Kingfox

After missing the last few Karazhan raids and not being able to more than scan the AH or bullshit with guildies while working on a paper or reading for a while, I look forward to just playing WoW tonight. Paper turned in, reading accomplished, nothing to do but slaughter elves.

We’ve got a veggie biryani and paneer makhani on the way, time to hit Arcatraz with Snarf, err, graye.

“A little thought will suffice to prove that not every social problem can be solved with a code patch.” -jduJ

petemagyar‘s an uncle now. His niece was born the morning after his long belated birthday gathering Saturday night.

When Curtis Cooper and Steven Boone discovered the 44th Mersenne prime, Bruce Schneier had to change the combination on his luggage.

I’m tired of reading about “Período especial en tiempo de paz”, though at least the movie wasn’t bad.

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I love that there’s still feathers and pillows in Union Square from the fight earlier.

If J.R.R. were still alive, Aragorn would not have shot first.

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Why is it that every single talk for my afternoon class has to be scheduled for during my evening class? WTF? It’s really starting to irk me.

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So long ago I threw GAIM on my home machine, but then got hooked on WoW. So people had to IM me using Google Talk or the like on my device, which wasn’t the most reliable of methods. At one point, when I had forgotten to sign in to GroupWise Messenger with it, a helpdesk employee created an undead warlock on Uldum to ask me for help in diagnosing a computer’s problems one Sunday evening. That was a sign that something had to be done.

So, after much prodding by ogun, you can reach me on AIM, ICQ, YIM, or whatever at home most nights as well.

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After months and months of denying it or saying it would just be a nice pipe dream, Sirius is buying XM. Obviously, Stern’s going to stay, hopefully the commercials XM’s started adding to their music stations will not.

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Yay for crappily slow USB DVD drives, scratched DVD-Rs, and vendors who put necessary files on the HD without a supplemental disc. And one day maybe I won’t have to worry about the different versions of 888111?

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Thursday nights at the helpdesk are not for the thin-skinned. And not just because of noone7212. A few weeks ago, I insisted that having a level 70 warlock was something I could put on my grave. Ruth snapped back with, “Well, who’s going to write it there?” Ooof! Ever since then she’s been on fire with barb after barb, followed by a red-faced apology.

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I know Andy enjoyed yesterday’s Bourdain marathon, I assume dulamae did as well. The New Jersey episode was one of the few things I copied over from my old dead TiVo. While I know he has as much involvement with the day to day activities of Les Halles as I do at this point, it’s been a few months since my last dinner there. I should remedy that.

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Found thanks to dulamae:

SANDRA LEE: Pure evil. This frightening Hell Spawn of Kathie Lee and Betty Crocker seems on a mission to kill her fans, one meal at a time. She Must Be Stopped. Her death-dealing can-opening ways will cut a swath of destruction through the world if not contained. I would likely be arrested if I suggested on television that any children watching should promptly go to a wooded area with a gun and harm themselves. What’s the difference between that and Sandra suggesting we fill our mouths with Ritz Crackers, jam a can of Cheez Wiz in after and press hard? None that I can see. This is simply irresponsible programming. Its only possible use might be as a psychological warfare strategy against the resurgent Taliban–or dangerous insurgent groups. A large-racked blonde repeatedly urging Afghans and angry Iraqis to stuff themseles with fatty, processed American foods might be just the weapon we need to win the war on terror.

I love Bourdain.

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Woah, Anna Nicole Smith dead.

If you want to take part in a rapid feasting of Baja Fresh today, be in my office at 5:15-5:30ish. Multiple vehicles can be taken, so I can duck out and run to class when the time comes.

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I’ve had the Karazhan key since last Friday, have picked up the Key of Time and Reservoir Key since then. Rep grinds are teh suck, but these are easier than AV at its easiest.

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Edit: There is something wrong with driving solo to Alan’s birthday lunch so I can get to my class on global warming and peak oil on time.