...I think the Matrix is the same sort of thing with DNA.  Think about it, an insidious set of underlying code sequences that have us living in a world that is actually just an abstractive distraction of the real meaning of life.

Related, I'm calling "Bullshit!" on The Matrix Reloaded and Minority Report.  Remember the scenes in which the computer operators are waving their hands around frantically on virtual screens?  ...no way!  I see the next phase being much more ergonometric.  You probably won't even see the operators hands or even fingers moving.  What silliness most sci-fi movies are.

As a matter of fact, the whole Reloaded movie sucked a big one.  Thanks for ruining a great story ;(  I just saw it this weekend.  Reminded me of the Billy Jack movies, ...start out really good with cool fighting and shit, ...then WHAM!  ...in come the hippies with the soupy emotional shit.

This year I only really got two.

For my birthday, ...the new "action figure" to the right, ...I couldn't help but to agree with her cause!

Plastic Fantasy

"Unit 232, we have a run-and-gun battle at the Acme Apartments, north of Skillman."   "Please see about a man running in the middle of the street waving the finger on 1300 Greenville."  "Report of screaming and load thumps reported by neighbor at the Hermitage Apartments"  "Units 433 and 212, hooded man with ski mask at the Chevron on Audelia and Plano, two men in car outside."   "Robbery at gunpoint at the Valley View Apartments, female robbed and down." ...and "Juveniles with potato-launcher in the parking lot of Wal-Mart...".

All that in about an hour, on a Wednesday night, in one of the more peaceful sections of Dallas, which itself is a fairly peaceful city.  Each and every call was eventually returned with some sort of resolution in which the problem was solved, ...from a wacko in the streets blocking traffic, to the armed robberies, to the kids hurling potatoes (think what a potato weighs!  ...this is no childish prank), ...and the whole time the police were calm, controlled, and polite.  Hat's off to you all out there!  I don't know how you do it, and the rest of us never seem to thank you for it.

Me?  ...with a side arm and shotgun in my car?  ...and being told I have to go resolve these things?  ...the man in the street waving the finger?  ...sorry, no patience, bang!  The robberies? ...sorry, don't feel like risking my life for yours, ...call for plenty of help, and the choppers, bang!  ...the kids with the kilogram tubers?  ...well, maybe, they are kids, ...no, wait, bang!

...second, except for the spam part of it, the internet is the greatest invention ever!  I was sitting here, with 10-15 minutes to kill, typed in a few search words and, ...WHAM!

...I found Olya!

I remember when I was a kid I only had six or seven copies of Playboy that I had permanently borrowed from Dad.  That was it, for years!  Now, at the drop of a finger, I have 112 pictures of Olya.

...thank you, Al Gore!

SiN2 Will Be Supported

...I have only 21 years left to live, ...so let's get this thing going soon, huh?

Special thanks to our sponsers, and of course, David Eddings and his Clowns.  I'm sure you're seeing the new game-based Radioactive Clown action figures at the stores now...

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...and great news for all of us that can read... ...the AntiELVIS is back in the house!

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Nothing really to say. Had a great holiday!

Twelve days of Christmas, all in a row, all completely free. I stayed home, of course, and sipped Russian vodka, ate incredible French cheeses and German marzipan, and even had a small tin of Iranian Beluga caviar.

Wait, aren't all those the bad countries in the world?

I connected jigsaw puzzles most of the time, and watched the series 24. Have you seen this show yet? Highly recommended! Very intense story about a counter-terrorist group and related events, all occurring in one 24-hour day.

It had a weird feature to it, though, similar to adding lens flares in games to make them seem more "real".

The show is a series of one-hour episodes that take place in one 24-hour time span. Minute for minute, it is 24 one-hour shows. What was weird is that once your about half way through the episodes, you start thinking "This is way more than 24 hours of stuff going on!". You think again and realize "No, this is all current and running on normal time.". Soon, you're back to thinking this can't be normal time, there's way too much going on to fill into these hours.

The only explanation I can think of is that we are so conditioned by the "normal" condensed sense of television/movie time (days/months/years happening in 30- or 90-minute time slots), that when truly normal time is used (like in 24), we get very confused.

Anyhow, great show, buy the DVD set so you can see it all in one or two marathon sittings.