Mister Gone: The LiveJournal-ing

I <3 Reptoids...
From 11:41 am.

Did you know that reptoids are the true masters of the global conspiracy that rules our nation? Forget the Jews, the reptilian humanoids are the true enemies of humanity.

Thanks to David Icke, we are now more aware than ever of this threat from the planet Draco. Seriously. Of course, John Rhodes hypothesizes that the reptoids are terrestrial. Amazing.

Naturally, as a person who grew up as a huge fan of dinosaurs, I for one welcome our reptoid masters.

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Out of the Loop...
From 4:19 pm.

"The Loop" was not a very good show, but it did have one shining thing in it that was worth saving - the character "Derek", the guy who is always in the elevator. It's unnecessary to set these clips up, which is what makes Derek so wonderful as a comedic character:

Derek has the Shine
Daerek and the Window
Derek and the Sketch Pad

And here's Derek out of the elevator:

Derek, the Annoying College Buddy

It's kind of sad. Derek only works in small doses, so he couldn't have his own show. But couched in a sub-prime show like "The Loop", he is destined to be canceled. Derek belongs in commercials or shorts. (It just so happens the actor is in those "Need a Moment" Twix commercials, but not really playing Derek, sadly. He apparently also hosts the in-store EB show.)

Ah well. Derek, we hardly knew ye.

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Thought Experiment for the Day
From 3:43 pm.

OMG CONTENT WARNING - POLITICS: Does anyone believe that the Democratic Party could continue to exist if the nominee was not the person leading the delegate count at the end of the state primary and caucus procedure? (Note that before the changes of 1982, this person would have won the nomination without any support from previously non-existent superdelegates.)

The whole "superdelegate" thing was introduced to give party leaders more power, but if they use that power to override the party's rank and file (and in many cases, the people who elected them to their own offices), does anyone believe the Democrat's hoi polloi would put up with this sort of oligarchical kingmaking?

As I said yesterday, I'm not really a Democrat. I'm just really curious if people think an organization with "democratic" in the title could continue onward once they abandoned democracy for kleptocracy.

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Being Good at Being Stupid Doesn't Count!
From 3:14 pm.

The essential problem with trolling is that being good at being stupid isn't really an accomplishment.

At any rate, today I'll be voting in the Pennsylvania primaries for the first time ever. I'm not really a Democrat (I'm not a partisan-type person), but the paperwork says that I is.

OMG TOPIC WARNING - RELIGION: This weekend, I talked to friends about my thought experiment, "What kind of god allows bad things to happen to good people?" The answers I see are thus:

1.) A malignant god. "Screw good people."
2.) An indifferent god. "Ehn."
3.) An inscrutable god. "I work in mysterious ways."

Inevitably, sensible theists of all varieties resort to Option 3. But a god who is inscrutable in his morality or sense of justice is a useless god. After all, morality and justice do not come from any gods (and anyone who intends to argue this point had better prepare to denounce pre-Mosaic laws). As

relaxatorium and I discussed, it then goes back to Euthyphro: "Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious? Or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" What is right is right - people knew that murder was wrong before the Ten Commandments.

Moreover, if we further explore Possibilities #1 and #2, we can ask, "If god has no morality, what is right?" Is murder acceptable when god doesn't care? Is murder acceptable when god does it himself (for instance, if YHWH uses bears to kill kids [2 Kings 2]) or is murder always wrong? If you murder someone who god was about to murder, is it wrong or right?

Furthermore, if justice on earth is desirable (if we humans are supposed to behave in a pursuit of justice), why is there no divine evidence of this? With respect specifically to Christianity, if justice on earth is desirable, why is the ultimate quality of divine judgment one of belief and not one of earthly behavior?

I tend to say I'm not a firm disbeliever nor a firm believer in anything, but I am, realistically, a gut-check atheist. When it comes right down to it... yeah, I just can't believe in or care about a "divine" being.

This is the stuff I think about when I'm bored. And I vote.

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Whoops. I forgot to post.
From 3:14 pm.

I haven't posted in a while.

.....

Oh yeah, that's why. I've got nothing to say.

I'll be at the KGB Stuff this weekend, for people going to that. I'll hop around Midway for Carnival, but the comedian and band don't interest me, so nyeah to that.

In LULZ News, Ben Stein has participated in a "documentary" about the "persecution" of Intelligent Design. There's a trailer on YouTube, which is turtlelulz.

People who do not understand science and readily discuss science are the equivalent of people who do not watch "Lost" but are ready to talk about it. There are bound to be some very important yet very basic elements that they are completely ignorant of.

In other words, Ben Stein should stick to writing speeches for lame presidents and/or answering trivia questions on television.

Oh yeah. And 4th Edition is just 50 days away... nom nom nom! The day after release, June 7th, is National D&D Game Day or what-have-you, so I guess I will have to host some D&D action that day. Reserve your spot today!

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OMG OBAMA
From 3:43 pm.

So, Barack Obama spoke at Soldiers & Sailors Hall in Pittsburgh today. That's two buildings down from me, so it was pretty close. Tickets went fast so I decided to skip it. Still, my coworkers and I went to lunch, passing the hall on the way there. They were broadcasting the speech over loudspeakers outside the hall, so I heard just a tiny snippet.

My coworkers and I decided to stop and take some pictures "with" Obama:

We went and had lunch, and when we returned, there were folks waiting outside the back of the hall, so we figured Obama was coming out soon. So we waited. And waited. After a half hour, I spotted Franco Harris, an Obama supporter. As a huge Steelers fan, I got really excited and took a crappy picture of him. He handed out blue "Terrible Towels" of a sort, with the slogan "Here we go, America, here we go." I ran down to him, and then Franco Harris gave me an Obama Terrible Towel!

I wish I'd gotten a photo of him with me, but I didn't. My cameraphone sucks anyway, so no big loss.

Finally, after an hour of waiting, Obama appeared! I saw him for 20 seconds, and he appeared to me to be 2 inches tall. I took pictures of him!

So... the denouement of our long stand in the cold was utterly unimpressive, but hey, I got an Obama Terrible Towel, so that absolutely rules.

It was kind of one of those surreal moments when various aspects of my life crash together into an awesome situation. Work, politics and sports all collided to bring me this one item which represents my past, present and possibly my future. Wild.

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I'm making a habit of posting, now...
From 2:47 pm.

The new Gnarl's Barkley album has some fun lyrics:

Anyone that needs what they want, and doesn’t want what they need, I want nothing to do with.
And to do what I want and to do what I please is first on my to-do list. ("Going On")

Did you know I could be a would-be killer?
If suddenly I should be, I would be killer. ("Would Be Killer")

I just wanted ya’ll to know that I don’t know it all,
So when that big ole smile ends up being just a disguise, don’t be surprised. ("Surprise")

Sadly, there are no tracks on this album (The Odd Couple) that grab me like "Crazy" or "Who Cares?" or "Transformer" did from St. Elsewhere. "Surprise" is probably the one that I'll really take away from this album. I wish there were a few more, though.

It's absolutely a fine and dandy album - I just very much look for "hooks" in music that pull me in and keep me, and I think "Surprise" would be the only track to do it. After St. Elsewhere, I was hoping for more.

Chuck's Unrelated Fun Fact of the Day: There are actually (at least) three popes, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (the one we are usually familiar with), the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Pope of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria. There are probably a bunch more I'm mostly unfamiliar with spread around the Eastern Orthodox Church, too. But seriously - three popes!

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Just out of curiousity...
From 3:17 pm.

Poll #1160995 A burning musical question...
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

What is the most you would pay to hear the B-52s cover "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden?

View Answers

$5 (American)
5 (17.2%)

$10
3 (10.3%)

$20
2 (6.9%)

$25
3 (10.3%)

I would not pay for this privelege.
16 (55.2%)

What is the most you would pay to hear the B-52s cover "Tales of Brave Ulysses" by Cream?

View Answers

$5 (American)
5 (17.9%)

$10
2 (7.1%)

$20
3 (10.7%)

$25
1 (3.6%)

I would not pay for this privelege.
17 (60.7%)

(For purposes of the poll, assume you could both see it performed live and own a studio version (mp3/CD/your choice) for the amount paid.)

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I Just Talk about Games...
From 2:09 pm.

I completed Viva Caligula, a Flash game on the Adult Swim site. It's good times. You are Caligula, and you run around killing Romans with 26 different weapons - one for each letter of the alphabet! At the end there's an orgy, which is about as exciting and PG-13 rated as you'd expect!

( List of weapons, if you're curious... )

I've played most of Amateur Surgeon, and I beat what turned out to be an awesome puzzle game, Head Games, starring Carl and Meatwad. Fun times.

Of the other games, the golf game ("Fairway to Hell") and "5 Minutes to Kill Yourself" are a bit ehn. Floor It, a Squidbillies game, is pretty fun and has funny Squidbillies quotes.

The new 2.4 patch for World of Warcraft came out yesterday. I spent last night in Magister's Terrace, which is pretty difficult. We downed two bosses, then it was late so we went to bed. I got a nifty tanking ring for my druid.

Games, games, games... that's about all I have to present to you. Maybe as Spring comes on and Summer follows, I'll get more motivated to present my creative projects. Right now, I feel pretty ehn about them.

(Italicizing ehn makes it much more descriptive, I find.)

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Fitting, in that oh-so-depressing way...
From 9:17 am.

The Iraq death toll of U.S. soldiers hits 4,000 on Easter. Maybe Jesus is trying to tell us something.

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

-Jesus of Nazereth

Does no one read the Bible except me? I don't believe in the divinity of Jesus, but I have paid attention to what he said.

Sorry to start off all sad on a Monday, but tragedy doesn't know what day of the week it is (unless, as I said, Jesus is trying to tell us something.)

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And now for something completely different...
From 1:55 pm.

Why I'm Voting for Barack Obama

Because you care, I'm telling you why I'm voting for Barack Obama. You can tell me not to in the comments, or call me a hippie fag, and that might sway me, so discussion is always welcome.

( I'm voting for Barack Obama because I'm a cynic. )

( I'm voting for Barack Obama because he understands racial tension. )

( I'm voting for Barack Obama because he is not the other candidates. )

( I'm voting for Barack Obama because he is a member of the Democratic Party that I wish existed. )

( I'm voting for Barack Obama because I get to vote on whatever criteria I choose. )

Anyway, that's why I'm voting for Obama. Also, Obamagirl is pretty hot, but I didn't see her until after I decided to vote for Obama, so I don't consider that amongst my criteria. Besides,

martinivixen is pro-Obama, so she can be my Obamagirl anyway.

Now, enjoy the political diarrhea that will follow in the comments on this entry!

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So now I'll post content...
From 10:36 am.

Lenlow is back! Well, that is, he's put out a new song this month, which he hadn't done in a few months. If you're not familiar with Lenlow's mashups, then I recommend Last Night, To the Taxmobile!, Get Eastwood and My Shiny Gun Mosey (all direct links to mp3s). His latest mashup, Cyprestition is similarly awesome (but I am a huge sucker for Cypress Hill mashups). I love Lenlow because his stuff doesn't sound overproduced or "Club Mix" in nature (not that I don't like some of that style of mashup, too). When I listen to his mashups, to me, they sound like original creations, which I really like.

How Life Goes: It goes fine. I play video games. Lately - Mass Effect, Super Smash Brothers Brawl (I'll post my friend code tonight, if I remember) and my old standby, World of Warcraft. I now have three 70s on Argent Dawn (Bhaala, Utga, Stormcrow). It's ridiculous, right? But I love leveling, and I stopped raiding many months ago, and they made leveling easier, so... it kind of follows. I do wish I could do more Heroics and 5-mans - I should just start PUGing. And when Argent Dawn was dying a few weeks ago, I finally got my first 70, Balthezar, the coveted hammer Earthwarden, which was satisfying. I had wanted that hammer since BC was released, and I finally just ground out the cash to buy my way through Exalted.

In tabletop, I'm playing a Warforged Crusader (named Vet) in an Expedition to Castle Ravenloft game (that's all Dungeons & Dragons speak for the unitiated). Crusader (from the Book of Nine Swords) is, in some ways, a preview of 4th Edition Paladin. I'm naturally incredibly excited about D&D 4th Edition, and I've followed every tidbit of information that has been released. I think this next edition is going to make the game incredibly accessible, which is only good news for D&D fans worldwide.

I've been working on my writing off and on, both on Dr. Pou and Does Your Dog Bite and some essays which may lay the foundation for a new Master Ninja - we'll see. Being creative is nicer than being productive sometimes, so hacking away at stories becomes more important than finishing them... screwy, ain't it?

Anyway, that's it from my delightful world of fantasy. In the real world, I registered to vote Democrat in Pennsylvania... guess who I'm voting for! Go ahead and try!

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