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Comfy 1 furniture is made of win

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:24:53 -0400

We decided to upgrade our living room decor from "random assorted furniture and stuff" to "things that go together". The household consists of myself, the ogre I married, and two hyper cats. Lesser furniture tends to decay in the presence of ogres. Though our cats are scratching post trained, they sometimes make mistakes or get stuck on cloth things. A Google search for some variant of durable furniture brought me to Comfy 1. The simple designs, warranty, and solid construction appealed to me immediately. The stellar customer service sealed the deal.

We've enjoyed our pair of microsuede Virginia couches and 4' square coffee table for the past year. Read on for detailed impressions.First off, Comfy 1 has an awesome fabric selection and an even more awesome sample policy. They're happy to send multiple rounds of samples and match colors for you. The sage green fabric we chose was identical to the color of a paint chip I sent. I also trusted their assurance that it would be durable, unlike some microsuede that loses its texture in a matter of months.

Fast forward to the arrival of furniture. It's interesting stuff, arriving in components that you bolt together. Each couch consists of a back piece, a front rail, two side pieces, and fabric-covered boards that are set in the frame after it's assembled. The insides of the pieces look quite utilitarian. When the couch is bolted together, it's just as solid as if it had been built as one piece, both in appearance and in function. Ogre can mindlessly flop all he wants, and we've never had to re-tighten anything.

The fabric is as durable as expected and amazingly cat-proof. The kitties never tried to scratch it, probably because it is too smooth and taut to register as something worthy of sinking their claws into. One of them fell off a couch and grabbed the cushion on the way down. No claw marks.

Occasional cushion flipping and rearranging keeps the couches looking brand new. When it comes time to replace the fabric many years from now, it will be an economical and simple process.

Shiny shiny new site

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:51:00 -0400

Yep. I finally got off my hiney and fully activated the CMS I installed way back when. Pardon the dust. If I try to plan the switchover, it will never get done. So...

All right chums up let's do this LEEROOOOOOY JEEEEEEEEEENKINS!

Ahem.

Most of the reason for my laziness is that I haven't done much worth writing about in the context of my personal site. My Koei beat 'em up fandom is best expressed via FAQ writing and tl;dr on related message boards. Game videos get posted on YouTube.

As of late, the only personal projects that interest me take forever to get into publicly consumable form. I do have some new song lyrics and some old ones that don't make me cringe, so I would like to revive the music section at some point. I've been writing fiction. Have at a public beta of Resonance, an in-progress isolation horror tale, if you like.

There's also my LiveJournal for general assorted bullshit. Being that Nucleus has a LJ syndication plugin, that might motivate me to post more here. It's worked for some of my friends.

IRC Bible Tales Volume 2 - The Great Flood

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:09:27 -0500

Find out what happens when you piss off the One Network Admin to Rule them All! Needless to say, there's blasphemy ahead and quite a bit of foul language, but it's all in good fun, of course!--> You are now talking on #earth

wazzup guyz
my dick lol
u horny?
ya
me 2 wanna cyber
stfu
i mean it
i'm getting sick of this immature shit
lol, i rhymed
cut it out man ur killin da vibez
you cut it out before i g-line your ass
haha, whats teh matter, u want sum 2?
dude, if u dont like it, go to another chan
why the hell should i do that?
in case you asshats haven't noticed, this is my network
and i only have a limited amount of patience
who cares
we're having fun
i'm not
God's right...this is getting really pathetic
and isn't it past all your bedtimes anyway?
stfu fag cant u see im gettin some here
stfu fool can't you see I'M A FUCKING NETWORK OP
then g-line me u pussy ass
...don't push me...trust me on this...

--- God has changed the topic to: Settle down. Now. I'll give
you a week to learn to behave. If you don't, there will be hell
to pay.

(A few days later...)

--> You are now talking on #earth

YAAAAAAAAY
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!11
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
* SPECIALED PEES ON THE FLOOR
hahaha
* slimshaddydaddy takes a crap
U MAED POPY YAAAAAAAAY
this is bullshit
lololol i took a dump and u said shit ha ha ha
thank you, captain obvious
* Noah is away: I give up for now

--> You are now talking on #dumbfucksneednotapply
--> God (God@heaven.com) has joined #dumbfucksneednotapply
--> Noah (goody@2shoes.com) has joined #dumbfucksneednotapply

bunch of einsteins in there
yeah, really
i'm glad you came in here
b/c i'm really going to put one over on them
cool...what do you have planned?
you'll see
you do have a firewall, right?
no
go d/l one and then i'll help you set it up
ok

(A few hours later...)

--> You are now talking on #earth
--> Noah (goody@2shoes.com) has joined #earth
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im hornee
werd up dizzawg
ne of u supafly homez gots me some pr0n?
from me
if ur well hung lolz
* cloudstirfe420 is wassted
NEKID LADYS YAAAAAAAAY
Y HELO THAR BUTTSECKS
wat no i dont want buttsex pr0n wtf
* cloudstirfe420 has the munches
hold on a sec ill get sum doritos from mom
how about i eat ur mom instead
roofles u got served
...I see that this channel is still in desperate need of a dictionary...
...and a trip to Clue Mountain for an archaeological dig...
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FUXOR
ya me 2 wtf
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(40 hours later...)

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w00t
it's
about
frickin
time

--> God (God@heaven.com) has joined #earth

gah, my log looks like ass
but at least it's nice and quiet here now
yeah
feel free to bring your friends in here
ok
gotta go make some food
cool
ttyl

<-- Noah has quit (Cookout time)

IRC Bible Tales Volume 1 - In the beginning...

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:47:39 -0500

A while back, I came across an...interesting version of Romeo and Juliet. Later on, while goofing around in IRC, I wondered why nobody had done anything similar with one of the most-read books of all time: the Bible. After all, the Reverend Brendan Powell Smith went to the effort of reenacting a bunch of the aforementioned holy book with Legos. If he could undertake such a monumental task, someone could surely translate a bit of the Bible into l33t-sp34k. And that someone turned out to be me.

If you aren't averse to a bit of good-natured blasphemy and foul language, have a look at the chat that started it all.--> You are now talking on #earth
--> God (God@heaven.com) has joined #earth

holy shit it's dark in here
* God makes a sun
w00t
i'm bored
where is everybody

--> You are now talking on #gardenofeden
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a/s/l
lol, i dunno
i just got here
wanna cyber
ok

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cool, there's a chick in here
got a webcam?
yeah
OMFG
SHE'S NAKED
* Serpent goes to jax0r
wtf
is there something wrong with that
look guys, i have a cam too
GAAAAHHHH
I DONT WANNA SEE THAT SHIT
GET DRESSED U FAGET
whats that mean?
u don't know what clothes are?
no
omg
u fuckin noob
go to the store or somethin
yeah...get the pr0n out of my channel kthx
ok...brb
me too

(Later...)

u noobs wouldn't want warez, would u?
whats that
am i gonna get in trouble
who cares
it's free
and u can run ur own server and do whatever u want
u can tell god to stfu
ok where can i get that
i want some too
what the hell are you doing?
nothing really
bullshit
get the fuck out of my channel

--- God sets ban on Adam@*
--- God sets ban on Eve@*
<-- God has kicked Adam from #gardenofeden (Banned)
<-- God has kicked Eve from #gardenofeden (Banned)

lol pwned
you GTFO too

--- God sets ban on bigasssnake@*
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