In my opinion one of the best bands out there today.

Proof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBb13yDnzo&ob=av3e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mPY7ntpv_A&ob=av3n

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYO3Ey8NxPQ&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAqbnTKQBIY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW2ZKNch9sI&feature=related

These guys deserve to be more well known. I now see them as the heirs to Bruce Springsteen's musical legacy, even though they weren't actively trying to be like him. Maybe I should do what Nessy did and devote my profile to them.

Several minutes ago I heard a woman's voice outside yelling "WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!?" Turns out a repo man had come by to tow away her van. I helped her clear her belongings out of her car and then came back here. This caused me to think about other changes, most for the worse, going on:

-Catalina's, a bistro-style restaurant which has been here for 15 years, suddenly closed its doors for good a couple weeks ago. No one here had any idea it was going to happen until the CLOSED sign showed up on the door and a "Commercial Property For Rent" sign went up.

-My neighbor Tim is moving away out of the building I live in at the end of September due to financial difficulties. He's going to be moving back in with his parents because he can't find a job anywhere. Other apartments here have been vacant for months.

-Malvern Antiques Exchange, after being in business for over 80 years, has also closed its doors for good. Other businesses have moved away, and the properties have been available for months.

I've also seen in the years I've been here properties go from being well-kept and clean to beginning their decay or being in states of disrepair. It's been two years since the financial crisis began. I'm now starting to wonder if things are going to get better or if this is a sign of what's yet to come.

So today I came across this game where you have to maneuver a cutting device to snip a string to win a prize. The actual cutting area of the device is narrow, so it has to be maneuvered into position exactly or it won't cut the string. Well, I decided just for the heck of it to put a dollar in and try it.

Somehow I did it perfectly, and now I have a brand new Nintendo DS. I was not planning to get one at all, but there we have it.

Here's the question for you folks: now what do I do?

Alright, due to some recent events which have happened, I'm going to state some things to everyone which I feel must be said.


-Do not complain to me about something someone said. I am not the Thought Police. I am not Big Brother. And I am not going to force censorship on anyone. If I wasn't in chat when it was said, I really can't do much, so complaining to me isn't really all that productive. And something said that offends you may not even be against the rules of the site, which is what I enforce.

-From my experience (yours may differ), some people say things to try and get a reaction from you. Most of the time something said that offends you is not meant to directly offend you. It's to try and get a reaction out of someone. Simply remaining silent and not acknowledging what they said is offensive. That will just encourage them further.

-If something someone said offends you and you can't let it go (due to a personal experience), please at least try to talk to the person about it and make your feelings known. Maybe just talking with the person who offended you will do good. If they proceed to ridicule you or say things you consider more offensive, then you can simply click the Ignore User button in chat and set it to ignore them elsewhere.

-A statement might be offensive to you, but others might think it's funny. Everyone's standards are different, so please keep that in mind. With that said, I'd like to ask that people try to keep things PG-13. We do have non-adult members on this site, and in general something PG-13 is far less likely to be offensive than something R-rated. Or to put it another way, if you wouldn't feel comfortable saying it in front of your mother, don't say it. Failing that, like I said you can ignore users. Oh, and if you would say it in front of your mother, then either you're sick and depraved or your mom has a really open sense of humor, which not everyone's mom will.

That's all from me. See you guys in chat later.

OK, so some of you guys know this, but I figure I should let the rest of you all know about the Thursday I had.

On Thursday, a major thunderstorm rolled through my area. Heavy rain, ridiculous wind, hail, etc.. And when it finished, all of Malvern Borough (where I live) was without power. Tons of trees were knocked down, about 70 in Malvern alone (and this storm hit all of Chester and Delaware County). Lots of property and car damage (though none to my car or apartment, thank goodness!). In short, pretty devastating.

I ended up without power for 24 hours, and without TV or Internet for 48 hours. And as of this writing, there's still parts of Malvern without power, TV, phone, or Internet service. Not to mention that there's still trees which haven't been cleared and roads that are still closed. All in all, this was the worst storm I've gone though in some time.

I'm going to be away most of this weekend to visit family in Pittsburgh. Just wanted to let people know.

See you guys later!

Do you like Sailor Moon? Do you hate Sailor Moon? Or do you like anime in general? Then I've got the perfect thing for you.

http://www.sailormoonabridged.com/


Yes, I'm serious. This is the best "Abridged Series" I've seen so far. Mostly because they play up everything to hilarious extremes, goof on the original English dialogue, RELENTLESSLY mock the "Sailor Says" segments, and have some of the funniest jokes/lines I've heard yet. Oh, and the transformation sequence music is funny too. It's also a nice change of pace because it doesn't rely on Internet memes too much for jokes.

Feel free to leave an opinion of it here.

Roy Halladay: no hits, no runs, no errors, no baserunners allowed. The 20th perfect game in Major League history!

This one goes out to Mr. Halladay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBOZQGa5nbQ

Tonight, in about 15 minutes, the final battle in the quest for the Holy Grail will begin. The victor is going to need a combination of luck, accuracy, toughness, and skating to lay their claim to it.

Did I just say skating? Yeah, I did, because I'm not talking about the actual Holy Grail. I'm talking about the Stanley Cup, which means this is me yammering on some more about sports.




The Stanley Cup Finals is between the Philadelphia Flyers (35 years since their last Cup) and the Chicago Blackhawks (49 years since their last title, the longest drought for a former Cup winner in the NHL). I'm from Philadelphia, and obviously I'm a Flyers fan. But in the beginning of the playoffs I couldn't have imagined that the Flyers would be playing for the Hockey Holy Grail. I would've just been satisfied with eliminating the Devils. But now we're playing for the Cup, and I'm hyped up for it.

Considering the Flyers weren't supposed to make it this far, I'm just enjoying the ride. If the Flyers end up losing, then it just wasn't meant to be. If they win, it'll be a thrill.

That's all. And LET'S GO FLYERS!

If you are the masochistic type when it comes to video games (or just plain nuts), then I challenge you to the following: become THE GUY.

http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/

I Wanna Be The Guy is one of the most insanely difficult games I have ever played. It's designed in a way so that you WILL die, and die often. Things will come out of nowhere to kill you. Things that don't make sense will happen and kill you. Things you wouldn't expect happen. And then it subverts it by NOT throwing any curveballs and you dying because you expected something weird to happen.

Despite its difficulty, it's also one of the most addicting games I have ever played. And there's some great humor in the game as well, particularly the screen which sends up The Legend of Zelda if you leave the title screen alone, as well as several methods of death.

Those insane enough can try it out. Those who wish to keep their mental health can just search Youtube and find videos of playthroughs.