For dinner tonight Shell made a tasty fettuccine alfredo, using a light sauce from scratch. Also, she cooked up some applewood smoked bacon, and added that to the pasta. It proved to be quite the delicious meal, as the bacon tasted great with the pasta and sauce.
So again as I looked over some reports in Google Analytics, I came across one that stated where my site traffic came from. This was pretty interesting as well.
1. Google
No surprise there, since it is the biggest (and best) search provider
This was a big surprise, with most people directly hitting up my address
Kind of goes along with google. I didnt realize they would be counted as two different sources.
4. Co-optimus
This was good to know. I post regularly on the site, and I have my website embedded in my sig, so I guess thats where it comes from.
5. Blue Host
I guess its nice to know that I get some traffic thanks to my site’s provider.
All interesting stuff. What I guess Im surprised at is that my Twitter tweets arent making it onto the list. Either google analytics doesnt interpret it as google, or maybe no one clicks on my tweets when they link to my new posts…
Heres a stupid little thing I drew up a few years back. I was just looking through my computer for some random stuff and came across it. I suppose I will title it “First Crack”, as it is my first (and only) webcomic.
And yes, you can tell me its lame, and that the presentation makes it hard to read. I know all that. I just work with what I got.
Ive had the site since April, and I was curious to see what my top ten blogs were. So I went into my Google Analytics records and checked it out. I love using Google Analytics, and its so much easier than trying to read the reports from Blue Host. I knew two of the posts would be up there, but others were quite a surprise.
1.Explanation of Combat Arts in Sacred 2
This came as no surprise. I knew from looking at other reports that this was my most popular post. I think I did a search to see why, and there is some combination you could put in about Sacred 2 and combat arts that landed me on page one on google.
This also was not a big surprise, and was the post that had the most random comments. If you google the term whale wars sucks, I come up at number four, which is awesome. Man, I hate that show…
3. My Shadow Warrior Character Build Guide
Another post I knew was very popular. I had made a build guide for the Shadow Warrior in Sacred 2, who seems to be the most popular character to play as. Thus, this was a pretty big hit on my blog.
4. My Announcement of Future Character Builds in Sacred 2
For some reason, a post about what I intended to do in the future made it to my number four most popular post. It doesnt really do much but say “hey, pretty soon I will start making some character build guides.”
5. Axis & Allies 50th Anniversary Edition
This one was a surprise. I didnt even play the game…I just commented on how cool it looks and how much I would love to play it. Man, I need to get some nerd friends up here to play a game of A&A…
6. Resistance: Gathering Storm Book Review
This one was also a surprise. I dont know how it got on here, but my little review of a fairly unpopular book (as far as I can tell) made it to #6 on my blog. Bravo Resistance. Bravo.
7. My Guess At an NHL Announcement
This post makes me laugh. In July the NHL announced that it would make a major announcement at Fenway Park. Common sense told me that that would be the location of the 2010 Winter Classic, and I indeed was correct in my guess. The best part is that this post did not get popular until December, when the Winter Classic was approaching.
8. Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Review
This only cracks me up because my review of the demo is more popular than my first impressions of the full game… Hmmm, I just realized that I never wrote up a full review of the game…
This came as a complete surprise. I didnt notice that my review of the Wolverine game was this high up on my blog.
10. My High Elf Character Build Guide
I thought this one was going to be more popular. Its my build guide for the High Elf in Sacred 2.
So there you have it, my top 10 most popular posts. Thanks for looking, and I look forward to seeing how it changes in the coming months.
The Dark Tower series is a fantastic collection written by Stephen King. I read the first four many, many years ago, and had to endure years of waiting before he released the last three. Knowing how much I enjoyed the exploits of Roland and co., Steve purchased me the first graphic novel from Marvel based on the books, which is titled “The Gunslinger Born.”
First and foremost, if you have not read the books, you will not be able to follow along with the graphic novel. It is definitely written by fans of the series who know the books, and presented in such a way that you will get lost. Heck, I got lost a few times, and I read the books! However, this is necessary to allow as much detail from King’s books to get in without being bogged down with background explanation like the books have. What the graphic novel does is presents the story of Roland linearly. In the books, his story is jumbled about a bit, and you learn about his past throughout different books, in a way of flashback. However, The Gunslinger Born starts right away by introducing you to Roland as a young man, how he became a gunslinger, and his early adventures when he meets Susan Delgado.
I was just going over my Shit List (I keep forgetting I have one), and I made some corrections, as you will see. I have removed “working” and “research papers” from my Shit List. For one, now that I havent been officially working in like 8 months, I miss the moneys, so yeah, I like to work. Secondly, I want to confirm that I do in fact enjoy writing out research papers. I think I added that to the list while I was at Oneonta, and before I learned the joy of researching historical notes and writing about it. However, last semester I had a choice of writing a research paper or preparing a unit plan, and I chose the paper because I missed writing them.
So those are my corrections. Everything else on there knows why its there. Im talking to you, Hillary…
So tonight’s episode of Heroes was pretty damn great. A lot of interesting stuff going on, and as such I am really enjoying this season. It definitely makes up for last season’s mediocreness. And as Ive previously stated, one of the best parts of this new season was the introduction of Samuel and his carnies.
As of tonight’s episode, Samuel finally hit the point Ive been waiting for. This entire season, you know he’s bad, but he doesn’t always come off as being evil, or a villain. However, after having his heart broken, he has crossed that bridge into the world of super villainy, and I like it. He has a pretty amazing power, and from now on he will not be holding back, which means he will be causing quite a bit of evil, which I look forward to.
Ive been looking forward to finding time to see Avatar with Shell. It was one of those movies that looked so visually stunning that I really wanted to see it in the theaters. Today was one of the first free weekends we have had since before Christmas, so we headed to the mall for an afternoon flick.
The basic plot of the movie is as follows. Humans head to a planet called Pandora, which is home to an extremely valuable metal called unobtainium (which I thought was a pretty stupid name.) As the humans wish to strip mine the planet for the precious metal, they come into contact with an indigenous tribe of humanoids named the Na’vi. The corporation manning the mining operation wants a peaceful solution to the problem, so they create “avatars”, which is a genetic clone of a Na’vi that a human can control from a remote location by basically moving his mind to that of the avatars. One of the men who controls an avatar ends up realizing that the Na’vi life is better and that the humans are a threat, and he ends up becoming a leader to them.
Shell and I picked up our wedding bands today at the mall. I snagged mine from Kay Jewelers, and Shell ordered her from Belkin.
I ended up picking out this:
I know the pics are not the best quality. I blame the camera.
Anywho, I wanted the very best quality ring possible. Shell would not let me get The One Ring, and unfortunately the jeweler did not have any adamantium or unobtainium in stock. Thus I went with the next best thing, being titanium. Its basically a black ring with a thin silver border. I have never worn rings before, and I did not want to get a “girly” gold ring, so I wanted something manly. I think this fits the bill pretty well, and Im pretty happy with my choice.
So Im going to hit up the local retailers today in the hopes of snagging a night job. I got myself on the substitute teacher list on Tuesday, but it may take up to a month to get active, and then its an on-call kind of thing, so its not all that reliable. I figure that I should have a stable night job to make sure we continue to bring in the bacon. We shall see where I end up.
I think that I can easily say that Professor Layton is one of my favorite DS series of games. I really enjoyed playing through Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and I couldnt wait to get my hands on the next game in the series. Two hours (and twenty puzzles) in, and I am having a blast.
For those of you not familiar with the series, Professor Layton is a “puzzleholic.” The game entails you navigating Professor Layton and his apprentice through a world map of sorts, and you interact with either people or the environment to find puzzles. Some of these puzzles are mandatory and must be solved in order to advance through the game, while others are purely optional (but you still get points for completing them.)
I received my Teacher Certificate in the mail today, meaning, as of February 1, I can officially teach in a classroom. Now I just have to find a job…
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The Nintendo Wii gets a really bad rap, as far as the “next gen.” consoles go. It has inferior graphics to its bigger cousins, the X-Box 360 and the PlayStation 3. Many Wii games that are churned out are produced to satisfy a “casual” market of gamers, not the hardcore gamers who favor the PS3 or 360. The Wii’s controls (the Wii Remote and the Nunchuck) are not traditional, and they feel foreign in the hands of veteran gamers. Also, cross-system games (such as Call of Duty, Bully, and Madden) are seen as horrible when ported to or created for the Wii, due to the inferior graphics and “gimmicky” controls (often requiring the player to waggle the Wii Remote repeatedly, causing severe soreness) that come packaged with Nintendo’s little white console.
However, the Wii is a lot better than people make it out to be. The trick is to be a smart consumer, and do some in-depth research on games before making purchases. Yes, there are a lot of extremely terrible Wii games (Chicken Shoot, Redneck Games, and Carnival Games) that are pumped into the market in an attempt to make a quick buck. Let’s be honest…the majority of the Wii’s games fall into this category of “shovel ware”. However, to an experienced and savvy gamer, the Wii does have a decent number of titles that are a lot of fun, and really save the system from being a piece of junk.
The Worst Wii game ever???
So I picked up Scribblenauts the other day, and have been checking it out at night before going to bed. When it first came out I had heard good things about it and was anticipating it, and I ended up getting a pretty good deal for it.
You play as Maxwell, a kid with a notepad. The game is divided into areas and stages, and to get past each stage you simply have to grab the level’s star (called a starite.) Sounds easy, right? Well, it gets a bit more complicated then that, and thats where the genius of the game comes in to play.
Im a pretty huge Simpsons fan. That being said, it is no secret that I have been unhappy with the show as of late, particularly with the notion that they released Season 20 before Season 13. But being the Simpsons fan that I am, I pre-ordered Season 20, got it in yesterday, and have gotten about half-way through.
Its hit and miss. Not all the episodes are junk, but none are great. Sadly, some are pure garbage and I shudder at having to watch them. There are few laughs, and even fewer that give me the sort of gladness that previous seasons did. The show is clearly on the decline from its blockbuster middle years.
However, my big beef came up today, when I watched the 450th episode. 450 is a lot of episodes, and it make sense that with all those episodes, they have reached their peak and are now on the decline. The 450th episode proves this. The episode was truly horrible, with Krusty’s show getting a “princess” character to draw in more girls. The premise itself was lame, and when it appeared that the episode would be the umpteenth “Krusty Komeback” episode, I died a little inside. However, what happened was even worse, with Krusty falling in love with this princess. Not even Ralph’s “I’m Star Wars” line saved this episode.
My biggest beef is that, for an episode they considered a milestone (450), it definitely did not feel like it. What they need to do is another “22 Short Stories About Springfield” episode…that was classic! Moral of the story is that I will most probably not be watching the show on Sundays, but being the sucker that I am I will continue to purchase the DVD sets, regardless of how lame the season is.
My sister was in our laundry room, and all of a sudden she gave out a scream. Loki had climbed into the dryer, and was staring at her from within his depths. He looked pretty cute so I snapped some pics.
On Saturday, the women (Shell, Cara, and my mom) went out shopping in the afternoon. While I was home at my parents house, I decided to go up to my room and look over my weapons collection. Ive been collecting bladed weapons for many years, and have an extensive collection of all kinds of swords, knives, axes, and other weapons. I dont remember how I first got interested in it, but Im sure my Tae Kwon Do training had a big impact on it. As I was looking through them, I thought it would be interesting to show off some of my personal favorites in a post. Mind you, what you are seeing here is only a sampling of what I own. I just picked some of my favorites and the things that looked coolest. I also own other weapons that I didnt put on here because they arent that special or because I probably shouldnt share them publicly…
This is the weapons cabinet in my room. As you can see, it is filled with weapons and boxes containing more weapons…mostly swords and knives. I also have a stash of my larger weapons in my closet.
We are heading back down to Middletown this weekend (again). Today will be a chill day. While the women folk go shopping, the men will be sitting back watching Ken Burn’s The Civil War and the Jets game.
Tomorrow is the main reason we are going down, that being the tuxedo fitting. I am meeting up with Steve, my bro-in-law, cousins, and dads, and we are all getting our fittings at Men’s Wearhouse. After that, we will be headed to You You for some tastetacular munchies and cheap drinks. Huzzah!!!
Cara will be coming back with us tomorrow night, and will stay until Wednesday. She will regret it, as I force the PS3 and Wii upon her while Shell works. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im officially calling it now. The next platinum trophy I get on the PS3 will be Dragon Age: Origins. I was looking over the trophy list, and none of them are out of reach. If anything, it will just be time consuming. Luckily there are no online or challenge trophies, so they are all obtained through normal gameplay. Also, there is no trophy for beating the game on a particular difficulty or anything like that. All in all, it will be a relatively easy platinum, and I will enjoy working through it to get it.
I have been enjoying Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard on the PS3, so when I saw that he had a game coming to PSN, I was pretty excited. I checked out the demo last night, and all I can say is that Im glad there was a demo, or I would have wasted $15!!!
Bloodbath and Beyond once again has Matt Hazard going through his previous video games, breaking the fourth wall as he goes. The humor from Eat Lead is definitely still present in the game, which is a good thing. However, rather than a third person shooter, this time its a side scrolling adventure. On the plus side, you can bring a friend along locally for some co-op goodness. But then again, if the person is your friend, you dont want to drag them into this mess of a game.
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