Well, ya know that mini-rant I did the other day about Linux games being hard to obtain? This morning, I was really beginning to wonder if my LinuxMall order was ever going to come. So I sent an email. Got a response fairly quickly stating that they were no longer backordered, and had indeed shipped my stuff on the 11th. It would've been nice to recieve an email when the shipment had actually been made, but I was happy to hear that it was on the way.

Went to the UPS page, checked my tracking number, and their data told me that it was scheduled for delivery on.... August 16! Today. Woohoo! (Also got a nice little display of the route it had gone to get here, which showed that as of this morning, it was in the Denver area.)

So naturally, when I arrived home, I wasn't at all surprised to find a box addressed to me sitting on the table. And inside, a tin box containing the hallowed game of Quake III, and a cardboard one with Railroad Tycoon II, penguin portrayals prominently affixed to the front of each. Excellent, Smithers.

I'm sure Argo is going to have a ball tonight. (And, in a slight change of plans, Tobias will not be getting a bath tonight. Instead, he has been getting a shower for most of the afternoon. A cold one. The bath will have to wait.)

But before we commence with the installation of these newly obtained time sinks (as if I really have lots of time to be throwing away these days, but that's beside the point). Before we commence, I would like to commemorate an important event.

I am pleased to announce that today, for the first time in history, this web site -- Bitscape's Lounge -- was given the unique distinction and honor of being compared to a porn site. (In the generic sense, not any specific porn site. Sorry, no links. ;)

Of course, you can imagine what went through my mind when I heard this. "Oh, yes! I've made it! All my life, I've wanted to run -- if not an actual porn site -- something which [somebody claims] is very similar to a porn site in many ways."

Now, my career as as web content provider is complete, and I shall retire, content with that knowledge. lol.

Ok, it all started while we were on the way to lunch. Me and a couple of co-workers were having a discussion. The topic, oddly enough, was this very web site. (We must've been hitting the bottom of the barrel in conversation fodder.) The two people in the car with me expressed something of a disbelief that I would write to put so many personal thoughts on a web site which could literally be read by anybody.

One person asked how many readers/hits I get, and I replied that I really have no clue, because these days, I make it a point not to look at the logs. Then, out of the blue, the other:

(Disclaimer: This is a paraphrase, and may not reflect the exact wording.) "You know, I was watching this show on the Discovery channel featuring a person who wrote a book about the psychology of the Internet. In a lot of ways, your site is very similar to these homegrown PORN sites some people have been making. The psychology really works the same way!"

Oookkkkaaaay..... I was... flattered? Amused? Dumbstruck? Well... I now have the honer. rotfl.

I admit, I may have, in passing, mentioned the thought of putting up a webcam in my room, but never seriously. (Not that there's anyone in this... web circle thing... who has ever... erected.. such a setup. Never. ;) Ok, bad use of words. Bad, bad, bad!

Ok, fine, all ye perverts, here's your link. (Disclaimer: I will neither confirm nor deny whether I make or have ever made visits to any site linked to or not linked to from here or anywhere else. Further, I take no responsibility for anyone else clicks, nor do I take responsibility for anything that may happen as a result of those clicks.) Now, go surfing like good little children. As for myself? I have some supper to eat, and some games to install. Bye.