 Posted by Bob on July 7, 2006: I'm writing this relatively early in the day so I can get some links together just in case my internet connection drops out on me again. On the plus side, I already sent Steve this week's comic, so we're good there. This week's comic continues the story from last week, and while last week's was based on people just manhandling their games, this week's comic is a true story.
For those who are new to our little site, I used to work at a video game store. We bought games and systems from people like a good store should. Before I could buy back a system, I had to hook it up and test it out to make sure it worked. So one day, I'm working with Chris. This guy wants to sell his Playstation, so I took care of it. It rattled a little bit, but no big deal, maybe just a screw came loose or one of the clips on the black dealie that held the discs busted off and fell in. No big deal, happens all the time, and it's an easy fix. Take the case off, find the rattling thing and remove it. Simple.
So I go in the office to perform some minor surgery and when I get the case off...Well, it was panel 9 of this week's comic. This thing was infested with bugs. Some were alive, some were dead, but the point is that you couldn't even see any of the system components. Just the biggest god damn bug colony ever. Now, I'm not one that's bothered by bugs. When I find them in my bedroom, I save them and bring them outside. But this was another matter entirely. I yelled, dropped the top back on the system and went back to the counter where Chris was. So, I tell Chris "Hey, check out the Playstation on the desk. It's open, just pull the top off." So off he goes.
Yeah, Chris doesn't like bugs. At all.
So he freaked out as I did, and we were both feeling bugs crawl on us for the rest of the day. I put bags on my hands, put the thing back together and closed it up. I then bagged it, bagged that, bagged that, bagged that and bagged that with a note on the last bag saying something like "There's some bugs in this. I don't know what you want to do with it." And just left it in the office. We closed like normal, and went home. When I came back in the next day, I asked Tom (he opened) if he opened the bag of horrors. "Oh my GOD." He said "I saw the note and thought 'How bad can it be?'" He had the same reaction as Chris and I and just dropped that fucker in the dumpster. It was easily the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in my life.
Haha, what a fun story. Hope your skin isn't crawling!
I don't know what to follow that up with...So how about this video. Sony caught lying again. This time, they're taken down by a SONY MAGAZINE. Awesome.
Through Deviantart, I came across a really good comic called Hyperboy. It is described as "Life through the eyes of an eccentric, attention-defecit, hyperactive college graphic art student." If that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will. Really good art and writing, it's worth checking out.
Man, our links page is really really really out of date. I'm gonna have to get around to updating it. So, keep that in mind, yeah?
So what if I'm using my newspost to write myself a to do list. It's my newspost, so I'm going to allow it.
*EDIT* I updated the links page a bit and added some more buttons to the left. I also added our standing on the Webcomics list. 632 as of this writing. We rule! I wonder if Steve'll let me leave that up there...
Remember the greatest AOL call ever? Well here's a followup email from AOL's people.
It's no secret I love Google Earth. I'm a huge nerd. But that being said, here's a great site that helps you find some really cool stuff with it. If you use Google Earth, it's something you should look at.
And with that, I'm calling this a post. Time to email it to Steve before I lose my internet again!
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