Ah, 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' & computer game nostalgia
BBC - Radio 4 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Adventure Game "In 1984 Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky launched a Hitchhikers text game, which The Times described as: The best adventure ever seen on computer - it became a best seller. To mark the new radio series we have enlisted the help of two Hitchhikers veterans to produce this brand new 20th anniversary edition."
I remember when this game first came out, I had to have it. And it was given to me as a birthday gift. I played it on my first computer, a Commodore 64.
When I moved 7 months ago, I had to clear out the enormous attic I had, because I didn't have much storage place at my new apartment... and it was the first time since 1985 that I had gone through ever single piece of my belongings, and I found the old Infocom game in a box.
My first try on this version I got as far as getting hit in the head with a brick, and I had trouble restarting the game because it kept saying, "You keep out of this, you're dead and should be concentrating on developing a good firm rigor mortis."
One thing I checked for right away, and it's the same as the original game... If you type in a command that's rather naughty, the reply you get in the game is "This is family entertainment, not a video nasty." In 1984 I considered this to be quite funny. (Note: That was 20 years ago, and I'm rather young now... Though I admit I still find that aspect of the game to be quite clever.) (link via MetaFilter)
Possible drinking problem? (not to mention other issues!)
StarTribune.com - Woman accused of stealing dead boyfriend's remains, beer "An exhumation revealed Hendrickson's cremated remains were missing from Cambria Cemetery in Columbia County. Beer and cigarettes that were buried with him were also missing. Sheriff's deputies investigated and were led to Stolzmann. Detectives searched her home and found her hiding in the shower. The remains, located in her garage, had "identifiable things to make us believe they're (Hendrickson's),'' Smith said. Some of Hendrickson's memorabilia was also recovered, but Smith believes Stolzmann drank the beer buried with the remains."
As soon as I read this I just started picturing this woman like the character in "Nekromantik 2", huddling in her shower with a beer in her hand, a cigarette hanging out of her mouth, and a petrified penis on a plate covered in plastic wrap, as police bang on her door and the scene cuts to images of her playing an oddly romantic tune on a piano.
(Note: I saw the movie, "Nekromantik 2" numerous times back in 1995 when I had a roommate who was very keen on the movie, and considered it to be, in a way, a touching romantic comedy. That was, at least partly, the filmmaker's goal. And John Waters is rumoured to have agreed with that take. After about the 5th viewing, one can almost appreciate that perspective, if one doesn't pay particular attention to the rotting aspect. I have never seen the original film, except for the last scene, which was included in the sequel as a flashback, and which was quite gruesome.) (link via A Welsh View)
Jump-start a failing marriage or leap-frog a divorce? (a jury decided)
CNN.com - Man says live wire in bath was to save marriage "A man who said he threw a live electrical wire into his wife's bath hoping a near-death experience would save their marriage was convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday. William Dahlby said in court he was only trying to scare his wife the evening of May 9. He told jurors the wire was hooked to a "ground fault interrupter" designed to cut the electricity when the cord encountered water. His wife was not hurt. Prosecutors said Dahlby was trying to kill his wife to start a new life with another woman."
Is divorce really that difficult for some people? (link via BoingBoing)
Allerca | The Hypo-Allergenic Cat "ALLERCA will produce the world's first hypoallergenic cats, and we expect the birth of these first special kittens in early 2007. The cat allergen is a potent protein secreted by the cat’s skin and salivary glands. Removal of the allergen will not harm the cats in any way. The resulting hypoallergenic cats will improve the health and quality of life for millions of cat-allergy sufferers."
I'm a tad allergic to my puddy tat, Nikita, but not so much I need a cat with their 'potent protein' genetically extracted somehow. One pauses to wonder just how that could be accomplished. (link via The Null Device)
Votergasm "I pledge to have sex with voters. And nobody else."
No, I'm not taking this pledge here, don't get all excited. Not because I'm unAmerican or unpatriotic, or because I don't care if people vote or not... But because being completely single at the moment, it would be highly inappropriate to approach any voter on this point at this point. No, I'm not promiscuous just because I'd post a link like this.
Of course... not that there isn't anyone in particular I wouldn't like to be in a position to approach on the topic, but I don't even know the person well enough to know if he is, in fact, going to vote, let alone to know if it'd be a good idea, or well-received. And yes, the person is of voting age, I'm not pervy just because I'd post a link like this. (link via the bitter shack of resentment)
LiveJournalers vie for Secret Service members to add them as a 'friend'
anniesj's LiveJournal: a word to the wise "A couple of weeks ago, following the last presidential debate, I said some rather inflammatory things about George W. Bush in a public post in my LJ, done in a satirical style. .... At 9:45 last night, the Secret Service showed up on my mother's front door to talk to me about what I said about the President, as what I said could apparently be misconstrued as a threat to his life."
The story goes that another LiveJournaler reported the suspect posts, (which have since been deleted), to 'the authorities'.
Why does it not surprise me this happened "on LiveJournal"?
And now of course this has apparently sparked numerous more 'inflammatory posts' on various LiveJournals, as well as debate as to how it's going to affect the yoot's future...
I like the quote from the movie "The American President", when the conservative guy running for president is given 'the dirt', an FBI file, on the president's girlfriend, he says, "Ah heck, even my mother has an FBI file."
I probably have an FBI file. I also probably have more pressing issues that I could fret about if I wanted to. And you would think the Secret Service would too...
After all, the Wilkes-Barre police probably wouldn't spend any time hunting down whoever stole a plant stand & a pumpkin out of my friend's yard the day she & her husband put a Kerry/Edwards sign on their lawn. And a guy I met some weeks ago told me how all the Kerry/Edwards signs in his neighborhood were stolen... and I don't think the police care to investigate that... and those are actual incidents of lawbreakers - they weren't just talkin' about it! (link via My Likes and Dislikes)
superficiality >>If the facade is what's important to you, all you wind up with is an illusion. Disillusionment is the gift of substance.
-- Chloe<<
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