Gotdamn Monster energy drink has me wired...

    Mom did a lot of physical therapy standing up today (Wednesday for me); yesterday, she stood up for over 12 minutes. Slowly but surely she seems to be regaining her strength. Hope we can move soon from praying for help to giving our thanks. And, speaking of thanks, it looks like I'll be working Thanksgiving Day. I've taken the day after off, as it's Reibo's birthday, but I'll be eating only turkey sandwiches on Turkey Day, not my Pop's usual super-tender turkey. The Saturday after Thanksgiving is my 30th High School reunion. I'm probably going to attend since I've skipped the 10th and 20th, and my attendance at the 40th is by no means guaranteed... 

    Today's featured Modern Warfare 2 vid is a flawless S&D by J7wilson7 using the underrated MG4. Today's second vid is Woody examining the play style of ONLYUSEmeBLADE. Moving on...  

 

• Call of Duty: Black Ops hands-on preview from Telegraph.co.uk. 
• Call of Duty franchise and Hollywood go way back. 
• Pacifist MW2 gamer reaches level 21 without any kills. He has a positive win/loss, tho... Go figure.

• Major Nelson: The countdown is on for Halo: Reach.
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam getting first showing at Tokyo Game Show.
• Microsoft unveils 250 gb Xbox 360 bundled with Kinect. 
• Zero Punctuation reviews Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. (NSFW language). 
• PCGamer interview: Valve's Gabe Newell on the 'three big surprises' coming up.
• PS3 3.42 'anti-jailbreak' update causing freezes?
• Xbox Live gamer suspended for being from Fort Gay, W. Va. That'll learn 'im.
• Microsoft apologize for suspending Fort Gay, W. Va. gamer. Oops.
• Mozilla Labs to promote 'open web' gaming.
• Ars Technica: The Death and Rebirth of Duke Nukem Forever. Technically, not 'born' yet, mate.

• Study: Killing off mosquitos would have little effect on the eco-system. 'There's nothing more dangerous than a wounded mosquito.'
• New aluminum alloy stronger than steel. Holding out for plasteel...
• Tractor beams becoming a reality. Holding out for the Jolene Blalock-equipped holodeck...
• Brain cells determine obesity -- not lack of willpower: Study.
• Digg ver. 4's problems aren't technical. No, they revolve around the fact that the new Digg format sucks. I've switched to Reddit for link-mining... 
• 'Hologram' of little girl used as speed bump (video). Well, no. The 'speed bumps' are the morons who wrote the headline. It's a Trompe_L'oiel decal on the road surface.
• Craigslist censors adult section. No more leather nun habit wearing semi-pros for me, I guess.
• Cooking for Geeks. A chemistry-based cookbook to feed your Inner Nerd.