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I already have.

*Dusts off the ol' LiveJournal*



But..I like both. Hmm...


( Cat Logic )

I also just finished reading Storm Front by Jim Butcher, the first novel in the Dresden Files. I rather liked it, even if it was told in first-person narrative, a style that I sometimes can't get into. It worked well in the Myth books by Robert Asprin, and was ok in the first few novels of the Anita Blake series, before I got so fed up with them that I refused to read another. Here it works as well, being almost a tradition of detective type novels to be narrated in this style. Harry Dresden is a likable character, and is refreshingly not overpowered, as many in the "supernatural fiction" genre tend to be.

The bookstore didn't have volume two when I went there yesterday, so I contended myself with Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and The Pessimist's Guide to History by Doris Flexner and Stuart Berg Flexner, a compendium of historical disasters, mayhem and catastrophes. Whee.

So, I have been toying around with the idea for a long time, but today everything just kind of fell into place, and so by tomorrow I will probably no longer be the owner of my bike, or any bike for that matter.

( Farewell my friend )
I'm still a bit in shock I must say, they just kind of came to our yard sale, asked if I was selling it, I said "give me $1500" and they said "sure" O.O whoa. I bought it for $2200 4 years ago from a cycle salvage, and 4 year later I am selling it for $1500, I should have said 1800 and worked by way down, but as they say hindsight is 20/20.

So farewell my beater, you have been amazing to me, time to show someone else how amazing you are.

My beater beauty is not even gone but I am itching to get back in the saddle already, I'm so afflicted =/. *scratches* c'mon guys I just need a fix. =P

Happy Birthday, perro ......
here is a video I made just for you .....with a little help from kellogg_collie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1G3rFOjmCM

We had to stop another unexpected night on the road, but we're here now. Hooray!

We still don't have a proper internet connection yet, but we'll be setting that up tomorrow. So you probably won't hear from me again until Monday or so, whenever the net's turned on. I just wanted to check in with everyone. So, yeah. We survived!

Voting is up for threalljidol. Check out my entry for this week.

Voting this week is friends only so please feel free to join the community so you can vote for me! I am in tribe #2. I will try to link to some rec's as well, because there are some great entries out there. Vote early and vote often!

Happy weekend every body!

Got this elsewhere, it seems legit, and I figure that since several artists drop by here, maybe one of you could dash off a quickie Christmas-related picture for the kid?

If anyone has time - you can help full fill a last wish - this has been
verified by Snopes and a news agency -

Diana Harrison Biorkman has a 5-yr old son, Noah Biorkman, in his last stages of
a 2 1/2 year battle with Neuroblastoma cancer. They are celebrating Christmas
early because Noah isn't expected to live much longer and Noah loves Christmas
cards.

Please take a minute to send a card to:

Noah Biorkman,

1141 Fountain View Circle,

South Lyon MI 48178


http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/biorkman.asp

Tell me what do you guys and gals think of this. I'm not sure myself because sometimes technological equivalent merchandise isn't always that spectacular from an original product. This seems like an IPhone equivalent and I know that some of you own IPhones. First Impressions?

Another night of furry bowling insanity!

What: Dinner and Fursuit Bowling in Delaware! Brought to you by The Furst State!

When: Saturday November 21st, 6:00 PM - 12:00 PM

Where: Wilmington DE: Charcoal Pit, AMF Price Lanes

RSVP: http://furbowl.surple.com/


( Details under the cut! )

Can't wait to see you all there again for another fun furry night!

I saw a couple of classic examples of false advertising this morning. One was on t.v. where a local Dodge dealer was offering new cars at 80% off the MSRP. Huh? How can you sell a car for 80% off the sticker price (unless you double the sticker price)? In the car biz (and most every other biz) MSRP stands for "Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price." So I did a little slo-mo using the DVR to see what the loophole was in the ad. It turns out that their acronym meant "Manufaturers Suggested Retail PROFIT." So in other words instead of making, say, $1000 profit from each sale, they would make only $200. In other words, you're not getting any sort of sale/deal that a person would normally get. I thought it was pretty sneaky of them to twist things around like that. That's like saying I work for the CIA when in fact it's the Central Illinois Architects. While I wouldn't be lying, you would expect that I knew about national security instead of spacial design.

The other ad was found on a webpage. I just happened to glance over at the ad which showed various book titles. The title of the ad was "The 10 Greatest Books in American History." Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" popped up. This was followed by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." Then came John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." I thought it was perhaps an ad from the Library of Congress encouraging people to read. And then the Book of Mormon popped up. Huh? Wut? Oh. It was an ad from the Church of LSDLDS. Ummmm....no. If that's your idea of great literature, or even literature that defines a country, I'd have to say that you need to visit your library a little more.

Shooter goes on rampage in Orlando.

Here's hoping no one else with a death wish and a general hatred for their fellow humans decides to get 'inspired' by all of this.

As always, my prayers and condolences to the victims and their families. For that little those prayers increasingly seem to be worth.

So rumor has it I'm an older bastard today. Gay death + 1. Can't say I'm all that enthusiastic about this birthday. Not bitter by any means, but rather relatively indifferent.

To counteract all the hip dysplasia, nephritis and rheumatism, I tried out darkwolph's gym last night. It's not the greatest gym by any standard, but it will work :)

So thanks for all the well wishes on this day of Fiber Martinis and Centrum Silver Mudslides. I really appreciate it :)

As we count down with excitement to Midwest FurFest 2009, a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Midwest FurFest, we wanted to talk about some of the things that might be helpful for you, whether you're an old hand at MFF or if this is your very first convention. We'll call this TEN THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MIDWEST FURFEST!

Number Seven: Midwest FurFest has shuttles available!

The Westin Chicago North Shore has a hotel shuttle that operates in a three-mile radius around the hotel. This radius includes TWO Metra (commuter rail) stations: the Lake-Cook Road Station on the MD-North line and the Wheeling Station on the North Central Service line (which does not run on weekends!). The Westin will be happy to pick you up from the Metra station IF: 1. You are a paying guest at the Westin, and 2. If you call the Westin at (847) 777-6500 twenty-four hours in advance to let them know you will need a ride.

The reason they request the latter is because of manpower issues: you don't want to have a driver scheduled for a time when they're going to just be sitting around for hours with nothing to do, y'know? Additionally, if you are coming in late at night, the Westin may or may not be able to give you a ride from the train stations - always call the hotel and confirm in advance if at all possible. And just in case, it's always a good idea to have the number of a local cab company (found on our Travel Page) just in case.

Our overflow hotels, the Hampton Inn Lincolnshire and the Courtyard By Marriott Lincolnshire will be running shuttles to and from the Westin at least every half-hour, operating on the following schedule:
Thursday, November 19th . 5pm until Midnight
Friday, November 20th . 8am until 2am
Saturday, November 21st . 8am until 2am
Sunday, November 22nd . 8am until 2am

If you have any issues or concerns with the Hampton Inn or Courtyard shuttles, please stop by our Information Desk or call the Westin and as to speak to Midwest FurFest Operations.

That's all for this installment of TEN THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MIDWEST FURFEST! Tune in on Monday to see what Number Six will be.

You see that guy with the bloody trident and the white lion? The one named Vandilclaw? That's me.

http://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Air_Speed_Velocity

Oh, and we did 10-man ToC again Wednesday night, and cleared the place again. Not bad for a casual group

I flew to FL on Friday with m4, Feri, and Agri. Hanging with those guys is always fun, but flying with them is hilarious. The female flight attendant kept asking why they had plushes with them, but we had a blast with all the people around us.

After getting to Orlando I left them to head over to Wildwolf's party, hanging out with rrruff, Static, Kojak, Leon, Wildwolf, uhh far too many faces to remember. Saturday started off slow, abehusky's flight in from Maryland was delayed, and after a late night of work (Abe) or drinking (the rest of us) a rest was in order, but then we went on to Elliott's party. A fun event as always, it was cool finally seeing Rrruff play tennis somewhat seriously (just volleying, but still with some speed, and in fursuit lol). Then after we broke out the coconut rum I brought back from Belize (80 proof, not too sweet, and incredibly smooth) the costume contest was far more entertaining.

Sunday we went to Universal's Island of Adventure. It was great being there with no lines - all the signs indicated 5 or 10 minute waits, but that's just how long it took to navigate the empty labrynths they have for when people are actually there. We made the brilliant decision to do the water rides last, as it was cooling off for the day, but still had fun. Somehow Rrruff decided I should climb the little wall they had, and in my sleep-deprived state I thought it sounded like a good idea too, so:



Overall an awesome time in Florida, but once again I find myself needing to go to work to recover for the next weekend.

So, somewhere at the bottom of Elliott Bay, as I point out, is my old ring.

I could have sold it - or rather, I tried, and failed. It was just that worthless.

I could have kept it - but that would be holding onto just one more thing from my failed marriage.

I could have given it to somebody, but that feels dirty.

I could have recycled it. Hammered and reshaped, maybe. Melted the two metals - black hills gold, and silver - together, purifying them, reshaping them, and creating something new - but what that ring represented is dead, and such an act, I feel, would be symbolic of a desire to do as much to my marriage - reform it into something different or better.

...and that last part, I feel, would have been impossible, if only because my ex wife never really wanted to change. Regardless, Karmin is not in the picture any longer - and such a rebuild would not only require desire from me, but desire from her as well.

It was not meant to happen.

About 10 years ago, we embarked on an EPIC journey to "Davenport Station" in the shadow of "Troops" to film the sequel ( Working Title at the time was "Troops 2" ) After 6 YEARS of post production plagued by every setback a production could endure, the first of NINE chapters was released, "IMPS: Davenport Station"... The producers even got Peter Cullen (The voice of Optimus Prime) to narrate!

It has been another FIVE YEARS in post production, but this Thanksgiving, the Blacksheep Squadron will present you with CHAPTER TWO!

In the mean time, I present to you, The Chapter 2 teaser!

I originally promised myself I wouldn't say anything about this, but after visiting the Herogames forums and reading their self-righteous gloating as well as their, "waaah, the Ebil Right Wing will use this to say Muslims are evilbad because they hate Our Living God Obama" I can't contain myself.

Muslim terrorist makes attack on Fort Hood.

The man posted his violently anti-American sentiments and spoke of his desire to engage in a suicide attack for Islam online for what seems to have been weeks to months before doing this, yet the Hero Games forum retards are asking, "Why are people stating that his religion had anything to do with it?" Or even better, that they "Just know" his being a Muslim who spoke of a desire to kill his fellow soldiers and citizens "has nothing to do with it." They apparently know what he's thinking since nothing about his motives aside from 'Death to America in the name of Islam' has come forward... Hmm, must be nice to be able to read minds.

Imbeciles.

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF...

I died:

I kissed you:

I fell:

I lived next door to you:

I showed up at your house unexpectedly:

I stole something:

I was murdered:

I cried:

I asked you to marry me:

I was hospitalized:

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MY:

Personality:

Eyes:

Hair:

Family:

Smile:

WOULD YOU:

Trust me enough to sleep in the same bed as me?

Keep a secret if i told you one?

Hold my hand?

Study with me?

Cook for me?

Love me?

Date me?

Have sex with me?

HAVE YOU EVER:

Lied to make me feel better?

Wanted to kiss me?

Wanted to kill me?

Broke my heart?

Thought I was unbearably annoying?

Hated me?

Wanted to tell me something but didn't?

Wondered about my sanity?

Wanted to do something to me?
If you're bored.


More:

When and how did we meet?

Describe me in three words.

What was your first impression of me?

What do you think of me now?

What reminds you of me?

Could you see us together forever?

When's the last time you saw me?

Are you gonna re-post this to see what I say about you?