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Well, it's my birthday today. I'm 34... Without getting into a huge backstory or a lot of specifics, I had a fairly apocalyptic world-view when I was young. It wasn't until I hit my late teens that I ever even entertained the notion that I would live past about 30, and even then for a while I only mentally extended my life span into the early 30's. So as a result, there's still a part of me that looks at 34 as some kind of end point; that looks around in no small amount of amazement at the idea that I've made it this far.

I think as my birthday gift to myself I'm going to play as much World of Warcraft as I feel like over this three-day weekend without feeling guilty. I realize thats a horrible gift, akin to going out and getting drunk on your birthday, but an appalling lack of wisdom has always been one of my defining qualities, and though an important day like my birthday should provide the perfect opportunity to turn over a new leaf, instead I am going to use it as an excuse to further wallow in my vices.

Finally in the "Robots are about to take over the world" category, there was an article recently through MSN about robots that can walk in a fashion similar to humans, though I guess robots that moved like spiders, including the ability to climb walls, with some kind of rail-gun on their back, would be more frightening than these. Overall it's pretty cool.

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