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Chinese students take cheating to new heights? lows? 0
by Evil Overlord in news in the late morning on June 28th, 2006: 3 years, 8 months ago

Apparently competition for higher education in China is pretty tough, with about 9.5 million peeps trying to fill 2.6 million vacancies.
For a few - an admittedly small percentage - it seems much easier to cheat rather than study. Chinese administrators are wise to the antics are upgrading security - leading some students to become […]

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 1
by Evil Overlord in video game reviews, Game Boy Advance in the late morning on June 26th, 2006: 3 years, 8 months ago

Platform
GBA
Genre
SRPG

Publisher
Nintendo
Challenge
cheaply difficult

Developer
Intelligent Systems
Completion
20 to 30 hours

Rating
Everyone
Recommend
No

Release Date
05-23-05
Review Date
06-24-05

Official
Website

Billy: "We must find the sacred stones, dear brother Jimmy!"
Jimmy: "But…"
Billy: "No buts about it, Jimmy! We are the double dragons, and we will have the stones!"
Jimmy: […]

Babylon 5: Season 1 0
by Evil Overlord in movie/tv reflections in the late evening on June 23rd, 2006: 3 years, 8 months ago

I’m a little late to the B5 party. Aired in 1994, arrived in tylerwillis-o-vision, 2006.
But I’m here.
And such is thanks to the tireless vociferations of two roommates, singing the praises of the little station that could. It wasn’t until they convinced me that I ought to watch DS9 that I began to think that there […]

setting a fire or paying a fine? 0
by Evil Overlord in funny stuff around daybreak on June 14th, 2006: 3 years, 9 months ago

As someone who had his car towed and thus fined while at Baylor, I can sympathize.

weekend find: 06-10-06 0
by Evil Overlord in game collecting during prime time on June 10th, 2006: 3 years, 9 months ago

Wow, it’s been nearly a year since my last findings post. Time to rectify that.

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Abilene had its annual Friends of the Library book sale. I love these things. Nothing in the building costs more than $1.50, and I managed to spend $36.75.
:)
16 hardcovers.
9 paperbacks.
I wandered over to the computer books section - because […]

a thong for your phone 0
by Evil Overlord in random in the mid-afternoon on June 8th, 2006: 3 years, 9 months ago

This is a great item, so practical and hip. Everyone carries a cell phone today, but only if you carry it in the Phone Thong will it be at your fingertips and ready to use.