barely fatal

Warm, semi-liquid chocolate cake is phenomenal.

“When you’re a fool in life and all hope is lost, friends will be friends”

Being a single is not the worst thing on earth.

It is actually possible to live a fulfilled life without ever owning an iPhone.

When you as much as brush my skin with a semi-sharp object like a fingernail, it looks as if I had barely survived a fight with a giant panda no more than five minutes later.

Controlling any 1st person shooter with a gamepad is unnatural.

Bringing a knife to a gunfight can still have its advantages, for example when they miss you and run out of bullets.

I like my hands more than I like my feet.

Mace Windu had it coming.

What a week, my biorhythm has been running circles … around my head.

I usually don’t swear a lot. Okay, that’s not true in the sense of … oh fuck it, I’ve been an annoying office mate these days. Complaining about everything, but then I still think there’s been a lot to complain about! Deutsche Bahn (no need to explain…), unstable test systems at work, less-than-considerate colleagues, the Deutsche Post (no need to explain…), my bank, my eye doctor, and many others. Most of all though my own inaptitude to accept and forget about the countless small nuisances.

Usually I’m a rather relaxed type of guy, but the last couple days I’ve felt very much alive – and angry. It’s the perfect time to start a new project. Or to get up early. It’s scary, I gotta tone down my inner rage next week or else my colleagues will flee the office or start throwing things. Back to witty remarks.

Maybe I should start drinking smoking playing an MMO … I have no idea. It’s probably gonna be over when the temperatures are above Zero again. Superconductive brains, maybe, or something.

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CrispyGamer will no longer publish comics. Go read Backwards Compatible as long as it’s still on there.

My DVD rental wish list is running dry again. Any “must-see” movies or shows you can recommend?

I just noticed that half the Battlestar cast has re-appeared recently on Dollhouse (Tigh, Adama, Helo) and V (Tori) along with the usual suspects from the Whedonverse (most notably Alan Tudyk, of course). Tahmoh Penikett really was type-cast on Dollhouse (not the worst idea, though). Well, it was cancelled anyway. They’re gonna air the last episodes of season 2 and Whedon promised a grand finale. No new Firefly, however. As for V, thanks to Anne for pointing out that Scott Wolf is not actually Jamie Bamber, although they kind of do look alike and act similarly, don’t they? Hm.

In other news I got mail from the public prosecutor’s office today. Not what you think – I always pay my speeding tickets. Or I would. If I drove a car. And too fast. I’m really trying, but so far I have never managed to get any of those photo boxes flash me on my bike. No, it was about the credit card fraud thing back in spring, where some money was stolen from my card through PayPal. Police actually managed to find somebody to indict (not that I heard about any prosecution going on, or I was asked any questions). But, there was a proceeding and it was dismissed now for lack of evidence. Can’t say I’m surprised. The money was covered by insurance, of course, like all credit card money with no signature.

After a looooong odyssey through many able and unable post worker’s hands, I finally got my yearly Christmas feel good package, complete with cake, cookies, and tons of chocolate. My “Oh just a little bit more” mom makes sure I won’t a) be w/o at least some Christmas spirit and b) ever reach my target weight. And I’m not too proud to say “Luv you, too, mom!”