I’ve been looking at stuff for this freeware fighting game engine called M.U.G.E.N. It’s pretty cool, different people have put together all sorts of different characters and stages for it. I’m trying to set up a version to run on my Xbox, but it’s a little complicated.
But, anyway, one rather… interesting… M.U.G.E.N. game I came across is The Queen of Fighters, made by some guy in Argentina.
I’m starting a new category for stuff I swipe from beerorkid’s site 
I picked up the new Dethklok album last night, from the awesome Adult Swim TV show Metalocalypse. It’s absurd and jokey, like the show, but there’s also some pretty rockin’ heavy metal music behind it all. Some of the song titles: Bloodtrocuted, Briefcase Full of Guts and Hatredcopter.
It’s nowhere near something like DragonForce for total cheesemetal bliss, but it’s still great fun. Thumbs up from me.
I love this site called Hardcore Gaming 101. It must be affiliated with GameSpy in some way, but it seems to operate as its own entity for the most part. The design is sort of plain-jane but that works fine since there’s so much great content available. They do these exhaustive articles that are full of awesome screen shots, like a 9-page piece on the Samurai Shodown series. It’s a great site to check out if you want to piddle away some time.
I started reading Garth Ennis’ comic series The Boys before we moved from Jefferson City. The premise of the book is that superheroes are kind of douchey and need to be kept in line so they don’t just run amok. That’s where “The Boys” come in, all black trenchcoats and wisecracks and badassery.
I’ve been mostly cold-turkey on the comic books since the move, but I was really into this series and wanted to see where it went. I just finished reading through issue #10 and I really enjoyed it. The first story arc (issues 1-6) was better than the second (issues 7-10) but they’re all fun and chock full of Ennis’ signature demented humor and whacked-out violence. Darick Robertson’s artwork is great, too. It’s a really entertaining book and I recommend it.
Amazon link: The Boys Vol. I
If you want to see Viggo Mortenson’s weiner flapping around during a grueling bathhouse brawl, then Eastern Promises is the flick for you. Full frontal male nudity aside, I thought this was a pretty great movie and I recommend it. I think I liked Cronenberg and Mortenson’s previous team-up, A History of Violence, quite a bit better but that’s not a dis on Eastern Promises by any means.
I’m not really “plugged in” to Nebraska politics yet. My excuse is that I’ve only been back for about three months. I do agree that I need to check out who my representatives are and get informed on local issues and all that jazz.
So anyway, apparently one thing I’ve been missing by not following local politics is this guy named Ernie Chambers, a state senator from Omaha. He’s been serving for many years and is quite the character. Some of my friends think he’s pretty cool. I myself don’t know enough about him to say what I think; my first impression is that he’s a bit of a whackjob. I do like that he rocks a t-shirt and jeans to the Unicameral, that’s pretty funny.
His latest stunt is filing a lawsuit against God, ostensibly to make a point about frivilous lawsuits.
Chambers sues God in protest of another lawsuit
By NATE JENKINS / The Associated Press
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 06:41:04 pm CDT
Fed up with the threats, tired of natural disasters, the state’s longest-serving state senator is using his legal muscle against who he says is the culprit — God.State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sued the Almighty in Douglas County District Court last week.
Chambers, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, said he filed the lawsuit to show that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody. That, he said, was recently illustrated by a federal lawsuit he said triggered his lawsuit against God.
I’m all for cutting down on frivilous lawsuits, so I’m with him on that, but I don’t think this stunt is the best way to make the point.
Of course, there have been responses…
“God” responds to lawsuit, saying court lacks jurisdiction
By NATE JENKINS / The Associated Press
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 09:02:14 pm CDT
A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response.One of two court filings from “God” came Wednesday under otherworldly circumstances, according to John Friend, clerk of the Douglas County District Court in Omaha.
“This one miraculously appeared on the counter. It just all of a sudden was here — poof!” Friend said. State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sued God last week, seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty for making terroristic threats, inspiring fear and causing “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”
Chambers, a self-proclaimed agnostic who often criticizes Christians, said his filing was triggered by a federal lawsuit he considers frivolous. He said he’s trying to makes the point that anybody can sue anybody.
Not so, says “God.” His response argues that the defendant is immune from some earthly laws and the court lacks jurisdiction.
It adds that blaming God for human oppression and suffering misses an important point.
“I created man and woman with free will and next to the promise of immortal life, free will is my greatest gift to you,” according to the response, as read by Friend.
There was no contact information on the filing, although St. Michael the Archangel is listed as a witness, Friend said.
The whole thing’s a joke, on all sides. I don’t know whether to just laugh, or be irritated that our leaders are piddling around with this type of thing. I guess one positive way to look at it is that if they’re spending their time on meaningless stuff like this, then at least they’re not doing anything worse.
Here’s the quintessential blog post: A dude rambling about parking. Web 2.0 is here! 
So, anyway, parking in downtown Lincoln can be a beeyotch. My employer has their own lots, but they had a long waiting list.
When I first started working downtown I found an open lot where you can pay daily, sticking $3 cash into a little mailbox slot. The location of that lot was pretty great for me, but that does add up to about $60.00/month for just an open, uncovered lot. If you had to move your car for any reason you were taking a chance that your spot might be gone when you came back, and you had to pay another $3.00, too.
So we put my name on a few waiting lists for garages downtown and I got into one for $65.00/month (seemed to be what most places were charging). It was covered, which was nice - no boiling hot car interior in the summer - and the location was pretty good. A big plus was that I could use it after-hours, if we were downtown for dinner or a movie or whatever.
So the other day my name came up on the waiting list at my job, and I got my pass for one of the employee lots this morning. I’m pretty happy, since they were telling me the waiting list was literally years long. It’s much cheaper, $24.00/month, so that’s great, although it is uncovered and won’t be very useful outside of work due to its location. I’m still glad to have it, ‘cuz $65.00/month for parking did seem like quite a bit.
So to all my pals back in Jefferson City: Appreciate your free parking lot right in front of the office!
I’m not the world’s biggest NIN fan; just never really got into ‘em. I do appreciate the sentiment Trent Reznor expresses in this clip, though. Basically, he says that labels have made his music too expensive to buy, so just go ahead and gank it. Certainly, he must only be speaking for NIN’s stuff; he’s not saying go download other bands’ music, or a copy of Photoshop or whatever and I don’t take it that way.
Some dorkus-malorkus college student got tazed by security at a John Kerry Q&A. This is destined to be one of the funniest clips of the year. “Don’t taze me, bro!” is going to become an internet catch phrase for sure. Lots of people don’t see the humor, but I think the kid was being disorderly and causing a scene and he pretty much got what was coming to him.
