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May 30, 2009 by Hawk.
I must admit I wasn’t crazy about Jay Leno taking over when Carson left the Tonight Show but he’d had guest hosting experience and was at least mildly funny. Jay grew on me. I was always impressed with the way he handled the animals his guests brought out. He was interested, asked intelligent questions and not afraid to get down and pet the bears, big cats, whatever was brought out, unlike Letterman who shrieks like a girl and hides from just about anything.
Jay, you did a damn good job with the show and I’m sorry to see you go.
Conan, you’re an imbecile. You’ve no talent. You’re almost as annoying as Carrot Top or Gilbert Gottfried. I won’t be watching you, ever.
Hawk (that’s just the way it is…)
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May 29, 2009 by Hawk.
2162:56:16
Two THOUSAND one hundred sixty two hours, fifty six minutes and 16 seconds (at the time of the screen capture) without a crash, without a reboot. That’s THREE months continuous operation. Crash free. Vista nay-sayers and complainers, you’re doing something wrong. This isn’t a high end machine, it’s just bare inches above the base model Dell Inspiron 531; AMD processor, Vista Home Basic, only a GIG of RAM, Nvidia graphics and all. Three months people. I think I’ll post this and then reboot just for the hell of it.
Hawk (doesn’t have a problem with Vista)
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May 27, 2009 by Hawk.
On the 9th of May I traded in, after more than a dozen failed attempts, several hundred Coke Reward points for three coupons, each worth a free 12-pack of Coca-Cola product. On the 23rd of May all three arrived. In separate envelopes. On the 26th of May Coca-Cola emailed me, three times, each email stating:
“This notification is confirmation that your Coca-Cola® product 12-pack has been shipped”
“The estimated delivery date for your order is: 15 - 20 business days”
Three days AFTER I got my coupons, each in a separate envelope, they’re telling me I should expect them in two to three weeks.
Way to go, Coke! Not only didn’t you save on postage by putting three coupons requested at the same time, by the same person, to the same address, in the same envelope you haven’t a CLUE when you’re shipping things out. I wonder how much that kind of stupidity costs them each year. This is why 12-packs of soda at the grocery store are over $5 these days.
Hawk (does have three coupons for free coke!)
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May 26, 2009 by Hawk.
I moderate two sub-forums, the art and contests forums, for the online community who play The Kingdom of Loathing. Ages ago someone started a thread asking for ideas to draw, suggesting “Be as random as you can…” so I came up with:
“Death surfing the Banzai Pipeline while smoking a hookah. There is a very frightened octopus clinging to the front of his surfboard.”
Yeah, I’m weird, deal….
Since then it’s been my standard request when someone opens a new thread for commissions.
Here’s the results of my requests over the years plus other random stuff people have made for me.
http://the-ayrie.net/commissions/
Hawk (art for meat’s sake)
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May 25, 2009 by Hawk.
Just a quick head’s up. I’ve recently updated the Photography and Photoshop sections on the site to include a lot of content not previously added and/or created since the page was uploaded. The Photography section has more than doubled in size! Give ‘em a look: http://the-ayrie.net/. Enjoy!
Hawk (hid two links on the main page!)
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May 21, 2009 by Hawk.
House - I loved the first season of House, I even went out and bought the DVDs. Then it started going down hill. The billionaire who bought a seat on the board to play some sadistic chess game with the staff, boring. Then the cop abusing his power and harassing House because House was rude and took a pill while he watched. Lame, WAY drawn out, boring, unbelievable. Now the show’s just rote; House is a dick, House takes some pills, someone gets sick, House is a dick, everyone argues, someone makes excuses for House still being a dick, 89% chance of recovery for the patient, House, still a dick.
The Simpsons - I don’t think I’ve watched an episode of The Simpsons since the movie came out on DVD. I’m almost certain, even though I enjoyed the movie, that it was the last of the characters I ever watched. I don’t know what happened. I just completely lost interest.
Reaper - I watched the first season religiously even though I despised the round-headed guy (Tyler Labine). Then some other show was on at the same time, NCIS, and I never even thought about watching season two. Then one day NCIS wasn’t on and I tried picking up Reaper in the third or fourth episode and turned it off after less than fifteen minutes. It left me cold.
Survivor - Almost. If they have another cast member like Coach who’s a despicable lying sack of crap and who gets 90% of the camera time they’ll lose me as a viewer. This past season was barely worth watching.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - I loved Detective Goren he was odd and disturbed and amusing to watch, not to mention Kathryn Erbe is easy on the eyes, then they split it into TWO Law & Order: Criminal Intents and that was okay, stupid but ok. NOW they’ve added Jeff Goldblum whom I despise as Goren 2. Skinny Goren vs Stout Goren… It’s ridiculous and I won’t watch it.
Saving Grace - Watched most of the first season. Wondered why the budget couldn’t afford a brush for Holly Hunter’s mop. Wondered how a detective could work a crime scene with her hair getting into everything and hung over. Wondered how many cops out there protecting me were drunken sluts screwing anything that moved… Never even bothered with season two.
CSI: Miami - David Caruso delivers EVERY line as if he’s hoping it will be the tag line in the show previews. Overact much Dave? He’s ruined the show for me.
Castle - I love Nathan Fillion. He made Firefly special (damn you FOX!). I watched this show once, twice, I can’t remember. That’s just sad.
Supernatural - When this first started out it was great. Each week was something new. Sometimes scary, sometimes funny. Then it pulled an X-Files and decided to discard the episodic shows for a LONG, drawn out, really, really drawn out, super serious story line. Sam’s turned into a dick, Dean seems to have lost a bucket load of IQ points and good gods can we end the world already?!
Bones - This never really had a chance with me. It’s so unrealistic and the cast is SO unbelievable I only catch it once in a blue moon.
Cops - “Bad boys, bad boys… whatcha gonna do” when the cops with the camera man show up ten minutes after the action? When you get to watch five minutes of the camera man running in the dark swinging the camera wildly from side to side and panting as if he’s going to drop dead from a stroke any moment… They should have called this ‘Cops, after the fact’. Yawn!
America’s Funniest Home Videos - Has never had a host with a sense of humor, talent, timing or the ability to look anything other than like a moron in front of the camera. As for ‘funniest’ it should be changed to ‘cruelest’ as 95% of the videos want you to laugh at other people’s pain and misfortune. Screw that.
South Park - South Park started out awesome, funny, irreverent, rude. Then the creators decided they were going to step into the political and social whirl and use their show to make ’statements’ and diatribe. The quality’s gone to hell and I’m bored with it… *yawn*
Hawk (really, really misses E.R.)
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May 15, 2009 by Hawk.
I rush into the bathroom… Well, as ‘rush’ as I can with my cane, and I *freeze*. It’s one of those rare occasions when both ends require relief and both want it NOW.
Do I poop first? Do I pee first? Ladies, you don’t know how good you got it that you can accomplish both tasks sitting down.
If I pee first I may poop and if I poop first I just might pee all over the place.
Welcome to the panic that is my life. Aren’t you glad you’re reading this?
Do I poop first? Do I pee first? Damn decisions!
Hawk (pee’d first)
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May 14, 2009 by Hawk.
Do I want the both the “My So-Called Life” series AND first season of “The Muppet Show” or the entire “Planet Earth” BBC series?
I hate making stupid choices like this….
Hawk (argh)
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May 10, 2009 by Hawk.

Hawk (to all moms out there…)
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May 8, 2009 by Hawk.
Four of the cruelest words anyone can utter and they’re often used in a futile attempt to if not cheer someone up at least to try and lighten the moment. It’s terrible. Using ‘It could be worse’ is just dismissing someone’s pain and problems. Personally I hate it. It hurts:
“You can barely walk? It could be worse!”
“You wake to pain, spend the day in pain and struggle to sleep with pain? It could be worse!”
“Hands and arms don’t work (you had to type that sentence four times to get it right?) It could be worse!”
This a horrible way to deal with a friend’s pain. Sadly I admit I’ve done it myself and even TO myself to make light of things even when they’re not light and never will be. Think before you say it, you just might make it worse…
Hawk (is worse)
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