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Wednesday, January 25, 2006     
  
Wedding Registration Begins
[Wedding]  
    

When I was in high school, I worked at Target right when they started their Club Wedd registration system.  I always thought it looked fun going around the store with one of those little guns, making a list of things you'd want.  In fact, I always thought they needed some sort of general gift registration using the same thing - think how easy that would make Christmas!

Anyway, last night Kim and I began observing the pre-wedding tradition of gift registration at Target.  The most surprising thing about it was how it took well over two hours to go through the whole store, but all in all it was pretty fun.

Click here to see our Target registry.

We leave for Chicago tomorrow, but next week we plan on completing our registration by also registering at Bed Bath and Beyond and possibly Pottery Barn. 

As adults getting married after having lived single for a few years, we find that many typical registration items like dishware, glassware, etc aren't needed - we already have most of that from everyday living.  So instead we tended to go for things like tools, garden equipment, a Roomba, games and alcohol.

Speaking of the wedding, I really need to get a move on with our wedding plans website.  More on that as I get to it.

   
Posted by Jason on 1/25/2006 at 9:43:45 AM #
Thursday, January 19, 2006     
  
UPS Madness
    

I have been known to be a moderate E-Bayer, so I have a UPS account for shipping out packages  Up until a few months ago, I had only used it via PayPal shipping, but I've recently started using it direct from the UPS site to originate shipments.

When I first started using my account via the UPS web portal (My UPS they call it), I noticed the address on file was my old home address, which I moved from two years ago.  Expecting a web application to work reasonably, I updated the address.

Today I got a call from a collection agency on behalf of UPS.  As it turns out, changing your address via their website does not change your billing address.  I believe it's important to note that nothing on their website tell you this, but apparently changing your address on their website changes...nothing of relevance?

I paid the collection company, and they tell me that it won't hit against my credit, and I've called UPS and changed my billing address, but the question remains:  why have an address change option on their website if it doesn't change any of your account addresses?

   
Posted by Jason on 1/19/2006 at 4:38:27 PM #
Tuesday, January 10, 2006     
  
Punch Out in real life
[Video Games]  
    

From Joystiq:

Though it's not quite Broadway, the below reenactment of the NES and arcade classic, Punch Out, is pretty darn good. The music is especially catchy, and the moves are disturbingly accurate. You know you're a gamer when all of this makes sense. A very funny and entertaining way to see just what an impact video games has had on our culture.


Click to see the video

   
Posted by Jason on 1/10/2006 at 1:41:12 PM #
Wednesday, January 4, 2006     
  
Letterman vs. O'Reilly
[Talking Politics]  
    

Letterman to O'Reilly on last night's show: "I have the feeling that 60% of what you say is crap."

See it at Crooks and Liars.

   
Posted by Jason on 1/4/2006 at 3:15:39 PM #
  
Zelda Dance!
[Video Games]  
    

For your viewing pleasure - The Zelda Dance!  Click any of the images attached to see the video.

It's a commercial from Japan for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Super Nintendo.

Dedoo Dedoo Dedooo Dedoooooo!

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Posted by Jason on 1/4/2006 at 11:07:23 AM #
  
Dark Dungeons
    

Remember how in the 1980s, there was all this hype in the media about kids playing Dungeons and Dragons becoming evil?  I guess there was a comic book written illustrating this fact. 

I give you Dark Dungeons.  Some images below, copyright their author.

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Black Leaf is declared DEAD! SHE'S DEAD TO US NOW!


Debbie - aka Elfstar - is asked to join a real coven.


Debbie turns evil and casts a spell on her father. Note the evil wrinkles now around her nose.


Evil Debbie (or is it Elfstar now?) uses her spell to get her dad to buy her D&D merchandise!


Marcie kills herself because she let Black Leaf die.


The local pastor performs an exorcism on Debbie. Now Elfstar answers to a new master.


Interestingly, the version sold now has a modified version of THIS page, which in the past denounced Tolkien and CS Lewis, too.


   
Posted by Jason on 1/4/2006 at 10:39:45 AM #
  
2 Headed Snake
[Natural Wonder]  
    

With my birthday coming up tomorrow, the perfect gift for you to get me is also coming up for sale!  The World Aquarium in St. Louis is auctioning off their live two-headed albino rat snake named "We"!


Click for CNN Story on We

Unlike most two-headed animals, this snake has lived to adulthood and continues to do well, mainly because both heads attach intact to a single digestive system.

Bidding for the snake (snakes?) will start at $150,000.

   
Posted by Jason on 1/4/2006 at 10:23:10 AM #


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