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Zann did one. So I did one.
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Zann did one. So I did one.
and i thought my day went bad.
remember, it could always be worse
SADDAM HANGS!!!!
this makes me less angry i waited over an hour for a bus today
SADDAM HANGS!!!!
this makes me less angry i waited over an hour for a bus today
only 366 more shopping days till christmas!!!!!
Merry Christmas...
The Wii is like an apple crisp...
A conversation with my brother on the state-of-affairs in regards to the Wii-mote Wii-call brought a creative allegory for the whole situation. If I may be so bold:
"Mom bakes a delicious dessert, let's say, apple crisp. It's good. It's so good, you start to gobble it down like a pig--quick, fast, in a hurry. Now, the problem with the apple crisp is that it wasn't meant to be eaten so quickly. Unlike previous desserts, this one is a little on the juicy side, so in the process of pigging out, you spill some sticky apple goodness on the front of your expensive silk shirt. Now, it's not YOUR fault, you think--the apple crisp was SO good... but it was messy. So you blame mom that your silk shirt is ruined because her wonderful apple crisp just didn't have the right consistency for pigging out and she needs to buy you a new one."
... did that make ANY sense?
"Mom bakes a delicious dessert, let's say, apple crisp. It's good. It's so good, you start to gobble it down like a pig--quick, fast, in a hurry. Now, the problem with the apple crisp is that it wasn't meant to be eaten so quickly. Unlike previous desserts, this one is a little on the juicy side, so in the process of pigging out, you spill some sticky apple goodness on the front of your expensive silk shirt. Now, it's not YOUR fault, you think--the apple crisp was SO good... but it was messy. So you blame mom that your silk shirt is ruined because her wonderful apple crisp just didn't have the right consistency for pigging out and she needs to buy you a new one."
... did that make ANY sense?
One too many expensive plasma tvs ruined
Christmas Legend Debunkery
- The song "12 Days of Christmas" is fun nonsense, not a secret code.
- Suicide rates do not rise in December. That one's just so easy to believe.
- Poinsettias are not poisonous.
- Most of you know December 25th wasn't Christ's birthday. Not everyone knows the 25th was chosen in order to steal the thunder from a pagan ceremony of the same day. How rude.
- Here's one to make you sound smart in conversations: "Immaculate Conception" does not mean "virgin birth" nor does it refer to Mary's pregnancy. The term does describe the idea that God graced Mary to be free of sin from the very beginning of her life.
- The term "xmas" was not intended to be disrepectful. Xmas on Snopes
- The day after Thanksgiving has never been the biggest shopping day of the year, however horrific it is. The procrastinators take the title. Black Friday on Snopes
- Most details of the traditional nativity scene, while very nice, were not specified in the Bible. The number of wisemen was assumed due to three gifts. They saw a "young child", perhaps not a baby at all. Basically, the only factors that actually come from the scripture are the three gifts and that the wisemen followed a star into Bethlehem. I still want to be the sheep.
- I have never even heard this one... sounds like something to come out of our imaginative IM conversations: Candy canes were not designed to represent Jesus. It is said that the "J" shape refers to his name. Hilariously, it is also said that the red stripes represent the blood Jesus shed on the cross. Gross. Original candy canes had no stripes. They're just pretty, people.
Hmmmm.....
Zann....Zant.... Zann, are you or have you ever been involved in a plot to control the kingdom of Twili? Honest answer only please.
In other news, I think I only have 2 more temples and then the final stage before I beat Zelda. Yes, I suck and I'm also taking my time...finding poes, getting hearts. (Just got that awesome magic armor.) I hope to be able to review Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Red Steel, and Twlight Princess by Monday.
In other things:
1: Wiimote batteries wear out FASSSSSTTTTTTTTTTT!!!! Way too fast in fact. I need to start buying those super powered hi tech batteries or rechargeables because mine run out of juice in a couple of days.
2: I'm finally getting used to the Wiimote (60 hours in.)
3: I don't understand how so many people are breaking tvs and such. I can understand hitting something but I think there should have been at the most 10 incidents of broken plasma screens a year.
4: Having to follow through is awesome. Wii Sports has allowed me to identify some problems in my real bowling and golfing game.
5: The Zelda "Finish Move" is one of the most gratifying things I've ever done in my entire life.
6: I'm in love with Morgan Webb.
In other news, I think I only have 2 more temples and then the final stage before I beat Zelda. Yes, I suck and I'm also taking my time...finding poes, getting hearts. (Just got that awesome magic armor.) I hope to be able to review Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Red Steel, and Twlight Princess by Monday.
In other things:
1: Wiimote batteries wear out FASSSSSTTTTTTTTTTT!!!! Way too fast in fact. I need to start buying those super powered hi tech batteries or rechargeables because mine run out of juice in a couple of days.
2: I'm finally getting used to the Wiimote (60 hours in.)
3: I don't understand how so many people are breaking tvs and such. I can understand hitting something but I think there should have been at the most 10 incidents of broken plasma screens a year.
4: Having to follow through is awesome. Wii Sports has allowed me to identify some problems in my real bowling and golfing game.
5: The Zelda "Finish Move" is one of the most gratifying things I've ever done in my entire life.
6: I'm in love with Morgan Webb.
Peter Boyle passes away
Peter Boyle, Father on ‘Raymond,’ Dies at 71
I'm actually pretty sad about this. Young Frankenstein aka Frank from Everybody Loves Raymond (ever notice that connection?) died yesterday.
holy crap.
Who is buying a tree that is offended with the word Christmas?
On my way to work each morning last year, I'd pass this sign perched above the freshly cropped trees. Every morning I'd try to remember to bring my camera. The season passed. The memory made me both mad that I saw it, and disappointed that I didn't capture it on 'film'. This year , at least at my local Lowe's, the sign is mysteriously missing. I nearly had myself convinced it was a figment of my imagination.
Well thank you again Google, and thank you kind people that found this disturbing enough to post it online. It's a small feat, but commercialism backlash has put CHRISTMAS back in CHRISTMAS!
UPDATE! this is the sign they used this year, go figure
this year's sign
