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About Me

Frankly, I am a bit of a blunt, snarky, prick. Sometimes feel that I live in a world that I do not understand or it doesn't understand me. I am a non-sequiter who doesn't relish his wierdness, but hope people see the humor in my being slightly askew.I am a geek on the edge of being normal...However my good qualities are there too... it is up to you to figure them out see how they tetris into your life.

My Interests

Singapore, Music, Computers, Mahjong, Strategy Games, Role Playing Games and other geeky stuff

I'd like to meet:

A bi-sexual asian chick with an even hotter girlfriend who happens to like slightly goofy guys...oh wait this is probably about meeting someone famous...um a famous bi-sexual asian chick with an even hotter girlfriend who happens to like slightly goofy guys.

Music:

Puffy AmiYumi, Golden Earring, Kaela Kimura, DEVO, Shonen Knife, The Afghan Whigs, Matthew Sweet, The Twilight Singers, Def Leppard, Dead Milkmen, The Sex Pistols, Liz Phair, Louis XIV, Convoy, Six Finger Satellite, Elastica, Better Than Ezra...Honestly since I started converting my music library to mp3 I listen to nothing and everything inparticular.

Movies:

Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Old School Star Trek, Anime...blah blah blah... I am a nerd, did you expect Sense and Sensability? Which I did happen to like...

Television:

The Office, MXC, Babylon 5, Reno 911, Chapelle Show; Old School Star Trek, Lost, Twin Peaks, Battlestar Galactica, Airport, Changing Rooms, Little Britain, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K), Rescue Me, The Job, Hockey, Football

Books:

Steven Eriksen, Raymond Feist, Walter Jon Williams, David Gerrold, Clive Cussler, Robert Jordan, George RR Martin, Peter F Hamilton, Sean Russel, Stephen Ambrose... I read between 3 and 5 books concurrently so you never know what I might be reading...odds are it will not be crap.

Heroes:

Neil Armstrong, George Patton, Sitting Bull, Dwight D Eisenhower, Lee Kuan Yueh, Gary Gygax

My Blog

The Witcher, A Review

The Witcher is as solid of an RPG that has come out in a while. As with many Euro based RPG’s your character is more focused (re pregenerated) and there is a railroading feel to cha...
Posted by Gener on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:34:00 PST

It is like convincing an alcoholic water is the same as vodka

You know what I hate? Hillary Clinton is an obvious answer& but not in this case. What I hate is when people fuck with the coffee machine at work. I am not talking about leaving a mi...
Posted by Gener on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:55:00 PST

Presidents Day

Courtesy of http://evi.lgeni.us/2008/02/18/presidential-quotes/, but great none the less... George Washington"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, li...
Posted by Gener on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:52:00 PST

Raising McCain

After five presidential elections under my belt, I broke down and did something new in an election cycle. No not volunteer for a candidate, who has that kind of time? I donated to a campai...
Posted by Gener on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:16:00 PST

The Olive Garden Redux

Yeah, yeah... I posted this last week, this is what happens when I get pressed for content on the site I work on and am enamoured with the bit I did on this casual blog. It better represents int...
Posted by Gener on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:06:00 PST

The Grays are behind recycling...and flourescent bulbs

One of the projects I have been working on in the house is shifting from incandescent bulbs to fluorescent ones. While it errs on the side of environmental responsibility, that is not my m...
Posted by Gener on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:28:00 PST

What The Hell Is It About The Olive Garden?

Went up to Westminster for my grandparents 25th wedding anniversary (for those of your doing the math they married after their first spouses passed on). I was grumpy for a variety of reasons.&nb...
Posted by Gener on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:45:00 PST

Getting on my own nerves...

Back from a 9 day vacation. No, I did not do anything exciting like take a trip or something. I made the calculations that I could burn 3 vacation days and get 9 consecutive days off. ...
Posted by Gener on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:46:00 PST

What D&D Character Am I?

(h/t to Lorrel, because I am too lazy right now and too busy otherwise to do a real blog) I Am A: Chaotic Good Elf Bard/Rogue (3rd/3rd Level)Ability Scores:Strength-11Dexterity-15Constitution-12Intell...
Posted by Gener on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:32:00 PST

The Best Civilization Game I Have Ever Played

The new expansion for Civilization IV, Beyond Thw Sword, has been giving me kittens. After plying through a number of games, I could not eek out a win. I got close a few times, but i...
Posted by Gener on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:13:00 PST