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So I’ve been pretty quiet the last month and thats my fault. I’ve been adjusting to a big change at work and in my free time I’ve been working hard over at Millionaire Geeks. You may have seen my earlier post talking about the first issue of our Newsletter going out. The first issue of MANA was a success.  MANA is actually more than Just a newsletter, it’s really an E-Zine focusing on geeks and geek culture. We’re already hard at work on next months issue and it should be even better. Sign up now so you don’t forget and miss the next awesome issue.

Aside from all that excitement theres been a lot of news brewing around. Of course the HUGE thing is McCain Choosing Sarah Palin as his VP. Thats a whole post by itself and not everyone is going to want to hear my thrilling political commentary so I’ll just make a separate post about that when the opportunity arises. All I’ll say on the matter for now is I think it was smart on McCain’s part, and I think she’s a strong candidate. The first thought I had when he announced her as his VP was “McCain just changed the rules of the game” and honestly I think it threw everyone a bit off balance. The Dem’s and the Media’s immediate and extreme attack on her thats taken place is evidence of the fact she’s a dangerous wild card in this election, and I think she scares them with her potential to shake things up. She’s got a lot going for her, many of her qualities make her attractive to female voters (and not just because she’s a woman) and she can potentially tap those voters looking for change who may be becoming unsure of Obama. Her biggest strength is that she appears genuine and “real” to many people which most politicians lack. However There are legitimate concerns, and legitimate questions to be asked. She’s a new face on the scene and how she will tilt the scales in the long run remains to be seen. Personally I’m interested and I’m curious to see how it all plays out. As I said earlier I’ll make a much more detailed post about this and the various sides of the issue later on.

Now that that’s out of the way We can talk about other stuff.

I think I’m gonna have to elaborate on this later as well but HOLY CRAP have you seen the newest pics from the Dragon Ball movie? WTF? Why isn’t Piccolo green? A Better question may be why they felt the need to make this at all. I mean when I first heard about this (obviously brilliant) idea the only thing I could think of was it’s going to be like two hours of me sitting in the dark watching a bunch of grown men run around posing and screaming with far too much wire fu, and once in a while saying things like “I’m powering up!” or “HAHAHA you think you’ve won well I’m only using 1% of my true power!”. Of course they didn’t do quite as much of that foolishness in Dragon Ball as they did in the follow up Dragon Ball Z so maybe I’m wrong but somehow I doubt it. Don’t get me wrong I love Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z but somehow I just don’t see this translating well to live action. It’s going to look stupid (nimbus in live action?), it’s going to seem contrived and fake, and worst of all I just know the script is going to be like a bunch of 14 year olds wrote it.

In less depressing news it seems a British researcher thinks he has found the island of Ithaca from Homer’s “The Odyssey”. This is actually quite a fascinating story. You can read more about it here. Now I know you’re going to say “But Jim, there already is an island named Ithaca it’s on all the maps and everything!”. Yeah I know that, but seriously dude read the Odyssey. The modern day Ithaca on the maps doesn’t match any of the descriptions from Homer’s work. But yeah go read the article it’s neat stuff.

Anyways thats all for now. I’ll see all you crazy cats on the other side of the night…. or something like that.

(please don’t actually shoot me btw)

MANA For everyone!

The first Issue of the Millionaire Geeks E-zine MANA was released today!

It’s an exciting moment. We’ve very Proud of our new FREE E-zine and it’s content. I personally contributed 4 articles to this months newsletter including a great Jim’s Word column (focusing on Hasbro’s new version of Clue), a Geek News article about Scimitar Cats in Venezuela, A column called “Under the Gaming table”, and a preview of “Ebusiness 101″ the newest of our free series of e-books. Theres plenty more than just what I contributed and we’re excited to see how people respond. If you want to know more or maybe (hopefully) even sign up to receive MANA FREE in your e-mail every month head on over to THIS PAGE and have at it! We put out a new issue the first monday of every month so be on the lookout for next months thrilling issue!

Joker Fatality Rocks!

I’m still not totally sold on  the game being awesome.  But the Joker’s Fatality in Mortal Kombat vs. DC is pretty sweet.  Classic Joker if I may say so (and you know how much I love the Joker).

If you haven’t seen it or just want to see it again there more info about it and an animated gif of the fatality here!

Connecticon ‘08

Mmmmm Pocky……

Uh anyways yeah So ConnectiCon was really awesome. Maybe the best year yet. I feel like we did more this year than we did in past years. I got to do a lot of Panels, See some screenings, Play a game or two, Meet new friends & network with people, Promote Millionaire Geeks, and still had time to go through the Artist Colony & Dealer Rooms.

Friday Jen and I left her apartment picked up our friend Heather and Drove to the Hartford convention center. We got there and there were ALOT of people there already. It’s amazing really how much the con has grown in just a few short years. Thankfully we had bought out tickets in advance so we got into the preregistered line which was much shorter. Heres a shot from in line showing all the people trying to sign in.

More of our Adventures Below the Cut!

So Connecticon Was awesome

But I haven’t Had time to post about it.

Monday I had to go to a meeting about the new Job I’m starting. Oh by the way I’m starting a new Job soon in case I didn’t tell you all. So yeah I had to go fill out paperwork and go for a physical and pee in a cup to prove I’m not on drugs. And man if I find out I’m on drugs and hid it from myself I’m gonna be so pissed. I think I might beat myself.

But seriously folks I’m just hoping that it doesn’t turn out the people smoking pot at the concert (aren’t there always?) cost me the job because I was too close to them. If that happens I’m gonna track each and every one of them down somehow and drag them to an old abandoned cabin in the woods. Then I’ll tie them up and break their wills with several weeks worth of torture before I kil…….

….I mean I’ll be upset.

But yeah my physical was good. I have 20/25 vision and perfect hearing and I’m generally in good health. So all is well. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a call in the next few days and start work Monday.

Other than that I was busy all day today cleaning in the basement with my mom.

I know you probably wonder “well what about Tuesday you lazy jackass”. Well to be honest I was exhausted after like 6 days of continual craziness, and I ended up sleeping all day. But In any case I’ll leave you with this pic of Dave and I at the Con.

Headed To ConnectiCon!!!

Ok So I’m actualy at my girlfriends house or on the road right now.  I set this to update and be here today even though I’m on my way to CONNECTICON!!!!  If you don’t know what that is it’s an Webcomic/Anime/Anything else geeky Convention.  This will be my 4th year going to the con with my Best friend Dave.  This year like last year it will be Me, My girlfriend Jen, Dave, and his Girlfriend Aly all going together as a group of mega ultra geeky awesomeness.  Keep and eye out for us.  I’ll be dressed as a jedi on Saturday and Wolfwood (from Trigun) on Sunday.  Also Dave and I will be handing out Pins and Flyers for our Site Millionaire Geeks.  Also I think Dave will be wearing some kind of shirt he had made up with our logo on it so keep an eye out for that

I hope to see you all at the con!!!

Eagles Concert in Boston

My Girlfriend and I went to see the Eagles in Boston last night.  It was Freakin Sweet!

First off I love the Eagles.  Like you have no idea.  But It was awesome because they played a very good mix of the old Classics we all love and the new songs from their new album (which is quite good).  Of course they played Hotel California!  Which my Sweetheart loved as it’s her favorite song.  I was surprised however that they played it so early and not near (or at) the end of the show.

At the end of the show there was a great moment when one of the band members (not one of the main eagles obviously) proposed to his girlfriend live with a sign when they introduced him.  She said yes in case you were wondering

They Ended up doing a double encore which was awesome and the final song they played was one of my favorites (Probably second only to Hotel California) Desperado.  Which was a perfect ending to the concert.

Asside from the concert we spent a good deal of time earlier in the day at the galleria mall.  It was only about a mile from the concert and the parking was MUCH cheaper so we were able to spend less than half what we would have anywhere else to park the car for the day.  We Had food with us but we did buy some ice cream and alittle extra food and we sat by the water to eat.  Theres a nice picknick area with tables at the mall next to the water.  It’s a really nice area.  I’ll warn you though the Birds are very friendly.

To get to the concert we walked by the Museum of Science which is really a cool place if you’ve never been.  I haven’t been there in years.  Not since high school For the TSA (Technology Student Association) trip in senior year (which was way back in 2002).  But I’ve been there a number of times in my life and It’s a pretty sweet place, especially if you have children who like science.

Anyways thats all for now I have to get ready for Connecticon!!!!

Look what I made!

Lets put a smile on that face!

My girlfriend Jen and I went to see the Dark Knight yesterday (Friday the 18th) and right off the bat let me say it was really awesome. At the same time let me say any younger batman fans out there may want to wait a few years before viewing it. While extremely well done the movie was quite dark and (in my opinion) highly inappropriate for younger children.

I know everyone wants to know how was the Joker? Well Heath Ledger did an amazing job. His portrayal blew me away, and thats saying something given the joker is one of my favorite villains of all time. Ledger has created what I consider THE iconic version of the joker. Ledgers joker hearkens back to the twisted mass murdering psychopath the joker was when he first appeared in Batman #1 way back in the 1940’s (thats old school comic love baby). At the same time he manages to combine bits (the best bits) of the joker as he evolved through the years and create something new. No maybe new isn’t the right word. Ledger has managed to portray a pure realistic portrayal of the jokers core essence. In a way with the intensity and depth of his performance I would say Ledger didn’t play the joker, he BECAME the joker. Everyone always of course will compare Ledgers joker with Jack Nicholson’s portrayal. If I were to do that I would say I love them both but Jack was much more the over the top and flamboyant joker of the comics. I also would say when you watch Jack play the joker you can’t help but see Jack playing the Joker. When you watch Heath Ledger play the joker, you see the joker.

Now as much as I loved the joker and Heath deserves all the props I can give there was more to the movie. Harvey Dent was brilliantly played by Aaron Eckhart and of course Christian Bale again completely embodied Batman. Bale gave true emotion and depth to his role as Bruce/Batman and brought across the conflicted nature of his life in a way that no one else has managed to do. I have to say I feel really bad for Bale in a way. If Heath Ledger hadn’t died he and Heath would have probably been promoting the movie together and shared the spotlight even with ledgers brilliant performance. But with his death it leaves Bale somewhat forgotten by both the media and the public in general.

Now before I go any further I want to say I’m going to put the rest of my review under the cut so I don’t’ spoil anything for those of you who haven’t seen the movie.

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Diablo 3

HOLY CRAP THEY DID IT! They announced Diablo 3 finally (yeah I know I’m a few days late posting this I was busy). You guys seriously don’t know how excited I am. The trailers look freakin awesome and I am just speechless. I mean DAMN how sweet was it when the barbarian broke the wall and killed the zombies?

if you havent seen the trailers yet go look… No seriously GO NOW!

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/

Now I just hope they don’t fuck it up…