And so it begins…

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Kip

Well, here I sit, ensconced in my new setup down in Eastham, Cape Cod, MA.

It’s so lovely and quiet here right now…so much less pretentious than Wellesley. I love it so far. Although we’ll see how much room I have left once I put a bed in here.

And I have a lovely new 1080p plasma TV — Panasonic, good brand.

The big move is next Tuesday, but I’ve come down here early since my computer and TV are down here. And bravo to Comcast for doing a good job installing everything. No problems whatsoever, everything is working great so far.

Now — time to go out on my deck and watch the sunset with a root beer in hand.

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Final Fantasy XIII, Chapter 9: Help with Barthandelus **SPOILERS**

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Kip

**WARNING: SPOILER MATERIAL AHEAD FOR FINAL FANTASY XIII**

Okay. This guy was the first boss I hit that was a real bitch to take down, that I had no idea of how to beat, until I learned a simple little trick. But I’ll give you the whole strategy first, and I’ll highlight the trick for you when it comes along.

My battle team was Lightning, Snow, and Vanille.

First, attack his appendages. You can’t hurt the main boss until you’ve beaten the appendages. So, go ahead and beat those. Whale on them. Stick to Relentless Assault as your paradigm, switching into a healing paradigm whenever you need to.

Once the appendages are done, you’re going to want to try to take this guy down as quickly as possible, as he can randomly cast Doom on you. If he randomly casts Doom on you and he’s at like 50% health, forget it, just die and try again.

Stay in an offensive paradigm as much as you can and deal as much damage as you can to this boss. Switch to a healing paradigm whenever you get a little low on HP.

Now, here’s the trick to getting past that goddamned “Destrudo” attack that takes all your characters’ health down to zero and makes it game-over time: While he’s charging Destrudo, do not, I repeat, do NOT go into a defensive paradigm of any sort. Go with Relentless Assault, or even Tri-Disaster if you so choose, and whale on the guy while he’s charging the Destrudo attack. Once you deal enough damage, you’ll hear him scream, “Aaaahhh!” briefly, and you have then weakened his Destrudo attack sufficiently so it will not kill your entire party. Then I suggest going into a healing paradigm, perhaps even Combat Clinic (two medics), and heal yourself while and after Destrudo is unleashed.

Without knowing how to weaken the Destrudo attack, this guy is impossible. Not very fair, Square-Enix, not very fair. 🙂

Good hunting.

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Open message to comment spammers

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Kip

Guess what? You’re not going to get away with posting a spam comment on my site. Because I have to approve the comment before it goes up.

So stop spamming gambling and Cialis crap on here, will you?

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Refilling Blu cartridges with “E-juice”

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Kip

Well, my vials of liquid nicotine — “E-juice” — came, and I experimented with refilling my Blu cigarette cartridges with it. And it in fact works.

FIRST, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: NICOTINE IS A POISON. DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH IT, DO NOT SWALLOW IT, ETC. I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS IF YOUR ARE DUMB AROUND LIQUID NICOTINE. TRY TO WEAR GLOVES, AS NICOTINE IS HIGHLY TRANSDERMAL.

Now, with that out of the way, you can, if you wish, attempt to refill your Blu cartridges by following the step-by-step directions in the middle of the following thread:

http://www.ecigarettes365.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=69

Happy vaping and good luck.

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Pet Peeve #367: People on Laptops at Starbucks

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Kip

Okay, listen, I have nothing against whipping out your iPhone or your BlackBerry and checking sports, weather, stocks, email, whatever when you’re in Starbucks. But who are these assholes who sit there for hours on end typing away on their Mac Airbooks? Always Macs, by the way. I mean, give me a break. What, you need to be seen out in the open writing to prove that you’re actually writing? Or do you just need to justify the $3k your parents spent on your laptop for college for you?

I would love to tip these jerks’ drinks onto their Airbooks and fry the circuitry.

The funniest thing is, if you go to Dunkin’ Donuts, you never see anybody “fake”-typing away at a laptop. I once saw a guy use one in DD’s, but he was actually working, believe it or not. And the reason people don’t generally use laptops in Dunkin’ Donuts is not, give me a break, because they do not have WiFi service available. It’s because their coffee is actually reasonably priced and tastes good, not just overpriced swill.

And yes, I do drink Starbuck’s coffee, but only one variety: I have an iced caramel machiatto. Those things are damn good. And I make them put like half the bottle of caramel in. For $4.55 a pop, they better put half the bottle of caramel in.

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Why the hell should we trust the CBO?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Kip

This is a pet peeve of mine. Obama is touting CBO (Congressional Budget Office) numbers to back up health care “reform”. But the CBO’s track record is far from perfect. Years ago, when my father was researching statistics for a PBS show he produced called “The Advocates”, he delved into CBO numbers. And found that, more than half the time, the CBO is flat-out wrong. They would predict growth when there was decline. They would predict decline when there was growth.

Just because they’re supposedly non-partisan does not, I repeat, not, make them right about everything.

If you really think this health care reform bill is going to shrink the deficit, you’re a certifiable moron.

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Condolences…

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Kip

…to a guy I don’t like all that much, Keith Olbermann. His father passed away on Saturday.

Whether I like Olbermann or not, I’m sorry his father died. My condolences. Rest in peace, Theodore Olbermann.

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An extremely personal post…

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Kip

As of today, March 22nd, 2010, I have not had sex in nine years. Do I get an award? 🙂

It’s not that I’m ugly. Here’s a picture of me, judge for yourself. I am a little overweight, but that doesn’t seem to stop most people.

Mostly it stems from the fact that I never really leave the house. Due to loose screws in my head, I’m mostly housebound. So I just don’t get out and meet new people that much. That being said, I could have had sex in the past nine years. There have been numerous opportunities. And I could always, of course, have simply paid for it, but I think that’s sinking a bit low.

Do I miss it? To tell you the truth, not that damn much. Sex always seemed to complicate things for me. It turned friendships bad. It sometimes made me enemies. It’s not like I’m not attracted to women; far from it, I absolutely love to simply look at beautiful women, I really do.

My abstinence from sex also roughly coincides with the time I stopped drinking (for the most part; I still have a few drinks every once in a great while).

Why am I posting this? Why not? People are always talking about how they’ve had sex, so why can’t I talk about how I haven’t had sex?

What I do miss, however, is female companionship. I love having a woman I can talk to, relate to, be close to. Yeah, that part I miss. But the actual act itself, well, I don’t know, it always seemed highly overrated to me. Call me jaded, but I just don’t feel like I’m missing out on much.

I could make an effort, I suppose. I could get out and hit on women and try to sleep with them. But I just don’t seem to have the will to do it anymore. There was a point in my life, when I was say, seventeen or so, when all I thought about was sex. Now it barely even crosses my radar.

Am I totally weird for being like this? I don’t know, you tell me.

And do I get my virginity back now? 🙂

Oh well, now you know.

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Final Fantasy XIII & the world’s most annoying character

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Kip

Okay. I’m in Chapter Seven of this game, and I really wish I could jump in the television and whack the crap out of this character named “Hope”. He’s a little dipshit, who carries on all the time because Snow, another character, wasn’t able to save his mother. All he does is bitch and bitch and bitch and then when Snow comes along he’s too afraid to say anything so he just clams up. It gets to the point where you don’t want to even play the little son of a bitch in combat, because it’s more fun watching him die a painful death.

I HATE THIS KID! Okay, Vanille is pretty annoying, too, but she’s a fun little token sex-object who sounds like she’s doing the nasty during every battle. I can deal with that. I cannot deal with Hope. I want to throttle the little bastard.

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You insured Kenny, you bastards!

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Kip

Right. As of right now, it looks like they have the votes to path health care “reform”.

Despite the fact that poll after poll shows people are overwhelmingly against it.

I hope you’re all waking up to the fact that Barack Obama is not a pragmatic centrist like Bill Clinton, but an arrogant ideologue like…Jimmy Carter.

You fools who elected him deserve every bit of this. And every bit of the consequences that will come about because of this in November. If Scott Brown’s election wasn’t enough to make the people’s collective voice heard, what will be?

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