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It seems as though a lot of my friends are going and having kids. And with those comes the baby showers. It is odd seeing my friends get all crazy trying to find princess baby shower decorations. At least I know that if I ever have to shop for a baby shower (not any time soon), I know of a good baby shower party supplies store. Shopping early and not rushing around the last minute seems like the best thing to do with this, but I guess I won’t know until I have kids of my own one day. I love kids and everything, but don’t want one for a while yet, a long while if I have anything to say about it.

I’m going to throw this out there now, so if anyone wants to join me send me a message and let me know.  On September 25th, Halo 3 comes out and I was playing around with the idea of a 24 hour Halo 3 session.   That means ranked matches, unranked matches, custom games, or even campaign mode if you want to join me even for just a half hour or so send me a message.  If you’d like to join me for 24 hours straight send me a message and we’ll see if we can collaborate a time to do this.  What KI mean is even though it comes out on September 25th, it might not have midnight openings in most locations.  If EB Games where I preordered from has it at midnight I will do it from the time I get home on September 25th to 24 hours from then. Let me know.

In other news, I am very behind on commenting and I am sorry about that.  I’m trying to keep up with my Despair comments, but others are kind of behind for one reason or another.  I am going to make an attempt to comment everyone back this weekend.

I’m always looking for better ways to keep all my files together and more organized, especially now that I work from home. The problem is that I have a laptop and am sometimes away from the desktop computer, but I have found an easy solution to that little problem. There is an affordable and easy way to receive remote access from your main computer to other computers around the world. The solution is Remote PC. With a 30 day free trial and plans as low as 4.95 a month, I might consider doing this if I know I am going to be going away a lot.

The Sony and Nintendo Press conferences were earlier and I want to give my take on both of them.  First Nintendo.

First off, there has never been a time I’ve wanted a console more than I do right now.  The Wii hjas Mario Kart and Metroid Prime 3 plus a new Resident Evil game that is exclusive to it.  If only I could find one.  They also announced a Wii Zapper, which is a gun controller for the Wii.  That is going to be huge and playing Metroid Prime with will be killer.  They also announced a Wii fitness game called WiiFit.  Although it looks more like a Yoga tape than a game, the mat for the WiiFit and the game itself are really impressive.  I hope some FPS come out using the mat.

A lot of people are talking about how Sony really stepped it up this year with the announcement of some great looking games and the announcement of upgrades to Home.  I was dissappointed.  Yes the games do look impressive, but they also look like games that I’ve seen before on the 360, like Gears of War.  The only game that they showed that I was impressed with was Metal Gear Solid 4.  I really liked the second one, but I couldn’t get into the third one.  Metal Gear Solid 4 looks like it is going to be Playstation 3’s Halo.

Out of the three major press conferences, Sony was number 3 Microsoft came in second and Nintendo stole the show, much like it did last year

Wow just wow.  Two years ago Microsoft was in second place with the Playstation 2 leading the game, my how the tables have turned.  Not only is Microsoft leading the way with games like Halo 3, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto 4 with exclusive downloadable content, but they also have the Games for Windows set to have some awesome games out soon.  The best one looking to be Gears of War with 5 new levels.  On the market place front, Marathon and Sonic along with Golden Axe seems to be leading the way.  Along with a new partnership with Disney allowing Disney movies to be available on XBox Live.

I’m sorry if this post didn’t make much sense to you nongamers, but I will try and have non E3 posts in the next four days, but I am not promising anything.

In America there seems to be more and more teenagers that need help. Schools can’t deal with these kids because the schools have 2000 students or more and they can’t keep track of one student whose in trouble, so that student may fall through the cracks. The fact is though that kids nowadays have more problems than can be fixed, or even recognized by schools. That’s where parents have to step in and know how and when to recognize when their child, or one of their friends have a problem.

There is a website called Teen Help that will help you to identify when a child is in need of help. They are professionals with over twenty years of experience with troubled teenagers. Nowadays far too many teenagers fall through the cracks and end up living on the street, or worse.

As a society if a teenager does something bad, we usually blame a form of media. In 1999, after the Columbine shooting occurred, there was an uproar that placed the blame on the music the kids listened to and to the video games they played. The truth is that while that may have played some factor in it, there were warning signs that went unnoticed by their parents and teachers. If someone had taken noticed and attempted to get those students help, thenmaybe we would have never heard of Columbine High School.

If you suspect one of your children is in trouble, or their friends, then please, don’t hesitate to get help. We don’t want to one day hear of Nowhereville Iowa High School because of a tragedy that could have been prevented had someone stepped up and recognized a problem before it was too late.

Thanks to Michael, there is now a version of the Leprakhauns Word Count WordPress Plugin, you can get it here. It is the same plugin, it just adds it to the sidebar and adds functionality to be used with pages as well.

[Edit] 11/8/2007 I am happy to announce that it works in WordPress 2.3.1.[/Edit]

[Edit] 7/18/2007 I have updated it so that it will work whether or not you are in the visual editor.[/Edit]

[Edit]There’s an updated version up now. It should work on most if not all versions of WordPress 2.0. Sorry if it didn’t work before.[/Edit]

I created aWordpress plugin that will allow you to write a post and hit calculate and it will tell you how many words you’ve written. It only works in the visual editor, though. I created it because every other word count script I could find was having you save, or post your entry before telling you how many words. Mine will tell you without reloading the page. All you do is upload it to your wp-content/plugins folder.

You can get it here.

I like WordPress.  I put off doing it for so long because I had everything integrated into the forums, but now I can see why people flock to this program.  If you want to be a member of the forums, the registration is still available, with it you can play games and compete for the high score against other people.  You also get your own photo albums, for the time being.   Anything is subject to change now though, because I am no longer using them as a blog.

In other news I haven’t heard anyone blowing off their finger so that is good.  I brought back Spiderman 3 yesterday.  I liked the game, but I beat it and there isn’t much to do after you beat it, so I am retracting my previous statement and not buying it at this time.    I will be looking into Spiderman Friend or Foe when it comes out this fall though.

Can anyone suggest some WordPress plugins?  Preferably some that adds content without much effort?  Or suggest things you’d like to see in general, not having to do with WordPress.

So I’ve been thinking, maybe since I am posting and earning money from my site, I should start posting how much money I am making. It might encourage some of you to go out there and start making some income from your sites. I’m telling you now though, there’s a lot of small income from different places and I am hoping to change that soon.

PayPerPost- 114.50
Adbrite- 1.64
Text-Link-Ads- 5.18
Bidvertiser- .18 (LOL I don’t think I will be using them anymore)

I’ve made a total of $121.50 in the last month just on my site alone. I am hoping to make more in July. I’ve also made changes in advertising in the past month, I started using PayPerPost on the 15th. I’ve taken out the inline and interstitial ads for Adbrite, I took out Adbrite on the main site for a while there. See it may not be much, but I am making money with the site, and something that is a side project, it really is doing what I need it to. If this keeps up I will have more spending money and be able to pay for some new monitors, pay off my credit cards and have more money.

I have decided that soon I will make the leap and use WordPress for my blog instead of the forum. The forums will still be up as people still play the games in there, plus if you are a member you have photo albums, but WordPress would be for the blog and the blog only. I realy hate to see it go, as this way has been unique in the way it has been set up, but it has become too impractical for me to continue doing it like this, so it will need to go. I don’t know when IO will have time to do it, but I am officially planning to get rid of the forum as the blog. It will also cut down on the spam.

1. Describe your first kiss.

Thinking back on it, it was very sloppy and many years ago.

2. Should a person’s pubic hair be trimmed, shaved, or just grown out as the jungle God intended it to be?

Shaved. If they are uncomfortable with a razor, then trimmed definitely. The jungle below is very unsexy.

3. What’s the best super-hero comic book movie ever made?

I wish I could say Spiderman, but Batman Begins beats it hands down.

4. Coke or Pepsi?

Coke.

5. Have you ever been caught masturbating?

I think everybody has been caught with their hand in their pants a time or two in their lives.

6. Which way do you lean your head when going for a kiss?

To the right apparently. (Thanks Krissy)

7. Jockstraps, sexy or no?

Whether they are sexy or not is irrelevant, they are uncomfortable.

I don’t make sense at times. I hate people, I hate the overcrowding of places, and I have grown accustomed to the country. One thing that has never changed though is that I’ve always wanted to live in New York. I know, New York the overcrowding capital of the world. I’m not even talking New York State, I’m talking New York City, Manhattan. I know crazy right? I was checking out New York City real estate and while I can’t afford it right this moment, maybe one day I could have an apartment in New York City overlooking Central Park, while still having houses in other states as well.

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