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Another Portmanteau

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:25:39 GMT

Anthrapology

The study of the few occasions when Humanity has said they were sorry to the rest of the world.

List of Opposing Virtues

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:51:22 GMT

Faith vs. Reason
Justice vs. Mercy
Wisdom vs. Courage
Prudence vs. Loyalty
Duty vs. Freedom
Love vs. Honor
Judgment vs. Tolerance

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:09:37 GMT

Remind you of anybody?

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0632.html

Portmanteaux

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:53:44 GMT

Apocallipses: The awkward pause right after the world ends.

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:00:28 GMT

Best idea I've had in a long time.

Private Tears

A Soap Opera about Pirates

C'MON!! That should win "best idea of the century!"

RIP

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:39:45 GMT

Professor Tom Davis passed away. He was one of the most brilliant, inspirational, encouraging and wonderful men I have ever met. I couldn't write enough words on an endless number of pages to express how good a person he was.

In the course of a lifetime, an innumerable number of events affect the nature of a person's character. Tom Davis' influences on my life were countless and universally positive. An unabating love for philosophy, an appreciation for wisdom and the truth, and a resolve to always learn more, are gifts that he gave to me and to those I cared for.

When you lose a teacher like I had in Tom Davis, it's hard to stomach. Not only because of all the opportunities I missed to speak with him. In four years since graduating from SUNY Ulster, I did not sit down to lunch with a man who greatly and fundamentally changed my life. I guess I was perhaps too busy, or maybe assumed there would be time after all my plans had been executed and my goals achieved. Foolish assumption, in hindsight. Regardless, I always imagined that after a long journey, I would be able to brag about what I had learned to a man I so deeply respected and regarded as a mentor.

What is harder to stomach, perhaps, is that this man is irreplaceable. Losing someone to talk to, someone to admire, is passable. He taught me so much, and in a sense, I can still talk to him in memory. His hands, though invisible, continue to guide my life. What shocks and hurts more than I could have expected is that now those hands will be absent from the lives of generations of students and pupils that could have followed. This man defines the word irreplaceable. He was like Merlin, Bugs Bunny and Buddha all rolled up into one. A unique individual.

I love Tom Davis, present-tense intended. Anyone who met him loves him too. The tragedy here, for me, is only partially in losing a loved one, but moreso in the missed chances for so many others to know and love him as well.

Tom Davis, I already miss you. I'm sorry I didn't get to say goodbye.

I'm a huge nerd

Tue, 20 May 2008 01:23:56 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:32:37 GMT

Haven't updated in a while!

So let me tell you a story about how dumb I am.

Recently, I traveled upstate with my vital laundry, (vital laundry being, in my humble opinion, a pair of jeans, 5 button-down shirts and every sock I can find) whereupon I laundered them at Jack's grandmother's house.

Upon getting home, I stupidly left my clean socks on the floor for days, saying to myself, "Self, this is a good idea. Things on the floor tend to stay clean."

By now, I'm sure many of you are wondering where this story is going. Seeing as most stories concerning socks and laundering are rather boring (Though most stories with grandmothers and Jacks are awesome). However, the crux of my tale is that my floor is ALSO where I store my dirty socks, primarily after I take them off and throw them on it. It referring to the floor.

So for the past hour, I have been traipsing around my absurdly dusty room, smelling every sock in my apartment to see if it's clean or not. Not only is this an odious task, both literallly and figuratively, but the dust that has built up in my footwear is now lodged by the ton in my nose. I have been sneezing and weeping and smelling dirty socks for forty-five god-damned minutes.

On a separate note, I rescind what I said earlier. It is possible to own too many socks.

Remembering a Great Man

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:25:58 GMT

Here's to a man who brought a lot of joy to the world. Wayfinder would not exist without him, certainly. I haven't been this sad in a long while.

Dungeons & Dragons co-creator dies at 69
By EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Writer

MILWAUKEE - Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.

Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.

Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said.

"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," Gail Gygax said. "He really enjoyed that."

Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity.

Born Ernest Gary Gygax, he grew up in Chicago and moved to Lake Geneva at the age of 8. Gygax's father, a Swiss immigrant who played violin in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, read fantasy books to his only son and hooked him on the genre, Gail Gygax said.

Gygax dropped out of high school but took anthropology classes at the University of Chicago for a while, she said. He was working as an insurance underwriter in the 1960s, when he began playing war-themed board games.

But Gygax wanted to create a game that involved more fantasy. To free up time to work on that, he left the insurance business and became a shoe repairman, she said.

Gygax also was a prolific writer and wrote dozens of fantasy books, including the Greyhawk series of adventure novels.

Gary Sandelin, 32, a Manhattan attorney, said his weekly Dungeons & Dragons game will be a bit sadder on Wednesday night because of Gygax's passing. The beauty of the game is that it's never quite the same, he said.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six children.

Can I be the Raven Master?

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:22:08 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_london

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constable_of_the_Tower

My Cousin Frank is Hysterical

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:47:46 GMT

http://hs.facebook.com/notes.php?id=1508910259

Don't fall into the Sar-Chasm, folks.

Awoogah, Werewolves of Moscow.

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:03:08 GMT

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=503736&in_page_id=1811

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8

The world is a truly awesome place.

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:20:14 GMT

http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus65.html

Kind of who I want to be when I grow up.

Moreover, read this comic from beginning to end. Trust me.

Links to the better parts of the Internet!!

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:11:14 GMT

Am I correct in the assumption that two exclamation points has an appropriately distinct meaning from a single exclamation mark?

Firstly, another person who can''t help but unknowingly steal the ideas of myself and my friends.
http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Society-Quail-57386252

Second, CONOR and FLYNN. This is Corporate Zane. I gave Flynn a much better description of... Conor never checks his LJ. FLYNN! Next you see that rascal, explain to him what the deal with this is, and if you don't feel like doing that, call me and I'll do it instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPrzjyUiZE

Third, this is a twenty minute explanation of a great idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YOIImOoYM

Fourth, Flynn showed me my anthem. Thanks, Flynn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7EONScLrHg

And last, but not least, I watch this video AT LEAST five times a day, if not more. Why do I like this so much? Obviously because it's great, but why, of all the great things out there, do I like THIS so much?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/augustrush/filmclip/

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:34:41 GMT

Would it be a good idea or a bad idea to run online games set in the Finalsverse?

Inspired by Kate, my family

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:40:58 GMT

LEES

Frank Lee (Deceased)
Married to Dorothy Waters

Dorothy Lee (Waters) marries
Houston Sarratt, becoming
Dorothy Sarratt

Frank and Dorothy's Children
Elaine Lee
Martha Lee
Susan Lee
Frank Lee

Elaine Lee marries, in consecutive order
Dale Place
Joseph Mulligan
Richmond Johnston

Martha Lee marries, in consecutive order
Jimmy Dun
Neal Ashmun

Susan Lee enters longterm lesbian relationship similar to marriage, in consecutive order
Kristi Mordica
Holly Elliot

Frank Lee marries
Arleigh Thompson

Houston's children from previous marriage
Bob Sarratt
Dick Sarratt
Hank Sarratt

Bob Sarratt marries
Danielle Cobb

Dick Sarratt marries
Jennifer Tiller

Elaine and Joe's Children
Brennan Lee Mulligan

Martha and Neal's children
Frank Ashmun
Spencer Ashmun

Bob and Danielle's children
Janie Sarratt
Finn Sarratt

MULLIGANS

Jack Mulligan marries
Betty Termany, who becomes
Betty Mulligan, who digivolves to
Metal Betty Mulligan

Jack and Betty's children
Bess Mulligan
John Mulligan
Joe Mulligan
Mary Ann Mulligan
Eileen Mulligan
Susan Mulligan

Bess Mulligan marries
George Wilson

John Mulligan marries
Nancy Flannerty

Joe Mulligan marries, in consecutive order
Elaine Lee
Liza Murphy

Mary Ann Mulligan marries
Kurt Zoeller

Eileen Mulligan marries
Tim Patrick

Susan Mulligan marries
Dave Fleischer

Bess and George's children
Tim Wilson
Kevin WIlson
Brian Wilson
Andrew Wilson
Erin Wilson

John and Nancy's children
Nick Mulligan
Brian Mulligan

Joe and Elaine's Children
Brennan Lee Mulligan

Mary Ann and Kurt's children
Justine Zoeller
Hannah Zoeller

Eileen and Tim's children
Conor Patrick
Kelly Patrick

Susan and Dave's children
Leila Fleischer
Eleanor Fleischer
Peter Fleischer

Kevin WIlson marries
Liz Andrews

Tim Wilson's child with Marissa Stephens
Zoe Stephens

Kevin and Liz's children
Noah Wilson

Liza Murphy's previous husbands include
Donald Weber
Bob Cubbins

Liza and Donald's child
Sam Weber

Liza and Bob's child
Evan Cubbins

JOHNSTONS
William Johnston marries
Chloe Griffin

William and Chloe's children
Richmond Johnston
Virginia Johnston
George Albert (GA) Johnston

Richmond Johnston marries, in consecutive order
Julie Balliett
Elaine Lee

Virginia Johnston marries
Mick Mashbir

GA Johnston marries and subsequently divorces
Patricia Maeve

Richmond and Julie's children
Zephyr Johnston
Griffin Johnston

GA and Patricia's children
Stella Maeve

(Note, Chloe's father, Zackie Lee, died in a knife fight at the age of 72)

BALLIETTS

Whitney Balliett marries
Betsy Holmes

Whitney and Betsy's children
Will Balliett
Julie Balliett
Blue Balliett

Will Balliett marries
Karen Eckard

Julie Balliett marries, in consecutive order
Richmond Johnston
Phil Rose

Blue Balliett marries
Some Guy

Will and Karen's children
Adelaide Balliett
Emma Balliett

Julie and Richmond's children
Zephyr Johnston
Griffin Johnston

Julie and Phil's child
Anna Rose

Blue and Some Guy's children
Andrea Guy
Dan Guy

ROSES

Phil Rose is related to,
A bunch of other people (He's blood related to a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, I believe.)

Look at this Bizarre Conversation!

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:25:18 GMT

This happened like ten minutes ago. I replaced screen names with their appropriate monikers.

Creepy AIM Guy: hi

Brennan: Hello?
Brennan: I don't believe I know you

Creepy AIM Guy: who is this?

Brennan: Brennan
Brennan: And yourself?

Creepy AIM Guy: you guy or girl?

Brennan: Not really an answer to my question so much as a separate question entirely
Brennan: Who are you?

Creepy AIM Guy: gothica

Brennan: That's your name?

Creepy AIM Guy: you girl?
Creepy AIM Guy: yes thats my name

Brennan: I'm not a girl, as indicated by my name, and I don't believe I know you
Brennan: I'm sure I'd remember someone named Gothica

Creepy AIM Guy: i'm new on here?

Brennan: Are you?
Brennan: Why are you asking me, I have no idea, I just met you
Brennan: I'm going to block you now
Brennan: Have a nice day

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:33:43 GMT

gunnerkrigg.com

Go read it now from beginning to end. It'll only take you like two hours, and it'll be one of the most worthwhile things you will have ever done.

Sometimes I like listening to smart people...

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:17:45 GMT

I like Sam Harris, partially because I agree with him, and partially because he's funny. And I like Reza Aslan, partially because he makes a lot of really smart points, and partially because he uses the word "numinous" ... also, his last name is Aslan.

I disagree with Aslan's distinction between Fact and Truth, (Truthiness, anyone?) but on the other hand, this ties into a conversation I had with Reed Mollins recently. He confessed to me at Route 66 Diner over a round of milkshakes that he had come to believe money truly was the root of all evil. Here's what he said.

"I used to love money and think there was nothing wrong with it. I still want to have it. But now I see it's main flaw. Money is just another form of understanding, another mode of viewing the world, it's a system of assigning value to everything. The problem with how it assigns value is that it doesn't take into account things outside it's scope. Thing likes air quality, or the quality of lives of our children's children, can't be put into the system. Things that can't be assigned value don't have any..."

He started grasping for words, so I finished my onion ring (delicious) and chimed in.

"Things that are Priceless become Worthless?"

"Bingo."

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:40:10 GMT

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Become President of the United States of America.
2. Win an Oscar in three separate categories.
3. Have a family.

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1) Brennan
2) Polar
3) Moon Rabbit

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1) Warlokk Jojo
2) Admiral Jojo
3) Pensive Jojo

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) My arms
2) My legs
3) My head

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1) Irish
2) Sicilian
3) Southern

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1) Powerlessness
2) Isolation
3) Apathy

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1) Water
2) Air
3) Writing

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1) Brown O'Neill Shirt
2) Nautica Jeans
3) I'm not wearing a third thing

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/MUSICAL ARTISTS (RIGHT NOW):
1) James Morrison
2) John Stephens
3) Chuck Berry

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:
1) The House That Jack Built (Aretha Franklin)
2) Lucifer (Jay-Z)
3) Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1) Convenience
2) Comfort
3) Relaxation (I'm a great nineteen year old)

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1) This questions is easy to answer
2) Ideas can move mountains
3) There will always be hope

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1) Litheness
2) A nice smile
3) Being soft

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1) Role Playing
2) Spectating the hilarity of cats
3) Sleeping

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1) Finish all my projects
2) Read more than I do
3) Hang out with friends

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1) Director/Writer
2) Politician
3) Teacher

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1) London
2) Dublin
3) Home

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1) I literally can't think of a way in which I act like a stereotypical girl that won't be sexist...
2) ...
3) ...

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1) I eat food like it's going out of style.
2) I'm terrified of commitment.
3) I love movies about things dying more than words can say.

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:59:08 GMT

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o167/brainshrub/wheres-the-baby.jpg

I wish people would stop retroactively stealing my ideas.

Wordplay

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:19:26 GMT

Words that you can get out of my name:

BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN

I, Am, Be, Are, Male, Name, Brag, Line, Reel, Lane, Urban, Marble, Run, Gale, Green, Near, Blur, Brig, Limber, Inane, Bale, Bane, Gall, Glue, Lure, Big, Blue, Brain, Bell, Burning, Bam, Realm, Bean, Regal, Ember, Able, Amber, Arm, Learn, Earn, Era, Mail, Man, Mane, Maul, Mage, Mean, Ire, Grin, Grail,

I wonder what those say about me?
Also, other people should do this, because it's interesting to see what your name has hidden in it.

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:54:22 GMT

Things that I'm doing well in:
I'm returning to the city this weekend. I'll be starting at The Daily Show, studying for a full courseload at school, and also hopefully writing 20+ scripts for my German cartooning company. Not bad for a nineteen year old writer, hopefully. I also ran two pretty decent games this summer. And hopefully, Fall Game will be cool too. This year, I have to make some decisions carefully, in terms of doing my teen horror feature with Matt, my opus with Innis and Reed or doing a really important documentary about Marbletown Green, coupled with all the other rando chores that seem to sprout like weeds into the soil of my calendar.

Things I wish I was doing better in:
My novel's crawling at snail's pace, My comic book is dead in the water, I left my screenplay behind for something I've already written, but still, I could have done more. My trailer and all my movies are edited, but they aren't distributed or put up on YouTube. I still have to edit the footage I shot in June.
This is also another year that I'll start at school without a headshot or business card. This is stupid, I need to get on this. I also need to pack, refurbish my apartment, get a haircut, shave. I have so many things to do, both big and small in such daunting amounts, that I feel like I should hire a hot secretary, or an English butler.
... And given how many people I foresee dating in the next year, I should probably go with the hot secretary. It's not that I feel my chances are doomed... I'm just relatively sure that I'll make them be doomed through voluntary action.

I have to go put a quilt through the dryer again. I better be rich and famous soon, or I'm going to kick God in his fat, ugly head with my steel-toed rocket boots.

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:48:44 GMT

It's All Been Done Before by the Bare Naked Ladies is a song about the Danse Macabre. Heads up, Flynn.

The other day, me and this horse got in a fight.

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:22:51 GMT

So you know that whole year I spent not sleeping or taking care of myself? It caught up with me, I believe. That and the day I spent walking in freezing rain without an umbrella.

I am as sick as I have ever been in my life. Today I am well enough to post this, but yesterday I didn't even have the motor skills necesarry to type.

I look like I've been hit by a truck. I feel like someone opened up my skull and poured hot sand into it.

Hopefully I'll be better enough tomorrow to start pre-production. urrgghhh... I need to get back to work. Fucking diseases, always ruining everything.