Tuesday : 30 August 05
Today was a busy day – I had plenty to keep me occupied and that, in turn, made the day move along at a nice pace.

Today’s workout was good, too. It was a decent upper body workout. And… it seems as though I’m definitely getting back to where I was: I’m nearly bench pressing my body weight. *nod* That makes me very happy.

After work, I saved the world for an hour and then just lazed about the house. I headed over to ‘s for a bit; she and one of her sons were watching Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which I had never seen. It was a surprisingly – at least to me – dark film. It harkened back to Snow White or Sleeping Beauty or the Night on Fire Mountain vignette from Fantasia. From there, it was on to pay a visit to . and his Missus were there. We chatted about gaming geekiness for a bit.

Top to bottom, it was an all-around good day.

The High-Flying Adventures of Indigo Bolt     
Can you say “Security Level 15,” boys and girls?
“Fif – teen”
There! I knew you could do it!

I know that I have alternately panned and praised what I’ve come to call “the most useless superpower ever:” Hover… but I had an epiphany. Of sorts. I noticed something a couple of nights ago that makes Hover – in this one instance ONLY – better than Flight: I have an Endurance enhancement attached to Hover that keeps it from tiring me out when I use it. Flight had no such slot. With my new level, I didn’t get any powers, but I had the chance to add some enhancement slots to my existing ones. Guess which power got its very own, brand spankin’ new Endurance enhancement slot. That’s right: Flight. Let the aerial beatdowns begin continue!

The groups with which I teamed tonight (this evening and later in the night) both had their acts together. They knew how to effectively attack groups and individuals. That’s a pleasant thing to see. Unfortunately, there are far too many gamers/teams who just don’t get the concept of:”No, we don’t want to fight everybody at once. We want to pick and choose, at least, as much as we can.” Those are the groups that get people dead… and earn them experience debt.

Stray Toasters

  • I listened to some jazz tonight on KUER. One of the songs (its name eludes me) was piano jazz. It reminded me of a trip I took to New York in 1997. I was visiting my uncle and we wound up going to Birdland; we took in dinner and a couple of great jazz sets.
  • By way of boingboing.net: 1864 “Freedom Primer” for slaves
  • Even the Dead Cannot Cancel Their AOL Accounts
  • TechNudge, written by Bill O’Brien (formerly of Computer Shopper‘s “The Hard Edge” column, had an article in it that deserves reprinting:

    For Those of You Who Can’t Afford an iPod

    Don’t know why I haven’t mentioned this before but you do know that if you can’t afford an iPod you can’t get a similar device that has unlimited music capacity, unlimited Podcasting capability, some features that surpass what the iPod currently offers, and probably costs 1/5th as much — it’s called a pocket AM/FM radio.

  • : The Legion will be featured in an upcoming episode of Justice League Unlimited. Additionally, it looks as though Warner Bros. will be doing a Legion cartoon… in the near future. The only problem that I had with the article that announced it was the comment the animation would lean more towards the style of Teen Titans than that of JLU. Oh, well… can’t win ’em all.
  • The Jack Kirby Museum
  • Knowing of my affinity for comics and superheroes, Eric (coworker) sent me a link to this StrongBad email
  • Coming soon to Holland: Library that lets you take out people who are left on the shelf
  • Free 3D Models of Great Buildings
  • Not only has Gary Coleman moved to Utah, he’s the pitch man for a “quick cash” place. I saw the ad this afternoon, while I was at the gym.
  • “Mom said I could…” (Borderline non-work-safe at the end)

Namaste.