PFunked

Colloquialisms

Ran across this survey on colloquialisms. Here are my results. Answers in parenthesis are the terms I used when I was younger, but rarely use now.

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
bayou

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
cart (buggy)

3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
lunchbox

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
skillet (frying pan)

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
sofa or couch

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
gutter (drain pipe)

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
porch

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
soda (coke)

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
pancake

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
po-boy

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
bathing suit

12. Shoes worn for sports
tennis-shoes

13. Putting a room in order.
cleaning up

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
lightning bug

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
roly-poly

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
see-saw

17. How do you eat your pizza?
??? seems out of place

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale

19. What's the evening meal?
dinner or supper

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
water fountain

April Fools from Around the Internet

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft - Molten Core comes to consoles!
I just yelled "yes!" and laughed hard when they included "Skinning a bear should aggro every bears in a 40 yard radius". It's a warcraft forum meme and it's fantastic they included that in the trailer.

New Bard Class
This one goes to eleven!

YouTube

Click on any of the featured videos. YouTube didn't give me up...

Parkour Game alpha

Parkour game alpha demo

I've got the basic gameplay in place for the Parkour engine I'm making. I have a lot of art assets to create and some bug fixes, but it should be playable.

The game works by giving you an open area to run around in, where you have the ability to climb and vault over obstacles with ease. You can simply explore, or you can take the time challenges where you reach every point of interest (!) as fast as possible.

Note that high scores don't yet persist between sessions. I need to add more input prompts, just remember Enter = "Accept" and Escape = "Cancel" in most situations.

My best times on these alpha levels:
Training Grounds 1: 0:26
Urban Block: 0:35

If you find any bugs, let me know. One out of every 50 plays or so I'll get myself inside a wall, and I don't know how to replicate that yet.

Al Copeland RIP

Al Copeland, founder of Popeye's Fried Chicken, has died..

...

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

2nd Amendment

The Supreme Court is hearing a case about the DC handgun ban.

My thoughts on gun control: murder/assault is already illegal. Isn't that sufficient?

I've never been a fan of prevention laws. It makes more sense to punish people for actually infringing the rights of others.

Gun Ownership -> Murder/Assault
Drunk Driving -> Vehicular Manslaughter
Prostitution -> hm, no victim
Drug Possession/Use -> also, no victim
Butt Sex -> ... seriously, is this a Prevention law to prevent people from "going to hell"? At least this was ruled unconstitutional in 2003

Every time these kinds of discussions come up, we hear terrible logical fallacies, especially Slippery Slope.

Not trying to Straw Man here. Back to the subject at hand -- the 2nd Amendment. Some of the justices seem to agree that the 2nd Amendment does not exclusively apply to militias.

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.