Toby Keith’s movie
matt | February 4, 2010
Totally not as bad as you’d think.
The Caffeinated Penguin
musings of a crackpot hacker
Crash kits
matt | December 23, 2009
So, about a year ago posted about crash kits. Being that it’s getting to the snowy time of year, I figured it was time that I review mine.
Now, I should probably mention that I don’t tend to go off main roads when going to work. State highways, populated, with traffic. So, it’s unlikely [...]
The state of TV
matt | November 30, 2009
So, Liz and I were really jonesing for a TiVo HD… and then all the interesting shows went off the air. Let’s run down the list:
Battlestar Galactica: Done (and the ending sucked)
Monk: Finishing up
Sarah Connor Chronicles: Canceled
Firefly: Canceled (years ago, and I’m still sore about it)
Dollhouse: Canceled
So, what does that leave?
Big Bang Theory
Good Eats
Psych
Iron Chef [...]
Miscellany
matt | November 19, 2009
Back from Carnage. Great con. Played in:
The Unexplained. Lots of fun. Bought it.
Heavy Gear Blitz. Decent, but likely won’t pick up yet another minis game. I’m not going to say it’s better or worse than Battletech – just different. Battletech is shoot, shoot, shoot, now you’re in arm’s reach, and you beat the crap out [...]
Impressions on having a wisdom tooth extracted
matt | October 22, 2009
(Likely not for the squeamish)
Let me just state that I’ve never had any serious orthodontic work done, so this is all new to me. The most work I had done was extraction of some stubborn baby teeth, and a retainer to push an adult tooth into place.
Today I had one of my wisdom teeth pulled. [...]
Big Bang Theory
matt | October 20, 2009
Wil Wheaton, FTW!!!!
Awesome, hilarious episode.
That show is such a slam dunk.
Musings on the changing genre of Science Fiction
matt | October 15, 2009
(Or: Waaaah! Girls have cooties!)
So, posted this, which links to this post, which basically distills down to “science fiction is about men exploring and doing things, and without this inspiration, a whole generation of boys not be so inspired and science will suffer… and it’s all the fault of evil girls” (synopsis and emphasis [...]
Next year’s Nobel Peace Prize
matt | October 9, 2009
After talking with here, I think we should nominate Ron Jeremy for the Nobel peace prize next year. From my comments there:
See, I heard that part of the rationale was that he “gave people hope for the future”. Combining it with your stated rationale, I’m nominating Ron Jeremy.
In the “international relations” category, he’s banged [...]
Kittehpix
matt | September 27, 2009
Okay, so I really need to post a pile of pics (I have some which are over a year old), and also vent my spleen about some other things… but I’m off to see Surrogates now, so I don’t quite have time.
However, posted some kittehpix which made me realize I had been delinquent.
This is [...]
Back from a hiatus..
matt | September 16, 2009
So, I’m back off a week of vacation with a jaunt out to Maine for whitewater rafting at Northern Outdoors with friends. Loads of fun was had, and much beer was sampled. As it turns out, I like my beer a little better – theirs is a little heavier on the hops than I like.
We [...]
