I Attempted to go to a job fair today. After washing my filthy Steve self, I went online to confirm some details, and it turned out the event was postponed until next Tuesday. So I’m here in some clothes that are a bit nicer than my usual fare (which is usually a black nerd T-shirt and jeans), and no place to be.

To pad my small post a bit, I’ve been trying to beat my high-score in Pac-Man C.E. ever since my last post about it, but to no avail. My average score is getting steadily higher though, and I can only hope to beat the record very soon. I was having the best round yet yesterday, but the pizza guy came and it was time for us to eat. Oh how I wanted to finish that round! C’est la vie…

Here’s a repost of a repost of a Kontraband featured video. I can’t get over the ridiculousness.

Oh hell, here’s the whole article, there’s just too many strange videos to choose from!

I likes me some roast beef sandwiches from Arby’s, but my last visit there irked me a little bit. You know how they have that promotional deal where you can buy 5 items for a low, affordable, price? You might remember it didn’t always used to be like that. For a long time, it was only a limited time offer, and then only at individual stores. Asking if the “5 for 5 deal” was in effect awaited an answer with bated breath. The sweet part of the deal though was you could get 5 Beef and Cheddars, big F’n roast beef sandwiches, for $5.00.

Then there was a change. Instead of Beef and Cheddars, they became Arby’s Melts. Just as delicious as before, but smaller. At $5 for 5 sandwiches it was still a hell of a deal, and still only at participating locations. Then they changed it again. The deal was now “5 for $5.95.” I understand that time passes, the dollar inflates, so really… a good deal.

Then there were two changes, pretty recently, and for the better I believe. First you could choose from 7 other items to mix and match your way to “5 for $5.95.” Second, the deal was in full force at all Arby’s locations all the time. A glorious moment. No longer did I have to ask if the deal was in effect. I could safely assume I could get tons of beef, and even curly fries included, without asking.

Then there was a change. This was my most recent trip to Arby’s, and this one snuck in under the radar just as the others had, but took me by surprise. I pulled up to the window to pay and the total was more than I expected! $6.95. We’re now in a dangerous territory friends. If this trend continues, and I’m almost certain it will, the 5 Arby’s Melts (to be accurate 3 sandwiches, a drink, and curly fries) will cost me $7.95 and no longer be worth my money compared to any other combo item on the menu.

I’ve been playing Pac-Man Championship Edition a lot lately. It’s a great game because the matches are no more than 5 minutes long (or 10 minutes for different modes) - So if you’ve got a few minutes to kill, you can just load up Pac-Man, but that’s not why I play. I am a high-score junkie, and Pac-Man being Pac-Man, that’s really the only goal of the game. The fact that there is a global high-score list makes me drool. My high-score currently stands at 316,250, which puts me at 720th place worldwide, and, because there is also a weekly ranking, 84th for the week.

I just watched a couple videos on youtube, and realized something about the mechanics of the game I hadn’t noticed before. I’m going to have to try it out; this technique will surely put me much higher in the rankings.

This.

I wanted to post something else today, but I think I’ll stick with this. Look at ‘im go!