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that is brilliant! lol Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

my pick, Paco De Lucia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnB1vMZj8OY&feature=related I'm a sucker for classical/spanish guitar Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

Such a silly place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0 Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

yah, she'll do that! Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

On second thought, Speaker's Camelot is a rather silly place.... seriously, did i miss out on some wild party where everyone drank laced punch? what's with this place today? lol Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

Not this chick. i think my personal version of hell might end up being a mall. in the rain. on black friday. *shudder* to sum up: i don't get it either. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

"tis the season, as they say. For your viewing pleasure. even if you aren't into games or whatever, you gotta admit this is pretty damned cool. Way better than those generic light shows set to "Jingle Bell Rock". http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10414561-235.html Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

This sounds weird, but we got both sets of parents Sonicare electric/sonic toothbrushes this year. We've been using them for a while now. They are awesome, and nifty, and they work. And they aren't overly expensive... Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

oooh, a topic near and dear to my heart! Well, to be honest, i didn't vote in the poll because i am biased. Personally biased. as in, my family's primary source of income comes from my husband, who happens to be a program manager at the company that produces the mainstay of said "offensive UAV" fleet, the Predator B. So if I were to be 100% honest, the only rational poll option for me would be the first one, of course. More Predator Bs means continued job security for Sean, heh. As a techie type, I honestly had never even considered the cultural and/or diplomatic consequences of using drones. Within the Air Force, the big debate over the use of UAVs always tended to be whether they would make pilots obsolete and should we keep developing them and consequently put pilots out of a job. Or their true utility in successful mission completion. I come from a reconnaissance background, so i'm not as knowledgeable on the use of UAVs in an offensive role. Last time i worked with the Predator, Big Safari (special recce programs office)had JUST put Hellfires on the wings of a Predator A for the first time. I do sometimes wonder about the "battle judgment" and fog of war type concerns that using them offensively might engender. interesting debate. I'll ask my hubby about his thoughts on it when he gets back from his flight test trip on Thursday. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

yah, i can't wait to see it...and it just scored six golden globe nominations. I tend to trust the foreign press a little more, for some reason.... Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

Think of the children! Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

I got the i7 920 Asus PT6 mobo the radeon card is a BEAST...i'm loving it. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

yeah, the extra software and "services" that come on a pre-made one just make me angry, that was one of the main reasons I decided to do this. The other being i couldn't find one that had exactly the specs i wanted within my budget. It's way cheaper to buy the parts and build it myself...comparable pre-built machine would run about $2500-$3000 ugh. By the way, if anyone is hesitating about switching to windows 7, i say go for it, seems to be working great on this machine, and a lot of the vista problems are gone. it was an easy transition from XP to 7. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

absolutely, heh Though I am glad i did thorough research before hand, i could see where problems with compatibility could arise if you don't do your homework. It's running great, and the one game i've managed to install so far looks AMAZING Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

and believe it or not, it actually WORKS! i was honestly a bit scared to do this, i knew i wanted to because it's the only way to get exactly what i want, but the actual DOING was holding me back. Finally got a little help on researching parts (my last machine was built for me, back before things like multi-core processors and SLI/Crossfire didn't even exist). So I ordered the parts, spent most of today putting it together, took a deep breath, pushed the power button....and it booted! It's a nice feeling of accomplishment, yanno? for geeks like me who care, it's an Intel i7 quad core processor, 6 GB RAM, a beastly Radeon 5870 graphics card (lol, the thing is bigger than my netbook, i swear), 1 TB hard drive, 850W power supply, basically a very nice rig for about 1700 bucks including tax and shipping. Just wanted to say: GO ME! If you're debating whether or not to do this...do it! It is really not as tough as i expected it to be, and most of the parts came with detailed instructions on how to install them. just waiting for my games to download....lol! Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

not much in SC i agree with you on, TH, but in this, i'm with you all the way. college football makes me so FUCKING MAD! Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

the trouble with your solution is the mid-majors are STILL left out. what happens when 3, 4, 5 mid major schools are undefeated? who goes to the wild card slots? if you say "base it on strength of schedule" then why the fuck change it, it's right back where we are now. the whole point would be to get the big teams to actually play some of these mid-major schools, have them get their asses handed to them, to wake up the NCAA and show people that just because you belong to the Big 10 doesn't mean jack shit. why only 8 teams? nothing says you can't have brackets like ncaa basketball, with several games being played on the same day. shorten the regular season to 8 games to allow an extra week or two for playoffs... Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

there are only four division NCAA division 1 football programs whose mascots meet the following criteria: they don't contain animals, colors, or end in "s". Illinois (Fighting Illini) Notre Dame (Fighting Irish) Stanford (Cardinal - it's actually a tree) US Naval Academy (Midshipmen) disclaimer: this may be old, as ncaa adds schools to division 1 every year. was accurate when i was in college, though. I answered this question correctly when i was in college while sitting at a table full of members of the Air Force Football team. if you can think of more, by all means, add them! Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

the one i am most comfortable and safest flying. really. for me, that was my jedei 105, until i grounded it finally. it's like paper now, with about 2500 jumps on it. I am very sad. I knew that canopy like the back of my hand...it could read my mind. *sigh* anyway, the most important things, i think, are wingloading and experience. I was loading that at about 1.5, which is exactly in the range of the "recommended by kate for bigways" loadings. yes, it was a high performance elliptical, but it was one i knew. now i'm back on a stiletto 120 (or i will be when healed from knee surgery). it's my "old" canopy, and will have to hold me over until i can afford a new samurai. I may keep the stiletto for bigways, though, at least until i am as comfortable on a new sam as i was on my jedei. *cry* Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

i would be a huge fan again if there was a playoff. FUCK the BCS and FUCK college football right now. besides, it's all shady back door dealings anyway. I mean, isn't it CONVENIENT that the two scary mid-majors will be playing....EACH OTHER in a bowl? i mean, god fucking FORBID they have a change to play a "major" school. wonder how much money changed hands under the table to make that happen. fuck, they can't even beat the "strength of schedule" argument in the postseason. anyway, tbh, the way the system is now will probably never change without an act of congress, no matter how badly public opinion is against it. Not saying that congress should stick their nose in...i just am not sure there is another way. this issue pisses me off, if you couldn't tell. it's what i get for being a fan of two different and respected mid-major programs, both of which continually get the shaft. Ugh, i'd rather watch pro for now. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

just a cynical note from the mid-major peanut gallery. isn't it FUNNY...like fuckin' hilarious...that by some MIRACLE of the BCS that TCU and Boise St. get to play EACH OTHER?! HA! tell me there were no back room deals going on there to get the big schools out of a potential upset situation should either of those teams actually get to play them. FUCK the BCS and FUCK college football. strength of schedule my ass. fuckin' assholes. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

honestly (and i might get flamed here), it seems to me that the best sci fi stories lately aren't coming from movies, but from the biggest entertainment medium out there, video games. There have been some truly amazing sci fi games. Most of them don't really have romance (except some optional things). Going back a bit, try Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (which is closer to true "Star Wars" than anything George Lucas has made in this decade...) Newer, there's Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dead Space, and a few others. It just seems like moviemakers are slowly letting game developers take over Sci Fi, which in my opinion is fine. Besides, the line between "movie director" and "game developer" is blurring, anyway. the rest of the industry is recognizing the legitimacy of games as a storytelling and even artistic medium. I just played a game (it was fantasy, more than sci fi though) that featured a voice cast of about 7 star trek actors (from various series), Tim Curry, and a few other big names. Gaming is BIG SHIT now... Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

had a ton of fun last night at this, and according to Dave, over $6000 was raised in support of Zachary and SMA research. AWESOME! Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

So sorry to hear...i had to let my Leo go in September, and it still hurts. vibes going your way tonight! a poem that makes me cry and laugh at the same from one of my favorites, Pablo Neruda. Somehow he puts into words perfectly what I cannot... A Dog Has Died My dog has died. I buried him in the garden next to a rusted old machine. Some day I'll join him right there, but now he's gone with his shaggy coat, his bad manners and his cold nose, and I, the materialist, who never believed in any promised heaven in the sky for any human being, I believe in a heaven I'll never enter. Yes, I believe in a heaven for all dogdom where my dog waits for my arrival waving his fan-like tail in friendship. Ai, I'll not speak of sadness here on earth, of having lost a companion who was never servile. His friendship for me, like that of a porcupine withholding its authority, was the friendship of a star, aloof, with no more intimacy than was called for, with no exaggerations: he never climbed all over my clothes filling me full of his hair or his mange, he never rubbed up against my knee like other dogs obsessed with sex. No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention required to make a vain person like me understand that, being a dog, he was wasting time, but, with those eyes so much purer than mine, he'd keep on gazing at me with a look that reserved for me alone all his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing. Ai, how many times have I envied his tail as we walked together on the shores of the sea in the lonely winter of Isla Negra where the wintering birds filled the sky and my hairy dog was jumping about full of the voltage of the sea's movement: my wandering dog, sniffing away with his golden tail held high, face to face with the ocean's spray. Joyful, joyful, joyful, as only dogs know how to be happy with only the autonomy of their shameless spirit. There are no good-byes for my dog who has died, and we don't now and never did lie to each other. So now he's gone and I buried him, and that's all there is to it. Translated, from the Spanish, by Alfred Yankauer Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

oh, so did i. so did i. Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!