Words of Wisdom: Children

Women have children becasue of their yearning need to nurture and love.

Men have children to have someone their own age to play with.

Pictures of Wisdom: When It's Perfectly Okay, Regardless Of Religion To Scream 'OH SHIT!'

How We Were Lost

Well, its that time again for me to lay down another book review and its one I'm very happy to share with you. How We Were Lost by Megan Taylor is a story about Janie, a 14 year old girl who lives in a small seaside town ravaged by tourists and the current hot spot for a story concerning two missing girls. In the middle of all this, Janie does her best to escape the reality of her dysfunctional family by daydreaming about these two girls and her part in her desire to find them.

Then things get real messy.

Between growing tensions in her own home dealing primarily with her older sister Diane and her aunt Rene, her daydreaming quickly becomes an obsession that not only leads her deeper into finding out the truth behind the two girls, but her own mother disappearance eleven years ago, which transforms the book in it's story in a quite amazing way. Soon, she finds herself in the middle of learning more about her family's past, the world of adulthood and the secrets held within her sisters locked metal box that Janie is far from prepared for.

In the end, Janie will never be the same.

I found this book amazing and hope that you take the time to check it out to see if its for you as well.

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We Played For Keeps And WON!

Big congrats goes out to Mur Lafferty and J.C. Hutchins for susscessfully taking over Amazon.com during the Playing For Keeps rush which pushed the book to #1 in Hot New Releases, #1 in Movers and Shakers, #1 in Science Fiction, #1 in Action/Adventure, #2 in Science Fiction & Fantasy, #2 in Genre Fiction, #3 in Literature & Fiction, #16 in in ALL books!

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Why is this such a big deal? It's us, you know the little people, proving not only do we have a voice, but also the power to make things happen. While my only part of this whole movement was my purchase of the book and the banner I put here on my site, its nice to be a part of something much larger that helps one of our own get noticed and appreciated for their work. To be one of those screaming into the megaphone so one of us with a wealth of talent can be appreciated by more then just the few.

I wish the continued success to Mur on Playing For Keeps, as well as all her future work, and I'm looking forward to reading my own copy in the upcoming days.

What? You haven't gotten a copy of your own? Why wait, have a Playing For Keeps by Mur Lafferty!

Epic Olympic Win

For those of you out there that loved Matrix Pong, you'll love this!

I Am Home Alone - A Mashup

Words of Wisdom: Work Station

Mood: Helpful
Listening To: Aural Vampire

If a Train Station is where a train stops and a Bus Station is where the bus stops, does that mean a Work Station is where work stops?

Words of Wisdom: 9 Words Women Use

Mood: Helpful
Listening To: My J-Rock collection (currently Gackt)

As a man, dealing with the opposite sex can be a Olympic event of hurdles and other dangerous obstacles. The most dangerous of these is the art of misunderstanding what the opposite sex is really saying. Unfortunately for us, there is no 'Female Language for Dummies' book to pick up and read at the local Library or Barnes & Noble. Most of this is learned via personal experience (READ: NOT RECOMMENDED!!!) or if you're lucky enough to have it passed down to you by someone that has had personal experience (recommended!). While this guide is not 100% with every woman that walks this earth, pay attention nonetheless. It could save you, or at least prepare you for your pending castration.

#1 - Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. As much as you want to argue this, DO NOT DO SO!!! By doing so can incur the wrath of word #8, and that's even worse.

#2 - Five Minutes: While this one can be viewed as a double standard, you'll have to deal with it, they don't change their minds so easily. Therefore, if she is getting dressed, five more minutes means give her another half an hour without complaint. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to do what you want to do (such as watching the game on TV, playing Rock Band or working on your car project) before doing what she needs you for, such as helping around the house.

#3 - Nothing: Alert Level RED; this is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine, which usually leads to a even greater snowball effect of your ass is grass and she IS the proverbial Lawn Mower.

#4 - Go Ahead: Do not pass go and do not collect $200. This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It If You Value Your Relationship and Sex Life, if such a life exists by this time, as its a good chance you've already lost it!

#5 - Loud Sigh: You might think this is only a sound, but this is actually a word formed in a non-verbal statement 99.9% misunderstood by us men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. Please refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing if you've already forgotten.

#6 - That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man and you can guarantee that unless you know to look for it, you're going to run head first into this wall and not know what hit you. 'That's okay' means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake(s) - be warned, they will often stack past mistakes on top of the most current.

#7 - Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint! Just say you're welcome. On the other hand, if she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' ... that will bring on a 'whatever' and much more (see below).

#8 - Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying FUCK YOU!

#9 - Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself after being fed up by your constant inactivity on the subject. This will later result in us usually asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to #3 and kiss your ass goodbye.

As a final note, while I am attempting to be slightly humorous with this post; Yes, this is an act of humor, I'm being serious at the same time. I just figured you'd remember it better if I made it funny, but I could be wrong.

Hi, Remember Me?

It's been a while since I made an 'actual' post on my blog, so I decided I should get on my ass and type one up. Some would say I should get 'off my ass' and do one, but standing and typing have never worked very well for me.

If there is one thing I have learned this year is that if you plan on doing a Podcast novel, rule #1 is to make sure you have the whole thing already written and ready before you even record your first episode. While improvising the minisodes worked fine, I knew I couldn't do the same with the real deal. In the case of mine, I had three chapters completed with many more 'partially' finished (read: I took the time to type out the transcripts of my minisodes, so all I had to do was fill in the blanks), but it only partially helped. The reason for this is that I don't get to work on the written part as much as I'd like, as not only do I need the right setting (no ringing phones or other extremely distracting noises ... like the guy putting siding all over the place here), I have to be in the mood. It's not that I get writers block, but I get a serious case of the writers laze. Look up Kevin Smith's explanation of this if you don't know it. I'm sure that someone out there has uploaded it to YouTube by now.

The other thing I have learned is that fans can get rabid, both in good and bad ways. While its nice to have them out there looking forward to each new chapter, telling me how much they like the story and so on, its kinda odd how quickly they will turn on you if a chapter is late, or something happens they don't like. It's like they forget I'm human and not a machine who's sole purpose is to pump out vocalized script, or a vocalized script that follows their every desire for the story. Last time I checked, it was my story, not theirs. Like everyone else, I work, I sleep, I deal with daily crap and my mood to do things swings mostly due to the extremities of the aforementioned aspects of life. Also, when I write, I write a story based on where my mind takes it. I'm not psychic, so I can't read what you think Lane, Ryan, Johnny and Derrick should do today. Welcome to reality. Also, while I've never said to myself, 'I'm not going to do a chapter his week', I get this hint that some feel that I do. Relax, you know who you are, I'm puttin' them out as fast as I can. Besides, Hell to Hell isn't the only horse I'm trying to train at this point in my life and life itself can get in the way at times. While I could do what others have done in the past, and that is release a shorter chapter, I rather get them out as I planned. Entire chapters at a time. I know the smaller candy bars are called fun size, but their not really all that much fun are they.

Before I kill that horse, moving on.

One of the joys in my life, that being playing tons of Rock Band, has also recently been placed on hold thanks to the ever so unpopular Red Ring of Death situation that visited me this week. Go figure that it happens the same week that Rock band receives two Duran Duran and Devo songs. Yes, part of me is still happily stuck in the 80's dancing to tunes by Oingo Boingo, Freur, The Cure, Depeche Mode and many others. Regardless of this fact, Rock Band, while to some is a time waster, is one of the few things in my life that makes me happy. Not that I feel like happiness can only be found in a video game, but its something that if I'm in a bad mood, its easy to pop in and pound the lame ass aspects of life away. Trust me, it works and it doesn't make me a violent rampaging psycho cop killer, like the media wants you to believe. In fact, I think its the only thing keeping me from being a rampaging psycho killer.

On the other hand, its a strange feeling. I don't miss playing games in the addicted way, I'm not breaking out into sweats and shaking like some claim I would once daddy Microsoft took the white turd away, but I miss the fact they help me deal with life and put a smile on my face, make me cheer, or even emotionally involved with the stories they tell. Some people read books (I do to), watch TV (I don't all that much), or do housework (what's that?) to find a center in life. Me, I like to play games. Without it, I'm starting to realize why so many people drink (even though I haven't gone down this path ... yet).

On the other hand, I've been having some fun, so don't get me wrong. The 5000th episode celebration for Radio From Hell delivered time and time again, and the party at Squatters was awesome. Also, for whatever reason, the Weird Al aspect of my mind has been warming up and I'm thinking of doing some kind of idea in the future with it. Of course, that idea mostly surrounds posting it here, but we'll see what happens with that. The first one I have deals with Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson ... but I'm calling it Beautiful Meatball. That's all I'm giving away at this point, though I will also say its not 100% me. It's inspired by Kerry Jackson over at X96. You can blame him later.

On a final note, the odd thing about having so many things rearranged around here is that I watched all of Season One of Heroes again, a week earlier then planned. Wanted to watch it just in time for Season Two to hit DVD, so I can have all the story fresh in my mind when Season Three starts. Guess when the laze sets in again this week and next, I'll just have to watch Spaced instead ... again. Not like I mind.

Guess its time to check out the other blogs I normally hit then do soem other things. And if I feel up to it, I'll post more soon.

Why Wii Love Sarcastic Gamer

Okay, this is only one of the reasons I love Sarcastic Gamer so damn much. If you like this, you should check out the rest of the Sarcastic Gamer parodies here.

Are You Fit For Command?