Fus Of Standing.

What!?

Skyrim was absurd today.

I cheated a little. Something Gran Turismo 5 taught me. Get a guy going and leave him be. B-spec. Well, Skyrim doesn't exactly have that, but I thought I would get my armor skill up, so I left my dude standing in a field being shot by some crazy with a bow. I figured as long as the shots continued to be as randomly successful as they had been for the few minutes before I left, he'd survive, since hp regenerates between blows.

I saved and went back to work. Can't do much Skyrim over a lunch break.

As I drove home, I pondered the possibilities. My guy died, repeatedly, but the system auto-loaded the last save point, so my guy would be revived and taking shots again. How many times could this have happened? Would my heavy armor skill be up? It started to seem doubtful.

When I got home, after exchanging strange pleasantries with my good friend and room-mate, I headed to my room and turned on the TV. In the game, it was now night time. No arrows were flying. Guy was alive and alone, and there, stretching off screen, a pile of bones. I picked up the controller, perplexed. To the left, a full dragon skeleton. I run up and discover a blood dragon. I check and find scales, bones and money. How? I check my heavy armor skill, it's up 10 points.

I guess I got more than I bargained for.

Why Do I Do The Things I Do?

I work in a store with an attached auto shop. Recently, the manager decided that the auto parts and auto service departments, which were separate, should unite. The intent was to reduce customer wait times when load at one counter was high. On top of this, all automotive floor staff should deal with merchandising, tech parts allocations, everything. This is a going to be a rocky road.
I used to work in the parts department before becoming an auto service adviser. Now I do both. I had become frustrated with the parts warehouse while working in parts, but never had the opportunity to do much about it. Now I'm taking matters into my own hands. I decided to reorganize. God help me.

@tehbrookzorz

Maybe I've been ignoring the value of Twitter.

For years, the mention of the name made me shake my head. Any time I tried using it, I became discouraged. People couldn't take this seriously, could they?

I've been assured by a few people that indeed, Twitter is important, and if I want to pursue online marketing, I need to be on it.

Well, I don't know if I'm convinced yet, but I'll try it out.

Twitter me @tehbrookzorz

Speed Reading Woes

I'd heard of speed reading, but I never knew much theory about it. I just assumed it was a label for those more talented than myself.

I picked up the basics from a book I'm reading. I also noticed there are several websites touting themselves as the source for info on the subject.

I suppose the first thing to do would be to check your reading rate prior to learning how to speed read, and then after practicing, to check again. I didn't check my reading rate, and then when I tried to speed read, I started getting dizzy.

The goal is to use peripheral vision and to practice eye muscle control, but I haven't quite got it ironed out well enough to give advise on the subject.

If you figure it out, tell me how you did it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Valentine's Day, and I'm happy.

I've had my amazing Jen in my life for two years.

Thank you Jen.

<3

Help Me Help You Help Me Help You.

I'm reading a book that focuses on increasing efficiency and effectiveness to such extremes that most time now allocated to work can be redistributed to pursuing positive life-altering experiences. All in all, this sounds great, but everyone around me asks what I am reading, and as soon as I offer them the title, scoffs and laughs. Well, this would seem to be one of those things that you should, take the bull by the horns and take action on. I wonder if the author had the current economic climate in mind when he wrote the book, but I get the impression he doesn't think it should have an effect. True story.

Plus one for this guy though, he managed to get some of my coin with the book.

Maybe I need to help myself so I can benefit from sharing my experience from others.

Sometimes I Bite Off More Than I Can Chew

Well I just put up a video update on the status of my Celica that I'm swapping a Mazda KL-DE engine into. Well, its more complicated than that, but if you want to see, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGm8AM7WuDw

What do you think?

Theme?

Well, I kind of figured it out.

The theme is, opinion. I'll give my two cents towards topics as I find them. Sure, no problem. It may not carry a subject from one post to the next. On the other hand, I do have a couple themed blogs on the go.

Public Policy Is Tricky Business

A curious thing about printed language is that it can allow a reader to unwittingly lose perspective. This is great for learning and entertainment purposes. In legal scenarios, it creates the question that if a captivated reader perceives a threat as indicated to be remedied by proposed policy, whereas the real world threat might not be reasonably quantified, one may be emotionally subject to accept policies not in the best interest of the public, even if with the intent of optimizing public well-being.