Doom Doom Doom

As I mentioned, one of the birthday presents I got this year was a copy of Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your...Brainsby Ryan Mecum.  I had heard of the book before, back when I was doing my own zombe-themed birthday shopping for a friend.  It definitely sounded interesting, but not something I was ready to buy sight unseen.  I figured I'd probably add it to my order the next time I needed one more item to boost me into the free shipping range.

Last night, just as I was finishing the latest round of updates for this site (an overhaul of the movie review system) I got a tweet from one of my Xbox Live friends asking if I was up for some Left 4 Dead action.  Ordinarily, I'd have been all over it, but I was too wiped, so I begged off.  Tonight, though, as soon as I got my daughter tucked into bed, I got online and let him know I was ready to fight the apocalypse.

Fortunately, I had some time to wait while he got online, and did a quick check to see when the long-awaited downloadable content might be coming.  As it turns out, Valve announced a date late last month: April 21!  With Survival Mode and Versus support for an additional two campaigns, I imagine I'll be back to playing every night by the end of that week.  I can't wait!

Thanks to Matt Williamson for the head's up on this. According to The Register, DARPA, as part of a long-standing plan to usher in humanity's destruction to make way for our robot overlords, is at it again.  Having seen The Terminator just a few too many times, they are working hard to make indestructible cybernetic warriors.  Their Future Combat System already includes flying Hunter-Killers, of course, including the MQ-6 Reaper seen here.  Note that in their fact sheet, they openly call the Reaper a "persistent hunter-killer." What could be more terrifying? How about if that same Hunter-Killer could instantly recover from damage inflicted upon it?  Say you blast it with a machine gun and blow large chunks of it apart.  They're working on having these metal beasts be able to re-route power and control functions around missing or damaged pieces and continue with their missions.  And we all know what those missions will be: stamping out our fleshy resistance. DARPA: Enabling the downfall of humanity since 1958.

I truly thought the world was about to end last week when I heard about Baconnaise.  Mayonnaise fully embodies everything that is wrong with the world today.  Concerned for the well-being of the fabric of reality (as I have no place else, currently, to store my stuff), I wrote an impassioned email to J&D, the creators of Bacon Salt and the forthcoming Baconnaise.  It seemed to me they were indulging in research which possibly violated the laws of physics and would certainly create an abomination the likes of which the world has never seen. As it turns out, I may have been wrong....