The house is empty, I am exhausted and the Epic Birthday Weekend is over. It was truly the best birthday weekend ever. Awesome friends, presents, food, and gaming - there's not much else a nerd like me could ask for.

Eventually I need to attend to chores, but not yet. Fall over now...

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Heh, whoever h4xx0rd my credit card tried to open an Amazon account with it. Amazon apparently monitors these things, recognised the card as mine, and cancelled their orders and then closed their account. Never mind that the card itself is invalid as of Wednesday when I called it in. Have fun with that closed account, bucko ( Read more... )

Someone's lucky number generator apparently came up with my Bank of America card. Luckily, they monitor such things real time and automatically decline any unusual large purchases. When I bought all my computer parts from Newegg, the fraud detection bot immediately called my house right then and I had to verify that it was actually me making the ( Read more... )

Twenty-five people screaming into Ventrilo when the hardest content in WoW finally bites the dust ( Read more... )

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kaote!

1. It is bad luck to walk under kaote!
2. In Ancient Egypt, people wore glittery eyeshadow made from the crushed shells of kaote.
3. Kaote can sleep with one eye open!
4. Kaote has little need for water and is capable of going for months without drinking at all!
5. Cats use their kaote to test whether a space is large enough for them ( Read more... )

The great thing about cleaning up clutter is that things you thought were long gone are finally found again. Such as:

a) my good scissors
b) the .mp3 player that chefjenny gave me ages ago ( Read more... )

Since it was so awesome outside today, I drove up to Delaware State Park and took a random trail. I had hoped that the marina might be open already, but no luck - and it appeared that they were draining the lake anyhow. It was about 4-5 feet low but there were still people puttering around in pontoons and fishing off the rocks ( Read more... )

This just came out on DVD - need to look for this. Anyone interested in animated movies should check out this preview (it's worth waiting a minute or two to watch in HD. Trust me.) The art reminds me of both Renaissance painting and miniature Russian laquer art... looks incredibly stunning.

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I've wanted to learn this one for awhile to sing a Vike events. It has a short chorus that just about anyone could learn in a few minutes, so it would make for a good singalong. It could have hundreds of verses to outlast even the stoutest mead buzz. And who doesn't like songs about a guy who, with a little help from Odin, kicks the asses of ( Read more... )