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Why Didn’t I Think of That? (part 495)

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Hey, anyone want to buy some Civility Offsets after posting something particularly nasty about the new animé season?

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Not Much Exciting

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Just to let everyone know that it’s not just WOW that’s wasting my time, I just remarked in an email: “I needed all my creative juices for Houblog today. And really, not a lot of animé is exciting me right … Continue reading →

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The Eight-Sided Hexagon?

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Ubu Roi

This is a cute idea for a contest involving one of the weirdest features in the solar system – one that proves there’s an exception to every rule, even “Nature abhors a straight line.” The thing that bothers me is … Continue reading →

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Code Geass, ep. 22

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I don’t have much to say on this, except: You know its going to go wrong from the moment Lelouch agrees with Euphie… but Oh. My. God. I didn’t expect it to go that wrong. Of all the things I … Continue reading →

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Vindication II

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I originally posted this as an update to the earlier post, but changed my mind almost immediately and moved it to it’s own post, because the thought kept developing. In a response to the original article, I said: Sure, the … Continue reading →

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Posting’s Really Going to Slow Down Now…

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I have been seduced by the Horde side. I’ve only played a couple of nights so far, but WOW looks like a pleasant enough diversion until I can upgrade to a system that can handle Vanguard:SOH. And $15 a month … Continue reading →

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Heh. Vindication.

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

And some people wonder why I’m retro about Microsoft and won’t allow any automatic updates of any software on my system, let alone the O/S. 20070325.1520: Oh, the joy that is Microsoft. Metafilter is down right now because an “automatic … Continue reading →

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