Nothing rhymes with "Incandenza"

[Incandenza]

Sooooooo let's see...

I'm a television producer (it's unlikely that you would have heard of any of my shows, sadly) in my mid-thirties. No wife yet, tho I do have an amazing girlfriend who I'd lay strong odds on becoming the eventual Mrs. Incandenza. I reside in Los Angeles and hope to do so for the foreseeable future, because this city is incredible in a variety of beautiful ways.

My involvement with MajCom goes back many moons, and I've been playing online strategy games of this sort (in some form or another) for about 20 years now.

My name comes from the family name of one of the main characters in the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, one of my all-time favorite books. I've been using it on various sites for some years now.

In terms of various ephemera, I'm an unpublished novelist, a Mario Kart expert, a multiple Jeopardy champion, a reasonably-well-socialized nerd, an Angels fan, an unrepentant grammar and spelling fascist, and a serial cultivator of unfortunate hairstyles.

Oh, and for vets of the site, a loose translation of the phrase "Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est" is "They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier."

 

[KungFuDuet]

Hey Inca!

We better have a play off in Mario Kart then!

It is good to see another unpublished novelist like myself.

KFD

 

[Incandenza]

The world's full of unpublished novelists. And yet, Dan Brown has sold more copies of Da Vinci Code than can be tallied without using scientific notation. The world is a cruel place.

I would greatly enjoy some tough Kart competition, it's the thing that should motivate me to either fix or replace my poor dead Wii. Well, that and playing final fantasy 6 on virtual console.

 

[Badorties]

no doubt there will me M-Kart for the WiiU.

 

[Chilly]

Alex,
8-letter words for 1200 please.

In Italian, this word means belief, but it is currently used as a piece of furniture to store flatware and to serve buffets. Also rhymes with Incandenza.




Credenza

 

[Badorties]

Thinking Mensa?

Influenza is a close enough.

 

[Evan]

I always think of incandescent light bulbs when I see your name.

 

[WidowMakers]

no doubt there will me M-Kart for the WiiU.

Mario Kart 64 is still the best.

 

[Badorties]

Mario Kart 64 is still the best.

agreed.

 

[VictorSullivan]

First, the online world needs more fascists to lord over those that are grammar and spelling impaired. Second, I've never understood the appeal of Mario Kart 64 other than the nostalgia. That game was horrendous. I prefer the SNES and DS versions.

-Sully

 

[Incandenza]

Okay, okay, so there are a few things that do actually rhyme with Incandenza. T'was the cleverest thread title I could come up with on the spot.

Evan, I don't know this for certain, but I've always assumed that when DFW created the name, a reminder of "incandescent" was what he was going for, since Hal Incandenza (the aforementioned co-protagonist) is insanely smart (quite literally at some points).

I understand the appeal of Kart 64, I played it a ton in college, so there's definitely a nostalgia factor there. But double dash was pretty good, and the wii version kicks ass if only because you can finally play people online (to say nothing of the other additions to the game).

 

[Shepherd]

Me and my homeboy Incandenza,
Drinking Old-E on my red credenza.

NorCal ≠ SoCal. Don't be a hater.

 

[Evan]

...a reminder of "incandescent" was what he was going for, since Hal Incandenza ...

Then perhaps Hal is for Halogen, eh? This dude is a walking photo studio.

EDIT: Or Metal HALide

Man, this guy is serious about his lights.

 

[MrBenn]

Have you ever heard of a Credenza?

I've never really gotten into Mario Kart Wii - it doesn't feel the same with the wheels - I miss my SNES controllers too much!

 

[VictorSullivan]

I miss the joystick and big red button

So many buttons! Took me a while to get used to the controllers from this generation.

-Sully

 

[Incandenza]

Have you ever heard of a Credenza?

I've never really gotten into Mario Kart Wii - it doesn't feel the same with the wheels - I miss my SNES controllers too much!

Ugh, don't play with the wheel, that's a sucker's bet. Wiimote and nunchuck is the way to roll.

 

[KungFuDuet]

Agreed - It takes me too long (and I also can't really be bothered) to change the remote from the soft case (the safety thing) to the wheel - it is the same anyway.

I am better at the DS version though.

 

[dlb4sheezy]

My tranny wife Lorenza... ( but eccentuate the R) Lorrrenza

haha

not really my wife.. w.e

 

[ORBOTRON]

My tranny wife Lorenza... ( but eccentuate the R) Lorrrenza

haha

not really my wife.. w.e

That might be the strangest first post on the site ever, haha. Welcome aboard dlb.

 

[mapguy]

Nothing rhymes with Incandenza ?
Let us ask the peeps, that are from Menza.