The lattice of knowledge

Answers to the searches that find us. Why not? Mom was a librarian, amongst other things. She’d get a kick out of it.

“Shaved crotch designs.” No, really, can’t help you there. How did you match on this site? My best advice is, don’t shave that– it itches and breaks out in spots. You’ll regret it.

The treat of the night

So, my old friend George called… forgive me, people named George, but that’s the most generic name that occurs to me. We played World of Warcraft for a few hours, while talking on our headset phones. Tech rocks.

And World of Warcraft sucks, really, but it’s fun enough to play with a friend. I don’t think most people are playing with the phone tied in, so I don’t know what they find worthy in it, although…

Manic Monday

Why, I missed Sexy Sunday entirely, didn’t I? Ok, I’m not always timely but, like any other large creature with peanut breath, I never forget. Almost never. Sometimes never, anyway.

Darlin’ chiles, this is in no way safe for work, unless you work for a pornographic industry, in which case, God bless you.

Bread: make your own

You don’t need a bread machine. Tried one. More trouble than they’re worth. Try this, it’s an utterly basic bread recipe.

Wondering on World of Warcraft (Wowow)

I’ve spent some number of hours at it. Dark Elf, Human, Dwarf. Mage types and fighter types. I’ve heard the game called “World of Warcrack” and, indeed, I’ve seen people fall into its perilous charms.

I don’t get it. The video is adequate, but nothing special. The quests are sad little things. The characterizations are cartoonish, at best. It’s a child’s version of a D&D game. How has this piece of mediocre dreck ensnared so many, so soundly?

Why, in the name of God, does my human mage look like a faggy Charles Atlas on steroids? I think he’d be a better mage if he spent those extra six hours a day at the library, rather than the gym. And oh, those 1970s G.I. Joe hairstyles!

The Eternal Geek

So… I’m downloading the trial software for World of Warcraft, about which I have my misgivings. It was recommended by a friend, though, so I am ignoring the astonishingly evil EULA and the prospect of potential game addiction. Somewhat over 3 GB in size, it’s going to take on the order of three hours to download. Feh, cable modems.

Meanwhile, I’m copying files from my big backup drive to my main system. I’ll be rebuilding my old Beast computer, presently, and it’s going to smack me right in the wallet. The backup drive must go, so, I need to make sure I have all of its files, first.

Lather was thirty years old today

and lather came foam from his tongue.
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him
about his old friends who’d stopped being young…

Jefferson Airplane. Grace Slick wrote a rather malicious little piece about the band’s drummer, who was a bit unhappy about getting older. “Don’t trust anyone over thirty” and all that, you know… end of an epoch. Horrors!

The Aardvark does Oblivion

More of the answers to the questions that find us. Oblivi On!

“Poison of silence oblivion where.” You might try the creepy fellow who hangs out by the outside wall of the Imperial City, at around 10 or 11 o’clock (location, not time). You can also make your own, with some skill in Alchemy. Rice, vampire ash and/or, hmm, harrada, among other things. Poisons that combine “silence” with “damage intelligence” and/or “damage magicka” will really make your point clear.

The Fear

I rolled out of bed, this morning, with a generalized sense of terror. If the bed had been higher off the ground, I might really have preferred to roll under it and hide.

People have a wonderful variety of senseless fears. I know a woman who would love to see Paris, but she’s too afraid that terrorists might blow up her plane to go there.

Then there’s the married couple who share a horror of any creature smaller than a cat. Ah, the shouting and scurrying about they got into, whenever an insect or gecko invaded their house!

Oblivion bug: Necromancer’s Amulet

If you’re wearing the Necromancer’s Amulet, take it off while doing the Sanguine shrine quest. There’s a nasty little bug that will get you, otherwise. I’m not going to go into details, because I don’t want to post any spoilers about the quest itself.