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11/20/2012 00:01One of my favorite songs. The lyrics definitely apply to me. www.myrebus.com/show?r=MzGAyB
I found a new way to torment people!
11/20/2012 00:00Why on-line romances do not transfer to the real world
10/12/2012 09:19
When you meet someone on-line, you are not meeting the actual person. Even if they are entirely honest about everything they say, you are still missing crucial information. Perhaps they are not revealing everything, and even if that is not the case, context is missing. You cannot see this person, smell their breath, hear the sound and tone of their voice or observe how they interact with others. As a result, you are missing a great deal of knowledge of this person.
So, if you try to transfer an on-line romance into the real world, there is a high probability of failure. There are two possible scenarios:
The person is physically located within a reasonable distance of you. In this case, you can arrange to meet for the first time in a quiet, public place and have a controlled conversation. If you both find the outcome of this pleasing, you can gradually add more depth to the relationship and have the same chance of success you would have with a casual acquaintance.
The person lives too far from you to make a commute on a regular basis. In this case, the actions of the previous scenario are harder to arrange and will naturally take longer to come to fruition. Even if the outcome is successful, you are now relegated to a long-distance relationship, which are generally doomed to failure from the outset. It is far easier to find a partner locally, even if you are not actively seeking such, random encounters will occur if that is what your heart desires.
These are just my views, of course, but they are echoed throughout the net:
https://www.longdistancediva.com/2009/02/04/expert-says-avoid-long-distance-relationships/
https://www.lovesciencemedia.com/love-science-media/long-distance-relationships-the-good-the-bad-the-frequent-fl.html
A bear walks into a bar
10/01/2012 09:00A bear walks into a bar and orders a bear.
The bartender brushes off the bear, saying, ‘We don’t serve beer to bears in this bar. Leave!'
The bear looks angry but leaves the bar with barely a backwards glance.
5 minutes go by and the bear comes back into the bar, wearing a bowler.
Again the bear orders a beer.
Once again, the bartender refuses, 'We don’t serve beer to bears in this bar. Beat it, buddy'
Now the bear looks furious, but leaves the bar bitterly.
15 minutes later, the bear returns to the bar, now wearing the bowler and a blazer.
Again the bear barks for a beer, again the bartender denies the bear the beseeched beverage.
Enraged, the bear attacks a nearby waitress, rends her limb-from-limb and proceeds to consume the body!
The bartender grabs a broom and berates the bear, ‘Get out! We do not serve beer to bears in this bar! And drugs are strictly forbidden!'
The bear looks bewildered, 'Drugs?’
‘I saw that bar bitch you ate!
My Music Collection
09/15/2012 10:323/4 of my music collection is digitized. I still have a slew of cassettes to convert. :(
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (9/9)
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (10/10)
AC/DC - Highway To Hell (10/10)
AC/DC - Iron Man 2 (15/15)
AC/DC - Who Made Who (9/9)
Abba - Gold (19/19)
Ac/Dc - Black Ice (15/15)
Accept - Balls To The Wall (10/10)
Ace Frehley - Trouble Walkin' (10/10)
Adam & The Ants - Antics In The Forbidden Zone (21/21)
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (13/13)
Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe (12/12)
Adam Ant - Strip (10/10)
Adam Ant - Vive Le Rock (11/11)
Aerosmith - Big Ones (15/15)
Aerosmith - Nine Lives (13/13)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (12/12)
Aerosmith - Pump (11/11)
Airbourne - No Guts, No Glory (13/13)
Airbourne - Runnin Wild (11/11)
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies - Deluxe Edition [Disc 2] (14/14)
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies : Deluxe Edition [Disc 1] (10/10)
Alice Cooper - School's Out (9/9)
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (11/11)
Andrew Dice Clay - Face Down, Ass Up (33/33)
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant (7/7)
Avalon Rising - Storming Heaven (15/15)
Babylon A.D. - Nothing Sacred (12/12)
Barenaked Ladies - Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001 (19/19)
Bauhaus - Bauhaus Singles: 1979-1983, Volume 1 (14/14)
Beethoven: The 10 Sonatas for (2/6)
Bethany Curve - Skies A Crossed Sky (25/29)
Billy Crystal - Mahvelous! (12/12)
Billy Idol - Billy Idol - Greatest Hits (16/16)
Billy Idol - Charmed Life (11/11)
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits 1 & 2 (11/11)
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2 [Disc 2] (14/14)
Billy Squier - 16 Strokes: The Best of Billy Squier (16/16)
Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker (11/11)
Black Sabbath - Live Evil [Disc 1] (8/8)
Black Sabbath - Live Evil [Disc 2] (6/6)
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (180 Gram Vinyl) (8/8)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (8/8)
Black Tide - Light From Above (11/11)
Blink 182 - Enema Of The State (12/12)
Blue Öyster Cult - The Essential Blue Oyster Cult (14/14)
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (10/10)
Bond - Born (13/13)
Brian Setzer - The Dirty Boogie (13/13)
Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls (10/10)
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly - Greatest Hits (18/18)
Chad Trio Mitchell - At the Bitter End (12/11)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert [Live] [Disc 1] (11/11)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert [Live] [Disc 2] (8/8)
Cheap Trick - Greatest Hits (13/13)
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot (14/14)
Christian Death - Amen [Disc 1] (11/11)
Christian Death - Amen [Disc 2] (11/11)
Christian Death - Skeleton Kiss (4/4)
Christian Death - The Iron Mask (10/10)
Christopher Titus - Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding (11/11)
Christopher Titus - Norman Rockwell is Bleeding (Disc 2) (5/5)
Christopher Titus - The 5th Annual End of the World Tour (29/29)
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station (11/11)
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter (10/10)
Cinderella - Night Songs (10/10)
Cinderella - Once Upon A... (15/15)
Cinderella - Still Climbing (11/11)
Cindy Lauper - She's So Unusual (10/10)
Cindy Lauper - True Colors (10/10)
Craig Shoemaker - Son Of Lovemaster (15/15)
Cusco - Apurimac (11/12)
Cusco - The Best Of Cusco (11/11)
Dan Gibson - Solitudes - Thunderstorm In The Wilderness (1/1)
Dane Cook - Retaliation - Disc 1 (Want) (14/14)
Dane Cook - Retaliation - Disc 2 of 2 (Need) (15/15)
Dangerous Toys - Hellacious Acres (11/11)
Daniel Tosh - True Stories I Made Up (10/10)
Danzig - Danzig 4 (14/13)
David Bowie - Best Of Bowie [Disc 1] (21/30)
David Bowie - Best of Bowie [Disc 2] (35/38)
Def Leppard - Hysteria (12/12)
Def Leppard - Pyromania (10/10)
Dennis Brain - Mozart - Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 - Quintet K.452 (14/14)
Dennis Miller - Off-White Album (2/2)
Dio - Very Beast of Dio (16/16)
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (9/9)
Dokken - Back For The Attack (13/13)
Duran Duran - Decade (14/14)
EZO - EZO (9/9)
Edgar Winter - Mission Earth (8/8)
Ellen DeGeneres - Taste This (1/0)
Elvira Kurt - Kitten With a Wit (19/19)
Elvis Presley - Heart and Soul (22/22)
Elvis Presley - Platinum - A Life In Music (CD 1) (25/25)
Elvis Presley - Platinum - A Life In Music (CD 2) (25/25)
Elvis Presley - Platinum - A Life In Music (CD 3) (25/25)
Elvis Presley - Platinum - A Life In Music (CD 4) (25/25)
Elvis Presley - The Top Ten Hits - Disc 1 (23/19)
Elvis Presley - The Top Ten Hits - Disc 2 (19/19)
Emo Philips - E=MO2 Live at the Hasty Pudding Theater (18/18)
Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (7/7)
Ezo - Fire Fire (11/11)
Faith No More - Who Cares A Lot? The Greatest Hits [Disc 1] (15/15)
Faith No More - Who Cares A Lot? The Greatest Hits [Disc 2] (8/8)
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (13/13)
Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat (10/10)
Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over (12/12)
Faster Pussycat - Whipped! (12/12)
Fastway - Fastway (11/11)
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (16/16)
Foreigner - Foreigner 4 (10/10)
Foreigner - Records (10/10)
Frank Klepacki - Command & Conquer: Red Alert (15/15)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe/Overnite Sensation (16/16)
Gabriel Iglesias - Live from D.C. (13/13)
Gene Loves Jezebel - Discover (10/10)
Gene Loves Jezebel - Kiss Of Life (10/10)
George Carlin - Complaints And Grievances (22/22)
George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Half A Boy/Half A Man (11/11)
Glen Miller - In the Mood (18/18)
Golden Earring - The Continuing Story of Radar Love (12/12)
Great White - The Best Of Great White, 1986-1992 (10/10)
Greg Behrendt - Greg Behrendt Is Uncool (20/20)
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (12/12)
HELIX - WALKIN' THE RAZOR'S EDGE (13/13)
Hanoi Rocks - Decadent Dangerous Delicious [Disc 1] (16/16)
Hanoi Rocks - Decadent Dangerous Delicous [Disc 2] (15/15)
Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat (11/11)
Heather Alexander & Phoenyx - Keepers Of The Flame (13/13)
Helix - No Rest For The Wicked (10/10)
Howie Mandel - Fits Like A Glove (1/0)
Huey Lewis & The News - Sports (10/10)
Human League - Dare (10/10)
Human League - Greatest Hits (12/12)
INXS - Kick (12/12)
INXS - X (11/11)
Imagineer - Sim-Melody From Sim-City2000 (19/20)
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Deluxe version) (8/8)
Iron Maiden - A Real Dead One (12/12)
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (8/8)
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying (10/10)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (8/8)
J. Geils Band - Flashback (10/10)
J. S. Bach - BA074a - Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 [Disc 1] (29/29)
J. S. Bach - BA074a - Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 [Disc 2] (25/25)
J. S. Bach - BA074a - Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 [Disc 3] (14/14)
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (9/9)
Jim Gaffigan - King Baby (17/17)
Jim Short - Jokeslinger (24/24)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (12/12)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Good Music (10/10)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Up Your Alley (11/11)
Joe Satriani - Is There Love In Space? (11/11)
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (10/10)
John Fogerty - Centerfield (9/9)
John Fogerty - Eye Of The Zombie (9/9)
Joseph Haydn - London Symphonies [Disc 1] (12/12)
Joseph Haydn - London Symphonies [Disc 2] (12/12)
Joseph Haydn - London Symphonies [Disc 3] (12/12)
Joseph Haydn - London Symphonies [Disc 4] (12/12)
Judas Priest - Jugulator (10/10)
Judas Priest - The Essential [Disc 1] (17/17)
Judas Priest - The Essential [Disc 2] (17/17)
Judy Tenuta - The Power Of Judyism (20/21)
Kansas - Leftoverture (8/8)
Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come (10/10)
Kiss - Animalize (9/9)
Kiss - Crazy Nights (11/11)
Kiss - Greatest Kiss (16/16)
Kiss - MTV Unplugged (15/15)
L.A. Guns - American Hardcore (12/12)
L.A. Guns - Cocked & Loaded (14/14)
L.A. Guns - Hollywood Vampires (12/12)
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns (11/11)
L.A. Guns - Vicious Circle (15/15)
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (8/8)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (9/9)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3 (10/10)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4 (8/8)
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (15/15)
Led Zeppelin - The Some Remains The Same - Part 2 (4/4)
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same - Part 1 (6/6)
Lewis Black - Anticipation (11/11)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (Disc One) (9/9)
Lewis Black - The Carnegie Hall Performance (Disc Two) (9/9)
Lita Ford - Dangerous Curves (11/11)
Lita Ford - Lita (9/9)
Lita Ford - Lita Ford: Dancin On The Edge (8/9)
Lita Ford - Stiletto (12/12)
London Symphony Orchestra - Holst: The Planets (8/8)
Loudness - Hurricane Eyes (10/10)
Loudness - Lightning Strikes (9/9)
Loudness - Soldier Of Fortune (10/10)
Loudness - Thunder In The East (10/10)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concertos pour piano et orchestre, Disk 1 (6/6)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concertos pour piano et orchestre, Disk 2 (6/6)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concertos pour piano et orchestre, Disk 3 (5/5)
Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphonies, Volume 1, Disk 1 (8/8)
Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphonies, Volume 1, Disk 2 (8/8)
Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphonies, Volume 1, Disk 3 (8/8)
Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphonies, Volume 2, Disk 1 (9/9)
Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphonies, Volume 2, Disk 2 (5/5)
Ludwig van Beethoven - The Symphonies, Volume 2, Disk 3 (5/5)
Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation (12/12)
Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (16/16)
Mötley Crüe - Generation Swine (13/13)
Mötley Crüe - Girls Girls Girls (15/15)
Mötley Crüe - Mötley Crüe (12/12)
Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil (16/16)
Mötley Crüe - Theatre Of Pain (16/16)
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love (14/14)
Madness - One Step Beyond (15/15)
Madonna - Like A Virgin (9/9)
Mandelring Quartet - Schubert - String Quartets Death and the Maiden (1/2)
Mandelring Quartet - Schubert - String Quartets Death and the Maiden and Quartettsatz (3/5)
Manowar - Louder Than Hell (10/10)
Masakazu Yoshizawa - Zen Garden (12/12)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (9/9)
Megadeth - Anthology : Set The World Afire (CD 1) (17/17)
Megadeth - Anthology : Set The World Afire (CD 2) (18/18)
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings (12/12)
Megadeth - Risk (12/12)
Megadeth - United Abominations (11/11)
Men At Work - Contraband: The Best Of Men At Work (16/16)
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 "Italian", A Midsummer Night's Dream (9/9)
Metal Church - Metal Church (6/6)
Metal Church - The Dark (10/10)
Metallica - ...And Justice For All (9/9)
Metallica - Black Album (12/12)
Metallica - Kill Them All (12/12)
Metallica - Load (14/14)
Metallica - Master Of Puppets (8/8)
Metallica - Ride The Lightning (8/8)
Metallica - S&M [Disc 1] (11/11)
Metallica - S&M [Disc 2] (10/10)
Michael Masley - Cymbalennium (17/17)
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine (10/10)
Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust (10/10)
Mitch Hedberg - Do You Believe in Gosh? (13/13)
Mitch Hedberg - Mitch All Together (W/Dvd) (17/17)
Nasty Savage - Indulgence (9/9)
Nena - Definitive Collection (18/18)
Nena - Definitive Collection - Bonus CD (6/6)
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (8/99)
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Left) (12/12)
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Right) (11/11)
Nirvana - Insecticide (15/15)
Nirvana - Nevermind (12/12)
Nirvana - Sliver: The Best of the Box (22/22)
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (14/14)
Oingo Boingo - Best O' Boingo (17/17)
Oingo Boingo - Boi-Ngo (9/9)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (9/9)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon [2002 remaster] (10/10)
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz [2002 Remaster] (10/10)
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman (12/12)
Ozzy Osbourne - Down To Earth (11/11)
Ozzy Osbourne - Live EP (3/3)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears[Original recording remastered] (13/13)
Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest For The Wicked (11/11)
Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis (10/10)
Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Rhoads Tribute (14/14)
Ozzy Osbourne - Speak Of The Devil (7/7)
Ozzy Osbourne - The OZZman Cometh (15/15)
Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin (9/9)
Pamela & Claude Frank - Beethoven: The 10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Disc 1 (6/6)
Pamela & Claude Frank - Beethoven: The 10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Disc 2 (10/10)
Pamela & Claude Frank - Beethoven: The 10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Disc 3 (7/9)
Pamela & Claude Frank - Beethoven: The 10 Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Disc 4 (8/8)
Pantera - Official Live : 101 Proof (16/16)
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (11/11)
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker [UK] (16/16)
Peter Schilling - Error In The System + Fehler Im System (18/18)
Pink Floyd - The Wall [Disc 1] (13/13)
Pink Floyd - The Wall [Disc 2] (13/13)
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In (10/10)
Poison - Poison [Collector's Tin] Disc 1 (10/10)
Poison - Poison [Collector's Tin] Disc 2 (10/10)
Poison - Poison [Collector's Tin] Disc 3 (10/10)
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain (9/9)
Queen - Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I (17/17)
Queen - Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits II (17/17)
Queen - Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits III (17/17)
Quiet Riot - Greatest Hits (11/11)
Ramones - Anthology (Hey Ho Let's Go!) (Disc 1) (33/33)
Ramones - Anthology (Hey Ho Let's Go!) (Disc 2) (25/25)
Ratt - Detonator (11/11)
Ratt - Ratt & Roll 81-91 (19/19)
Ratt - Ratt (11/11)
Riley Lee & Jeff Peterson - Maui Morning (12/12)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (13/13)
Rodney Carrington - Greatest Hits [Disc 1] (18/18)
Rodney Carrington - Greatest Hits [Disc 2] (24/24)
Ron White - Ron White Tater Salad (17/17)
Rush - Retrospective I (1974-1980) (14/14)
Rush - Retrospective II (1981-1987) (15/15)
Russell Peters - Outsourced (19/19)
Sam Kinison - Have You Seen Me Lately? (1/0)
Schubert - String Quartets Dea (1/3)
Scorpions - Best Of Rockers 'N' Ballads (12/12)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Once Upon a Time/The Singles (10/10)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Rapture (12/12)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Through The Looking Glass (10/10)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Tinderbox (13/13)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Twice Upon A Time: The Singles (18/18)
Skid Row - Forty Seasons: The Best of Skid Row (16/16)
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind (12/12)
Slaughter - Stick It To Ya (19/19)
Soundgarden - A-Sides (17/17)
Soundtrack - Heavy Metal 2000 (18/18)
Soundtrack - Wayne's World (13/13)
Spinal Tap - Back From The Dead (19/19)
Spinal Tap - Break Like the Wind (14/14)
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap (11/11)
Steelheart - Tangled In Reins (10/10)
Stephen Lynch - A Little Bit Special (22/22)
Stephen Lynch - The Craig Machine (15/15)
Steve Martin - A Wild And Crazy Guy (1/0)
Steve Martin - Let's Get Small (1/0)
Steve McDonald - Sons Of Somerled (15/15)
Steve Miller - Greatest Hits 1974-78 (10/10)
Styx - Greatest Hits (16/16)
Suicidal Tendencies - Prime Cuts (15/15)
Sweet - The Best Of Sweet (16/16)
T.S.O.L. - F#*k You Tough Guy - The Collection (17/17)
Talking Heads - Popular Favorites 1976-1992: Sand In The Vaseline (Disc 1) (18/18)
Talking Heads - Popular Favorites Sand in the vaseline 2 (15/15)
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo (11/11)
Ted Nugent - Little Miss Dangerous (10/10)
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (11/11)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential (CD 1) (19/19)
The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential (CD 2) (15/15)
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (10/10)
The Bangles - The Essential (15/15)
The Cars - Heartbeat City (10/10)
The Clash - Singles (20/20)
The Cramps - A Date With Elvis [Bonus Tracks] (15/15)
The Cranberries - Gold (1/8)
The Cult - Beyond Good And Evil (12/12)
The Cult - High Octane Cult (18/18)
The Cure - Disintegration (12/12)
The Cure - Faith - Carnage Visors (9/9)
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (17/17)
The Cure - Staring at the Sea: Singles (17/17)
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (13/13)
The Cure - Wish (12/12)
The Doors - Legacy: The Absolute Best (Disc 1) (19/19)
The Doors - Legacy: The Absolute Best (Disc 2) (14/14)
The Fixx - Ultimate Collection (18/19)
The Great Kat - Beethoven On Speed (16/16)
The Great Kat - Total Insanity CD01 (25/25)
The Great Kat - Total Insanity CD02 (26/26)
The Kinks - Come Dancing With The Kinks, The Best of The Kinks 1977-1986 (20/20)
The Kinks - Kink Kronikles (28/28)
The Kinks - One For The Road (21/21)
The Kinks - State Of Confusion (12/12)
The Kinks - Think Visual (11/11)
The Offspring - Americana (13/13)
The Offspring - Conspiracy Of One (13/13)
The Offspring - Ignition (12/12)
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (14/14)
The Offspring - Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace (12/12)
The Offspring - Smash (14/14)
The Pandoras - Live Nymphomania (9/9)
The Police - Every Breath You Take (14/14)
The Police - Synchronicity (11/11)
The Runaways - The Best Of The Runaways: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (12/12)
The Sisters Of Mercy - A Slight Case Of Overbombing (12/12)
The Sisters Of Mercy - Vision Thing (8/8)
The Veil - Sophia Speaks (7/7)
Thoth - Aghora (12/12)
Thoth - Thoth (12/12)
Tom Lehrer - Song & More Songs (28/28)
Tom Lehrer - The Tom Lehrer Collection (26/26)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits (18/18)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve & Other Stories (18/18)
Trixter - Trixter (12/12)
Two - Voyeurs (11/11)
Van Halen - 1984 (Remastered) (9/9)
Van Halen - Diver Down (12/12)
Van Halen - Van Halen (Remastered) (11/11)
Van Halen - Van Halen II (10/10)
Van Halen - Women And Children First [2000 Remaster] (9/9)
Various - Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1] (18/18)
Various - Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] (18/18)
Various - Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1] (20/21)
Various - Groovy Hits Of The Sixies (10/10)
Various - Heavy Metal Soundtrack (16/16)
Various - Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (18/18)
Various - Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (19/19)
Various - Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (14/14)
Various - Permanent Record: Al In The Box [Disc 1] (2/8)
Various - Spike Jones Greatest Hits (20/20)
Various Artists - Dementia 2000!: Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] (21/21)
Various Artists - Grand Theft Auto IV: Vladivostok FM (1/11)
Various Artists - Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (19/19)
Various Artists - Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 (19/19)
Various Artists - Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5 (20/20)
Various Artists - Soothing Waterfalls (Enhanced with Music) (1/1)
Vince Neil - Exposed (11/11)
Violent Femmes - Add It Up (1981-1993) (23/23)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes - Deluxe Edition - Disc 1 (21/21)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes - Deluxe Edition - Disc 2 (15/15)
Wagner, Glinka, Berlioz,.. - Famous Overtures (8/8)
Warrant - The Best Of Warrant (16/16)
Weird Al Yankovic - Alpocalypse (12/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day (12/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Permanent Record: Al In The Box [Disc 1] (10/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Permanent Record: Al In The Box [Disc 2] (12/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Permanent Record: Al In The Box [Disc 3] (12/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Permanent Record: Al In The Box [Disc 4] (14/14)
Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat (12/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Running With Scissors (12/12)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (12/12)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Neujahrskonzert 2000 (6/6)
Wiener Philharmoniker - New Year's Concert 2000 (12/12)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Marching Out (10/10)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Odyssey (12/12)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force (8/8)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy (9/9)
ZZ Top - Eliminator (11/11)
How to leave a bad RP guild
09/14/2012 09:00
Below is a letter I sent to the leaders of a GW2 RP Guild; the names have been redacted because I don't have time for drama.
Subj: I am -so- out of here!
I am leaving the guild, in fact, I can't leave soon enough. I will give you a
list of grievances simply so you know why. I neither care whether you agree or
disagree nor whether you respond to this. In fact, it is highly improbable that
I would even check for a response.
1. 'Arrow In Mi Knee' - part of me is angry about this and another part is actually glad.
Thanks to the idiots in your guild, I have accidentally stumbled upon a 'good RPer' litmus
test. I LARP. I have LARPd with a person standing 3 feet from me with bad breath, perfume
that made my eyes water and a voice that grated on my nerves. I did not let these minor
details affect -my- performance. *That* is the mark of a good RPer. If you, or -anyone-
cannot remain in character because of 19 chars floating over my head, then *you* cannot
RP to begin with.
2. *Actual* RP ability - From what I have have seen, some of the members of the guild
are amateurs at best. You and **** -barely- qualify for that. There are definitely
better RPers than either of you in the guild. Neither of you have the *slighest* clue
on how to correctly RP a noble. The rest are even worse. ****, for example, could not
successfully RP placing an order at McDonald's. I could honestly RP circles around everyone
in this guild simultaneously, half-asleep with one hand tied behind my back.
3. Helpfulness -
a) I posted 2 RP requests. I barely got any response to the easiest of the two.
b) I asked **** for help with details about an RP session. I never even received
an acknowledgement of the request.
c) I presented you with a possible path for my char and a possible rank. You neither
told me that my desires would not be granted nor helped me to find the correct rank.
Instead, you had me RP everything and then shot me down and attempted to throw me a
sop.
4. You are not a 'dark' guild. At best, you are a 'light grey' guild. Drug trafficking,
slavery and random acts of torture/murder are not 'dark'. They are extremely plebeian.
I presented you with a 'dark' char and it was implied that I am mentally deranged.
Overall, I would say this is the absolute worst guild I have ever had the misfortune of
joining.
State Machine Based RP Char Design
09/10/2012 08:41I all my years of RPing, I don't think I have ever told anyone how I create a char or ask anyone how they do it.
I have created what seems to me to be a very complicated method, but it allows my char to basically have a life of their own. I don't decide what happens to them or how they react, I simply type. They interact with their environment and change accordingly. My method is detailed below.
I want my characters to really feel like they're alive and have their own personalities. I've got a way of doing this, which seems complicated to me, but it works for me. Do other people have elaborate procedures, or do you just dive in?
My RP Char creation process:
First, I create a name. This is a very important step. It has to be something I like and 90% of the time, it determines their gender. The remaining 10% of the time, I flip a coin.
Then, I decide on their profession. 90% of the time, the life they lead will set them on the path to the profession they will eventually choose. Sometimes, that is not the case; for example a rich kid who runs off to join the circus on a whim.
Next, I begin the character design phase. I sit down and compile a list of questions. Usually, I end up with 100-200 questions (I add additional questions that occur to me as I am answering the original questions). After I have the list, I start answering the questions. Some of the questions will be used to shape the char, some will be used for color and some may never be used at all, unless a specific event(s) occur(s).
Once I have the list of questions, I start what I call the Char Tree, which I design in Visio (a program for flowcharts and diagrams). I have a start point (birth) and an end point (the age at which I will begin to RP the char). Everything before and after the second point is blank. I being to create my tree, filling in -just- enough details to have a suitable framework and to cover the span between the two points enough to begin RPing the char.
I figuratively draw a tree and place my char's life on top of of it. Some branches fork many times, others may not fork at all. Some have a lot of leaves others barely have any. The leaves, if you will, on the tree are event points, places in a char's life where they could make one choice or another. As many choices as I can think of exist at each leaf. I call this a Schrodinger Box. All of the possible choices for that event exist inside the box. Only one will come out. The only way to determine what event will come out is for that event to come up during RP. I extend the tree out past the end point far enough to establish a decent framework for behavior/morality.
When I have all the paths and choices mapped in Visio, I alter all of the cells for events that have not occurred so that the text color matches the cell color, making it invisible. This way, I can see what has happened to a char easily. As I RP a char, it will reach points where a decision has to made. I roll a dN (where N is the number of choices available) and whatever number comes up is the choice I make. I then make that cell visible to discover what will/has happened.
For example, my current char ran away from home. Why she ran away from home is currently unknown. The top probable choices are a)She had a father who suddenly wanted to be more -loving- than was appropriate, b) she was literally swept away by a traveling circus, or c) she left home to avenge the death of her sister/best friend. It is possible that why she ran away from home will -never- com up and it is just as possible that if it does and entirely different reason will be the cause.
Needless to say, this entire procedure is very time consuming and I usually spread it out over a week or two so that I can have a solid framework.
Another factor that influences the char development is interaction with other chars. This will cause events to occur that never occurred to me. I add the questions to the list, answer them, update the diagram and make another roll. Rinse, lather, repeat as necessary.
Humorous Feature Request
09/10/2012 08:40This is a humorous feature request I submitted for Guild Wars 2:
Ok, this is a joke, I don't expect anyone will actually grant this request. But the thought did amuse me, and working in SQA I can imagine how much hate you get via this form, so I thought I would submit something that might may you chuckle.
I would like an option (in the options) that would control what the /age command displayed. Below is what I would like to see in place of a number that, at some point in time, will horrify me. You, may, of course, replace my wording with whatever you deem hilarious:
You don't want to know. You -really- don't want to know. Have you considered taking up a hobby? Or bathing? I hear there are attractive girls in the real world too...