What’s happened to Wendy’s? That bacon cheeseburger was flat and lifeless, devoid of taste. Blah.
Daily Archives: September 13, 2006
On Desks and Work
Today I got my IKEA-styled, bought at Target, computer desk back. It has sat, on the side porch, for about two weeks. The room upstairs that was to be my office didn’t quite have the room to accomodate the desk, so I worked for two weeks steadily on the room clearing out the various andContinue reading “On Desks and Work”
On Something Like D-Day, But Not D-Day
Last night, after watching House, I wanted to play a computer game. But what? Hmm, Age of Empires II seemed promising. I’ve given all of my real-time strategy love to its successor, Age of Empires III, so why not spend some time with some Age of Kings or The Conquerors? So, I fired up TheContinue reading “On Something Like D-Day, But Not D-Day”
On Remembering Moonbase Alpha
Let us not forget: September 13, 1999 marks the 7-year anniversary of the tragic events at Moonbase Alpha, where all 311 of the base’s inhabitants were lost and presumed killed after terrorists set off a thermonuclear chain reaction on the moon’s Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 2. The resulting catastrophic explosion blasted the Moon out ofContinue reading “On Remembering Moonbase Alpha”
On Why Things Explode
I told someone today, in all seriousness, that the reason Photon Torpedoes make Really Big Bangs is that the explosive charge is Illudium Q-36, a mineral found only on Mars. This will doubtless come in very handy for his writing endeavors. Bwah-ha-ha!