Since I probably won’t be on again today, I want to quickly wish everyone a safe and happy New Year.

Now go get smashed.

And congrats to Blogger for being named one of the year’s seven wonders of the web by The guardian.

Linkage but please be sure to read about my exciting weekend below. Fun stuff in the world of J~.

HAPPY NEW YEAR’s eve… Got nothing better to do tonight? Here’s the Times Square Web Cam!

Watch an Elephant Poop! LIVE! Or check out anyone of the other National Zoo Cams.

And since I’m posting webcams check out The Kremlin!

What Makes Sheep Tick?

Take the What Should Your New Year’s Resolution Be? Quiz

Okay, I’ll get the rest of the stuff outta the way first. Saw Lord of the Rings Friday night and was blown away! WOW! Great movie, if you haven’t seen it yet, you’re nuts, go see it now! If you’ve already seen it, go again. Saturday I picked up the Tenacious D CD and it RULES! Funny ass shit, buy it now! I was a bit confused as to why Camelot (Fye now) put it under Heavy Metal considering it’s two guys screwing around on acoustic guitars for most of the album but I assume it’s the devil looking guy on the cover that did it. Sunday I watched the Washington Capitals suck against the Carolina Hurricanes. Wait, not suck, really, they ended up with a 5-5 tie when Carolina’s 11 points ahead of them in the Eastern Conference (I think that’s where they stand) but, man, the Caps could not get it together. Okay, they were down 2-0 in the first 2:10 minutes and ended up tying, okay, that’s fine, but, ugh. Lots of blown chances and bad calls. Great game, though, I hadn’t been to a hockey game in close to 15 years. Good times.

Okay, Friday evening, before LotR…

I got off of work early, yea me. So, on my way home I figure I’d stop by the comic store to get my weekly fix (if you haven’t picked up on it yet, I’m a dork). Well, I go into my usual haunt (a really BIG dork) and there are two guys in there, Jim who runs the place (first name basis with owner = HUGE dork) and some customer he’s helping find something. Fair enough. I grab a few books and start looking for my bag (bag = subscriptions = GARGANTUAN dork). Then I hear the line that starts my weekend off with a bang.

“What did you just put in your pocket?”

Not to me, no, Jim was talking to the other guy who just said “what?” and “it’s just my beer” and pulled out his beer to show off, a nice tall can of Icehouse and obviously not his first. So Jim insists and I just stand there. Now, where Jim’s got this guy he’s cornered (unless he knocks stuff down) and where I’m standing is pretty much the only way out should he get around Jim (or knock stuff down), so I act as if nothings up, I don’t want to get this guy riled up yet. Jim says to give him the stuff and he won’t call the cops (they always say that, don’t they?) and the guy pulls three comics outta his pants.

Now..

1) those things will never EVER be able to be sold again.

2) three comics, two of one issue, one of another, so two comics really

3) they weren’t even big comics, old X-Men that are probably cover price, so a total of MAYBE $10.

So, this guy’s trying to shoplift a few comics. Okay, great. I’m calling him Moron here on out. More reasons why coming up.

So, Jim says he’s gonna call the cops now. The guy freaks a bit and pushes his way past Jim who, while not a small guy, is kinda old and what not. In steps me. I get in the way, the guy pushes a bit more, Jim grabs him from behind, the guy struggles a wee bit and then stops. Jim asks if I’ve got him, I say sure, and he goes for the phone.

So it’s me and Moron. He’s leaning on me, breathing heavy, I smell the beer, I figure he’s trying to pick me up or something. He takes a step back, looks at his hands which he clenches and then he leans into me again, hard this time, trying to get through.

Then he sucker punches me twice upside the head.

Now I’m pissed.

I grab Moron and he pulls back, the two of us stumbling into a couple book racks and knocking them down. He turns and thanks to his big ass and slick winter coat slips from me and I stumble but thanks to his big ass and slick winter coat I grab onto him again and pull myself upright and grab him again.

Now, Marie’s Books and Things (the store that is named after Jim’s wife) is a cramped place, maybe two feet of room to walk through in it’s total of three aisles. And there’s lots of shit on the floor. So, all this struggling and stuff knocks a few things over and feet become tangled.

We fall and I somehow end up on bottom, my head hitting the floor and Moron getting to his feet. Of course, he proceeds to kick me and one foot comes inches from stomping on my head. I’m REALLY pissed. I grabbed one of his legs and thought “ooo…I could kick him in the nuts!” but then common sense kicked in. Okay, while it may hurt him in the long run, he was drunk and could have shrugged it off and had leverage on his side so, had he chosen to retaliate with his heel and little more weight, well, I could have said bye bye to any thought of Jason Jr’s running around.

So I hold on to his leg tight. Jim comes around the counter from the phone and jumps on Moron’s back, who just shrugs him off and the proceeds to pound on the top of Jim’s head. And now Jim’s on my legs, pinning me down and ruining any chance of me getting up.

Moron struggles a bit, breaks free from me holding his feet, and is out the door.

I check on Jim, run out the door, Moron’s gone.

Okay, now I’m REALLY PISSED!

I wanted blood now. That bastard was a dead man if I found him. I hesitated to punch him then, I wouldn’t do it again, that’s for sure. Oh, and Jim and I had plenty of time to steam cause it took the cops FIFTEEN MINUTES to get there. Yep. Marie’s is about 5-7 blocks from police hq yet it took them 15 minutes to get someone there. ARUGH!

So, the cops show up and we start giving a description when another call comes over his scanner. Seems they have someone that kinda matches the description not too far away. GREAT!

Ends up Moron ran out the store and ducked into a flower shop in the same strip with Marie’s. The guy there called the cops about this drunk moron and Moron ran out the door, went a block away, sat down and cracked open his delicious Icehouse. So, the police caught him.

Jim went down and ID’d him and that was that, the bastard was caught and I’m still pissed. I want a piece of him. Grrrr….

Mike McGee put it best: ” Who the fuck steals comic books, anyway? That’s actually the most encouraging thing I’ve heard about the industry in years.”

Anyways, that started my weekend.

So, how was yours?

Dude you all need to remind me to tell you about my weekend, friday night in particular. I should remember it myself, but if I don’t, remind me, weird shit, really…

JSKOnline may not be finished by 1.1.02 as originally planned, but I’ll try and have a lot of it done by then, that’s for sure. I’ll keep you all posted as that progresses. You can check out the temp site so far if you want, but it’s by no means complete.

Flash Fun!

Sodaplay

Wow! Amazing Flash stuff at Uncontrol.

Flight 404

Play around at Re-Move.

Flip Flop Flyin’

what is Freshly Made? simple. I was incredibly bored one morning, and went on a redesign spree. a friend was about to let me redesign her site, when the thought occurred to me — how much fun would it be to let someone else design your site for you?

DOH! Gig Harbor Man Gets Taken In Sneaky Ebay Scam
“I was surfing the Web looking at Ebay and found it. Wow, I can save $50. Free shipping, only $275,” said Bisenius.

But instead of a deal on a PS2, all he got was a piece of paper.

Learn to do anything!

Hilowitz.com Evil test I am 36% evil. I could go either way. I have sinned quite a bit but I still have a bit of room for error. My life is a tug of war between good and evil.

Expidition to the Lost Net A study of these lost sites by US researchers has investigated the extent of the “dark net” and just what causes a net address to fall off the map.

The study found that up to 5% of the net - potentially 100 million hosts - is completely unreachable.

It’s back! Yes, ladies and gents, that little comment box on the left there is back after a slight hiatus. Now be good.

Design Your Own O’Reilly Book Cover!

KILL PEDESTRIANS!!!!

Can anyone in the world reach anyone else through a chain of only 6 friends?

I am an Asteroid. I am a drifter. I go where life leads, which makes me usually a very calm and content sort of person. That or thoroughly apathetic. Usually I keep on doing whatever I’m doing, and it takes something special to make me change my mind. What Video Game Character Are You?

You must really hate yourself. You’re cynical and self-loathing, the epitome of the Prozac poster child. No guy in his right mind would touch you with a ten foot pole. You’ve had some odd adventures in your day and hopefully, in the future one of your strange journeys will lead you to a tiny shred of happiness…or atleast a good shrink. Poopy train. Take The “Which Kevin Smith Female Are You?” Quiz!!

As I posted on HEROES

RevX’s New X Men: The Dream and the Promised Land Definitive Edition

HEROES presents the first ever Definitive Edition, collecting the first arc of RevX’s New X Men by Jason Kenney with an introduction from Alex Cook and a NXMDE exclusive, RevX’s X-Force!

The Definitive Edition is like a cross between a trade paperback and DVD, collecting the story and adding new features like reviews, trailers, an introduction, notes and bonus material. New X Men is the first in a series.

Now, what is this? Well, first off, it’s fanfiction, so those of you turned off by that kinda thing can move along. Beyond that, I found this neat browser plug in called FlipViewer that displays pages like a book! Yeah, it’s neat and I highly recomend you all check it out. It’s kinda a bitch to program for, but once you have it down, it’s pretty smooth.

merry xmas fucker - Alex Cook in a joyous Christmas Greeting to me.

Yep, it’s Christmas Eve now and I’m on the computer when I really should be wrapping presents and buying a few more little things here and there for folks. Ah, yes, the last minute rush. I’m actually done, which is great, but I want to get a couple more things, just to give folks more stuff (and to blow my bonus).

The brothers and I got together last night for a gift exchange and dinner. I got a few good things, the Barenaked Ladies Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001) (it’s good, but I already have all there CDs so there are only 3 songs on it I don’t already have), The Spirtual Combat by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli (”The Spiritual Combat is a famous Classic on the Strategy for achieving spiritual perfection and salvation” says the back of the book) and Sports Illustrated Knockouts: Five Decades of Swimsuit Photography (WOO!).

The interesting thing about this last gift is that they’re trying to present this as art. Like these pictures have any artistic value other than the hot, half naked women (not that I’m complaining) but there are only a handful of pictures that really catch my eye for their artistic aspects. Otherwise the book’s great for my girlfriend to flip through and make fun of and for me to leave on the coffee table for guests and all. HEY! I know what you’re thinking, and I’m past all that. Really….

Damn, left myself open for that one.

OH! And I also got the DVD Army of Darkness Directors Cut Official Bootleg Edition stuff. YEAH! I’m watching the hell outta that tonight. Rule…

Okay, outtie, and if I don’t get back on, Merry Christmas, everyone! Remember my present to you all.

Later,

J~

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, I give to you A Christmas Carol starring Jesus. I will have it done either today or by the holiday. Enjoy.

World’s funniest joke?

Man have I been in a funk lately…

A day in the life of…

4:20am - Alarm clock goes off. Hit snooze.

5:30am - Wake up realizing you accidentally turned off the alarm clock instead of hitting snooze the last time you hit it and reset the alarm to go off again at 6:00am. Go back to bed.

6:00am - Hit the snooze on the screaming alarm clock.

6:08am - Wake up, shave (without cutting self again) and take shower.

6:30am - Leave.

6:45am - Go to East Coast gas station for paper, water, and granola bar, then drive across street to commuter lot.

7:00am - Get on bus. Sleep.

8:00am - Wake up.

8:10am - Get off bus and arrive at work.

8:15am - Check e-mail and various websites here and there.

8:50am - Check work voicemail.

9:00am - Take phones off night and start working.

9:10am - Realize you’ve spent the last ten minutes working on J’s Notes and not work and get to work.

10:45am - Bored of typing in attorney time, you go to your Blog and update your “day in the life of” post as well as surf a wee bit.

10:55am - Enter chatroom, set to lurking, and work some more.

11:45am - Yet another break from work as a cool link is remembered and posted.

11:48am - Back to work.

1:00pm - Go to Loeb’s to get lunch (steak and cheese), read the paper, use the bathroom.

1:30pm - Back to desk, check e-mail again, go back to chat room and lurk, keep typing in time.

2:00pm - In random act, contact webmaster of Lau and say “hello”. Short conversation ensues. Embarrassed and out of things to say, you shut up and get back to work.

2:50pm - Boredom sets in again. Find more links for J’s Notes, post them, look around web a bit more.

2:55pm - Back to work.

3:10pm - Liar, find more links.

3:25pm - Okay, now work.

3:40pm - Mail comes, open, stamp, sort and make sure it’s Anthrax free.

5:00pm - Fuck it, you give up on work and surf the web.

5:15pm - Use the bathroom.

5:23pm - Crack open a Mountain Dew

5:25pm - Go to Dewstuff.com and find out your cap is only worth another measly 100 points, but be delightfully surprized that you had already been there and now have a grand total of 200 points.

5:28pm - Put phone on night, clean up the desk, go around and turn off the lights and get jacket on.

5:35pm - Sign outta mail, chat, check a couple last sites and leave work.

6:00pm - Get on bus

6:20pm - Fall asleep.

7:10pm - Wakey wakey.

7:40pm - Get off the bus and into my car.

7:50pm - Get home, piss a river.

7:55pm - Call girlfriend Jenn.

8:05pm - Try and call little bro Chris at home about Christmas stuff, leave message on machine.

8:07pm - call Jenn (different than girlfriend) and Paul about helping them move Saturday.

8:10pm - Call Chris’s work looking for him and have no luck.

8:15pm - Hop online to work on J’s Notes and check e-mail.

8:20pm - Start work on web stuff.

9:50pm - Hop back online to find stuff.

9:57pm - Hop offline for the night.

10:20pm - Go hunting for food, settle for Wendys.

11:05pm - Go to bed.

12:30am - Fall asleep.

He’s an immortal alcoholic cyborg haunted by an iconic dead American confidante She’s a chain-smoking African-American mercenary who inherited a spooky stately manor from her late maiden aunt. They fight crime!

Dear Lord! Literally!

Widow of Sept. 11 Passenger Sues Nolan said in a statement that the airline had a duty to “exercise the highest degree of care” for safety and should have stopped the hijackers from boarding the plane. He wouldn’t elaborate on what he thinks the airline should have done differently. What, not let them board because they’re arab or something? Sigh.

The Return of the Web

America has its advantages

Where is AdCritic.com?

She is the perfect woman. Stunningly attractive. Walks gracefully. Dresses tastefully. Has a nice laugh. And an even nicer physique. Can make intelligent conversation. Doesn’t throw tantrums. Maybe she can even skydive. Who is she?

Office Wars

Chinese director offers Jenna Bush starring role in film: report