Monday
I hope that everyone had a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day.

Today has been very lazy. I woke up late… of course, I got to bed very late, so it all balances out. I even wound up taking a nap. Later in the afternoon, we met up with for coffee. We stopped into Best Buy and CompUSAirways for a bit… but left empty-handed. Although I came dangerously close to buying parts for another rig. Dangerously close – I held the motherboard in my grubby little hands. Of course, I need another case, too. But none of the ones that I saw appealed to me. I’m not a fan of the brightly-glowing, Plexiglass-sided cases that have become so popular. I’m a plain beige (sorry… “ecru”) or black case guy. Although, I wouldn’t mind finding a decent ITX case.

Stray Toasters

  • I broke down and took the “Which Superhero Are You” Test. I was a little surprised by the result… especially since I and many of my friends got the same thing.

    Batman
    Congratulations! You scored a super 75%!
    Cool, calm and powerful. Whilst your actual super abilities may not be
    anything too dazzling, you have earnt the respect of both friends and
    enemies in response to your amazing fighting skills, strategic combat
    and experience.
    Luckily you have access to the greens which can fund all your majorly
    cool gadgets, vehicles and weapons! Also, you’re reluctant but still
    accepting to the idea of having a teammate/side-kick, which just makes
    everything a whole lotta fun, doesn’t it now!
    On the down side, you’ve probably suffered some sort of trauma at a
    young age (that’s why we don’t talk to the old man near the swings,
    kids).
    Similar to the Wolverine, your past is a base for your current
    motivation, undertaking some kind of personal vow in search of justice.
    All in all though, you’re one tough nut. There’s not a lot of people
    who have the minerals to go up against you, and you’re experienced
    enough not to get cocky and let the little things like never finding
    happiness get you down!

    My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

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    		You scored higher than 91% on Heropoints

    Link: The Which SUPER HERO are you Test written by crayzee69 on Ok Cupid

  • …speaking of which, , I know that it’s still a little over two weeks away, but I think that you can breathe a little easier about Batman Begins. At least, you can if you believe Sandy Collora’s (you know… the guy behind Batman: Dead End) review on Buzzscope.
  • …and, in related news: Why Freeman chose Batman
  • Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories
  • I have heard the word “curacao” pronounced at least three ways in the past few months. I had always taken it to be “kur-uh-sow” with the “ow” pronounced like the “ou” in “ouch.” I decided to look it up. Here is what Merriam-Webster had to say about it.
  • Picturing Women: “An exhibition about how women are figured, fashioned, turned into portraits, and told about in words and pictorial narrative.”
  • A little something for : De-Animator: An H.P. Lovecraft Style Shoot-em-up
  • Cinescape has an interesting feature on its site: TV Wasteland: The Perils of Success, looking at both the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises past, present… and future.
  • How complete is your knowledge of various pantheons? Sure, you might be an ace with the gods of the Maya or the Norse. Maybe even the Egyptians. How about the Australian gods? Or their African counterparts? Or the Oceanic pantheon? Not quite so up-to-scratch? Take a look at Godchecker: “Your guide to the Gods.”
  • “…and time! Three insults in nine seconds! A new world elitism record!

  • The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora

It’s back to the grind tomorning. ‘s schedule has changed, so we won’t be carpooling anymore. So I won’t be going to work quite as early. But, I’ll still go in early-ish; I like being done sometime around 4:00 PM. *shrug* We’ll see how it goes.

Namaste.