Strange.

I just passed up buying a bunch of toys at the store. New Transformers arn't looking that neat for the $. The Real gear is okay, but overpriced. Almost went for some Star Wars Transformers, but those are overpriced as well. I hope series 2 marvel Attacktix comes out soon.

Optimus Prime on USA Today...

I ran into this by accident on the job site. Took it home to read, but the Optimus's wouldn't let me get near it.


Here's a pic without the subpar comments.

Darn Alliance kicked my Ur-Quan Butt.

I was Meleeing last night to a horrible, enbarassing defeat! I usually play the Alliance side agaist the Ur-Quan Hierarchy. This time I tried a fleet of varieting Ur-Quans agains a fleet of Alliance ships. I thought it was balanced in my favor, with my total points at about 300 to about 280 for the Alliance.


Thanks to the darn Utwig and their stupid shield oscillators I lost five or six ships right off the bat. I figured with computer on awesome, it could press those shields much faster and efficient than a human. I figured I could catch up with my amazing skills...


Then the Pkunk come along with their "Stupid-Jerk-Nitwit" ultra fast manuvering ships. It was only one ship, so when I say ships I am referring to its ability to reincarnate itself once it blows up. Legend says that its a 50/50 chance that it does reincarnate...the darn thing came back from the dead about ten times! It wasn't until about 6 to 8 of my ships were destroyed until I realized the Pkunk have a hard time dealing with the Mycon Podships primary weapon.


By this time I only had a few ships left, So the Chenjesu had to play clean up with the rest of my ships. It uses 'dogis' or small glowing crystalls to attack and defuel your ship. And they did, to much success. The main problem is once they spawn four of them and defeat you, the dogis stay around to do the same with your next ship. And when all you have left is a slow VUX or a Ilrawth its about time to quit anyways.

So I was totally embarrased, whiped out by just three ships, and thought I'd share my defeat. Maybe with some practice, and start selecting the right ship to take on the right ship, I can retry this to better success.

Take the Aquaman Challenge!

Stare at this picture for five uninterupted minutes, and then comment your favorite story of the sea.

Dan's vacation Panic Plunge at Silverwood

I wasn't planning on riding this drop tower, but when we were walking by and saw no lines I reconsidered. Actually I didn't rereconsider until I was about 20 feet up and realized I didn't study the ride before hand. I had no idea how it would drop, how far, how much time to top, or how it would slow down. In fact, I got on without barely a thought on; 'is this little harness enough to hold me in'. Kind of freaked me out as I got to the top. So I said a quick prayer and had a good plunge. It was pretty fun, my jaw stuck to my brain and I was without gravity for a second or so.

Now friends at work tell me that a poor girl in Kentucky was injured on this style of ride not two days after I road one. I actually visited the Kentucky Kingdom park in the early 90's, but the ride wasn't built yet. Then I did some further research on Ride Accidents, and I am now depressed.

Barricade comes prepared...

I like how Barricade comes with a small robot that transforms into a tire boot.




Take that stupid speeding Autobot!

Dan's Vacation Hiawatha Trail Idaho

The lack of posts of late is due mainly to the time spent element collecting for my Ur-Quan master friends. Soon I will have an armada group worthy of destroying the Sa'matra battle platform.

Also I took a trip to northern Idaho. Got a chance to bike the Hiawatha Rail-trail. It was a blast, 9 tunnels, 7 super high trestle bridges, and great views. Mostly all down hill, 2% down grade made for easy ride about 15 miles. The best part was the Taft tunnel (not pictured), almost 2 miles long connecting Montana and Idaho. Very cold, very dark, and very wet, the tunnel took forever to ride through. I thought my hands would freeze off in there. It was very strange to see the exit, yet not be able to peddel to it in a quickly mannor.

I know, you are thinking I look just like Lego Obi-wan kenobi, we share striking similarities.