Kerry + Edwards 
You've seen it on Leno, you've seen it on the Today Show, and you've seen it on Wonkette. Kerry and Edwards are a little bit too close for comfort. Well, as is enevitable these days, someone's put it to music and posted it online. Take a look at this flash movie about Kerry + Edwards. It's nothing you haven't seen already, except for some slight animation, a little Marvin Gay, and a liplock at the end.

Free Games from Rockstar 
There's only one thing better than a good game, and that is a good game for free. Currently Rockstar Games is giving away free downloads of two of it's classic games: Wild Metal and Grand Theft Auto. And let me just say, the original GTA is awesome, not quite as graphically sophisticated as the newer ones, but who needs graphics when you can steal, speed, shoot, and crash colored blocks into other colored blocks. The only drawback is that you have to give them some information and you better make sure you use a valid E-mail address because they mail you a temporary link to the download, which has to be accessed from the same computer you signed up for the download from (Extremely lame). But as far as the other information goes, I recommend using "742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, Oregon" or "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20500" The other major downer is that the file is a mammoth 350mb, which means there ain't no hope of downloading it over dial-up. But, for those of you with the desire and the drive, I highly recommend you get some free games. I also hear that the following games are available for free, but I haven't played any of them or even looked into it yet: Ground Control; The Elder Scrolls: Arena; Starsiege: Tribes and Tribes 2; RTCW: Enemy Territory (courtesy of MetaFilter)

The Bard's Tale 
It started way back in history, around 1984, when the first Bard's Tale was released. It was not a game I was familiar with at the time, but they made a sequel, and then a third installment. The third installment, Thief of Fate is the only one I'd ever heard of, but I'd never played it. However, given 15 years and a boatload of computer evolution and you have what looks to be a kick ass update on a classic. The Bard's Tale is coming out for PS2, PC, and XBOX sometime this fall. Complete with the "Snarkom" conversation system it lets the player choose the tone of the Bard's interactions between 'snarky' or 'nice'. Offend someone and you'll have to live with the consequences. It won best PS2 RPG at E3 this year and the lead character is voiced by Cary Elwes (aka Wesley from The Princess Bride and Robin Hood from Robin Hood: Men in Tights). Stay tuned as I find out more and look forward to a full review when it's released. Read an update at WorthPlaying.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme 
Some of the people I work with are extremely cool. I just got back from a leisurely Friday lunch and what should be waiting in my inbox, but work-related E-mail. I sort through it, but then what to my wandering eyes should appear? An E-mail title "ATHF" containing nothing other than a link. That link lead me to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme. I don't know if you're familiar, but Aqua Teen Hunger Force is one of my favorite cartoons on television. And getting a little ATHF action on a Friday afternoon is just what the body needs to make it through the day.

ASCII ROCK 
I don't know how to describe this except to say that some people have more free time on their hands than I've ever had in my life. But without them I owuldn't know what to do with my various pockets of down time. For example, I give you ASCII ROCK. It's what MTV would be like if they played good music and broadcast over the internet circa 1994. It's one part animated ASCII art, one part MIDI music, one part music video, and 10 parts bizarrely entertaining. So check out Judas Priest, The Who, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and several other shadowy figures dancing on screen. Get your ASCII ROCK on!

Wonkette puts the trash back in political news 
For all of you who missed out on Wonkette's coverage of the Washingotnienne scandal (see earlier post) I'm sorry, but that's no reason to think that drama will never grace the floors of congress again. Take VP Dick Cheney's F-Bomb for example. But the most recent drama to hit the hill is much less important. It's about a bitchy staff assistant and a bunch of interns. For details and hilarity, tune into Stephanopoulos's Line of Sight: Wonk'd Gets a Response.

Ode to Interns 
Craigslist, why art thou so wise? You always know just what to say to make me laugh. Anyway, I highly suggest you get yourself some craigslist wisdom. Ode to Interns is a tour de force of Washington's attitude towards F-ing interns. Allow me a quotation:

You are the worst things
to happen to Washinton
Since Panda-mania
(you are even more useless)

Need I say more? Read it, love it, hate them.

Bubbles! My Bubbles! Oooh Bubbles! 
Now this is the story all about how, my life got twistered upside down, and I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became addicted to a game called Bubbles. You are a bubble, use your arrow keys to move forward, backwards, left, and right to collect more bubbles. Don't hit the mines or your bubble pops. The more bubbles you collect, the bigger you get, the more points you score. It's so simple, but so much fun. My high score is a measlywhopping 607 752 893 1127 points, but I'm hoping to take it higher. So, party like it's 1999 and ride the bubble as far as you can before it bursts. Just make sure to cash out your options first.

Winnebago Man 
I'm about to leave work, but I had to put this last gem up. I don't think I've ever seen such graceful and yet flagrant use of the F-word (30 times at least, plus about 10 "shits", 6 "goddamns", and a "dumb-ass." Not to mention two "ferns," whatever it means). Feel the love and take a four-minute tour of some of the finest motor homes this country has to offer with Winnebago Man. (This may not be suitable for small children or network television)

<no>circles</no> 
Here's a bit of internet weirdness for you. It's kind of like a game, it's kind of like a puzzle. There are no rules except to figure out what they are and get to the screen that says "defeated." I don't know how I feel about this one. It's seems really easy, but then there are parts that don't seem to make any sense and you get stuck. Anyway, there's an "F" bomb waiting in big letters on one of the screens, so don't show your boss, otherwise it's pretty benign. Not for the easily frustrated, confused, or annoyed. See if you can make more sense of it than I did: <no>circles</no>. The only real question I have, is what's so bad about circles?

Rock Paper Saddam 
Damn, this thing made me laugh. Take a look at Saddam's trial through the eyes of Jay Barnes in a delicately captioned photo essay: Rock Paper Saddam! It has actual pictures from Saddam's trial, but arranges them into an amusing story about a game of rock, paper, scissors.

Flashback 1984: Duckhunt 
For all the fun and action of the original check out Duck Hunt. Use your mouse instead of the light gun and blast those ducks. Just don't let that dog laugh at you, I hate it when he laughs at me.

GTA: San Andreas is looking baaad asss! 
According to a recent article on IGN Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is looking to be one hell of a sequel. The details so far are pretty secretive, but what this article says is that there will be three cities this time, each as big as Vice City. There will also be highways and back-roads connecting them. The three cities are based on LA, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. Also, you can recruit a gang, gamble, swim, ride your bicycle, get fat, work out, build your stats, rob houses, put together fight combos, and get your haircut by Old Reece. So, set your calendars for October 19, 2004 and get ready to rumble. Anyway, check out the official San Andreas site and read the article. You can expect more news as I get it.