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Yes, after 5 longs years of work (ok, 6 months of work surrounded by 4 1/2 years of procrastination), I have finally finished my first novel, The Emperor's Opal. Read more

Yeah, it's not exactly classic yet, but it will be.

I'll be seeing this on the weekend...

If you don't know what this is, just watch:

Just a suggestion wait until the credits roll...

Though most of this email is a hoax

There are a few that are accurate

It seems there are lots of stores that are closing due to the "recession" and the fact that people are not shopping. If you have any "gift cards" from these stores, make sure you use them, or you will lose them !

Watch those store money cards and gift cards.. and credit slips! Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Read more

So there I was, the might Smoker class zombie following behind the group of Survivors going through the metro-train level of Left 4 Dead PC. I was being aided by 3 of my friend zombies, whom where are in front of the Survivors waiting to ambush these noobs. Now, I was being a bit ballsy, following quite close. The rear guard saw me right when they where going down into the first main section of the level (the toll-both area, about 15% of the way into the level). So I quickly back up, not wanting them all to turn and destroy me. To my delight the rear guard starts to chase me, so I run. Read more

So over the weekend I went out for a friend's birthday.

And at a table I see these two girls
one of them made Paris Hilton look fat
The other made Rosie O'Donnell (sp?) look skinny.

They made eye contact with me and told me to go over.
So I naturally do because ugly girls usually have pretty friends.

SO I am not going to bore you with all the small talk crap.
Here is where it got fun.

They asked me to take a picture of them.
I take the camera and say:

"Why, don't you ladies stand over there" Read more

Good old MadTv.

What I like:
1) The up to 8 person chat outside of a game
2) copying the game to the HD I copied GOW2 yesterday and holy crap the noise level was almost gone...almost
3) The interface for games I like how you can see your achievements easier etc
4) The fact that you can still get the blade interface by pressing the xbox button...Thank goodness...Coxxorz and I agree with this option.

What I hate
1) the Miis....uh... I mean Avatars....I think they did this to attract Wii losers...I mean...users. The childish interface will appeal to them and parents. Read more

It seems that when I click on a friend without an Avatar my xbox freezes when I try to exit their profile.
Works ok with friends with Avatars.

BTW QBert you look like spock
And Revek I think you need to add a few pounds to yours

:)

"...bunch of bitchy little girls."

There are two main reasons we have LAN parties. New game releases is our #2 reason. Our #1 reason appears to be birthdays.

It's understood that if you want to attend the Left 4 Dead co-op LAN party that you will arrange for your own copy of Left 4 Dead not to mention your own Xbox 360. Rented, bought, stolen (don't even think about it!), whatever.

It's not that hard. If you are a Nintendo head that doesn't want to play on Xbox 360 then don't. If you don't want to buy or play Left 4 Dead don't.

If I sound bitter its because I am. You should know this by now.

If you remember this Left 4 Dead event was originally for the four HoC members who wanted to play through the co-op campaign together. So much so, that we all arranged to take the day off. And if you thought asking your boss for the day off to kill zombies is easy, then you were wrong. We thought that it would be nice (kind even) to invite other HoC members who shared our interest to join us. Cue the drama! Who had any idea??? Okay, okay, HERD OF CATS, I probably should have.

What's happening with Zombie week

Thanks for all the excellent participation. Even the negative stuff.

Left 4 Dead LAN event is still on and you are expected to provide your own copy of Left 4 Dead rented or bought.

We are not forcing anyone to buy Left 4 Dead nor are we pointing a gun at your head (Ok, ok, I am not counting in game! What happens in Live stays in Live). Don't get it if you don't want to but keep in mind that the LAN is called "Left 4 Dead co-op LAN party" so.... Read more

What happens when you

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If you are using IE 5 or later and clicked the link, congratulations! Herd of Cats is now your default home page.

Enjoy!

Since I have told you many of my success stories
Here is one of my failures

Walking through Confederation Park (Elgin & Laurier).
And I see this girl pushing a stroller.
Now, in my books she was a about a 7 the fact the she has a kid lowers that a bit.

Regardless here is the conversation

Me: Hey what a cute little girl you have there
Her: It's a boy not a girl (I knew this I just wanted to start the conversation)
Me: well you know at that age you can't really tell unless your changing them
Her: Laughs, do you have any kids.
Me: No, are you going to have any more kids? Read more