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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
kobold
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6:58a |
[WTF] "He's a terrorist - no, wait, he's gay - HE HATES AMERICA SO I BEAT HIM UP!"
A lost Greek Orthodox priest who barely speaks English asks a Marine reservist for directions and said reservist chases him down and beats on him with a tire iron. The reservist has claimed the priest did everything from grab at his genitals and make lewd comments in perfect English to scream, "Allahu Akbar." Again, this is a Greek Orthodox Priest. Most telling statement in the article: "'That's what they tell you right before they blow you up,' police say Bruce told them." The reservist also has a blog that touts "the benefits of increasing testosterone and human growth hormones." He's claiming, still, the priest speaks perfect English (despite everyone who knows the priest says he only knows a few words), sexually assaulted him, and/or is a Muslim terrorist. He's also claiming the police who arrested him had anti-military bias, despite the face "that sergeant is, himself, a veteran." The priest doesn't want to press charges, sighting biblical stances on forgiveness. (edit) And of course the reservist's lawyer is playing the, "He looks weird so he had a right to beat the fuck outta him" card, more or less. ... hate people so much. (double-edit) The guy also does male modeling for various guy-skin sites. Got news for you, despite what such models claim, the chief visitors of those sites aren't women. |
| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 |
alice_anyone
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11:59a |
Crafty ?
Hmmm.... I'd like to find something like a ribbon, but a little thicker and made of clear plastic. To use as a base for resin "stays' with gears in them so that I can measure things out on it and place them evenly Xnumber of millimeters apart, and also give a little more support to the resin I pour over it. Clear plastic flat sticks of material around 3mm thick would also work (not rulers since I don't want color or numbers). Anybody seen anything like this anywhere? |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
jdporter
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11:16p |
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kobold
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9:44p |
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| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
systemreactor
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12:06p |
the kinda updated video game post (black label)
The nice thing about having a Japanese Xbox 360 is being able to play demos of games before the demos come out in the United States. Of course, it is helpful to remember such features, otherwise I could have been playing the Bayonetta demo a lot earlier. Anyway, I like Bayonetta although when there is a lot of action on the screen (with the enemies and your special attacks), it's hard to track where you are and what you are doing sometimes (maybe it's something I need to get used to). An interesting game, I'll wait for the US version to pick it up. On a side note, I was mostly clothed when I was playing the game. Thought I would throw that in there. The New Xbox Experience came out 11/19/08. In ten days it will be a year since I haven't created an avatar. Yes, I still think the whole thing is stupid. I don't think I'll be picking up Assassin's Creed II right away. I didn't pick up the first one until it ended up being $20.00. I'll pick up the second one eventually, probably when it drops to the $39.99 or lower price point. That's it for now. |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
storyjunkie
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7:51p |
Of truths and video games.
I'm sure that when I call them video games, I am being flippant. But I do love a good role-playing story, especially since Bioware decided to really do storytelling. I know there were others before, but mine own heart was caught by KOTOR, and I haven't been the same since. The latest offering is Dragon Age: Origins, and it arrived in my mailbox this afternoon. Seemingly, it is an entry in the newly-named Fantasy Noir genre, with an optional setting called "Persistant Gore", and some social commentary in the opening sequence for the character background I chose (Dwarf Commener). Set in a semi-standard North Europe fantasy land - it seems to draw more from the Germanic than the Celt or Norse, from what I can make out - I enjoyed the upsetting of genre gender roles by playing a female warrier. For a male adventurer, it seems much more traditional fantasy in its genre tropes. I look forward to seeing how much the twists turn the genre expectations on their heads. |
| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
kobold
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3:08p |
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swgarasu
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8:23a |
Hmm, looks like Covenant was back in the U.S. last month- I'm thinking they skipped Denver this time because I didn't hear anything about them, but they were in TX and OR and CA... I poked around their website though and it says Joakim did not come, so that makes me worry a bit, they already lost Clas, and as much as I like Eskil's voice, I am not sure he can carry things on his own. In any case, their website also states they are coming out with a new album- "Modern Ruin" so I'm excited about that, although they don't have even one song from it on their myspace page or homepage, as far as I can tell. I'm not a myspace fan, but it used to be a good place to find stuff on bands. None of them seem to keep current anymore though...perhaps they are moving to FB or they just all said "screw it" and decided to just put stuff on their homepages. |
| Thursday, November 5th, 2009 |
storyjunkie
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5:15p |
test post
new fangled phone, with a newfangled app out of Russia. Testing...testing 1...2...3 |
alice_anyone
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12:58p |
Japan-America society today announced a free lecture with manga artists Kouhei Nishino and Tsugumi Nishino who jointly hold the pen name, "KONOHANA SAKUYA," Monday night in downtown Denver. More on the artists: http://www.cybermanga.com/english/cybermanga/index.html The announcement: Effects of Manga on Japanese Anime from the Creators' Point of View KONOHANA SAKUYA will travel to the six U.S. cities under the Japan Foundation's Cultural Exchange Program (and) will present their insights of Japanese manga, including current business style and future trends. The audience will also be introduced to the creator's visual contents of manga production in a 60 minute lecture followed by a 30 minute Q&A session. This is a fantastic opportunity for Japanese anime fans. Admission is free. Open to the public. King Center Concert Hall [ maps] Monday, November 9, 2009 7:00PM-8:30PM 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 556-2296 |
| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 |
swgarasu
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1:14p |
Halloween etc
Sorry, no pictures yet. I had a busy day on oct 31, went to costco and picked up essentials (paper towels, maple syrup, etc) then went to a local pumpkin patch with G where we sank in mud several inches deep before procuring the perfect pumpkin for him- a big tall thing, very nice actually. After that JD drove me to Erie to pick up my new saddle (hooray, sold the old one) and then we headed home for naps. G tried to make my life easy and wanted to wear the pumpkin costume I made him last year again this year. "I want to be a pumpkin. Or Tinkerbell. Or Tinkerbell that turns into a pumpkin." I felt guilty and restless and worried about the neighbors' opinion of a lazy mom who forces her kid to wear the same costume as last year, so I got up and dug through my scrap bag and cut out some black suede-ish material and felt. I cut out some triangles and a gap tooth mouth and hand-sewed them hurridly on so that he could at least be a little different from last year (and he was happy enough that his costume now had a face). I put my down vest on him for puffiness and warmth, and off we went. I don't know if any of the neighbors remembered him or not, but they still thought he was about the cutest damn thing ever. It helped that he would get flustered and say things like "Have a nice...trick or treat." In any case I was too busy sewing to carve the pumpkin- I had drawn a nice scary face on it for G, but I wanted it carved, so woke Jesse up and set him to it. He did a great job- I'll have to put up a picture. Anyway, back to the trick or treating- It was a beautiful night. The sky was perfectly clear, the moon was shining bright, and the weather was wonderfully mild. We were out for probably 2 hours. G got a grocery bag totally full of candy. There must be like 5 pounds of candy in there. He was stoked, and told me happily "I LOVE my pumpkin costume!". He keeps asking me when it will be Halloween again, and assures me that it was the best Halloween ever. On Sunday however, I felt like utter crap, and stayed in bed the whole day. My joints and bones hurt so much. I had, and still have, a cough and mucous in my throat. One coworker thinks I have swine flu, but I didn't have a fever (he says it will come - we'll see). Daycare ordeal may be nearly complete- we looked up places, visted places, took G to visit places, and then jumped through the ridiculous paperwork hoops (I HATE KAISER FOR FORMS, UGH). and I think today he may actually get to go to the new daycare. G is doing pretty well in his swim lessons, he is able to float a bit on his own though he doesn't really know it/get it, but I think this will be his last swim course till the weather gets warmer- I just don't like having a wet kid out in really cold weather even if it's only for a few minutes. He had kind of a breakthrough in this class- he always seems to feel safer with women, and he did not want to work with his male instructor, but I made him sit at the pool for the first class and the second class I hyped him up and the teacher was very patient, and now G loves him, so yay. I think we'll hit gymnastics next- he's still dying to try it and I remember really liking it as a kid (ha, except for bars, but even that was kind of fun after I got over the fear). |
alice_anyone
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10:54a |
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| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 |
alice_anyone
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1:37p |
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