Hahaha if you don’t know what Cyanide and Happiness is, you’re in for a real treat. If you know what it is, well, you’re in for a real treat. Everybody wins. I’ll show comics and videos. Are ya ready? Let’s f’n go!
DALANEL Going Offline 11/04/13
Like I said, things are changing. I’m going to be experimenting with things. For those of you that are regulars, you already have noticed a couple of things. From 1-4 am EST, I will take down DALANEL and make my final changes, including a possible site theme.
Pages will be changed to better reflect me. One example of the changes is a lot less talking about me and more about the site itself. This blog is named after me and represents me but, some things don’t have to be said.
I probably won’t need the full three hours to make all of the changes but, I want to make sure I have enough time so I don’t rush anything. If I’m done before 4am, I will republish the site.
I want to thank you for your support as I continue to try to make this a better blog. Of course, this goes appearance-wise. I’m looking intently to adding one or two new features to Daily Good Stuff and of course my blogging style is going to slowly change during the month. I might even have a new weekly featured post. The fact that I won’t be doing a lot of personal posts means you won’t really notice the change in my writing style until December, where things really get interesting with the cantata and thoughts on 2014 and more.
How long will these changes be in effect? I don’t know; but I’m hoping for a long time, unless a better theme comes along or something. But, since the blog’s direction is still the same, major changes shouldn’t be made. Once the site is back on, I’ll a guide for dealing with the changes. For instance, names of a couple of pages will be changed. I’ll let you know what it used to be called so you’ll know where to go for whatever. I hope you’re excited about the future as I am.
-DALANEL
No Daily Good Stuff This Week; Other Featured Posts Still Active
By now, a DGS would be up and ready to go. However, I am in the middle of shutting the blog down and I am transforming DGS. I will be adding two features to it. I’m working on finding a third one but this third one may end up being a new weekly feature. Anyway, the two I definitely am adding on are a little on the informative side. I won’t tell they are yet.
A post will be up later telling you the time in which this blog will be offline. It’ll be in the middle of the night so it’s shouldn’t be much of a problem. After I come back, the site will look different. Again, nothing drastic will change but, you will see it. You’ve already seen some of it.
So, DGS may be out. But, Dante’s Opinion and today’s Weekly Funnies and Weekly News will still appear. Also, I mentioned at the beginning of the month that everyday I would have a list for you. That’s still gonna happen. So yeah, the only thing is no DGS. Stats show that the most viewed posts of all time…in a top ten, DGS shows up five times (rank 2-6), with Weekly Funnies 6 being the most viewed. I know you like this stuff so it’s not going away permanently.
Like I said, bare with me as DALANEL attempts to grow. It’ll all work out when I return.
So cheer up!
-DALANEL
Weekly News 12: Positive, Weird, Good, and Funny
Here we go with another week of news. This is a really good collection. Check it out:
A man invented a canoe for wheelchair bound folks. Good read. Pretty long though.
Okay…when I first read this I thought it was a joke. A one time thing. I was wrong. The more I read it, the more sense it made. People are using Britney Spears music to drive away Somali pirates:
“These guys can’t stand western culture or music, making Britney’s hits perfect,” Owens explained. “It’s so effective the ship’s security rarely needs to resort to firing guns.”
There ya go. And she’s not the only one.
Daily Good Stuff 215
We’re at the end of the week. Enjoy these DGS’s because some changes could be on the way. All for the better.
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Proverbs 10:19
All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow
I was not prepared for this. If you haven’t seen this before, you might not see this coming either.
Dude, wtf.
10 More Things You May Not Know About Me
So, a few weeks ago, I presented a list of facts about me that I’m sure one at least made you say, “wow, didn’t know that”. Welp, here’s another list of stuff.
1. Technically, I am a high school drop-out
Yes, I have my high school degree. I’m in college now. However, during my high school days, I couldn’t be bothered with the work so I just stopped doing it. Oh, and yeah, I was home schooled. Now, how did I manage to pull that off? Welp, I didn’t. My mom/teacher was not pleased and she tried so many things to punish me. I remember at least three things. One was take away my video games and TV. I didn’t have a cell phone a the time. And, if I did, I couldn’t do anything with it anyway because of the plan. Anyway, I lost that stuff. Didn’t work. Then, she tried this little thing: If I didn’t finish all my work by a certain time…normally 9 pm, I would get beat with the belt. Wait…I would get beat with the belt, while butt naked. I’m not kidding; my mom is crazy. And I got whipped too! Why? I didn’t finish my work because I simply did not care. In fact, my skin got used to getting beat it didn’t even phase me anymore. Lastly, she kicked me out. Yup, I packed a bag and was on my way out. I guess she was bluffing because she stopped me. I didn’t care; I was done with school. Family tried to talk to me. Nothing worked. So, how did I finish? What pushed me to complete it? Welp, my mom said I couldn’t go on vacation. Yup, that’s right. The lack of games, the beating butt naked, and the almost getting thrown out to the street didn’t wake me up. I wanted to go on vacation. To this day, as you know, I still don’t care for school. I credit my start of high school as starting this mindset.
2. I have no friends
I have a lot of acquaintances. However, I really can’t say I have any friends. There is no one I hang out with or talk to on a consistent basis outside of my household. Try as I might, I can’t see to step up and start a friendship with anybody. I prefer to sit on the couch and type posts like these.
3. I managed to steal from a department store…and then I busted myself like an idiot
Yup, I’m a former thief. Hey, I’m not perfect. I was a young lad, perhaps 8 or 9. I was in the store with grandma and my sisters. Well, I saw this Pokémon top spinner (I know right!?) and I had to have it. So, I did what any normal kid would do, I stole it. I put it in my pocket, still in the plastic packaging and all. And we made it out of the store and went home. That should be the end of the story but it’s not. Technically, I didn’t go home; we went to grandma’s house since we were staying with her for the day. So, I had this toy that I just got. Obviously, people would start to wonder how I magically got this toy. I had to make a plan. How could I explain this to my folks? Well, it just so happened that my uncle, who is only 7 years older than I, was living with his parents, my grandparents. The plan was simply this: Claim that my uncle left the toy out in the open for me as a gift. Yeah, like a fool I laid the toy out in the open instead of keeping it in my pocket. My grandmother didn’t buy it, then she told my parents. Jesus. I denied it of course but I eventually confessed. As a kid, I never got in trouble so I shocked a lot of people. I took the toy back to the store where there were police cars outside. Oh snap! I’m thinking: I’m off to jail. This is it. The end. I wish I wrote my will. Instead, I told the policeman what I did and he gave me a nice talk about how wrong it was to steal. I guess since I was a kid and brought the toy back, I got off easy. One of the scariest days of my life. The darn had to have been $1 or so. Really, Dante?
