Archives for 2008 April
Driftwood
Date: April 24, 2008
Beary Sad
Date: April 9, 2008
Hump Day Funnies: Ridding Yourself of Annoying Fans
Date: April 9, 2008
I don’t know how many people play Oblivion here, but if you do, you’ll be able to appreciate this. For those who do not play it, this is a video about getting rid of an annoying fan boy. In the game, when you become “champion of the arena” (a gladiator style game within the overall game), you get this kid, the annoying, adoring fan. He loves you, and he wants to follow you around everywhere. Most people find his existence annoying, even if you can tell him to stay put somewhere, and so you get many videos like this one, where players have very creatively killed off the fan. This one was the best I watched.
Log what? An official rant about mathematics.
Date: April 9, 2008
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned a few hundred times on this site, I’m no math whiz. It’s partly due to not having a natural talent for it, and the rest of it is pure disinterest. With great happiness, I have effortlessly avoided math since my last requirement course of algebra II, which I finished when I was 15. I’ve been able to avoid math effortlessly, because–surprise, surprise–it turns out you don’t need anything outside of basics in “the real world.” Unfortunately, university is not the real world, and I am required to take a technology course that I will never find useful in order to complete my degree. This course is a basic physics course, and it includes an old bane of mine, logarithmic equations.
Beauty on Bourke
Date: April 8, 2008
Funeral Party
Date: April 8, 2008
I recently asked for opening sentences for me to use in short stories as a small creative writing challenge. This story’s opening sentence comes from Gnorb. Until I attended my own, I never quite understood why the word “funeral” started with “fun”…
Participate in my creative writing!
Date: April 5, 2008
I’m looking for opening sentences to begin stories with, and I’m hoping some of you will contribute. Include your name and website address (if you have one), and I’ll attribute the first sentence of the applicable work(s) to you.
