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yendi ([personal profile] yendi) wrote2006-03-17 10:13 am

Friday stuff

1. Yes, I'm wearing green. No, you can't see it, unless I drop trou (it's the Homer Simpson Barney's Bowl-a-Rama boxers).

2. Even though I don't have Liver of Steel, I still managed to get to 26 drunkenness and get my traffic cone adventure in KOL today. I spent my real adventures farming the peak, and I'm just shy of two million now.

3. FInished another book yesterday -- Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War. Yeah, I know it's Voyager, but aside from the fact that it's an underrated universe (that show had one of the better groups of characters and a nifty concept, marred by some bad choices and scripts), my policy on Trek books, in general, is to buy ones by authors I like outside of Trek. And, while that normally means reading mostly Peter David and [livejournal.com profile] kradical Trek books, I do pick up ones by folks like John Ford, Melissa Scott, and Steven Piziks when they play in that sandbox.

4. Am currently reading The Vanished, by Bill Pronzini. The Nameless Detective novels seem to be the most successful series ever that no one has heard of. Pronzini is from the old school of detective writers, writing hard-boiled post-Hammett/Chandler stuff that, like his predecessors, aspires to true literary quality. We need more authors like him. Go click on that link, choose "read an excerpt," and see just how damned good those first two pages are.

5. Our current military operation is "Operation Swarmer." Can I assume they'll follow it up with Operation Lander, Operation Baiter, and Operation Bomber? And if there's some collateral damage, maybe Operation Mutant?

6. Finally, Six Apart, makers of various blog software (including LJ), is moving into new blog markets. The interesting part of the article, though, is, "LiveJournal, a Web site publishing community popular with teenage girls."
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[personal profile] dwivian 2006-03-17 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
What the HELL did you drink to get to 26?

[identity profile] terracinque.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The interesting part of the article, though, is, "LiveJournal, a Web site publishing community popular with teenage girls."

You didn't know that? Non-teenage non-girl users of LJ are the exception, not the rule.

[identity profile] marlowe1.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Although now it's going to be "A Web site publishing community popular with creepy middle-aged guys who read Software Business Updates"

[identity profile] harold3.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Well shit, I need to take some anti-aging new pill and have my gender re-assigned... I'm going to miss peeing standing up.

[identity profile] litch.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
most girls I know can pee standing up

hell some of them make less of a mess doing it than I do

[identity profile] stripedsocks.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I managed to get my Liver of Steel today so I was pretty excited about that. Getting the traffic cone adventure was just ridiculously fun. Yay for Sneaky Pete's Day!

[identity profile] stripedsocks.livejournal.com 2006-03-18 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
I did! It was awesome! I have at least 2 of each color.

[identity profile] kradical.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
And, while that normally means reading mostly Peter David and [livejournal.com profile] kradical Trek books,

Awwwwwwwwwww.... *blush*


The interesting part of the article, though, is, "LiveJournal, a Web site publishing community popular with teenage girls."

This is like saying Playboy is a magazine that is of interest to people who like to read celebrity interviews. I mean, it's not wrong, exactly, but......

[identity profile] unquietsoul5.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder where they are getting their demographic data from? Really!

I haven't been a teenage girl in this lifetime.... and I'm pretty sure I haven't been a teen since long before there was a public internet...

Maybe I should put the year back in on my profile and help change the demographic info? Are they counting all those people who have no year listed to be teenagers or something?

[identity profile] shaydra.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
After reading your posts about Kingdom of Loathing, curiosity finally got the better of me. I googled it, created an account and I'm now anxiously awaiting rollover so I can play more. You appear to be nice, but in reality, you are an evil, evil man. ;)

[identity profile] shaydra.livejournal.com 2006-03-18 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Issira. Trying to talk my niece into getting playing with me. I've failed so far. I haven't geekified her enough.

[identity profile] isis.livejournal.com 2006-03-18 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah, same thing happened to me a few weeks ago... (and brought my boyfriend along with me for the ride...)