Snapple Bottle Hack: Use as Urinal

Before Warcraft shut the doors, I was grinding quests and experience one night with some guildmates before PvP time. PvP time usually began, from my limited observations, when night elves would start pouring into Hordeville, usually the Crossroads.

We had an hour, plus or minus, before their expected arrival so we were cranking out a level or two, as a level or two never hurts when night elves are pouring out of the woodwork. I was also thinking a short grind session might keep my noob ass out of the graveyard for a few extra minutes. I was wrong, but hell, live and learn.

Grinding exp is grinding exp no matter what world or game it takes place in, so my groupmates asked for a story to pass the time. They’re not asking for epic tales of holy knights and damsels in distress; they’re looking for the dirt, usually involving skanks or jagbags, but probably they’d enjoy a lesbian story also. If I had any lesbian stories. Which I don’t.

Almost ten years in online gaming, you’d think I’d have at least one lesbian story. Odd.

I wasn’t in the mood to recount YET ANOTHER loot mishap, or the classic “my brother was playing my character and logged off with your ebay-able items in my backpacks” type tale, so I told them this one:

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EverQuest II Hunts Newbies

The latest massively multiplayer game is aiming to provide a softer, gentler experience for those intimidated by the original EverQuest. For the most part, it succeeds. Review by Daniel Terdiman.…excerpt from: Wired … Foton: Who in the hell was intimidated by EQ? (Other than my mother, who wasn’t intimidated so much as declared it stupid the one time she watched me play during a POP-IN VISIT a few years back. She also made me log off in the middle of an uber raid and I missed out on the best piece of loot evah, but I’ve moved on.) Anyhow, first EQ2 review I’ve seen that didn’t contain cursing in the title, so congrats on that, SOE.

Mini Reviews from Mini People

While I’m still waiting on WoW server #40-something to wake up, and, I’m idly completing some paperwork for My Real Job, I made my weekly family phonecalls. Christmas isn’t far away … got to keep in their good graces so I can avoid the annual “airing of family grievances” when I visit.

As I was talking to one of my brother’s kids — the one that shares his uncle’s odd penchant for killing pretend monsters — I asked what he thought about EverQuest 2. Got to keep in touch with the 14 year olds’ rap, donchaknow.
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