Just a few more hours before heading out for Anime Central, so to kill some time I watched episode six of Macross Frontier.  It was definitely worth the wait to download.  Of course I didn't really have a choice since I'm using a 56k connection and the smaller 170 MB MP4's being released by Anime-in-Action fansubs still take me a good 15 hours to ( Read more... )

Hey all.

Trying to stay warm as yet another 4+ inches of the white stuff enrobes the earth out my window.  I found out earlier today that Gary Gygax has passed on at the age of 69.  For those that don't know, he was one of the premier minds that created Dungeons and Dragons and with that, the entire Role-Playing Game genre as a whole.  I've dabbled ( Read more... )

If you know what the title of this post means in English, then you're most likely a fan of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.  I've looked at it from afar and know some of the names and ideas (that helped form Uncle Pervy's look), but never really got into the stories...until now.

What was my impetus for delving more into the mythos?  Roar of the Machine ( Read more... )

Hey guys & gals,

If you're not in the Northern US, consider yourself lucky because we got pretty well hammered with snow up here, especially in Michgan.  Around the ol' Homestead we got this side of 12 inches of the white stuff.  Thankfully it's the fluffy powder but even as fluffy as it is, it can add up.  As a result, my driveway's pretty much ( Read more... )

Hey all,

I'm really thankful and happy to be here right now since I almost burned my kitchen & subsequently my house down all in the interest of cooking some popcorn.  I usually avoid the microwave version just because it's so much more when you can just pop it yourself.  I know, people get them for the convience & the butter greatness but that's ( Read more... )

Hey there,

I was perusing the local newspaper - couple weeks out of date - but close enough to be semi-relevant. They had an article that talked about a number of the Christmas traditions hitting hallmark anniversaries. Rockettes are 75 years, The Grinch is 50 years young, "Miracle on 34th Street" is 60 and 110 years ago, a little girl got her ( Read more... )

Noticed that I didn't mention anything about when I was sick. Sorry about that. Did get to a doctor and he said I had the Triple Combo - Upper Respriatory Infection, Pneumonia, & a flare-up of my asthma. That was a bit of a shocker since I hadn't had a flare-up of the asthma in years. Not even when I was in marching band but the doc said it was ( Read more... )

Hey all 3 of you who actually read this. Hope you're doing fine and staying warm. Out here in Michigan, the snow built up on the roof to the point of needing someone to help get it off before it would cause damage. Not so much from the weight of the snow but the melt would freeze into ice & work it's way through the roof of the house to start ( Read more... )

My bastard brother got my ass sick with his respriatory infection. Of course he's been over it for about a week & a half but now I'm Hacking, wheezing, tonsils hurting, throat throbbing, head pounding. At least I'm not having my sensitive teeth messing with me that badly anymore ( Read more... )

I don't usually do chain things or whatnot but I figure what the hey, it's not like I've put up a decent post in here for a while. Comments are gonna be screened, which Wren used and I think I'll try it here. Mind you, I'm not entirely sure what'll happen so bear with me but I doubt I'll get even 2 people in here so no love lost. Enjoy ( Read more... )