WOO-HOO! WOO-HOO! WOO-HOO!
I BEAT TROGDOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS THE BEST GAME I’VE EVER PLAYED!!!!!!!
OK. Phew.
It’s a real bear because there are 100 levels, and there’s no way I’m doing that in one sitting. And there’s no way to save the game. So I had to do 5 levels here, 10 levels here over the course of a few days, pausing the game every so often (wasting precious electricity while I’m at work not using the comp, since turning it off would obviously wipe out all progress).
Maybe it’s not a true victory, in that I used the cheat code to get 27 extra mans in the beginning (you normally get 3). And I needed 23 of them to win. Even so. Around level 92, it looked like I was going to fall just short:
And at level 96, I was down to 4 mans. Fortunately, that was the last difficult level, as level 97 cycled back to the start of the cottage placement cycle. (There are 32 cottage placements, more or less trending easy to hard)
You get a free mans every 300 points. That means I earned 48 mans, for a total of 78 (including the ones I started out with), and burned burninated through 72 of them.
The ending was pitiful (undoubtedly on purpose):
It shows the characters, says “Keep Playing” at the end, then sends you to level 101.
Enough of that. Time to do work now.
August 8th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Usually, I don’t like getting political, as there are hundreds of thousands of other blogs that deal with that stuff (Expat Yank can be interesting). Except maybe for taking the occasional jab at Bush the Lesser or “JFK” Kerry, undoubtedly two of the worst presidential candidates in my short time on this Earth. (I wonder how Perot would have done had he run in 2004 instead of 1992? He probably would have won a few states.)
Dahlia Lithwick wonders in this article why the Democrats don’t stick it to the shady Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales. The best she can figure is spinelessness and/or political expediency.
So here’s my idea: make sure more and more Americans hear this stuff and get sick of our current state of affairs. Every few months, I’ll post a poll asking America if they want me to rule the country by fiat instead. Eventually (if Alex Chiu’s rings really work–it may take a while), at least 51% of the people will say, “Aye.”
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(I already gave myself one vote for “No”.)
August 8th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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- Fall asleep at 9:30pm last night
- Wake up at 4:00am this morning
- Realize I need to do wash because I have zero pairs of clean underwear
- Stuff wash in washer
- Do some work and “work” until 7:20am
- Take a shower, etc.
- Realize I never put clothes in the drier
- Put on clothes and grab a pair of soggy underwear
- Hang aforementioned pair of soggy underwear in the car, hoping it will dry out before getting to work
- Attempt to stuff underwear in pocket so no one sees it
- Dash into restroom and quickly change
- Vow never to let this happen again
August 8th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
Filed under Grilled Cheese, Weaksauce Losers
It’s funny to hear an argument being used by both sides on a debate. In this case, it’s about organic foods, which don’t use pesticides.
Both the organic industry and organic skeptics have used the argument that there have been no long-term studies on the health effects of ingesting small amounts of pesticides over a long period of time.
Some organic skeptics argue that since it’s not proven the pesticide levels in food are harmful, we shouldn’t worry about it. But if there have been zero studies on the subject, isn’t that all the more reason to be hesitant?
August 7th, 2007
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My spam learner should figure out pretty soon that any e-mail containing the word “lottery” is spam. I’ve won an Irish or English lottery every few days for the past several weeks.
Most favorite intro ever: “Is my delight contacting you? Though we have not met face to face but i believe we could achieve this goal if we cooperate and work in oneness.” The e-mail is from a Polish address, they ask me to respond to a Canadian address, and the spammer claims to represent the Economic Community of West African States.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 retail: $999. But I can get it for the low, low price of $89.95. Please don’t say anything about how that’s possible; I need to claim “plausible deniability” just in case.
August 6th, 2007
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Australia’s gravediggers give thanks Manuel Uribe is Mexican: Obese corpses are straining Australia’s mortuaries and creating safety hazards. Terms from the article include “major logistical problems”, “significant occupational health and safety issues”, and “more robust equipment”.
Survival of the fittest: according to this study, bosses who crush their fellow humans’ souls have a good chance of getting promoted.
Then again, why the mushroom is an online poll of 240 people making news? Online polls are well known to have potentially horrible samples, and people will more likely answer yes when they don’t like their boss or job, even when their boss is not particularly cruel.
They consider it permissible: The Taliban are still planning on kidnapping civilians. It’s almost as if they have nothing to lose or something. Amnesty International, please remember this next time you negotiate with an extremist jihadist organization: they don’t care if their actions are considered war crimes.
Big money: Between movies like the Transformers, the Simpon, and the Bourne Ultimatum, there hasn’t been much talk this summer about the alleged demise of the theatre. Theatres have really big screens that can’t be duplicated at home, and plenty of people will still want to go.
August 6th, 2007
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Filed under Burning Agony, Entertainment, In the News
Mafia vs. Ninja
Why should you watch it?
- To find out why the Mafia are the good guys
- Watch “Mick Jagger” throw knives and do kung-fu
- Tao Mao!*
Guy 1 walks down an alley minding his own business (shirt open for beefcake factor). Guy 2 walks up behind him and slugs him in the back with a 2×4 bamboo pole. Start uptempo music.
Guy 1: “My friend, what are you doing?”
Guy 2: “You wanna know? I’m gonna kill you, bastard!”
Yes, that’s how the movie starts. It doesn’t get better.
Guy 2 (Charlie Wu) wanted to beat up the guy who raped women in that alley. Guy 1 (Jack Do) happened to be the first man walking down the alley so Charlie, using his critical thinking skills, figured Jack must be the rapist. After winning the fight, Jack says, “You’re wrong. I’ve raped no women,” which Charlie accepts as irrefutable proof of innocence.
Jack Do’s suspenders were more effective than Charlie WuThey quickly become friends, and find jobs as poopsmiths. We quickly find out Jack Do is the hero who has to do all the fighting. Charlie Wu is patently ineffective until one fight in the middle of the movie. He somehow defeats 5 ninjas by himself, and promptly returns to his inept self afterward.
Action, not storyline, is the point of this movie. This explains how the Mafia are the good guys: the Mafia and the Ninja both deal in gambling and prostitution. However, unlike the insidious Ninja, the Mafia draw the line at drugs.
Tao Mao is the greatest character of all time
Mick Jagger’s mellowed out a bit since starring in Mafia vs. Ninja
You’ll also see “Mr. Jones, from the States” (a black kickboxer), lots of obvious strings, a lovemaking scene sans nudity, and a bunch of other stuff that makes no sense.
MINOR SPOILER: The movie didn’t end any better. The last line was something like “Too bad I had to kill my girlfriend. Let’s go home.”
August 4th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Meet Michael Wiley. 27 years ago, he was in an electrical accident, losing both his arms and one leg. Despite his handicap, he’s managed to accomplish quite a bit:
- Learned how to drive, and managed to obtain a legal license at some point.
- Spent time in prison for kicking a state trooper.
- Racked up some felony drug charges.
Did he actually do the drugs, or just distribute them? Either way, that’s pretty impressive.
Armless, one-legged driver sentenced to prison
August 4th, 2007
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It was well past time to cull a bunch of drafts: half-finished posts that generally didn’t even meet the mediocre standards of this website. As I sat wide-eyed viewing the dreck, this chant passed through my brain as the words of each draft went by one by one:
“Boring, stupid, stupid, boring, boring and stupid, stupid, boring, sadistic, boring…”
August 4th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Our department has been searching for another employee for the last several months. It hasn’t gone well (obviously, we’re still looking), and the one really impressive candidate took another job. We got another resume from HR today, and I was asked to evaluate it:
“I’d be tempted to bring him in just because he spelled everything right on his resume.”
That says it all…
August 3rd, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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