Saturday, July 16, 2005 - Posts

Oh man... I need some real bandwidth...

I just read the following words and drool started coming out of my mouth involuntarily...

"Microsoft has signed a deal with comic book giant Marvel that will allow it to develop massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) featuring Marvel's superheroes for the Xbox 360"

The big problem with this is that my satellite internet connection, DirecWay (may they rot in hell), really sucks, but I don't have any alternatives.
Well, technically, that's not true... Comcast offered to bring cable to my house for the mere pittance of $30,000 (yes, that's the right number of zeros).  Also, I could get a T1 for $500/month.  So, the sky's the limit, apparently :)

T
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Girls will be boys...

I have always told people that, if I had children, I would want them to be girls until they are around 10 years old.  This way, you can have the cute little girls, but not have to deal with them dating, which is every father's nightmare in my mind. 

This was always said in jest and with a smile.  That is, until recently when someone told me that, if I want to I could go to the Dominican Republic and get a child just like that!  No, this isn't a lie.  Here is a story (NSFW) from the Urological Sciences Research Foundation about the "Guevedoces" (literally "penis at 12 years").  These are people that are "female" until puberty and then, mystically, grow penises!  There are explicit pictures at this site, so don't visit this from work.

That is crazy.

T

Update: Seems like this is spreading.  Apparently some 21 year old woman from Myanmar always dreamed of being a man.  Well, she got her wish: her breasts disappeared and she grew a penis overnight.  Here's the link
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