Hey everybody, quick update. I thought I had some more links with me, but I guess they are still floating out in the tubes somewhere. I’ll also have a few things for The Great and Secret Show that I’ll be posting in a little bit, so be sure to look for that.
First up, a federal judge has declared DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) unconstitutional on two grounds. This was unexpected, but welcomed. However, I have a sneaking suspicion it won’t stay. But it’s interesting to watch, especially as the Perry trial is awaiting their verdict as well. Also fun is that one idea was looking at it from the fifth amendment (I think) which guarantees equal protections, the other, the tenth, which gives states their rights (and is a favorite of social conservatives as well). Exciting (and confusing legalese)!
The Stranger also came out with a great “New Column” which I’ll post:
Ok, one more piece from The Stranger, this time, in the form of a follow up letter about an internship:
Hey Lindy! I sent an email a while back to the old address of yours I have saved in my account. Since I hadn’t gotten anything back, I figured that either you took that account out of commission OR YOU ARE A BAD PERSON. To account for both options, I wrote a few responses in a “choose your own adventure” style of correspondence.
If your account is inactive/my e-mail exploded, go to page 1. If you ignored/fiendishly deleted the e-mail, go to page 2. To run down the cave on the left, go to page 73.
I’m also excited about the new Zelda (Skyward Sword), Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and Metroid: Other M. I’m somewhat excited for the new Goldeneye, and I think it’s an awesome throwback, but I was never really good at the first one, but I can see the nostalgia and potential.
I’m not a huge fan of the new art style for Zelda, although I can appreciate that it was inspired by Monet (no, really), I think I just need to get used to it:
And here’s the trailer for Kirby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4gKc9OuTk
Also, how awesome is this orange(ish) 3DS:
The new Donkey Kong Country looks great, but again, not one that I’ll pick up, but here’s some info in case you’re interested.
The new Professor Layton looks awesome, although I still have to play the second in the series:
And likewise, I’m not if I’ll pick up Mario Sports mix, but it does look interesting, if a mini-game fest:
Ok, nerd mode is now off. How about some fun news:
You know what will make you feel better after all that depressing news, fun movies about the Arenas! First off, this awesome tribute, set to music from The Chronicles of Narnia:
And now, a time-lapse of the building of the Consol Center:
And also to make you feel better: just remember, you could be at home (or the DLLCC) playing the Furry Card Game. I kid you not. Click over if you dare, and have some mind bleach on hand.
Here’s my first part about Star Wars: Did you know when The Empire Strikes Back was coming out, there was a special 1-800 line you could call to get “hidden” messages from the characters?! And that it was so popular it broke AT&T?! Now you can listen to them, and I suggest you do!
I can’t believe I’m about to write this sentence: but I think I’ve found something that was made worse by the addition of lightsabers! I know, hard to believe, but why mess with what is perfect already:
Have you met Gary and Elaine? They live in a catalog. Go check it out!
Andrew Sullivan links to an awesome quote from tinfoiler:
“When my son Hunter asked me why it was okay for Bristol Palin to have a baby before she was married, I told him that God has special rules for special people. God knew that Bristol could become very rich from having a baby, so He granted her a pregnancy. Since she is the daughter of Sarah Palin, and the name Bristol Palin can be rearranged to spell “Orbit Plans” she is pretty much an angel, at least by the official bible definition. And that pretty much makes her son like a Jesus, technically speaking. This is just more proof that the blessed Palin family has wonderful and holy plans for true Americans. After explaining this to my son, he told me that he wanted to be sex-educated at a public school so that he could have a Jesus baby too. I smacked him in the mouth and told him that sex education is only for liberals and atheists. As good Christians, we should be ashamed of sexuality and our bodies, unless you are chosen by God, like Bristol Palin,”
Woot! was bought by Amazon, and as amazing as that it, it pales in comparison to the letter sent to the Woot! employees, I really think that this actually went out. Knowing Woot! it just seems to fit. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
Other than that, we plan to continue to run Woot the way we have always run Woot – with a wall of ideas and a dartboard. From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are simply adding one person to the organizational hierarchy, except that one person will just happen to be a billion-dollar company that could buy and sell each and every one of you like you were office furniture.
Q: Where can I get one of those vuvuzelas? A: Are you even paying attention?
They’re not looking to have their folks come in and run Woot unless we ask them to, which incidentally you can do by turning off the bathroom lights and saying the word “Kindle” three times; a helpful Amazon employee will appear in the mirror.
Q: Is Snapster leaving? A: Are you kidding? He’s out the door about ten seconds after that check clea- that is to say, Snapster will continue as Woot.com CEO, just like before, and the rest of our staff’s not going anywhere either. Woot and all ourvarious sites will continue to be an independently operated company full of horrible, useless products and an untalented jerkface writing staff, same as it ever was.
And finally today, I would just like to brag a bit. Ginny over at That’s Church asked for a motivational poster, and I happened to have a few free minutes (I was off of work that day), so I quickly threw one together and sent it over. If you don’t read her blog, you really should ,nothing else makes me laugh on such a consistent basis, and she cares so much for Pittsburgh it hurts sometimes (why we love her!). I of course, complain that I wish I had more time, things I would change, but as my friend said, “shush!” Here’s the post, and here’s my work:
Quick update for everyone, I should be back either later today or tomorrow with more.
I just left D’s from watching the World Cup game. I’m very sad that Ghana lost, one, because they were my team in the poll, but also because they were the last African team. However, the last few minutes really showed that they did deserve to win that game. Not that Uruguay did, but Ghana just seemed to fall apart a lot. I”m excited for The Netherlands upset of Brasil, so I’ll either be rooting for them or Uruguay (yes, because their abbreviation is URU) in the finals.
First off, let us not forget this amazing portrait of the CEO of BP:
And of course, the time their Twitter account got interviewed by ABC:
If you’re a regular reader of Savage Love, be sure to check out this awesome parody that was published a while ago.
Like I said, real short, but I’ll be back with a lot more real soon, I promise!
We’ll start off this update with an awesome video:
As well as another I told you so moment. Although this one, I think most sane people knew already, it’s fun to see how deep the crazy can go! I’m also thinking that if this ploy hadn’t worked, the next idea would have been cough syrup. Why not?
To everyone that reads That’s Church, you know about Ginny’s hatred of pigeons. Well, a writer in Seattle has the same reaction to crows. Fair warning, it contains foul (fowl) language.
According to Palin, environmentalists caused the oil disaster, by not letting us drill for oil. I can almost, almost grasp her reasoning. But then I remember that I have a brain and am usually grounded in reality.
I think the Student Flush might be the best named event almost ever. At least this month. Good luck to everyone participating!
I don’t think I’ll be able to pull a team together in time, but how much fun would this mini-golf fundraiser through the South Side be? Also, why have I not know that this happens every year?
Here’s an article about online ads, and specifically, why they suck.
PBS released a trailer for the Video Games Live documentary they will be airing in August:
When it comes to Pittsburgh, I’ll be going to see it (for the third time), I love the suites from Myst (of course, but have yet to see it live), Civilization, Warcraft, and total highlight of the last concert, what was used to close Act I: Zelda. I’m still surprised that two songs (MGS4’s Theme of Love and Portable Ops’ Calling to the Night) didn’t make it into the Metal Gear Suite, but I cannot recommend this concert series highly enough. Make sure you watch it on PBS this summer!
