Random Thoughts

[DavidSeven]

can eat a dick.

You won't have to worry about that happening in your comic book museum/apartment.

[megladon8]

You won't have to worry about that happening in your comic book museum/apartment.

Nerds are the new jocks.

Plus, I'm hot.

[Raiders]

It's a good thing you already have a woman.

I'll never grow out of the awesomeness of putting Legos together. Probably the same reason why I still build models.

[megladon8]

It's ridiculous that anyone would question the awesomeness of Lego.

At any age.

[Sycophant]

I don't really display anything save for a couple of small action figures and such at my desk. It's a design choice.

But I see nothing wrong with Legos in the guest bedroom if you present them nicely and--for God's sakes--don't let them get dusty .

[Sycophant]

Once I was over at this dude's house. He had like two kids and it seemed as if every square inch of his apartment was covered in Star Wars action figures and memorabilia, along with a few other horribly geeky things. It was a little off-putting.

But then I'm a pretty hateful jock, so whatevs.

[megladon8]

Once I was over at this dude's house. He had like two kids and it seemed as if every square inch of his apartment was covered in Star Wars action figures and memorabilia, along with a few other horribly geeky things. It was a little off-putting.

But then I'm a pretty hateful jock, so whatevs.

I never pictured you as a jock at all.

[Mysterious Dude]

People tell me I should put some posters in my room.

[Benny Profane]

People tell me I should put some posters in my room.

People are gay. Remember that.

[Ezee E]

It's a good thing you already have a woman.

This. I'll probably be boxing up my collection that is left.

[Amnesiac]

Steve Winter won Wildlife Photographer of The Year honors with this amazing photo. And it's really frustrating that a sufficiently high-res version does not exist. I want to use this as my wallpaper, but after a discouraging half-hour of scouring the web, it seems there isn't anything out there that is larger than this image...

[megladon8]

Wow, that is a beautiful photo.

Thanks for sharing.

[balmakboor]

I saw something pretty cool yesterday. North Dakota had its girls high school swimming state meet prelims and the state's top swimmer broke (I mean destroyed) two high school national records. She beat a 20-year-old record held by Janet Evans in the 500 freestyle. Nice girl too. I did her webpage when she was preparing for the Olympic Trials over the Summer.

My moment of bragging: My daughter was the only 7th grader to earn four swims in today's finals (her friend from Fargo was the only other 7th grader with two swims). She had a solid day yesterday, very poised despite looking like a shrimp next to a lot of mostly Sophmores, Juniors, and Seniors.

[Ezee E]

I saw something pretty cool yesterday. North Dakota had its girls high school swimming state meet prelims and the state's top swimmer broke (I mean destroyed) two high school national records. She beat a 20-year-old record held by Janet Evans in the 500 freestyle. Nice girl too. I did her webpage when she was preparing for the Olympic Trials over the Summer.

My moment of bragging: My daughter was the only 7th grader to earn four swims in today's finals (her friend from Fargo was the only other 7th grader with two swims). She had a solid day yesterday, very poised despite looking like a shrimp next to a lot of mostly Sophmores, Juniors, and Seniors.

Congrats! If she keeps it up, she'll be beating that top swimmer.

[Watashi]

Seriously, California, what the fuck? Can we go at least one month without one of your crazy wildfires.

[Watashi]

The fire is like 5 miles from my work.

[MadMan]

Another reason I'm glad I don't live in Cali :P

Legos do rock, but I've long since passed down all of my collection to my youngest sister. Its really fun to build things with them though.

[Sycophant]

For those past Legoteers, did you get away from the instructions often? As I got older, I experimented less and mostly assembled my sets the way they were supposed to be (I had a lot of the early nineties Castle and Space stuff). I still had a bucket for screwing around with, but mostly I used the sets and the figures to create stories rather than new constructions.

[D_Davis]

Jubelale, a beer made in Bend, Oregon is very good.

[balmakboor]

Congrats! If she keeps it up, she'll be beating that top swimmer.

Thanks! She shows a lot of promise. Her goals in life right now though are to be a paleontologist and a swim coach.

A summary of the finals: Dagny Knutson (that top swimmer) broke a third National record by leading off the 400 free relay, which her relay team then shockingly lost.

My daughter withstood the heat and pressure very well. Her medley relay moved from 8th seed to 4th place, her 400 free relay moved from 9th seed to 7th, she held her seed position of 15th in the 200 individual medley, and she move from 11th seed to 9th in the 100 breaststroke. Pretty special. She was all smiles yesterday.

[Saya]

[Derek]

Another reason I'm glad I don't live in Cali :P

I think I could come up with more reasons I'm glad I don't live in Iowa than you could for Cali.

[megladon8]

Wow, I've been reading a lot lately regarding Obama's election, and whether or not he really won it fairly.

Not that he cheated, but these editorials and articles are saying that they believe a large portion of his votes came from blacks who voted for him solely because he is black.

They were talking about it on the radio this morning with regards to a Bill Cosby interview, which was actually put up on IMDb today so I'll clip what they have there...

Comedian Bill Cosby was so proud to vote for a black U.S. presidential candidate, he shared the experience with his late mother, father and brother.

The 71-year-old wanted the trio to be present when he cast his vote for Barack Obama on 4 November, so he took pictures of his late loved-ones with him to the polls.

He says, "I took my mother's and father's pictures from out of a frame, and my brother James, who died when he was six.

"I put them in my pocket and went to the poll. When it was my turn, I went into the booth, I took out James, dad and mom, and we all voted."

The guy on the radio said he felt this indicated that Cosby himself would have voted for Obama regardless of his policies.

[Raiders]

African Americans, statistically, vote for the Democratic nominee. The number is, obviously, quite a bit higher this year, but all in all it was not the only reason he won. Though he didn't get the majority of the white vote, Obama did receive a higher percentage than recent Democratic candidates.

To say he won just because of his skin color is both reductive and rather sad.

I think his percentage of the youth vote and new voters is likely more attributable than the African American vote.

[megladon8]

African Americans, statistically, vote for the Democratic nominee. The number is, obviously, quite a bit higher this year, but all in all it was not the only reason he won. Though he didn't get the majority of the white vote, Obama did receive a higher percentage than recent Democratic candidates.

To say he won just because of his skin color is both reductive and rather sad.

I think his percentage of the youth vote and new voters is likely more attributable than the African American vote.

Yes, this is what I think as well. I think a lot more young people went to the polls this time than ever before, and it's not because he's black, but because he seems more genuine and honest than really any candidate before him.

He succeeds in being both a likable, relatable guy, and also being intelligent, thought-provoking and a powerful speaker. His 18-minute speech was incredible.