Just wanted to let you all know that I'm starting on a new journey to improve my health. I'm going to write about my experiences doing the Primal Blueprint and T-Tapp. However, I won't be posting to this blog. Instead, I've created a new blog called Evolution of a Cavewoman where I'll be documenting my progress on this journey.
Please follow me there, if you'd like…
I know this is old news by now to most of you, but on the off chance that some of you didn’t know, I wanted to get it out there.
Since I got a new job (yay!) I’ll probably re-subscribe about a month before the release date so I can experience a bit of the pre-expansion events and also get my toons in order.
Sep 18
I've seen a few amazing stories this week about dogs who were rescued from shelters. My favorite one has to be about Myron, the blind dog from Australia. He is so full of life and love that watching his videos just fills me with joy. Of course not all rescue dogs have special needs, but I picked Myron as an example of how much love a rescued dog has to give.
I confess to having an ulterior motive for writing about rescue dog adoptions. You see, for every blog post about rescue dogs until midnight tomorrow night (Sun. 9/19), Pedigree will donate a 20lb bag of dog food to a shelter so I decided that helping a dog was worth a few words of my time — and yours (since you're reading this).
The cynical among you may believe that what Pedigree is doing is self-serving. I won't argue with that. Social marketing has always been about good PR for the company doing the charity work. However, just because a company benefits from goodwill for their actions doesn't mean there's no value to these actions and that good deeds should go unrewarded. Do you think a rescued dog who finds his or her forever-home is going to give a flip about how it happened? No.
And what about you? You have a chance to do something good for another life on this world. There's no religion that doesn't reward compassion towards those in need, regardless of species. Do what you can: adopt, donate, volunteer… or write a blog post.
That's what I did.
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Sep 4
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I've recently discovered a cute Poker-RPG hybrid called Governor of Poker 2 over at Big Fish Games. The reason I say it's an RPG is that it's a bit more than just a straight Texas Hold'em poker game like this game for the Xbox, but it's a hybrid because it's not quite a full-blown role playing game either.
The premise is that you're trying to become governor of Texas by buying all the towns in the state. You buy towns with the money you win by participating in tournaments, cash games, and challenge games. Winning these games also increases your reputation throughout the state. Get your rep high enough and you can challenge the governor himself and if you win, you can become Governor. Along the way, you can buy hats, buildings, horses, and stagecoaches. You can even take out a no-interest loan when you lose all your money.
The speed of the game is customizable. You can have lightning rounds if you want, but I keep it on the slowest setting and it goes fast enough for me. The animations are cute. For example, if you bluff your way to a win over someone, they will get "Steamy" which causes, well, steam to shoot out of their ears (and also impairs their judgment).
On the negative side, the game's tutorial doesn't cover general poker strategy. I use this card as a cheat sheet cuz I'm a total poker noob, but it only helps with deciding whether to fold; it doesn't help with betting. If you like playing poker against other live people, there isn't an online option. However, as a poker rookie, I find the artificial intelligence to be pretty good at simulating various poker personalities — and kicking my butt.
I'm not a huge fan of poker, but when it's wrapped up as cutely as this little game, it's quite fun. If you are interested in Governor of Poker 2, you can download a free trial that lets you play it free for 60 minutes. If you decide to buy, the full game is only $6.99.
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Sep 2
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Xbox Live subscription prices are going up — drag bummer. The annual Gold member subscription is going up to $60 from $50. To put it in perspective, that's a 20% increase! That's essentially $5 per month. Really? Wizard101 & LOTRO are $9.99/month with MUCH better gaming and more opportunities for interaction. I don't really play Xbox games with other people (why won't anyone play Magic The Gathering with me??!? I suck! It's an easy win!) so I probably won't renew my subscription. It's kinda crazy that they are upping the price when both Sony & Nintendo charge nothing for their services. The only thing that would change my opinion is if Blockbuster goes bankrupt. In that case, I'll seriously consider getting Gold because of the streaming Netflix option.
In more Xbox news, they've made some "enhancements" to the wireless controller. Changed D-pad? *Yawn*. Took the colors off the buttons? WTF!? Sometimes I just press based on the color I can see out of the corner of my eye and now you're taking the colors off? WHY????? Dude. This is a retarded change. Check out this hyped up Microsoft freak telling us how happy we should be: Lastly, just a a reminder that Lord of the Rings Online goes free to play on Friday September 10, a week from tomorrow. Woot! Related articles by Zemanta
Mashable is reporting that later in September something called the Starcraft 2 Gameboard will be released that will allow just such a possibility.
Frankly, I'll believe it when I see it. Blizzard isn't one to let 3rd parties get away with this kind of stuff. Don't hold your breath. Starcraft 2 official site. Related articles by ZemantaAug 25
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1. The Food Pornographer — takes pictures of every meal eaten, writes food-obsessed updates. Sample status: "OMG I could TOTALLY go for Starbucks right now."
2. The Situation — gives a play-by-play description of whatever he's doing all day, often offers TMI, statuses frequently found on Lamebook.com. Sample status: "Wow, I just took the giantest poo!" 3. Sally Field — she likes you, she really does. And she likes everything you post. Rarely posts an update herself, but when she does, she likes it too. Sample status: Thumbs up. 4. The Selfish Philanthropist — gives away game items to everyone on his friends list, whether they play that game or not, implicitly begging for items in return. Inspired the "Hide this person's updates?" setting. Sample message: "Frodo has sent you a pregnant hedgehog. Say thank you by sending him one back." 5. The Socialist — equity for all… in the form of silence. Although she tries to rack up as many friends as possible, she never posts. She probably doesn't even know she belongs to Facebook. Sample status: "Wait… what?" 6. The Memester — only posts links, often to lolcats, viral videos, or outrageous political stories. Rarely offers commentary and has no filter between her mouse and "Share on Facebook?" button. Sample status: "Gandalf has shared a link to 'Tea Partiers Protest Gollums in Mordor'." 7. The Poker Face — just sends pokes. Makes you want to poke him in real life the next time you see him. By "poke" I mean "slug" and by "real life" I mean "face." 8. The Messenger — uses Facebook as his primary means of communication with the world, eschewing email, phone and IM. Sample email: "Aragorn has sent you a message on Facebook." 9. The Killer App — installs every existing Facebook app and invites you to join them too. Has probably had her identity stolen several times. Sample wall posting: "Galadriel has invited you to become neighbors in Frontierfarmpetmallratville!" 10. The Paparazzo — takes pictures of everything: her cat, her boobs, her parking space. Enjoys making "fabulous!" mashups with Photoshop Elements. Not a good combination with The Situation (item 3 above). Sample status: "My new tramp stamp. It's the third one up." 11. The Road's Collar — couldn't spell a word correctly to save his life. Sometimes these folks intend to spell words wrong "bCuz iz kewl 2 wryt n code", but 9 times out of 10 they wouldn't know how to write it correctly anyway. Sample status: "Your so retraded!" 12. Conan the Grammarian — goes around correcting everything the Road's Collar writes. Sample comment: "It's you're not your, dumbass."
All you old skool gaming geeks can love your iPhone even more now that you can play your favorite (nearly antique) games on its mobile platform. Mashable’s article, 10 Classic PC Games That Found New Life on the iPhone, has the full list with screenshots but here are some of my favorites.
And now there is an everything-old-is-new-again game called Frotz, based on those old text-based adventure games. I don’t have an iPhone but you can bet Frotz would be one of my first apps when I get one.
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