April 3, 2008
Is there any good, tactful, way to tell a tcg owner that their rewards suck?
I'm not sure. But I've encountered more than a couple of tcgs where the donation rewards completely suck,
and they don't have any badge, button or image donations. It's hard. I want to help, but it's not worth it,
unless I'm really enthused about the tcg.
And that rarely happens. (That doesn't mean I'm a hardass. It just means I don't have a lot of
time to devote to someone else's tcg when I really don't get a 'nice' reward for it.)
A couple of random cards for 10 or 15 level badges or buttons? Come on! I mean... really. Come on.
We're not getting paid to make badges, and I think any donations that a tcg owner gets they should be
very greatful for. It eases their load just a little, and it's not costing THEM anything to give choice
cards, special cards or more than a couple of randoms. Maybe some tcg money too, coupons? Throw us something
for what we give.
You want your tcg to be the best, brightest, biggest whatever. So bribe your members! Give them tons of cards,
THAT'S how you make your tcg the best, brightest and biggest. Not by being stingy with some pixels.
BTW... tcg owners, you have an unlimited number of those pretty little cards on your harddrive. Share them.
February 20, 2008
Project Runway
Rewatching the judging of the prom dress episode right now. And I've just realized that those girls
are all dressed like hookers.
Sorry, had to say it.
I went to a private highschool of some religious affiliation. We didn't have a prom, we had a
Jr/Sr Banquet. But there was a strict dress code for the event because it was a school function and we
did have a dress code for school.
All dresses had to be below the knee (it was a formal
occasion after all so it makes sense), no spaghetti straps, and no strapless dresses. I'm not sure about
the view of haltar tops, probably not ok.
Those girls came on the runway at the begining of the show and they had on their little uniforms.
Some of their skirts were QUITE short! So I am to conclude that Catholic school is a place of hookers,
while a Baptist school is a much more modest place. (No wonder there are more Catholics than Baptists
in the world.)
BTW... if you are Catholic and I have offended you... stop wearing such short skirts and my statements
above will not apply to you. (It only stings if it's true. Otherwise, you say 'Naw' and you laugh.)
Now... I'm not saying those kinds of dresses make everyone look like a hooker. Just those little 16 and
17 year old girls. So not appropritate on any level. But over the age of 21 is fine, do what you want,
dress how you want. But I think their mothers should have been a little more 'there' in the designing,
and had a little more say so. Because ya know... they're the mom, right? Protect your children, don't let
them do just whatever they want and get in trouble or possibly wind up dead in the middle of the street!
Yes, Dusty always has the worst possible case scenario in mind for any situation. ;)
January 21, 2008
Ok, I really wanted to get an account with a journaling site like Livejournal or something like that.
I've been that route before and I've let them die. So I'll probably be more willing to do it here
if I only have to ftp it over. Right?? (oh, I really don't care if no one ever sees this, I just have
to get things off my chest once in a while)
I watch way too much tv. I watch weird reality shows no one else watches.
Real Housewives or Orange County
Jon and Kate plus Eight
Little People Big World
etc...
Then there's the competitive shows. Project Runway, Top Chef, Food Network Star. *Sigh*
I'll have a lot to say about lots of things.
First off... Real Housewives of Orange County. There's so much to say, but the foremost on my mind is
something really nitpicky, moronic. One of the couples... Laurie and George were picking up a diamond
necklace. The salesperson said "This is the 35 carat necklace, we opted not to go with the 75 carat
version."
Things just stopped for me. Like a needle scratching on a vinyl record! HOW do you make a connection
between 35 and 75? On WHAT planet does 35+35=75?? No, honey, poopsie... it's... 70.
35
+35
-------
70
Math?
USE IT!! I am now under the impression that ALL people living in Orange County, Ca are morons. Someone
please show me a college degree and use something other than your body and money to impress people.
Life after People
That was on tonight on History Channel, in case you missed it, I'm sure it will be on again. And again.
And again.
The whole premise was that all people on the planet just disappear from the earth. Pop. Like that.
Instantaneously. They didn't go into any detail or theory about why everyone would be gone. If you're
doing a special documentary about this, you should back up why we'd be gone, otherwise your theories/thoughts
won't be valid. And won't make any sense.
Example: the rapture (as said in the Bible). I'm thinking that this is their idea of what happens.
Well... the Bible says Two people will be standing in a field, and one will be taken. It goes on, but
it means that not everyone will be taken. There will still be a fair number of people left.
So that theory is down the tubes since there will still be people left.
Example: war. Not everyone will die in a war. If it's a nuclear war that wipes out all people, then it will
wipe out all animals and plants as well.
Example: disease. Over the centuries of humanity, not all people have died from disease like a plague.
Sure one third of the world died in the Black plague, but that's not 'all' people.
Example: Aliens. Perhaps the aliens came and harvested us? But wouldn't they take the animals and plants
too?
None of these scenarios are valid. Unless God does decide to wipe us all out at once, not 'the rapture'
scenario. Otherwise, it just won't happen like they say it will.
If we do all die out, it will be a chaotic thing. People just won't leave the automatic coffee
maker on to make a brew at 7am. There
will still be people in the cities, just not as many.
Also their theories about pets are incorrect. They would all get out of the houses and go wild
and reproduce and have wild litters. Well... how many pets are 'fixed' these days? Lots. More than half.
So a lot of that first generation of pet survivors won't be a viable source for new generations of feral
pets.
They also said a lot of the undergrounds of big cities will flood. Later in the show they said some animals
will take refuge in those undergrounds. Umm.... and drown?
Sure, things will happen once humans have lost their hold on the earth, but they likely won't happen the
way they said on this show.