Turkey legs.

Arceus is available now through Saturday. We should all go over to Toys 'R' Us and get us some Arceuses.

recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that of the 36 children who died from H1N1 from April to August, six had no chronic health conditions. But all of them had a co-occurring bacterial infection.

The most common co-occurring infection that causes flu-related deaths is staphylococcus aureus. A third of the population carries it, most in their nose or on their skin.

The flu causes upper respiratory damage, which allows the staph to make its way into the lungs.

Methinks I'm gonna keep working on getting that vaccine.

Death of Superman?

Death of Gwen Stacy?

Or something else?

You tell me.

I really need a flash drive.

( Don't read this unless you're particularly interested in principal-agent relationships )

the ten most difficult/annoying/worst random encounters/non-boss fights in video games ever.

-Brachiosaur (FFVI)
-Hammer Bros. (various Mario games, SMB1 in particular)
-Behemoths (various FF games, FFIV in particular)
-Malboros (various FF games)
-Like-Likes (Zelda series)
-Cockatrices (various game series, Ogre Battle 64 in particular)
-any flying enemies ever (Medusa Heads from Castlevania, birds from Ninja Gaiden, etc.)
-Zubat (Pokemon series)
-Scarabs (Diablo II)
-tie: Troggs and Murlocs (World of Warcraft)

Please feel free to add to this list, or make a list of your own. I'm sure I missed some big ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRuJfhEeCe8 <-- Metropolis Zone theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrBAYD4kmPo <-- The Offspring - Gotta Get Away.

???

(n^5)(n^3) does NOT equal (n^2), nor does (n^5)^3 equal 1/(n^15).

I swear, the free online practice tests are probably intentionally typoed to make you buy the books.

so that Cole and I can go as Statler and Waldorf for Halloween this year.

The masks have been found.

And they're $48 each. D=

http://www.empirecostumes.com/p-65042-the-muppets-statler-overhead-latex-mask.aspx
http://www.empirecostumes.com/p-65043-the-muppets-waldorf-overhead-latex-mask.aspx
( Look at this shit )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXFSSByxkOU&fmt=18

All of the curse words and "nigga"s from Dr. Dre's seminal album, The Chronic, on one track, all in a row.

It's five minutes long.

Enjoy.

Silversun Pickups are coming to the Expo Gardens in Peoria on Wednesday, October 28. I will be going to this show, without question, because SSPU are just awesome. If you want to come along (and you should!), talk to me.

Songs to check out (I'll post links later):
-Well Thought-Out Twinkles
-Panic Switch (this apparently was a fairly big hit single, though I was not aware of this)
-Lazy Eye
-Little Lover's So Polite
-Growing Old is Getting Old

I don't know if I'm ever going to finish this game, because I died on the final form of the final boss, after completing four missions beforehand that took at least four hours total. I can't save in between the missions, so that's four hours of wasted time. =/ At least they were fun missions. But I don't think I could even attempt that again for quite some time.

However, one thing pleased me: There was an ending developed exclusively for losing to the final boss, in which the island the game takes place on is overrun by the boss's evil forces. Chrono Trigger did this once upon a time, and I haven't seen any other game that has... until now. More games need to do this.

My mouse would work much better with a mousepad. Anybody have one lying around, by chance? I'm surprised I can't find one around here anywhere...

Here, look at this. Lots of information in here on the Chaos Frame that blew my mind.

http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=95921&rid=89083

Miyazaki's new movie is coming out tomorrow. They're showing it at the Parkway. I'm interested in going, either on a weeknight some time next week or on Saturday afternoon. Anybody else interested?

Apparently, the guy from Man V. Food has been to Pappy's Smokehouse too. And Iron Barley.

Adam journeyed to St. Louis, Missouri, to attempt the $35 "Big Ben" meal at Pappy's Smokehouse which includes a full slab of ribs, 2 sandwiches, a quarter-chicken, and 4 side dishes.[52] Local press reports state this taping took place on December 18, 2008.[52] He also stopped at Iron Barley to try a Monte Cristo hotdog.[53] The episode's main challenge was the Malt Milkshake Challenge at Crown Candy Kitchen. To win, Adam had to drink five 24-ounce malt milkshakes in 30 minutes, a challenge offered by the restaurant since 1913.[45][53] The milkshakes were divided into 15 8-ounce glasses for Adam. Adam started strong but he ended up running to the bathroom to vomit it out after drinking 12 out of the 15 glasses.[54] As a result of this episode, Pappy's Smokehouse reported a spike in traffic on their website and increased business from the national exposure, even on Ash Wednesday.[55][56] Winner: Food

Sweet, I wanna find this episode now.