dingerdoo:
The monitor that Jim gave me after he moved from his apartment finally bit the big one. Last night it displayed a tint of red which was soon fixed. Today, the tint of the day, and presumably the rest of it’s life is a light (p)urple, because I couldn’t do a damn thing with it.
Don’t worry, I found another monitor in our basement. I’m going to buy a new one eventually anyway.
Well my mom told me about this recycling program Best Buy has. Bring in an old monitor, they give you a $10 gift card. “Great!” I thought.
Turns out, not so great. They charge you ten dollars to take the ruddy thing, and in return they give you ten Best Buy Bucks. To Best Buy, I’ve got a better idea. How ‘bout I give you the finger? And you give me my phone call?
In all seriousness, I’m going to do it. I don’t have anywhere to put this now useless monitor.
RIP Dell monitor. It lasted a long time, more than I thought it would. Fuck Best Buy, they’re major scam artists.
2 years ago
Those crazy North Koreans are at it again. They’ve successfully detonated an atomic bomb underground the other day that was comparable to what was dropped on Nagasaki. This was after they took down a nuclear cooling tower and Bush took them off the ‘enemies’ list. I guess they had a few other facilities in the area since this doesn’t really seem like they stopped.
To make matters worse, they told South Korea that if it helps the US search North Korean ships for nuclear weapons, then they would attack. Naturally this declaration of war would by extension include the US. At first I laughed it off thinking that ‘dear leader’ just wanted more attention and would back off like he always has. Then I saw a picture of him looking very old and frail.. then I started thinking more into it. With his life nearing an end, would he be crazy enough to go all out? He lived his life as a dictator who oversaw a country where his word was law and human rights were the worst in the world. He has brainwashed the citizens into loving him and kept his country out of the 21st century. That kind of control is unthinkable and nobody willingly gives it up.
I’m reminded of playing Civilization with friends online. The one guy who got screwed out of resources and space can only build up an army and weapons as long as they ally with a big nation who can act as a shield. When they really want space nearest to them, they skirmish but can’t really get it when there’s another big nation protecting it. You’re at a standstill and the game’s not too fun.. but when the night’s almost over and things are wrapping up you want to cause some fun by using a nuke to get back at the territory you want most and watching the other nations freak out.
This is probably a terrible analogy, but you never know. Kim Jong-Il does have a son that will inherit the dictatorship, so he might just be talking tough to keep NK in the news.
Let’s suppose that he decides to attack Seoul. NK has hundreds of thousands of troops within an hour from Seoul, and by the time anyone finds out, the city is captured. If anybody tries to recapture the city, or fight back, they’ve got nukes that are used as a deterrent. Would anybody do anything? There’s also the other scenario by just completely nuking Seoul and possibly Hawaii, or the west coast depending on how much reach they have. NK would be similarly destroyed after that, but the cost of lives would be ridiculous.
Only time will tell what their plan is.
3 years ago
dingerdoo:
My Wii broke. No, I’m not saying that because the fun chip isn’t reading any of the fun coding in any of the games (that seems to be an unpatchable, universal error.) It really broke this time. I borrow Punch-Out, and here we are. Thank you Nintendo, you’re scum.
I’ll apologize in advance for reblogging, but I feel your pain. I’ve gone though 4 repairs and 3 different consoles since I got the Wii at launch. Call em up and give them hell!
3 years ago
Thank Christ my Central Air works! Yesterday was the first almost hot day of the year so I was curious to see how my A/C would work. I felt air coming through the vents but it was cooler outside than it was inside.
Then today I got home and my room was about 100 degrees. I was checking wires on the thermostat and playing MacGuyver, but nothing was different. Finally I realized the A/C unit switch in the fuse box was off for the winter. Duh! Flipped it on and it’s a LOT more comfortable in here.
3 years ago
What an awesome day so far! The weather is nice and warm, and my company had a bowling and pizza party for lunch today.
The day’s only going to get better when I buy Punch-Out!! after work today and knock Glass Joe’s teeth in.
3 years ago
Oh Torn City, how I love and hate you. I started you in 2005 thinking it would be a quick way to kill 15 mins or so in a day. You’ve given me feelings of happiness and terrible rage. I wish I could rage quit you.
So my rant right now is about Torn City. Not about the game in general, since I like playing it in my free time. What I really have a problem with is how blackjack is in this game. It’s not the only way to make money, but it’s one of the fastest. Ok, you know in real life blackjack how the dealer has multiple decks? TC’s version uses one deck that’s reshuffled after each play. That means anyone can have 4 blackjacks in a row and typically a ‘10’ card is there whenever you hit. This good luck is also usually on the ‘dealer’s’ end. My strategy that has helped me gain lots of money has also led to my downfall. I start out with a $20,000 bet (when I have millions on hand). If I win, I add $10,000 to it until I lose. I’ll start back on $20,000 then. If I lose on a big hand, I’ll double the bet to gain my losses back. Usually I’ll end up winning after 7 losses or something, but what happens to me is I’ll end up at a huge number and if I don’t win that hand, there’s no way I can double it. That has happened to me twice this month and I keep falling for it.
I had about $20 million 3 weeks ago and I lost it all in one day of betting. Then over the course of 2 weeks I rebuilt my money to have about $14 million, which was yesterday. I blew it all and I haven’t felt a rage like that in a long time. Why do I get worked up over a free game where you collect fake money? Maybe it’s the time I put into it over the years and I feel entitled? I should not feel entitled because if it were easy, there’d be no feeling of reward and people would stop playing it. But, like a true gambling addict, I keep coming back. Now I know never to bring my life savings with me to a casino.
3 years ago
I finally succumbed to Tumblr. It’s yet to be seen if it is indeed inferior to pumpers.
This should be a good place to vent about crap that’s been building in my head over the last few years and even for decades. God damn I felt old just typing that.
Anyway, I originally wanted to vent about those ridiculous tea bagging parties that were being thrown last month and if I had a tumblr then, it would have been a long post. Since I don’t want to talk politics right now, I’ll go for something far more important:
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES IS OFFICIALLY CANCELLED!
What bullshit. I mean, I’m not surprised in the least, but what makes me furious is that Dollhouse was renewed. I had the unfortunate luck of seeing this show after one of the best Terminator episodes I’ve ever seen. The acting was laughable, the action was really poorly choreographed, and I didn’t even know what was going on.
The last 4 episodes of Terminator were the best ones of the whole series. One of the main characters ended up catching a bullet with his forehead that came completely out of the blue. I remember him dropping like a sack of potatoes and thinking “Did he just die?”
It doesn’t really matter I guess. Mainstream TV is so disappointing and mindless these days, I’ll stick to movies, books and video games. I’m sure Terminator: TSCC will continue in comic book form or something anyway.
Oh well, I guess it’s time I STFU and GBTW.
3 years ago
