http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot Occasional thoughts, rants, and ramblings from the mysterious mind of yours truly... okay, fine, it's a blog. Shut up. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:46:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, that's not a typo. Apparently that's actually how his parents spelled his first name when naming him. They're the ones who misspelled "Michael", not me. Yes, it's A before E, which you don't see in the English language much (less so in the American version), which must have made ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/08/23/phillips Now for a gory yet clever edition of... Here's to You!!!! So I raise my glass and say, "Here's to you, violent video game manufacturers!" You people are so stupid. No, not the manufacturers. The general public. The manufacturers are quite intelligent. They see a mass of humans who will shriek at the ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/08/13/video-games On the NYRA forums, some new person posted about a blog he saw some place that apparently lauded the idea of a "separate internet" just for kids. The idea being that the internet as we know it be kept an "adult only" territory while creating a super censored, "kid friendly" ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/08/10/welcome There's a belief that every little girl is a princess, or should at least be told she is. What does it mean to be a princess? Who knows? Adults think it's an endearing thing to tell little girls and think it's just adorable when they act upon it. How? They ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/07/29/queen 1. Make students work like dogs 2. Make students work like dogs even more 3. Make students work like dogs still more 4. ???? 5. PROFIT!!!!! So when I was at work earlier, was after hours but a few of us still there, my coworker (he's Chinese, which I mention because it'll be relevant in ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/07/15/work I hereby decree... The live bar performer will play Margaritaville. Without exception, without fail. Or no, very much with fail. This song is way overplayed. Some loser with a guitar who got fortunate enough for some Saturday night bar gig where he'll spend the evening badly covering various popular songs will soon ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/07/07/margaritaville So the other day, I got this strange call on my cell phone. Annoying recording. Voice came on saying something like "this message is to warn you that the warranty on your vehicle is about to expire" and went on to say to wait for a rep to come on ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/06/14/phone-scam Gaaahhhh! Let down again! Damn you, Big Brown! Just like Smarty Jones and Funny Cide and Real Quiet and a lot of others who looked hopeful for the Triple Crown, pwned the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, only to descend into epic fail at the Belmont. Damn you to hell! Been since 1978, ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/06/07/big-brown Now, for a cultureless culinary edition of... YOU SUCK!!!! So I was glancing through some menus of local restaurants earlier today while I was at work, making myself hungry. Italian. Tex-Mex. Asian fusion. Good stuff. But there was one common little problem each of these menus had, a common little problem very ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/06/04/kids-menu On yet another anniversary of that fateful day, revisited one and two years ago, I recall the sheer uncertainty of the day. I watched him slowly move his stuff out of his dorm room, said my goodbye at that fateful moment behind his car. That's just it. All that day begged ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2008/05/21/six-years-ago-today