Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Good morning crew,


Joe, Tell us more about this "Minecraft". -dudley


Ever play with Legos? Of course you did. Chances are you wish you could still play with Legos (without people looking at you funny and talking behind your back).

Minecraft is computer Legos. Your character has a first person view of a world made up entirely of square blocks of different varieties and with different properties. There are dirt blocks, stone blocks, trees made up of wood blocks, lakes made up of water blocks, even animals made up of meat blocks. There are also monsters made up of, well, monster blocks, I guess.

The game is to mine these blocks and build whatever it is you can imagine, while avoiding or killing the monsters.

Sounds simple, doesn't it? It is simple, to begin with, but like any good game it gets more complicated as you go along. Eventually you will have a complex system of tunnels, mines, houses, castles, farms, even railways.

But accomplishing all of this takes time, and that is the catch. You have to invest hours of play in order to achieve even relatively simple accomplishments.

Lots of spare hours is something I don't have.

Last Sunday the wife and I were supposed to out and grab an early lunch, then do a little shopping in preparation for Las Vegas and finally come home and make dinner together.

At five in the afternoon she came into the computer room where I was still mining away at digital blocks after six hours and said, "I guess we're ordering a pizza."

Laugh it up,

Joe

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"Cab drivers are now illegally overcharging you for made-up charges. I was in a cab today and I was charged $11 for shipping and handling." -David Letterman

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"Last night a woman in New York gave birth to a healthy baby girl inside a Walmart. Obviously it's a little embarrassing to give birth in a Walmart, which is why she plans on telling her daughter she was born in a Target." -Jimmy Fallon

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"You know what I liked best about the election of the new Pope? Just the fact that we don't have to see any more of those negative Pope campaign ads." -Jay Leno

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Once upon a time, there were four people; Their names were Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody.

Whenever there was an important job to be done, Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

When Nobody did it, Everybody got angry because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Somebody would do it, but Nobody realized that Nobody would do it.

So consequently Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done in the first place.


*-------------- Guaranteed to Roll Your Eyes --------------*
I was preparing lunch for my granddaughter when the phone rang. "If you can answer one easy trivia question," a young man said, "you'll win ten free dance lessons!"

Before I could tell him I was not interested he continued, "You'll be a lucky winner if you can tell me what Alexander Graham Bell invented."

"I don't know," I replied dryly, trying to discourage him.

"What are you holding in your hand right now?" he asked excitedly.

"A bologna sandwich."

"Congratulations!" he yelled. "And for having such a great sense of humor..."