>After an exhausting weekend of preparing for sledding, napping, and partying… I am at work, with nothing on the agenda for tomorrow. I’ve got a business trip coming up on Tuesday, I get to go out to Wilksbarre PA again. I had a good time last time I went out, there’s not much to do, but I’ll be happy if I get to the mall to get some Xmas shopping done. I’ve done the majority of my purchases online thus far. It’s much easier as I can be home when I’m shopping =] I plan on playing video games this…

>Guide to Mac Gaming Shakira Boobies Amazon: customers who shopped for this item also shopped for… [ screen grab ] Oh — WE’VE GOT BIG DRIVES… Interesting in a space-geek sort of way. Walmart has a $199 Linux web-browser. Missing toads spark drug probe. Denmark anti-piracy group sends bills to users for copyrighted content with orders to delete all material.

>SUS! SUS! Graaaaaa! Sometimes you just want to reach out and grab someone with a giant claw, bashing them to the ground repeatedly before sucking them into your robot chest, grinding them up, and spewing out pieces of their body… or maybe that’s just me. Too much Mortal Kombat? Nah, too much chatter from the dumb mouth. *pop* This picture makes me happy. It’s from The Week In Pictures feature on MSN. Whitney Houston: “I don’t like to think of myself addicted. I like to think … I had a bad habit … which can be broken.”

>This was actually something that I wanted to write quite some time ago, but kept forgetting: Guys — if you run into a lady friend that you know in Victoria Secret… don’t say “hi”. That is unless you’re buying underwear for a really hot model and you want to make her jealous. thedarkside.com/switch The cars of James Bond. Brittish release USAF report of UFO sighting from 1980. You might not be able to afford Eminem’s home, but how about a picture of a cat watching the auction of Eminem’s home.

>The Psudo-WAP blog has been updated with a link to CNN AvantGo content. The very best WTC proposals people could make using paintbrush. The Top 10 stories from The Smoking Gun from Shift.com A Catalog of gag machines from the 1930s. See how the US compares in crime rates. BBC made an interactive digital time capsule back in the 80s… only problem is that the machine used to access it is defunct. Write words on cows, mix them up, watch as poetry unfolds before your eyes. Mad scientists are getting way out of hand. Has your Osama been laden recently?…

>Wow… the Brittish like us they really like us! Try this fun toboggan game. Lookin for that certain new hotness?

>Scott moved out yesterday, I helped with the few heavy things. We took the shortcut through my room… otherwise it would have been down 2 flights up stairs, and up 3 more… which is what he’ll be doing when he comes over. We’re attached through the basement, and he’ll still be hanging out on our side most of the time. It’s interesting, and good to have friends in such abundance and close proximity. The dorms open back up today, people coming home from vacation… Thanksgiving seems to be an interesting college fun-fest. People go home for the holiday, hook up…

>Snow is good, Cokemusic.com is fun. I’ve been collecting the caps. With each cap comes a shot in a raffle, place your entries and if you don’t win — you get the credits back to try again. There’s a lot of good prizes. I haven’t won yet, but it’s so addictive I won’t give up until it’s (something, anything) is mine! It’s like pressing the feeder bar and getting a treat. Just put a dollar in the machine… Scott is going to move next door, he’ll be renting a room from the landlord. Bill is moving in on Sunday. I’ve…

>Thanksgiving was good, turkey was plentiful… spent some quality time with my Dad this year. I had an invite to go up with Mom’s family in VT but it was a long drive, and it was Dad’s turn anyway. We watched some movies in between making the food… I hung out for a while then picked up my buddy Justin and we had a chill evening hanging out. Killed eachother countless times in Mortal Kombat, destroyed some people side-by-side in MechAssault, and ran from the cops in NFS: Hot Pursuit 2. It was just like old times, but with better…

>Wow… things are ramping up, work has changed their configuration. I have a new job title, new training, new tasks… more important things. I’m doing Quality Control, checking the work orders that go through every day for accuracy and to make sure they have all the right charges and whatnot on them. We’re supposed to be going out to PA (Wilksbarre, where I went last time) in 2 weeks for the training. In the midst of the Holidays we’re to learn all the new tasks and be up and running as a department by the 1st. …should be interesting. I…

>This music will make sure you’re in the know: Artist: Damone Track: Frustrated Unnoticed CD: From The Attic Link: www.damone.net Artist: Ash Track: Shinning Light (exclusive acoustic version) CD: Free All Angels { buy it } Link: www.kineticrecords.com Artist:DJ ME DJ YOU Track: People Together CD: Can You See The House Link: www.eeniemeenie.com Artist: The Blood Group Track: Pagans CD: Volunteers Link: www.magistery.com Mr Monkey tell me what to do Mr Monkey want to rule me Mr Monkey, no, I won’t do that I will twiddle my thumbs in front of you. BLAM! …cause you don’t got ’em.

>Fri/Sat spent just lounging around, still trying to get the hang of Mortal Kombat Fatalities. Things are finally getting settled in my head. It’s been a tough week keeping everything straight. Family is starting to call as it’s near the holidays. First I hate to talk on the phone, second… I never have much to say – “…work, school, yah… video games, movies…” I must sound like a lifeless tart. How do I tell them I’m having the time of my life without being excited, lest I give something away. How could I be so excited about normal every day…

>You must see Kikoman! This guy’s convinced that he’s found Saddam’s Inbox. There’s some nice sun pictures added to the CNN Space Gallery. If you’ve ever heard anything about the no talent hack known as Dr Phil then you’ll find this funny. You surely know that ninjas are sweet. The Official Tori Amos web site. The best Unofficial Tori Amos web site.

>More fun with XBox yesterday — I got Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, and MAN is it bloody! The styles are switchable, each person’s got a weapon in one of the ‘stances/styles’ and similar moves between the stances. I was able to pull off a fatality completely by accident, and makes me want all the moves. I went to my buddy Jay’s again, it’s hard not to when he’s online via cable modem (with a reasonable ping) and has a 42″ Widescreen HD TV hooked to the XBox with component video. It’s veeeeeery nice. I got home late, didn’t get as…

>Well it’s finally here! I went to go see Tori Amos @ the Tsongas arena in Lowell. It was a bit of a drive out towards Boston, but my little Tracer made it. It’s tough driving with a governor… it shakes at anything over 80, so it took longer then usual. We got there about 6:15, tickets said 7:00. It wasn’t horribly cold, but certainly nipply. Once they finally opened the doors they got around to telling those of us who waited at the front door that we needed to go around the side where the line was. 3 blocks…

>XBox was fun, link cable was shoddy – hooked up the router, but with 1 too few ethernet cables we were dead in the water for internet multiplayer. We still had fun with some 2 x 2 (system link) and 4 player games on the new 42″ 16:9 HD Hitachi. My TV does fine… but makes me wish for an HD. I’ve gotten myself into a pickle of sorts. Details shall be spared for the sake of my sanity. However, I must remember to sort things before jumping in. You’re too busy trying to stay afloat when you attempt to…

>Tonight is XBox night. I am stopping briefly at home to pick up the XBox, possibly a house mate or two… then off to video game fun. Here’s a list of the 500 most powerful computers, Lennon’s box up for grabs, and my cat loves you — their cats hate you.

>So this was a great weekend. XBox live is up and going, I bought Mech Assault and Unreal Championship. Unreal runs a tad choppy with 4 people — I’m surprised. It also runs really slow online, but shooters are known for their need for good pings. I’ll accept it until cable modem is within reach. Mech Warrior works ok though, no disconnects… and it’s good to go if/when I bring it elsewhere for XBox Live parties. There’s one tomarrow night, when I get out of work I’m going to my buddy Jay’s house, he just got a new 43inch HD…

>Russel Crowe certainly does LUV FIGHTIN’! A “not as funny as I make it out to be” work-name generator. Abercrombie out // Walmart in? Mainstream movies to stream Rolling Stone’s FU to Record Companies Got Cancer? Might as well just give up.

>Ok… so a lot has been going on. I went to the Doctor on Thursday to get everything checked out. After the initial appointment he sent me off to go get x-rays. They took them, everything was ok… nothing major, muscular… but it would take a few days. It’s still bugging me, but feels like it’s getting better. It certainly had me nervous for a bit… but glad it turned out to be ok. I’ve been so occupied with my health that I didn’t get to much else the past week. I took yesterday to do my laundry, come cleaning,…

>I’m singing! Yay! …and really tired. I’m hot, I’m cold, I’m hot and cold. I’m short of breath. I have a really bad pain in my back… but it’s not my back. I try and touch the muscle, but it’s no muscles on my back — like an itch I can’t reach. I’m avoiding getting it checked out, though I think I’ll make an appointment this evening. I know what it is, I think. I might just be overly worried and paranoid because it happened so many times before, but it’s certainly not going away. I have too many things…

>We have a Halloween costume contest at work every year, here’s my picture from this year — I won! I got a free thermal coffee mug & $15 in gift certificates to Dunkin’ Donuts. Yay! I was listening to Stern yesterday morning, he was off on a rant about how homosexuality is psychological, that there’s no physiological (physical, chemical, dna) difference between a gay individual and a straight individual. Today I came accross this article on sheep, that has to do with rams who exclusively court and mate with other rams… not the bi-rams that we’re all familiar with…

>You might have a buncha money somewhere… There’s an interesting bit about The United State’s view on the whole Israel/Palestine thing in this news article.

>Remember the good old days of “Mozilla“? Mmmmmmm… fresh… batch… of antimatter… Ovulating women want a real man! Jesus was probably not a mushroom junkie. I grabbed this story for it’s use of the word “hactivist” (an activist who activates by hacking). Here’s the same story on MSN. Here’s a silly little “what would you have done if you lived back then” quiz.