plugging some online mmorpgs

So I recently started playing Improbable Island. It's a fairly good turn based MMORPG, if you're into that sort of thing (which I am, in case you're too dumb to have not figured it out by now). I also play Kingdom of Loathing, as you may or may not know, depending on how you found this blog. One of the more famous old-school players of that game went and started his own MMORPG, Secret Society Wars. I haven't spent as much time playing that one lately, but perhaps you'll enjoy it more. Though I certainly recommend checking out all three.

double down and st. elsewhere

So even though I had a birthday earlier this week, it was pretty uneventful, therefore not worth posting about.

Instead I want to talk about the KFC Double Down. It's a bacon and cheese chicken sandwich, except the bun is actually the chicken! It's some bacon and cheese between two fried chicken fillets! And I tried it yesterday. I found it delightfully sinful, which means I enjoyed it quite a bit. But I probably wouldn't eat it every day. Having said that, however, I want another one. Someone get me another KFC Double Down, please.

Somebody in an online chatroom thought I was actually going to have a heart attack or vomit after eating the KFC Double Down. But come on, really? Is some bacon and cheese between two moderately sized chicken tenders really that bad? In my opinion (not scientific, but still somewhat educated) it can't be any worse than eating a lot of fried chicken and some sides. And nobody ever thinks of heart attacks or strokes when they think of that. No, they think of that as a wholesome hearty meal. So why all the stigma towards the KFC Double Down?

Speaking of things that send people to hospitals, I started watching the old TV show St. Elsewhere on Hulu. It's all right, I suppose, though it's certainly not overly funny or dramatic. Also apparently it's all in the imagination of some autistic child named Tommy Westphall. But I only just started, which means I'm only on the fourth episode of the first season, so I'm certainly nowhere near the existential final episode that everybody raves about. Oh well, all in due time.

hallelujah

"the word the hebrew word translated thing is word every thing came out of the word or the word you back to seed again words are things or they're word things so when i say words i just release a thing that you don't see the thing when i say it you heard the thing before you saw the thing before i sayeth the thing it's heard before its said"

Some Christian evangelists were saying that once. Somebody please tell me what the fuck they're preaching about.

one year ago today

So my brother died one year ago today. Does this mean that St. Patrick's day has been forever ruined for me? I really don't know. Part of me wants to forget it ever happened and try to be Irish on St. Patrick's day, but part of me can't help but recall how my brother apparently did not have the "luck of the Irish" that day. If my brother was here, I think he'd tell me just to move on, get on and get off it already. Of course, that would be easy for him to think, as he's not the one in the position of living the rest of life without a brother.

thirty-seven years ago today

Today is my brother's birthday. Normally this wouldn't be so significant, except this is the first birthday he's had that he hasn't been alive for. He died almost a year ago today and I've still been unable to fully wrap my head around it or find closure with it. I wonder if I ever will.

on youtube pranks

Some people know how to pull pranks and some clearly don't. Here are some tips from me to all you future pranksters, because apparently you're a bunch of idiots who will screw up if you don't do it right.

1. Don't do something that has a high likelihood of backfiring horrifically (pretending like you cheated on your significant other, setting something on fire, etc.)
2. If you have to film it to post on Youtube, try to hide the camera, or the prank victim will almost certainly suspect something is up.
3. Find a sensible stopping point and stop the prank before it spirals out of control (e.g. before your brother lights your presents and the Xmas tree on fire...yeah, I'm looking at you, wafflepwn).
4. Don't do anything that will cause permanent damage to something or someone.
5. Don't pull a prank at an inappropriate time or an inappropriate place (like Hawkeye did to Winchester in the O.R. room on M*A*S*H). Some things ARE sacred.
6. Don't do the same prank twice.
7. If someone on the radio goads you into pulling a prank on someone for a chance to win a prize, make sure the prize in question is worth the prank backfiring horrifically before pulling said prank.

Follow these simple rules and the fun and enjoyment can be had by all. Break these rules at your own risk, and prepare to take the consequences.

rolling in wii points

I am rolling around in a great many Wii points. I can't decide what to do with them, though. I'd say I only currently have one "no-brainer" choice, but there's still plenty of good stuff there that I can get, but of course I have to choose. I always have to choose. Always.