Take The Long Way Home

You know there are times that hit you and you understand that things change. You were not prepared for it or even realize that the change is happening. But when it does you see it. An irreversible change that alters the way you perceive the world and things around you.

Recently one of my friends that plays World of Warcraft with me has decided that it is time to head out into the real world and leave Warcraft behind. But this also means more than just turning off a game. Xzodus, Eveyle, Rosilan, Nergal, Moonstalker, Ornoku, these are not just characters in a game. These are people that I have come to be friends with. People that I depend on to talk to. I have never met any of them but I know them better than the people that work here in The Cube with me.

I pride myself on being a strong and stoic person that accepts the changes that are given to him. I even made a video to honor the good times that I had with Xzodus and even thought this would help ease the hurt. Its has become obvious that the game is more than just a game. And I wonder how that has changed me and how that changes gaming.

I have played the video 43 times now in my office, and still hope to see our 100% pure male enhancement shaman in the raid tonight.

I am reminded of a quote from Shawshank Redemption,

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

And with that I will close with the video of my friend.

Mr. Nova

So I am a fan of Clemson because it was put into me ever sense I was a young man. And so I cheer for them every chance I get. And while I am not even a huge fan of football, I do get down right crazy for some Clemson football.

It goes without saying that Clemson not only beat CCU, but fucking murdered them.

Here is a recap of the game.

I was going to post about doing the right thing. But I could not get it to sound right. Fuck it.

People just think about your actions and how they will be reflected in the people around you. Do the right thing and treat people like you would want to be treated.

Thats really it. I see so many selfish and pansy ass people that think only of themselves.

Think long and hard some time and see if your one of those pansies. If so, make some different choices.

Mr. Nova

Just making it day to day is sometimes the best we all can do.

Mr. Nova

It goes without saying that this blog is riddled with my thoughts and options  and ideas. I will point the finger at this person and that person and say, “fuck them” or “fuck that”. But this is my blog and at no point to really be taken seriously. I mean among all the thoughts and ideas there are also World of Warcraft updates and just generally silly or dumb shit.

My problem comes with the actual news. CNN, FOX, MSNBC are the three big boys of the news. As I have started watching the news and learning more about how our little part of the world functions I have found that the three big news stations are exceedingly worthless.

The problem comes in that they are for profit news. News as I understand it is a public service. They are there to ask questions and inform the public. Facts don’t have thoughts. Facts don’t answer to share holders. The news stations have forgotten themselves in the world of advertisers and outside pressure to keep people watching.

Fox News is the most widely watched news station in America and they also have the most outlandish shit spilling out of their teleprompter. Bill O’Reilly is not a reporter he is an opinionated show about the current events, as is Glenn Beck.

Glenn is a grown ass man crying on national television.

If you need a good cry then by all means get it out. But to cry repeatedly on TV is just a shame. Its a stunt to get ratings and the sad part is it works. Bill is just a thug. A towering man with a loud voice, and rather than have a normal debit or discussion with people he belittles them and tells them to shut up. This is how Fox has attracted so many viewers. People are watching just waiting for them to hit someone or flip the fuck out.

MSNBC is falling into the same trap as Fox as well with starting spit out opinionated shit. With Richard Engel being their chief foreign affairs correspondent he is there to observe and report. I could give a shit less what you think. There should be a clear line between a news network and a opinionated commentary. For example Rush is obviously opinion and not real news. More power to him for what he does and he can keep right on doing it. I don’t agree with him on many things but he makes no bones that he is not news.

Then we have CNN whom I used to watch a lot, but they have turned into the only place that you can almost get news. They do fairly well at not having the same crazy ass flip outs that Fox News and The Wolf is pretty good at being middle of the road. But CNN also has not really asked many hard hitting question in some time. They just seem to give hints of shitty things and then walk away some commercial or god knows what else.

You will notice that I have use FAIR.org for much of my news. They are not for profit and do not pick sides. Its does require me to read more often and some of the things they report can become complicated. But as a part of the working system it is my job to learn and understand and vote.

Make no mistake if people didn’t watch that shit that Fox, MSNBC, and CNN put out they would change their tune. But people do watch, in very large numbers. I beg the people of the world. Wake up. Read. Don’t just listen to the craziest guy on the move’n picture screen.

Mr. Nova

So I am not one to normally blow my own horn but on this one I have to toot a little.

Its a known thing that I play World Of Warcraft and I have played the same toon for as long as I have played. My good old warrior Soulnova. I have subscribed to the idea of do one thing and do it really well. And this has work to my advantage pretty well. There have not been many warriors that I have come up against that have been able to beat me in damage output.

Often times I run into other warriors that think they are better than they really are. Starforsaken is one such warrior. He transfered to the server some time ago and was asking who the best damage deal warrior on the server was. Apparently my name came up. On learning this Star started asking to do a run together so we could race in damage output and see who was top dog.

This seemed kind of silly to me for a few reasons. First off, if my name is coming up as a good and/or the best warrior on the server I don’t want to put that in danger because some dude beats me in damage. Second I just don’t feel like racing him.

Well yesterday he got his wish, as I was doing my dailies he asked me join his party for some five mans.

I will admit I was pretty nervous about going into this, but let me tell you. I didn’t just beat Star I fucked his ass up. At first as I was pulling ahead he stated he was holding back. Then as we continued he advised me that I was a Cleaving Warrior. Really… A Cleaving warrior.

This is obviously him back peddling after getting beat pretty badly. As a warrior he does understand that he has a Cleave button as well.

I find it funny that people, like my roommate, discount the damage I do because they call it “show damage”. Last time I checked everything has to die. I agree that damage done to the boss is very important but at the same time it also very helpful to have the adds and other wild card creatures die as well. Clothe wearing players don’t like getting hit very much.

In the end I am going to continue to mold my play style and attacks around what is going to do the most damage I can. If others call it show damage so be it. In the end of the day when everything has to die, I did more damage to everything that needed to die.

In the great words of so many before me, Cry More.

Mr. Nova

The following screen shot is from a PC that I was working on a little bit ago. This really begs the question; does this seem at all efficient? If you can only use half your screen would it make sense to get rid of some of that stuff? Again I am left with my jaw hanging close to the floor as I wonder how some people make it through their day.

Needless to say I did get a good giggle as soon as I remotely connected to the box. The system error down there is just icing on the cake.

Mr. Nova

Often times you hear about how bad a thing was. I am guilty myself of ranting about the stupid ass people that often call my phone. It easy to condem someone or something as trashy or fail. You take little risk in tearing something down.

But today is not one of those posts. Over the last 48 hours I have fought with my FTP program as I try to develop some new content for my geek buddies. In the process of this I have locked up my web server i think four times. Every time I call I was helped by some of the coolest and knowledgeable guys I have spoken with.

So here is the support guys at Aplus. Over the last few years of my service you have never turned me wrong. And I have never had a problem.

Thanks for the great service.

Also, can we get those guys a window view? They deserve it.

I keep hearing people talk about socialist movement and how we would be giving up our freedoms with the new health care plan that would cover everyone. I have looked to learn as much as I can about the current system, single payer, and the hybrid system that Obama is pushing.

I hear a lot of talk from the opposition about how we would be losing but they really just leave it at that. What would I lose? Me, as a middle class working guy what would I lose from this deal? Can anyone out there tell me in concrete dialog what would happen to me?

The problem is that I don’t think anyone can. I honestly don’t think anyone can tell me how my life would change if a public option or single payer system was started.

The average person would just keep going to the doc and pay their taxes. It’s scary to say your losing your freedom as this is something ingrained to us as Americans. But this is not Home Land Security. I can tell you the freedoms a person lost with that.

But I digress. We know that with a public option the insurance companies would feel the pinch. We know that with single payer the insurance companies would go out of business. And that does suck for them. But what would happen to me.

I have insurance through my work and as long as I have it from some place I don’t care where it comes from. It could be the government, or insurance, or Santa Clause.

Anyone got an answer to this one? Anyone?

Mr. Nova

Not to be out done, America has struck back at the acts of Josef Fritzl. Yes he did raise the bar pretty high when it comes to kidnapping, incest, and being fucked up. But he did allow his daughter to stay in the basement. Our newest contender, Phillip Garrido, for the crown of fucked up put the girl in the back yard. American spirit was hurt with the discovery of Mr. Fritzl, in our quest to be the best at everything, but it didn’t take long for someone to rise to the challenge.

Mr. Garrido kidnapped a random little girl and just kept her like a pet that he could bone when he wanted. She lived out back in a tent and had two kids to him. They never saw doctors, or school of any kind. This is shaping up to be some good shit.

As it turns out that while it was a good attempt the lack of incest is going to hold back the Garrido family from really taking the crown. So American will have to pray someone more up the challenge will step up and really violate some human rights and torture people.

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