Yesterday evening, TweetDeck was released into the Apple App Store for download on the iPhone.  The iPhone TweetDeck application is available free of charge.  The interface is very similar to that of the full PC version of TweetDeck.  The column system remains, and is reminiscent of the iPhone’s Safari page switching style, in that the columns do not take the entire screen, but are slightly smaller.  Column switching is done with the flick of a finger, just like changing pages on your iPhone’s home screen.  It is an excellent translation from desktop to iPhone.  The biggest feature, however, is the newly implemented Sync, which allows your desktop TweetDeck and iPhone TweetDeck to sync all changes with each other, ensuring that whether on your PC or on your iPhone, your TweetDeck experience is consistent.  Any changes made in one reflect in the other.

TweetDeck for the iPhone: 2 thumbs enthusiastically up.

-Because I said so

With all of the rumors flying about new iPhone technologies, I decided to try my hardest to dilute the impact of these rumors by introducing my very own rumors on Twitter.  My rumors, however, will have absolutely no factual basis, and will most likely never come to fruition.  Why not join me?  Have some fun creating rumors and frustrating fanboys!  Start your rumor with the #iPhoneRumors tag, followed by whatever drivel your mind comes up with!

-Because I said so

Last night, Chris and I went to go run some errands. Our first stop was PetSmart to get more litter for Moogle, and some food for Donnie. We walked around the store for about 20 minutes and then proceeded to the check out counter. While Chris was unloading the items onto the conveyor belt, I gasped in horror.

What could have made me go two shades whiter than I already am?

I give you Exhibit A:

And Exhibit B:

Some of you might not recognize the hairstyle abomination that is on top of that womans head, but it is the same crap that the bitch, AKA Kate Gosselin, sports on her noggin.

I remember reading a few weeks back an article on a gossip site where Kate was quoted saying that everybody wants her hair but not everyone can pull it off.

NOBODY SHOULD TRY AND PULL IT OFF!!

It’s a reverse mullet in the year 2009. Didn’t we leave the shitty hairstyles back in like 1989? Apparently not.

While I damaged my sight permanently by gazing upon this creature, I remembered that I owned an iPhone. I also remembered that it takes pretty decent images. I then also remebered how a certain writer for our local newspaper, the Fresno Bee, hates Kate in every way possible. That man is none other than Mike Oz (@mikeoz on Twitter).

His love hate of Kate makes me giggle. So I dedicate this blog to him.

After making it disgustingly obvious to our cashier and those behind me that I was taking pictures of this woman, we went to Smart and Final to pick up a few things. Sadly, Doppleganger Gosselin was spotted there as well.

Chris told me to take some more pictures of her since they would’ve been at a closer range, but I told him no because my iPhone would probably break. He laughed, but I knew deep down that I was correct. That hairdo atrocity is not worth me having a broken iPhone.

So… I hope you enjoyed our horror story, and remember – friends don’t let friends get the “Kate” hairstyle.

Spread the word my darlings.

- She Who Has The Last Word

For awhile now,  Chris and I have been talking about getting a cat. We both grew up having cats and dogs as pets, so having a kitten around would be great.

About a week and a half ago, we met up with some friends at Sonic when they were having their Free Root Beer Float night. One of the guys who met up with us, @DanielDanger on Twitter, was talking about his two kittens. We had seen pictures and video of them before and thought they were just too cute. Turns out, the person he got them from still had a kitten left. When we found out that the kitten would be free, we immediately said we wanted her but it would take some time due to us moving stuff around in the apartment to accomodate a kitten and other stuff.

On Saturday (two days ago), we went and picked up our little girl and named her Moogle. She is a tabby and tabbies typically have an “M” in their fur on their foreheads so Chris and I started to brainstorm for names that started with “M.” I Googled for popular cat names and came across a site that had a huge list for each letter of the alphabet. While scrolling through the “M” category, I saw Moogle. I am a HUGE Final Fantasy fan and have always loved the Moogles and Mog. I ran it by Chris and he thought it was cute so the name stuck. We seriously picked out a name for the cat before even getting her!

When we picked her up, the people were so nice that they gave us her litter box (that was cleaned out btw), the rest of the litter, the scooper, and her blanket. Chris and I were blown away by the generosity because we were planning on going to PetSmart right afterwards and purchasing that stuff. We did end up going to PetSmart anyways because we had to get her food, some toys, and food/water bowls. We had a lot of fun with her there and she did so well in the car. We got home scratch free!

Upon introducing her to Donnie, Moogle was a little iffy. She would puff up and hiss at Donnie, while Donnie was so excited and wanted to play with her. Later on that evening, with Donnie on my lap, Moogle came up onto the couch, walked up to Donnie, and just smacked him right in the face. Chris and I laughed about it, but Donnie was obviously stunned, and we did our best to tell Moogle (who doesn’t understand a word we say) that what she did was wrong.

That night we slept with Moogle in our bed. I was only woken up once when she got on my night stand, and she purrs so loud! We couldn’t believe it! We were also so thrilled that she knew where her litter box was, because I didn’t want to wake up and see kitty poo all on the carpet. On Sunday, Moogle was getting used to being inside and getting used to being around Donnie. Donnie, however, wanted nothing to do with her. His excitement about having a little buddy quickly changed to him being afraid of her. Whenever she would get on the couch, Donnie would move away and not even look in her direction. He was basically being a stuck up diva.

Today is different. The two of them are getting used to each other, and they even played around a little bit. I know the change will be difficult for Donnie because he has been the baby for so long and he will probably get jealous. It will just take some time. Hopefully he doesn’t become a little brat.

So now… I give you to – Moogle!!!

- She Who Has The Last Word

For the past few days, I’ve been feeling an urge to get back and play Wii Fit. It’s been awhile and I’m normally a really lazy person so I don’t know why I felt like sweating, being sore, and making an ass out of myself.

I was going to play it back on Tuesday, but Chris came home from work early so I didn’t bother with it. Today, however, was a different story.

As the day dragged on, I got bored. I turned on the Wii, played about a half hour of Animal Crossing (in which our town is ravaged with weeds and looks like crap), and then popped in Wii Fit. I was laughing to myself about how I was stupid for doing this and how I wouldn’t be able to walk in the morning, like last time, but I ignored that and turned it on anyways.

After selecting my Mii the little Wii Fit Board character lovingly let me know that it had been 116 days since I had logged in, and how I failed to reach my goal. I can’t even remember what my goal was!

116 days….

(obviously you guys/gals can tell that we are truly getting our moneys worth with this game, hah!)

I then decided to go through the test they have to check my balance and check my weight. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I had lost weight instead of gaining, like I had thought. Even though it was only 4 lbs, it’s still something! My balance was good, I messed up a little bit, and my Wii Fit Age went up by a couple of years but I didn’t care.

While playing it, I made sure to avoid the Lunges because the only time I did them, I got light headed and wanted to vomit. Instead I focused on the Balance and Aerobic sections. I unlocked a few games in the Balance category, one in the Strength, and one in the Yoga. My new favorite one for the Balance is where my Mii is in a bubble, like in Super Monkey Ball, and I control the ball down this river by leaning left, right, front, and back. It was so fun that I did it 3 times in a row! I was also shocked at how difficult the Advanced Step routine was compared to the original one. Kicks were added, and you even had to step on the board sideways! I’m shocked that I didn’t trip over my feet or trip over Donnie, who was running all over the place with his prized Squirly.

After playing for about an hour I knew I was done. I was starting to get sore and my back, which is horrible, started to hurt. Odds are, when I wake up tomorrow morning, I am going to hate myself for doing Wii Fit but hopefully I can get in the habit of doing at least a half hour a day.

I just wish that Nintendo came out with an update where you can play with your friends using the Wii Speak. No cameras, because that could be embarrassing, but on the “step” balance game, the running aerobic one, and on a few others you can easily do them with a friend and converse with them. It might make people want to play more because, like in real life, a buddy system is always successful.

I’ll let you guys know tomorrow if I have to hobble around the apartment like a 80 year old.

- She Who Has The Last Word

Yes, like the title of this blog states, I am back. I apologize for being away from our blogsite for so long but I really needed the break.

I’ve been dealing with some pretty difficult things in my life and honestly couldn’t think of anything interesting to write about. I had no problem doing the MehCast and talking about certain topics, but creating an actual blog seemed like a great feat to me and I just couldn’t deal with it on top of everything else.

That being said, I will do my best to make up for the time I’ve been away because I love our blog, I love our readers, and I want to create something special for everybody.

It feels great to be back so be sure to check back often for some amazing blogs!

- She Who Has The Last Word

Progress Update 14 starts me off with another postcard from Luigi, claiming to have found another star in an early level!  I remember the area as part of the first time I encountered the Bee Mario mushroom, so I headed over to the Honeyhive Galaxy for an easy star and a ridiculous number of star bits!  I decided at this point to try the Trial Galaxies opened up by the Green Sling Star I had restored.  The first galaxy was the Bubble Blast Galaxy.  This trial required me to collect five star pieces by navigating a bubble through an electric labyrinth.  After the five star pieces were collected, a sling star appeared, which launched me to an electric obstacle course filled with floating mines and Bullet Bills.  At the end of this course was my first trial star!  A second trial awaited, however, in the Rolling Gizmo Galaxy, which is where I headed next.  This trial required me to roll a giant hamster ball containing my star over a very narrow, windy, and moving course!  This was difficult, as controlling the ball requires a great deal of patience, finesse, and skill.  Eventually, however, I got the ball to the end, it broke open, and the star was mine!  One last trial remained, and I traveled to the  Loopdeeswoop Galaxy to conquer it.  This star required me to Ray Surf to the finish line in under three minutes.  If I thought controlling the hamster ball was difficult, I had forgotten about the Ray.  The Ray was extremely frustrating because of the random waves that would throw you off course.  Normally, this wouldn’t be such a big deal, however, the course was very narrow, making even slight course adjustments potentially disastrous.  In the end, however, I managed to get my third trial star, completing the Trial Galaxies!

That’s the end of Progress Update 14.  Come back for Progress Update 15 sometime this weekend!

-Because I said so

17 years ago, the world was given Mortal Kombat; a video game that was partially responsible for the creation of the ESRB due to high levels of violence, blood, and gore.  Needless to say, it was a hit.  However, no game is perfect for its entire target audience, not even Mortal Kombat.  The question remains; how can the remaining target demographic be captured by the series?  It’s all a matter of niche customization.  The first step in Mortal Kombat’s complete demographic domination is here; philosphy and psychology nerds, get ready to have your socks rocked (assuming your socks exist in the shared perspective universe we inhabit and are not aspects of your own multiple perspective fractal universe).  We give you….MORAL KOMBAT!

This holiday season, be prepared to kick some metaphysical ass!

Lindsey and I were chatting on AIM, when she accidentally said “moral kombat” instead of “mortal kombat”.  Lindsey picked up on her mistake, and I started suggesting matchups like Freud vs. Nietzsche, etc.  We moved the conversation to Twitter, and it occurred to me to make a blog post about it.  I mentioned it to Lindsey who suggested I find pictures of philosophers and put together a character selection screen.  I picked out some philosophers, psychologists, and thinkers and put together what you see above.  And so, Moral Kombat was born!

-Because I said so

Fine Print Legalese Mumbo Jumbo:

Moral Kombat is the sole intellectual property of the World of Meh creators, Chris and Lindsey.  Any proceeds from this concept must first be approved by Chris and Lindsey and appropriate compensation agreed upon.  If you want to make a real Moral Kombat game, we want lots and lots of MONEY.

Going into Progress Update 13, I’ve already completed two of the five galaxies in the Bedroom Observatory.  The next one up is the Dusty Dune Galaxy which, at first look, seems to be a full desert galaxy.  Almost immediately, I met up with an old friend: Dry Bones!  After passing him by, I encountered a pair of tornadoes.  When I jumped in, it launched me into a helicopter spin that hovered me down slowly to the ground.  This must be used to traverse the flowing quicksand that comprises most of the beginning of this galaxy.  Jumping down into a warp pipe, we go underground and deal with quick flowing quicksand and a series of pihrana plants!  No problem, though.  The main obstacle presented in this galaxy was the flowing quicksand, which is easily bypassed and navigated.  I captured the star and jumped in for another one.  In this round, we see yet another old friend: Pokey!  After beating five mini-Pokey’s, you deal with a full size Pokey.  It was as simple as spin attacking each of his stacked balls until he was nothing more than a head.  Shortly after the Pokey, I came across a hungry Luma, who transformed into a new special planet in the galaxy and a new special sling star.  After finding the five silver stars, the final green star appeared!  I was transported back to the main Comet Observatory platform for a special cutscene.  The Green Launch Star was created, and three new galaxies were made available.  A new Hungry Luma appeared next to the Bedroom Observatory with a special galaxy for me to conquer!  I feed him the required number of star bits, and the Bigmouth Galaxy appeared.  A new enemy awaited me.  A sneaky crab was sidling along the beach.  A Kung Fu Penguin was hanging out, waiting for me to talk to him.  The star was in a golden chest, which required a golden shell to open.  The golden shell was down through the water, with a very strange gravity reversal.  In the end, the star was won, and I was returned to the Comet Observatory.

That’s it for Progress Update 13.  Check back soon for Progress Update 14!

-Because I said so