Merlin-51: October 2005

Gaming Guru

This is a post from a friends blog over at the Salt Lake Tribune. I thought it was extremely funny so I decided to put it up here.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Put down the joystick, dude
Ten signs you've played too many comic-based games:
10. When jogging, you pretend you're chasing bad guys.
9. You named your son Bruce Wayne and left him in Carlsbad Caverns for 3 days.
8. You nearly died after letting several species of spiders bite you on the hand.
7. Your essay on ''Hamlet'' drew comparisons to Venom and his dead dad.
6. You threw your back out trying to lift a car.
5. A certain body part is painted green and nicknamed ''Hulk.''
4. You make claims such as ''No one has created more than Stan Lee, including God.''
3. You wonder why puberty didn't bring mutant powers - just unwanted hair.
2. You changed doctors after being told your bones were not made of adamantium.
1. You understand all of the above references.

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Win #2

It was nice to see the Raiders lay the hurt to the Bills last Sunday. My hatered of the Bills goes back to the days when they lost four super bowls in a row. I'm sure I will always hate them also, right along with the Patriots, Chiefs, and Broncos.
I've got to give props to Norv for finally letting Lamont do some running. They are paying the guy enough money he might as well earn it with some touches. I've pretty much given up hope that Oakland will make the playoffs this year so now I am just rooting for them to knock as many teams out of contention as possible. Hopefully they can pick up against the Titans where they left off against the Bills.

Roundabout

Over the summer the city replaced one of the most screwed up intersections in the world with a roundabout. The old intersection was a three way stop with four roads coming into it. East bound traffic didn't have to stop but all other directions did. To make it even worse the traffic coming in from the West had a left turn only lane and a lane for going straight and turning right. The problem was when people would be in the turn lane but blow staight through the intersection. I have seen many wrecks and pedestrians hit by cars at that intersection.

So now we have a roundabout. I think it was a great idea to put it in because it helps traffic move through more freely. The only problem is a lot of the people here have no idea how to drive through a roundabout. Last night I was headed up to campus but the car in front of me stopped at the roundabout. There were a few cars coming but they were on the inside lane, leaving the outside lane free and clear. At first I thought that prehaps the driver of the car was planing on heading West (out of town) but no, she proceeded to turn right after a few minutes. What a moron! If you don't know how to drive through a roundabout, Learn! If you can't find a way to get the information then you probably shouldn't be driving.

I've enclosed a link to Rexburg's Rules For Roundabout Safety for all those people out there that need it.

http://www.rexburg.org/index.asp?Type=SEC&SEC={72692B93-7687-4105-A416-679166ABE17D}&DE={F371BE3E-94E7-44F0-B22B-14F1AEF83891}