Evil Wibblings Of A Deranged Soul

Evil Wibblings Of A Deranged Soul

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Turn on the TV let it drip right down in your eye	[Oct. 31st, 2026\|06:45 am]
As people keep asking me off-line, here is the definition of the HDTV standard: 1280x720 OR 1920x1080 native resolution in square pixels HDMI interface OR DVI with didgital audio interface HDCP compatable If your TV does not have this, it cannot play true HDTV. The 'HD-Ready' sticked does not guarentee the above specs! Be sure to ask a service monkey when buying your TV.
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As brothers fight side by side	[Jul. 6th, 2009\|09:23 pm]
I'm back from Summer StabCon which was awesome, as always, half a games-fest, half a reunion with old friends. I played and now own Galaxy Trucker, which is highly addictive. I also played Steam, and I'm not sold on it compared to the original, but I can see its appeal. I have still, however, failed to try games of A Small World, Automobile, Battlestar Galactica, and Agricola. I must make a concerted effort to play more new stuff next time. Roll on January. If any of my US readers could give me a hand amalgamating postage on a few items, I'd be grateful, and I'll see you right. Please leave me a comment or email me.
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None of the above	[Jun. 9th, 2009\|06:36 am]
So, we've had the European Parliamentary Elections. It's been controversial to say the least. However, given that the majority of the country is, according to poles, centrist (i.e. neither capitalist nor socialist, neither authoritarian nor liberal), let us look at our choices of vote: Party philosophies: Labour* - capitalist authoritarians, base politic on think-tank & survey results. Conservative* - authoritarian capitalists, base politic on think-tank & survey results. Lib-Dem** - centre right economically, socially centrist, base politic on think-tank & survey results. BNP* - authoritarian socialists, base politic on the values of my grandparents' generation, plus racism/bigotry. Greens* - liberal socialists, base politics on te hippy fringe, attract a load of nutters into their number which put off the majority. UKIP* - Don't seem to have any policies not involving us not being involved with Europe and trying to paint themselves as a non-racist BNP. Christian Party - capitalist authoritarians, base politic on conservative Christian extremist values. * = Main Party = Secondary Party * = Minor Party So, your choices are, vote for an authoritarian and capitalist party, or vote for a minor party. However well intentioned the minor parties, they all seem to be infested by nut-bars, whether i's the bigoted extremism of the BNP or the hippy extremist fringe in the Greens. These people form a disproportionately vocal section of the party which tinges the public perception thereof. This is a no-win situation, which has lead to the embrace of the more radical parties these elections. Most people didn't vote BNP or UKIP because they're bigoted racists, but rather to either send a message to the labour and tory parties and/or to protest against what they are being told by the gutter press, is the fault of the EU and immigration (even though the faults usually lie elsewhere).
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On countless worlds the earth shakes	[Jun. 3rd, 2009\|05:50 pm]
Not much has gone on for the last two weeks, an I seem to have bust my shoulder. The doctorb* has put me on the list for physio. In the mean time I can basically sit there and watch TV or some such after work. Weekends are better, but I'm mostly off the PC. Last couple of weeks at Rock Kitchen have been awesome as the management are no-longer pressuring li'l Scott not to play metal. As a bonus, littletinwench won a ton in cash at "pick N Mix" (aka half a Postmortem), and we shall be celebrating with a steak tea this weekend. Tonight is a trip to see the new Trek film that gothgirlblues has arranged. I should go to the flix more really. My PC is shot in some way. I shall have to spend Friday night or Saturday afternoon dismantling & rebuilding her. Only four weeks and one day to Summer StabCon. glee I'm also geeking-out now. I need to buy me a 360: http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/space-marine-trailer-english?size=large *the "b" is for "bargin".
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Here we go	[May. 19th, 2009\|07:34 pm]
This one's for Wench:
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Check it out	[May. 15th, 2009\|07:39 pm]
The last three weeks have been bloody awful, mostly due to over-work. However, pretty much all of said work is now done. We've all caught up, ready to launch the new sub-company on Monday. Should be fun. Tomorrow Sophie, Spud, Guilber (three of our neighbours-to-be) and Robin are around to play Quest for the DragonLords, which should be fun. In other news, discussions elsewhere of what 2rap metal" actually is, and why it isn't actually crap, hay ended in my watching stuff on YouTube:
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The sorrowed man will not be me	[May. 11th, 2009\|09:00 pm]
So, catching up on hat's been going on. Eater weekend saw us at my Parent's place for my little sister's pre-wedding party. Alas, the Friday night at Rockworld resulted me in putting my back out. While it's not the common occurrence it once was, it probably feels worse since I'm no longer used to it. As a result, I spent said party leaning on my staff. I did manage, it seems, to addict my new in-laws to Slev-cake though... The following weekend was our house-warming BBQ. Despite some problems lighting the BBQ, things went well, with a lot of folks joining us (Zarko, Donald, Mini-Me, Mike, Stef, Robin, Martin, Martin's-friend-who's-name-I-forget, Dave, Monika, Gay-Psycho-Will, Seb, Oroberous). We decided we really must have another one of these sooner, rather than later. Ideally when it's less windy so I don't have to spend the afternoon the next day fishing paper plates out of trees. The day after this was supposed to be band practice. Alas, circumstances forced Rachel, Jade and Smurf to all have to drop-out last minute, so we decided to cancel. It was that or form a twisted power-trio with Sophie and Zarko... The next weekend, I was gaming, playing both descent and HeroQuest. After Descent, Dave stayed on, and Wench & I taught him Starfarers of Catan. On it's one night of release, Wench and I went to see Iron Maiden Flight 666. It was awesome. After the event I discovered Bek, my adopted sister, was in the audience. It was nice to see her & catch up. Bank holiday weekend was, finally, my little baby sister's wedding. Awwww. Even if I was dressed up like a nara, it was cool to see so many of the extended clan (including many of our adopted kin) gathered. That said, the weather was too hot for a t-shirt, let alone the get-up I was in. The in-laws flattered me for my reading in the service, then hit-me-up for Slev-cake, which I didn't have. Why do I sense a pattern emerging... The Bank holiday Monday though saw us back home, hosing a game of Twilight Imperium. Despite having two-and-a-half newbies, we only took six hours to play the whole game to conclusion. Then Dave stayed on to play Race for the Galaxy. Which brings us around to this last weekend. My folks visited, and my Dad helped me move the shower head, so I can have a proper shower without bending over at last. Ahhhhh. Then, Rock Kitchen was really, really awesome musically, just like it used to be. Where it not fot the army of mundanes that crowd the place these days, and had there been people out like in the old-days, it would have been fantastic. Sunday was more HeroQuest, after showing off my new kitbash for RftG. So, how are you lot?
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Scorcery and magic	[May. 8th, 2009\|06:24 am]
It's been far too long since I've posted, but the last couple of weeks have been manic. Full update later. In the mean time, some new music from a band I like:
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The singer out of Slipknot went to Rome to see the Pope	[Apr. 7th, 2009\|08:57 pm]
The house smells of spiced biscuit. Slev-Cake is under way. Shortly, I shall be making caramel. You may go about your business now.
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Split my brain melts through the floor	[Apr. 6th, 2009\|03:09 pm]
Sneaky break-time update! Well, since the last post, I’ve been having a week of being mostly-off when it comes to the house, commencing with a night out a Rock Kitchen (still being gutted by management and the rock scene’s fragmentation), then a Sunday game of Descent on the new table (kick arse having enough space), followed by a few hands of Munchkin and Race for the Galaxy. I did no (real)work on the house in the week, rather just chilling, kitbashing & playing games with littletinwench. Ph33r our rock n roll lifestyle. Saturday was my first, well deserved, lie-in in some time, then on to Postmortem… Which was odd, being upstairs this time, which is a sucky venue. The tunes where being derided for being overly-generic (with the same tiny Slev-friendly proportion), and most people where absent. However, it seems that smoke_rising had decided to lead a contingent of goths there after the Covenant (not Kovenant!). It as most amusing seeing her and gothgirlblues (who I'd not actually seen for over four years!) dancing to Manowar. :D It also seems I need to appear more possessive when out with littletinwench, as she was apparently garnering the attention of too many young men. Upon our recover on Sunday, we made a jaunt to Fanboy, where I finally had chance to try my hand at La Havre, which I did very well at despite having only a vague idea what I was doing. And so now on with the four-day week, in which I shall be mostly making cake (available to all and sundry from our place all weekend except Sunday), and my baby sister’s wedding favours.
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We own tomorrow	[Mar. 28th, 2009\|05:08 pm]
Today our new fridge and gaming table arrived. Barring a few very very minor jobs, we've finished the primary moving-in, and can have our lives back. Actually completely moving in, I'd like to have done in the next year, we'll see. Tonight is Kitchen, and I've not had chance for a proper night out in ages. Tomorrow is Descent in our new gaming room. If anyone needs a fridge-freezer and can collect it this weekend, please speak up now, as it's going spare. We are now officially going to BOA this year, Wench being made up at the announcement of Blind Guardian headlining. glee We're all booked for everything save the car hire which I'll sort out shortly. Lifts will be available door-to-door, going down Thursday evening & returning Sunday night. And now away, for I hear the call of hot buttered toast...
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This shelter is now full	[Mar. 18th, 2009\|05:54 pm]
Hi all, sorry I’ve been somewhat lax in updating of late. I’ve spent the almost all of the last three weeks either working, sleeping or fining up/unpacking the house. I’ve mostly finished installing us there. Unfortunately the downside of home ownership is having to fix everything yourself, rather than passing it on to an agency. A big “thank-you” must go to my folks, who have been wonderful and helpful throughout everything. My family rock. Thanks also go out to Scott (Smurf), Dave C and Sebastian for their help in the actual move. Things have gone worryingly smoothly since moving in, but there are still a number of items to resolve. That said, I should be done with everything short-term by the weekend, and can thus have my life back. We’re currently considering a house-warming barbecue over the Easter weekend for those who aren’t buggering off. So, who's for Postmortem this weekend?
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I'm leaving tomorrow at daybreak

[Feb. 26th, 2009|06:11 am]

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Before I continue, happy birthday to

fuzzface00!

We're moving tomorrow, so the intermewebs will be turning off (for definite this time), and the land-line may be intermittent in the day.

House-warming details will be released after we regain intermeweb access.

See you all later.

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The cathode ray unclean	[Feb. 23rd, 2009\|08:03 am]
As you all doubtlessly know due to my incessant yacking on about it, we're moving into our new house shortly. As it is a house, we will have more rooms to deal with than previously, and ideally need to stream media to more rooms than ever. Thus, we need more streaming devices. I'm currently using a modded* (original) X-Box running a Linux media centre, which doubles-up as a DVD player. While this is quite cheap to do again, it's a lot of hassle, and increasingly difficult to get the parts for since the X-Box fell by the wayside due to the 360. Does anyone know of any nice & cheap streaming kit? *disclaimer: done legally here in the UK under UK law.
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In the middle of our	[Feb. 20th, 2009\|04:37 pm]
littletinwench and I now own a house :D
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Life Goes On	[Feb. 19th, 2009\|07:24 am]
Meme from Allan via Failbook: INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer. 3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds. 4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? Don't Try Suicide by Queen WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Iron Gang by Voivod WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Heavier than Europe by Gorilla Monsoon WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? Mistaken Solutions by Kill the Thrill WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Wrathchild by Iron Maiden WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Bravado by Rush WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? Man Against Machine by Evile WHAT IS 2+2? Theatre of Pain by Blind Guardian WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? The Inevitable Factor by Celtic Frost WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Through the Eye of Terror by Bolt Thrower WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?? Infernal by Warpath WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?? What Tomorrow Knows by Nevermore WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Blur the Technicolour by White Zombie WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Absolution Part III: Absolution by Biomechanical WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Intensity by Reckless Tide WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Touch of Immortality by Mindflow WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Ophis Puthôn by Elend WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Just Like Your Mom by Elevtric Frankenstein WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Iron by Ensiferum HOW WILL YOU DIE? Spiral Galaxy 28948 by Hawkwind WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? Powers That Be by Deadfall WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Blood Runs Through by Isiah WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Biogenus (Sepsis) by Concept WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? Rouse Your Dream by Elvenking WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? Moongazer by Invasion DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? H-K (Hunter-Killer) by Fear Factory WHAT WILL BE THE TITLE OF THIS NOTE? Life Goes On by Warchild
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For what I am	[Feb. 19th, 2009\|06:40 am]
Tomorrow out intermewebs will be turned off. If you don't see much of me online, that's why. We still don't have a date for moving-in, but we have pencilled in the 27th for moving on the grounds that that's the last weekend we can move before being thrown out, unless I can sorths stff out with the landlords. It's not like anyone is moving in after us or anything. Work is just pure anarchy at the moment. They've had to take to not employing new people and letting our staff numbers bleed-down, so I'm having to cover ever more stuff, including a full half of my old department. Slow time of year plus slow year due to recession = pain. So, my plans: 1. Kick solicitors' rear-ends until I have house keys in the next five days. 2. Move littletinwench & I into our very own hoose next Friday. 3. Spend a week or two unpacking & sorting the house out. 4. Have a partay & see all my friends who I feel like I've been neglecting over the whole house thing. 5. Re-start band practice, gaming and all the other stuff I normally do to stay social. I also need to catch-up on Failbook, but it was hard enough to deal with it before the "new" Failbook system made it even more counter-intuitive.
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Secret code has been cracked	[Feb. 19th, 2009\|06:40 am]
Answers from last week's music quiz, people who answered correctly in brackets: 01. Law 'N' Order by Gorilla Monsoon 02. Sun Day by Jesu 03. Crank Action by Electric Frankenstein (cartimandua) 04. Heart of a Dragon by DragonForce 05. Nobody's Hero by Rush (Tim via Failbook) 06. Keeping the Dream Alive by Frierheit 07. The Great Beyond by REM (cartimandua) 08. I, Zombie by White Zombie (screen_death) 09. The Sun and the Rain by Madness 10. Ashes by The Prophecy 11. Into the Void by Black Sabbath (Tim via Failbook) 12. Parasites by Napalm Death 13. Technocratic Manipulators by Voivod 14. The Knights of Tethys by The Knights of Tethys (littletinwench) 15. In the Chapel, in the Moonlight by Celtic Frost 16. Absolution part II: Absolution by Biomechanical 17. Precious Jerusalem by Blind Guardian 18. Signs of Bitterness by Honey for Christ 19. Son of the Lies by Warchild 20. Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden 21. Monster by Kyrb Grinder 22. Trow's Kind by Elvenking 23. 298kg by Orange Goblin (cartimandua) 24. Thrasher by Evile 25. ComunicHate by Alchemist
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I don't care much for the question	[Feb. 13th, 2009\|05:42 pm]
Funny quotes from the proceeding week: "Thirteen is just a number between eleven and twelve." - I forget how to count, evidently, but today still isn't unlucky. Sharon: "I don't believe in Christians." Me: "We do exist Sharon." - Proof of how contagious my hair colour is.
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Something changed my words	[Feb. 12th, 2009\|06:14 am]
Ganked from psion_x: Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle. Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly. Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING! Step 5: If you like the game, post your own. Step 6: After a week, any songs left, I will add the next line. (If I remember) [note, I skipped the instrumental numbers] 01. I don't need no reason, I don't need no brain 02. It's inside of me. ~~03. 1, 2, 3, 4, Built for speed it's all I need~~ 04. Proud and so glorious standing The Four of us ~~05. I knew he was different in his sexuality~~ 06. Tonight the rain is pouring ~~07. I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes~~ ~~08. I Zombie cancer raging~~ 09. It's raining again 10. The ashes we leave ~~11. Rocket engines burning fuel so fast~~ 12. Permissive slaves to their methods of greed 13. I've passed the entry of the system ~~14. We came from this place Tethys is the place~~ 15. How I love to hear your hymn 16. Come anger, come hatred 17. No doubt, doubt, no longer need to hide it 18. And so it begins this race to hate 19. Lies only lies 20. Listen up you now you won't get away from my grasp 21. I could be a monster or I could be an angel 22. Concealed from view hidden from the knowledge of Man ~~23. I've seen your illusions just like you've seen my desires~~ 24. Legions mass upon this place 25. I feel bound by modern trappings
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