February 2012
1 post
June 2011
1 post
Knock-offs
I downloaded Battle of Gundabad for iPhone yesterday. It’s a 1:1 rules-clone of the card/boardgame Dominion. There are good and bad elements to the implementation, but I mostly wonder why Rio Grande Games doesn’t release their own official iOS version. A $3 app with $3 for each expansion would be a goldmine for them. I don’t understand the economics that would entice a...
March 2011
2 posts
September 2010
3 posts
The Wrestler and the Cornflake Girl
“Dad’s listening to Tori Amos—hide the checkbook.”
Crips... Bloods... Newsies
One of my favorite The Office moments:
Michael:Darryl, have you ever been in a gang?
Darryl: Why? Michael:It’s an advice question and if you don’t want to talk about it I completely understand. I know it’s very personal, so… Darryl: [looks at camera and smirks] No, um, I have. Michael: [relieved] I knew it. Ok, what are we talking about here? Crips? Bloods? Darryl: Both....
August 2010
2 posts
Online Offline Play
Last night playing Split/Second, a racing game for Xbox 360, I was once again witness to why their online rank system was broken: Eight players ranked #1, #1, #1, #4, #95, #99, #99, #99. A win for me mentally would be to come in 5th, but it would still knock me a rank back if I wasn’t already last at #99.
I switched to Survival mode - a less popular mode where you pass trucks dropping...
JetBlue Customer Survey
Q: “What could we have done to make your experience better?”
My answer:That inflatable slide exit with a complimentary beer actually sounds like fun.
July 2010
4 posts
May 2010
2 posts
Sex and the City 2
Ha! This is like the Star Wars prequels for women. Take that, women! posted by Mister_A at 3:08 PM on May 26
April 2010
3 posts
NJ man intentionally vomits on 11 yo girl. →
“Golf fans are the three-dollar trollops of sports fans. They stand on their chosen hole and root for every putt to go in, every chip to dive in the jar, every tee shot to be an ace. If Saddam Hussein himself were playing, they’d root for him to make a bomb.” -ESPN
March 2010
4 posts
Co-pays
Health Insurance premium per month: $250
Podiatrist visit Insurance Co-Pay: $50
Retail cost of visit w/o Insurance: $400
Actual cost that Insurance negotiates w/Provider: $66
Balance that Insurance actually paid: $16
Victorian Photo Collages →
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
1 post
My Thoughts on the Conan/Leno Shakeup
Leno is excruciatingly bad. He wasn’t as awful at 11:30 as he is right now. Conan on the other hand always puts me in stitches. If Conan gets slid to 12:05 and Leno gets a half hour to putz, I won’t mind though.
jeffbaum:
I never watch these shows anymore. This will not affect me in the slightest.
November 2009
2 posts
May 2009
1 post
April 2009
6 posts
Snakes Escape on a Flight. →
Where have I heard this before?
I can’t believe people are still talking about Fox News when this is so clearly the highlight of the thread. It’s like the other day, when people wanted to discuss the MLK post-assassination pictures rather than the fact that the OP spelled the dude’s name “Martian Luther King”. Some people in the thread were like, “Get over the goddamn typo already,” but...
MEATBALLS AT THE FURNITURE STORE
Somebody said let’s make Swedish meatballs at the furniture store And somebody else said, that’s a stupid idea; nobody’s going to want meatballs at the furniture store. And the first guy on that first day, his ass was on the line. And so one customer came for lunch, he knew he had to get rid of the meatballs And he was like, yeah, you want...
March 2009
2 posts
Wacky Bracket FTW!
jeffbaum:
I found myself in first place after round one of the Madness in my friend’s bracket pool. I have Dayton and Arizona in the Sweet 16. I picked Wisconsin to win. And Western Ky. Sounds great, right? Well, the problem with making a Wacky Bracket is that it’s Wacky through and through. So I have Gonzaga, Villanova and Perdue in the Final 4, along with Louisville. A lot of craziness has to...
February 2009
5 posts
DM: Your battle with Forgmchrys has awakened the slumbering spirit of the evil that plagues this land. A shadow arise from the very city itself and takes the form. The god R’c’ssion has found you. Cleric: Disbelieve. I roll to disbelieve. DM: -Rolls Dice-. You fail your saving throw vs. Reality. R’c’ssion advances. Mage: I cast Mordenkainen’s Greater Stimulus...
Lives Defined by Hurricanes, but Devoted to New... →
jeffbaum:
My Uncle Dan’s book was reviewed in the Times today. Choice quote: “this young year’s most artful and emotionally resonating nonfiction book so far.” Well done!
New York Times Weekender Parody →
(via julseas)
God I hate this commercial. Superb parody.
Stats
When last night’s stat of the Pittburgh Steeler’s record of 152-1-1 when leading by at least 11 points came on the screen, I remarked how hard it would be for the Cardinals to pull out a win down by 13 (20-7).
I repeated the stat to Joey later in the game, and it took a moment for me to process the meaning behind it. I even doubted it myself… that I must have misinterpreted it...
January 2009
22 posts
World of Goo - Brave Adventurers
Glad to see they...
Friday Night Lights Season 3
Slate has a “TV Club” for FNL Season 3.
Own Goal
[In 1994,] Barbados needed to win the game by two clear goals in order to progress to the next round [of the Shell Caribbean Cup]. Now the trouble was caused by a daft rule in the competition which stated that in the event of a game going to over time, the winner would be awarded a 2-0 victory. With 5 minutes to go, Barbados were leading 2-1, and going out of the tournament (because they needed...