Average Grod's Average Blog

Its been about a year since I added the Amazon search window on the sidebar. Thanks to everyone who made a purchase through it. Don't forget to buy a couple things through it this season and make sure you check www.amazon.com in the next couple days. Stay home and avoid the Black Friday rush! They are having incredible deals such as the $100 Xbox 360 tomorrow.

I would go for the tacos! Taco Bell pretty much makes me sick 90% of the time I eat it but I could always buy another PS3 and I would probably be the only person in history to win a lifetime supply of gas and tacos!!!

Here is the comment I posted about this story:
Just wait until one of them hits "Grandpa" as he walks by and induces a heart attack. Sooner or later someone is actually going to kill a family pet with one of these flying Wiimotes. In a sick and ironic twist it will be during a game of Wii Nintendogs!

Have these people seen the games that are available for this system? I realize that it is the cheapest Blu-Ray player available right now but if it plays discs like my PS2 it will be useless after a year. I know that Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, and future Rockstar games will be available for this platform but at this point I can't imagine spending the time or money on this machine. Don't get me wrong I want one soooo bad, if for no other reason than to play FFXII (I recently sold my PS2) but I really think that patience will pay off with this machine. If you don't believe me look at the titles that are or will be available before 2007. Sports titles and a couple that are available on other platforms. There are 2-3 exclusive titles that will cost $20-30 come June. I can guarantee that the games launching at the end of this systems life cycle will be worth the money. I think this machine probably has a wider range of possibilities for game programmers than any of its competitors and given the design of the Wii I think that says a lot. At this point I would go with the Wii. Xbox 360 STILL has no must have title and like I said... the potential is there for the PS3 but it will be a while until developers really learn to take advantage of all of its capabilities. When they do(I'm looking to Square-Enix) the games will look unlike anything we have seen before. As far as their fun factor goes.... we will have to wait and see. The Wii will be fun right out of the box.

"Huh? Yeah it is...my hair is brown."
"Excuse me?"
"I am just trying to show that you aren't the only one with a firm grasp of the obvious."

I am a reader. More so than I used to be and I owe this to my wife. Right now I am 20-75 percent of the way through 6 different books ranging from juvenile fiction to editorials to the obligatory Flash programming book. I don't have a lot of time to read and the majority of it is accomplished during my breaks at work. I read while I walk around the hospital on my way to and from work as well as on my break. Those who can't be bothered to pick up some print constantly plague me with the dreaded "That must be a good book." I don't know if they are trying to start a conversation or falling prey to narcissism and speaking just to hear their own voice. They wouldn't walk into a room full of people staring at a TV and say "This must be a good movie" but rather "What are you watching?" as they sit down to join the sitcom sponges.

How do I know these are the unread? We readers stick with each other. If we dare interrupt it is ALWAYS done with a "Oooooo what are you reading?" This is seldom a sore greeting and if we are at a critical point in our literary journey it is entirely acceptable to inform the greeter "I can't put this down right now, just a minute." This greeting between book lovers is always coupled with the hope one will come away with another title added to the "must read" list and even if that doesn't happen it will at least allow you to speak about a hobby you love with a kindred spirit.

So if you see me walking with my face half hidden behind the pages of a book don't talk just to talk. Interrupt me with something of substance. Ignore me. It doesn't matter just don't tell me something you can't be bothered to find out for yourself.

She walks over right behind the door and sleeps on the floor every night. Sorry the picture is so bad but it is difficult to reach in there without waking her up.

I added some more photos. The highlights include:Emma stealing the cheese, first day in her big girl bed, stealing dad's heating pad spot on the couch, pouring crackers on the floor, our new kittens, and Emma wearing adult socks. Enjoy!

So I just skimmed over the updated story about this pastor. Not looking good for him and I am rapidly swinging toward my normal frustrated, disenfranchised, condemning self. Now Haggard's side of the story doesn't make sense. At best it sounds like he left out some information. He is admitting to buying meth and requesting a "massage" from the prostitute but claims that he never committed any sort of sexual act or took the drugs. I waste money on drugs all the time only to throw them away without trying any. (sarcasm...I haven't ever done any drugs. Not even in Highschool*.) This pastor was waaaaayyy out of line just picking these drugs up and it is going to ruin him. The evangelists are half right. This is still political but more and more it is looking less ridiculous. The part about the gay male prostitute "doing the moral thing" is still pretty funny though.

I am done with political blogs(I had a good run(sorta) of 2 in a row woot!). There is too much info to keep track of and too much BS to sort through. I'll be posting some new photos of Emma this weekend.

*I am actually straight arrow and this is meant more as a joke(if you read the article).

Usually when a priest, teacher, or politician is involved in a scandal I am pretty frustrated that they have abused their position to take advantage of someone or violated the public's trust by participating in some immoral and unspeakably low act but when I read this story about the Rev. Ted Haggard something just didn't click.

I am glad that the male homosexual prostitute, ex-prostitute decided to that he "had to do the moral thing." This is completely laughable. Especially given Tuesday's vote. I don't know either of these men so Haggard could be completely guilty but the damage will be done regardless. If you look at this logically though the story doesn't add up.

The accuser claims he voted for Ronald Reagan. That means 18 years old in 1984 so he is at least 40 years old. I don't know anyone who decides on a career change and ends up a prostitute so he has probably been at this for a while. Actually I don't know any prostitutes. He obviously makes good money but he also said he is no longer a prostitute yet his last meeting with Haggard was supposedly in August which was barely two months ago. He is also does drugs. My guess is he is an addict. What else are you gonna spend $200/hour on? If prostituting did so well financially people would do it all the time. Instead they do it out of necessity, usually to pay for a habit. So lets see. This guy who has been slumming around for 20 years decides to give it up. Probably because when he turned in his resume that says "1986-present manwhore" the offers came pouring in. Of course they all beat his previous $200/hour wages. This isn't something you just give up either. There aren't options for people with this background. His evidence is also stuff that won't hold up in court and he has nothing to lose. My guess is he is getting paid somehow and is going to mess things up for a lot of people. I don't actually thing Haggard is guilty and sooner or later I think this thing will kind of go away but the damage will have been done. Sorry to go on so long about political stuf but its my blog and I have the mic.

As requested.
Here are my minis. I swear I am gonna blog on Microsoft soon but in the meantime check out live.com Nothing impressive but I will have to check back after 11/7 to see what they do. Looks like everyone is going to have thier own search engine "portal"(this is totally yesterday's word) soon. They're all kinda knock offs. I am happy with mine but sooner or later I am gonna want it for my desktop. I'll be posting a photo of my workspace soon.