I now have three printers on my desktop

I don't have a clue why, but my new Lexmark multifunction printer will no longer print card stock! So I went to Walmart to see about returning it, turns out they only have a 45 day return on electronics and I know it's older than that (even though it's only had 75 pages through it).

So I'm wandering around the computer section and they have a Lexmark Z611 inkjet printer. For $23.

Screw it. I bought another printer. It's insanely cheap, but it is surprisingly good output, and most importantly it has a proper paper path for feeding card stock! Chances are the two ink cartridges cost more than the printer, but at least it has two ink cartridges, a lot of the ultra low-end printers now just have a single cartridge. It printed my heavy-duty card stock just fine, so I now have a test set for a new two-player game that we'll probably play at work tomorrow after the boss leaves. I also fired up the laser printer, did some form updating, and I now have a complete production set for Zombie Cafe and Karaoke Screams.

I don't work until 6pm Monday, so I'm going down early and hitting up some printers to see what kind of deals can be made to produce Karaoke Screams in sellable quantities.

Forgot to mention

I also did a bit of an overhaul on my web site, Spare Brains Games. Basically once I get printers lined up, I just need to add a page to my site to buy Zombie Cafe. And once I get letters from Out of the Box Games and the guy who holds the patent for Apples To Apples, I'll be releasing Karaoke Screams for free on my site.

Eleven cousins have their stomachs removed to prevent cancer

Their family had a genetic mutation and they had a 70% chance of contracting stomach cancer, which they'd seen many family members die from. So they opted to have their stomachs removed. Several had the operation done at Standford, subsequent biopsy showed that they all had pre-cancerous growths.

Wow. I guess it's an easy choice to make when the alternative is almost certain death.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71190-0.html

*THUD!* *scamper scamper scamper*

I was working on my laptop doing web and game work when I heard a noise in the kitchen and the subsequent scurrying of a 50lb quadraped trying to get traction on the kitchen floor. Soon after followed crunching sounds.

But the thief didn't get away clean!
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