Random Access

Thursday – 12 March 2009
Another NBN Thursday begins… and today’s song-stuck-in-my-head was REO Speedwagon’s Roll With The Changes. That’s not so horrible a song to have on loop in your head.

Last night, SaraRules and I modified the cardio workout: We went walking. More specifically, we went mall-walking – we started at one end of Fashion Place and did a complete circuit of the mall. This included a tour of the new Nordstrom’s. Shockpuppet made some comments about how entering that store was like not being in Utah anymore; she was right – the new store is quite impressive.

Back at home, we watched Double Indemnity. We’d both heard about the movie, but neither of us had seen it. It was good and, despite being a little dated (style and some dialogue), held up rather well for being over 60 years old. There was an interesting commentary before the movie started about how Billy Wilder, the film’s director, chose the lead actors for the film and some of the difficulties he encountered in bringing the movie to the screen.

Stray Toasters

• I spent a little time working on my Sodam Yat figure last night. I matched a torso to the lower body. I still need to find a right arm that “works” and figure out what to do for a head.
• Yesterday afternoon, and I tossed around a few ideas for adding a new “random element” to ‘Clix games: Civilians.
• Finding the black in noir
• How the Crash will Reshape America
• I usually use the “Monkeys!” tag to denote when someone – either in the office or somewhere that I’ve been – does something completely asinine. However, this story merits the tag because, well, it’s about a monkey (actually, in this case, a chimpanzee) and is chock full of amusement awesomeness: Chimp Found Plotting Against Zoo Guests
• Cop’s Risky Gambit Nails Alleged Craigslist Child-Sex Predator
• Pattie Maes demos the “Sixth Sense”

• Man survives Niagara Falls plunge
• Disney’s new racing game at core of big bet
• Iraqi jailed for Bush shoe attack
• HOW TO: Rob the world’s most secure diamond vault
• Playing Fair: A look at competition in gaming

Namaste.