Owner: MyDarkDesigns URL:www.mydarkdesigns.com Join Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:04:15 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: This blog is about any number of things. It is the bog [sic] of my mind. I’ll talk about books I’m reading, movies I’ve seen, baseball games I’ve watched, poker games I’ve played in, wines I’ve tasted, whiners that I’ve listened too, and a whole lot more. Site statistics:Click here
Warp Drive a Reality 2008-07-29 16:00:58 If your a science fiction geek your going to love this story. Apparently a couple of geniuses at Baylor University have actually figured out how a faster than light Warp Drive would actually work. Their theory is based on solid physics (that’s kind of an oxymoron isn’t it?). By which I mean that it bends [...]
Cherry Pie 2008-07-29 08:09:48 I’m still working on transitioning from Medium to Hard on Guitar Hero III. Last night, I was too lazy to continue working on Hard so I pulled out Guitar Hero II. I was inspired to create this design after using Casey Lynch and playing (you guessed it), Cherry
Pie by Warrant. I think she would [...]
Book Review: Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition 2008-08-07 13:21:03 I have been playing D&D since 1978. I started with 3 little brown books, went to the blue Basic D&D set then to 1st edition AD&D, 2nd edition, 3rd edition, and finally 3.5E. At each step along the way I have thought the game and the mechanics were improved. So it was with great anticipation [...] Read more:Dragons
, Dungeons
, Edition
Drow-Inspired Designs 2008-08-05 08:05:41 So lately I have been on another one of my Drow kicks. I do love Drow. I’ve been reading Lisa Smedman’s Lady Penitent series which, I am almost finished with. Once I finish up Ascendency of the Last (the final book in the series) I’ll put up a review. In the mean time, the Lady [...] Read more:Designs
, Inspired
Book Review: 1421 by Gavin Menzies 2008-08-01 08:54:16 1421 the Year China Discovered America
by Gavin
Menzies
This was an absolutely fascinating book which I read this summer. Gavin Menzies, a former British submarine captain, presents his case for the Chinese discovery of America 7 decades before the Europeans did. In fact, Menzies discusses how the Chinese knowledge of these lands migrated into the hands [...]
2081: Everyone Will Finally Be Equal 2008-08-27 10:56:57 I just saw the trailer for the new short film 2081 and it looks really good. The movie is based on the 1961 short story Harrison Bergeron written by Kurt Vonnegut. If you haven’t read it, read it now. The story takes place in the dystopian society of 2081 (hence the name of the movie) [...] Read more:Equal
, Finally
Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! 2008-09-19 07:05:01 Arrrgh! ‘Appy Talk Like A Pirate
Day!. September 19th is one of my favorite days every year. I get to walk around yelling Arrrgh!, Shiver Me Timbers!, and Show’em Your Larboard! What could possibly be better!
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Everything’s More Fun When Your Dressed Like a Stormtrooper #3 2008-09-19 07:00:56 Here is the latest in our continuing series of Everything
is More Fun When Your Dressed
Like a Stormtrooper!. This week we see Stormtroopers grocery shopping. Doesn’t this look like more fun than the last time you went to ShopCity, Food Warehouse, or Grocery Lion?
Last weeks Everything’s More Fun When Your Dressed Like a Stormtrooper!
This [...]
Family Cthulhu 2008-09-17 07:00:55 I haven’t seen this cartoon on the web in a while so I thought I’d repost it. For you fans of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu, the Family
Circus cartoon you always wanted to see.
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Sarah Conner Fights Off Terminators With Toy Gun! 2008-09-16 07:00:52 I watched The Sarah
Connor Chronicles all last year. I loved this show. I watched the new episode last night. In honor of its second season, I thought I would post a picture from the show which I found amusing. Check out the barrel of Sarah Connor’s shotgun. Oops! I’m surprised that the FOX props [...] Read more:Conner
, Fights
Book Review: Comrades by Stephen Ambrose 2008-09-15 07:00:57 One of the books I finished over the weekend was, Comrades : Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals, by one of my favorite non-fiction authors StephenAmbrose
. This book is different from Ambrose’s others. Ambrose usually writes historical accounts of events with a very personal view. Telling the stories of World War II and the American [...]
Damn, Those Were The Droids I Was Looking For! 2008-09-08 14:29:30 Ok, maybe everything isn’t funnier when you’re dressed like a Stormtrooper. Looks like he just found out that several thousand of his brothers were on the Death Star.
Check out the original by Johnny Chaing.
Last weeks Everything is Funnier When Your Dressed Like a Stormtrooper!
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Book Review: The Lady Penitent by Lisa Smedman 2008-09-08 08:08:56 Dance With The Dark Maiden
Not long ago I finished reading the The Lady Penitent Series by Lisa Smedman. This series is set in the Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms setting. The Lady Penitent trilogy series picks up where the War of the Spider Queen series left off. It continues the struggles of the good Drow [...]
Best Dating Site Ever 2008-10-06 07:00:10 As a big fan and proponent of Undead Rights all I can say is bravo!
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Everything’s More Fun When Your Dressed Like a Stormtrooper #5 2008-10-03 07:00:15 One thing that everyone loves is going on vacation. Well Stormtroopers are no different. If you think its fun going on vacation you should just try it dressed like a Stormtrooper!
Last weeks Everything
’s More Fun When Your Dressed
Like a Stormtrooper!
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Weretouched Design 2008-10-02 07:00:37 Not long ago I finished the novel Legacy of Wolves by Marsheila Rockwell. This novel is a murder mystery set in the world of Eberron. I am a huge fan of Eberron and as you can tell from my Book List I’ve read most of the novels in that setting. This one gave me my [...]
Beer Bottle Quiz 2008-09-29 07:00:00 Here is a great way to kill a few minutes on a Monday morning. I’m not sure that I’m proud to admit that I scored 100% on this weeks quiz. Give it a shot and find out just how much of an alcoholic you are.
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Everything’s More Fun When Your Dressed Like a Stormtrooper #4 2008-09-26 07:00:22 In this week’s installment of Everything
’s More Fun When Your Dressed
Like a Stormtrooper, we can see that truer words were never spoken. Normally riding the little kids train around the park is a bore for anyone over the age of 6 but, when your dressed like a Stormtrooper it’s a thrill-a-minute whirlwind of fun, [...]
Book Review: Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World-Record Largemouth Bass 2008-09-25 07:36:20 As I was getting ready to post my
Book List last week, I came to the realization that I have spent way too much time reading fantasy novels over the past year or so. I have tried to squeeze in a few non-fiction books. The one I finished over the weekend was Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest
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, World
Geek Time! 2008-11-07 08:07:28 I haven’t posted in a while mostly because I have been out of town a lot. I am always surprised when one of my designs sells. For some reason I’m even more surprised when its one of these. I’m not sure why, without a doubt over the past year more people have been interested [...] Read more:Geek
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