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~ TCJ (The Comics Journal)

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~ myO member

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~ Allamorph

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~ TimeChaser

Well...

Today was one of those rare super-productive days. Some cool stuff added and in progress...here are some quick notes:

-- A lot of people played my silly Cupcake Wars mini-game. I've always wanted to produce a real video game. Hm...

-- I will be negotiating with the Bossman Cupcake soon. Wish me luck. The cupcakes possess immense power that will slowly trickle down into theO over time.

-- I'm gathering data right now on the # of our members who are active/online at any given time.

-- One of the things I'll be focusing on is the simple question: How do we get members who've left to return?

Quick Test Needed

Can everyone jump around and favorite and unfavorite members? Does it work for you or are you getting an 'invalid server response' error?

Dental Surgery Results

The cupcake-tooth has been pulled. I had the surgeon put me to sleep and I did a lot of research ahead of time to make sure he was first rate. I don't remember a thing about the procedure. The cost did suck, I imagine all the things I could have spent the money on, but health is more important than anything else.

Question: What's the cupcakes' kryptonite? How do you defeat a cupcake?

Well...

I wish this post were a joke, but I really do have to get a tooth pulled out due to some mysterious infection. In my entire life I've never had to do any dental work so this was a huge bummer to me.

I'm seeing the dental surgeon tomorrow morning at 9 AM so he can take a look and advise on a course of action. I'm really worried about the cost foremost. I'm also in SomeGuy territory very soon so the timing is also horrible. Ugh...

Yikes

I'm watching Food Network now, at this disgusting hour, and it said that Americans eat an average of three hamburgers per week. That's about every other day, insanity...

No cupcake incidents today, thankfully.