“I’ve got the sunblock on…”
everyday glory July 18th, 2006Monday : 17 July 2006
It was a Monday. Despite that, I didn’t have any problems with my fav’rit monkeys today (although MFM2 did catch Jason with a “problem”). It was like chocolate sprinkles on an ice cream cone. Yeah, it was that good. (Great… now I want a double-dip cone from Friendly’s. *sigh*)
<< Rewind <<
It was a pretty low-key – but high-temperature (between 102 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday) – weekend. The main highlight of the weekend was a trip to the Utah Hogle Zoo. They have done some upgrades to many of the animal pens – the “Asian Highlands” and the new elephant areas were rather nice. They have also added a few more kid-friendly “attractions,” including an “elephant” that “sneezes” on guests.
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The post-work day has been pretty quiet.
The Adventures of Indigo Bolt
I went to Founders Falls to speak with a contact. I needed to follow-up on a mission that I had run on Friday; she had another mission ready for me. But I wasn’t ready for it. It was a timed mish… and I didn’t have any back-up. Well, I had Sparky, but for what she was asking, I would have needed more warm bodies. Not to put Sparky down, mind you. He’s the best little ball of lightning a guy could ask for. If.. he was… so inclined… to ask for one, that is.
Then, I bought and sold a few enhancements.
After that, I headed to Talos Island and on to Brickstown. No sooner had I stepped off the train in Bricks, was I contacted by Emilia Rhetborn, an occasional teammate. She was getting a group together to go and break some heads in the southern section of Brickstown. I signed on to help out. While she was recruiting a few others, I went sightseeing. And by “sightseeing,” I mean that I wandered through the neighborhoods, looking for citizens in distress… and criminals to beat down. They weren’t hard to find. We took on the mission in Brickstown (find some data in a Crey lab), followed by ones in Dark Astoria, Peregrine Island (actually we hopped a Portal to… “somewhere else,” to fight Anti-Matter and his robotic minions) and Independence Port. By the time we were done, we had fought The Council and Praetorians, along with a few Malta thrown in for good measure.
The missions weren’t cake walks. The rewards – aside from keeping the citizens of the city safe – made the risks worthwhile. I started the night about 15% of the way through Security Level 38; by the end of the night, I was about 65% of the way to Level 39. And that’s a good thing.
Stray Toasters
- I tried Gatorade Lemonade for the first time today. It’s not bad.
- Mickey Spillane, best known for his Mike Hammer novels, died today. (Reuters story)
: While playing CoH, we wound up in a building with a hallway that went nowhere. Someone asked “What kind of architect builds a hallway that doesn’t go anywhere?!” I referred them to the Winchester Mystery House. - Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager
- I sent this Sinfest comic to
this morning… - …she volleyed back with this Home on the Strange comic.
- Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids!
- For
: How to build an analog watch - For
: Cover art to All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #6 - For
: Cover art to Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 - For
: Batman: Through the Ages Box Set - Ridiculous Lucky Captain Rabbit King… Lucky Captain Rabbit King nuggets are for the youth! -Blossom, from The Powerpuff Girls
- Hidden City Games has introduced a game system called Clout Fantasy, “the collectible throwing game.” I don’t know what it is or how it’s played, but there’s an expansion coming in August that made me think of
: Redbeard’s Revenge.
That’s close enough for jazz.
Namaste.
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