So. . . my *shiny new MacBook* is now just over one year old. I want to say I'm not the superstitious type, however. . . when you lay out the kind of money one of these cost and have it not work right out of the box. . . well, you'd wonder as I do, what kind of cursed life you lead. Admittedly they took it back and did a clean reinstall of the OS ( Read more... )

Well, more like back in 2000 I want to Japan and bought a kimono. Okay, actually I tramped all over Tokyo with some friends (and I wonder if Godzilla's feet hurt as much as mine did) buying anime (the LD of "On Your Mark"!!), doujinshi, trading cards (goddamn you, FF VIII with those Triple Triad cards), and assorted trinkets that couldn't be had ( Read more... )

"“Cloud.” Sephiroth didn’t say his name so much as molest it ( Read more... )

I watched the new Bleach move, "Fade to Black" last night. Well, most of it. I think I got the gist of the movie though. Kenpachi had a good ol' time once the eyepatch came off. Always a plus. I am liking the manga again, of course. Although seeing Kyouraku's bankai. . . I think that was his bankai. . . was interesting. The epitome of the ( Read more... )

So. . . someone thought it would be a good idea to invent a robot that could get energy from ingesting "biomass." In other words, anything it finds lying around ( Read more... )

It's 4 am. . . don't expect any witty subject lines out of me ( Read more... )

For the creative types on my f-list (scroll down to the "Hi Neil" part and read the reply ( Read more... )

This make me laugh so hard, because not long ago faster than light travel was deemed impossible. Futurama even ripped off Star Trek in one episode, explaining the "dark matter" engine as moving space, not the ship.http://news.yahoo.com/s/

Before it reproduces and spreads. Bleh ( Read more... )

A self-explanatory quote from Ron White (who in certain circumstances will sweat scotch). I have to buy the DVD so I can get the uncensored version. XD ( Read more... )