M-O-O-N, that spells Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!

So maybe you have a fear of long words. Perhaps you have a fear of long games too? If so, then you should give You Have to Burn the Rope a shot. Make sure you have the speakers turned up for the ending song, because it is very much worth it. Good stuff indeed. Its been stuck in my head for days. A big shout out to fellow FHSU homie Adam for letting me know about it.

If you have problems beating the game, they also have a text walkthough in addition to a YouTube video walkthrough listed on the site. There is no reason not to play!... Unless for some reason the game doesn't load properly. That would probably be a good reason I suppose.

From 1 to 1000

In the beginning there was 1. It was a post of post. It came before fhsu even had a blog. It came for one of the Big Three. It came from the MAN! Time has passed into a new age until the 1000. In that passing of time a lot has happened. The Big Three have all left the great fhsu. A few others remain behind, but that is about over to. Who knows what the next 1000 holds. What tales will be written. How many time there might be bring back the blog efforts. Perhaps most important, how many more UT games there might be. Whatever happens it will be good times.

Spring?

So since I don't have anything non-nerdy to write about I will talk about the default the weather. It seems like spring is here but it has not been a nice spring. A lot of wind and cold and rain. Now I know the rain is good, but the wind I don't like. If there were some wind turbines around making power I guess the wind would be ok, but there are not, and I don't understand why. We spend billion on all kinds of stuff why not put a 100 billion in wind and fix these energy problems. Hmm seems I got off the weather there. Well the weather report does have a good look for Friday, and I hope it comes true.

Home Decorating Tips

Looking to decorate your home in an ultra-cool, ultra-nerd way? Check out these ASCII curtains.

Never mind lighting fixtures--they are so last century. Instead, get some sweet light-emitting wallpaper.

And for all your time-tracking needs, get this Jumbo LED Binary Clock.

Strong Bad coming to a WiiWare near you

This is crazy-go-nuts! The just announced Strong Bad game Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is coming in June!

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Uh, that is all. Really! Yup. No long posts here!

...Although it has been snowing here in McCook almost all day. The ground was warm enough that it didn't accumulate on the streets. What's the deal with that?

I need some help, please

I'm in desperate need of an idea for a wedding anniversary gift for Paul. Last year, I was negligent and forgot our anniversary entirely, so I'm trying to do a little better this time around. And, as I'm sure some of you know, Paul is hard to buy for. I've already used up all my great gift giving ideas on him, and we've only been together 3 years. That leaves a lot of future occasions for which I'm stumped. So if you have any great ideas, I'd love to hear them.

Hays to McCook at 5880 MPH

So I decided to set up a camera as I went home from Hays. Too bad I was heading towards the sun for a good part of the trip, and then went into night for the last part, causing frames to be dropped and intense motion blurring. The effect is still cool nonetheless.

Google Wake-up Kit

From Google:

What's new with Google Calendar

"Just launched!

Wake yourself up with our new Google Wake Up Kit!
Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? We do, too. In fact this problem became so serious at times that it sometimes resulted in lacklustre attendance at team meetings. To help solve the problem we've created an innovative solution called the Google Wake Up Kit.

"I could never wake up on time to get to our team meetings. But thanks to the new Google Wake Up Kit, I'm always on time now!"
Pedro C.

In combination with the kit, you can receive a new type of notification from Google Calendar, called the "wake up" notification. This notification is relentless in ensuring your timely awakening from restful slumber.

The "wake up" notification uses several progressively more annoying alerts to wake you up. First it will send an SMS message to your phone. If that fails, more coercive means will be used. The kit includes an industrial-sized bucket and is designed to be connected to your water main for automatic filling. In addition, a bed-flipping device is included for forceful removal from your sleeping quarters. Learn more "

Bed-flipping device! Sweet! This will solve all my wake-up problems. Hehehe.

Velveeta: Not real cheese, but still delicious

I've got to get something off my chest. I get really cheesed off when people dis Velveeta, all because it isn't technically a cheese, but instead a "cheese product." Personally, the fact that it is or isn't a real cheese doesn't matter. Taste is the prime factor for me. And brother, it tastes awesome.

So back off, processed cheese haters! I'm taking a stand, here and now!



I also have a thing against people-against-using-microwaves-for-cooking, but I'll save that for another slow news day when I have absolutely nothing to talk about.

Ladies' Fair

Last night, I went to the Ladies' Fair. It was insanely crowded with women, and people were pushing and shoving each other over 20% off coupons and free yardsticks. Not to say that those aren't great things, but it was a little scary. Plus, in my hopefulness of winning something, there are now about 20 Mary Kay, Arbonne, Pampered Chef, water softener, home decor, and jewelry salespeople who have my name, e-mail address, and phone number. It's a good thing this only happens once a year!

ARRRGGHHHH

I know you think that when college is over there aren't anymore tests. But you are wrong. I just sat through a 4 and a half hour test on a Saturday for the international code counsels' reinforced concrete inspector test. There are two parts to the test, first part is on the codes and standards and the second part is on how well you can read plans, you have to score a 75% on both parts. I got an awsome 83% on the codes part and became the first person in Terracon in over a decade to pass that part BUT I only got a 72% on the plans part. The plans part is a 30 question test and by my calculations I missed it by one question. Now I have to wait six months to take it again. SOB. That is all that I got.

The Joys of staying home sick

Yep it is that time of year again where the allergens come out in full battle gear and kick butt. I have been stuck in bed since Saturday staring at the ceiling, with the one eye that was leaking like it needs to be replace, connecting the dots in the Spackle making pictures. I am pretty sure so far I have found Nixon, a car, the Devil, a toaster, a pencil, a gorilla, the efile tower, some gum, a spot that is leaking water, and Waldo. Some of it could have been the benidrill speaking since the devil was talking to me. But on the bright side I have completely bored myself out of my body twice and ate some rather unusual soup. I can't wait to get out of my apartment.

Pi Song!

More Pi!

Pi Day!

Time to celebrate pi, on this, the day of 3-14. Let's watch a rap video on it, shall we?

Spring Break

With spring break coming up, it's exciting that the weather is finally more springlike. It's a little sad, though, that this is my last spring break. I'm pretty sure that accountants don't get spring breaks, but hopefully being an accountant is easier than being a student and I won't need a break so badly.

Delicious Cleaning

I tell ya... this is a great time to be alive. Excitement is what I'm verbally exuding, man! I love it so much.

What I'm talking about is hygiene; smelling good to be specific. It used to be so boring for me, but that was before my life was turned upside-down by what some people call "coordinating." That is, using products with a specific theme throughout. And ladies and gentlemen, I believe I've finally found my coordinating theme for cleaning products: delicious, delicious food. I'm all for it! Let me explain it further so everyone reading this article will be fully weirded out.

It all started with Suave Naturals Vanilla & Sugar Shampoo. I then found out about it's conditioner counterpart. It doesn't stop there! I eventually went looking in the toothpaste deparment, and I found Crest Vanilla Mint, along with some Listerine Vanilla Mint mouthwash! I had been using this combination successfully for quite awhile, it made me happy. I always looked forward to shampooing. But something was missing...

But today, shopping at Wal-Mart, I believe I've finally found the missing puzzle piece! That's right: I found the body soap Body Essence Sweet Vanilla Cream. I can only assume that they put a picture of a woman on the webpage featuring that product because that is what it attracts: Women. It attracts them because they are hungry. It makes sense to me, and you can keep your thoughts to yourself if you think otherwise. In any case, I just purchased the product today, so I remain hopeful that this thing is the answer I've been dreaming for. Wow, I need a life.

Eventually this got me thinking about that one Twilight Zone episode with the cookbook. Then they sort of did the same thing on The Simpsons but not really. So maybe I'm not really getting myself clean at all, but in fact I'm making myself into a tasty treat for our alien overlords who have somehow invaded and taken over the hygiene product world.

Happy Spring!

OK, so it's not quite Spring (as Sunday's snowstorm indicates), but it's getting close. It's now Chick Days at Orscheln's! They have bunnies, too, which are arguably cuter. The main problem with the chicks is that you have to buy a minimum of 25. What is a person going to do with 25 chicks that grow up into chickens?!? Eat them? Anyways, I was tempted to stuff one in my pocket, but I figured the cheeping would give me away. So I'll just have to get by with a chick flick instead (which is arguably NOT cuter).

In other news, tragedy strikes: somebody ran over the Easter bunny, so Easter is cancelled. Sorry kids.




FYI: don't be an idiot like me and forget to change your clocks FORWARD (not back) an hour next week on March 9th. Daylight Savings Time = Don't Sleep Time. :(

Left Handed Presidents

So I watch a lot of news, perhaps to much. One thing I have noticed is that both Obama and McCain are left handed. I found a link of other left handed presidents. It appears lately there have been a lot. I don't know what it means but it is interesting to me.

How much?

I hate it when games keep track of how long you've been playing. Take Burnout Paradise for example. I've been playing that on my PS3 for over 55 hours and counting. That's approaching $1/hr for high-quality crashing entertainment.

It's a fun game too, you should play it if you have the opportunity. At first, I was really miffed that it doesn't offer two-player split-screen, but seeing as how I don't have anybody anyway, it is a moot point at this juncture.

But if you would rather not go all out for a top-end game, why not give Desktop Tower Defense 1.5 a try? That game got me hooked for about two weeks, which is impressive for a free flash game. Creating paths for pencil-drawn enemies to get destroyed in has never been more fun.

Television Addicts Rejoice!

Now that the Writer's Strike has finally ended, I can get back to my mind-numbing routine of watching Chuck, Heroes, The Office, and Smallville. Man, I missed these guys! I am still upset that the networks managed to function for so long. . .I blame the epidemic of reality tv shows. Seriously, Big Brother 9?!?!? Who watches this, other than voyeurs? Besides, the whole point of watching television is to escape reality and not to watch an artificial, carefully constructed version of reality. In essence, we are watching people watch each other. And then whine about it later on camera. This stale, suffocating decadence will cause the downfall of society. And that's my rant. I need to go back to writing a paper.