I don't have the time for a
full F-Zero review but I do have time to jot down a few quick points about this
great game. Firstly, it's the fastest F-Zero game ever. There
can be no doubt. It's got to be one of the fastest racers ever
made. Secondly, all the classic pilots are back plus 26 new ones!
You heard me right! Thirty pilots in all, each with a unique machine!
There's a story mode which follows the adventures of Captain Falcon which is a
nice challenge. Best of all, you can now build your own ship from parts
you buy at the garage. You buy them with tickets you earn from racing in
the Grand Prix. You also use these tickets to unlock machines.
Overall, an amazingly fast racer with intuitive controls. And if you're
already an F-Zero fan then all the new features will knock you out. For
the first time ever, Nintendo handed over the rights for F-Zero to Sega and Sega
took the ball and ran with it. Oh, and I have to mention that you
can play 4 player simul! Buy this game today!
I've just been informed that today is also Chad's birthday. He's the rock
star who gave me my Model M. He really whoops the donkey's ass. I
like him fairly well. Rock on brother! Happy Birthday!
8/28/03. Happy Birthday to an all around
good egg and a great friend.
8/26/03. lol. I swear these pics are
not posed. I was sleeping in bed with Ruby and when I took I look at her I
noticed she was sleeping on her back! I called Stars over and she snapped
these two pics! Click to enlarge.
8/22/03.
Break that lamb's neck Ruby! lol. Whenever Ruby gets her
toy lamb she bites it then shakes her head super fast and hard.
I guess she's trying to break the lamb's neck so that she may
kill and subsequently consume it. It's so cute!
8/17/03.
New Ruby pics online!
We were invited to my Uncle's a couple weeks ago and since we got Ruby a little
earlier she had to come with! She gets lonely without us. What a
sweetie! We bought her a little pen like a baby's playpen that we set up
in the yard up there. She loves it. We put her kennel in there too
and her toy and water dish. It's just like having a baby. She even
kept us up all night. But we didn't mind a bit.
Big news! We got Ruby home today. A little earlier
than we had expected but she's weaned and all. Pics coming soon.
8/15/03. Highlight the space
below to find out who wins in Freddy vs. Jason.
Jason defeats Freddy by decapitating him.
What's on your clipboard right now?
8/14/03.
Mailinator is an idea whose time has come. I love this thing. If
you need an e-mail addy to register for something but you don't want to use your
real one and you don't want to have to bother to jump through Hotmail's hoops to
set up a new fake one then use Mailinator! Just make up any
address@mailinator.com
during the registration and it instantly exists! Then go to Mailinator,
type in the address you just made up and check your e-mail for your password or
whatever they sent. Note however that your Mailinator account has no
security whatsoever so make up an obscure addy. On the upside, it's fun to
check other people's inboxes and see what kind of spam they're getting.
8/12/03. (Updated.) "Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." You can
often see this quote from Margaret Mead on some loser activist's t-shirt.
Despite the fact that it's just plain wrong--D-Day anyone? Not exactly 'a
small group.'--have you ever analyzed what she's really saying? The way I
read it it says "Even if you're a small fringe group of nobody hippies that
everyone hates and is talking nothing but arse and crazy nonsense, don't give up
trying to change everyone's mind because eventually they'll give in just to try
to shut you the hell up." Am I right people? Hell, I'm so
right this post might as well form the preamble of the Canadian Constitution.
UPDATE: Stars brought something
interesting up. A good example of a group which fits here is terrorists.
They're a small group and they're committed. And what they do requires
careful thought. Mead is careful not to say 'change for the better' only
'change the world.' It seems that Mead and I agree more than I thought.
Thanks Stars!
8/10/03. Just a couple
of quick notes about the role of religion--specifically Christianity--in
Canadian government. The first line of the
Canadian Constitution reads: "Whereas Canada is founded upon the
principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law."
Interestingly, this prefacing comment was not included in the
Constitution Act of 1867 but was added in the Constitution Act of 1982.
Now, pull out some change from your pocket. Look at it. Whose
face do you see?
The Queen's
of course. Fitting, because
the Queen is
our Head of State. Don't even bother telling me she's only a
figurehead. If she was a figurehead the Governor-General would not
exist and we could elect our own Prime Minister. Remember the PM is
not elected but only given authority by the Governor-General--the Queen's
official representative! (Incidentally, that's why I plan to vote
for The Republican
Party of Canada from now on.) Ever wonder what the
Queen's full title is? Well, Elizabeth II's is as follows: By
the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland
and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth,
Defender of the Faith. Not to mention the fact that a monarch's
authority comes from God Himself. That is all.
I just rented
Kiki's Delivery Service and it was a great film. We (Stars and I. I
have to get used to the "we.") liked it about as much
as Spirited Away, also by Miyazaki. What I hate is how DVD rentals have
destroyed the movie rental business. I love renting movies and I've rented
them for years. But never have I rented a VHS tape that I couldn't finish
because it was too scratched or too dirty. I find that it happens with a
DVD rental quite often. I've had no trouble getting refunds when this
happens but it's so frustrating! Kiki's Delivery Service cut out on me and
I could only finish it by turning off my player, chapter selecting past the
scratch, and then rewinding to find the other side of the scratch. Once it
froze again I had to start over and rewind to a spot close to where I now knew
the scratch to be and then watch from there. What really irks me is that
people are so stupid that they can't even handle a simple disc. I've never
once in my life scratched a CD or DVD. Yet when I rent one it's invariably
full of scratches. What's the deal? Why can't the video store start
enforcing 'If it's scratched you pay for it'? Morons.
The gay marriage Comments thread. Flame on!
Hey, did you know that if you stick a paperclip in that little
hole in your CD or DVD drive you can manually eject the disc? I did not
know that. Now that I do know I feel I shall never again use the eject
button.
8/08/03. I went to
the Casino last night. You know what was pretty neat? One dealer had a little
sign that said "This dealer is hearing impaired." You know the government is in
charge when...right? But the sad thing was there was no one at his table.
I hope it wasn't because of that sign. It was rather conspicuous how no one was
at his table. He seemed kind of sad. Maybe he was just
watching out for poopers and that's what accounted for his sadness.
8/07/03. Hamilton computer
stores: CompuBest, CompuFirst, CompuPawn, Compubiz, Compucentre, Compunik,
Computrade, Compusmart, Comp-U-Systems. That last one is pretty nice.
He threw a little twist in there. Nice stuff. If you're planning on
starting up a computer store in Hamilton all the good names are taken. You
know what's even crazier though? There's a listing for Compuserve in the
phonebook. Remember them? I guess they're still around. If
only there was a way to tell for sure.
Why are the people who criticized the US for intervening in Iraq
the same people who criticized the US for not intervening in Liberia? The
USA: Damned if they do; damned if they don't.
8/06/03.
Fifty-eight years ago today the
USA taught the world a powerful lesson: Don't fsck with the USA! Sadly, not
everyone has learned that lesson. Yet.
I don't have the time for a
full F-Zero review but I do have time to jot down a few quick points about this
great game. Firstly, it's the fastest F-Zero game ever. There
can be no doubt. It's got to be one of the fastest racers ever
made. Secondly, all the classic pilots are back plus 26 new ones!
You heard me right! Thirty pilots in all, each with a unique machine!
There's a story mode which follows the adventures of Captain Falcon which is a
nice challenge. Best of all, you can now build your own ship from parts
you buy at the garage. You buy them with tickets you earn from racing in
the Grand Prix. You also use these tickets to unlock machines.
Overall, an amazingly fast racer with intuitive controls. And if you're
already an F-Zero fan then all the new features will knock you out. For
the first time ever, Nintendo handed over the rights for F-Zero to Sega and Sega
took the ball and ran with it. Oh, and I have to mention that you
can play 4 player simul! Buy this game today! 
8/23/03.
Quick! While the dog's asleep time for some mad linkage. Good stuff
this round.
This
is the coolest thing I've seen in a long while. Goodbye Windows
calculator. Say hello to
8/12/03. (Updated.) "Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." You can
often see this quote from Margaret Mead on some loser activist's t-shirt.
Despite the fact that it's just plain wrong--D-Day anyone? Not exactly 'a
small group.'--have you ever analyzed what she's really saying? The way I
read it it says "Even if you're a small fringe group of nobody hippies that
everyone hates and is talking nothing but arse and crazy nonsense, don't give up
trying to change everyone's mind because eventually they'll give in just to try
to shut you the hell up." Am I right people? Hell, I'm so
right this post might as well form the preamble of the Canadian Constitution.
UPDATE: Stars brought something
interesting up. A good example of a group which fits here is terrorists.
They're a small group and they're committed. And what they do requires
careful thought. Mead is careful not to say 'change for the better' only
'change the world.' It seems that Mead and I agree more than I thought.
Thanks Stars! 
I just rented
Kiki's Delivery Service and it was a great film. We (Stars and I. I
have to get used to the "we.") liked it about as much
as Spirited Away, also by Miyazaki. What I hate is how DVD rentals have
destroyed the movie rental business. I love renting movies and I've rented
them for years. But never have I rented a VHS tape that I couldn't finish
because it was too scratched or too dirty. I find that it happens with a
DVD rental quite often. I've had no trouble getting refunds when this
happens but it's so frustrating! Kiki's Delivery Service cut out on me and
I could only finish it by turning off my player, chapter selecting past the
scratch, and then rewinding to find the other side of the scratch. Once it
froze again I had to start over and rewind to a spot close to where I now knew
the scratch to be and then watch from there. What really irks me is that
people are so stupid that they can't even handle a simple disc. I've never
once in my life scratched a CD or DVD. Yet when I rent one it's invariably
full of scratches. What's the deal? Why can't the video store start
enforcing 'If it's scratched you pay for it'? Morons.
8/08/03. I went to
the Casino last night. You know what was pretty neat? One dealer had a little
sign that said "This dealer is hearing impaired." You know the government is in
charge when...right? But the sad thing was there was no one at his table.
I hope it wasn't because of that sign. It was rather conspicuous how no one was
at his table. He seemed kind of sad. Maybe he was just
watching out for poopers and that's what accounted for his sadness.