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The O’Jays – For the Love of Money
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This played on the radio during the morning commute. Not only was it a little touch of early morning Old School, but I couldn’t help but be amused by the fact that it seemed so apropos for a “Monday morning, on the way to work” song.
Sunday : 06 November 05
It’s been a pretty good day… even despite the Ravens loss to the Bengals (congrats,
Back home and then out for a late lunch/dinner at Marie Callendar’s. And since then, it’s been a quiet night in.
The Dark Trespasses of Dhoruba
I installed City of Villains last night and took it for a test drive this evening. Something that NCSoft has done is to have it install in the same directory as City of Heroes. As the programs share some functions, this makes a lot of sense and saves a good bit of drive space. The character generation section is at least as good as – if not a touch better than – its CoH counterpart. The fundamentals are the same, but there are some more… monstrous… templates available for use on your character. If you’re going to be evil, you might just want to look the part. No ifs, ands or buts. I opted to go for a fairly normal-looking character:
I spent a few hours breaking Dhoruba out of jail, The Zigguraut, in CoH‘s Brickstown. From there, it was on to Mercy Island, to join the ranks of the Arachnos and to start creating a reputation. By the time that I was finished (for the night), Dhoruba was Threat Level 5.
And I had fun doing it. Subjugating the world is almost as much fun as saving it.
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You scored as Cyclops. Cyclops is the team leader of the X-Men, and a skilled one at that. He loves Jean Grey very much. He’s a strict and sometimes uptight leader, but he believes in his cause and he knows what he’s fighting for… Peace between Mutants and Humans. Powers: Optic blasts
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Quote of the Day
Heard on tonight’s episode of Baby Blues:
Rodney: Did you hear about the sexy pirate movie?
Carl: No.
Rodney: It’s rated Arrrrrr!
And that is it. For tonight, at least.
Saturday : 05 November 05
Another good day.
And, it’s apparently been a long one… because I’m tapped.
Namaste.
Friday : 04 November 05
That’s another five in the “Out” bin – I believe that makes it a week.
It was a decent enough day. It started off slowly and with me in a bit of a *blah* mood, but it turned around near lunchtime.
After work, I got to hang out with
Before I forget (again): Happy birthday to the November LJ kids:
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…and that’s a wrap.
Namaste.
I found a gumball in my jacket pocket while taking my mid-morning walk.
It’s a simple thing, but it made me smile.
Thursday : 03 November 05
It’s been a pretty good day.
But I am beat. I am going to call it an early night.
Namaste.
<afternoon dance break>
Billy Ocean – Get Out of My Dreams (Get Into My Car)
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<dance break>
Blackstreet ft. Mya and Mase – Take Me There
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What’ve you got?
Wednesday : 02 November 05
I woke up tired this morning.
Falling asleep in the bathtub last night probably had something to do with it. I decided to take a hot soak and do a little reading. That part went pretty well. After I finished reading, I decided to enjoy the warmth of the tub a little longer… or as long as possible, given that the back of the tub is not sloped and is thus not exactly conducive to relaxing comfortably. The next thing I know, the water is cold. I turned on some warmer water for a shower as the cold remains of the bath water drained out. After that, I fell into bed.
As, I said above: I woke up tired this morning.
The rest of the day was good. Work wasn’t too bad. I had a couple of… “interesting” discussions with my coworkers at lunch. One of them was the result of what I consider a lapse in someone’s judgment – that person made a statement that was ill-suited for the argument that he was trying to make. What was said and what were meant were, in my and others’ opinions, radically different. It took a lot of restraint not to go off when he made his original gaffe. Fortunately, the rest of the workday was uneventful and rather productive. I also discovered that a networking issue that I had been dealing with wasn’t a problem due to anything that I did – it was the result of someone mislabeling a group of ports. Vindication is a wonderful thing.
I came home this evening and took an impromptu nap. I cooked dinner (chicken stir-fry) and compared notes with
And now, it’s just about time to call it a night. But this time, without a nap-inducing soak.
Namaste.
Tuesday : 01 November 05
I had a lot of low- to mid-level static buzzing through my head today. It was distracting and made it occasionally difficult to focus on work. So, I took a mid-morning sabbatical to try and clear it out. It helped. Going to the gym at lunch also helped. The rest of the day proceeded fairly well.
Tonight’s Law & Order: SVU was rather… intense. It opened with a child getting shot on a school playground. As the show progressed, viewers discover that the episode is about hate crimes. An oft-used device of the L&O franchise is that some sort of plot twist is introduced during the second half of the show. This episode was no exception. Had there been only one twist, that would have been fine. There were at least four, if I’m counting correctly, in this one. And they were not arbitrary things, either. To their credit, NBC didn’t pull many punches with this episode.
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Monday : 31 October 05
Another week begins…
On the whole, it’s been a good day. This evening, I watched the Ravens-Steelers game and handed out assorted goodies to trick-or-treaters. We had a fair number of “kids” show up this year… some where “a little” older than others. I decided to wear my costume while serving up candy – I got a lot of wide-eyed looks and “That’s a cool costume” comments. And, while I was in a Hallowe’en mood, I uploaded my pictures from Saturday’s party.
Football
| Baltimore at Pittsburgh | |
| 19 – 20 | |
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| The Ravens looked like an honest-to-goodness NFL football team this week. Anthony Wright did a good job of moving the offense downfield. The defense, minus Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, did an admirable job against the Steelers.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough. The game literally came down to the last two minutes. Baltimore had a chance to move into field goal range and win the game, but things just didn’t fall into place that way. |
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And that’s a wrap.
Namaste.