A Storied Existence

LOVE

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truly

People Person?

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Ills of Society

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Be true to yourself

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keepers of the language

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Seven free online games worth playing

noreply@blogger.com (Spirithiker) — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:26:00 +0000

I found this topic on plugged in submitted by Ben Silverman

The games are FREE-TO-PLAY. Before the idea of free=crappy game play scares you off, give these a try. They are a little better than your run-of-the-mill ‘bored to death within minutes” games.

Follow the link to get Ben’s take on the games. Here’s the list:

Spiral Knights

Cute, knights, robots, armed to the teeth, co-operative play, adults and kids

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The Lord of the Rings Online

You probably know all about this Middle-Earth world of hobbits, orcs, and goblins. No longer a subscription-only game but still just as nice.

Create your own character, battle with the bad guys, explore Tolkien’s world and have fun.

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World of Tanks

Giant tanks battling each other with giant tank weapons. Lots of tricks to learn and keep you occupied for a long time. Very worthwhile trying.

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Battlestar Galactica Online

Space game based on the popular TV show – the second season. Choose to play as Cylon or Human and continue the struggle for dominance by completing missions and dogfight in a Colonial Viper or Cylon Raider.

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Free Realms (PS3)

Minus the chat, this is still a very nice game set in a 3D virtual world where you are in complete control. Decorate your house, dress up your pet, battle enemies, search for treasure, race your car. Very kid friendly and lots of fun.

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Vindictus

Slightly toughter than Free Realms, this is a no-holds-barred action game steeped in Celtic mythology. A real slasher and brawler, this game is not for kids.

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Pocket Legends (iOS)

Leading massively-multiplayer online role-playing game is free for a good five to six hours and then you start forking over 99-cents for each new area. Like Warcraft but a lot more portable.

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Old Tech - New Tech

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Our Tax Dollars at Work for YOU

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The Doctor is IN

noreply@blogger.com (Spirithiker) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:49:00 +0000

Latest music mix on 8Tracks

Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You - Addictions 1 - 2000

Ray Charles - I Don’t Need No Doctor - Out On the Floor Breathtaking Northern Soul Classics - 2009

The Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor - Beggar’s Banquet - 1968

The Rascals - Good Lovin’ - Time Piece The Rascals’ Greatest Hits - 1968

Frank Sinatra – Witchcraft - Vest Best of - 1997

CCR - I Put A Spell On You - Chronicle, vol 1 - 1976

Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science - The Golden Age of Wireless - 2003

Clovers - Love Potion #9 - Very Best of the Clovers - 1998

Aerosmith - Hoodoo Voodoo Medicine Man – Pump - 1989

Godsmack – Voodoo – Godsmack - 1997

Sugar Ray – Abracadabra - 14:59 - 1999

noreply@blogger.com (Spirithiker) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:50:00 +0000

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
"Which road do I take?" she asked.

"Where do you want to go?" was his response.

"I don't know," Alice answered.

"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."

- Lewis Carroll

noreply@blogger.com (Spirithiker) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:38:00 +0000

Sci-Fi Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Spirithiker) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:31:00 +0000

Friday night around my house is Sci-Fi Friday. One of the local PBS television stations plays sci-fi movies from the 1930’s through the 1950’s and I get to relive my childhood through those movies.

When I was a child, my Mom used to wake me up on Friday nights to watch whatever ‘monster’ or sci-fi movie was on. She knew they were my favorites, but I think she just didn’t like being home without Dad, he worked the midnight shift and I suspect Mom just didn’t want to be alone.

Anyway, this was back in the mid to late 50’s, back when make-up and special effects were a true art form. Don’t get me wrong, computer graphics can do some pretty amazing things but when I was a kid it all seemed real and somehow more believable than today’s computer graphics.

Tonight’s movie isn’t about prehistoric monsters or nuclear-caused mutants but it is a pretty good adventure story called King Solomon’s Mines.

This 1937 film follows the original novel – written by H. Rider Haggard – much better than the two remakes of 1950 and 1985. Allan Quatermain (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), as the ‘great white hunter’ and his guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa. A little sappy but still a good story.

The story takes place in 1882 when Irish dream chaser Patrick "Patsy" O'Brien (Arthur Sinclair) and his daughter Kathy (Anna Lee) fail to strike it rich in the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa. They persuade a reluctant Allan Quatermain to give them a lift to the coast in his wagon when they meet up with someone who claims to have found the fabled mines. The hunt for riches is on, along the way they run into ‘restless natives’, death, treachery, and romance.

Fairly tame by today’s standards, but it’s a good escape from reality anyway.

Martin Ansin

noreply@blogger.com (Spirithiker) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:38:00 +0000

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