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I'm reminded of old Infocom titles when this happens
I've been playing a video game called "Zero Game: Virtue's Last Reward" on my portable gaming system, and the localization into English has a few moments of in-jokes and humor that I'm sure were parts of the original Japanese text that did not translate.
The kicker was finishing a solution to a phone puzzle, then being given some "alternate" four ( Read more... ) -
Choosing to not indulge in schadenfreude
Today as I was running an errand near home, I passed by a McDonald's. Outside, there were two elderly women and an elderly man waving signs at the passing cars that said, "REJECT R-74!!" It was already raining, and as I waited at the light near the McDonald's it turned into a torrential downpour that made me turn the wipes up to the highest setting ( Read more... ) -
Two men can't be married? Watch this.
Late Sunday morning I was running errands. Breakfast was a couple of hours back and I was getting things done. I was kicking butt and taking names. Figuratively, I mean. So after all of the running around was over, I started to make my way home ( Read more... ) -
Vision benefits - You're doing it wrong
Another sad tale from the folks with "decent" health insurance:
Two months ago I visited my optometrist. When I called to make the appointment, I told them that my vision insurance had changed, and that I had checked and couldn't find them on the provider list, so did they actually take my insurance? They said they did and I went in. They took my ( Read more... ) -
Pharmacy benefits: You're doing it wrong - Part 2
Recently, due to an error at my mail order pharmacy, I ran out of one of my medications. After clearing this up, I had my doctor fax over a new prescription and give me a prescription for a 14 day bridge, which has always been standard for mail order phamacy insurance ( Read more... ) -
Just goes to show how long some books linger
Tonight, I was playing a game on Facebook that involves as part of it the ability to cook things in a kitchen. The recipes are of course, not actual ones, but once in a while, they make me scratch my head. In one case, there was a clam chowder recipe that used two giant eggs. As soon as I read that I needed two giant eggs, Ben Kingsley started ( Read more... ) -
You can't make up irony this good
I was in a 7-11 recently, standing in line, when a boy maybe thirteen years of age came up to his mother who was standing in line behind me. He had in his hand one of those game cards you can buy for $10-$20 for either your favorite Faceobok games, or for your favorite free-to-play role-playing games. He was so excited. He had the cash, and he ( Read more... ) -
Dirty Tricks: Best WoW phishing mail I've seen
Today I received an e-mail supposedly from Blizzard Entertainment telling me that I had been selected to join the beta for the new expansion of "World of Warcraft" called "Mists of Pandaria". It looked real, had the correct URL's for company links, correct addresses and they were even referencing the actual picture files from Blizzard's own ( Read more... ) -
Pharmacy benefits: You're doing it wrong
Today I went in to my local pharmacy that I've been using for years to fill a prescription. It's a kind of prescription that requires a hard-copy prescription every month so I cannot use the mail order pharmacy that my health care plan has since they will not fill a 90 day supply of it.
I turned in the prescription at the desk and a few minutes ( Read more... ) -
What would Miss Manners do?
I received a wedding invitation recently that asks guests to RSVP at a website address ( Read more... )