http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com From The New Universe Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:13:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So - I got and installed The Wrath of the Lich King. I must say, so far, it's pretty freaking cool.  Meet Kurmudgeon: Kurmudgeon is a level 55 Death Knight (they start at level 55).  His story is a simple one in that he doesn't really have one.  I needed an alt ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/18/wrath-of-the-lich-king/ So, I'm confused by Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Both the movie and the new Cartoon Network TV show. Okay - Episodes 1 - 3 were about making George Lucas tons more money.  As a side note, they were also intended to show us the descent of Anakin Skywalker from annoying ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/16/the-clone-wars/ Ventured out this morning to check out the new James Bond flick.  I hit the 10:45 show and was surprised to find the theater pretty well full! I was looking forward to both the flick and the trailers, as I haven't been to the movies in a bit.  One of the ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/15/quantum-of-solace/ http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/14/caption-fun-friday-13/ Well, to quote Michael Corleone: Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in. My trip to Blizzcon rekindled my interest in the World of Warcraft, among other games.  I've been doing a good job of balancing my time playing video games with doing other, non sitting around ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/13/warcraft/ One week before Halloween, I went looking for some Halloween stuff for work.  We were doing this decorating thing, and I wanted to contribute more than my height ("Oh - Patrick!  You're tall - see if you can put this up...").  Anyway, I hit a couple of places where I ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/12/christmas-seriously/ Weird things happen from time to time.  Recently, the blog has had some weirdness in that I lost several posts that I'd done and published and there's this strange character showing up in old posts - like an ASCII character that's showing up because it found something strange that it ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/12/weird-things/ I've been reading the Dresden files for a while now, so I'm really hooked. "Blood Rites" is by no means the latest book in the series, it's simply the latest one I've read and I really liked it. Harry Dresden: Wizard.  That's what the sign says and that's exactly what Harry is ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/11/03/review-blood-rites/ Day four started just about the same as Day Three - I overslept. I have an alarm on my iPhone that's set for daily - I forgot that doesn't include Saturday - it's just Monday through Friday, so it never actually went off this day. D'oh. I had people calling me early though, ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/10/24/vacation-day-four/ Blizzcon. Wow.  What an event - it was Huge.  And so many people! I started my day later than I planned due to the night before.  I was to meet Hukari as I had his pass and he couldn't get in without me.  Only, I couldn't find him. Candice found me almost immediately, ... http://theblog.thenewuniverse.com/2008/10/23/vacation-day-three/