Floyd the barber cuts his hair...

Freakazoid! What more needs to be said? It is an amazing series that never quite found its audience. I recently watched a video by Bob "Moviebob" Chipman of the escapist magazine that discussed what he calls "The Prophesy of Freakazoid" (embedded for your convenience).

While watching the video I was reminded of how great a show it was/is. And therefore I felt the need to share with all of you.

On a more serious note this past Friday (the 28th for those keeping score) was the one year anniversary of me losing my job at Vector Security. I wasn't sure how to celebrate. Dance a jig? Raise a glass of my best scotch? Why even celebrate? To be honest I have had so much less stress since losing my employment there. True there was the stress that tends to go along with unemployment, but overall the quality of my life improved. I do kinda miss the salary though. Some of the people there were cool too. Am I supposed to feel this way about a job loss?

And that is it for me today,
If I'm not back in five minutes... keep waiting.

Does whatever a spider can.

Well it has been made official, Andrew Garfield and director Marc Webb have signed on for the sequel to Amazing Spider-Man.  I am totally hyped for this movie as I thought Amazing was the best movie I've seen all year.  Yes, better than both Batman and the Avengers.

And now for some sad news. Michael O'Hare who played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair on the TV show Babylon 5 has passed away. My good friends know that B5 was/is one of my all time favourite shows, and while I prefer Bruce Boxleitner's Captain John Sheridan as a character, I still feel something of a loss with O'Hare's passing. May he rest in peace and his family and friends find comfort.

Keeping the TV theme running, where did all the good shows go? I realise good is somewhat subjective, but it seems all I ever do is watch reruns of Pawn Stars and American Pickers anymore. Barring a couple of exceptions (How I Met Your Mother & Supernatural) I mainly keep the TV on for background noise.

And that is it for me today
Keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your...

The Cowboy Rides Away

As I have said in a previous post I am something of a fan of Country music.  Topping my list is "King" George Strait.  I knew this day was coming, but today George announced his retirement from touring.  Tour dates have been announced for the 2013 leg, but the 2014 dates will be announced at a later time.  As I said it was inevitable, but I'm still not looking forward to it.  Here is a video of the press release.



That is pretty much it for me today.
David

I'm David and I approve this message.

Given that it is election time we get to see plenty of commercials from the varying candidates. My question is why do they need to have the statement "I'm a politician and I approve this message." 
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You think!? I mean really. You never hear "I'm a politician, the narrator just said nice things about me while bashing my opponent. I totally disapprove of this message." Do we really need them to tell us that they approve?

Moving right along. There is a book by Yahtzee Croshaw called Mogworld. It is his first published novel and I highly recommend it. I may do a full review of it later, but anyone that has ever played an MMORPG should read it. And perhaps pre-order his forthcoming novel Jam. This one is about a strawberry scented apocalypse... and carnivorous jam. Based on the sample chapter I have read it looks to be quite good.

So as I implied earlier I may start doing book reviews. The books I review probably won't be new (some might be though). If anyone has any ideas, or even suggestions of stuff to read, please speak up. Additionally I have been working on a short story type of thing which I am thinking of posting here and would welcome any feedback on it.

That's it for today,
David

You say goodbye and I say Halo...

So recently, over the past few months, a friend and I have been playing through the games in the Halo series. It was my idea to get geared up for Halo 4. We managed to finish Halo 2 today which sadly I had never beaten before. I had previously played through roughly half of it, but would always get distracted and move on to something else. It feels nice to have beaten it finally (even though I did have help. All we have left now is to play Halo 3 and we'll be ready for the 6th of November.

 Otherwise I have been playing Borderlands 2. I know that Gearbox prides themselves on having a "bazillion" guns, but sometimes I think that there are too many. I believe that this Penny Arcade is fairly accurate.

Finally, this coming Tuesday sees the release of Dead or Alive 5. They claim it is a fighting game but when your pre-order bonuses are bikinis for the characters... I'm somewhat suspicious. Not that that will stop me from buying it. The series has always been entertaining after all.

Well that is it for today. Maybe next time I'll have something profound to say.

 David,

I'm back... I think... I hope it is me...

So it has been somewhere just shy of forever since I last posted anything.  For that I want to extend a heartfelt apology to my reader.

So... I have been working for a company that plays country music all day in the store (I'm not complaining as I actually like country).  Some of the songs, however, are not exactly what I would pick for, well anything...  One of them always makes me hear something beyond what was intended.

Tomorrow by Chris Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETVjll5eR88 (you know you want to listen) is one that I cannot stand.  A buddy of mine tells me it is a sweet song about wanting your last night with someone to be perfect.  I, however, hear "Baby I'm leaving you tomorrow, but tonight we are getting it ON!"

My friend may be right, but mine is funnier.

On the topic of music; this one truly speaks to the nerd in me.  But beyond that it is also just a really inspired composition.  And I highly recommend checking out some of Gavin's other work.


Well, I hope to be around more often sharing my ramblings and insights with you another time.

David,

Well, I've been away for a bit too long. And even after all that time I still don't have anything profound or even interesting to say. But I figured I may as well post something... anything even. I'm just not too sure what. So I guess I'll just leave you all with this thought, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance... baffle them with bullshit."

Down with the sickness

So anyhoo here we are four days into the new year and I'm already sick. Ordinarily this wouldn't bother me too much except I'm usually one of those people who doesn't get sick too often. As it turns out the sunusitis that I had about a month ago wasn't completely cleared up by the antibiotic, and so it decided to come back with a terrible vengeance. So I get to be sick now, but I still have to go into work. Well I really don't have too much to say today. So I just hope ya'll are enjoying your new year and are healthier than me.

The nightmare realm of fairytales

Okay maybe someone out there in the wyld can answer me, exactly how is this "the most wonderful time of the year"? I work retail and all I see are people who are willing to push, shove, and badger all so that they can get the perfect gift for someone. And yes I will admit that there are those precious few who are genuinely polite and kind. The ones who are willing to wait their turn and even go the extra mile to make things easier for all parties involved. I know it's hectic and busy all over, and yes I am also in search of the perfect gift (even now... sorry guys), but why the frack is everyone so pissy about it? I'm not really talking about the people who are just in a hurry, or are getting irate because they can't find that one item. I'm referring to the people who have no concept of putting an item back where it belongs, but then have the nerve to complain about how messy your store is. Perhaps I'm just cynical... okay I know that I'm cynical... but all in all when does it end? Christmas has come and gone, yes now we have returns and gift cards to process, but the customers haven't changed a bit. They still act like they have to find that perfect item and only have a couple of days to do it in.

Anyhoo that's it for today's rant. Maybe tomorrow I'll let you know my thoughts on employees that are so worthless that having a corpse on staff would be a more productive waste of payroll.

I heard the bells on Christmas day.

Well Christmas has come and gone (by a day at least), and all is right with the universe. I spent most of the day yesterday with my sister and brother-in-law, and it was good. I will admit that I didn't feel all that Christmas-y this year. For some reason it just didn't seem like the Christmas season for me. Maybe it was the slightly un-seasonal weather, or the droves of mindless zombies... erm... I mean shoppers, but somehow it just feels as though the Christmas spirit just passed me by. Moving right along, and away from the melancholy. I got to see the new Rocky flick. I dug it! If you're a fan of the original you'll probably enjoy this one. My parents celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary on Friday. Had dinner and it was fun. My sister and I are now trying to figure how we'll embarrass them next year for their 35th.

Well that is all this one has to say for now.

Shameless

Wow! I hadn't realized how long since the last post. As far as procrastination goes... I rule! So I got to go and hang out with a couple friends for a little bit the other night. It was pretty fun in a random sort of way. Random is a word that describes the general motif of all hang out sessions between my friends and myself. Didn't do too much just kinda sat around... well they had food while I sat around.

So beyond that not too much has happened so instead I leave you with a link to a really cool site www.shortpacked.com

You know you want to go there.

Musings

A friend of mine brought up a good point not too long ago. Why was it that every time Yoda said something it sounded like he was trying to tell you that something tasted good?

So excepting a minor family emergency today was largely uneventful. During the slow time I had I got to thinking wouldn't it be cool if the A-Team replaced the New Avengers? Seriously Captain America could be replaced by Hannibal, Luke Cage doesn't even hold a candle to Mr. T., and Stark has nothing on the Faceman (except that cool armor). And as far as Murdock goes he's already a superhero... I know you remember Captain Cab. Hells The Greatest American Hero could replace the Sentry in a heartbeat. KITT might even get into it! It would be the greatest thing since sliced bread.

And that concludes today's exercise in futility.

Well... first post not too much to say. Just thought it was time to jump on the bandwagon.