Square-Enix has one of the biggest game franchises in history with the Final Fantasy series. The latest game in that series, Final Fantasy XII, came out in the United States this past fall - I got my hands on the game in early January and just finished up a 100-hour trek through the game […]

A guy in China died after playing online games for a week straight. So…do I make fun of this guy or not?
I haven’t ever played an “online” game so I don’t really have a user’s perspective on this, but this seems a little ridiculous, doesn’t it? How can a person spend almost every […]

I had the pleasure to attend a redevelopment forum on Wednesday that had quite a bit of workshops on various topics. Some of these topics included how to finance your redevelopment project, others talked about the myriad programs of local, state, and federal tax credits intended to stimulate growth, and some were just sessions […]

You may remember that only a few short days ago in New Jersey it was FREEZING cold. In fact, it was so damn cold that when the Nor’Easter flew in around President’s Day, most of us wound up with the day off from work and school on Wednesday. Good times, really.
Now I was […]

Since there aren’t really any crazy stories coming out of my gym visits any more (which is actually a nice change of pace), I don’t have much to say about my visit to the gym last night. The only odd thing about it was that I got there at 10:00pm which is about 10 […]

Anyone who watched the previews for this past Wednesday’s “Lost” on ABC had to be excited about the teaser for the show…
“Three of Lost’s Biggest Questions…Answered!”
How sweet is that? The show that was critically acclaimed for being magnificently different and then critically slammed for answering questions with new questions was finally going to give […]

Today I installed the latest version of the WordPress blog script on this blog. If you have any problems while maneuvering around the blog, please let me know so I can take care of it asap.
In the mean time, I’ve been contemplating buying a .com for this blog and removing it from thebalrogslair.com domain […]

One of the things that really bothers the shit out of me as we get ready to enter March 2007 is the swath of people who are trying to “do” something online, yet have no idea how to use common internet jargon. What gets me is that these are commonly people who have something […]

This weekend marks the 4th Annual Delta-Beta Alumni Day at Sigma Pi Fraternity at Monmouth University. This is a fun event and since I know a few of the slugs who graduated from our chapter read this blog every once in a while, let me encourage you to go over to Alumni Day and […]

Tony Blair announced that he is getting ready to pull some British troops out of Iraq. I applaud his announcement because of what he says here:
The changes will see Iraqi units doing more of the regular patrolling of Basra’s streets, and UK troops less.
I don’t know how many times it has got to be […]

The following comes from the latest edition of the TBL Newsletter:
Once again the wrestling world has been hit with unspeakable tragedy. In the wake of Bam Bam Bigelow’s premature death, we have the suspected suicide of Mike Awesome. Below is a link to the Associated Content’s article on Mike Awesome’s passing…
“Word came out […]

During the month of January, I found myself getting more and more morose on a much more frequent basis. It was sort of scary. I’m not quite sure what brought about the brooding, ill-foreboding demeanor, but I do know that it was starting to effect my work and my personal life. Some […]