• Good news, everyone! You can’t be fired for complaining about your boss on the Internet! Well, more specifically the recent court decision dealt with Facebook and other social networking websites, but that’s pretty much what everyone uses the Internet for anyway these days. So the next time you want to call a co-worker or a superior a douche, do so knowing that a precedent has now been set legally allowing you to do so. This of course makes no difference to me, because the only person I can blame for problems I have at work is me. I should have a real job by now. [story]
• If you have a few spare minutes and you love nerding out about video games you should read the article WIRED published this week on the Nintendo World Championship game for NES. The gold cartridge (26 were made, only 13 are currently accounted for), is the most-valuable video game in the world and has been sold for as much as $20,000. The article also details the Nintendo World Championships of 1990, which were a part of PowerFest, a 30-city summer tour that included regional competitions in advance of the World Championships. I went to PowerFest in New York as a seven year old and it was pretty awesome. My friend Greg competed but lost. Reading about the craziness of the championships and the tricks involved in amassing high scores is insane. And then there’s that video game that costs more than I make in a year. Depressing. Not that I care to own one. But I wouldn’t mind finding one of the thirteen undiscovered copies… [story]
• It feels like it has been years since the last “Zombies Exist!” news story, but this one — published by Discovery News — argues that some bodies buried with stones in their mouths were done so to prevent them from rising from the dead. Sounds like AMC is really hurting for cash if they’re resorting to viral campaigning for Walking Dead. I know the latter half of the first season sucked, but…I’ll give season two a chance. [story]
• A cat that went missing in Colorado five years ago turned up in New York recently. When its owners found out the cat — which escaped during a home renovation project — was still alive, they all joined hands and cried. Blood. [story]
• My current fantasy baseball matchup is coming down to the wire. If I can hold on and win this week’s head-to-head struggle I’ll be in the finals, with a chance to win the $450 pot. If I lose in the finals 2nd place would net me $150. Not so bad I guess…but I really want to win. My pitching has carried me through this season (specifically Justin Verlander, Felix Hernandez and David Price, but Yovani Gallardo and Annibal Sanchez have pitched brilliantly too) but this week my offense has been the difference for me: Matt Weiters and Carlos Beltran both hit 3 homeruns, and David Murphy and Howie Kendrick both had 2-HR games. Going into Sunday’s games I have what appears to be a comfortable 7-2-1 lead but the difference between my and my opponent’s WHIPs and ERAs is less than .5 and we’re tied for stolen bases. If Verlander, Hernandez, Price and the recently-added Brett Myers pitch like shit, I’ll probably lose. Wish me luck.
And with that, I’m gonna go get drunk!
Hypnotics – The Quest
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