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What should I do with this blog?

Kwummy January 30th, 2008

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Kwummy December 9th, 2007

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Meteorite or Missile: What caused a mysterious illness in a Peru village?

Kwummy September 24th, 2007

I have my first real post up over at AltGN. It’s about a supposed meterorite that landed near a Peru village and caused illness in over 600 locals. Hop on over there and check out the story and spend some time on the site browsing the other stories as well.

My geekdom: Let me show you it

Kwummy September 20th, 2007

I’m going to be working on a group blog with a buddy of mine. I think I was the last person he asked so I don’t feel that important, but I’ll take my opportunities where I can get them.

It’s going to be related to all things “geek” (technology, science, gadgets, gaming, etc). It should be fun and I think it’s an awesome idea. If anything it will help me continue to hone my writing skills.

I’d like to make my site more geared towards stuff like that, it’s just hard because there’s so much information out there and I don’t have time to write about it all. I’m thinking of just doing some posts here and there where I briefly talk about stories that interest me.

I might link over to his site (if he lets me) of some of the stories I write about and post just little odds and ends over here related to said stories.

So, I’ll probably be working on that as well as this site and, oh, right, my real job.

I’m enjoying my position more simply because I’m going to be doing more interesting projects. The problem is I still hate the industry I am in and I really don’t like some of the people I have to work with. And now that one of the senior management is leaving it’s going to be even more difficult, especially if they hire some tool.

I’ll get my big break someday.

Someday.

Fantasy Football: Sex Cannons Season Preview

Kwummy September 4th, 2007

I’m in two fantasy football leagues this year. One with some friends and the other with some random douches.

The one with my friends had its draft on Friday. I had to miss it and, of course, the auto-draft was so-so. Below is my team. It’s a league of 10 teams so it will be pretty competitive.

Team Name: Sex Cannons 

Starters
QB - Phillip Rivers
WR - T.J. Houshmandzadeh
WR - Anaquan Boldin
WR - Andre Johnson
RB - Joseph Addai
RB - Willie Parker
TE - Tony Gonzalez
K - Jeff Wilkins
DEF - Pittsburgh

Bench
QB - Eli Manning
WR - Ronald Curry
WR - Kevin Curtis
WR - Drew Bennett
TE - Desmond Clark
RB - Jamal Lewis
RB - DeAngelo Williams
K - Josh Scobee
DEF - St. Louis

I’m satisfied with my QBs.  I think Rivers will be decent enough and I’ll only have to use Manning on the weekends the Chargers have a bye. Rivers doesn’t throw a lot of picks (especially compared to Manning) and I think the Chargers will be a Super Bowl caliber team this year.

I’m nervous about my RBs. Parker should be solid this year as he has almost no competition, but he can be injury prone. Addai had 7 touchdowns last year, but none in the last four games of the regular season. He averaged less than 70 yards per game on the ground. I guess that’s not horrible for a rookie and he was a decent fantasy back when all was said and done. I’m also worried about Jamal Lewis being able to produce with the Browns. He’s starting on my bench for just that reason.

Houshmandzadeh and Boldin make a great one-two punch at WR, but the other four I have to choose from to start are pretty pathetic. At least all three starters had over 1,000 years receiving last year. Meh. I have one of the best fantasy TEs so I guess I can’t complain too much. However, KC’s QB still leaves a lot to be desired so I don’t know how effective Gonzalez will be this year.

My two defenses are average at best and both were ranked out of the top 10 in terms of fantasy points scored by defenses last year. Buffalo’s defense is available, I might go after them and tell St. Louis to GTFO.

All in all, I don’t think I much of a shot at winning the whole damn thing. Maybe someone will pop up on the FA wire or someone like Addai and Johnson might just end up playing past their potential. It could be a long year for the Sex Cannons.

My other team (i can has HGH?) drafts on Wednesday. I’ll be around for that one.

Summer is officially over (Oh, and I’m back)

Kwummy September 4th, 2007

Had fun this weekend. Did a little skiing but mostly just relaxed. I forgot to put sun screen on my legs so they’re a little red. Oh, and the mosquitoes were fucking vicious so I probably also have West Nile.

Good times.

Closing the lake house (owned by Katie’s parents)  every year always signifies summer’s end. It’s always kind of depressing because it feels like we just opened it. Time flies by too fast. Family will still get together throughout the winter, but it’s just not the same. It’s always nice looking forward to lazy days at the lake after a hectic week at work.

But that’s enough emo talk. Let’s play catch up.

My friend Erech had no running waterfor about 12 hours on Thursday. I found this highly ironic considering he was poking fun at the fact I could not make poops in my own toliet and then flush said poops. As he so eloquently put it, I hope he had fun shooting his “proton stream” at Jenny’s “turds.”

I missed quite an exciting opening to the college football season. Appalachian State beat Michigan and Georgia Tech routed Notre Dame. It was hilarious to see that Notre Dame used all three QBs in the loss. Football also signals the end of summer as the NFL also kicks off this week. I’ll be watching to see how soon Rex collapses for the Bears and if the Bengals are going to be as bad as they were in the preseason.

I finally got to play Blue Dragon last night. I am liking it so far. The game has gotten hammered for it’s pathetic story, but I find it a little intriguing up to this point. The voice acting is good, but the dialogue is downright laughable. I can understand the criticism for the game’s lack of character development.  I’m about 4 hours in so I can’t give any good impressions. My ultimate worry is it will become too repetitive, which is death for an RPG. I’ll try to post some impressions if I ever get 10+ hours in. To this point, however, I think it’s been money well spent. I just have a feeling when Oblivion GOTY, Eternal Sonata and Halo 3 drop (all this month, mind you) I’ll forget all about Blue Dragon.

I guess that’s about it. I really, really needed that mini vacation.

Woot Off going on right now!

Kwummy August 30th, 2007

There is currently a Woot Off in progress. Head on over to Woot and try to snag some deals.

In honor of the event, I’ve added an Woot RSS feed to the sidebar. When the Woot Off is over, I’ll take it down.

I’ve told you a thousand times: Poise counts!

Kwummy August 28th, 2007

It’s all over the net now, but I just had to make a post about it. This kind of funny isn’t seen every day.

For those of you who have not seen Miss Teen South Carolina give the reason as to why 1 in 5 U.S. students cannot find America on the map, I direct you here. If you find yourself growing light-headed you can view this version with subtitles.

Also, do yourself a favor and check out her profile. And, of course, lest we forget, there are also pictures. [Those links all via Deadspin).

I hate to say it, but this is pretty much why hot girls need to keep their mouths shut. She could probably also stand to eat a cheeseburger or two.

Miraculously, she still finished in third. However, she seemed to have left her poise back at the ranch. Had she listened to the advice of Cosmo Kramer, she may have pulled out a victory.

There are also the “that poor girl” stories and remarks popping up all over the place calling those of us who poke fun at her fat virgins.  Whatever, I’m sure after she’s finished giving all the children of Iraq, Asia and South Africa maps she’ll be serving you drinks at Applebees.

But yeah, I’m sure I would have been a much better student in school had I just got myself a map.

Damn.

[Update - Lauren Caitlin has recently re-answered the million dollar question. Her reply:

Well personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. And if the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography.

Our map? Seriously, someone get this broad to STFU.]

Hot teacher does not take you videotaping her as a compliment

Kwummy August 27th, 2007

I stumbled upon this story earlier today about a former teacher, Keri image_sor5nu.jpgMcIntyre, who is outraged at a video of her that showed up on YouTube. (And before you go scouring YouTube for the video - it has already been removed. Rumor has that it’s on MySpace somewhere).

The alleged video zooms in on McIntyre’s, um, “features” several times over the course of a few minutes while playing “Hot for the Teacher” by Van Halen.  Supposedly she is wearing some fairly tight, white pants that reveal the fact she is also wearing a thong. I don’t know about you, but it’s hard to look good in white pants. Kudos to her!

In her own words:

The video was three and a half minutes of me. It would go to my face, to my butt, to my face…And then he had his fun zooming in to my butt.

At first I felt a little sorry for her. I don’t know many teachers that wear pants like that, but she still shouldn’t have to worry about someone videotaping her while at a graduation ceremony.

Then I read the “About Me” section of her MySpace page [emphasis mine]: 

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Bake 4 mae pls

Kwummy August 23rd, 2007

Here are some random thoughts of the morning:

  • I saw a bakery on Clark St. this morning called Bake for Me. The owner claims “we don’t take ourselves too seriously.” So, in that case, I think he should change the name of the place to Bake 4 Mae Pls! I think most would agree, yes?
  • What’s with the new trend of 22-year olds running around with Blackberries? I find it very hard to believe that, at 22, you are so important you need to have a Blackberry. Even worse, are the dudes that have them in a case on their belt as if it’s some kind of badge. Some of these kids need a good ass kicking.
  • Staying on the yuppie topic, I’m getting kind of sick of these trixies on the bus that have huge-ass bags. This one next to me today kept slamming into my ribs. Not only that, she also had a purse with her and a shopping bag. So, altogether this bitch has three bags.  I’m guessing she needs all that space to fit her ego.
  • Did anyone see that the Texas Rangers scored 30 runs last night against the Orioles? I think if you give up 30 runs in one game it’s best you just close up shop and move on to something else. Baseball is obviously not your thing.

I’m thinking of picking up Bioshock after work and holding off on Blue Dragon and Two Worlds until they’re cheaper. Honestly, though, I think Blue Dragon is worth $60 more than Bioshock. Blue Dragon’s campaign clocks in at 50 hours while Bioshock I think is around 20. It’s getting so hard any more to justify spending $60 on a video game.

The only game I’ve bought for the 360 that I thought was worth $60 was Oblivion, and I’m definately picking up the GOTY edition next month. Eternal Sonata might be the second to wear that crown. We’ll see.