Odo and his chocolate

June 29th, 2009

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Transformers 2 Review

June 29th, 2009

So I saw Transformers 2 on Friday night.

Pros:

  • Cool action scenes
  • Awesome bomber near the end

Cons:

  • Way, way to long
  • Time compression to the extreeeeeeeeeeeeeme (bordering on the ridiculous)
  • Shaky Cam
  • Annoying characters (you know who you are) (some of whom I wanted to die, even though they were "good")
  • Bullshit story, with plot lines and details that go nowhere.

6/10

My new rank in Trackmania Nations Forever

June 25th, 2009

I have about 15 tracks to finish before I collect all the medals. Tonight I finished about 5 tracks. 4 I did pretty quickly, the 5th took a number of tries. Soon my training for XLAN will be complete! Well, not really, but well on the way! :)

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Big BMW

June 24th, 2009

Today in the car park I was almost run over by a woman who was driving the largest BMW sedan I’ve ever seen. It was obviously far too large a car for her to handle. Please buy a Toyota Corolla instead, or better yet, stop driving altogether.

Soup Competition

June 22nd, 2009

So there’s a soup promotion on at the supermarket. It’s super. It’s amazing. It’s even promoted on the radio.

So what do you have to do? Well, you buy 2 packets of soup and enter a draw to with 1 of 4 supermarket gift cards worth twenty five dollars.

$25!!!

Yes that’s correct. I mean, $100 sure. But $25?

This woman looks entirely too happy to have won $25
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Moron on the road

June 15th, 2009

As I was driving home from work today I came across a scenario I had always thought about but which had never happened, until now.

In the following picture, you can see an intersection:

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There was a person on a bike, shown by the red cross:

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My car is shown by the blue rectangle:

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The directions we wanted to travel are shown; I wanted to turn left, moron wanted to go straight:

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The moron should have been in the right lane as shown:

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Allowing us both to go the way we wanted without the cyclist being crushed by my tires:

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Thus, if you are a cyclist, GET IN THE CORRECT LANE!

Bad Pizza

June 9th, 2009

Tonight I ordered a pizza online from Dominos Pizza. I have done this numerous times before with no problem at all.

I went crazy tonight and ordered the following pizza:

  • 1/2 and 1/2 Meatosaurus and Fire Eater
  • Tripple Cheese Crust
  • Chicken Kickers

This cost just over $20.

Tonight the pizza took over an hour to arrive, and was lukewarm at best. I sent Dominos an email advising them of this travesty. I expect a refund at the very least.

3 New Zealand Wines:

June 8th, 2009

Today I have 3 New Zealand Wines for you:

Stop Banks Merlot 2006:

I bought this wine as it was on special. Apparently it wasn’t selling and so was now a clearance line. My lucky day! An excellent Merlot, exactly what I’d expect from a 2006. 4/5.

Five Flax Merlot Cabernet 2007:

A decent, non-offensive (and reasonably cheap) everyday drinking wine. Recommended. 4/5.

Montana Reserve Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut Cuvée:

This is a superior sparkling white wine in the champagne style. A fusion between Lindauer Special Reserve Brut Cuvée and Jacob’s Creek Chardonnay Pinot Noir. (Dry and Fruity for the uninitiated.) I purchased this bottle for $15.99 on special. Not a bad price for such a good wine.

Highly recommended 5/5.

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So, I finally finished BioShock

May 27th, 2009

As the title says. I started playing BioShock when it first came out, and finished it on Saturday. It was actually a pretty good game, I just lacked the motivation to play it.

I started Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath. It’s a really good strategy game. I’m playing it on easy and I’m half way through. Red Alert 3 is next.

Another game I need to finish is Neverwinter Nights. I know I’m near the end. Then of course there’s the two expansions…

Product Descriptions gone wrong

May 27th, 2009

So we have a new product at work:

(C4) PAMS T/B TIT/ RAZOR

Tit Razors.