Myron Sidney Kopelman
1/23/1929 - 2/27/2008
I’d like to recognize the passing of Myron Cope. He was inventor of the Terrible Towel, the color analyst for the Steelers Radio Network for 35 years and one of the most respected Pittsburgh Steelers fans.
Check out the Pittsburgh Steelers website, they will be posting fan memories of Myron [...]
February 27, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Myron Cope, Myron Kopelman, Myron Sidney Kopelman, Pittsburgh, SRN, Steelers, Terrible Towel . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: No Comments
Wasting time is absolutely a terrible thing to do. Now, I’m not talking about wasting your personal free time but rather wasting time on the job. Here is a perfect example of what I am talking about.
H. Res. 933: Commending the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning the 2007 Bowl Championship [...]
February 25, 2008
Categories: WTF . Tags: Congress, government, House, Money, Senate, Sports, Time, Waste, WTF . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: 2 Comments
So I’ve been telling just about everyone I know about this bad ass political death metal band from Surfside, SC. (Myrtle Beach) A three piece band, Patrick Duvall on guitar/vocals, David Duvall on bass/vocals, and Joe Duvall on drums. These three brothers were in a band about a decade ago called Little [...]
February 24, 2008
Categories: WTF . Tags: Death Metal, Metal, Music, Political Death Metal, FTRMTH, Aftermath, Mastery, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Surfside, Concert, Mosh, Pit . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: No Comments
As I said in previous posts, this GDC was my first besides AGDC. It was really an amazing event, I learned a lot and met some awesome people. San Francisco is a cool city, but it isn’t my cup of tea. It seems fun to visit but I don’t think I’d ever [...]
February 24, 2008
Categories: Dark Roof Design, Digital Games, Game Design, Quotes . Tags: Games, ECA, GDC, IGDA, Gamer, Politics, Lawrence Walters, Hal Halpin, Seth Stebbins, San Francisco., Heather Ellertson . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: No Comments
I’m going be heading to California on Sunday morning to attend my first GDC. I’ve been to AGDC, which actually was the best trip I’ve ever taken, but I’m sure this trip will be even more incredible. Things are exciting and moving fast for me. I’m taking a class which forces [...]
February 15, 2008
Categories: Dark Roof Design, Digital Games, Game Design, Non-Digital Games, WTF . Tags: Dark Roof Design, DRD, Game Design, SCAD, GDC, AGDC, board games, four horsemen, time swans, fire, AGD, applied game design, school, GRAAL . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: No Comments
Well lets talk about Net Neutrality for a minute. I’ve been surprised about how many gamers and Internet users have been supporting Net Neutrality. Its shocking to me as I see this as making a deal with the devil. Or at least on the same level as inviting a thief into your [...]
February 13, 2008
Categories: Dark Roof Design, Digital Games, Game Design, Non-Digital Games, Quotes, WTF . Tags: devil, e-freedom, Freedom, government, Internet, Internet Service Providers, ISP, Net, Net Neutrality, Neutrality, theif, United States . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: 2 Comments
“…and I’m gonna’ tell you one time, you gonna’ love this!” - Russell Tyrone Jones [Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo(proper)]
Without hesitation and with no competition, my favorite game of all time is Magic: The Gathering. MTG is a trading card game, designed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. In [...]
February 11, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Magic: The Gathering, MTG, TCG . Author: ThomasJLKastner . Comments: No Comments