Smart people live in Las Vegas knowing that sometime before too long, they will be sitting on prime ocean-front property. Stupid people live in California not understanding after 27 bazillion earthquakes that they’re about to be drowned like rats. Even their not-so-distant recessive cousins, the people who live in trailers in Tornado Alley know that God hates California and a purge, eh plunge is coming…

*sigh* Man I can’t wait to see the Ocean!

Q: What was the last thing a Californian said after the Big One?
A: Glub glub glub!

Q: How many Californians does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, they all drowned. Almost like rats (but their rats were smarter and moved to Las Vegas before it was too late driving all the %$#@!ing prices up for everybody.)

Q: How dumb do you have to be when Tornado Alley residents think you’re stupid?
A: Stupid enough that a paper plate beats you at chess religiously.

My Upcoming Dream System: Part II aka Stocking Up

As some know I was pretty close to buying parts for my dream killer gaming rig this January but I wisely held off knowing that if I could manage to resist the impulse I’d be able to build a better and better system the longer I held out. See, this is the one basic rule of computer building: prices come down. The longer you put off buying parts the cheaper and more powerful your new rig becomes.

Well, I’m just about ready now and thanks to my waiting not only did the prices come down a little but more powerful options presented itself (that and I’m financially capable to buying more system.) Instead of buying parts and gutting my existing computer, I think I’ll build a full rig instead. Minus maybe a hard drive, as I already have a 200gig that I have yet to fill, plus a friend already offered 512MB of PC2700 that I can stick in this board for a backup system. See, I’m moving my 1 gig of OCZ 3200 RAM to the new rig, although I hear their new RAM is sweet - maybe I’ll go buy some or check out other RAM offerings like Kingston or Corsair… dunno.

So what will my new rig look like? Well, at least an AMD Athlon 64 3700+, Nforce 4 Ultra chipset mobo and a PCI express 6800GT card. Right now I’m pretty focused on the type of processor, mobo and card, just nailing down which specific ones I’m getting; the rest will follow in short order. So within a week or two I should be placing my orders and waiting for the shipments to come in.

In the mean time I’m stocking up on new games for my killer rig; I’ve already got NFS Underground 2, Farcry, Doom3 Half-Life 2 Collector’s Edition and UT 2004 for starters and I’m still scanning the web for other great game deals… booya!

If you’ll excuse me now I have to go do some more price shopping. Daddy needs a new rig.