This One Time, In Arathi

WARNING: WORLD OF WARCRAFT NERDERY AHEAD. NON-WOW GEEKS, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. So, like, Annette and I are wandering around the Arathi Highlands looking for various exiles that she needs to kill (and loot charms from) in order to finish one of her _innumerable_ warrior-only quests, and we run over a…

Tenacious Fucking D

I had to walk home with no socks on, because they just got ROCKED OFF by The Greatest Band In The World. Totally AWESOME concert. The warm-up band was “Crumb” with whom I am not familiar, but they were really very good. m/…

Pick Up Some Milk

I should state that while my relationship with Annette was already very very special to me, it’s now even more so, This is due to the fact that in no previous relationships have I ever had the opportunity to ask that one special question.. “Hey, sweetheart, after we escape…

True Story

Man, I’ve been totally submerged in World of Warcraft lately. Not that this isn’t fun, especially now that Annette is also playing. So, to compensate for this general lack of interesting stuff to post about, here’s an update which contains no less than three confessions of my…

Return of the King - Extended Edition

I watched The Return of the King – Extended Edition last night, and was mostly impressed with the extra stuff they put back in. It was definitely nice to see Saruman meet his doom, instead of just .. vanishing. I’m still perplexed at their dropping that from the theatrical release. And…

Civil Liberties Bill

I’ve just been sent this link, to various submissions make on the upcoming Civil Union Bill: http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0411/S00250.htm Some choice, juicy extracts on the quality of arguments presented:   “[The Civil Union Bill] …will cause us to sin as a nation a…

And So It Begins

Woohoo! World of Warcraft! If anyone is about to start playing, I humbly invite you to play on the Hyjal realm server, which is in “Pacific” time zone region. Cos that’s where I’ll be.…