Journal – Page 4 – Oddball Update

Making Things Happen

June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Just thought I’d stop in for a proper journal entry for once, since the interval between the present day and my last post on here is starting to elongate into a yawning chasm once again. I don’t really have much to complain about.

Time Heals Wounds. Journals Reopen Them.

May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 Chief Oddball

I love trips down memory lane, so occasionally I’ll go back through bits and pieces of my past in all their various forms. These include audio recordings, old TV shows and movies, classic video games, and of course journals (Oddball Update has been around since 1994, it just didn’t go public until 2003).

Introducing Singuloddity

April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 Chief Oddball

Today I’d like to announce the launch of Singuloddity, a new companion to the Oddball Update that I’m referring to as a “microlog”. It’s a place for me to post spur-of-the-moment topics based on things that are happening right now.

New For The Nineties

April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 Chief Oddball 5 Comments

Ever look at the trending topics list on Twitter to see what the perfunctory social network’s users are talking about? Each new trend is like a flash mob that the Twitter biomass collectively contributes to for five, ten, maybe fifteen minutes before it slowly dissipates and then winks out of existence.

My Kingdom for a Visor

February 16, 2012March 2, 2012 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Oh, faithful GTO. For what do your initials stand? Ay; for thou would have me believe your name is “Gran Turismo Omologato”, I suspect truly that thy moniker be “Gets Troubled Often.” Or perhaps it is I to whom that nomenclature refers?

Calm

February 13, 2012September 24, 2012 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

On the heels of yesterday’s rant about an unexpectedly high (that’s putting it mildly) medical bill, I’m pleased to report that I’m no longer furious. The weekend was smashed beyond almost all repair after the arrival of that $3,450 invoice on Saturday afternoon.

Furious

February 12, 2012February 12, 2012 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

I never really posted about it here, but when our son was born this past November, the delivery didn’t go quite according to plan. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement: we had planned from the beginning to have a natural childbirth at a birth center with the help of a midwife.

The Xbox Acquisition Deliberation

February 11, 2012March 2, 2012 Chief Oddball

In the old days, I would replace my computer every couple of years. Since I don’t game on the PC much anymore, I’m still finding myself perfectly happy (well, mostly) with the computer I built in October of 2006. The object of my upgrade fever, meanwhile, has turned to mobile phones and game consoles, and it is these items that I now find myself replacing on a two-year cycle.

Abandon Ship

January 13, 2012January 13, 2012 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

The topic I was discussing in my last entry — which marked the unheralded return of the Oddball Oddcast in a pared-down form — was not really done being hashed out in my head at the time I posted it. Shortly after I recorded those oh-so-scintillating 12 minutes of gabbling about the MMORPG Star Trek Online, I finally decided that I was gonna blow some walking-around money and get the “Original Series Bundle” through the game’s online store.

Oddcast 1/11/2012: Star Trek Online

January 11, 2012October 7, 2012 Chief Oddball

This episode of the Oddball Oddcast discusses Star Trek Online, soon to relaunch under a free-to-play model, and the nigh-uncontrollable compulsion I feel to play it despite having very little time or appetite for MMOs. Which half of my personality will win out: the dyed-in-the-wool Trekkie, or the busy dad with no patience for online buffoonery?

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