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Sight: Sandman vol 4

Sound: Best of the Who

Touch: FFVII, .hack/infection, RE:0

Taste: cider

Smell: fabric softener

Virtual: Fark, KoL, Homestar Runner

Other Projects

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Token Pursuits: horribly out of date and soon to be decommissioned

Book List 2004

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Small Gods, Terry Pratchett

Cerulean Sins, Laurell K. Hamilton

Dream Country (Sandman, Book 3), Neil Gaiman et al

The Doll's House (Sandman, Book 2), Neil Gaiman et al

Preludes and Nocturnes (Sandman, Book 1), Neil Gaiman et al

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach

The Walking Dead: Days Gone By, Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore

Offbeat Food: Adventures in an Omnivorous World, Alan Ridenour

Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe - Book 1, Stan Lee et al

JLA: League of One, Christopher Moeller

JLA: The Obsidian Age, Book Two, Joe Kelly et al

JLA: Terror Incognita, Mark Waid et al

Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind

The Rising, Brian Keene

The Devil's Novice: The Eighth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters

JLA: World War III, Grant Morrison et al

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey

Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection Vol 1, Dennis O'Neil et al

Batman: Knightfall (novelization), Dennis O'Neil

Fray, Joss Whedon et al

Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn

Green Arrow: Straight Shooter, Judd Winick et al

Without Remorse, Tom Clancy

JLA: Justice For All, Grant Morrison et al

Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett

Green Arrow: Archer's Quest, Brad Meltzer et al

JSA: Stealing Thunder, Geoff Johns et al

JSA: Fair Play, Geoff Johns et al

Zero Hour, Dan Jurgens et al

Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Frommer's Las Vegas 2004, Mary Herczog et al

Green Arrow: The Sounds of Violence, Kevin Smith et al

The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks

The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham

Batman: Hush 2, Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee

DC One Million, Grant Morrison et al

Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, Trace Beaulieu et al

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Book List 2003 Book List 2002 Book List 2001

Gratuitous Monkey-Dog Shot

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posted by dwinn at 3:03 PM

SARS from Space!
posted by dwinn at 5:20 PM

And another thing!

Flak Magazine outlines all of my problems with Television Without Pity.
posted by dwinn at 2:29 PM

Heh

Jason Gay, in the New York Observer, writes:

"We wish television writers wouldn't confuse verbosity with intelligence. One of the more irritating developments of the past decade in TV is the growth of the 78 R.P.M. drama: shows in which characters speak faster than kindergartners who have to go to the potty, and always do it so grammatically and exquisitely -- Blake references! Teddy Roosevelt quotes! -- and launch smart comebacks every time. We'd really enjoy it if, every once in while, a super-smart character on a super-smart show said, "Huh?""

Amen brother!



posted by dwinn at 2:16 PM

Back

I'm back at work.

Here's what I did over vacation, which was less of "we went on vacation" than "we didn't go to work for ten days":

Julie and I went to see X2, which was very good (and you can multiply that by mid-week bargain matinee prices).

We had a soak at the Oasis Hot Tubs.

We ate at the Perrysburg, Ohio Waffle House.

I played some poker and lost a hand even though I had a Royal Straight Flush.

Allen and I watched copious amounts of NBA Playoff Basketball

I stayed up way past my bedtime playing lots of GameBoy Advance games

Today has been two years since our wedding. Julie hasn't killed me, so I must be doing something right.
posted by dwinn at 2:25 PM

Vacation

I'm on vacation, which is good.
I'm not in Las Vegas, which is bad.
posted by dwinn at 3:13 PM

"It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus (sic) about to charge your ass."

Cybersex and Massively Multiplayer RPG's collide:
bloodninja
posted by dwinn at 4:05 PM

Another movie Julie won't go with me to see.
posted by dwinn at 2:56 PM

Remember the time we drove to Toledo?

This weekend we posse'd (posse-ied?) up for a road trip to Toledo, OH, in celebration of dannimal's 30th birthday. Using crack research technology it was discovered that a Friendly's restaurant existed there; both Dann and I had fond memories of eating Giant Reese's Pieces Sundaes at a local Friendly's as kids, but in the years between, it seems as all of their franchises in Michigan went out of bidness.

All was going well until the very beginning of the trip, when I failed to follow Dann, Barry and Amy onto the expressway. No matter, since we had Mer, who did all the reserach on where this place was, with us. Well, not exactly, as the directions she recalled were somewhat vague. I thought I'd drive fast to try to catch up with them, but construction plotted against me.

Anyways, we get into Ohio, we get off US 23 at Maumee (which borders Toledo) and Viola! There's Friendly's! We did it!

Well, kinda. It was a Friendly's, but not the right one. Mer and Julie went in and got directions to the "real" one while Donald and I plotted ways to call Barry without actually knowing his cell number. We failed, but the ladies did not, so we drove onward. Problem solved!

Well, not exactly. Turns out that the directions on how to get there were like Inverse Directions. When the lady said "turn right", we shoulda turned left. When she said "It's on the right", it was on the left. I'm just glad she never said "Go straight."

Anyways, we got there, there was much mocking, gross amounts of food and ice cream were eaten, and all had fun. Huzzah!
posted by dwinn at 5:54 PM

Celebrate... or Else

I thought today was May Day, but it turns out it's Loyalty Day. I wonder if there's a card?
posted by dwinn at 5:18 PM