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Been very busy lately, things are very hectic. But today (and tomorrow) I'm just going to relax and spend the weekend w/ Lady GD & the pups.

One of these days I'd like to take a week or so to visit DC and just walk all around the Capital district. I've been there a few times (mainly when I was working at Pax River) but I've never had time to really take it all in.

The Rays have shut down Smyly for the rest of the season. I was concerned until I read it was pitch count not injury. Plus there are only 17 games left and the AAA guys are coming as soon as Durham wins the International League Championship. In other news the Marlins are going to make a serious pitch to lock up Giancarlo Stanton long term this off season. That will be interesting Hot Stove fodder.

If you want the real Danish experience you should a boat and raid a British town, carry the best looking women back with you, then find Ros in Copenhagen and have a party. I'd say invite Gorgon too because he could use the night out.

So, a note to all the players out there who were good but not quite good enough to make a roster and got cut last week; Be Gay. The NFL will help you with job placement: http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/04/report-nfl-officials-asked-teams-to-consider-signing-michael-sam-to-practice-squad/

Yep, they didn't lose a step over the off season

Interesting ''Neger'' in German is the racist term for black skinned people. I guess its something made of dark chocolate? What I did today: not much, mostly bearding. Beard makes me look like a 40 year old though, especially the mustache. I'm also trying to find a good Halloween costume but no ideas. Maybe I'll go the cheap route and buy an evil jester costume. Woldan, if I saw that walking on the sidewalk anytime other than around Halloween, I'm running it over! That costume is..... yeah it is....

Well, I'm 4 chapters in and so far it's like eating vanilla ice cream. It's good, but not very memorable. So far nothing has happened to separate from all the dreck to GOT level.

You know why I love Skyrim? This is like my 4th time through it and it's been a different experience every time. I played it almost all day today.

Which is still a lot more to look forward to than Bucs fans have! We have a new coach (a decent one finally not a gimmick) and an all new offense and defense so this season figures to be a slow motion train wreck. But it might still prove more entertaining than watching the Rays lately.

Heh, usually you guys don't like what I read.

Finished book one. It's a great read so far, lot's of seeds planted for future books. On to book 2, I will definitely keep an eye on this series. Thanks, I downloaded it to the kindle. I'll giver 'er a go myself.

OH MAN 1) I'm assuming you're Russian. With all due respect, I know dozens of russians both as friends and through work (teaching english) and yet I know NOTHING of your politics. Why? Because I've yet to find a russian active in politics who actually pays attention. I'm highly curious when it comes to cultures and always ask these types of questions, but every Russian responds to questions about politics with "I don't pay attention cause it's all rigged and doesn't matter," "Putin's ok I guess" or "Putin is hot" from the younger women. Please, by no means is the west perfect or innocent of lying itself, but I have a very hard time hearing such a bold claim from a russian when - in my experience - it seems glaringly obvious the fox is guarding the hen house over there and half the population is none the wiser. I would love to hear some political explanations for why Russia's current system and manner of doing things allegedly works whereas democracy doesn't. And no not "I have an article by a fringe opinion supporting that idea!" I mean actual logical step-by-step arguments. 2) It would be exceedingly easy to take a photo of any run-down house in Russia and apply bleak-looking filters on it and say "look Russia is collapsing." Likewise you can find anti-ANYTHING arguments in any country. Your very own Ayn Rand is an example of a counter-culture to communism, and yes the USA for example does house counter-cultures to democracy and capitalism. Their existence doesn't signify utter doom impending, it's natural for counter-cultures to exist whenever the culture fails someone, which is inevitable. 3) You realize that not only do you have to consider admittedly corrupted democracies such as that in the USA, but peaceful ones functioning perfectly in countries such as Sweden, Denmark and Canada? It's very naive to claim liberal democracies are on the brink of self-destruction when the most peaceful and happy countries in the world just so happen to be liberal democracies. I'm all for critical discussion and constructive debate, but your statements wreak of blind patriotism that's too loyal to see the world around you for what it is. Trust me, I know DAMNED well there's flaws to the USA and other western democracies, but I'm realistic about their flaws. I don't go screaming about how they're about to implode when the reality is they need to shape up a bit, but it seems hysterical reports constantly leave the mouths of the russians. FFS, I remember about 4 years ago some Russian guy posted some claim that the United States was "ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER CIVIL WAR AND DISSOLVING FULLY" and even had little sections divided up and a long BS theory about how it'd split and why, and how the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West Coast etc would all break down and form smaller countries. Of course it all turned out to be horse **** and sensationalist hooey that's on par with a guy who spends all day writing Spiderman Fanfiction (no offense intended to Spiderman fanfic writers, I merely mean your work is by no means srs bsns, nor is that guy's "work"). Please, for the love of God, learn to recognize flaws and strengths objectively. I actually like when Russia and the USA criticize each other because both usually offer very valid criticisms of each other, but this? This isn't one such case. This is problems in democracy being at about a 4 being treated as though they were at a 10. Ok, I'm going to assume you don't know Oby and just throw this out there. The time you spent writing this would have been better spent killing fire ants one by one with a pair of tweezers. He won't listen to anything you say and any response you get will only be intended to provoke you. Don't get me wrong we all love Oby here but he's sort of like the crazy uncle at the family reunion. Sometimes it's best just laugh at what he says and otherwise leave him alone. Just sayin'.

This has all happened before and it will all happen again

Lol, oh wow no. You had a right-wing government in 2002 and a slightly less right-wing government in 2008. Of course Right and Left are terms relative to where the country being discussed is generally. There is no argument that what is considered left wing in the US would be a little right in other places. I think even the most ardent supporters of real left wing socialism realize it will only come to the US in it's full form at the end of an actual civil war. US voters might flirt with it but I seriously doubt they will ever marry it. If they ever do then we'll fight.

Sure if you feel like scouting the terrain I'd love to hear about it.

The best analogy I've ever heard regarding the shift between left and right government is that it is like a pendulum. It's natural momentum carries it towards on extreme until that momentum is exhausted which sends it to the other. Right here in the US we observed one extreme in 2002 and the other in 2008. Tyranny, secession, civil war etc. occur when one side or the other try to seize the pendulum.

That was certainly the case during the gold buying craze about six years ago. However, those of us who already owned a fair amount of gold surely thank the ones who listened to Chicken Little and drove the price up to double it's real world value.

Anybody here ever read The Seven Forges by James Moore? Is it any good? Most fantasy is just a dreadful regurgitation of the work of better writers but I've hears this one is ok. Anyone know before I buy it?

Back from a road trip to North Carolina. The project we started as an independent small company three years ago, then sold along with the business, is finally and completely finished. Since I'm fresh out of work now I figured I'd spend this weekend working on my side business and watching baseball/football/playing Skyrim. On a side note I've been following a thread on the TW forums about what the next Total War title should be. Surprisingly everyone seems to want a redo of a previous title. I'd love to see them to something different next time.

"You may let your pet gnaw on bones occasionally as a snack, not as a major part of the diet" Dr. Pitcairns Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs. It was sitting right on my desk next to the laptop.

Lady GD is working a 12 hour shift today. I have a lot to do but I'm highly unmotivated. the Rays/Blue Jays game comes on at 12. I think I'll play Skyrim until then. For the first time I've created a dragonborn I actually like.

I caught the Rays/Tigers game on the radio yesterday. It was nothing less than epic. David Price returns to Tampa. His performance was masterful allowing only 1 hit and 0 earned runs and the Rays still won the game on a triple and a fielding error. It's everything I could have hoped for. The Rays win and DP still looks like the ace he is.

That's ok AGX. I wouldn't trust a man whose never tied one on and gotten in a brawl at least once.

It's Obama's fault. Racism was over until he was elected by racist negroes and white race-traitors who betrayed their own race to vote for an illegal Kenyan Taliban. Police never shot young black males in the US before Obama. Or, at least, it wasn't a problem in the media before a ****** was president thanks to international espionage. It's all part of the ongoing Stalinist conspiracy to destroy democracy and freedom thereby oppressing the most oppressed and disenfranchised of all classes, white American males. Racism was over when Ronald Reagan descended from heaven as the Second Coming to relieve the world of all ills. It's the liberals' fault that things like racism and poverty still exist. If science's "gravity" (a liberal fabrication) didn't exist, everyone could pull themselves up by the bootstraps and everyone would be rich and privy to free energy and unlimited resources for trade in a flawless free market devoid of inequality. And to think, I once said you had no sense of humor!