Post Christmas - Just Cause 3 Messing Around

After an alcohol-fuelled Christmas I hit the gaming ground running... here's me putting an attack chopper through it's paces... Viva Medici!

Abstract Art #11

Here's another abstract added to my collection... I'm calling this one 'Corrupted VGA'.

Asparagus

What is about asparagus? Literally minutes after consumption it makes your wee smell weird?

Still, it has to be one of my favourite vegetables.

Asparagus... weird.

The Dancing Knight

I took time out from mining and building in Reign of Kings to have a bit of a boogy to Abba :)

Reign of Kings - out of Beta

Reign of Kings has come out of beta testing and is now officially released as version R1 :)

To celebrate, I've been building like a knight possessed!

Hm.. do I add a shed?

Abstract Art #10

Yet another abstract to my collection... this is called 'Rectangular Cascade'...

Humans are obsessed with control

You know the one thing that pisses me off about this world we live in today is people's need to control others, I cite some examples:

1. Politicians pushing through unnecessary law policy to micromanage every aspects of their citizen's lives

2. The Catholic church pushing their Christmas message aggresively by telling young kids Santa doesn't exist and that the 'spirit' of Christmas is about the birth of a man who, lets be honest here, supposedly got brutally nailed to a cross in his early adult years, great stuff for kids that is

3. ISIL wanting to control the world with their Islam bullshit

4. Big tech companies such as Facebook and Google constantly pressuring us into revealing our true identities online, sell us to marketing companies then pound us with targeting advertising whilst controlling our web browsing which ultimately leads them to controlling our lives

5. Scientists dragging their feet with space research because let's face it, if they proved they could get colonists to Mars right now, they'd lose out on billions of money's worth of research grants given to them over the next twenty years which they can use to come up with alternate science to make tons of money that will ultimately control people

6. Medical 'professionals' telling us what's bad for us, controlling how much salt we're supposed to consume, or units of alcohol we're supposed to be limited to and generally annoying us with their bullshit

7. Climatologists constantly telling us it's our fault global warming is happening, despite them basing their evidence on a bunch of dusty fossils or some rotten silt sample from the middle of the arctic, and using that bullshit to control how much energy we're supposed to use

8. Oil companies deliberately interfering with research into battery technology or alternate power sources for cars, heaven forbid if that happened... they'd lose trillions because we'd no longer be putting petrol/diesel in our vehicles

Sometimes I feel I just want to bugger off to a tropical island, get away from all this crap.

Abstract Art #9

Here's my very latest 'pre-Christmas' abstract... I'm calling it 'Candy', or 'Sweets' if you're not American, which I'm not... but I'm still calling it 'Candy', sounds better.

Why? Because it reminds me of those hard sherbert sweets I used to have as a kid, like the ones where you dipped them in flavoured powders (can't remember what they were called), or Love Hearts, remember them?

The Crime of the Century

You know, it truly is the crime of the century that the Series Firefly was cancelled after just one season...

A real shame...

Piss Relief #2

My god there is nothing like it!!!

Piss Relief

One of the most satisfying feelings ever is the one after you've been for a piss when you were absolutely bosting for a one beforehand... it is an exulted feeling and one made all the more so by the fact that I had to troop an abnormal distance in order to empty my bladder which increased my need... this is due to the fucking council-in-charge of the Bavarian beer shed they organised not having WC's... the fuckers.

Pre Christmas Piss-up

I'm out in my local town to meet family and others for a pre-Christmas gettogether.

I'm out on my own to start with (as usual) and will pub crawl until the time comes for us to meet at a Bavarian style 'shed' that has been setup in the local shopping square... there, some seriously strong Austrian/German beer will be imbibed. Looking forward to it, said beer is often much purer than the processed lager muck we Brits drink, despite being stronger you get less if a hangover the morning after, this is due to fewer chemicals used... I can attest to this because I've skied in Austria, had boatloads of beer and been lively enough to ski a mountain the next day.

Long live Bavarian Beer!

A Proper Pedestrian

Recently I, as a pedestrian, I have increasingly become more attentative of the traffic lights at pedestrian crossings.

Most people cross regardless of what the lights are showing provided that there are no vehicles approaching (although I've seen some dash across at the last second, much to the driver's annoyance). I used to do this and only do it now when the road is absolutely clear at times very early in the morning.

I guess I'm too old now to be bothered doing that scuttling like dash we all do, you know the type, meant only for short distances 'cos it's too uncomfortable to maintain. I also can't stand having to do that 'will he or won't he' pose for a sprint start in anticipation of the light changing, edging towards the start of the crossing thinking that I 'may just get away with it' despite that fact that the waiting drivers are gunning their engines in equal anticipation... I just don't need that stress of a decision.

I think the experience of being done for speeding has had an influence (albeit a couple of years ago), that 'grounding' effect it had has crossed over into a lot of things I do. Instead, now what I do is when I'm approaching a pedestrian crossing and the lights are on red, I slow down... and if they are still red when I arrive at the crossing, I wait. Even if others around me are dashing across I still wait. Then, when the lights change I press the button and patiently wait for the next change to red. When that happens I cross with a clear conscience.

Dear reader you should try it sometime instead of dashing headlong into the road, it may just save you a serious injury.

Abstract Art #8

Haven't posted for a while... probably due to the exciting life I lead, NOT!

Here's my latest abstract... calling it 'The One Red Thread' ...

Oh and Merry Christmas everyone.

Galaxy Tab 4 Baby!

My first post from my brand new Galaxy Tab 4 :) I took advantage of Cyber Monday.