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    April 11

    Naked Woman in Glasses...

    Cheney_Glasses For those that didn't hear about this yet (I just heard about it a bit ago myself)... but there's a picture of Vice President Cheney wearing sunglasses.  Odd thing was you could make out a reflection in the lens, which many stated was a naked woman.  Seems the official word is it is Cheneys hand holding a fishing rod.  Tongue out

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    Naked woman in Cheney glasses? No! - The White House- msnbc.com
    June 09

    24 New Species Discovered

     24 new species found by scientists in Suriname. The purple and black toad they found looks pretty neat looking.  Even though I don't like snakes the one they found is cool looking also.  Too see the other species just follow the link and then launch the slide show.

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    Scientists find 24 new species in Suriname - Science - MSNBC.com

    June 08

    Heroes Season 1, 35% Off

    You can pre-order Heroes Season 1 from Amazon.com for 35% off  the normal price.  It's listed as $59.98 but for now you can get it for $38.99.  You can also get the HD-DVD version for 35% off but price is a good bit different.  Normal price would be $99.98 but you can pre-order it for $69.95.  Both have a release date of Aug 28, 2007, one day after my birthday.

    June 07

    SotNW Beta on Fileplanet

     Those that are subscribers to Fileplanet can get a Sword of the New World limited beta key. But you better hurry it's first-come, first-served. Better believe I got mine.

    Control up to 3 characters at once, be your own team if you choose so. Never have to worry about spending hours searching for a group... of course that's all up to you.

    Warhammer Online Beta Sign-Up

     
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    "EA Mythic today announced that beta registration for the highly-anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, has officially begun. Players looking to join the epic battle before WAR launches in early 2008 can now sign up for a chance to participate in the invite-only Closed Beta Test.”

    UO to Be Reborn

     For those that didn’t know, UO is getting reborn sometime this summer. It’s getting an all-new graphics engine that looks MUCH better then the old 2D -3D engine. It’s called Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn. All this will be is all-new graphics nothing else.

    But if that’s not enough sometime after it’s release the 9th UO expansion pak will be coming out called Stygian Abyss. This will have a new race to play “Gargoyles” plus new dungeons, and all that fun stuff. So keep an eye open for both releases.

    May 27

    What I've Been Up Too...

    Well any mmo gamer should've heard by now SOE acquired the assets of Sigil Games Online on 5/15/2007.  So SoE now 100% owns Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.  They promised no major changes, no NGE that happed to Star Wars: Galaxies.  Hopefully they'll fix the performance issues that's still haunting Vangaurd.

    My main game I'm playing right now tho is Lord of the Rings Online.  A new mmo that is 1 month old and so far a VERY good one.  One of the best mmo's to come out in a long time and the fact it's based off LotR is even more freakin' sweet.  Last I read it was the #1 selling PC game in the US and also Europe.  Doubt it'll be a WoW killer (could be wrong) but I feel it can give it a run for it's money.

    Of course I still play my free mmo's off and on, plus messing with Free Style Street Basketball.  Highly thinking of messing with Sword of the New World later this summer when it comes to the US.  The first mmo that allows you to control up to 3 different characters at once on one account.  Yep you can pretty much be your own group.  Closed beta starts June 4th 2007 so you might want to go ahead and register for it.

    Well that's about it for now.  Maybe this time I'll keep this blog a bit more up-to-date.  :)

    It's a Bobblehead, RUN!!!

    Kinda funny, thought a package holding a bobblehead was a "suspicious package"

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    Bobblehead doll sends 350 workers fleeing - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com
    March 24

    To Save or Not to Save... - MSNBC.com

    I cannot believe people would even have to ask that question.  Of course it should've been saved, any animal that can be saved should be.

    That one person stated "In the wild, it would have been left to die."  So freakin' what?  If a human baby is left alone it would die too.  So are they saying they should be left to die also?

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    Wrong to save baby polar bear? - World Environment - MSNBC.com
    February 14

    Happy Valentines Day!!

    I hope everyone had a very wonderful and special Valentines Day!!! 
    September 20

    Sugar, Cream.... Pee? - MSNBC.com

    As if most coffee doesn't taste bad enough....

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    Man sentenced for pee in workplace coffee - Criminal Peculiarity - MSNBC.com

    AKRON, Ohio - A former postal worker who poured urine into his co-workers' coffee must serve six months in a jail work-release program.

    YouTube, MySpace to Be Sued? - MSNBC.com

    It seems Universal Music Group is planning to sue YouTube and MySpace for violating copyright laws. 

     

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    YouTube, MySpace blasted on copyright - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com

    "We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars," Universal Music CEO Doug Morris told investors Wednesday at a conference in Pasadena. "How we deal with these companies will be revealed shortly."

    August 01

    Windows Live Spaces

    Well as you can see Windows Live spaces is now... well live.  Looks much better then the old MSN Spaces, to me anyways.  Plus as you may see all Spaces gets a new domain, for mine it'd be the-rambling.spaces.live.com 
    July 28

    20k Years Old Human Footprints

    Wow, this is pretty amazing!  20,000 years old human footprints.

     

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    Ancient human footprints found in Australia - LiveScience - MSNBC.com

    About 20,000 years ago, humans trekked along the margins of a shallow lake in Australia, leaving behind records of their passage in the soft, wet sand.

    July 12

    Killer Kangaroos

     Hard to believe those cute Kangaroos were once meat eaters!  Wow!!

     

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    When killer kangaroos roamed the earth - Science - MSNBC.com
    SYDNEY, Australia - Forget cute, cuddly marsupials. Paleontologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a fanged killer kangaroo and what they describe as a "demon duck of doom."
    July 04

    Happy 4th of July!

    I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July.
    Please becareful with the fireworks and firecrackers!! 
    June 27

    Stephen King and Marvel Team-Up

    Stephen King and Marvel Comics are teaming-up to bring out a Dark Tower comic series in Feb 2007.  The 1st of 6 issues will be released in Feb and the the last will come out in July 2007.  A hard-cover edition will follow sometime in Oct of that year.
     
    But don't worry, it's not a comic verison of the Dark Tower novel series.  Infact it's a taling of the "Origin of the Notorious Gunslinger".  King will be the Executive Editor and Creative Director with Jae Lee as the artist.

    EA Buys Mythic

    Just found out a few days ago that EA is buying/bought Mythic Entertainment the company behind the mmo Dark Age of Camelot.  Not sure if this is a wise move on the part of Mythic though.  After all EA hasn't done to well with mmo's at all. They messed up UO, The Sims Online was pretty much a flop, they shut-down Earth and Beyond, shut-down a racing mmo.  Plus cancelled at least three UO2's before they got a chance to come out, not even sure they made it to a true beta.

     

    Mythic Entertainment will be renamed EA Mythic and they claim they still have all-rights to DAoC.  We'll have to wait and see how all this goes and if it affects DAoC and the upcoming Warhammer Online game at all.
     
    June 24

    Hi, I'm Peter Parker....

    As many may know that in the new Marvel Comics summer event "Civil War", Spider-Man unmasked for the world to see just a bit over a week ago. It was all over the internet news and yes even the tv news. So you might want to stop by your local comic shop and see if they have any #2's left, heck get the whole mini-seriese so far it's been a good story.

    "A group a super-heroes filming a reality tv show attacked a group of super-villains that had escaped from the super villain facility at Ryker's Island prison during a massive breakout. One villain named Nitro let off a massive explosion that killed most of the "New Warriors" and hundreds of people including kids at a nearby elementary school. The Government proposed the Superhuman Registration Act, wanting all super-powered beings to register as living weapons of mass destruction and requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government and subject themselves to federally mandated standards."

    The Flash Returns

    The Flash is back. But where did he go in the first place? Don't ask me, I just started back on comics this past week. Who is this Flash? Is it Berry, Wally or someone else? Guess ya got to read it and see.

    I just hope they don't goof up the Flash, he has been one of my favorite DC Comics super-heroes for many years. Tho it does seem like it's gonna be a very good story, just hope it stays that way.