Category: Ranting

When it comes to computers, I like to think that I am pretty competent. I built a couple for myself, friends, and family and they work just fine. Unfortunately, experience is no substitute for common sense… Over the past couple months, Windows XP would seemingly crash at random times giving me the following dialogue in…

I have been visting AnimeLyrics.com since its creation, and I am a semi-regular submitter to the site. I make mistakes and I encourage people to let me know about it. Unfortunately, I have been getting a lot of grief over my submission of lyrics for .hack//SIGN. Just take a look at the most recent post…

I used to think that a watch would last longer than the battery. I was proven wrong. Twice. I suppose it’s a bit misleading to say that both of my watches broke since I managed to partially resurrect one of them, but it amounts to the same thing. I got my Casio – DATA BANK…

Approximately 1 year ago, I registered as a user for Anime News Network with the express purpose of entering their currently defunct Anime Trivia Contest. They had just finished the third iteration, and my curiosity was acutely piqued by the next level. The category: Anime Music. As many of my friends already know, I am…

It was the summer of 1995, and I was visiting my friend, Sean, who lived in Kirkland, Washington (I think it’s the same Kirkland that supplies products to Costco – maybe). While he was at work, I decided to walk around downtown Kirkland. The place was rather small, but that was cool, since I was…

You know, I never did understand that particular saying. I realize the implication is that having your cake means that if you were to eat your cake, then you would no longer "have your cake." What the heck is that?! I mean, the reason you have a cake in the first place is to eat…

While attending AX2003, I noticed that it seemed like there was less and less stuff for me to do for fun. A majority of the time, I spent walking around or sitting in my room wondering what to do. I suppose I could’ve went to the panels, but a lot of them seemed pretty boring.…

Poor, poor ICQ Lite… I never really used ICQ that much, but I used to like ICQ Lite. Unfortunately, when I turned it on today, it asked if I wanted to download the newest version. I answered "No" and the application was promptly terminated. WTF?! Why the hell did they let me think that I…