Starbucks Introduces Via, the Next Step in Laziness.

      So Starbucks introduced its newest product to hit America's shelves, Via, the new insta-coffee from the Starbucks Corperation is a huge leap of faith on the people. Will the American people take up this new laziness factor of coffee on the go? I don't doubt it, since not only does starbucks lead the coffee market in many parts of the United States, but people are always looking for a shortcut for everything, including coffee. "Based on the success we've had, we feel strongly that we're sitting on a very big opportunity," said Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said during a conference call with journalists. "What's going to sell Via at the end of the day is that (it) delivers in the cup. Most people will not be able to tell the difference." (Read More here.)

Bring on the lazy. Hey, if any of you saw the season premier of Family Guy this past week then you know how awesomely amazing it was. it was "the road to multiverse," feel free to watch a funny clip from the show HERE!

well, see you later!

-Andrew

Onyxia and Brewfest! 3.2.2 is here!

After years of lurking in her lair, battling brave adventurers who travelled from afar, Onyxia has been reborn -- and she’s stronger than ever before. To commemorate the upcoming fifth anniversary of World of Warcraft, the classic Onyxia raid encounter has been updated in the newly released patch 3.2.2."

Yes, that is right World of Warcraft fans, Onyxia is back and she is ready to deep breath more! this past week have brought up many new features and changed some aspects of the game. not only is Onyxia back in the game, but its time for brewfest again! the yearly event of dwarf'n brew-drinking and song singing is back, and so is the free booze. if your interested in that head over to your local city to be directed to the event. anyway, time to post what I feel are the most important class changes for this patch, and if you disagree, feel free to comment and tell me what you think each class and spec's most important change was!


(for the list of all the changes check out the entire patch notes from the World of Warcraft home page: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/)

Death Knight:

     Blood: Heart Strike: Secondary targets of Heart Strike now take half as much damage. (Nerf!)


     Frost: Unbreakable Armor: Cooldown reduced to 1 minute and changed back to granting 25% additional armor while active instead of flat damage reduction based on armor. The amount of strength granted has been reduced to 10%. (Buff!)


     Unholy: Bone Shield: This ability now has 3 charges instead of 4. Cooldown reduced to 1 minute. (Buff/Nerf?)

Druid: 

     Balance: Moonkin Form: This form now also reduces the damage the druid takes while stunned by 15%. (Buff!)


     Feral Combat: Predatory Strikes: This talent now also causes the druid's finishing moves to provide a 7/13/20% chance per combo point to make the next Nature spell with a cast time below 10 seconds instant cast. (PvP Buff! Instant heals anyone?)


     Restoration: Nothing? Boo!

Hunter: 

     Beast Mastery: The Beast Within: The duration of this talent has been reduced to 10 seconds. In addition, hunters with this talent will do 10% additional damage at all times. (Buff!)


     Marksmen and Survival: No love here.

Mage: 

     Arcane: Missile Barrage: The effect from triggering this talent now removes the mana cost of Arcane Missiles. In addition, the chance for Arcane Blast to trigger this talent is now 8/16/24/32/40%. All other listed spells continue to have a 4/8/12/16/20% chance to trigger it. This talent no longer has a chance to be triggered when spells miss. (Buff!)


     Fire: Combustion: This talent now also increases the critical strike damage bonus of Fire spells by 50% while it is active. In addition, Living Bomb periodic ticks will no longer interact with the count or the charges on the talent. (Buff!)


     Frost: No love. 

Paladin: 

     Protection: Blessing of Sanctuary: This blessing now grants 10% strength in addition to its current effects. Also, the strength and stamina bonuses from this blessing will no longer be lost when Blessing of Kings is removed. (Buff!)


     Retribution: Seal of Command: This ability now chains to strike up to 2 additional targets when it is triggered by an attack that can only strike a single target. (OMG Buff!)


     Holy: Nothing Changed

Priest: 

     Shadow: Twisted Faith now grants spell power equal to 4/8/12/16/20% of spirit, up from 2/4/6/8/10%. (Buff!)


     Holy and Discipline: Nada.

Rogue:

     Assassination: Master Poisoner: No longer increases the Deadly Poison application rate following a successful Envenom and instead now provides a 33/66/100% chance of preventing Envenom from consuming Deadly Poison. (So-so)


     Combat: Throwing Specialization: This talent no longer causes Fan of Knives to interrupt spellcasting. (Nerf!)


     Subtly: Honor Among Thieves: A 1-second cooldown is now enforced on how often a rogue can gain combo points from his party via this talent. (Needed, but a Nerf) 

Shaman:

      Elemental Combat: Lava Burst: This ability no longer ever consumes a Flame Shock debuff off of the target.(Free Glyph spot anyone? Buff!)


     Enhancement: Earthen Power: No longer causes Earthbind to pulse a persistent snare immunity aura. It does still remove snares from allies as an instant pulse, but there is no lingering immunity. Earthen Power now also brings Earth Shock's melee attack speed reduction up to -15%/-20% (with 1 or 2 points in it, respectively). (PvP Nerf) 


     Restoration: Nope

Warrior: 

     Arms: Sword Specialization: Now has a 2/4/6/8/10% chance to proc an extra attack, up from 1/2/3/4/5%.(Buff!)


     Protection: Critical Block: This talent now grants a 20/40/60% chance to block double the normal amount instead of 10/20/30%.(Buff!) 


     Fury: Sorry all, nothing.




Phew, finally a moment to breath, well this is the sum up that i have for the new patch. Onyxia is out and its time to head down the the Wyrmbog and check her out. See you in Mudsprocket!


Until next time, with love,


Andrew
(Callmepali)




EDIT: check out the sweet mount that Onyxia drops, coutisy of our friends over at MMO-Champion.com! 

Defying Gravity and Hulu

So in my past month or so of not blogging, I've gotten stuck on Hulu.com watching T.V. my most recent enjoyment is the show Defying Gravity, that ABC's Network has been playing for about eight weeks now, each show airing on sunday night and being uploaded to Hulu that monday. well anyway, Hulu, not only brought me upon this show, but many others, and I suggest you try it out sometime.

Anyway, to the task on hand. Defying Gravity is an amazing show that is set in the nearby future and follows a group of astronauts as they travel on a six year mission to go to venus and nearby planets. there is a lot, and i mean A LOT of background info in the show as well, so don't think you're watching 45 mins of outer space. the show back tracks up to 5 years before the mission takes off and shows very a in-depth look at the cast. i would highly suggest that if anyone has time to look it up. unless your already watching it (Right Deign? =P)

I'm outtie, see you later all