Where I have been and what I've done

I came out here and realized that I have severely neglected this poor blog. Sometimes I think I should just keep these posts short and spare my friends the horrendous walls of text. Which I may do in the future, but I can't today. So let's begin.

First, on the Real Life side of the computer I have taken a new job. I am now working with an old friend of mine at a company that sales/refurbs point of sale devices. I have been at the job for 3 weeks and I am completely ingrained into the web development of the company. I like the smaller team size and I see this as an opportunity to be more of an "impact player" in my area of expertise. Unfortunately, my timing of starting landed me right in the midst of releasing an ordering system that required me to work extra hours outside the normal business hours. So this last weekend I spent 20+ hours at the office testing and putting the finishing touches on the "MYPOS" system (where POS does not stand for what I would like to call "Piece of SH#$"). Haha, I laugh every time I see that.

Unfortunately, all that extra time had cut into my latest endeavor of gearing my warlock. Warlock? You're probably asking what is all this talk about a warlock? Well, I have taken a turn in the game. I have shelved the druid and decided that I would work on making my warlock my main. Though I am behind the gear curve with the guild on this guy, I have made some serious gains over the past 2 weeks. My lock is now at a hit rating of 16.73% (I still need another stinking .27% for that cap of 17%). I can hit it by swapping out a gem for the +hit gem or crafting the cloth belt. However, getting hit capped is just once step towards raiding with the guys. I don't want to step right in and start raiding at my hit capped carrying an item level of 339 when everyone else is 350+. So that begs me to wonder, what is a good item level to start raiding with? I have no idea, so I have thrown that question out to my friends and guild. If you have any suggestions, check out my toon Uthben on Kel'Thuzad and let me know.

I'll probably go back and play around with the druid and run some heroics on her, but as for raiding, I am sticking with my lock.

Just in time for the holidays

You all may wonder where the name of my druid came from, Baconette.

Well it's a long story and it goes back to a friend of mine who was a US Naval Corpsman with the Marines as was I. Someday I'll have to delve into why the Marines don't have their own medical personnel, or medical transport vehicles, or chaplains, but that day can't be today. Plus I'm getting off track.

My character used to be named Baconstrip. I love the name and still do, but in transferring servers I found the name was owned by some level 13 undead rogue. So I thought, "If I'm changing my name, why not go for it all?" So Baconstrip had a sex change to go along with the name. Hence, Baconette. Plus, nothing is cooler that a hot female night elf, transforming into a bear/cat to rip your face off.

Now where is this taking us in terms of the title? Hold on, I'm getting there.

See, I have a love for bacon. It accentuates burgers, steaks, and shellfish. Hell it even makes non-salad eating people eat a salad once in a while. It's awesome. Big Bear Butt over at http://www.thebigbear.com/ calls it "meat candy". He even did a post on National Bacon Day, Happy National Bacon Day.

So in killing some time last night waiting for my queue position on KT to wind down, I did a search on bacon and bacon gifts (yeah, I'm that odd). Sure other guys would be googling Christina Hendricks, or setting up their fantasy teams for the end of the season. But not me. I had to find some obscure thing to look up and I have to say, I found it. Here are some of the best bacon gifts,  Gifts for bacon lovers .

I have to say the bacon flavored floss and toothpicks are great. I could even see a bacon scented air freshner in my truck. But I'm not too sure I could do the bacon scented soap. I may never get my dog to leave me alone.

Until later, may your Christmas be safe, fun, and full of bacon.