Ironic error

I just saw this H&R block ad on a forum I frequent:

Awfully ironic that there's an error in an ad about finding errors.

Feeling good

I was talking to a friend the other day, giving some general relationship advice. At the end of it, she said:

[Yellow], that was the perfect thing to say.

Can I just say how awesome that made me feel? Million bucks, right there.

Mega Man 9

Sometime during the first week of January, I bought Mega Man 9 for our Wii. Having grown up on the original Mega Man, this was a serious trip down nostalgia lane. The developers of MM9 intentionally made the game feel like the originals in the series, right down to the flickering sprites when you get hit.

I've been at the final Dr. Wily stage for probably 3-4 weeks now, but I had no E tanks (special items that refill your life.) I didn't want to go buy some, because I'd have to go through a lot of work to get back to where I was. So instead, I worked on perfecting my strategies and working with what I had.

Today I beat the game. I can't tell you how satisfying a game it was. It was great; everything I could have hoped for in the latest contribution to the Mega Man series. I didn't end up using the Magma Man weapon much, which seems odd, since it's one that gives you nearly unlimited usage. I may have to play with it some more. But overall... man, what a game. Best $8 I've spent in a long time.

Pet Peeves: The Back-Button loop

Have you ever browsed to a website, attempted to go back to your previous page, and found that you stay on the same page you're on? And then, when you look at the back history, it turns out you have to jump back four or five pages in order to get out? (See here for an example.)

Why do people do this? Is there some advertising revenue that they gain by trapping people on their website that don't want to be there? I suppose they get additional impressions on their ads, but trapping me on a website when I'm trying to leave is not going to make me more likely to visit your site in the future.

Surely they must think me a scholar

I got a letter in the mail the other day. In it, I found the following line:

Sweet! I get to spend the next 5 years... uh... being poor!

Guys, life is awesome.