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This page stores my blog entry from September 2006. The entry is from September 3.
Runnin' and Gunnin' on MySpace Games / Tesla at the State Fair / My Miniature Rose / Latest Reading Sunday, September 3, 2006 I've been mildly addicted to the MySpace games. Many of them are the exact same games as are on some of the other games portals. My favorite, so far, is Run 'N' Gun. A football game, Run 'N' Gun allows you to play as your favorite team and try to win the game by passing or running the ball. With each turn, you can run or pass the ball to make first downs. In passing the ball, you have the possibility of making a lot of yards, but the other team may intercept. In an odd construct of the game, the opposing team can score only if they intercept the ball or take over on downs. Each time you score, you get the ball back and give the opposing team no chance to score. I think the best I did with this game was 63-0 with over 800 yards of offense. ********** ********** On Friday night, I got to see Tesla play at the State Fair. Tesla is one of those odd bands in my musical tastes where I say I like them, but I never seem to like them enough to want to buy any of their albums. One of these day I'll take the jump and get them. It'll probably be one of those days when I realize that the greatest rock band to come from my home city may not have their albums in print forever. I liked Tesla's set, but what's there to not like when they do all their big hits and throw in their new song that's been getting air time. Even though the Gold Circle seats (an extra $20) might have given me certain seating and better view of the stage, I got a perfectly good spot to the left of the stage and could hear everything perfectly well. I could see things rather well, too. I did have a support column in the way, but with the stage and a couple of monitors on each side of the stage, I could see everything clearly. I've been in a funny mode with music lately. I fell into a huge groove with Jimi Hendrix, and that mood slid into Black Sabbath. I haven't had much of an itch to go to a concert, so it's a good thing that the concerts I've seen advertised lately don't look interesting. ********** ********** I can't remember if I mentioned this before, but my miniature rose is back. On the 4th of July, someone stole it. Or something. It's really an odd thing to steal, but I know some people will steal things just because they can. About a month after that, someone left it at my neighbor's door. It looked horrible, but it was alive. Since then, two of the three parts are still alive. New growth covers the remaining two segments. I've thought about getting some indoor plants, but I'm not sure where I could put them. I really should concentrate on getting through with being settled in. I still have crap lying around, and my entertainment system isn't put together (the latter is due to not having the money right now, but that'll change in the next three months). ********** ********** My reading has become a little more varied. I recently finished "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", a Star Wars book written back in 1978 by Alan Dean Foster. I wouldn't call it excellent literature, but I did rather enjoy the plot and its development. Luke and Leia crash land on an apparently uninhabited planet and are approached by an old lady. The old lady asks for help to retrieve a huge gemstone, and she gives them a part of it as evidence of its importance. It's a decent book. A couple of months ago, Pam bought me "The Dilbert Principle", a book by Scott Adams that illustrates the secrets of management. Filled with humorous analysis, cartoons, and anecdotes and real e-mails, "The Dilbert Principle" was probably the fastest and most enjoyable read I've had in a long time. I'll definitely have to get the rest of his books. Recently, a co-worker gave me all sorts of paperbacks he didn't want. One of them, "The Sea Hunters II" by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo, is a set of real-life stories about a crew of maritime hunters, members of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, who discover sunken ships. I have yet to read anything in this yet, but it's my next book. |
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