tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52394752024-03-08T17:25:53.266-07:00Mr. Mean Speaks!Just some musings from a misanthrope's point of view!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1153142700267420822006-07-17T06:20:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:48.547-07:00Holy cow a post! yeah well walk a block in my shoes buddy!Nah really just been REAL busy with life 101 as I like to call it. I was over at 1000 Buffalo's site for my daily dose of my best friends world (which apears to be just a crazy as mine!) and noticed this post which I just had to copy here: The first thing I heard on the radio this morning, pre-California sunshine, was that Syd Barrett Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1138238352985502442006-01-25T18:18:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:48.407-07:00Eberron to GURPsOk I have been working on the conversion of Eberron to GURPs 4th ed. And I am just about to start a game. I think I have it all together (at least in the mind!). I have all the Eberron books except the book of magic for Eberron and it is on my list of things to get, can you say eBay!But what I really wanted to talk about is the Players Guide to Eberron, wow what a great book! WhatJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1137599256796039132006-01-18T08:45:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:48.245-07:00Yum day old cinnamon rolls!So I am at work and starving and I go in the break room and there on the counter are some day old cinnamon rolls! Oh the smell the tatse! I pop them in the nuker for 15 sec and yum! nice and hot cinnamon rolls!Gotta go I got to get me one more of those baby!Mr. MeanJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1136232994277154292006-01-02T13:16:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:48.124-07:00Gaming 2005Ok so I have not posted in a bit and I apologize for that. I just was inspired by Molotov to post my gaming review for year 2005!L5R or http://www.legendofthefiverings.com/rpg/: I ran a small campaign for 3-4 of my local friends here in Phoenix. Fun had by all and we all enjoyed the 3rd ed. RulesHARP or http://www.harphq.com/: While I have not Gmed the game yet I do have theJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1133730915164829852005-12-04T14:15:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:48.000-07:00Eberron to GurpsEberron to GurpsSo I started today on converting D&D’s Eberron to GURP’s 4th Edition. Wow got the Warforged done and he breaks down to just over a hundred points! But he is cool! I really like what can be done with GURP’s and I just do not like D&D 3.5, it is too mechanical for me! So I will soon be putting up a website with my conversions and info for the game. The great thing about Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1133190907295805392005-11-28T08:15:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.875-07:00The falling prices of pertrolThe falling prices of petrol here in Phoenix.I have been noticing a slow decline in the price of gas over the last month. Not sure where you are at but here in Phoenix, AZ. We hit a high of about $2.67 and it has dropped steadily to the current price of $2.35 today. I know the major oil refineries all posted major profit earnings this year, go figure! Who’d of thunk it! Sheer genius Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1133190445133859482005-11-28T08:07:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.752-07:00Today is the dayToday is the day!Ok so today I am supposed to start a new job with a nationwide web hosting company that is setting up shop here in Phoenix. Now first off let me say that this job was supposed to kick off last week early, it did not! Because of that I had to miss GenCon SoCal and my best friend Brian. I was not pleased at all!So I should get a call soon telling me when and where to report and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1132072634826324862005-11-15T09:37:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.628-07:00OK Unemployment suckOK Unemployment sucks!First off let me say sorry for the lack of posting, the last two weeks have been hell! Here is what’s been happening….So I leave a semi perm job to take a better paying perm job direct hire and closer to home, all sounds great so far right? Wrong! There is this big miscom between the agency and the company and it turns out they do not need a full time IT person Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1130217436122939332005-10-24T22:08:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.507-07:00New Job!Ok so I start a new job this week and am enjoying a few days off before the grind starts for real. The last job I just left was a easy gig and the people I worked for were great but it was only 4 hours a day and I need more! Unfortnately the contract company I was working for was a joke! So I send them a note letting them know that I am leaving and have accepted a new job and I get a postJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1128965190104905332005-10-10T10:22:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.384-07:00PC blues!Well while I forgot to post this with the Q's post I will put it up now since I am still here.The PC is dead! yes the pc that has been rebuilt at least 4 times over the last 8 years is finally dead! Yes the pc that had parts from a old Sony Viao desktop and parts from a old packard bell as well. It is finally past and beyond repair! I will salvage the ram as it is good and the HDD and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1128964699206155072005-10-10T10:08:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.278-07:00Q's Coffee shopOk so here I am at Q's coffee shop having a nice tall mocha. check the link above for location.A real nice place with large comfy couches and a large love seat for Mr. Mean to sit in and blog!So today no work for Mr. Mean as I have a interview with IBM! Yeah for me as I have been trying to get on with IBM for years. Course this is only a contract position so no benifits but the payJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1128479876556972872005-10-04T19:29:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.110-07:00 I play WoW! And I am not ashamed to say it! I was reading a forum tonight and several people were saying how they did not tell there co-workers that they played on-line games like WoW ( Http://www.worldofwarcraft.com ) or World of Warcraft from Blizzard entertainment. Now I can see where you might feel uncomfortable with telling your co-workers that you play on-line games but trying to hide Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1128441399671562142005-10-04T08:54:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:47.007-07:00 Uber Dad! Wow so I am reformatting my hard drive, (after a nasty episode with the system board grounding out on the case and getting a system32/NTFS error!) Well got that fixed and I decided to fire up Norton Ghost and reiamge the 120 GB monster that is my HDD. Got it all done and look what I had sitting on my drive, Yep that’s me and the little beast Jonathan! Well not Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1127169446333330392005-09-19T15:37:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.894-07:00GenCon SoCalGenCon SoCal Ok so I am online the other night and my IM (yahoo) goes off and it’s my friend Bruce from Ca. and the days of gaming in Rokugan with our good friend Brian.So we chit chat and ask about this and that and then I ask “hey you going to GenCon?” he says”yes booking my room now as we chat.” Cool I say, and he ask where I am staying and I of course Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1126642205060246672005-09-13T13:10:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.780-07:00Horay for GenCon SoCHoray for GenCon SoCalSo I get word back from Green Ronin that my games have been approved by them and posted on the GenCon site! Yeah I am official. Now I just have to square away how I am getting there and where I am going to stay! Green Ronin is paying for my entrace to the con so that is covered, I called the hotel that I have stayed at for the last 2 SoCal GenCons and while the last 2 years Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1125605926396312622005-09-01T13:18:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.680-07:00Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina!Wow I just wanted to say that my heartfelt wishes go to the people of New Orleans LA. And the surround areas as well that have been affected.We now return you to the regular Mr. Mean! The nice man that said these things is gone now.Mr. Mean!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1125605469740041212005-09-01T13:11:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.552-07:00Being a parent!Being a parent! Part Duex.Ok so the week is almost gone and all this week we have gotten a note from my sons teacher saying much improved behavior in the class. Awesome, of course the result of this angelic behavior I am sure is the direct result of a lack of toys and teevee on my sons part. I mean when his mother found out that he got in trouble she removed Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1125466557087524282005-08-30T22:35:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.442-07:00Rifts Ultimate EditRifts – Ultimate EditionWow is all I can say, what a great revised edition of the game. That REALLY needed a revision! The color plates are just awesome, and look as if they were taken from the CCG that did not do very well as far as I know.The book is hardback and well laid out although I am a bit miffed that they did not include a character sheet because if there was every a game that needed a Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1125087725488362352005-08-26T13:22:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.307-07:00Being a parent!Being a parent or ARGH!!Ok so I am at work when my cell rings…”hello, oh hello Mrs. Shaw yes I am fine…oh Jonathan had a fit in class and was bad oh and he flipped his chair as well! Oh ok I will see you Friday morning, yes sure no problem see you then!”Well I guess you can see where this is going! I picked him up from school and he immediately tells me he had to turn his card twice! (btw turningJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1124918470911148112005-08-24T14:21:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.181-07:00Work bluesWork blues!So here I am sitting at my desk with nothing to due and it got me thinking. In the IT world and I am sure it is in yours to, we complain when it is busy and also when it is slow! Funny that I thought. I mean I cant remember going to work and having a ok day where there was a little work and some down time to do the little things we all like to do like take a look at the news paper or Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1124483277671100682005-08-19T13:27:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:46.058-07:00New Blogger for MS Word!New Blogger for MS Word!Well my buddy Molotov set me up with this and this is the test to see how it works, let me know what you think?Will post more later.Mr. MeanJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1123884027452528012005-08-12T14:59:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:45.944-07:00Hey all sorry for no post but have been out of work and looking for income! I am finally back to work and looking forward to working on my blog.Stay tuned!Mr. Mean is hear for you!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1117583102832671962005-05-31T16:41:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:45.804-07:00Ok first of all let me say sorry for not posting in a bit! It has been crazy around here with the new house and convention season right around the corner. But I am as prepared as I can be for the cons and the house is coming together quite nice. Just getting the last touches done on the house for the house warming on June 11th also celebrating our aniversary of 10 years! Wow she has put up with Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1116306861743024852005-05-16T22:08:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:45.669-07:00Ok so if you are keeping up with my blog you know I just did a podcast over at: http://giddoen.libsyn.com/ and somehow the feed got cut off and about ten minutes was lost in the podcast! I will try to see if I have the original files and try to upload later int he week.Sorry all!Mr. MeanJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239475.post-1116305258226636672005-05-16T21:38:00.000-07:002006-11-09T00:59:45.542-07:00Podcasting weeeeeeeeeeeeee!Man I have to much fun with this stuff! Well I was threatning (spelling there?) to create a podcast and I did it, you can subscribe to my podcast at: http://giddoen.libsyn.com feel free to check it out and let me know what you think and what you would like to hear.I know it is kind of rough at the moment I am working with some friends to beef up the content and get the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248111043810332820noreply@blogger.com0