Rob

Test says I do not have clairvoyance.

2009-11-02T08:26:30Z

Extrasensory perception (clairvoyance) test

Logomachist score: 3200 (14% abilities)
View my position in clairvoyance TOP100!

I'm having a bad day :(

2009-10-07T06:39:57Z

Feel awful; think I'm sick.

Also, XP install is rejecting my product key. WTF?

My PTD email account will be unavailiable for a few days yet

2009-09-11T08:33:31Z

Oh something else I thought to mention (which I really should have posted about sooner). Apparently my PTD email account has reached its disk quota and is bouncing emails. Expect this to continue for the next few days, because it is going to take me that long to get around to checking my email. Until then you would be better off contacting me at my Verizon or AOL email accounts, which you probably already know of if you bother to read my blog.

If you don't, try contacting me on Myspace to Facebook.

I am watching Darker than Black

2009-09-11T08:26:48Z

This is just a post to let the world know that I am watching Darker than Black (I'm up to the tenth episode as of this post). If any of you want to discuss the series, feel free to comment on this post.

Help me save some awesome and cute cats.

2009-08-21T00:19:58Z

My mom had been feeding some strays, but she has now turned on them and wants to get the kittens euthanized! That's just wrong! Help me save them- if you or someone you know is willing to provide a safe home for the cats and kittens, please post a comment to this entry or email me and let me know.

For people who want to help but don't know any safe and welcoming homes, I suggest posting your objections here and I will pass them on to my mom.

I have pics on Flickr of some of the cats in need of adoption.

Writer's Block: Unlikely Benefactor

2009-08-12T08:56:06Z

Congratulations! You won a million dollars but you have to give it all away. How will you distribute the money?

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I would invest the money in several pet projects, with the goal of making money and bettering the world at the same time. If I couldn't do that, and I had to give the money away directly I would do it slowly and cautiously over the rest of my life.

Edit: I would also pass some of the money on to friends; not enough to radically change their lives but $100 or $200 hear and there to ease the headaches brought by looming debts and credit crunches.

I'm 65% like Troi?! Who wrote this quiz?

2009-06-13T02:12:30Z

Your results:
You are Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard		70%
Deanna Troi		65%
Spock		57%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)		45%
Data		42%
Geordi LaForge		40%
James T. Kirk (Captain)		30%
Chekov		30%
Mr. Sulu		30%
Beverly Crusher		30%
Will Riker		30%
Worf		25%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)		20%
Mr. Scott		20%
Uhura		15%

A lover of Shakespeare and other
fine literature. You have a decisive mind
and a firm hand in dealing with others.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test

I'll be offline for the next few days b/c I suck at computer assembly

2009-05-30T01:58:28Z

So, I bought a bunch of computer components with the aim of self-assembling my own PC. The downside to this is that I have to do everything myself, and inevitably something went wrong during the assembly... so I'll be offline for the next few days trying to figure out why nothing happens when I plug my PC in and press the power button.

Just bought a new computer

2009-05-09T20:54:16Z

I just bought a new computer! I very much hope this will rid me of the problems I've been having with my old one, which now goes into partial retirement (I may still keep it around as a file server/firewall).

Impeach Jay Bybee

2009-05-05T13:45:54Z

Jay Bybee is a federal judge who authored memos designed to protect CIA agents from prosecution for torture. There's a movement to get him impeached for this. Not only was it illegal and morally wrong, it showed such incredibly poor judgement that he probably never deserved his judicial appointment in the first place. I would actually like to hear arguments from anyone who thinks he deserves his lifetime appointment because I have trouble imagining why anyone would be opposed to this.

Retracting that rule about being late (but still don't be late)

2009-04-03T05:58:01Z

FYI I am retracting the rule penalizing people for being late. While I may reinstate it for people who repeatedly late or don't show, it just creates too much animosity having one rule for everyone. But please still be on time.

Seduced by a bnner ad OR "How many trinagles?"

2009-03-03T06:16:54Z

This is a little pathetic, but I saw this banner ad on Myspace and I wondered whether I got the answer right. Of course when I clicked through to the target page it didn't have anything to do with the riddle, and they wanted me to sign up for this big long thing which I didn't care about in the least. So maybe one of you would know. How many can you count? Scroll down if you want my answer:

I count 20

I'm back from Dreamation!

2009-02-23T02:14:47Z

Just got back from Dreamation 2009 (an annual gaming con in NJ). Had a great time, won a few books and a free admission to Dexcon.

Currently relaxing, catching up on my sleep and waiting for the inevitable post-con malaise.

My eBay listing makes it official! I am now part of web 1.0

2009-01-31T06:48:19Z

I just listed my first eBay auction! Perfect for all the Phantom of the Opera fans who hated the music from the first half of the musical. Don't miss you chance to buy the second half of a classic- well the second half minus the dialog, the props, the acting and whatever songs that didn't fit onto the audio tape.

New Years Resolution

2009-01-05T05:56:12Z

My New Years resolution:
Be a snobby omnivore. I'm restricting myself to vegetable products and meat from humanely treated animals. No tortured livestock, no antibiotics, no artificial hormones- only pasture fed/free range meats for me.

Sea caught fish and game animals are good too. I know this is going to mean less meat overall, but it's worth it for a clear conscience and might actually be a little healthier too. Anyone else want to give this a try?

Do weight issues = anger issues? Maybe.

2008-12-17T01:31:43Z

Years ago I made the observation that women w/ weight issues seemed to have anger problems. I took a lot of flack for this from the "you can't make judgments about people from the way they look" crowd, but it would seem that I've been vindicated (at least slightly). Apparently a study has found that pear-shaped women deal better with stress .This is linked to higher levels of cortisol, a chemical which helps with stress but also builds fat deposits around the waist. Being a pear doesn't go hand in hand with being fat or anorexic, and difficulty dealing with stress doesn't turn you into powder keg, but it's a hint that I might have been onto something with my observations.

$100 of PS3

2008-11-09T06:38:16Z

$100 off a PS3. Thought someone out there would want to know.

Finally caught up on my XML ML emails

2008-10-23T15:48:11Z

I've finally caught up on reading the XML mailing list I've been on for 3 years! Whew.

I wonder what other mail I've let pile up as I've been going through the XML ML. ::browses inbox::

Protecting a quaint little idea like democracy

2008-10-09T17:02:35Z

Retired air force colonel admits that the ground has been laid for a coup.

For more than 200 years, federal laws have protected the American people against the use of military forces on our own soil. Strengthened in 1878 by the Posse Comitatus Act, these laws have guaranteed that the federal government could not use the military for domestic law enforcement purposes.

Without such protection, the federal government could use the might of our army to violate state and individual rights. Moreover, minor incursions by the military into domestic law enforcement activity could lay the foundation for the imposition of martial law at a moment’s notice. This is one slippery slope we don’t want to start sliding down.

That is why we should all be deeply disturbed by the news that President Bush has assigned the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team to be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army component of Northern Command (NorthCom). According to an article in Army Times, the soldiers could be called upon for a variety of tasks, including quelling “civil unrest.” They are apparently engaged in training with shields and batons, beanbag bullets, and Tasers.

We need to raise awareness about this threat to our liberty immediately. The American Freedom Campaign believes the best method available at the moment is to send an email to the hosts of the next two presidential debates, urging them to ask the candidates whether they would fully enforce the Posse Comitatus Act.

Please join us in this effort by filling out the information below and clicking on “Send My Message.”

There's an end to the Friends page???

2008-10-04T06:53:20Z

You mean if you keep clicking the "previous" button at the bottom of your friends' page you can eventually get to an END?

I never knew this before.

Five characters and opinions

2008-09-22T04:29:39Z

1. Comment on this post

2. I will give you a letter (she has awarded the letter DB!)

3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

Bashir, Julian: One of my favorite Star Trek characters, probably the one I most identify with.

Barbarra Gordon: Formerly the super-heroine Batgirl, currently operating as Oracle, the most influential information broker in the DC universe. She's an awesome character but I liked her better when she wasn't as frequently used.

Buffy Summers: Spent too much time wishing she were normal, sleeping with the enemy and being screwed up (but fronting to keep other people from finding out) for my tastes.

Baggins, Frodo : Perhaps I am the only geek who has not read or seen the entrie LotR trilogy? But I saw the Fellowship, and Frodo Baggins seems to me to be the most unlikely and undeserving hero ever. His big thing is that he travels with a bunch of bigger and stronger people who protect him, and that he .. wears a ring? I don't care that it's jewelry. Green Lanterns wear rings but they're big powerful weapon rings that can do almost anything. Frodo's ring turns him invisible. The only downside being that it has a built in homing device/corruptioneque power thing. It's a drug, and Frodo's main strength is... he's... less addicted than he otherwise could be? This is the best Tolkien could come up with? Couldn't the fellowship have just put the ring on some poor sap, knocked the guy unconcious with a sidderent sap, tied him up and carried hm in a sack? And Random Unconscious Dude would have been better than Frodo, because in the FotR Frodo did wear the ring and did clue the Big Bad on to his position. Unconscious dude, with his hands tied, wouldn't have been able to do either. So, yeah, I'm not really wowed by Frodo.

Belle: How could anyone dislike Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast? She's a beautiful, smart, willful, sexy - the perfect girlfriend by many estimations. Stuck in a town that doesn't understand her, and sort of kidnapped by a monster in a castle, she's the ultimate damsel in distress. Well until they fall in love and her regains his humanity. But for most of the movie, Belle's hot and unattached. Just one thing... isn't she sort of a Mary Sue? She's too perfect. Any flaws she has and any challenges she faces just make her more sympathetic. Why don't more people see this? Why do people seem to think that she's the best Princess Disney has to offer? Snow White had her passivity, Jasimine had her stand-offishness and gullibility, and Ariel was dumbly naive. Those are legit flaws. What's Belle's flaw? Does she have any?

Apparnetly, years after leaving school, I can still manage to barely pass Latin tests

2008-09-15T07:16:11Z

;_; I thought I was going to get a perfect score on this. :/
Not because I know Latin so well, but I thought a mix of Latin I did know and common sense guesswork would reveal the correct answers. Not so, apparently, at least not my common sense.

Your result for The Latin sayings Test...

Senator

Ah, a senator! You are a member of the ruling class in Roman society. Using your exceptional Latin skills you debate policy and vote in the interests of the people on important matters of state. You are a powerful individual, and your words catch the ear of the upper-class as well as your peers in the senate. Like all senators, you are ambitious. Hence, being a mere senator is not enough for you...

Take The Latin sayings Test at HelloQuizzy

What should I serve at my "Ludi Dies"?

2008-08-23T00:57:55Z

I'm organizing a game day for September 13, 2008. I'd like to serve an interesting/exotic dish as an entree. Originally I was going with duck, but I discovered it (and all waterfowl, apparently) are high in fat- and more calories than ham, even. So I'm back to square one.

So I turn to you, Internet: what do you recommend?

Going to ba gamig at the World Boardgmaing Championships

2008-08-06T06:11:32Z

Many already know this but for those who don't/... I'm going to spend the majority of this week at a the World Boardgaming Championships, the most competitive gaming con in the country, and one of the most competitive in the world.. Last year I attended but didn't win a single game! This year, I'm hoping to take home a trophy in Risk.

I already won my first match. Only three (two?) more wins to go!

Wish me luck! ^_^

I know 80s nostalgia is big right now, but...

2008-08-02T21:46:15Z

Super Grover from Sesame Street just cameoed in my dream. What is up with THAT? Also included were a couple of early 80s cliche villains of my own invention.