Raithe

Between the lines of Employment Ads: Advancement Opportunity -s*** job Entry Level -Really a s*** job No Experience Necessary -The mother of all s*** jobs Administrative Assistant -s*** job with a title Ground Floor Opportunity -s*** job with a company that will file bankruptsy within a year Progressive Company -Employees get to wear jeans every other Friday Team Player -Must deal with dangerously territorial co-workers with rabid personalities Upbeat Personalities -Must neither threaten us with any kind of lawsuit nor use the drug/alcohol rehab benefit within the first year Word Processing Skills Essential -There is a crippling case of carpal tunnel syndrome in your future Public Relations Receptionist, Professional Appearance Important -$20K a year job that requires a $100K a year wardrobe Pleasant Telephone Manner -Be the voice of 1-900-SEX-SUCK Earn Up To $300/Hour -Be 1-900-SEX-SUCK Salary Range $24K to $32K -The Salary is $24K BA Required, MA Preferred -Must be a MA willing to work for a BA salary Civil Service -The job was filled from the inside 6 months ago Women/Minorities Encouraged -White males need not waste a stamp Outstanding Benefits Package -Health Insurance Tons of Variety -We took all the heinous tasks no one else would do and rolled them into one job Top Notch Communication Skills -Telemarketing Beautiful Offices in Attractive Locale -Brand new tacky windowless office where picture frames match the carpet Secretary -Women only job with the responsibilities of management and the wages of a migrant worker Executive Secretary -The most powerful person in any company Dedicated -You're looking at a minimum of 80 hours per week until we force you into early retirement Salary Commensurate -We'll pay you whatever the Hell we feel like Salary Negotiable -We'll take the lowest bidder Competitive Salary -We'll pay you up to 10% more than your last job... Period! Competitive Starting Salary -Ten cents above minimum wage Pleasant Atmosphere -A staff of pod people Professional Atmosphere -Zombie pod people Fun, Creative Atmosphere -Pod people from Hell Dynamic Atmosphere -Zombie pod people from Hell Gal Friday -Anyone who actually applies for this job deserves it Self Starter -Open to broad interpretation, since no one really knows what this means

The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh S...!"

I think it was Oscar Wilde who did the curtains. Or rather something along the lines of "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go,"

I rewatched Chronicles of Riddick. No matter what a lot of people can say about it, I still enjoy that film. It's a little bit bombastic, and Twohy has said that they had to tone down a lot of the ideas for the studio backing, but it's still a fairly fun romp even with the silliness. I enjoyed it enough to watch the dvd extras and behind the scenes stuff, which are also quite amusing. Although each time I see it, I do tend to think the Necromungers are a fusion of Necron and Chaos Space Marine from WH40k...

So Saints Row IV has sold over a million units in the first week. Making it a fairly qualified commercial success. Now if only they'd get the goddamn physical game in the UK I'd give them my money for a copy.

Guess what I read. I read 3 males in 3 days and I was little WTF for a moment. I guess that would play on the old joke "what's the ultimate in trust between cannibals? oral sex."

You know, it's always weird when you wake up and for some bizarre reason you've had so much sleepydust form that your eyelids are glued shut. It's like. "okay, I'm awake.. wait.. I cant see!!!!" Edit: Hm, just realised I've had 3 meals in 3 days. I should probably make sure I sort out something for lunch today...

I've always liked the rule "be careful if her brother's have knife scars..."

nbc news - mini-human brains grown from stem cells

Sky News - Putin underwear painting seized by police

Heh, now this I find amusing: "Edward and Bella in Twilight meet all 15 criteria set by the National Domestic Violence hotline for being in an abusive relationship."

I always liked Voltaire's response when the priest at his deathbed asked him to renounce Satan. "Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies."

I managed to jump back into some TOR and dabbled along. Wrapped up the basic Makeb storyline for my Smuggler. Then got the "Oh, by the way, Makeb is still there." "But.. It exploded behind me as I was leaving!!" "Oh, no, that was just the piece of ground you were stood on."

Or we could lurk a bit more up-class and ..

Hm.If I combine that with someone earlier mentioning Kari Wuhrer.. Or I could go amusing and throw this up for the weirded out childhoods..

Well, much as it's called a Tomb Raider game, it's pretty much the set up for how she changes from "naïve archaeology student" to "kickass tough-as-nails-recognises-she-might-be-a-sociopath-adventurer".. That's the story it's meant to tell. The archaeology pseudo-mystical aspects of what's going on around the island are just there to open her eyes to the myths that are more then myths and lay that groundwork for future games to explore the actual Tomb Raider side of it.

Heh, A nice fake trailer that might actually give folks a few thoughts about the potential.. http://youtu.be/U4U4he3GgC4

Ah Japan.. http://youtu.be/zZGNk8pUj4Y

Yeah. It's out in the US apparently. And Amazon and Game and a bunch of others are allowing you to order it. But they have no idea when they'll get it. A few of those "smaller" stores that sell via amazon have copies which are basically American imports, but as such have the price cranked up. It's a little odd.

Hm. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/266349-syrian-electronic-army-claims-to-hack-twitters-domain-information/ Apparently SEA are claiming to have hacked twitter following on from the New York Times.. Either way, I'd be careful if you log into twitter tonight folks..

http://youtu.be/HS2Irnygqpk

New Parent Idea: 1: Take picture of you pulling baby out of spacecraft in forest. 2: Hide picture in the attic for the kid to find when he's 10....

I'm still waiting for word on why you can only buy a pc copy via steam's digital download or why that's more expensive then the physical version which no-one knows when it will actually be available. I like having a physical copy.

I have been carefully building my personal library over careful years.. You think I'll let it slip out of my hands?