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Random thoughts from my vacation in St. Augustine

2009-07-05T16:45:07Z

(1) What is with the proliferation of mothers with tattoos? Before you think of getting all tatted up, ladies, remember this: it may seem cool now, but when you're 40 and have three kids, that tribal arm-band and tramp-stamp is just gross. (2) Walmart shoppers have to be the laziest people on Earth. We stopped to get some children's Tylenol and the parking lot was filled with abandoned shopping carts. Most were left less than 30 feet from those cart return areas. You...(read more)

Iron Maiden Rock Band DLC

2009-06-10T04:38:00Z

Finally, some DLC for Rock Band that I can sink my teeth into. It's been a while since I have downloaded a full week's worth of DLC in one shot. There has almost always been something I did not like. Or, in the case of the Country Music Track Pack or the Pixies full album, something that I hate. There was the Megadeth album "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?", but since then the DLC has been so not to my taste that I downloaded nothing or so eclectic that there were only one or...(read more)

New Fallout 3 DLC - Point Lookout

2009-06-10T04:11:53Z

Bethesda Game Studios has announced three more DLC packs for Fallout 3. Holy cow!! The first, called Point Lookout , is set in a new swampland area outside the DC wasteland and from what I've seen it looks a bit like Deliverance with massive amounts of radioactive mutations. Squeeel like a pig! Point Lookout will be released on XBLM on June 23. Here is a trailer that Bethesda released last week at E3....(read more)

Left 4 Dead 2 Revealed at E3

2009-06-03T01:54:48Z

As some of you know, I am a huge fan of the first-person shooter Left 4 Dead. The only complaint I had was that it was so short. But, it is endlessly replayable with multiple difficulty levels, couch co-op, and a variety of fun online multi-player modes. Saving the world from the zombie apocalypse has never been more satisfying. I was not expecting news about a sequel to come out of E3, so when I came across this, I jumped up and down at the news. To my buddy Walter...(read more)

Obama Motor Company

2009-05-20T05:58:16Z

With Obama taking over Chrysler and GM and unconstitutionally giving controlling shares to his buddies at the AFL-CIO as a payback for their support in the election, the question is: what can we expect from these companies in the future? Already Obama has fired the CEO of GM, announced plans to close a combined 4,400 dealerships (some 3,300 at Chrysler alone), and has forced Chrysler to slash it's advertising budget to save money. So, not only will you be unable to find a dealership...(read more)

New Fallout 3 DLC is Here

2009-05-06T04:20:00Z

The latest DLC for Fallout 3 is entitled " Broken Steel " and picks up after the conclusion of the game's main storyline. It also extends the level-cap from level 20 to level 30. The sad part is that they released this installment last (following "Operation Anchorage" and "The Pitt"), so the hours of questing that I did after hitting level 20 are worthless. I've now got to dig through my save games and find one close to the end of the...(read more)

Diggin' Me Some Mass Effect...again

2009-05-05T01:56:08Z

Mass Effect was a rare specimen of a game. Superb storytelling, gorgeous graphics, a huge universe to explore. It was so good that I've played through it twice, just to see how different decisions affect the outcome of the game (yes, you can get jiggy with the alien chick if you play your cards right). Anyway...Seeing this teaser for Mass Effect 2 had me jonesing for another play-through, this time trying to score all the Renegade points by avoiding the Mister Nice Guy dialog...(read more)

Andrew McCarthy's Letter to the Obama Administration

2009-05-04T18:08:01Z

You Gotta Love this Guy's Guts. Read on. By email (to the Counterterrorism Division) and by regular mail: The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General of the United States United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder: This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline the invitation to participate in the May 4 roundtable meeting the President’s Task Force on Detention Policy is convening with...(read more)

Obama too pooped to give a damn about our oldest ally

2009-03-08T14:27:36Z

I thought the new administration was going to restore our standing in the world. Bush had so alienated our allies that we needed to mend some fences, right? So how, exactly, does repeatedly dissing our closest ally, the United Kingdom, restore our standing? We've pledged $900-billion to HAMAS in Gaza. We have pledged to pay to upgrade the security forces in the West Bank. So, I guess we've improved our standing with the towel-headed anti-Israel crowd in the Middle East. We've threatened...(read more)

The One Cites Japan's "Lost Decade" to Justify Massive Porkulus

2009-02-10T13:42:27Z

In yesterday's almost unbearable White House presser, in answer to the first question prom the press, the Most Merciful Lord High Barack Hussein Obama cited the so-called "lost decade" of the 1990's in Japan as justification for why we have to have insane government spending to solve our economic crisis. "We saw this happen in Japan in the 1990s. Where they did not act boldly and swiftly enough. And as a consequence. They've suffered what was called the lost decade. Where...(read more)