Not a front for a secret organization.
Written by Rob Schultz (human).
Earlier today, I found myself about to make a completely baseless comment regarding a complete lack of integrity, and Bernie Mac. I'm pretty sure I picked him because of the syllable count and how it would echo the thing I heard someone say, which prompted unfounded remark in my brain. But then I remembered he's dead, and there's no use speaking ill of the dead. But then I remembered the movie 'Transformers.'
So my probably-stolen XBOX 360 got it's Red Rings of Death a couple of weeks ago. I went to the online form, which was broken, and I called their tech support, who made me confirm that the rings were in fact red, not green, and issued me a UPS shipping label to have the system sent back to Microsoft. Then, a few label-less days later, I called 'em up again and repeated the whole process, since they had no record of my original call. But they didn't really give me any grief about having a probably-stolen console, which was nice of them. Yesterday, I got an automated phone call at 7:30am to tell me to stay home today between 7am and 8pm, because UPS may or may not stop by, but if they do, it'll be between those hours. Good lookin' out, UPS!
...maybe it's not their fault. Maybe the brown truck is a quantum event!
What I always wondered was, you take a Conquering Nation, pretty much any from history, and what they're doing is conquering the world, yeah? But the world is quite large. And Germany is quite small. So how can there be enough people in Germany to conquer the world? Because the troops are streaming out of the home land, right? And, unlike Risk, I'm pretty sure you're not going to start generating troops from the conquered nations. Historically, conscription may have been a thing, and it becomes in the best interest of those conscripted (re: enslaved) to crew the ship, thus preserving their own lives, but that in more modern times, putting guns in the hands of your freshly subjugated enemies and hoping they'll get your back in the next battle might be one of the very last things you (would want to) do. So what's the theory? Kill every man who could fight you, hope that the next generation thinks of your new empire as their home, as opposed to their father-killin' enemy?
I was looking at the editing style of entertainment news on a couple of sites this morning, some research for an upcoming client / employer (I hope). Now, they say you can tell who is supposed to be watching a show by what's being advertised (hence 'soap operas,' for instance). Over at E! online, all the ads seem to be for STD medication. Hm.