Done...quit...strew you...I'm goin' hume...

Ok, that's it...I quit this frickin' game...I have accomplished one goal I set out for myself - to have five launches over 100ft. Done. I even had a single launch high (no photo confirmation, sorry) of 358 in a different game.

My new, and for now at least, best ever total is 802 ft...


Carity still owns me with a 1159 total...


Plus his hamster is in the middle of a much cuter dance move. Mine looks like he's pigeon-toed. Stupid dang hamster.

Clearly, I must now hate like I hate the Girl Scouts...

Getting better but still in awe

The top picture shows my new high score on the Flight of the Hamster game as well as my single longest launch - 203 ft.

I'm getting better - marginally better, but at least better by small steps.

And yet I am in awe of my fellow science teacher, Matt Carity whose score is shown below...

Dang...lucky...

Like throwing hamsters all over again

Thanks to WeAreGame for pointing out the masterful little hurling game called Throw Me.

My high score (longest distance) can be seen above and is 115499 ft.

Top that, punks.

Here are a few hints that I found

• hit the clouds...normal clouds give you a small up right breeze, keeping you moving longer
• really hit the already glowing clouds at about 1000 ft high...they relaunch you
• hit the swinging demolition balls on the cranes near the ground...they relaunch you
• hit the space bar to glide a little longer by putting your balloons out
• your stamina measures how long you can use the balloons but doesn't ever seem to recharge like it did on the hamster game
• there seems to be no reason to submit your high score as it doesn't seem to actually do anything or provide a list of high scores...I've no clue where I rank on this game other than that I'm better than you...clearly...it goes without saying, really...why bother to even try, because I'm better - punks...

Who's up for a challenge?

Still time...still time...

There's still time to get that last-minute Valentine's gift...

• You have just been poisoned glass - Anybody wanna make me a set of these?
• Sounds of Frozen Seas - That's creepy...especially if it's real.

• 'Rasputin was my neighbor' and other true tales of time travel - NPR rocks...as always
• This is what a scientist looks like - A tumblr with pictures of women that doesn't objectify them? What is the internet coming to?
• Nightmare on Sesame Street of the Day - Everything's better with puppets.

• Stock photos of women looking awkward after sex - There's got to be a subtle message here. I'm just missing it somehow.
• Pina - The best part of this review is the last line "Disclaimer – the first twenty minutes of the mostly foreign language film were presented at my screening without subtitles. This glitch was eventually corrected, and the effect was negligible considering the how little speaking goes one in the film. But all the same, I still walked out without having seen the whole movie."
• Look at this hamster dog of the day - Lemme go grab my screwdriver...I'm gonna make myself one of these.

Smack that hamster

Darn simplistic game at first: launch the hamsters as far as you can.

But it turns out that there are a number of power-ups that you can grab along the way - none of which are explained in the least.

My best so far is 417 total feet for the five launches and 167 feet for a single launch. Top that, buggers...

In the spirit of not doing anything on the weekend...

Link dumpage...on you and yours this holiday season...

• The Super Broker Shuffle
• Face detection ads from Nikon
• For the friend who just wants heroin
• Jim Carey's top ten in a hot tub - with a guest
• Turking the turks
• The German soccer fashion video that I've seen on a dozen blogs now
• Why Chrysler's business is in the pooper
• A disturbing legal decision regarding good samaritans
• The Duggars just won't quit
• A lighter in a blender
• Jackhammers - a danger to stupid people's babies
• 14 habits that make you fat
• Christmas chimes by microwave
• The human slinky
• New Flight of the Conchords
• Hamster on a piano eating popcorn - with a theme song
• "Bleed the World"