You have a chance to become somewhat immortalized.

The Very Large Array, which is a very large array of radio telescopes in New Mexico, is about to complete a major set of upgrades. To celebrate, they want to rename it to something a bit more creative. Can’t imagine why.

Telescopes seem to have a tradition of rather uncreative names, such as the Very Large Telescope, the European Extremely Large Telescope and Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.

You can suggest a new name at http://www.nrao.edu/namethearray/, although it doesn’t look like they will provide any prizes for your trouble if your name is selected.

For the first time in 27 years, I will be costumed for Halloween.

No, I don’t feel deprived.

No, I haven’t given out candy (primarily because no kids show up).

No, I won’t be in a sexy nun or sexy nurse outfit; thanks for asking.

Force Factor may not be terribly pleased at this usage of their web ad. Oh well.

Eggs vs. Humans is complete. I haven’t touched it in months, and just said “What the heck, let’s just upload it.”

It’s playable on Kongregate, where it will look bad compared to many far superior games. Such is life. If you have a Kongregate account, rate it a 5 so it looks better.

Those of you who played it will notice a handful of differences from the alpha which is months and months old.

We will get back in the swing of things soon. I have been very busy and have moved from Houston to Alabama.

: Is this the part where I get to mock Red Sox fans?

: Uh, sure.

Officially, in the United States, one’s religion is no barrier to office. Nonetheless, it’s hard to imagine that a non-Christian would have a serious chance of becoming president…it would simply scare too many people. Perhaps a Jew would have an outside shot.

But what if the next president had to be of a religion with a poor reputation? Which would you choose? (Yes, I know atheism’s not technically a religion.)

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Even mundane supermarkets can contain invaluable gems:

Yes, you’re reading that correctly. This brand of beer is called “Hebrew: the Chosen Beer”. I would have tried to ascertain the difference between “Messiah Bold” and “Genesis Ale” if I were a beer drinker.

Yeah, so I have to admit it. Even though everyone knows that I, the Mascot, is incredibly non-nerdy, there’s one part of me that’s…kinda nerdy.

I always wanted to star in an old-school style RPG. It would have a kick-butt name like “The Secret of Breakfast”:

And since it’s “old-school”, the graphics could use only 4 colors, like those old CGA monitors:

And you’d encounter a variety of dastardly enemies, like Goblins, Ogres, or Bagels:

You could even switch between Palette #1 (black, white, cyan, magenta) and Palette #2 (black, yellow, green, red) if you wanted some variety:

But, this would be way too awesome and the world doesn’t deserve an experience like that.

It’s no secret that I and most of my friends are nerds of some sort. Granted, it seems arbitrary what forms of entertainment are considered nerdy or not. As Americans, I guess non-nerds are supposed to like reality TV, football (American) and summer movie blockbusters. (Video games are OK as long as they’re first-person shooters.)

Here are a few things that assure my nerd credentials:

1. Being able to name 20 different chess openings.
2. Preferring to watch professional Starcraft to professional sports.
3. The ability to mathematically demonstrate why the World Series is not a good way to determine who the best team in the league is.

So tell me…what makes you a nerd?

So here’s the content of an email I received:

%%model_name%% will be in a LIVE modelcast on %%date_and_time%%.

Chat with %%model_name%% during the show at ********.com. Offer your kinky suggestions and get some personal attention. Buy some Kinks now and put the show on your calendar.

Check out %%model_name%%’s profile.

How did they know these things??? I always thought %%model_name%% was the hottest girl ever!

The subject line of the email was “Test Message”, which is what got me to actually view the email.