My recent musings on EA’s video game Lord of the Rings: The White Council and its possible cancellation put me in a Tolkien gaming mood. I wanted to play a Lord of the Rings video game, I wanted to mercilessly kill Orc after Orc, but which game to play? I settled on The Third Age,Continue reading “On Revisiting The Third Age”
On Fictional Dinner Companions
I saw this on Adam-Troy Castro’s newsgroup today, and I thought I’d post it here: Prompted by a post in Unca Harlan’s Art Deco Dining Pavillion, I challenge the group to name the five fictional characters they would most like to invite to their dinner party. In the case of villains, I include the provisionContinue reading “On Fictional Dinner Companions”
On a Serendipitous Happening
John Lennon tried to tell me something today. I was buying a greeting card in a drug store, and as I made my decision the muzak switched over to a John Lennon song that captured perfectly the mood of the greeting card I wanted to purchase. I won’t say which song. Just that it wasContinue reading “On a Serendipitous Happening”
Just an Observation
Sometimes I feel like I should’ve taken up kickboxing.
On Goofy Comments
Daleks won’t vote for Pedro.
On Being Wowed
I’ve been reading Daily Kos for a really long time. I registered for an account to post comments, and I think I may have posted five or six. Today I posted a diary. My first. It’s Keith‘s fault, really. He linked to a YouTube video of Keith Olbermann’s latest Special Comment. I watched the video,Continue reading “On Being Wowed”
On Taking Deep Breaths
I will not get medieval on someone’s ass. I will not get medieval on someone’s ass. I will not get medieval on someone’s ass. I am tired of people who think Doctor Who is a series about Rose. Excuse me, but Doctor Who survived a long damn time before Rose Tyler, and it’s going toContinue reading “On Taking Deep Breaths”
On Playing Twenty Questions
1. Elaborate on your default icon. Me as a South Park character. I’ve used it in various capacities over the past few years. 2. What’s your current relationship status? No current relationship. 3. Ever have a near-death experience? There are times I’ve nearly died (yes, that’s plural, people), but I wouldn’t say I’ve had aContinue reading “On Playing Twenty Questions”
On a Strange Search Phrase
I went through my website logs today, and in going through who was coming and going on my website today I noticed something really odd in the search strings used to reach allyngibson.com: a battle model of two armies using differential equation It wasn’t through Google. Rather, it came through MSN, and I don’t knowContinue reading “On a Strange Search Phrase”
On the Morning Blahs
One of those mornings, when I can’t get out of bed. Blah. One of those mornings where I dreamt the alarm going off, where I dreamt hitting the snooze button five or six times. I hate those nested awakenings. Blah. We may see snow flurries today. Better than yesterday’s rainy, blustery day. Blah. My coffeeContinue reading “On the Morning Blahs”