Has everyone seen the rumor that the 360 will cost over $450 at launch? Hopefully it's just crazy talk because nobody is going to want to pay that. Even though that have that one killer game. You know. That game. That makes you want a 360 at launch. Enough to buy it even though you know it's going to be obseleted by a HD-DVD version later. I truly, truly don't undestand what is going on in Xbox land. I only know one person who seems even vaguely excited and that person is not an early adopter so it doesn't matter. I'd consider a $299 console, but if it comes in over $400 fuck them. That's insane. EDIT: Now the word is that the bare bones is $299 while the pimped version is $399.

I ask that you go listen to this before reading the rest of this post. That's an MP3 link - be prepared for sound. Go on. This is something you'll appreciate more if you hear it cold. Really. You back? That's from here. I can't decide which song is best. Be sure to check out Another Brick in the Wall, I Wanna Be Sedated and Walk on the Wild Side as well. (Thanks Caprice for the link!) In other news my two week extended vacation in Azeroth is over. I'm still enjoying the hell out of WoW with the Knights of Arcadia but it's time to get back to work and not stay up to all hours playing. Well, at least not every night.

So yeah - this is what happened to my right front tire on Friday. Luckily I was at a traffic light on Blossom Hill - if it had happened five minutes earlier I would have been on 85, going about 70 MPH. I had to change a flat in 85+ plus weather, but all things considered I'm not complaining. Turned out that my left front had a nail in it - I don't quite understand why a nail would lead to a sidewall blowout but the guy at Sears seemed to think it was possible. I still think it was dastardly Panda Attackers - trying to incapacitate me before the Friday raid. And they failed miserably in that goal! We shall defeat them on foot if that's what it takes!

Fear the Claw Shrimp!Yep that's my WoW toon - I'm playing in the new Penny Arcade guild - Knights of Arcadia over on Dark Iron. After a crazy amount of scrimping and saving I bought the guild tabard last night so now I'm styling.I had joined the PvP Guild (Panda Attack) but when I saw that Penny Arcade was forming a guild to oppose PvP I had to jump ship and go with my true loyalties. I had been debating what to do about WoW since everyone I played with had either quit outright or moved to another server. And this time around I'm playing Alliance, so I don't have to go through the Barrens again.Anyway - the guild makes it a surprisingly different experience. I even took a Mage - knowing that I wouldn't be able to solo very effectively but I'm having a lot of fun.

Making Light points out the Lyttle Lytton contest which is similar to Bulwer-Lytton but restricted to 25 words or less. The prose is less purple but some of these are hysterical. I chuckled at the official Bulwer-Lytton entries, but I was guffawing at some of these. Go check 'em out! I'd advise starting with the 2001 entries and working forward - there are some "special awards" that make more sense if you read chonologically.