citizens, civilians, the difference...
a citizen knows how to live with the choices he makes, or how to die defending them.
— roughnecks - starship troopers chronicles (the tophet campaign)
stop asking me for my phone number, gmail. you're not the only one that's read 1984, though i didn't realize how much linking could be done until i looked into ups mychoice.
i learned one thing during the war: that you fight with whatever you've got, whatever you can lay your hands on. and you never stop. the minute you do, that's the minute the world rolls right over you.
— red
hasbro needs to release a mythos-themed clue so that i could say, “it was cthulhu at r’lyeh with insanity”. (pause) actually, someone needs to put that on a shirt, because i'm not really a fan of clue.
there are moments in life, moments when you know you crossed a bridge. your old life is over.
— limitless
The Traumatically Beneficial Joyous Circle Log
The Kamakazi Ripplers Joyous Circle Log
if i was going to buy a pick-up, i'd buy a ram, because sam eliot does the voice-over. period. end of sentence.
that's the trouble with being good at your job: when the going gets tough, the tough do all the heavy lifting.
— roughnecks - starship troopers chronicles (the hydora campaign)
the hershey museum - story, sorry - is fine for what it is, but it really needs more godzilla.
i don't believe in the devil.
you should. he believes in you.
— constantine
one of the dangers of quickly scanning project management documents is that 'strategizing' can look an awful lot like 'stargazing', which, while it'd be a cool phase, probably wouldn't help much in the long run.
i done handcuffed lightning. i just figured out that that's what jackie says. it's a quote from muhammad ali.
too bad he didn't handcuff a grammar book.
— i couldn't've come up with a better response myself.
am i the only one who doesn't understand the purpose of the "lane shift" signs?
The Wintertime Wishes Joyous Circle Log
i'm not positive, since it's been a while, but i may have found a place with more acronyms than the air force. i still haven't decided if i should feel proud, or sit in a corner, hugging my knees to my chest.
you can't negotiate with something that has no soul.
— roughnecks - starship troopers chronicles (the pluto campaign)
i realize the greeting card people are trying, but if you actually think about the non-Christmas Christmas cards, some of them are laughably poor. for instance: why is the ever-present "season's greetings" never given out for spring, summer, or autumn? the winner though has to be the title one. seriously? it didn't occur to anyone that that sounds more than a little goofy?
people assume demons bring evil from the outside, but they don't.
they don't?
demons nurture the evil that festers within, cultivate it, allow it to blossom.
— the curse of king tut's tomb
with my first check from here, my available balance increased 48,789.55%. not to be outdone, with my second it increased 12,027,500%, though that time i was only broke for a day, not two and a half weeks.
btw, and don’t take this the wrong way, but the real reason I was hired was because none of you guys drink mtn dew, and were in danger of being kicked out from under the IT umbrella.
— i just call things like i see 'em
it turns out that 'employe' is an actual word. who would've guessed?
The Son of Schmooby Boozeday Park Place Log
i know you kids love your new-fangled energy drinks, but i'm old school, and frankly, if a vivarin washed down by a mountain dew isn't sufficient, then i don't need to be awake for whatever it is you're babbling about.
just because it's sung doesn't make it a song.
— the legend of the guardians: the owls of ga'hoole
so you're really leaving?
with alacrity.
what's 'alacrity'?
a heavy heart.
since when?
shhhhh...
y'know, hurt is a funny thing: the same thing that makes one person angry, can put another person into grief.
— the tale of despereaux
when are air mattress makers going to provide us a way to tell when they're properly inflated instead of merely telling us not to overinflate them?
this is an age of lazy moral relativism combined with aggressive social insolence, in which many people have been trained to distrust and reject all categorical answers, and even (i've noticed with alarm) to dispute points of actual law without having the shadow of a leg to stand on.
— lynne truss
a vivarin at the beginning with cake and ice cream at the end. all last days should segue straight from the caffeine buzz to the sugar rush.
The Schmooby Boozeday Park Place Log
in theory, since they're not spending any time putting glasses away, they should be able to sweep up their opps-i-missed-the-garbage-can-sorry mess.
ha!
yes, well, fancy it must be hard meeting your hero and seeing that he's real and not a myth.
— the legend of the guardians: the owls of ga'hoole
outside rack full!
well whose fault is that?
as long as we have our spirit, then nothing, no one, can ever take away our humanity.
— vexille
middle rack full!
i don't think i care.
you're not sure?
being sure would require more energy than i have.
well, if you know anything about fairy tales, you know that the hero doesn't appear until the world *really* needs one.
— the tale of despereaux
those dishes are really stacking up.
yeah, someone should fire me.
i'll tell them.
i tried, but it turns out they won't wash themselves.
The Wan Smile Park Place Log
if you can cavalierly say that you've suffered through migraines, you haven't, and you're not fooling anyone who has. (as an aside, if you'd like to be taken seriously, don't mention your headache, because if 'anti-sympathy' was a word, that would be a quick way to garner some.)
extensive testing with other people has revealed a critical development flaw: when playing against myself, i am susceptible to groupthink.
— r. eric reuss
well this is what it looks like when you've actually *fought* in battle. it's not glorious. it's not beautiful. it's not even heroic. it's merely doing what's right, and doing it again and again, even if some day you look like *this*.
— the legend of the guardians: the owls of ga'hoole
far overhead, i hear sounds upsetting the air. i never imagined that swallows flapping their wings could produce that kind of sound. it's amazing, when you think that it's coming from little birds, flying high above everything. but i find myself resenting that kind of disturbance.
against the wind, their tiny and fragile wings bend as if they would crack at any moment. it's even more moving when you consider how swiftly the swallows are moving through the air. the sound of their wings is as clear as could be because of the surrounding serenity. or maybe it was because of the emotions the sound brought out of me. the stirring energies of the swallows moved me, and i was relieved to find that even now, some things could still surprise me.
to fit in better with the seasons, *i* would prefer it if the swallows flew more softly. but who am i to tell the birds how to fly just to better suit *my* sense of beauty?
— ronin warriors - message: unnamed episode (#4)
The Helmet Fire Park Place Log
i was joking about it beforehand, but shaving the beard you've had for ten years is no laughing matter.
more idealism, but at times it can be a good servant of the realist.
— ponderosa (day of the dragon)
if vampires were ex-werewolves, i could understand why they wouldn't want to see themselves in the mirror.
what the flame does not consume consumes the flame.
— aeon flux (chronophasia)
digging holes doesn't build character; shaving your beard builds character. and by "builds character", i mean, "makes you want a drink".
i do not entertain hypotheticals; the world as it is is vexing enough.
— true grit ('10)
ask my how bad the economy is.
how bad is the economy?
i shaved my beard. (ba dum bum)
The Inertia Guy Park Place Log
if i had a brick made of grammar, i'd throw it at you.
— hobby_lavastorm
who knew that the vornado would be just as useful up north as it was down south? (stupid heat bubble...)
we can undo only what others have already forgotten.
— aeon flux (reraizure)
i like putting 'the' in front of sicknesses (etc) where it doesn't belong: the measles, the scurvy, the pneumonia, the strep.
you can't find out everything from books, you know.
i think i read that once.
— the secret of kells
i also like treating spice names as diseases: chervil, galangal, turmeric, malabathram, chives.
what do they want?
justice.
people don't want justice. they want vengeance.
— quo vadis
The Alice Through the Looking Glass Log
what kind of insects do you... rejoice in?
i- i don't rejoice in insects at all, because i'm rather afraid of them. well at least the large ones. but, i could tell you the names of some of them.
and of course they answer to the names...
i never knew them do it.
well what's the use of having names if they don't answer to them?
no use to them, but useful to the people who name them, i suppose. if not, why do things have names at all?
i can't say. furthermore, in the woods over there - they don't have names. however, go on with your list; you're wasting time.
crawling at your feet, you'll observe a bread-and-butter fly. its wings are thin slices of bread-and-butter, its body's a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.
and what does it live on?
weak tea with cream in it.
but supposing it couldn't find any?
well then it would die, of course.
that must happen fairly often.
it *always* happens.
am i addressing the white queen?
well yes, if you call that addressing; it isn't my notion of the thing at all.
may i help you put your shawl straight?
i don't know what's a matter with it. it's out of temper, i think. i've pinned it there, and i've pinned it there. there's no *pleasing* it.
but... it must come sometimes to jam today.
oh, no, it can't. it's jam every *other* day.
some people have no more sense than a baby.
how old did you say you were?
i'm, uhhh, seven years and six months.
you never said a word like it.
i thought you meant 'how old am i?'
if i'd meant that, i'd have said it.
i haven't seen the two messengers either. they both have gone to town. just look along the road and tell me if you can see either of them.
i see nobody in the road.
i only wish i had such eyes to be able to see nobody. and at that distance, too. why it's as much as i can do to see real people by this light.
nothing like eating hay when you're faint.
i should think throwing cold water over you would be better.
i didn't say there was nothing better; i said there was nothing like it.
who did you pass on the road?
nobody.
quite right. this young lady saw him too.
let me tell you a tale. to comfort you.
is it very long?
yes, it's long... but it's very, very beautiful. everybody that hears me say it, it either brings the tears into their eyes, or else...
or else what?
or else it doesn't, you know. the name of the tale is called 'haddock's eyes'.
that's what the name of the tale is, is it?
no, that's something quite different. that's what the name of the tale is *called*. the name really is, 'the aged, aged man'.
oh. so, i ought to have said, 'that's what the tale is called?'
no you wouldn't. that's quite another thing. the tale is *called*, 'ways and means', but that's only what the tale is called. see?
well what *is* the tale then?
i'm coming to that. the tale *really* is, 'a sitting on a gate'.
you may read it if you have a mind to. nobody is hindering you that i know of.
there's no such word in the language.
it is in this paper.
let it stop there.
fan her head. she'll be feverish after all that thinking.
The Muggy and Humid Park Place Log
the will to win is nothing without the will to prepare.
— speed racer
too often we ask, "why did this happen to *me*?", when we should be asking, "why *did* this happen to me?"
growin' old isn't for sissies, kid.
— wall street: money never sleeps
what's a biopic?
i think it means it's bori-; i mean, biographical.
i'm just as old as you.
yeah, but not in your brain.
— the secrets of jonathan sperry
who are you trying to fool with the eco-box? we know you just want to use less plastic. and we find ourselves very annoyed.
i'm not in the habit of arguing over the color of red herrings.
— aeon flux (the demiurge)
done gardening already? too hot?
it is, but it's really that i can only take so much pointless at one time.
that's the most grammatically confused cluster of words i've ever come across.
— imdb suz-mal
The Narrative Thematic Park Place Log
your mom said you were pushy, but i just thought that was the alcohol talking.
— wait - what?
raging headache?
not for long. the combination of half a vivarin, two glasses of water, and a candy bar usually work well for me.
y'know, the interesting thing about skeptics, atheists, is that, uhhh, we're always looking for proof, certainty. question is, "what on earth would we do if we found it?"
— the rite
i guess it wouldn't be proper for me to have the bad people in my tv show wear jewish stars even though it's often said that turnabout is fair play. (smirk) darn it.
terrible what passes for a ninja these days.
— speed racer
you geniuses really thought her mis-speach might be something *other* than a medical condition? seriously?
don't say anything. your words would be meaningless, maybe even insulting.
— firefox
just when everyone's babbling about charlie, suddenly there's something orders of magnitude more important to talk about.
there are two types of people: those who truly listen, and those who wait to speak.
— robocop: dark justice
The Lap Grinder Park Place Log
you bite cannot touch me... ever.
— bleach: dark souls
what's that site? it's like a database of movies.
you mean the one on the internet?
yeah.
no idea what you're talking about...
terrible and majestic, the ancient fear-giver knows none himself.
— me
guess what a flashlight doesn't help with. exactly: letting you know that you're about to step into snow up to your knees.
you flatter me, captain.
oh, how clumsy of me; i meant to accuse you.
— the sound of music
now that computers can locate my hands, they can locate the weapons they're being pounded with. just because you wanted to beat nintendo we're one step closer to the first robot war. way to think ahead, microsoft.
choosing not to believe in the devil won't protect you from him.
— the rite
don't you get cold using the snowthrower?
no, because i use it with conviction.
one step ahead of the game isn't a plan, kid. two to three steps ahead - beating an enemy's move before it's even made - *that's* a plan.
— the a-team
Heliotek HTE-1A review
Heliotek Inc is one of those companies that unfortunately hasn't reached critical mass, but among people who keep one ear to the ground of the flashlight world, they have a definite following. I can't imagine that this post is going to be the deciding factor in them getting the recognition they deserve - (smirk) even though it is read by literally dozens of people - but i'll at least sleep well knowing that i've done my part. This is written from the standpoint that you're somewhat familiar with the previous model (HTE-1 v2). Since that won't be the case for many people, i've linked to a few reviews of it.
http://www.heliotekinc.com/ ... (still) not updated, but they'll ship the 1A if you order the HTE-1
http://loz.zelandeth.org/cpf/heliotek/index.htm
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/heliotek_hte-1rev2.htm
I happened to e-mail Heliotek when they were in the process of deciding which LED to go with, so i had known the new version was coming before it hit the street and had been chomping at the bit. You can't *use* the HTE-1 and not appreciate the thought that went into it, so i was rather amped to have everything i know and love and twice as much light. At the same time though, different is different, so there wasn't any guarantee of a complete lack of "that's a shame..."
So now that i'm all preambled out, i guess i should finally get around to the actual review part of the review. The short answer is that i like it. A lot. Not twice as much as the HTE-1 v2 since a torch is more than its output - what a concept, eh? - but LED technology has been marching right along. Now granted, not everyone will have a use for a dive-rated, severe weather torch with solid reach and on-board diffuser that exudes quality and is able to toss 75lm out the front for no less than six hours while floating, but what if you find that you do?
As the name implies, the HTE-1A isn't a significant departure from the previous incarnation design-wise. It's still driving an LED at 1.2watts and directing that through a reflector that would demand respect if it wasn't so humble. That being said, don't think there aren't several changes, it's just that most of them don't jump out and bite you.
The one that drove the new version is not surprisingly ye olde LED. While the Luxeon-I in the HTE-1 performed with much aplomb in the country, ambient light - more specifically, the decreased contrast that ambient light brings to the table - took the edge off. The 1A sports a Cree XR-E (Q5 brightness, WG color bin). The HTE-1 performed fantastically for its time, but with the new LED, it's really come into its own.
The fact that Heliotek gives minimum out-the-front lumens instead of the amount that is theoretically being produced at the emitter deserves commendation. (OTF lumens are always less due to heat, reflector/optic, and window losses.) No matter how you slice it, 75lumens is a good amount of light, but what's really impressive about the Heliotek is that it could do that for seven hours while being shorter than a 2C Maglite and a little thicker than a 2AA MiniMag at the "body" end without giving up the throw of the D-cell one you used that was impressive for about an hour.
Following the "if it ain't broke" line of thought, it's shipped the same way it's always been, right down to the little baggie to keep the extra set of lithium AAs dry when they sit in the little holster-pocket. The first thing i did - to satisfy the little kid in me - was check out the serial number and Cree. I'm not sure what i was expecting with the latter, but it looked like a Cree on a pedestal set inside a fantastically deep reflector. Consider it the smooth bore of the parabolic world. That done, i popped in two cells and made sure that the laser spot is still there. In spades. In fact, it's a little larger: 4in (10cm) at 7ft (213cm) instead of 3in. Woo-hoo!
A quick side note for those who have a previous model... Comparing them, the HTE-1A's inner surround - what i call the corona - is noticeably smaller. At 7ft my previous one measures 28in (71cm) wide; the current measures 22in (56cm). We can thank the confluence between the XR-E's different-from-Luxeon distribution pattern and Heliotek's desire to keep the focused spot for this. Since the spill of the current is brighter than the corona of the previous, i expect time will prove this little more than "notable", but like i said, different is different. The spill width is unchanged at 56in (142cm).
Another change previous owners will notice is the end cap. It now has a little notch opposite the lanyard cut-out. This isn't its purpose, but you can use it to make fishing the lanyard lock-pin out a snap. The bigger alteration though is that for some unknown reason the current version is marshmallow that they painted black. Gotcha! It's really GE Lexan resin, same as the front. They've chosen to lock it down with the main lanyard slot opposite the switch. I've used the HTE-1's rotation feature (albeit more along the lines of "because it's there" than "because it really mattered"), so i was disappointed to see it gone, but there was a complaint by someone who used one on a ship about the end cap pulling off. I have no idea how that was managed, but i'm generally not one to argue against making something even more bullet-proof.
I actually like the looks, but regardless, it feels good in the hand, with the {momentary/constant}{on/off} switch still having the ever so solid-sounding clicks on the constant-on/off side. Unlike every other torch company out there (as far as i know), Heliotek uses Santoprene on the battery case, which seems not unlike what Monadnock uses on their Super Grip batons. For those who aren't familiar, trust me: it's good stuff. The weight clocks in at 6.4oz (181g) loaded with the clip and lanyard. It's not the smallest torch around, but, maybe due to the balance point, it feels lighter in hand than i expected. For comparison, a loaded 2D Mag-lite is a bit over 24oz (680g) and a loaded 6D is 51oz (1446g).
It throws just as well in the real world as the indoor pictures suggest, but my giving a number for the throw wouldn't do it justice, because it's the shape of the beam that makes it so impressive. It not only has that tight hot spot, but a corona which is bright enough to be useful even at distance, and for mid-range stuff, the spill is easily bright enough that you don't have to "search" for what you're looking at. Something i didn't notice at first is that there's a secondary spill. It won't win any awards, but it's bright enough to be useful, and i'm sure it contributes when the diffuser is being used. Speaking of the diffuser, its beam is very similar to that of the Pierce M10w, and since that's the torch i always have in my pocket when i'm at home, that's rather high praise coming from me. Multiple-level "throw" torches are good for not blinding you, but are a less-than-ideal compromise.
Heliotek tests all their circuit cards for efficiency prior to installation. Definitely not something i was expecting. Additionally, each torch is given a 15-minute (900s) random frequency vibration test and a water submersion test equivalent to over 200ft (61m). And just to complete the package, their customer service is top notch. (smirk) Just don't expect to reach them on a Friday during the summer.
I'll add the pictures once i get a chance to figure out how to have blogger format them the way i want...
The Fortress Australia Park Place Log
you... could not so much as bend my knee.
— bleach: dark souls
who would've thought that deciding what is/n't a wargame would be as difficult - or maybe moreso - than deciding if God exists?
... a wildness rose in the dragon again and drove it to attack, heaving up fire, hunting for enemies ...
flames lapped the shield, charred it to the boss, and the body armour on the young warrior was useless to him.
— beowulf (heaney) 2669-2671, 2672-2674
alana de la garza doesn't have a facebook or myspace page. i like her even more now.
i see you've been taking your overconfidence pills again.
— the whole truth (when cougars attack)
i'm not saying there aren't a handful of niggles, but the rise of cobra is a fun movie. if you consider it anathema compared to the cartoon, than you don't really remember the cartoon as well as you think you do.
"impossible" is merely a word that describes the degree of difficulty.
— it takes a thief (unknown episode)
any questions?
two. how much caffeine could a stick of gum hold, and could it be made to taste good?
any questions concerning the topic at hand?
well then you should've been more specific...
pioneers, oh pioneers . . .
— quite possibly the most idiotic series of commercials ever made
The Diacritical Marks Park Place Log
if i say i'm bored, is that being rude?
— bleach: dark souls
"what's this button do?" he asks, picking up the remote. "oh, good - it makes you go away."
i would invite you to sit down, but i don't want to.
— out of time
while bacon can "go bad", there's no such thing as bad bacon, just bacon that isn't as good as other bacon.
fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.
— transformers: rise of the fallen
even if you couldn't care less, do me a favor and ask walt disney studios home entertainment if they're releasing gargoyles season 2 volume 2 in 2011...
http://www.disneystudioshelp.com/Contact_Us.html
the dragon began to belch out flames and burn bright homesteads; there was a hot glow that scared everyone, for the vile sky-winger would leave nothing alive in his wake.
— beowulf (heaney) 2312-2315
celestial seasonings named one of their teas "morning thunder". i'm not much for keeping up with slang, but even i know they should've tried a bit harder.
dear God. what is it like in your funny little brains? it must be boring.
— sherlock: a study in pink
The Enthusiastically Peaceful Park Place Log
thank you *so* much for having ctrl-A copy just what's on the screen and not *everything* that's there, microsoft. [censored big time]
you think of buddhism as a religion of peace. did you never wonder why all our monks learned to fight?
— cursed mountain
i didn't have any alcohol around, so i washed allergy and pain pills down with a bottle of mt dew under the assumption that confusing my body would be almost as effective.
when you hit 40 you realize that you've... met or seen every kind of person there is, and i know what kind of person you are.
— mad men (the hobo code)
as an aside, why do we not call them anti-allergy and anti-pain pills?
how did this get here? you can't do that. you have to be sneakier.
you didn't see me place it. how much more sneaky could i be?
— that'll teach me for giving my mom the ninja meeples
i gotta admit though: two, two-and-a-half hours later, after i got it out of my system, i was almost in a state of zen. (pause) or maybe it was just the fact that my body was all confused.
in certain, extreme situations, the law is inadequate, and in order to shame its inadequacy it is necessary to act outside the law; to pursue natural justice. this is not vengeance. revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. no, not vengeance: punishment.
— the punisher
on a completely different note, where are those instant replays for football? (the *other* football, genius)
The XXI Olympic Winter Games Park Place Log
i don't have any pithy words regarding what happened to nodar kumaritashvili, but unlike the paralympic athletes, i'd rather be dead than paraplegic, let alone quadriplegic.
at slightly less than twenty-four square miles, i was amazed at how small monaco is. then san marino walked in: three-quarters of a square mile.
don't get me wrong: it's not sprint car racing, but with its immediacy, it's easy to like short track speed skating. and besides, i'm hoping that it'll evolve into rollerball.
sweet - nbcolympics.com has streaming and full-event replays. what the... i have to have a cable provider?! thanks for nothing.
i certainly wouldn't place it in the top spot, but i can understand why germans like biathlon pursuit. cross country, though, is a little much.
while i can appreciate the skill needed, i have difficulty getting into figure skating, though every so often a move like joubert's running-in-place or an ice dancing pair catches my eye.
why is phelps being interviewed?
because they want to annoy me by not showing curling.
i see they still haven't updated ski jumping by adding giant swinging balls that you either time correctly or get ponked off the ramp.
with stories like joannie rochette's out there, jocobellis just seems even *more* petty. and what was with mancuso's crying jag? she needs to man up like kramer.
unlike parallel giant slalom, which could use batons and closer lanes, aerials is fine just the way it is.
go night train go. still though, you gotta be slightly embarrassed when a single person on a luge can match your speed.
as a former soloist, i know what it's like when things don't go as well as they did in practice - you want to 9mm yourself - but they made up for the fourth arm at the closing ceremony. and besides, its lack didn't change my appreciation of how well the projectors were used.
The Fleur-de-lis Park Place Log
really? they threw the game? is it difficult to fit so much smart in your head?
i am so bored by the celebration of ignorance.
— martin short
who dat say dey gonna beat dem saints?
it's a relation neither of sympathy or of conquest, but every couple isn't a pair.
you must've read that somewhere.
sure, everybody knows *i* can't think of anything clever.
— bride of the gorilla
celestial seasonings named one of their teas "morning thunder". not that i'm much for keeping up with slang, but maybe they should've tried a bit more.
the truth. it is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
— albus percival wulfric brian dumbledore
terry jastrow is a lucky man.
scientology.
what? seriously? i find myself a bit saddened.
heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
— william congreve
that wouldn't work.
why not?
The Tesselation Park Place Log
note to self: a little ginger goes a long way.
he who does not love the faults of his loved one does not love at all.
— royal wedding (possibly an old spanish - as in the country - proverb)
jane badler for the win. (she could very well be what started me liking older babes.)
you can find the beauty in all you perceive, just believe that it's there in view. always look for good things and they will come to you.
— the pied piper of hamelin
has anyone ever complained about you scaring them when you sneeze?
well you can take comfort in the fact that you're only half as annoyed as i am.
just because i appreciate a ghost story doesn't mean i believe in ghosts.
— crusoe
(as an aside, shame on them for not renewing the series.)
you seem like you lost some weight.
i rearranged my t-shirts so i generally wear the ones that haven't shrunk...
in the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices, made as a consequence of entering into relations with others.
— pope benedict xvi
honey-comb bits are unnecessarily large *and* float. who thought that was a good idea?
The Wii Sports Resort Park Place Log
that's cool that it can sense little motions, but why does the wiimotionplus have to be recalibrated so often?
still no bocce? this saddens me. i wouldn't turn down lawn darts, either.
what's miguel's plane made out of? kryptonite? or is he shooting me down?
why didn't it occur to anyone to give a fourth color to the checkmark to indicate that i found the spot during the current time of day?
secret archery targets? who thought *that* was a good idea?
the lake is stocked with fish, and i can buzz the tennis court, so why can't i fish or play tennis? or how about a nice balloon ride?
btw, what's with my starting in thirtieth place? am i showing up late? every single time?
