Cubic Men Are Fun

These sound like a great deal of fun, and I really think I want to get some. Remember Game & Watch games (something else I also want)? These cubes make me think of that.


Apparently, these little men each have a different personality (one's a handy man, one is muscular, etc.). Depending on what personality they have, they will act differently. They "live" inside their little cube, as though it is an apartment. Rounding out this idea, is the fact that there is gravity – turning the cube upside-down will cause the pixel person to fall to the ceiling. Even more so (and what REALLY makes these things cool and worth a look) is the fact that these guys can interact with each other per magnetic connections on all four sides that allow the cubes to be stacked in any number of configurations and presumably with any number of cubes.

This sounds like one of those great waste-of-time toys, but I would love wasting time this way; especially at work.

Check this out for more info about them.

Like Having 12 Middle Names

My wife works for an insurance company that supplies for a lot of companies. As she was entering info for these, she came across one that listed the following in the "insured section" of the certificate:

North American Propane, Inc.
Energy USA Propane, Inc. dba
EUSA Heating & Air Cond. Dba
EUSA Allied Acquisition Corp.
Allied Energy/Propane

Apparently, they want all of these to be their name. But, this is ricidulous.

I mean, I get that they’re using propane for SOMETHING, but does anyone really know WHAT?!

It’s like they know what words they want to use in their name, but they just don’t know how to organize them. This isn’t Scrabble, folks!

I propose the following for their name. They get to keep ALL the words they want, but in a MUCH more concise form (yeah, that’s sarcasm):
North American Allied Energy USA Propane Heating & Air Cond. Acquisition Corp Inc. dba

Disturbing Results

Someone noted this poll on AOL's People Connection site. I have to say, I'm incredibly disturbed. Nearly 50% of the population says they'd "go all the way" on their first date. Now, considering the audience of People Connection, that's not representative of most people, I'm sure. (I hope.) These are most likely the people who are going online to find someone else who will go all the way on their first date. Either way, I'm bothered by it.

What confuses me is the fact that "a kiss on the cheek" comes in second. So, if you're not will to go all the way, you're next most likely to kiss your date on the cheek. How's that for drastic!

We Threw a Rod

I purchased a 1998 Ford Escort a couple months ago. Last month (only a month and a half after getting the car), one of the rods managed to bust through the engine block. I think most people have heard of such a thing happening. But, frankly, I didn't realize those things still happened. Anytime I think about it, all I can picture is Elwood Blues telling his brother, "We threw a rod," to which Jake responds, "Is that bad?" Now I can say from experience: that's bad. Until we pulled out the engine, I didn't even realize how bad. Now I have proof.

Here's the side of the engine, with said hole straight through to the piston.

... and a closer shot of it.

If that looks bad, it gets better (and by "better," I mean "worse") when you take a gander at the bottom.

And, just for fun, I took some pictures of the car without an engine in it. I think if I remember correctly, I was able to lift this thing with my pinky finger.



Mmmm... radiator.

I Want This

I'm going to cry. Club Nintendo (only available for those in Japan) has released a Game & Watch Collection for the DS. I had a Donkey Kong G&W (and still do somewhere), and I thought it was the coolest thing. Until Super Smash Bros.: Melee, I hadn't actively realized that Nintendo fashioned these. But, SSBM rekindled my enjoyment of G&W, especially as I rarely played any character in that game besides Mr. Game & Watch. Anyway, checking eBay shows me that the only way I'll be getting this game is to spend upwards of $50 for a DS game. I hope IGN proves prophetic about Nintendo someday releasing a full collection of G&W for the DS in their Touch Generations line.

PD is for Vendatta

I deliver newspapers. Yeah, you read that right. It's a good gig and I earn some serious green for it. I don't have my own route now, though I used to. I just substitute for other people who deliver the Plain Dealer.

Anyway, I'm delivering a route that consists of 425 papers on a weekday. (For those who don't know, that's a lot – 200 is normal.) And, everytime I deliver a significant amount of papers, the front page arrives late to make things even harder on me. Truly, I think someone has it out for me.