I finished up reading the del Toro / Hogan vampire trilogy. The third book is The Night Eternal. It was a tremendously good book and outstanding conclusion to the trilogy.
In this book it's two years after The Fall.
The vampires under the Master have won. Humanity has been subjugated
under vampire domination. The air has been intentionally poisoned with
pollution and black rain and only 2 hours a day of weak sunlight. It's
only during that time that the vampires have to go and hide.
The
vampires no longer go around rampaging, drinking humans dry and turning
them into vamps. There are now concentration camps in which serve as
blood farms where both fresh blood is produced for the vampire ruling
class; as well as baby farms to produce future generations of human
blood producers of the preferred B+ blend.
Still the
Master's enemies from the earlier books battle on in the underground
resistance. The story centers around Professor Setrakian's confederates Eph, Nora,
Fet and Gus who were the principals of the earlier books - and of
course the Master. The running theme of Eph's struggle for his son
Jake's soul runs through the book. Jake has been taken by his mother to
the Master who keeps him unturned and human, grooming him for a sinister
plan. Also the pseudo-vampire Quinlan is prominent in book III and his
fascinating backstory and relationship to the Master is explored.
In the story Fet comes into an armed nuclear bomb sans a detonator. Additionally the resistance still has the Occido Lumen book
which, combined with the nuke, may contain the secret to destroying the
Master and his undead brood. The book is the story of their attempts to
unlock the secrets of the Lumen, acquire a detonator, battle hunger, stay a step ahead of the Master's vampire horde (along with the vampires human accomplices), and come up with a plan destroy the Master and his vampire empire.
The
teasers from the first two books about the origin of the vampire Master
and the other 6 Ancients is explored in a gripping side tale dating
back to biblical times.
It's a superb story, fast paced and really well written. The ending was outstanding. I'd like to see this made into a movie series.
Well that finishes off a multi part book series. I've got a couple more with one book to finish as well. So I should try to get through those too.
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
vacation
I took a week off in August. It was nice. Most years I don't get around to taking summer vacation.
I timed it to coincide with some family being in town. Plus there were a few days to myself after they left. It was good to be able to just relax and do family stuff without the distractions of work.
I needed a vacation this year. It's been brutal at work the last few months. A motto of mine going back many years is if you accomplish nothing else on vacation, at least get some rest. And I did that, getting a good nights sleep, not getting up too early, taking lots of break and down time during the days.
I checked and good news I still have 8 days unused for 2012. I've already booked it and like most years will skip out during December before Christmas until January.
I timed it to coincide with some family being in town. Plus there were a few days to myself after they left. It was good to be able to just relax and do family stuff without the distractions of work.
I needed a vacation this year. It's been brutal at work the last few months. A motto of mine going back many years is if you accomplish nothing else on vacation, at least get some rest. And I did that, getting a good nights sleep, not getting up too early, taking lots of break and down time during the days.
I checked and good news I still have 8 days unused for 2012. I've already booked it and like most years will skip out during December before Christmas until January.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
free $10 on alc.ca
Speaking of ALC. They did give me $10 yesterday. A nice lady from ALC named Nicole called me and asked if I'd heard about Geosweep. I said I had. Then she asked if I wanted $10 to play it for free. Of course I said sure to the freeroll.
I logged into my alc.ca account and there was the $10 as promised. The offer was $7.50 for a geosweep ticket and $2.50 for my own use. Since the $10 was transferred in I was free to do whatever I liked with it including just straight cashing it out. But in the spirit of the offer I did get a geosweep geo in Labrador. I used the other $2.50 on two random baseball over/unders which had 75% equity.
Interestingly on one game the line was 1.70 on regular proline and 1.75 for the same game on proline stadium. I was quite surprised to see different prices on the same game, so shop around if you're looking to play proline.
That's now $15 of free wagers I've had on alc.ca without putting in any of my own money. I would recommend to anyone eligible to create an account there just to get the freerolls.
I logged into my alc.ca account and there was the $10 as promised. The offer was $7.50 for a geosweep ticket and $2.50 for my own use. Since the $10 was transferred in I was free to do whatever I liked with it including just straight cashing it out. But in the spirit of the offer I did get a geosweep geo in Labrador. I used the other $2.50 on two random baseball over/unders which had 75% equity.
Interestingly on one game the line was 1.70 on regular proline and 1.75 for the same game on proline stadium. I was quite surprised to see different prices on the same game, so shop around if you're looking to play proline.
That's now $15 of free wagers I've had on alc.ca without putting in any of my own money. I would recommend to anyone eligible to create an account there just to get the freerolls.
is Atlantic Lotto askaway.ca a scam?
For some reason I visited the Atlantic Lotto site askaway.ca. They have been advertising heavily.
So I go to the site. The first thing I notice is like a multi minute loading time despite being on high speed.
Eventually the site loads (hint: skip the extremely lengthy intro video) and you get to the questions. I noticed a couple of things.
First of all there seem to be no spelling or grammar errors in the posted questions. Really, on what is presented as an open Internet forum? Let's be generous and assume the questions are edited before posting. Still it is suspicious.
I search on "all categories" sorted by "most recent". Yet day after day there are no new questions posted. Now you might think that's because nobody is asking questions. That is just not true. I submitted two questions a week ago. about the incorrect usage of the term "gambling" (the correct term is "gaming"); and a tough question about what a rip off to the players the proline over under payouts are with a 25+ percent house cut.
No response. I'm wondering if the posted "questions" are just softball shills. I have yet to see a really embarrassing or uncomfortable question to ALC posted to that site.
So I go to the site. The first thing I notice is like a multi minute loading time despite being on high speed.
Eventually the site loads (hint: skip the extremely lengthy intro video) and you get to the questions. I noticed a couple of things.
First of all there seem to be no spelling or grammar errors in the posted questions. Really, on what is presented as an open Internet forum? Let's be generous and assume the questions are edited before posting. Still it is suspicious.
I search on "all categories" sorted by "most recent". Yet day after day there are no new questions posted. Now you might think that's because nobody is asking questions. That is just not true. I submitted two questions a week ago. about the incorrect usage of the term "gambling" (the correct term is "gaming"); and a tough question about what a rip off to the players the proline over under payouts are with a 25+ percent house cut.
No response. I'm wondering if the posted "questions" are just softball shills. I have yet to see a really embarrassing or uncomfortable question to ALC posted to that site.
Monday, August 06, 2012
Kool FM Saturdays
The last few weeks I've been enjoying listening to Kool FM on weekend mornings. They have classic American Top 40 with Casey Kasem.
On Saturdays there's a 70s encore from the same calendar week. On Sunday mornings it's an 80s encore. The 80s is pretty good but the 70s one is great. It's entertaining and lol to listen to. The charts consisted of bad singer/songwriter, bad soul, and bad disco. How did these songs become hits? I can't believe people went to Sam the Record Man and paid good money for the singles, or phoned the radio stations and asked them to play this stuff. But apparently they did. Of course within the noise there are few gems, songs that are still great today. The combo of the lolbad and the still greats makes it enjoyable to listen to.
Well if you're up and around on some weekend morning then I highly recommend to turn on 96.5 Kool FM.
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I resurfaced on facebook for a little while lately. I was talking to a friend who mentioned his brother, who is also a friend, had bought a motorcycle and posted pics. So I signed in to have a look. The Harley is a beauty I'm jealous but good for him. There have been some tweaks and improvements on that site but all in all I didn't miss much and I'll be planning to drop off again pretty soon. After rejoining pretty much my first act was to delete two off my friends list, getting the number down to 123 now. The correct number is probably somewhere around 100 but that's good enough for now.
On Saturdays there's a 70s encore from the same calendar week. On Sunday mornings it's an 80s encore. The 80s is pretty good but the 70s one is great. It's entertaining and lol to listen to. The charts consisted of bad singer/songwriter, bad soul, and bad disco. How did these songs become hits? I can't believe people went to Sam the Record Man and paid good money for the singles, or phoned the radio stations and asked them to play this stuff. But apparently they did. Of course within the noise there are few gems, songs that are still great today. The combo of the lolbad and the still greats makes it enjoyable to listen to.
Well if you're up and around on some weekend morning then I highly recommend to turn on 96.5 Kool FM.
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I resurfaced on facebook for a little while lately. I was talking to a friend who mentioned his brother, who is also a friend, had bought a motorcycle and posted pics. So I signed in to have a look. The Harley is a beauty I'm jealous but good for him. There have been some tweaks and improvements on that site but all in all I didn't miss much and I'll be planning to drop off again pretty soon. After rejoining pretty much my first act was to delete two off my friends list, getting the number down to 123 now. The correct number is probably somewhere around 100 but that's good enough for now.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
CTV and Britain's finest moment
There was a bunch of CTV hype leading up to the Olympic opening ceremony. That's fine, it's a big deal and they were free to advertise it.
The ads talked about comparisons to the Beijing opening ceremony and some of Britain's great history. Then, incredibly the announcer voices it may be Britain's finest moment?
hmmm Britain's finest moment you say. an Olympic opening ceremony. bigger than Trafalgar? more important than VE Day?
idiot CTV. who writes and edits the copy for these commercials? Great Britain has had great moments in its history. this over the top, overcommercialized olympic opening will not be Britain's finest moment.
The ads talked about comparisons to the Beijing opening ceremony and some of Britain's great history. Then, incredibly the announcer voices it may be Britain's finest moment?
hmmm Britain's finest moment you say. an Olympic opening ceremony. bigger than Trafalgar? more important than VE Day?
idiot CTV. who writes and edits the copy for these commercials? Great Britain has had great moments in its history. this over the top, overcommercialized olympic opening will not be Britain's finest moment.
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