Monday stuff
Mar. 28th, 2005 09:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiQuick weekend update: I read Elayna's copy of The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily, which was quite cute, more so as a result of the wonderful Reader's Guide at the end by Lemony Snicket, which is a perfect parody of those horrible ones that get shoehorned into otherwise good books to make them all pretentious-like. The book was apparently Daniel Handler's favorite book as a child, and he used his clout to get it republished. The main novel itself isn't nearly as snarky as the Snicket books, but you can see the influence in terms of nasty things happening, no one being safe, etc.
Last night was gaming --![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jet_li_wannabe, Gerry, one of jet_li_wannabe's neighbors, and I played Betrayal at House on the Hill, which I adore. Alas, things get slightly messed up when it turned out that the neighbor failed to note something in the traitor's rules that would have changed the course of the game, but we caught it in time for the heroes to win. I can't recommend this game highly enough -- varied gameplay, nifty concepts, quick learning curve, etc.
After getting home, I meant to go to sleep, but my Tivo lured me with its new episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I haven't raved nearly enough about this series -- so damned good. And now, for the first time since I've started watching, we have a true goddamned cliffhanger. Grrr.
Burger King is unveiling a new breakfast sandwich that will have two eggs, a sausage patty, two slices of American "cheese," and three strips of bacon on a bun. It'll have over 700 calories. I'm torn between being appalled, and wanting to know if the mini-BK on Emory's campus will start serving it. If only they added ham, because everyone know that three types of pork are better than two on any sandwich.
The odds of NHL hockey happening this decade seem to keep diminishing.
Finally, in news that should shock only the most naive folks out there, it turns out that the TSA lied about protecting our data. I'm shocked. Shocked and appalled. I'm sure that Rumsfeld, Bush, Ashcroft, and others are just sitting around, scratching their heads and wondering how this could have happened.
Last night was gaming --
jet_li_wannabe, Gerry, one of jet_li_wannabe's neighbors, and I played Betrayal at House on the Hill, which I adore. Alas, things get slightly messed up when it turned out that the neighbor failed to note something in the traitor's rules that would have changed the course of the game, but we caught it in time for the heroes to win. I can't recommend this game highly enough -- varied gameplay, nifty concepts, quick learning curve, etc. After getting home, I meant to go to sleep, but my Tivo lured me with its new episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I haven't raved nearly enough about this series -- so damned good. And now, for the first time since I've started watching, we have a true goddamned cliffhanger. Grrr.
Burger King is unveiling a new breakfast sandwich that will have two eggs, a sausage patty, two slices of American "cheese," and three strips of bacon on a bun. It'll have over 700 calories. I'm torn between being appalled, and wanting to know if the mini-BK on Emory's campus will start serving it. If only they added ham, because everyone know that three types of pork are better than two on any sandwich.
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The odds of NHL hockey happening this decade seem to keep diminishing.
Finally, in news that should shock only the most naive folks out there, it turns out that the TSA lied about protecting our data. I'm shocked. Shocked and appalled. I'm sure that Rumsfeld, Bush, Ashcroft, and others are just sitting around, scratching their heads and wondering how this could have happened.