Author: Dan Dickinson

These two events happened individually, and will only make sense to Bemani types.

Two days ago: In the kitchen, making a Hot Pocket. Our microwave is stronger than the wattage specified on the box, and I keep trying to narrow the time down to a perfect cooking cycle.

Last time I did 1:40, so this time I punch in 1:35.

My brain thinks “Hmm, that’s nearly 1:30.”

I stop.

I think “…”.

I sigh.

Today, we’re at dinner with my aunt and my dad.

My aunt is talking about a relative, and says “The problem with her is that she’s so absolute…”

Immediately in my head: DEE, DADADADADAA DAA DAAA DAAA DAAAAAAAAAA!

Please, someone bludgeon me out of my misery.

Katie and I just got back from X-2. It was entertaining, and it was certainly better than the first movie, but it’s still not falling into my “I want to own this on DVD” category. It’s really sad when I can break all the actors/actresses down into three distinct categories; entertaining (Cox, McKellen, Jackman, Stewart, Cumming), not entertaining (Halle Berry by far exemplifies this; also, Marsden and Janssen), and wasted (Paquin and all the kid actors who were on for about 5 seconds of total screen time). Worth seeing, but maybe just as a matinee.

Also notable, we purchased tickets for the very first showing of Matrix Reloaded at Regal; 10 PM on Wednesday. Other people in the Ithaca area are more than welcome to meet up with us there if you’re going to that showing; leave me a comment or an IM or something.

Finally, Jared posted a little video game comedy we had earlier in #ctc. Comedy up the wazoo. So go have your wazoo made slightly more hilarious – unless you’re a Miyamoto fanboy.

Flyboy Bush

David Neiwert has penned an excellent blog entry asking a lot of tough questions about President Bush’s military record:

But forget all these unanswered questions. Just from what we know now, the question that needs answering is this: Why did Mr. Bush abandon his commitment to his country during wartime? Why did he blow off his valuable training and remove himself from flight status?