find more musicians you like...

Taken from Walter Jon Williams' blog although he openly admits to taking it from somewhere else. (I've been rereading "Ten Points For Style" and decided to do my homework on him...

Here are your instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don’t search around and look for the “coolest” book you can find. Do what’s actually next to you.

For me, it's a tossup between a handful of books as to "which is nearest" so I'll post them all for your amusement...

"The hood was up, and both Barris and Arctor stood together with a pile of car tools."

and

"Someone should have been hit--but we were all whole and unperforated."

and

"She found a new roll of Life Savers in a pocket, tore off the top with her teeth, and pulled one into her mouth."

There are actually about 6 other books within immediate reaching distance, but that should be enough for the exercise.

Best sports injury... ever. Well. Maybe not better than gout.

First they thought he had pink eye. But specialists eventually determined he had an infection stemming from surgery after he was beaned by a fastball in 2004 at Class A Myrtle Beach.

The pitch broke his cheek and the orbital bone around his right eye, and damaged his sinus cavity. Francoeur said an infection apparently developed beneath one of the two titanium plates implanted during the surgery.

As Francoeur explained it, he blew his nose hard enough to dislodge a piece of cartilage and release the infection. His eye almost immediately swelled shut.

He took three antibiotics, each for an hour. Three hours in the morning, three more at night, and spent most of the time watching movies or playing Xbox on the couch of the Duluth apartment he shared with Braves catcher Brian McCann.

"I was like an old geezer, sitting there with my IV bag at home," said Francoeur, known for his high energy level. "It was awful. I [usually] can't sit around for an hour. I'd play Xbox, watch movies — I've seen every movie Blockbuster on Sugarloaf has to offer. I'd walk in there with my IV tube at 10 in the morning, 'What 'cha got?'"

Francoeur was permitted to begin lifting weights and working out in mid-December. He was prescribed pills and "salt spray" to use the next time he has a stuffy nose, and told to avoid ever blowing it so hard again.

Ocean's 13 starts filming in July. I have mixed feelings about this, but will remain hopeful.

Seemed intriguing enough....

T'is the year of pretty movies... Go watch the trailer to The Promise, which looks like Dynasty Warriors: The Movie. Pretty and epic.

Ha, screw you guys!

Every saturday night for the last two and a half months I have been drunk, possibily outside until 8 AM (except for the night I fell asleep on the floor), and uh... things... I can't remember. I'm tired and haven't been sleeping well. But I have classes! And other things! I'm young! Yoooouuuunnng!

And I like booze.

Wow, you know when we are starting to get old when all we can think of to talk about is our body functions. (Or what isn't functioning.)

Is it ok to have a mid-life crisis when you are 24?

I had another insanely painful muscle spasm last night. Not as horrific as the one earlier in the month where I actually woke up screaming, but still pretty bad... the thing that's weird about this one? It was my left leg... it's never been my left leg before...

OK, the question of the minute is thus: Why does the party always end up in the kitchen?

Discuss.

Best thing I heard all day:

"Both murder and peace agreements require delightful pastries." - Ian McConville

I love talking with my sister (i.e. Sherrie), but damn if we don't turn into a couple of longwinded gossipers.

In the absence of privacy partitions from Facilities, I may be forced to steal some couch cushions and make a fort out of my desk so I feel secure with my back to all these doors.

I hope my co-workers don't think I'm weird.

Catholicism needs more people willing to bend the rules... and I guess I'll be having corned beef at the pub this Friday.

I guess I'll just have to give up alcohol for lent in addition to burgers. Yeah, I know, big sacrifice :P

Jack Bauer


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*** This is not nearly as good as if Cliff had written it for us, but I needed to send something out today to people. From now on though, we are going to commission Cliff for stuff. I'm just terrible at this sort of writing. =) ***







FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
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Real Life Comics has left their publisher, Starline Multimedia, in order to 'break out' on their own.

San Francisco, CA - March 13th , 2006 - After two years of partnership, Real Life Comics has decided to end their contract with their publisher, Starline Multimedia.

Real Life Comics is already working on building a new e-commerce store where new and old Real Life Comics merchandise can be purchased. A launch date has not been set, but they hope to have the store running by the beginning of May. Real Life Comics is hoping that this opportunity will allow smoother transactions for customers and perhaps some new features that were not feasible during their time with Starline Multimedia.

Watch RealLifeComics.com in the weeks to come for more details.

For questions, please contact Elizabeth Dean at liz@reallifecomics.com.

Butter Fingers People Iced: Thirty Car Bombs Planted: Seventeen Favorite Weapon Steel Dildo Arms Broken: Twenty Six Eyes Gouged: Twenty Six Tongues Cut Off: Three Biggest Enemy: The Arm Breaker Get Your HITMAN Name

This is Megs'

BEWARE MY FIERCE PUSSIES!!!!!!

The Knee Bender People Iced: Forty One Car Bombs Planted: Eight Favorite Weapon Angry Cats Arms Broken: Nineteen Eyes Gouged: Thirteen Tongues Cut Off: Seven Biggest Enemy: Ruphas the Terrible Get Your HITMAN Name

In a slightly humorous touch, Kim in 24: The Game is pretty much as useless as Kim in 24: The Show...

I may be shakey, but I'm damn good.

Shakey Fingers Stevey People Iced: Forty One Car Bombs Planted: None. Pathetic. Favorite Weapon A Fire Extinguisher Arms Broken: Thirty Two Eyes Gouged: Twenty Four Tongues Cut Off: None. Pathetic. Biggest Enemy: The Weasel Get Your HITMAN Name

Mav has taken a dump. The toilet is now UNCLOGGED

DJ Devinoch is OFF AIR.

Bring it...

Twitch People Iced: Thirty Five Car Bombs Planted: Seventeen Favorite Weapon A Candlestick Arms Broken: Thirty Four Eyes Gouged: Twenty Eight Tongues Cut Off: None. Pathetic. Biggest Enemy: Bloody Benny Get Your HITMAN Name

Smuggler People Iced: Twelve Car Bombs Planted: Eighteen Favorite Weapon PVC Pipes Arms Broken: Thirty Two Eyes Gouged: Twelve Tongues Cut Off: Six Biggest Enemy: Smuggler Get Your HITMAN Name

This is Micheal's. Check out his enemy!

Joe Bananas People Iced: Thirty Eight Car Bombs Planted: Two Favorite Weapon Circular Saw Arms Broken: Twenty Seven Eyes Gouged: Twenty Seven Tongues Cut Off: None. Pathetic. Biggest Enemy: Rusty Rastelli Get Your HITMAN Name

Fat Tony People Iced: Six Car Bombs Planted: Fourteen Favorite Weapon Bare Hands Arms Broken: Nineteen Eyes Gouged: Twenty Three Tongues Cut Off: Eleven Biggest Enemy: The Knee Bender Get Your HITMAN Name

Can someone do me a favor? Can someone go door-to-door in the state of Missouri and explain to them the whole "separation of church and state" bit? 'Cause somehow I don't think they fucking get it...

STOOPID PEOPLE. GRR! HULK SMASH!

The headline: "Blair Plays the God Card"

Dom's immediate reaction:

(Tony Blair stands on the podium, raises his left hand which is wearing one of these)
Blair: Terrorists, it's time to...
(dramatic triple-take of his face)
Blair: DU DU DUEL! YU-GI-OOOOOOOOOOOH!

This image may stay with me for the rest of my life.

ACTING! (Jon Lovitz clap)

German engineering in the house, ya...

The Ambiguous Floating Head says that when the Amiguous Floating Head was a child, it would occassionally snow in Livermore once every few winters. It would melt instantly ofcourse, but snow none the less. Dom is just a noob.

There is ICE. Falling from the SKY.

Are schools off today? ;P

- Dom
Bay Area vintage Californian for 24 years

There be snow in them thar hills!!!

Driving to work this morning (I'm up in Redwood Shores for the next week and a half), and not only was there a smattering of snow in the hills behind me, there was also a substantial dusting in Santa Cruz Mountains ahead of me. Made for a pretty commute.

I'd take pictures, but I'd rather have it as a pleasant memory.

Sitting on a train, typing on a laptop, posting through a Treo... I am technological.

Charley horses are ass, especially when they're painful enough to wake you up from sleep and make you limp the rest of the day.

I am impervious to the power of suggestion placed by the evil Mav. Do you hear me? IMPERVIOUS!

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