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Shrouded

The Shourd of Turin again baffles scientists.

Now, in a peer reviewed journal, it has been agreed that the carbon dating tests that were done in 1988 that placed the shroud only hundreds instead of thousands of years old were taken from a reweave instead of the actual shroud.

These things and others like them, are the reason I’m glad that things such as the Holy Grail, Atlantis, and other artifacts of antiquity have not been found. On one hand, it keeps the mystery and stops people from arguing endlessly about whether or not they’re quote-unquote real.

But, on the other hand, if they were found, it would keep these same scientists testing endlessly rather than running about creating monsters and threatening humanity with doomsday devices.

But I’m not sure which hand would be better chosen.


by Froyd on Sunday 30 January 2005 at 8:40 pm
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In Good Company

the new movie with Quaid and that Topher Grace guy.

It was bleh. Very bleh.


by Froyd on Sunday 30 January 2005 at 6:53 pm
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Ok…some things….

1. You’re going to be packed in like sardines in an airplane if you pay coach class. The secret is you’ve got to fly when the other sardines aren’t. Then you get the whole row to yourself.

2. No matter how much room, you’re still never comfortable sitting/laying in the sardine can that is the modern airliner.

3. Virginia Woolf’s Early Short Stories : Holy God-Awful Boring. Except for the society, that one was awesome. There was another one. I’ll have quotes from those two stories tomorrow evening on here, when I’ve got access on my own comp.

4. I now officially REALLY hate CNN. Nothing sucks more than being stuck in an airport where they are playing it louder than your earphones go, and the news is repeated every half an hour. I swear that I’ve got all of today’s broadcast memorized.

5. Airports should NOT change the gates that flights are departing on in between when I arrive at the airport 5 hours early, and when I need to leave. Almost missed my flight, but made it to the gate with still 15 minutes to sit there and wait to board. I don’t know what caused me to double check the gate status(because early it said the gate that I was at, and that gate is the one I’ve flown out of for the last 3 flights), suffice to say that SOMEONE was watching out for me.

6. Cowboy Bebop is a brilliant cartoon show.

7. I’m tired.


by Froyd on Sunday 30 January 2005 at 2:40 am
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Finished Fable

wow…WOW…I can’t believe how extraordinarily bad the writing was for that story. Out of nowhere comes the villain, with no back story, no clear motives, and just an evil mask. Wow. What a horrible horrible thing to do. 10 hours in, and I can honestly say I didn’t care at all about the ending. Thank goodness it was short.

Sure there were a couple gimmicks here and there, but that wasn’t quite enough to make me play it through on the good side, especially considering that the ending pretty much stunk, both sides of the evil did.

Aagh. I can’t believe that they MADE a game with such a ridiculous and bad story line…oh wait, they did. It was called Quest 64. Oh yeah, I just compared Fable to Quest 64, and I’m not going back. In fact the fact that there were only like 3 monsters in each game that you fought against had a lot to do with that comparison, as well as the horrendous story telling. I felt the same way about Quest 64 as I do about Fable now that I’m done with it: Hopefully it will be a long long time until I have to play this again(if ever).

What can I say? Bad game because of bad story and bad gameplay. I am NOT impressed.


by Froyd on Saturday 29 January 2005 at 12:16 pm
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Stupid Fog

well, if you were awake(like me) at 5 AM this morning, visibility for us’ns on the ground was not even a quarter mile. That’s only like 1200 feet. Not a great deal at all.

So what does the FAA do? Cancels my flight. Now instead of being in LA at 11 AM, I’ll be there at 11PM(those being the only times my little brother could pick me up). Do I get any frequent flier miles? Nope.

*sigh*

Oh well, instead of sitting at my little bro’s in comfort while he’s at work, I’ve not got a 5 hour holdover in a stupid airport.


by Froyd on Saturday 29 January 2005 at 8:07 am
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Cleanin’ the house

because I’m going to california again on saturday. yay!


by Froyd on Friday 28 January 2005 at 9:34 am
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more on fable

REALLY unimpressed with this game. I still haven’t figured out how to use the expressions, nor the easy way of changing targets. The combat is pretty crappy, and the magic is goddamned weak.

I am not pleased with this game so far.


by Froyd on Thursday 27 January 2005 at 7:18 pm
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