mindful rage » 2006 » December http://www.halberd.org we do nothing important, and we're very good at it Tue, 20 May 2008 17:40:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Action + Santa == AWESOME http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/20/action-santa-awesome/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/20/action-santa-awesome/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:26:33 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/20/action-santa-awesome/ Some of my fondest memories of Christmas involve tradition. Traditions like roundhouse kicks and barstools being broken on faces. In that vein, I’d like to offer the following Christmas memory from my teenage years:

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/20/action-santa-awesome/feed/ Chronicles of a Beaten Man: Episode IV http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/15/chronicles-of-a-beaten-man-episode-iv/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/15/chronicles-of-a-beaten-man-episode-iv/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:38:31 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/15/chronicles-of-a-beaten-man-episode-iv/ Conversation of the year today, in about 4 lines.

Alan, my director of operations comes by my cube.

“Hey Matt, did you hear Jane’s announcement about everyone going home at 2pm once the party’s over?”

“No, I didn’t.”

“Good.  Doesn’t apply to you.”

“Oh.”

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/15/chronicles-of-a-beaten-man-episode-iv/feed/ World Series < John The Fisherman http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/14/world-series-john-the-fisherman/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/14/world-series-john-the-fisherman/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:07:14 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/14/world-series-john-the-fisherman/ From today’s Truth and Rumors at SI.com:

The Tigers are satisfied they won’t see a recurrence of the right wrist and forearm inflammation that sidelined Joel Zumaya for three games of the ALCS. Why? Club president and general manager Dave Dombrowski told WXYT-AM the team had concluded Zumaya’s injury resulted from playing a video game. Zumaya was known to play “Guitar Hero,” a PlayStation 2 game.
– Detroit Free Press

Oh my GOD is that tremendous. Forget that awful overthrow to Inge at 3rd, dude finished Hangar 18 and did the encore straight into Freebird! YEAH! THROW UP THE HORNS AND THROW AWAY THE CHAMPIONSHIP!

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/14/world-series-john-the-fisherman/feed/ Invitation to Chaos http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/13/invitation-to-chaos/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/13/invitation-to-chaos/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:52:49 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/13/invitation-to-chaos/ As found on Google Maps, a Target store in College Point, Queens, NY.

Target!

Is this really the message we want to send to the terrorists? Come on, people!

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/13/invitation-to-chaos/feed/ Return of Battlewagon Blogging http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/12/return-of-battlewagon-blogging/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/12/return-of-battlewagon-blogging/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:53:34 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/12/return-of-battlewagon-blogging/ This is a post I saved from my other, now-defunct blog. So much for that.

The United States has a surprising number of battleships still floating around as museum pieces or in storage. Given the crazy fun you can have with Google Maps, I thought I’d see what I can find. I think I found them all! It’s like Where’s Waldo of the Washington Treaty!

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/12/return-of-battlewagon-blogging/feed/ Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin — A Mini-Review http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/08/castlevania-portrait-of-ruin-a-mini-review/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/08/castlevania-portrait-of-ruin-a-mini-review/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:05:35 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/12/08/castlevania-portrait-of-ruin-a-mini-review/ Awesome.

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