Steampunk seems to be all about Victorian clothes, with Goggles and Boots and Brass Gears and Tubes. Am I missing something?
Yeah, I heard it’s all about Jules Verne (The Father of Sci-Fi, yada yada yada) and stuff… but I don’t get it. It’s less Geeky than Cyberpunk, I’ll give it that. And the people seem smarter and better looking that Cyberpunks… but I’m just not getting Steampunk.
Someone, please explain this to me.
I have awesome Sisters-In-Laws… One of them is just a force of nature. She decided to build a Fort for her kiddies to play in. She can’t do anything half way. Check this out.
Yeah, that kinda says everything about the family that I married in to. They kinda force you to Be Awesome just so you can fit in. So now, if I want to build a Fort too… the bloody thing is going to have to be the USS NIMITZ with a working Cat system. Hmmmm.
Okay, I picked up my new HP Laptop running Widows 7. It’s a Pavilion dm4 with an i5 processor, 4 gigs ram, huge HD with more gigs than I can count. I like it. The keyboard layout is good… just like my old one. But there is one critical difference. This thing doesn’t have the scroll section on the touch pad. Not that this is a deal breaker for me… but I am missing it within seconds of using this machine. I’m also not hugely impressed with Windows 7. Too many bloody automated “features” keep popping up. Well, it’s new, so once it learns my preferences it’s going to stop pestering me. Just a side note, I’m never doing business with Staples again. Douches. And I don’t use that word lightly.
Okay… so I have the new laptop… have to name it. The last one was “Hordecaster”, the Netbook is “Orcalite”… so maybe “Hordemancer” for this one. Meaningless frivalties really, the name… but I like naming things.
New Videos for the MadOgre Channel on YouTube will be coming SOON!
Visiting friends. Let’s see… Steve, Joe, Mike, Larry… Tom if at all possible and Ben if he’s still around. I’m planning on being at the B&N book store Saturday afternoon, and hopefully some Buffalo Burgers at the Bohemian Brewery. This place has the most amazing buffalo burgers I’ve ever eaten. Probably hit that joint around 7PM, Sat Night. So come by and hang out!
I’m just not buying this “Deadliest Warrior” show. Pitting the greatest warriors in history against each other… showing the weapons… detailing the strengths… and then drawing the totally wrong conclusions.
Roman Centurion vs. Rajput…. The Centurion was a force of nature. A man who came up through the ranks of the legion the hard way… by dishing out industrial strength murder at every turn. And they say he lost to a Whirly bird with a frisbee and a tape measure? That doesn’t even make sense.
An Apache vs a Gladiator…. The Gladiator lived for single combat, facing his adversary down toe to toe and then ripping his limbs on and force feeding it to him while feeling nothing but the thrill of carnage and roar of the crowds… and they say he lost to a guy who’s main strength was burglary? Sneaking up on some unsuspecting ranch hand? That’s laughable.
This show is good entertainment, I’ll give you that. But even my 3 year old called BS on the show.
The Browning X-Bolt .300 WSM showed up. It’s BEAUTIFUL. It’s black and sinister, and the Nikon Monarch 3-12 BDC is a perfect match to it. This is an awesome rifle! I shouldn’t have looked at it. I really shouldn’t have looked at it. I should have taken the box and stood it up in the corner and not looked at it. Dang it! Now I wants it, my Precious!
But I need a good laptop. I have to have it. I could have all my editing done in no time and I’d be back in to doing videos because I could actually run Sony Vegas again. Basically, I could get back to work.
But the rifle is so cool. If Darth Vader was going to go hunting for North American Big Game, this would be the rifle. It’s Back in Black and all Matte finished with that Duratouch stock which feels awesome… so it radiates Darkness… it’s like the room grows a little darker when you open this up to expose it to air.
I’m banging my head over here…
Our friend, Stephen Camp, noted firearms expert has passed away. I learned a lot from him. He was one of the great ones. He will be missed.
Remember… All our Soldiers died in great pain so you can have your 20% off shit you don’t really need. Enjoy it.
I’ve been thinking a lot on the Servicemen that I knew who have died… and Servicemen from Utah who have been recently killed. And I’ve been thinking about my Grandfather, who served and survived WWII… one can imagine the stories that he had that he never told anyone… and I remember some that he did tell me. Much somber thoughts today.
I hear people say “Happy Memorial Day!” WTF is that? I am not going to say that to anyone… I just say “Remember what the Day is about.” This is the day we honor and remember the best of us that sacrificed themselves on the alter of freedom. This reminds me of the movie Saving Private Ryan, when Tom Hank’s character is mortally wounded, and his words to Private Ryan, “Earn this.” Our freedom is a gift that often times we don’t deserve… so strive to be worthy of it.
All year long, the weather forecast has been wrong. They have continued to put up these 5 Day forecasts showing Warmth and Sunshine… but every day it’s been cold, overcast, and raining. We’re almost into Summer and it feels like a Seattle Winter. The Forecasters are either lying to us or they are incompetent.
So I think the solution is that they should be treated like salesmen… A Salesman only gets paid when he closes the sale. These Forecasters should only be paid when they get it right.
The Zombie Survival panel that I mentioned before… Here is the Podcast of it. It’s fun to listen to. Mike, Larry, Zack, Tom and others… Good job guys.