Author Archives: Filemon

No Fat Kids

Hey, look, West Virginia Schools lead the way by adopting video games into their curriculum. One hundred and three middle and junior high schools in West Virginia are getting Dance Dance Revolution machines. Too bad Andamiro can’t get a deal like this for their Pump It Up games.

Wish my connection worked

Yes, I know I don’t really play anymore, but that is one big spider. The skeletons in the background offer some sense of scale, as well as the tauren there at its leg. Maybe I’ll get back into WoW, although it would take some doing, as there is still the problem of “level gap.” That, and well, my account doesn’t ever want to stay connected. Network drivers up to date, good connection, and the phenomenon seems to follow me around from computer to computer. Ah well.

Before anyone starts playing WoW, (you know who you are) you should probably read this primer on MMOG etiquette.

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I miss California sometimes. The weather is nice, the pace of living is a little more laid back, and I’ve got the hometown advantage.

One of the things I miss most is In-n-Out burger.

I have told people about the (not so) secret menu, how you can get a burger a certain way, if you are “in the know.” You can order a Double Double from the menu, but you can also order a burger composed of the number of patties by the number of slices.

Thus, the “four by four” is a burger composed of four beef patties with four cheese slices.

Behold now, the “twenty by twenty.”

Also in that same article is the “seventy five by seventy five.”

(Insert obligatory “do you want fries with that?” comment.)

Steak + Fireplace = ?

Anyone with a fireplace willing to try cooking their steak directly on the embers of their fireplace? Regarding the article, I do enjoy how it starts to wax tragic about love during the description of the inaugural meal.

Anyone? I’ll give it a shot. I’ll even buy the steak.

Insomnia

Had a bout with insomnia earlier in the week.

Three o’clock in the morning and I have absolutely no business being on the internet. Not really awake, and not asleep, I’m trolling for memes that I missed. I’m halfway through the Morning Musume clips on google video when my subconscious mind decides that they were only funny the first time. I guess pairing excitable Japanese women with African Rock Monitor lizards / Sadako / Bob Sapp / Tequila is a one trick pony.

On the other hand, it’s not all that likely that tequila was Patron of any sort, so I don’t blame her.