Dropping My Daily Stool Sample

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You are listening too . .
Soap Star Joe from Liz Phair.

Daylight Savings tonight!
You lose and hour of sleep, but gain an hour of light!

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach that seems pretty accurate to me

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Geek Time
So, if any of you play Heroscape out there, I just recently bought the latest Master Set. Long story short, Heroscape is a minatures game put out by Hasbro in 2003.  Unlike many minatures games it is cheap, and kid friendly and my 8 year old loves to play it.  Was fairly popular, but not popular enough for Hasbro, so they shipped it to their Subsidiary Wizards of the Coast (of Magic, and Dungeons and Dragons fame).  This is Wizards first offering, they mixed it with D & D.  For more in depth on it, the Wiki article is a good start.

Nice little set adds a different flavor to the main game, and plays like a simplified form of Tabletop Miniatures D & D.  Son and I played a little today with that set only and both liked it.  As a old school D & D it is interesting how they mixed it in.

No a little aside on D & D.  Malach has been play for about 30 years.  Yes, I started around age 8.  I am old school and have pretty much played every version, in fact, I still own a Monster Manual from 1979.  Again long story short, D & D set a whole genre of Pen and Paper RPG going, and was a huge influence on video games.  It was sold for years and year by TSR until it ran out of steam, and went backrupt and Wizards bought the whole shebang.

Wizards complete changed the game mechanics, but they were better.  They took some of the craziness out the old rules, but still made it a geek game.  They put out several edition of their version of rules (3.0) over 10 years and then suddenly last year, made a business decision to totally revamp the rules (4.0) again to go after the “video game” generation.  Of course old schoolers like me hate it, way to simplified, to much like a video game.  So most of us have rebelled, not bought the new rules, in fact, some of the people who worked in 3.0 didn’t agree, and started their own gaming company, updating 3.0 rules.

But that is a little aside.  One of the complaints of 4.0 is you can no longer play the game without using minatures, and grids for battles.  Well it seem Wizards might of developed something even better with Heroscape D & D.  we will see.

I wasn’t going to get into this, but here I go.
I am sure you have all heard by now, the Mississippi School that cancelled their prom instead of letting a lesbian student take her girlfriend to the prom. Of course she is now suing. Here is the issue I have.  The school said it did not want to “distract” the student with this.  Seriously?  It ain’t 1986 anymore here.  Homesexuality is not only very open now, with my generation and younger, it is pretty much accepted.  None of those kids would be shocked by this, and I think the high school has created more distraction now, that if it just had the prom.

Now don’t get me wrong, if this was a Christian School, ok, they could ban it.  Just as I have no issues with the Catholic Church here in MA refusing to marry gays, it is the same there.  But this is a public school, and seriously, what do they think would happen?  Lesbian sex on the dance floor?

Malach’s Sheik Yerbouti Friday Video of the Day

I am Malach and that was weird

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You are listening too . . .
6′1″ from Liz Phair

Dear Malach

• Nursemyra asks: Dear Malach, what’s with the video today? – INXS are cool, but Jimmy Barnes is such a tosser. I had to look up Jimmy Barnes because it seems he is the most popular Australian Singer ever, but never made it out of Down Under, got a nice lesson on Cold Chisel too.  Video was posted as the song was from Lost Boys, and it was the death of Corey Haim.  A tosser huh?  Gonna use that one.

South Beach Diet

So, I stated the South Beach Diet 2 and half weeks ago, and following fairly closely.  So far I like it, have lost 12 lbs.   Good too, I got up to 240 this winter.  Got to start jogging this weekend as Daylight Savings comes back into effect.

YAY!
Betty White rocks!

Wow
Who wants to go to the hospital in Amsterdam with me? HEEELLLLO NURSE!

Malach’s Video of they Day

I am Malach and I am a scientist

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Another kooky day at work
So I began working with a new client last week, that was referred to me by another long time client, those can always be risky.  A 65 year old alcoholic, who I am trying to convince to retire, and helping get on Medicaid.

He had a appointment with me on Monday, but was a no show, that happens so I thought nothing of it.  He’s an old school macho man, not confortable with asking for help, so I thought nothing of it.  One thing I do not do is chase clients, way to busy to do that.

So,  I get a call from him this morning, he is heading over to St. Luke’s Emergency Room.  I guess on Sunday he got hit by a car on his bike.  Lounged around his apartment though he might recover on his own, but couldn’t breathe that well.

So, I took the other client to see him later in the afternoon, evidently, he had a broken clavicle, scapula, dislocated shoulder, 3 broken ribs, possibly broken facial bones, and a collapsed lung.  They immediately put in a chest tube and admitted for at least 3 – 4 days.  Good excuse to miss me no?

On the bright side, St. Luke’s is trying their damndest to get him on Medicaid.

NOMAH!
It was good to see Nomar retire in a Red Sox Uniform.

RIP Corey Haim
I was more of a Corey Feldman guy, but it won’t be shocked if it was drugs. RIP.

Not only does smoking make you look cool!
It prevents Parkinson’s Disease, so light up!

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach and that is for Corey Haim

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There is a new Monster Millikin, and it seems it is the story of my life!

You are listening too . . .
Divorce Song, from Liz Phair off her first album, Exile in Guyville, one of the best albums of ALL TIME.  Yes it is.  I love this song.  It is so pissed off, but not overly so.  Liz got those feelings just right here.

More Fun!

Uh
Yeah, this didn’t make me think of Lindsay Lohan. . . .  Dana Plato, that makes me think of Lindsay Lohan.  Out of money already Lindsay?

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach and Paint your damn house, it could save your life!

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Tired tonight
I was up half the night with a vomiting daughter.  We will see how far this blog goes.

This looks like fun

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach, and almost 60 years later, Duck and Cover is still great advice

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You are listening too . .  .
Whip-Smart prior to Liz Phair going all crazy and going main stream Avril LaVinge on us.

Spring is Upon us!
Had a nice 60 degree day today!  Kids were out learning to ride bikes, got lots of sprouts coming up.  Was fun, fun, fun.

MAMOO!
YOUR BACK! What happened, you got so quiet there after that election your stole!

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach and Zach Galifianakis makes me giggle

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GEEK NIGHT
Yea tonight was geek night, just got home, so this is all you getting.  What did we do for geek night?  A little of this and a little of this.

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach and I love that Electric Mud

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Ponyo
So the kids and I watched Ponyo today, the latest from Hayao Miyazaki.  First the kids LOVED it, it was very cute, very spiritual, very mind bending like much of Miyazaki’s stuff, yet much less adult oriented.

It was beautifully animated as usual.  It was not as good as his best films Spirited Away (which is a personal fave of mine) or Princess Mononoke.  As usual it mixes fantasy, and sprituality (using much of Japanese and Easter influenced spirituality).

If you are into his stuff, or anime, watch this one, if not, might be a good intro for you and kids.

The Weather
So that past 3 or 4 days, it has basically been snowing, and it let up this morning to sun.  The sad part?  It came down really hard during that time, but the ground is so warm and it warmed up during the day, it didn’t stick.  It was really wierd Wednesday basically driving around in a blizzard, but no snow stick to the pavement.  Even better?  This cold is dissappearing the next few days, we are going to be pushing 60 degree F.

Malach’s Sheik Yerbouti Video of the Day

I am Malach and what’s up Hip Shaking Mama?

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You are listening too . . .
I am still feeling the Ween, so you got a fave of mine, Mutilated Lips

Stardom once again . .
Once again, Malach and his program will be featured on TV by Catholic Charities and the Fall River Diocese.

Dear Malach

• Syncopated Eyeball asks: Dear Malach, Hey Malach, do you know of Bishop John Shelby Spong? I think he’s very cool.  Yes, he is cool, and I like his ideas about Christianity and Jesus and the philosophy of both.  SHHH, many of the Catholic Priest I know and deal with, like his stuff a lot too.
• Dr. John Rebello asks: Dear Malach, Can you take your kids to work? Yes, I can, but they would be bored, scared, or in the way or all three.

Malach’s Video of the Day

I am Malach and that was dedicated to 4 Dinners