I don't know how to pace posts. No one ever taught me...

I recently got a home phone line. The first call I received was a wrong number. Figures. At least it's unlimited incoming calls.

I also recently had an impossible time fixing a virused-up computer (not mine). It must have affected the boot sector or some other fancy computer words that I know just enough about to be dangerous. I was writing zeros to the hard drive, using the "Ultimate Bood CD", and so on. Finally after a seemingly random series of button smashes and reboots, Success!! Maybe I'll give dabbling in computer fixin' a bit of a break.

Scott or Ryan, have either of you played the newest iteration of Saints Row? I've never played any version, but they have certainly looked entertaining.

On a video game-related note, a reported South Park RPG that looks just like South Park piques my interest, but not quite enough to get into that genre.

In world news, it looks like the US will place more sanctions on Iran until war becomes inevitable. Let's just be thankful that they don't ICBMs; although, a lack of threatened mutual annihilation makes war between us all that much more possible. Somehow North Korea has "survived" world sanctions, and their weapons keep the 50+ year stalemate going. In general, the US' rule-of-thumb should be to avoid Vizzini's classic blunders, "The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia.'"

The benefits of having a baby around:

Man Stroke Woman - Burp the Baby by atomicwedgie

The upcoming CES 2012 reminds me of the promising technology that will never be and that which will be but will be implemented poorly. I look forward to wide-scale production of OLED TVs with their superior images and lower power consumption (although they need to fix the lifetime of the blue organics).

I would also like to see improved LED light bulbs which turn on instantly, don't contain mercury, consume half the power of CFLs and last 6 times as long; however dimmability requires special technology rather than current wall dimmers, and, more importantly, white colors have been very subpar to-date, i.e. poor for use as indoor lighting sources.

I don't have much new to report on the television front. I've just gotten into 30 Rock since it is easy to watch much of the series consecutively; although I probably won't watch the series again once caught up. I've been doing the same with Archer, although much slower. I want to give SCTV, Kids in the Hall, and News Radio all a dedicated watch.

I have no new music endorsements since Green Naugahyde recommended originally by Andy. Although, if he hasn't heard, I would recommend Les Claypool's solo projects like "Of Fungi and Foe," "Of Whales and Woe," "High Ball with the Devil," and "Purple Onion."