Da Pennant, baby!

Today’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! comic had mention of the Basant carnival held in Lahore, Pakistan where a common event is “kite fighting”, so of course I had to look into it. During these events, fighter kite strings are outfitted with blades, glass shards and/or chemicals in order to cut the lines of the other kites during dog fights. There are even mentions of mishaps in which the kites’ weaponry has killed or injured spectators. Once a kite is cut, there is a free-for-all chase of looting the downed fighter, so unfortunately any attempts at aerial photos would likely be pilfered.

Beat the Yankees in Game 7 tomorrow night.

Beat the 5-0 Jets on Sunday.

Just do that for me. Please. That’s all I ask.

In case you haven’t read yet, Half-Life 2 has been “rumored” of going gold. Anyway, I’ve officially confirmed it:


Yep, we went gold on Thursday. VU doesn't like to do press releases late
in the week though, so I think it's going out tomorrow...

-----Original Message-----
From: [Me]
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:44 AM
To: Robin Walker
Subject: Is it true?!

Is HL2 gold? Will I finally be able to dust off my year-old PC (that I
bought specifically for HL2)?!


As I was watching the New England / Seattle NFL game today, I couldn’t help noticing how often the announcers use the word “clutch”.

“He’s great in these clutch situations.”

“That is one clutch player right there.”

“He can’t handle those critical, clutch plays!”

“I like an automatic transmission because I can’t handle using a clutch.”

Now, if there’s an NFL drinking game out there, someone has to add at least a good beer gulp for every mention of the word “clutch”. You’ll surely all be shitfaced drunk by halftime.

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