Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Just got home. Ate way too much turkey and mashed potatoes. Karen also made a sweet potato casserole that everyone was scared to eat, but was actually extremely good. It was kinda like an apple crisp, but with sweet potatoes. Loved it!

Now reading "The Sleeping God" by Violette Malan. It's about two mercenaries, and is set in a fantasy world. It's not bad, though I'm not very far into it. I don't like the villains, who appear to be evil priests hunting down mages.

They really don't look all that great the last few weeks. Part of this is missing Polamalu, but the biggest part is that the Steelers Special Teams SUCK. Really bad. They have cost the Steelers 3 (or maybe 4) games this year). Next week is Baltimore. It will be a rough game, as both teams are fighting for their lives to stay in the playoff hunt now.

Steelers lost to the Bengals, for the 2nd time this season! :( Polamalu also got reinjured.

Blah.

Love this game. Only partway through, but it is a blast.

Amazing game. If you like fantasy rpg's, this computer game is the best available. I have the PC version, and I love it.

Fuck you, Nidal Malik Hasan. I hope you're burning in hell.

I love how the FBI says it was not a terrorist action, and he was just upset about going to Afghanistan. Guess what? He's been quoted as saying the Afghanis should be killing the US soldiers. Too bad we're not allowed to say anything about a bastard's religion, when his religion has him killing people. But that would be anti-Muslim.'

Well, they just updated, and Hasan is still alive. So I bet he gets sentenced to life in prison, serves 20, and is let go on parole. After which, he'll go kill a few more people.

Finder would have been an amazing application back in 1985. Too bad it's 2009.
Things it can't do (or at least there's no easy or obvious way to do it):

1. Cut and past files. My number one gripe. Why can't I right-click a file and cut and paste it somewhere else? Currently I just Copy-Paste, then delete the original. Stupid.

2. Rename files. Sure, you can go into each file's properties and do this, but it should be a right-click, rename operation. Way too complicated for something so simple.

There's some other stuff I can't think of right now, but those two are so basic that I can't believe they don't work that way. Steve should try Konqueror, Dolphin, or even Explorer for a while, maybe then Finder would get updated.

I keep hearing how people think XP is a better OS than Vista. I'm getting annoyed with it. I have to use XP at work, but have Vista at home. As far as I'm concerned, the only people who think XP is better:

1. have an old computer that can't run Vista, so they justify not buying a new computer by saying XP is better.

2. are just repeating what they've heard from others without actually trying Vista themselves.

3. tried Vista immediately after it's release, when the hardware drivers had not yet been updated by the various hardware companies. And they blamed Microsoft for that, even though the hardware companies had preview copies that they could have used to make the drivers ready on time.

4. don't know anything about how operating systems work.

5. like to get viruses and spread them to others.

6. like really slow updates that require a reboot for just about anything.

The best part is that a lot of these same people are trying Windows 7, and are saying just how great it is. Guess what? 7 is just Vista with some tweaks (the most interesting of which looks to be the taskbar).

Finally finished "Dreams of Steel" by Glen Cook. Great book! Kind of a cliffhanger ending, though.

Next up is "Dark Crusade" by Karl Edward Wagner. It's a swords and sorcery book featuring the character Kane. I expect it to be great. And I found it for next to nothing at a used bookstore. His books go for way too much money on Amazon or eBay. I got it for $2.00! Hahaha!

Anyways, I haven't been reading nearly as much as I used to. Been playing too much Champions Online, and working long hours out of town. And since NanoWriMo is started, I've also been spending time actually writing!

It starts tomorrow! I'm giving it a shot again. Last year I had a pathetic effort. This year I hope to do much better.

Most of the way through "Dreams of Steel" by Glen Cook. Amazingly good book. I really like his writing style.

Tough game against the Vikings, but they won.

Visited Dad and Dave this weekend. Also hung out with Matt watching anime and eating sushi. Nice, lazy day.

Didn't note it before, but the Steelers beat up on the Browns. Ravens lost in last couple seconds after missing a field goal against the Giants, and someone beat up on the Bungles.

Also, Raiders surprised everyone by clobbering the Eagles. McNabb got hurried, sacked, and had a bad day.

Lots of updates got pushed out Tuesday. I just did mine. I recommend you run your updater if you haven't. At least 3 of the updates were security fixes.

Blah. Here goes my electric bill. But it's 55 degrees in here.

You are The Tower

Ambition, fighting, war, courage. Destruction, danger, fall, ruin.

The Tower represents war, destruction, but also spiritual renewal. Plans are disrupted. Your views and ideas will change as a result.

The Tower is a card about war, a war between the structures of lies and the lightning flash of truth. The Tower stands for "false concepts and institutions that we take for real." You have been shaken up; blinded by a shocking revelation. It sometimes takes that to see a truth that one refuses to see. Or to bring down beliefs that are so well constructed. What's most important to remember is that the tearing down of this structure, however painful, makes room for something new to be built.

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