As with most people, I get a much needed week off starting on Monday. It's been a very exhausting couple of months. Making a new game from nothing is hard work. There's a lot riding on what we do, so people want to get it right.

If I only do one thing during this week off, I'm hoping it's to get caught up on all my sleep. Since around September, all it seems I've been doing is chasing the sleep I need. I probably have a massive amount of sleep debt right now. I need to get some rest.

Well, I should probably go to bed now.

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If the story involves live things emerging from a person's body, it's probably going to wind up on this blog.

So out of Indiana comes this story of an elderly woman who was admitted to hospital from a care home. Doctors and nurses found sores on the woman's body, which is not uncommon since many people who are bed-ridden get sores. The story didn't end there though. Let me share with you some quotes from the story:

"The hospital's emergency staff found festering sores on both of the woman's legs and maggots emerging from wounds infected with treatment-resistant bacteria"

"He indicated he soaked her right foot in warm water for 45 minutes and bugs/cockroaches were crawling out of the house slipper. Upon removing the house slipper, he indicated the skin came off of the right foot and toes"

"When the nurse removed the woman's pants, the material pulled the skin off the woman's legs, from the knees to the ankles"

Shades of wang flies! Click here to read the full story.

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I'll be very honest and say that I'm looking forward to playing Burnout Revenge, so I'll make this post short.

Ok... so that's all I have to say...

Actually, there were reports of about 100 Santas heading towards the Metrotown Skytrain station armed with alcohol. The police had to intervene but they were sent on their way. Does anyone know more about this?

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My 22" widescreen LCD monitor arrived via UPS today. It is the first LCD monitor I've ever bought and the first widescreen anything I've ever owned. After years advocating the wide aspect ratio, I finally took the plunge. Part of the reason why it took so long was that my old monitor so damn reliable. I bought a 17" CRT monitor from ADI in 1999. In close to eight years of heavy use, I never had one single problem with it. Pictures look good on it today as they did the day I took it home.

I'm quite happy with my LCD so far but I can see the limitations of the LCD technology and accept it. Text and deep blacks are still better on regular CRTs. I have what is considered a "budget" panel but even more expensive LCDs still can't match the CRTs.

Having said all that, it's quite the sight to see your desktop at 1680 x 1050. There is a lot of real estate to run programs on. Pictures look great on this monitor and it's quite nice to not have to scroll to see the extents of an image. Don't ask me what porn looks like on it since I don't have any porn on my computer. Everyone believes that right?

Last but not least, this monitor kicks ass when used with my Xbox 360. Gaming in full widescreen mode is unbelievable. The 360 outputs content in high def and though I'm using a VGA cable, everything I see is about equivalent to 720p.

Well, back to gaming!

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My weekend can be summed up thusly: lots of Xbox 360, a housewarming party, and little time to post anything of value.

If anyone wants to see the uncensored version of the SNL digital short shown on the weekend, you can find here. The show was surprisingly very average despite the return of The Barry Gibb Talk Show.

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