I count to 4 real good

At a local sports bar, in the men's restroom, there's an ad for a Muay Thai Boxing School. The first line of this ad is what prompts me to blog:

"Muay Thai Kickboxing is a vastly growing martial art that teaches you how to effectively use all eight limbs..."

Eight?!?! On my best day I can only get to 5 limbs (if it's not too cold, and I define "limb" rather loosely).

Turns out that Muay Thai is referred to as "The Science of Eight Limbs", these limbs are the hands, shins, elbows & knees (I love Wikis).

Not nearly as exciting as I first pictured....

Praise to the Lords of Kobol

One of my all time favorite games was X-Wing, it was as close as I could ever get to fly an X-wing fighter. It was a great game that truly captured the feel of helping the alliance defeat the Empire.

Now there's a new experience out there. It's a game being made by fans of the new BattlestarGalactica series. It's called Beyond the Red Line and it ROCKS. It's a mod of Freespace 2, a free flying simulator that's now piqued my interest.

Basically you play a noob pilot that's trying to become a viper pilot (which, fortunately, only takes a single mission). The voice acting is a bit strained at times (mainly the briefings), but that's to be expected - the voices are fans of the show. That being said though, the comm chatter during flight is pretty cool.

Gameplay is awesome, using keyboard and mouse is challenging (can't find my joystick) , but still buries you in the feel of flying a viper.

Must....go....buy...joystick now......

Got Ginko?

I have a great memory, it's just not very long.

You may or may not have noticed, but I can't seem to blog everyday. Some days I can't think of anything interesting to blog about.

Other days, however, I see/hear about something that would work and I make a mental note (I should know better) to comment on it. By the time I get around to my computer (or make it upstairs, or get the computer on) it's gone. I know the simplest thing would be to jot a note about what to blog about, but I'm not sure I can take that kind of commitment to my blog yet.

Basically my biggest problem is my extreme lack of memory. Everyone that knows me, knows this (although I know of at least one other person that may be worse).

Case in point, my wife just hollered at me to make sure I take my prescription before going to bed. 5 minutes later she brought it to me, because she knew I'd forget and just go to bed - she's right, I had already forgotten.

Anyway, what was I saying?...

Me-duh-orologists

Lucky us. We're expecting more snow here in Denver tomorrow. Apparently a LOT of snow (So done with this snow thing).

Anyway, what get's me is the meteorologists here in town. I saw a news broadcast this evening and the weather person predicted "10 to 12 inches of snow starting tomorrow, but maybe less."

Turns out that the storm may actually miss us, or at least be pretty mild. One of the other newscasters asked "When will we know?" To which said meteorologist answered "Tomorrow."

What? Isn't the snow supposed to start tomorrow? So basically if it's snowing tomorrow, we'll get snow.

Now I'm not a meteorologist, but it seems to me that I could be. Ya just need a frakkin window...

My "Z" Plan is ready...how about you?

Last night I finished reading The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, also the author of World War Z. I loved World War Z (here's DrHeimlich's review) and The Zombie Survival Guide was pretty enjoyable too.

Written (obviously) as a "How-To" guide to survive a zombie attack, it's done in such a way that made me actually start considering what supplies/escape routes I had. I loved that I almost started to worry about how defensible my home is (not very - don't come here if the dead rise).

I think my parents' house would do nicely for a Class 1 or 2 outbreak, but not above that.

Told you it made me think seriously about my options, which made me really enjoy the book. I also really liked the last part, a chronological listing of various outbreaks around the world. Again it's written in such a way, and with just enough facts sprinkled in, that I could actually believe it's happened before.

Bottom line, a fun read and definitely a recommended book, though don't be surprised if you spend the next day looking for a machete and a M1 Carbine...

Missed it by THAT much..

Well, it's over...

The Avs, after a valiant last ditch attempt, have failed to make it to the playoffs for the first time in 10 years.

Ending the season with a 15-2-2 run is pretty impressive, I just wish they could have started just a tad earlier. Still, the team shows a lot of promise and a friend put it perfectly; "Let's call this a building year", quoth Jim.

Don't get me wrong, I'm disappointed that we couldn't quite pull it off on Saturday when we lost to Nashville. We looked great until the 3rd period, when things went awry. Even Calgary did their part by losing their last 4 games of the season, giving us a hope. Alas, we choked and couldn't pull it off. Despite that I feel that 9 straight playoff years is something to be proud of. Especially considering I believe it's the first time in NHL history that a team has ended with 95 points and not made the playoffs.

I was at the last two games of the season. Saturday night sealed our fate with a loss, and the crowd was, understandably, a bit dejected. Sunday night was another story, of course all the non-hockey-fans that have the lower seats weren't there, but the true fans were - and it showed.

The energy of the crowd was on par with a game that would have meant something, which was awesome. The cheering was almost louder than I've heard on other game nights, pretty cool in my book.

Of course the fact that the Avs kicked butt helped, but still, it's good to see that there are other fans that still simply appreciate a good hockey game.

Anyway, on to the playoffs and a mental gear shift:

GO CALGARY!!!

100 Greatest?

Recently I got a bug to start playing my guitar again. I used to play (only about 22 years ago), but I've obviously forgotten everything I knew.

In any case, in my searches for tablature and tips on not sucking, I came across this Yop 100 guitarists of all time.

While I'm far from being an expert on guitar playing, some of the entries kind of baffle me.

Keith Richards is the 10th best guitarist of all time? Duane Allman #2? Kurt Cobain gets #12, while Eddy Van Halen is #70?!?!?

Am I missing something???