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I hope one of these puts a smile on your face. No, I didn't make them. Give credit to the artists' names in the watermarks. Notice how all of the Google ads at the top of my blog are about staples now. Hmmm...coincidence? GWotD: Transliteration: polus Translation: much, many Derivatives: anything with the poly- prefix The greek letter "u" (upsilon) is transliterated as "y" through Latin. Polu, the neuter form of this adjective, becomes poly and serves as the prefix so often used to mean "many."

I like funny commercials too. Like this one. The Geico ones have been pretty funny too. In fact, as time has gone on, I've noticed that commercials have just been getting funnier in general. At least we're moving away from "HeadOn -- apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn -- apply directly to the forehead! HeadOn -- apply directly to the forehead!"

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Did you know that on America's roads there is a whole lane dedicated to safe, legal drivers? It's called the right lane. Drive responsibly. ... ... ...Oh, right. I'm adding a new thing to my entries now: Ancient Greek Word of the Day. You know, every day I post a word from the Classical Greek language ('cuz it's so cool). Today's GWotD is: Transliteration: geōrgos Translation: farmer Derivatives: George, georgic, geo- prefix Georgos is related to the Greek word for land (gen). A georgos, then, referred to someone who worked with the land, or a farmer.

Monday, October 9, 2006 Happy Columbus Day, ! You have no idea how much I needed this day off from school. Remember yesterday's entry? I said I was going to Michigan. Plans changed. I stayed right here. Had I gone on the voyage, I would have visited some small town...I forget exactly where. All I know is that it's a place I've never been to before. The reasons for the trip are not something I really want to discuss here. Achin' to read something? Tell you what -- I'll post a hero story that I originally had to so for a school project a while back. I would have made it much longer, made it more detailed, and put in some dialogue, but the assignment asked for no more than 3-4 pages double-spaced. The purpose of this assignment was to write a story with a definite structure of that of a "hero story," and think I came up with a fairly interesting plot. Here it is (sorry in advance for the lack of creativity in the names): = = = = = The story of John Johnson takes place far into the future, a time when there will be no war or conflict between nations. And that isn’t because they all chose to maintain world peace – it’s because they were too busy fighting an enemy that couldn’t be destroyed with weapons. Over centuries of evolution, a super-virus developed and rapidly spread throughout a small part of the world. It was able to transfer itself through all animals, including humans. It made its victims very sick, and the most notable symptom was death. Even though mankind worked very hard together, nobody could find a cure or create a vaccine for the illness. Every last human in the plagued country had to constantly live in fear of the epidemic, and had to come up with his or her own ways of avoiding becoming sick. Those who didn’t died. The leader of the country’s people and his wife had to flee to a remote island where there was no plague present so they could have their son born into safety. They regretted having a son before the plague had ended, but there was nothing they could do short of killing him. Much to their surprise and relief, their son, John Johnson, was diagnosed with immunity from the virus. They took him back home to the mainland and raised him in the national palace. John and his parents were a loving family, and John promised to himself that he wouldn’t let the virus affect them. Unfortunately, there really wasn’t anything John could do to save them and they were killed by the virus when John was fourteen. John was then taken back to the island where he was born, where other orphaned children were being kept safe from the plague. There he befriended Tom Thomson, who was an eighteen-year-old medical researcher and was trying to develop a vaccine for the virus. He had already seen his homeland overrun by the epidemic and survived, and he taught John everything he knew about avoiding infection. In a remarkable occurrence, John was able to return the favor and help Tom create the first ever vaccine against the virus by giving him a sample of his blood, which held the secret to his immunity. The two of them were able to vaccinate everyone on the island, and were hailed as heroes, but John was not a hero yet. He had never forgotten about his homeland where he grew up with his parents. In of the confusion and lack of resources due to the spreading of the plague, the orphans and their caretakers were virtually stranded on the island, with no real transport or communication. They weren’t in any danger of starvation, but they had no way of taking the vaccine to the mainland. One day, an ambassador from the main continent came on a boat to the island to tell them that the orphans might never go home because the virus was too out of control. John was asked by Tom and the ambassador to take his vaccine to the mainland in the boat so the threat of the plague would finally end. John claimed that he had never experienced travel by sea boat, but the ambassador convinced him that he could brave the sea if he remembered that he could prevent other children from suffering the loss he did. John, Tom, and the ambassador were given food, fresh water, and a large supply of the vaccine for their journey over the sea. The voyage to the mainland was in no way easy or safe. One day, clouds gathered over them and there was a great storm. The boat was being thrashed around and started to sink. Worse, John and his crew were having trouble keeping the barrels of the vaccine from floating away. The situation looked hopeless, until the ambassador suggested fastening the barrels of vaccine to the bottom of the boat, keeping the boat above the waves and the vaccine from floating away at the same time. They survived the storm intact, and traveled for a few more days until they reached the shore of the mainland. They found that most people had been living in underground shelters to stay alive, as if the plague couldn’t find them. The surface wasn’t really the place to be at that time. John, Tom, and the ambassador started traveling towards the national palace in the heart of the country, from where they would launch their plan. Being immune, they were able to cross over land that had been contaminated with the plague and greatly shorten their journey. There were no barriers that stood in their way, except the one in John’s head. Eventually, they came upon the country cemetery (which just recently had six new lots of land added to it) where his parents were buried. John recalled that promise he made as a child, and how he couldn’t keep it. If his parents had been the most important thing in his life, and not the people they led, there couldn’t really be a reward for curing everyone. The ambassador understood this and told him that the citizens of the country still had a part of his parents in themselves. His parents didn’t lead the people for years without leaving a mark on them. John couldn’t do anything else but agree with his reasoning, and the three continued to the palace. There were a lot of citizens who had come to the national palace to find a place to stay. It was crowded, but getting to their destination was not a problem. The three travelers planned to take the barrels of vaccine to the the fresh water source: the hub of all the pipes that supplied clean drinking water to the entire country. There they would dump the vaccine into the pipes, and anyone who drank the water around the country would be immunized. They opened one barrel, and dumped its contents into the pipes. They opened the second and did the same. Then they opened the last barrel and found it completely empty. It had leaked into the sea when they had crossed it. Two barrels would get too diluted in the water system and would not be as effective in curing the people. John asked for a barrel of water. He was given one, and then he willingly cut his palm to spill his blood into the water. When John was finished, the water turned pink, and was dumped into the pipe system like the other barrels. Finally, the threat of the plague was over. Months later, after everyone was cured and peace came back to the country, John was made ruler just like his parents, and became well-known for his bravery and sacrifice. John was pleased with himself, that he honored his parents by saving the people. They celebrated even years after John saved everyone. John lived on to be the greatest leader they ever knew.

Very entertaining story. So that's how the name "bonesiii" came to be. Yes, I remember well, back in my not-so-distinctive Drome days, that the name "bonesiii" (which drove me nuts because I had no idea how to say it mentally when I read it) was posted at the top of the high scores list along with his darn H.O.T. team. Well, thanks for informing me on what really went down in the Drome when bonesii stormed through it. Yes, I know I'm posting this three months after the entry has been posted. Sorry I hadn't visited this entry sooner.

Oh, yes, I'd be mad. Heck, I think I might be about to break a world record for Magazine lateness. It's the eighth of the next month, and I still haven't received either my set or my magazine/comic. We had to call customer service a couple days ago because I was wondering what was going on, and we found out that they had simply forgotten to ship it! And it's not like it's understandable because, after all, it's a magazine that's totally FREE -- I'm actually paying for Brickmaster. As much as I like LEGO as a company, I have to say that they have really dropped the ball this past year.

What I did was set up a large sheet of paper against a wall and under Vakama's feet so that there was no edge behind him that I would have to crop out during editing. A drew a circle with a compass on the paper beneath Vakama's feet, and I took a series of separate images with the camera on its tripod as I rotated Vakama around the circle of reference. I edited out the shadow from the flash later.

Sunday, October 8, 2006 I just came home from mass, as on every Sunday morning. After I washed the grime of the pews off my hands, got a drink, and waited for the computer to whirr and chortle to life, I of course visited the BZP homepage, checking for news on Bionicle. And, of course, I spotted the Blog of the Week article (although the title was a little hard to read at first). C'mon, everybody, lets all happy-dance! You're Awesome got BotW! A big thanks to members who read and continually comment in this blog of mine. Here's just a few tips for anyone who's never been here before: Yes, this blog is massive -- even totally cluttered at times. But I live here, after all. Just try your best to ignore the mess, and no littering please. Well, I'd like to stay and chat, but I have to go on an overnight trip to Michigan around 2:00. Too bad. But, as Schwarzenegger puts it,

Saturday, October 7, 2006 This is something I "discovered" a while ago, and it seems that it would be something rather interesting to post. Link The above link is the list of results that you get when you search books on Amazon.com. Yes, first you have the LEGO BIONICLE books sold through Scholastic, but there are way more results than that if you look further (like page 5 further). Amazon not only searches book titles, but excerpts from books as well. And if you look at those excerpts (click on "see more references to bionicle in this book"), you see that many authors have either spoken of, commented on, or included Lego Bionicle sets in a book of theirs in some way. It's pretty interesting to me, because it shows how many people out there are aware of this great toy line. Makes us feel like we're not so small. Someone comparing Bionicle to Pokemon. Someone commenting on the seemingly "uncanny" ability in little kids to assemble Logo sets with ease. Bionicle...too violent? Remember Andy Mac from '01? Someone complimenting LEGO's approach to creating toys for kids.

Why, it shoots folded staples, of course. You hook them onto the PSFM's built-in rubber band, you pull back, and let 'em fly!

Friday, October 6, 2006 "If I see you playing with anything during the movie, I will take whatever it is away and not give it back. If I see you doing homework, I will take it away and not give it back. If I hear a cell phone ringing, I will take it away and not give it back. If I see you put your head down, I will take it away and not give it back."

Thursday, October 5, 2006 I uploaded some of my totally random sketches. Some of this stuff is ancient. Random Sketches 1Random Sketches 2Random Sketches 3Random Sketches 4Random Sketches 5Good Grief

Monday, October 2, 2006 "What could be better than small pieces of metal flying undetected across a classroom until they make an annoying snapping noise at the far wall?" Hey there, ! Today's entry is a very special entry. Right now, I am pleased to have a place to finally post the simple instructions of my one truly, incredibly ingenious invention: the Portable Staple Firing Mechanism, or PSFM for short. This is a staple-shooting device whose structure I came up with back in my late grade school days. You may have heard of the highly ineffective mechanical pencil staple shooters that work by shooting a staple out of the mechanism that holds pencil graphite. My invention is something entirely different. My PSFM is simply something that my creative mind conjured during boring classes in school. But its so cool, I just have to share it. RECOMMENDED AGES 13+ The materials needed to build your own PSFM are incredibly easy to obtain. It is very simple to put together, and in the end it is a very discreet staple-shooter. Oh, and you'll pretty much never run out of ammo. What could be better than small pieces of metal flying undetected across a classroom until they make an annoying snapping noise at the far wall? (However, every shooter of staples must be responsible in the use of his tool .) MATERIALS: To make your own staple launcher, you must gather the materials shown above. You will need a stapler. A mini-stapler like the one shown above is highly recommended. The stapler must be able to fold out to form a straight angle (this is a common feature in all staplers). Mini-staplers are discreet enough for the job and are sold at most (if not all) office supply stores. You will need staples. There are different kinds of staples with different properties, believe it or not. You will see which kinds you like best -- the kinds that are soft and that are not adhered together very tightly so they come out of the stapler with little force, or the inverse. Staples are sold at all office supply stores, of course. You will need dental rubber bands. Not regular rubber bands, but the ones used in braces. In order to obtain these special rubber bands, you can simply ask someone who has braces for a spare bag (that's what I had to do), or use the ones you have yourself if you already have braces. There is a great variety among dental rubber bands, so I'll give you what's printed on the front of my bag of rubber bands, which seem to produce optimal performance in the PSFM launcher: AE-36-2 --- 5/16" --- 2 Oz. (BROWN) ---- 100 PRE PACK --appco You will need any regular wooden pencil. Easy to obtain. Use one with softer wood, if possible. It will make construction easier.CONSTRUCTION: Anyone who is reading this probably plays/has played with LEGO Bricks. That building experience will help you in this procedure. It's even better if you presently play with LEGO Bricks. I don't really play with LEGO Bricks at my age, naturally, but I can still get the job done. If you play with LEGO Bricks, you're most likely used to pinching yourself accidently and developing a kind of caluss while working on a Lego project. Similar thing here, only with staples. Just be careful. I've never had a staple injury, but because the construction of the PSFM involves handling small, wiry metal objects, I feel that I should give a word of caution. Okay, the procedure: Your objective in this step is to shove a staple into the far end of the pencil right next to the metal eraser holder. For the safety of your fingers, do not do this in mid-air but on a table. Hold the pencil in place while you use the stapler to push a staple about halfway into the wood of the pencil. Darn! Sometimes this happens. Even if it does, you still have the holes in the pencil wood. Just pop out one of these bad boys... ...push it in with your fingers (at least position it in there, then press it against something to move it in deeper -- it might mess it up again as shown above, though), and you should get this result: Your job in step two is to stick a rubber band under the staple you just put in the pencil. Carefully yank one end of the staple out of the pencil like this. Now you can put the rubber band in: IMAGE Push the loose end of the staple back in: This step completes the launching mechanism itself. Pull the rubber band down the length of the pencil as seen above so that it is fairly taut, determining where you will place the second staple in the pencil. Don't make the band insanely tight. Just use your judgement -- remember, this thing is gonna fire staples. Use a procedure similar to steps one and two... IMAGE ...to get this result: Notice how I somewhat bent the staples inwards so that the rubber band stays apart from the pencil surface. If the rubber band is touching the pencil, it's not gonna work. Finished productUSE: Squeeze some staples out of the stapler. You need to pinch the staples in such a way that one end is hooked while the other is folded in. This allows you to hook them onto the rubber band, pull back, and launch! Don't forget to sharpen! It's just an innocent-looking pencil... COMMENTS: I'm very proud of this invention. I love the little sound the rubber band makes when you launch off a staple, I love the way you can shoot a staple at an obscure part of the room to make a disturbing noise during class, and I love the way it just looks like an ordinary pencil. Use it responsibly. As LEGO puts it, That said, [url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=59&showentry=5522][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/DihydrogenMonoxide/RatherRandomStuff/psfm_sig.gif][/url] *Hopes no one notices that "pencil" is spelled wrong in the first sig* UPDATE: New sig! 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Hey, congrats with the blog! It's fun... Yeah, I hit the builder's block too. I'm not known as a MOCer at all, but when I try to build something, it takes a while for me to make something interesting. I need to be at my high point of day (around midnight, as opposed to being a morning person) to make something with ease.

Sunday, October 1, 2006 Hey, guys, happy October! My lego mag still has yet to come, sadly (for me). My blog has a new name now: "Planetperson.rpsn." I was just thinking of what else I could use as a blog name, and I came up with a little gag about a file type. Lame. Bored? Sunday, I know. Don't feel like doing homework? Me neither. How 'bout you poke around some old MoL drawings on my Maj? I'm not exactly sure when I made them (a while ago); but they've been on my Maj for a long time now and I've never posted them anywhere on BZP. My blog seems like a good place to do it. I think I'm gonna have a much better entry tomorrow. I've been meaning to post something cool. See ya later .

Saturday, September 30, 2006 They've added the new Toa Inika .mpg on Ghost A/S. For people who care about that stuff . Ugh. I still need to get all of my 2006 sets. Vezon & Fenrakk and the Toa Inika finally arrived earlier this week, but Kongu was missing :annoyed2: . I had to call customer service, and now they're shipping Kongu out to me. After this, I still need to get Umbra the other three play themes.

Thursday, September 28, 2006 What would happen if you were stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean and you drank ocean water? I don't claim to be a science genious, but...The salt concentration in the water would cause the cells of your body to lose water (osmosis or something). You would become thirstier. Your body would expel the water of your body through over-urination. Your body would become dehydrated. You would eventually lose enough brain cells to the point that you start hallucinating and eventually die.So, as much as it seems like the practical thing to do, if you're ever stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean, don't drink the sea water. Thank you.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Those darn Matoran. They have me running all over the island of Voya Nui to fulfill all of these menial tasks. Get pet food for Piruk. Kill all the crabs at the south end of the fortress (easier said than done). Talk to Garan, Balta, bla bla bla...It's all really buggin' me now .

Monday, September 24, 2006 Look at the third one. Yup, ads are always effective when they're in a foreign language. And what exactly is nukearab? Oh, and one more thing... http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DihydrogenMonoxide/Bionicle/Relatedimages/vakama_spinny_resize.gif Hypnotize your friends!

OK. --Planetperson, intelligently at someone's service yet again.

Sunday, September 24, 2006 Just messin' around with a big roll of paper, a camera, my Bionicle sets, Adobe Photoshop, and Microsoft GIF Animator. It took a few hours yesterday and today to put together. Yes, I am very pleased with the results. Comments greatly appreciated! EDIT: (I don't like commenting in my own blog -- it's wierd): Yep, GFLK, I'm alive. Don't get many funnel clouds where I live, though.

Ah, those times when people on BZP butcher the spellings of Bionicle names. Sometimes they're mild, sometimes they make me cringe, sometimes it's just outright hilarious. I've often thought about compiling a list of common misspellings so people can get them straight, but in the past I've never had the means or the patience. Gee, I wish there would be a place for me to record all of those misspellings of Bionicle words and then post them to help the fans out when spelling stuff. But only guys with blogs like me could ever do something like that... Hey...wait a minute! A guy like me? I'm a guy like me ! Here's the place to list your favorite misspellings of Bionicle names on BZP. Whenever you spot misspellings, just post 'em here and I'll list them up here for all to see. C'mon guys, lets put an end to those popular misspellings. Together, we can make a difference! So, in all its glory... The Misspelled Bionicle Name DatabaseAxonn, not AxxonBarraki, not BarakkiFenrakk, not Fennrak or FernakHahli, not HaliIrnakk, not InarrkKraata, not KrattaMata Nui, not Mata-NuiMorbuzakh, not MorbuzahkNektann, not NekktanOrkahm, not OrkhamRhotuka, not RohtukaValmai, not VahlhamiHelp the list grow !

Definition At the time of 80,000 years ago, Barraki was an archaic Matoran word roughly meaning “warlord.” History Ninety-five thousand years ago, as a potential means of maintaining order in the world more efficiently, Mata Nui created six beings of power – Pridak, Kalmah, Carapar, Mantax, Ehlek, and Takadox – each of a different race – and made them dictatorial rulers of small territories. Naturally, each of these six became dissatisfied with the amount of power given to them and built up armies of conquest to expand their realms. It was the subjects of their lands who ascribed the title Barraki to these six warlords. Each of the six Barraki became a veteran fighter and raider, coming to believe that they were preordained to rule over others by right of the superior strength and intellect they possessed that made even Toa seem inferior. Ninety-four thousand years ago, the Barraki teamed together under the leadership of Pridak and formed a union known as the League of Six Kingdoms. Following this act, the Barraki formed an alliance with the island of Xia, placing all of their industrial needs for weapons and other materials for war on the island. Eighty-seven thousand years ago, the League of Six Nations was able to forge a trade pact with Metru Nui. At the height of their power, the Barraki’s rule extended all the way from Xia in the north to the southern islands. No one – not the Brotherhood of Makuta, not the Dark Hunters – could reckon with their might. Eighty-thousand years ago, the Barraki secretly gathered together at Pridak’s island fortress to enact their ultimate ambition: to amass a grand army to conquer the entire known world in one swift blow, subsequently overthrowing Mata Nui and becoming undisputed rulers of the universe. When they thought that their plans had been entirely unknown, however, a massive army of Toa, Exo-Toa, Rahkshi, and Rahi sent by the Brotherhood of Makuta numbering tens of thousands strong suddenly appeared from the north and slammed into the Barraki’s armies. Although the Barraki fought to the last against this invasion, many of their clearly outmatched troops surrendered or fled. By nightfall, the Barraki were brought bound before their defeater, the Makuta of Metru Nui, displaying no cowardice in his presence. Just as Makuta was about to order the Exo-Toa to destroy the Barraki, a figure named Botar arrived on the scene, claiming the Barraki as his own prisoners. Despite Makuta’s protests, Botar vanished with the six Barraki before his eyes. While the rest of the world did not feel compelled to wonder about the Barraki’s fate, Botar, a member of the Order of Mata Nui, at that moment had teleported the Barraki to a place of confinement called the Pit. In the months following the Barraki’s mysterious disappearance, their armies and empires were dissolved, and trade was disrupted in many parts of the world. Some of their troops were sent back to their homelands for imprisonment; others were taken in by the Brotherhood of Makuta to serve as slave laborers. The Barraki’s fortresses were destroyed, and their names were effaced from all historical records save that of the Brotherhood’s success. All the while, the Barraki brooded in the Order of Mata Nui’s dungeon, bitterly hating Mata Nui, the Brotherhood of Makuta, and anyone else who still possessed the freedom that they had lost. The Barraki were held captive in their new prison for tens of thousands of years until, when the Great Cataclysm occurred one thousand years ago, a great quake shattered the dome of the Pit, its barrier against the ocean of the surface world above. The mutagenic ocean waters entirely submerged the Pit, and every one of its prisoners began to change. Immediately the Barraki mutated so that they could breathe water. By the time their mutation became complete, they had become hideous creatures resembling monsters of the deep sea. The Barraki were free of the Pit’s confines but at the same time could not leave their new underwater environment, for they could no longer breathe air. Surrounded by other monsters of the deep, the Barraki quickly learned the rules of their harsh new surroundings of eating or otherwise being eaten. While other prisoners of the Pit freely scattered throughout the ocean, the Barraki established their own territory not far from their old home. This, they thought, was where they take a first step to rebuilding the mighty empire they had lost. Soon after the Barraki’s escape from the pit, Ehlek built a fortress for the Barraki. Kalmah also discovered the Octo Cave, an undersea cavern in which life-sucking sea squid dwelled. The Barraki constructed special launchers that could hurl these voracious squid at an enemy. Each of the Barraki also learned how to command armies of sea creatures similar to themselves by becoming the “alpha males.” In this new way of life, the Barraki ruled the sea. Three-hundred years ago, however, Ehlek’s Barraki fortress was crushed and destroyed by Mahri Nui when the Matoran city sank beneath the surface of the ocean and landed on top of it. Though the Matoran of Mahri Nui were able to maintain a fragile existence underwater, the Barraki always held some resentment toward them, sporadically picking off the Matoran for sport over the years. In recent days, Kalmah received a report of a strange Kanohi mask coming into possession of the Matoran of Mahri Nui. Kalmah quickly spread the news to the other Barraki, and the six met together at the Razor Whale’s Teeth about this mask’s appearance in the Pit, suspecting it to be the Mask of Life. While Carapar and Takadox abducted the Ga-Matoran who was seen retrieving the mask (Kyrehx), Pridak and his legion of Takea sharks attacked the Matoran’s first exploratory undersea vehicle to interrogate the Matoran inside. Ehlek simply used the mask’s appearance as an excuse to unleash his army of Venom Eels on Mahri Nui to revenge himself on the Matoran. No one got any leads as to where the Mask of Life was until Kalmah and Mantax spotted a Po-Matoran (Dekar) swimming with it toward an undersea cave. Kalmah and Mantax followed Dekar into the cave just as he brought a blow down to the mask in an attempt to destroy it. In defense, the Ignika sent a beam of energy deep into the cavern. A giant Venom Eel, roughly 300 feet long, emerged and swam out of the cave, going on a destructive rampage on everything in sight. While each Barraki reacted differently in the confusion, the Venom Eel eventually wrapped itself around the stone cord leading from Mahri Rock to an unknown location on the surface after hearing sounds of battle coming from the inside. Eventually, all the Barraki except Takadox, who was knocked unconscious in an attempt to hypnotize the giant Venom Eel, cornered Dekar with the Ignika in the cave. When Pridak grabbed the mask, however, a searing flash of light and energy suddenly exploded out of the Ignika that illuminated all of Mahri Rock. Personalities Each of the Barraki held the belief that they were superior to others given the fact that they were stronger, more intelligent, and more apt to rule over their lives. Although none of the Barraki would have hesitated to betray another for personal survival or gain, they never harmed one another unless it was absolutely practical to do so. Barraki respected one another as leaders and commanders, but none truly cared for the well-being of another. Given the fact that they were trapped together in the same prison for almost 80,000 years, they forged a close camaraderie; but also given the chance to return to their former power through the Kanohi Ignika, it suited them just fine to push and shove one another out of their way to freedom. Physical Traits After their escape from the original Pit, each Barraki carried a squid launcher. Each was also in command of a vast army of undersea creatures. Most of the Barraki also relied entirely on physical melee combat rather than on special abilities. The Barraki also devised special clips on their armor that carried sea squid for them.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 I got to play with acid today in science. Yup, acid. Of course, there are some lab partners that you just can't trust with acid... When you put 6-molar acetic acid (vinegar) and 6-molar hydrochloric acid together on magnesium, it fizzes a lot and releases smelly, acidic fumes. Don't want to breathe that stuff -- you wouldn't be able to breathe right for a long time. It would be like having a cough that lasted three months. Here's a quiz: Would you rather drink the can of sulfuric acid or the bottle of Drano? (BTW, Drano would eat out your esophagus probably just as much as the acid would -- it's a base.)

I'd give you the Blue Man Group's definition, but they used some pretty strong language .