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I HATE Bobby Pacquiao

Lots of hate these days eh? But he seriously deserves it. I can’t believe this shmuck has the balls to go on live national television and tell people that “hinde sadya(sp?) yung mga low blows niya. You hit the guy below the belt 3 times Bobby, fucking 3 times. Fuck you. You’re a cheater. A cheap brawler. A typical Filipino who tries to get out of a bad situation by lying and insisting on his innocence. You don’t even have the balls to own up to the fact that you hit the guy below the belt intentionally. The only reason you’re in the ring is because of your brother, and you squander it that way? Asshole. Just tag along with big brother Manny and stop pretending to be a boxer.

Please top bitching that Freddie spent more time training Manny than training you, because he’s probably just training you as a favor. I mean, is that why you were overweight before the fight, cause you were pining for Freddie and pigged out on comfort food? Is that why you hit the guy in the cajones, cause Freddie wasn’t there long enough to tell you that hitting a guy in the balls isn’t allowed in professional boxing? If you can’t tell the difference between a low blow and a proper one, you don’t even deserve to be in the ring.

And lastly and most importantly, lose the moustache, you don’t deserve it.

I hate Toy Kingdom

The SM malls have a history of being the place where all of the socio economic classes meet; Not as masa as Ever and not as posh or sosi as Shang and Podium, but somewhere in between. Their department store and affiliates like ourHome, surplus shop, and even watson’s offer quality goods at affordable prices. For the most part, Toy Kingdom adheres to that directive, but when you venture into their electronic/interactie section it’s a totally different story.

The Wii, which is priced at $250 in the US (12500 pesos when converted, more or less), is now being sold in Toy Kingdom for the grand total of 30,000 pesos. When I asked the saleslady why it was so expensive, she just said it was the “latest, kase, ser.”. I don’t blame her, since I’m sure the owners of Toy Kingdom don’t even bother to educate their managers about their products, much less their salespeople. I was tempted to ask for the manager, but I’m not that belligerent and I didn’t intend on buying a unit that day anyway, but I was pretty annoyed, nevertheless.

I just don’t get it. Even if they imported these consoles from the US, it’s just unbelieveable that they’d mark up the prices to more than 200% the console’s retail value. It starts to make even less sense when you consider that SM City’s Toy Kingdom is a natural extension of their toy department, whose consumer base is the masses. When I was still in a toy collecting binge way back I would buy most of my toys there because the smaller specialty shops were charging an insane markup on toys (because they were more knowledgeable and knew the actual market value of certain hard to find items). So why does the opposite become true when it comes to electronic toys?

This isn’t a case of the console being “the newest”, because on average, their current gen games and consoles are also priced higher than they would be in specialty stores in greenhills. Hasn’t anyone in upper management figured out that if they lowered the price on games people might actually start buying more from them than say, Datablitz (which offers games with a more palatable markup)?

On another tangent, if video game companies are worried about software piracy here and around the region, they should make sure to check out how much big retailers like Toy Kingdom are selling their products. Games and consoles are already priced incredibly high, but when even the games themselves are erroneously priced at 3000++ the incentive to buy an original game drops considerably.

Sitting next to the Wii was the PS3 console which if you bought it in Toy Kingdom would set you back a whopping 60 grand. The retail value of the unit in the US is $600, which amounts to 30k when converted here. Perhaps the PS3 pricing is a bit more understandable, especially if the guy they had lining up for it in the US was shot in a PS3 drive-by.

I don’t really care as much though, because I’m cold to the PS3 at this moment. I’m looking to get a Wii, and had Toy Kingdom marked it up to say, 17,500 pesos, I might have considered getting the unit already. By pricing it at 30,000, not only will I shy away from getting it now, I’ll make sure to get my Wii and Wiigames at some other store, one that won’t take advantage of my gaming need so recklessly.

To Filipino gamers reading this, I’d like to ask you a favor.  Please link this up and spread it as far and wide as you can.  I’m really curious as to why they price their videogames that way, and maybe if we make enough of a ruckus, they’ll send some sort of response.  I doubt it, but you never know.

Gilbert Arenas isn’t famous enough

I don’t know whether to be amused or annoyed. Gilbert Arenas, who likes video games so much he even sponsors his own Halo team, is mock complaining that he couldn’t get a PS3 or Wii despite his celebrity status. Says Arenas, “That’s when you sit in your room and try to use your celebrityism. I didn’t get nothing. I knew I should have called and said I was D-Wade. ‘Um, hello, this is D-Wade – This is LeBron – Can I come over there and get one of them?”.

Seriously Gil, it’s cool that you’re so interested in gaming, but if you really wanted a PS3 or a Wii, you should’ve gotten in line, or better yet, just paid some kid pocket change (aka two hunnerd dollars) to wait in line for you for a week or so, and maybe throw in a kevlar vest if you want him to line up for the PS3. But expecting a PS3 or Wii delivered to your doorstep just because you’re who you are? Come on now, let’s be fair.

Remember when you busted your ass all of last year only to be snubbed in the All Star game? That’s exactly how those kids camping out would’ve felt.

No launch parties for us, but there’s always eBay

Unfortunately for us Filipinos, we live in a technological backwater and it can take a while before current generation technology reaches us.  Thanks to the internet however, we’re free to surf the web and look in envy at people lined up for their PS3s and Wiis during the recent “launchageddon” of next gen consoles.

While we wait for the consoles of our choice to make their way to our shores, here are a few ebay links that just might sate your gaming appetite.

Why bother with a PS3 or Wii when you can get a complete Nintendo DS package for just 6000 pesos?  And if you need any games, you can try hitting some of these.

Also, while you ought to be wary of people selling Wii and PS3 related email addresses, it looks like genuine PS3 sellers have finally filtered into ebay.ph, though I can’t vouch for their integrity.

Philippine soccer team reaches regional finals, 5 fans celebrate victory.

So apparently we’re getting better at soccer, which is a good thing because we have a genetic drawback when it comes to basketball. The Philippine soccer team trumped Brunei, 4-1 in order to advance to the AFF (formerly Tiger Cup) league finals, coming second to overall winner Laos. Laos was the only team to beat the Philippines, fashioning a 2-1 victory from tactical errors made by the local squad.

Visit pinoysoccer.com for more info. They gush a little too much and are sometimes retardedly optimistic about our chances in the world of football, but they do a decent job of keeping pinoy soccer fans updated.

As an aside, I actually know the Philippines’ team captain, Ali Borromeo from our days in Lasalle Green Hills. At the time, he was deciding whether to pursue soccer or basketball as a sport. He chose soccer, and it looks like his timing was perfect.

Getting Jazzed up all over again

I haven’t been excited about the Utah Jazz for a long time.  I never gave up on them, but after the Stockton/Malone era ended I knew it would take them some time to build a playoff caliber team again.  The time is now.  I know I’ve gushed overt eh new Jazz before, but a 10-1 start just can’t be ignored.  And this is with Andrei Kirilenko sidelined (someone get some meat on that skinny Russian so he doesn’t keep getting injured) to boot.

I happened across this terrific article by Bill Simmons on Kevin Garnett earlier, and thought I’d link up to it because it really highlighted all the reasons why I have so much respect and pity for Kevin Garnett.  “The Kid” is 30 years old already, having played 30 years in the NBA.  He’s one of the hardest working guys in the league, and he’s never turned his back on the Timberwolves.  Not once did he try to pull a Vince Carter and play badly in order to get out of a bad situation, and that demands respect.  I really really hope they get some good guys to back him up before he snaps.

My professor was wrong, we are stupid enough

I had an STS (Science, Technology, and Society) professor who announced to the class that the post apocalyptic cyberpunk future of the matrix would never occur because people aren’t stupid enough that they would build robots that would be smarter, faster, or stronger than they are. All due respect to my professor (he was one of the better ones actually), he was wrong, and here’s the evidence.

Leading the charge in creating a robot society, the US, South Korea, Germany, and even India are developing robotic soldiers to replace their human armies. Robotic.Soldiers. Let that sink in. Robots created to maim, wound, and kill. These first generation killing machines will inevitably be inept, prompting researchers and scientists to say “damn, we need to make these things smarter.”

Of course, it’ll take a couple of iterations before these bots reach Matrix or even Terminator levels, so we’re safe. Our grandchildren are fucked, though.

Hugh Laurie on American Accents

 

Hugh Laurie, when asked about his American accent in an interview once replied: It’s as if you’re playing left-handed. Or like everyone else is playing with a tennis racket and you have a salmon. I moan about it a lot. I wonder how he feels about Australian Jesse Spencer, who plays the Australian Dr. Robert Chase in “House MD”.

Pissed off would probably be an understatement.

Pacquaio wins fight, media frenzy ensues

Because I think Quinito Henson and Chino Trinidad are the worst boxing commentators ever, and I’m sure that the local media bias will be on Manny’s side and give retardedly exagerrated reports of the fight, here are some independent reports of the end of the Pacquiao/Morales trilogy.

And lest some closed-minded Pacman fanboy stumbles across this fight and decides to lambast me for my lack of Patriotism, I’m proud that Manny won, and he proved lot of people wrong when they thought that all his extracurricular activities would take a toll on his fighting form. If anything, this is the best Pacman we’ve seen in his entire career, mixing fluid footwork with a varying attack pattern with his natural power and speed.

But I have to give props to Morales. The heart of a champion is most easily perceived when he’s in dire straits, and the fact that Morales stood his ground, and even managed to trade blows with a much more powerful Pacquiao, says something about his character. In a way it was a passing of the torch from one champion to another, and hopefully 5 years from now Pacman will have as much grace and heart when it comes his time to think about retirement…to become the next Philippine president. You know it’s gonna happen.

Why being a sale whore really works out sometimes.

 I am a sale whore.

The last two CDs I one-sentence-reviewed were bought at the thrifty price of 50 pesos each, during a sale in Robinsons Metro East.  I originally bought Bridge’s self-titled EP way back, and was annoyed at them for releasing this studio album with a paltry 4 extra songs.  I sure as hell wasn’t gonna shell out 275 for that, but at 50,  it was a done deal.

Dice and K9 was something I’d wanted to pick up before but never really did due to the fact that I was on a limited budget and only occasionallt listened to hip-hop.  When I saw on sale a while back for a 100 pesos, I told myself that I’d get it for sure, but procrastinated.  Why put off till tomorrow what you can buy today?  Because I just bought a catchy local rap album for 50 bucks.

I also picked up this indie looking collection of bossa nova tracks released by vicom.  I say “indie” because the packaging was artfully designed cardboard and it had a sticker price of 150 pesos. Sold!  I’ll review it later maybe.  Or tomorrow, so I can parcel out the content.

Bridge’s Love from Lust

Arriving too late to the acoustic trend to gain public acclaim, Bridge is one of the the best acoustic bands no-one knows about.

Dice and K9’s mobbstar

They made hip-hop fun again, then slowly faded into obscurity.

Tenacious D’s The Pick of Destiny

 

“You can’t kill the metal.  The metal will LIVE ON!”

Islands of cream sinking in coffee

Has anyone else ever watched a clump of powdered cream sinking into coffee and thought that it looked liked an island that was sinking into the sea? And did any of you at the same time hold out some hope that somehow the cream would hold itself together magically and stay floating on the sea of coffee and not sink beneath the waves?

I’m just wondering, because I think that every now and then.

Kicking and Screaming

 

While certainly not as heralded Anchorman or Talladega Nights, Will Ferrel’s Kicking and Screaming is still a fun, lightweight movie to watch when taking a break from mind-bending movies or political art films.  It’s a little bit about soccer, a little bit about parenting,  and a lot about being addicted to coffee.  And it hit me on a personal level because it’s also about a guy who’s never quite lived up to his parent’s expectations.

Well, as much as a Will Ferrel movie can hit you emotionally, that is.

Usability going down…

This is less a rant and more a sigh of resignation.  A client has recently requested that we add blogging capability to our mobile IM application, and this troubles me to no end, because I sincerely feel that it will unnecessarily complicate an app that isn’t even quite stable yet.  Of course, the client comes first and I’m in no position to make decisions here but the least I can do is air out my opinion and hope it takes hold.

World Usability Day Philippines

So yesterday, I happened across this site after scanning luis’ blog. I just had enough time in the mornign to suggest to my boss that somebody go to the seminar and see if we could pick up anything before I was hauling my ass over to Market! Market! for the usability seminars.

They were very informative for the most part, although I was disappointed in the “mobile usability” speech since it seemed more like a beginner’s course on mobile app creation and Globe/TM PR than an actual talk on mobile usability. There was too much information to properly dissect at the moment, but I went home thinking about the graph above in my head. The speaker, Greg Moreno, showed a similar graph that showed how there was a perfect point at which the number of features created the perfect mix of usability and functionality. Any more or less features and everything goes downhill.

Oh, and if any of the usabiity guys ends up here somehow, you really, really have to spread a the word a lot better.  I almost missed the event, and I heard from a friend of mine the the session at the Ateneo Business School(?) was mothballed.  Don’t take the school events to too much to heart.  They were successful primarily because the students were already there anyway and were also probably”encouraged” by their profs to go.  It’s important to reach professionals as well.

Geek gadget lust

It’s like Samsung took a look into my dirty, geeky mind and made all my wildest fantasies come true.  A sleek, portable device that is the be-all and end-all of devices, the gadget that can be a laptop, phone, media player and more…it’s here.  And Samsung made it. Made it with a full QWERTY keyboard, runs Windows XP, a 5″ WVGA screen, 256MB RAM, 1GHz processor, 1.3 megapixel camer, wimax, plus a total weight of under 600 grams. I am in lust.

Ok, so maybe it’s not so sleek, and maybe I’d look a bit funny trying to use it as a phone, but they’re getting there anyway, and this just looks so amazing to me that I’m willing to overlook any flaws it might have. *drool*

NeedforSheed

I stumbled upon this hilarious site after clicking on a former co-worker’s status message and was instantly inspired to post it here. This NBA season came with a few new rules and balls, one of which is popularly being called Sheed’s law, and affects the frequency at which referees will call technical fouls. In essence, referees have been given the go signal to fire as many technical fouls as they want, whenever they feel even slightly harassed. NBA commisioner David Stern is obviously trying to crack down on what he feels is a lack of discipline among NBA players, and that is commendable. However, there is a point where he may be going too far.

It seems cruel and unusual to ask basketball players to play their hearts out for you and expect them to just shrug and take it when they’re called for a violation. Emotion and heart are terrific things for a player to have, and Sheed has that in truckloads. Sure there are times when they go overboard, but that’s their problem, and the technical fouls of before were the cure to that. They were working fine, wo why the sudden crackdown?

I want to watch players with passion, not players who have to bite back a retort or stop themselves from wagging a finger at their opponent for fear of a technical.

Why Onimusha rocks

While many of you have probably already played these games to death, It’s only now that I’m coming around to just how brilliant the Onimusha series for the PS2 is. While in the past if you asked me what my favorite video game franshise I’d have said Final Fantasy, Onimusha is giving Square Enix a run for their money. I’m only halfway through the trilogy (I’m in the middle of Onimusha 2), but here are some of the reasons why I think this is one of the best video game franchises ever.

First off, you have to play them in order to appreciate the evolution of the series and how it has turned into a better game with each iteration.

Onimusha 1 was quite simply put “Resident Evil: Samurai”. It had the exact same control system, the puzzles and items were similar across franchises, and you were still fighting the undead. My chief complaint with Onimusha 1 was that it was relatively easy and much too short for my liking. On the whole, I’d say I liked it much more than any in the RE series, if only for the emphasis on action and the fact that you didn’t always have to watch yout ammo. It was good, but not great.

Onimusha 2 is great.

It’s one of the few sequels that has lived up to the hype its predecessor set (*cough cough* devil may cry *cough cough*) and introduced a boatload of interesting new features that added greatly to the user experience. The ally and gift giving system, where a secondary character would come in to help you in tight situations depending on their relationship with you was an excellent idea, and had me running to and fro handing out gifts. Onimusha 2 also let you out of the dungeon and takes you to different areas, each with their own peculiarities. The aforementioned characters are also interesting and their personal stories are intriguing enough for you to pay attention to them. The graphics are unbelievably good, and impressive even by today’s standards in my opinion. I couldn’t help gawking at some stages and just taking in the amount of detail and attention given to the stages. It’s also much longer than the first game, or will be at least, because I’m only halfway through and I’ve used up the time I spent beating 1.

All in all, Onimusha 2 did exactly what a sequel should. Tighten up the already solid gameplay of the original then apply a few interesting tweaks to make things interesting again.

I can’t wait to finish 2 and then jump into 3.

Girl and Robot part 3

Nearing completion I think, just a little more touching up and polishing. Hopefully. click on it to go to the full sized image. Um… click on the pick again after it redirects you.  I’m still working out how worpress handles image uploads.

Bob Dylan’s Modern Times

This is proof that Bob Dylan should never stop making music.

Blogstats

 It’s always a little amusing going over the stuff people have searched for on google to get to your blog.  While I can’t say I’m pleased that the majority of people coming this way were searching for “jollibee sex scandal”, hopefully they’ll find things here interesting enough for a return trip.

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Big comebacks or early season luck?

Was there ever a time in the past 5 years or so that you thought the Atlanta Hawks would be starting 3-1?  A team that took till December to reach its third win last year?  Why is this happening?  I submit to you, dear readers, Joe Johnson.  He leads the young Hawks team in scoring, steals, and assists, and is sure to be the building block for a rejuvenated Hawks franchise…if it comes to that.

I’ve been a Jazz fan for the longest time, and I have a pretty extensive Karl Malone NBA card collection (they were so cheap people were almost giving them away) so nothing makes me happier to know that the Jazz are 4-0 starting this season.  What I  loved about the old Jazz was their sense of consistency and humility.  In a league of high profile trash-talking money-grubbing athletes jumping ship from one team to another for the fat paycheck, you could always count on Malone, Stockton, and Sloan to be Salt Lake City loyally toiling away to reach that ever elusive championship.  Even when Malone went to LA for one last shot at the ring you could hardly feel upset because he’d paid his dues.

Now after a few years of searching it looks like Salt Lake’s got a new bunch of kids who are here for the long run in the form of Andrei “AK47″ Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer, and Mehmet Okur.  They keep this unit intact with the guiding hand of the gandalf-ish Jerry Sloan, and I expect good things from this team.

Another team I’ve been a fan of sincethe Larry Bird days is the Boston Celtics.  And since their opening games have been less than inspiring (0-3), I’ll just direct your eyes to Boston’s first ever cheerleading squad to cheer up any sad Celtics fans out there.  My favorites are Courtney, Meaghan, and Chantal.  I know, I’m a sucker for brunettes.

Updates: The Jazz are now 4-1 after a loss to the Nets, and as I write this the Celtics have blown a chance to get their first win against the Bobcats by blowing a late lead and going OT at 100-100.  I don’t even know if I want to see how this turns out.

Neil Patrick Harris = Gay

So apparently, Neil Patrick Harris is Gay. That’s right folks, your favorite child prodigy has come out of the closet and announce to the world that he is happy, content, and fruity. Is this the season for coming out or what? Lance Bass coming out was like, meh, totally saw that one coming. But Doogie Howser? He certainly had us fooled.

But if you surf the net for the DVD collection of Doogie Howser, you’ll see that the evidence was right there all along, and we were just too infatuated with him to notice.

They’re a cute couple aren’t they? Minus the girl of course.

Keane’s Under the Iron Sea

Music to sooth frayed workday nerves.

The Prestige, and a podcast.

The Prestige is a masterful film that’ll keep your brain up until way after the credits have rolled. Christopher nolan is fast becoming one of my favorite directors, and both Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale are coming into their own as actors. Scarlet Johanssen comes along to entertain us with some boobage, but could easily have been replaced with some equally well endowed bosom.

I can’t reveal the plot too much without giving away spoilers, but what caught my attention the most was the allusion to Thomas Edison as something of a villainous character, in that he would use goons to menace Nikola Tesla, who at the time was proposing an alternative to Edison’s more popular DC electricity. Edison in many ways has taken on the form of a legend, of a man who brough the 2oth century to us with his inventions. To see him portrayed as a cunning and wily businessman who would stop at nothing (even holding back technology) to protect his patents is an eye opener, to say the least.

Right, back to the movie. Since there’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said, I’ll point you guys to my favorite movie podcast, Filmspotting. I’ve listened to these guys for almost a year now, and it’s partly their fault that I’ve felt like I’ve watched so many movies without actually ever going to a film theater for the longest time.

Them’s fighting words

I came across this old post at the Slycesoft forums and was just amused by how merciless I was when I was picking on their game Away Agila. I think I’m much kinder these days, but some of the comments I made back then were just hilariously brutal, and so I thought in a bit of self-marketing I’d post ‘em here as a reminder of how far I’ve mellowed out.

“In fact, I wouldn’t be half as annoyed if your website didn’t say “beyond the cutting edge” on it. I mean c’mon! For Christ’s sake, you’re so far from the cutting edge it’s almost hilarious. You’re like butter knives.”

“Filipinos are naturally sensitive, that’s true, but they have to get over it, and fast. Making video games is not about giving each other handjobs for making a shit product. The market’s too big, and the gap between hit and “suck” is becoming painfully obvious. “

Slycesoft, as far as I know, eventually folded, and most of the members of the team went on to bigger ( and might I say, rather undeserved) things. Away Agila will most likely never see the light of day again, and thank God for that. Kudos to anyone who identifies the picture.

Anino Goes Next-Gen with “Xenon”

Got the news from a friend of mine who works there. He’d been telling me about a sci-fi game they were working on, but he had to keep most of it mum because it was some big corporate secret. Now the secret’s out, and they gave frickin Hackenslash (meh.) the Press Release for the game.

I’m really thrilled that Anino’s come this far, especially since I know a lot of people who work there and in their mobile division. Hopefully the game does better than Anito did financially, so that they can continue to grow even bigger. I can still remember reading about them in the news when they were first developing Anito and thinking that it’d never be completed. 10 odd years later and here they are, going full throttle with a next-gen game to boot.

Somebody should tell them to fix up their website though, cos it looks SO 5 years ago. And while they’re at it,they should change their logo, cos it looks SO Slycesoft.

edit: Apparently someone (me) did tell them that their website looks ancient and their logo looks like Slycesoft, because Luna (I’d link your blog but I forgot what your new one is called) found her way to my website.

Sephiroth = Gay

So this really isn’t recent news and I’m not the first one to notice Sephiroth is voiced by Lance Bass after reading my Kingdom Hearts manual, but that doesn’t make it any less funny.

Miami won’t repeat

There, I said it.  The new NBA season has begun, and judging from Miami’s dismal performance against a young Chicago backed up by Big Ben, they won’t be defending their championship this year.  The veterans, no matter what they say, have had their ring-hunger sated, and they won’t be playing with as much fire as before.  The East, which has been slumbering for years and used to be Detroit’s playground, now has a two hungry young teams in the form of the Wizards and the Cavs that are looking to get a shot at the title.  The Nets look stronger than ever with a healthy Jason Kidd and Vince “the whiner” Carter, and even if Detroit’s looking lost defensively without the bigger Wallace, they’re still a force to be reckoned with.

In the West, I’m shooting for another Texas showdown, with the Suns coming out on top this time with a rejuvenated Amare Stoudemire.  Not that I’m discounting The Mavs, mind you, but they’ve had their turn already.  LA’s looking good without Kobe, and the Clips can no longer be Cinderella after they scrapped their way to the Western semis last year, so it’ll be a tough battle for them. Denver, if it can get it together with the mercurial K-mart, might turn some heads this year, but will progress no farther than the second round.

Of course none of this is bound to come true, since this is just the start of the season, and if it’s just as exciting as the last, there’ll be good times for all.

Guy to watch out for this month: Andrew Bynum C LA Lakers  

Playing against Phoenix in the opener, Bynum made some sweet looking passes down low, and the fact that he’s only 19 and being trained by Kareem Abdul Jabbar himself makes me think this kid’ll be making good down the road.

WTF award of the month : Kieth van Horn

Van Horn’s taking a year off to be with his family, then suiting up for anyone who’ll take him.  WTF?  If he really wanted time with his family then he should just retire, period.  Why stop at the peak of your career, and then try to come back a year later?  Just decide on one or the other, man!

It’s been a while.

It had to happen sometime.  I’ve finally run out of energy to post on my blog.  I think it was part of the shock of seeing my blog views soar to 103 then sink to 22 the next day that did it.  After a month of almost posting every single day, I think it’s time to relax a little, especially since I’ll be doing a little professional blogging soon.  More on that in the future.

Anyway, this doesn’t mean I’ll be leaving this blog to rot, just that I won’t be updating as frenetically as I have this past month. I still have plans to put up some simple recipes (bachelor chow 101) and restaurant reviews (Z’s) and other geekery as well.  Thanks to everyone who takes the time to visit this site every now and then, because I really do appreciate it.

Wow, you’d think I went on hiatus for a month or something.  I’ve only been gone two days.  I R drama queen.