News Update
So I have recently decided to take advantage of the very generous new GI Bill.
And it turns out that there are many online universities now, where I can pursue an extra degree from the comfort of my home office, while still leaving me the free time to take care of other things. Like job hunting, working on my game designs, taking care of my pregnant wife, and in the near future, taking care of my new children.
For those that are curious, I am studying Graphic Design, so that I can better make art for my own boardgames….oh and so that I can get a decent creative job while waiting for the Dallas video game industry to recover.
However this means that I may not have as much time to keep up with things on the site.
I’ll still put the Monday morning list update up, and I’ll still make sure to write at least once a week or so. But I may start cutting back/waiting to see if any guest writers want to pick up the slack. (This incidentally, should be interpreted as a hint for any people who are already guest writers who happen to read this)
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August 21st, 2009 at 5:00 am
Let me toss this onto the pile:
I heard on the radio about the biggayicecreamtruck.com, so I had to check it out. There’s a link on the site called Public bitching. As I work at Ft. Bragg, I hear a lot of that, so I clicked on it. At the bottom of the page I found -“The zombies need brains.”
Which leads me to this: no matter where you go, or what you do, it always comes back to zombies.
That GI Bill sounds good, but ya gotta know it’ll lead back to zombies somewhere along the line.
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August 21st, 2009 at 5:05 am
IF Skippy starts working again full time and taking care of newborns and going to school, Skippy will feel like a zombie.
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August 21st, 2009 at 9:14 am
Well, on my site I have been getting bored enough to make up a journal of post zombie apocalypse U.S., you can borrow from that if you want. I really don’t care at this point, I don’t get many visits to my site.
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August 21st, 2009 at 10:17 am
Zombies can be fun…when you are blowing them to shit anyway.
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August 21st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Ok I’ll get wasted tonight use my random idea generator and see what I come up with. But I’ll wait until I’m sober to send it in since I have such low standards when drunk.
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August 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
As you absolutely hate fanfic, I was wondering if you were aware of these sites and what’s going on in modern fanfic.
http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/
http://pauley79.com/
http://www.hiddenfrontier.com/episodes/index.php
They’ve also got a link to the D.A.V.E. School, which sounds up your alley as it covers the same sort of thing, though they do the animations for movies and the like.
http://www.daveschool.com/
Good site. FWIW, I don’t have a yellow ribbon on my car. I’ve been too busy picking up paperbacks to send overseas.
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Minty reply on August 24th, 2009 10:40 am:
Oh, please do not restart the Yellow Ribbon controversy up again. . .
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StoneWolf reply on August 25th, 2009 5:24 am:
The what?
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StoneWolf reply on August 25th, 2009 5:26 am:
My opinion on fanfics. Please note, I have both read and written a few. 99.9999999999% of the time they are utter trash and the author should be forced to eat their own words one page at a time. In my opinion this includes all of my own work as well, which is why I stopped when I turned 15. However, 0.0000000001% you find pure gold. The only question is, is it worth digging through mountains of horseshit for that one gold nugget? That part’s up to you.
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Minty reply on August 25th, 2009 9:36 am:
As someone who also wrote a few fanfics, I second that motion.
Seriously, if your churn out work that good with someone else’s characters, imagine what you could do with your own.
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StoneWolf reply on August 25th, 2009 11:18 am:
Actually, that’s why I switched from FanFic to writing my own stuff. I’m currently working on a 5-page short story that I wrote for my senior year english class over a year ago that has grown to 90,000+ words for Part I alone and I don’t think I’ll be able to keep my brain from making me write Part II.
Although I will say one of my best FanFic moments was when I created and killed a secondary character in 15 pages and made my mom cry. It was a Starfleet Admiral who had the unfortunate hapinstance of being on the bridge when somebody (read Borg) got the bright idea to just blow the damn thing away right before diving “under” the ship and pounding the AM tanks until they ruptured and took the ship with them.
StoneWolf reply on August 25th, 2009 11:26 am:
Also, I say anbody that writes another freaking River/Jayne or River/Mal “romance” story without Jayne or Mal being summarily shot by Simon, Zoe or Book should themselves be drug out in the streets, beaten, hung, drawn, quarterd and piked as an example to the rest.
Kaylee/Inara stories may be acceptable as long as you keep it classy.
And if I ever find the failed abortion who wrote that Jayne/Mal gou shi I will use him or her for a game of confuse the coroner.
ltc_insane reply on August 25th, 2009 5:12 pm:
heh i have to agree i use to write some myself. It was mostly set in the Wing Commander universe and i find myself tempted sometimes to do some stories in Warhammer/40k.
i have 2 stories of my own creation 1 sci fi and 1 fantasy heh i even worked on creating a map of the world and area the fantasy story was set.
it’s a shame i will likely never get them typed up.
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August 22nd, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Well Kitty, if Skippy becomes a zombie, I’m sure he will let you enjoy all the Skippy blowing you want.
Away. Blowing away.
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ltc_insane reply on August 23rd, 2009 5:35 pm:
gods not zombie porn *shudders*
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Phelps reply on August 23rd, 2009 5:46 pm:
Rule 34.
captcha: new jersey annual — Yup, rule 34 there too.
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ltc_insane reply on August 23rd, 2009 5:58 pm:
DAMN IT ! at least i can have the knowledge of knowing someone probably came up with that long before i did.
skippy reply on August 23rd, 2009 6:00 pm:
http://blog.analogmedium.com/2009/04/re-penetrator-2004-review.html
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ThandraK reply on August 24th, 2009 10:02 am:
Zombie clown porn?
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StoneWolf reply on August 25th, 2009 5:28 am:
Its out there. Trust me. And its not that entertaining. Its amazing what bordome, college, and hooch will cause some people to do. At least we came up with Mortar Golf.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Am I the only one who this there should be a “Things Skippy can’t teach the baby” list?
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Feral reply on August 23rd, 2009 9:05 pm:
who thinks* damn typos
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Minty reply on August 24th, 2009 10:45 am:
I imagine Mrs. Skippy is writing it as we speak.
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August 24th, 2009 at 10:52 am
O.K, Feral, here goes…..
1. Skippy is not allowed to teach Skippy Junior how to play Doom, Quake, or any other really violent computer game, on the premise that Jr. may have to save Mommy when the zombie hordes attack.
2. Not allowed to teach Junior how to delay the zombies by greasing the kitchen floor with Jello, whipped cream, and cooking oil, even if these ingredients are convieniently located in the kitchen.
3. Not allowed to teach Junior any new words that are found on daddy’s website. Particularly the words used by daddy’s friends.
4. Caffeine and little kids do not mix well, especially when mommy and daddy need to get some sleep.
5. Not allowed to teach Skippy Junior the ‘Barbie Girl Dance’. Ever. Cause he’ll do it in front of everyone. In public.
6. Power tools are never to be referred to as ‘toys’. In fact, power tools should be kept locked up, knowing what people named Skippy will do with them.
7. If Skippy Junior doesn’t make a sound for about 15 minutes, someone responsible should check to see if he’s sleeping. If he’s not sleeping, then something bad may be about to happen.
8. Not allowed to let Junior watch ‘Mythbusters’. Ever.
You know the saying, ‘Monkey see, monkey do’?
Skippy see, Skippy create heart-stopping disaster. (you may quote me on that).
9. Someone must teach Skippy Junior that pencils, crayons, and Sharpie markers are for drawing and coloring on paper ONLY. They are never to be used for coloring the floor, the walls, the kids next door, or mommy’s car.
10. We are not helping mommy by trying to flush our dirty diapers down the toilet.
11. Come to think of it, we are not helping mommy or daddy by flushing anything down the toilet.
12. “Skippy – It’s nice of you to try and help mommy, BUT we do not run off with dirty diapers and hide them where mommy can’t find them. Alright, Sweetie?”
Let the mayhem begin!
Cheers!
Capcha: organ- bootie – nope, I’m not even gonna go near this one.
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StoneWolf reply on August 25th, 2009 5:31 am:
9a. Nor are they to be forciby incerted into any orifices, your own or others, nor used to create any new orifices in people you don’t like.
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August 24th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
13. Just because something fits in your nose/ears doesn’t mean it goes there
14. Sharp objects are for Mommy’s and Daddy’s
15. LEAVE THE CAT ALONE DAMNIT!
16. The neighbors kid does not want a haircut
17. Try not to climb higher than you can safely fall
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August 24th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
18. Do not share your pixie sticks with the ferrets.
20. No, the ferrets do not want a bath. Especially not in the toilet.
21. Not allowed to make Daddy a romance helmet for Father’s Day.
22. Not allowed to make a “Things I Can’t Do” list to post to Daddy’s site.
23. Look, just stay away from Daddy’s site if you want dessert for the rest of your natural days, okay?
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August 25th, 2009 at 5:43 am
24. Hide and seek is only fun if its Mommy and Daddy’s idea.
25. “Exploring” is not a valid reason to climb anything, crawl up any pipes or duct-work, or simply wonder off into the woods for a few hours.
26. Just because its furry doesn’t mean it won’t eat you. If the cat is larger than a dog, its a Cougar.
27. If the cat is black with white stripes, DO NOT PET IT!
28. Don’t take it apart if you can’t put it back together on your own.
29. If it is electrical, do not be surprised when you get shocked if you ignore 28.
30. Fire is not a toy, and yes your eyebrows will grow back eventually.
31. The dog is not a horse, so stop trying to ride him.
32. Your siblings are not toys.
33. Do not ambush things. You’re still too small for this to go well for you.
34. If its on your plate its already dead, it is not necessary for you to “make sure”.
35. Seeing how high you can raise Mommy and Daddy’s blood pressure is not a good game.
36. “But I saw it on TV!” is not a valid reason for doing anything, even breathing.
37. Teletubbies, Barney, Vegitales and similar shows are all evil. Don’t watch them. Watch History and Discovory channel instead.
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August 26th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
38. Ice cream is for eating, not spreading on the floor.
39. Ice belongs in drinks, not on the floor.
40. Just because the dog wee-wees on trees does not mean you have to.
41. You will not melt in the rain.
42. Even though that witch did.
43. The babysitter is not a witch.
44. Hoses do not belong in the house.
45. The ferret will not fit into the vacuum. Stop trying.
46. You are too young to drive. Even though the cartoons say otherwise.
47. If you play “hide the keys”, you must remember where you put them.
48. The vegetables are for you, not the dog.
49. A cat’s tail is not a leash.
50. You may ask “Why?” twice at most in a conversation.
51. Because I said so.
52. Legos are not for eating.
53. You may destroy the newspaper only after Mommy and Daddy are done with it.
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