wally world

By the way, if you buy a utility knife at Wal-Mart for under $1, expect $1 worth of use. this knife lasted me about one use before the grip pin departed, and then a couple uses before the whole shebang mutinied:

It's got what plants crave!

I finally got my hands on the drink that will be the downfall of society as we know it. After drinking this stuff, I can only stay still long enough for a short review. This is some good stuff as far as 'energy drinks' go. It's got 200mg of caffeine, it's nuclear-waste green, and it's great to show off to your friends and family (if they are one of the few to get the reference to the movie Idiocracy).

No disasseble number five!

I just realized today that I am 5 1's years old. There's only one other time in my life left where I'll see my age line up like that, if I live that long. Hooray for me!

He's got crazy flipper fingers

One habit I'm picking up lately is regular visits to the Pinball Hall of Fame out here in Las Vegas. I'm felling pretty stoked because a recent episode of John C. Dvorak's CrankyGeeks has him visiting the same place on his visit to Las Vegas for CES 2008. One of the games he plays is my favorite in the place, Orbitor 1:


After a great day of scootering around with friends and taking photos, we ended up at the pinball arcade, and once again enjoyed the splendor of rare, old, odd, and awesome amusements.



I give thanks to the dedicated Mr. Tim Arnold, whom you can meet anytime in the arcade. He's that dude you'll see there with his head under a machine panel with a continuity tester and a soldering iron.