A belated birthday wish…

… for my dad is due. His birthday was actually yesterday, but we’re making the trip to spend some time with him today as Anne had to work. My dad has reached the 68 year old milestone and, despite some health issues, is still plugging along pretty well.

So here’s a belated Happy Birthday . . . → Read More: A belated birthday wish…

Zero Punctuation reviews “Duke Nukem Forever”

What’s that you say? DNF was never released? Pish posh! Pesky things like actually being released never stops a truly great game reviewer! Check it:

I have a sneaking suspicion that the fact that 3DRealms is dead and buried will in no way stop discussions of Duke Nukem Forever happening well into the next century. . . . → Read More: Zero Punctuation reviews “Duke Nukem Forever”

Catholic rehab center uses beatings to cure you of your addiction.

Apparently the Catholic solution to any problem it comes across is to beat the shit out of it. That was the approach taken—in addition to sexual abuse and rape—with Irish children in the Church’s care for decades on end and now it appears to be the preferred solution at a Serbian Catholic drug rehab center:

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Games I’m looking forward to: “Modern Warfare 2”

Anyone who’s hung out at SEB for any amount of time knows what a big fan I am of Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty franchise. The fourth iteration, subtitled Modern Warfare, had be a little worried by the move away from WWII, but it turned out to be an excellent game with highly enjoyable multiplayer . . . → Read More: Games I’m looking forward to: “Modern Warfare 2”

We’re home from Iowa no worse for wear.

This is just a quick note to let folks know we survived the trip. Expect an update that goes into details of the trip including some pics later once I get a moment to catch my breath. Work is busy today because we had a power outage on Monday that took a good chunk of . . . → Read More: We’re home from Iowa no worse for wear.

Look out Iowa. This bastard is headed your way.

Momentarily Anne and I will be setting out on a road trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a long holiday weekend visit with her best friend from college. I’ve been married to Anne for 8 years and we’ve been a couple for a decade now and I’ve yet to meet her BF because, well, she . . . → Read More: Look out Iowa. This bastard is headed your way.

Trailer for the “V” series remake hits the net.

I remember when the original V TV mini-series was aired back in 1983. It was a big hit in part because it had some surprisingly decent special effects for a sci-fi TV series for that time. Watching it now the Nazi allegory of the story is about as subtle as jackboot on your neck, but . . . → Read More: Trailer for the “V” series remake hits the net.

“We Are Astronomers” trailer featuring David Tennant.

This looks like it would be wicked cool to see. Not the least because it’s being narrated by David Tennant:

WAA Trailer 1 from NSC Creative on Vimeo.

Do you know what an astronomer does? Today’s astronomer is not the lone observer of past centuries. We are Astronomers reveals the global collaboration, technology and . . . → Read More: “We Are Astronomers” trailer featuring David Tennant.

Nine year investigation of Ireland’s Catholic reform schools reveals Hell on Earth.

It’s taken nine years and the final 2,600 page report goes into detail on the systematic abuse and rape of children living in reform schools run by the Catholic church in Ireland:

Catholic Church shamed by Irish abuse report – Yahoo! News

Wednesday’s five-volume report on the probe — which was resisted by Catholic . . . → Read More: Nine year investigation of Ireland’s Catholic reform schools reveals Hell on Earth.

Once more I must praise the Canon company.

Two weeks ago I wrote an entry wherein I raved about Canon’s customer support. Our Canon Powershot A80’s CCD had been slowly dieing over the last year or so and it turns out Canon had a recall on it back in 2005 so I rang them up and they agreed to have the camera shipped . . . → Read More: Once more I must praise the Canon company.