Residents of Oakland and labyrinth enthusiasts the world over have known for years that there exists a maze just east of San Francisco. This “[tag]MacArthur Maze[/tag]“, as it has come to be known, was designed centuries ago to keep would-be adventurers from discovering the treasure trove of affordable Swedish furniture hidden away by the [tag]Ottoman corsairs[/tag].
One wrong turn within this twisted refugee from Escher’s nightmares would lead you to a dank surface street that plunges straight into the heart of madness. Another, to a dead-end trail that terminates at the den of Bruce, the troll that lurks underneath the Bay Bridge waiting for the day that three goats will try to pass. A day that will never come.
Some of the most harrowing passages lead to KFC, but that’s actually pretty good. I can’t complain about that.
At any rate, some good samaratin recently destroyed a fair chunk of the foul maze, liberating its sub-human denizens from their endless days of orchid-eating and exposing them to the fair light of the sun – which unfortunately proved to be fatal.
Now there’s a lot of talk of rebuilding this collapsed part of the freeway. That’s all well and good, but I propose that we do not build a maze this time. Unless they intend to put a minotaur and/or David Bowie in it. In that case, I’m all for it. But if not, let us consider that mazes rarely make for speedy for efficient transportation.
I just found some sort of spammy site on the internets that includes snippets from this very blog. I feel somewhat inadequate, as this post is far more interesting than anything that I’ve actually written:
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It’s very insightful. For one thing, I don’t want to become [tag]Terri Shiavo[/tag]. And I’m fascinated by the greatness of the [tag]circus[/tag] pre [tag]Atkins[/tag] pro protein diet. Does it consist entirely of circus peanuts? Does it include screenings of [tag]Monsters Inc.[/tag]? And how is [tag]Bach[/tag]’s harpsichord involved?
How indeed.
This gibberish raises more questions than it answers! I really wish I had thought of it.
Through [tag]Netscape[/tag]’s usually abominable news aggregator, I stumbled across this article: Seven Creative Tips for Amateur Video Game Makers.
Though it’s targeted at [tag]amateur designers[/tag], there’s a lot of solid advice that could be applied to professionals as well. Most notably: design on paper, continually reward players for playing, and broaden your horizons beyond [tag]video games[/tag] to come up with really interesting ideas.
There are other good articles on the site as well. Most are game related, but then there’s also one about how to spot [tag]abusive men[/tag]. I’m not sure how the two topics are related, but I suppose it’s good advice all the same. The cycle of abuse ends with you.
I just upgraded from [tag]wordpress[/tag] 2.1 to 2.1.3. Now there’s some strange white space at the top of the page above the header. Maybe it was always there, but I don’t remember it. I’m not web savvy enough to guess at what may have changed. I didn’t do anything to the [tag]K2[/tag] theme, and I thought that was what drove the look of everything.
Anyway, I’m going to poke around and see if there’s anything I can do about it. But I’m not totally convinced that it’s even worth trying to change.
[Update - It looks like the white space is on the K2 official site too. It must just be a part of the theme. My quick investigation did prompt me to upgrade to K2 9.5. So all's well that ends well.]
The other day somebody pointed out to me that [tag]Sanjaya Malakar[/tag] from [tag]American Idol[/tag] has the same haircut as [tag]Anakin Skywalker[/tag] from [tag]Star Wars: Episode III[/tag]. And as it turns out, it’s totally true.
Now I understand that during his rendition of Bésame Mucho he wasn’t trying to seduce me into the bedroom, he was trying to seduce me to the dark side of the the Force. Hard to see the dark side is.
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Residents of Oakland and labyrinth enthusiasts the world over have known for years that there exists a maze just east of San Francisco. This “[tag]MacArthur Maze[/tag]“, as it has come to be known, was designed centuries ago to keep would-be adventurers from discovering the treasure trove of affordable Swedish furniture hidden away by the [tag]Ottoman corsairs[/tag]. 