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Played golf with Lady GD and some of her friends. I sucked. No, really I was easily the worst one there. My slice is so bad my first drive nearly landed behind me. And the only thing worse than my driving was my putting. Fortunately I didn't have to do that much because of that silly rule about actually getting the ball to the green inside of five strokes. But it was fun for all that.

Hey 64 teams started this, every one of them but one will lose their last game. But it would be cool if the Flyers somehow got by the Gators. If UCLA somehow pulls off a miracle in the next game the Fyers will have a fighting chance.

I'm watching the Dayton - Stanford game right now. All of the sudden I'm a huge Dayton fan. I love this wide open passing game they play. This game reminds me of everything that's great about college ball and bad about the NBA. Of course, in the NBA the players are MUCH better and if you tried this razzle dazzle passing stuff you'd just end up watching them take the ball away from you and stuff it on the other end.

Oh gee, all my problems are solved now. I was only depressed because I didn't get drunk and laid. Oh wait, I actually have a healthy sex life and I had to stop drinking because it started out as this and then turned into self-medicating with alcohol and it made everything worse. Depression =/= being sad. Sadness is not always one of the symptoms. In fact, most forms of clinical depression stop you from being able to process that emotion correctly. Don't get me wrong, a healthy sex life is great and it does help in dealing with it but it is not a cure. Well, unless sex is a major part of your deeper issues, anyway. Sorry TN, that was supposed to be humorous as Bruce pointed out. Since this was a serious discussion about a serious problem that probably was inappropriate.

You can try reading John Scalzi's Old Mans War series. It's not outstanding or anything but it's not terrible. It's like a ham sandwich. It's not exciting but sometimes you just want a ham sandwich.

Nothing cures depression faster than a highball of top shelf whiskey sipped slowly after getting laid. Of course, getting yourself into that situation is the tricky part. Fortunately the whiskey is easy to get and it can even help you with the first part.

That's not really Sci-Fi, but it is most excellent

LOL, that's it. Close this thread, KP wins!

I took a year off to work after a series of bad things caused me a lot of financial grief. Recovered from it, but it was pretty hectic for a few months. What I'm torn about is that my current job pays $20 an hour, and that I have an offer from a large company we work very closely with for a $200,000 yearly position after I graduate with a BA. It's good money, but the 50+ hours I have to deal with is a bitch. I'm feeling kind of like that pic ShadySands posted(even though I'm only about 2 years older) and it's a bit depressing. Completely agree with Giftd. If you are that close, just go for it. Bite the bullet and go full time.

You leaving out the part where you came across a pack of timber wolves and you and Tommy had to fight for your survival All in a days work for GD. You must be one of the few members on these forums whose daily excursions in RL sounds like a session of Skyrim Yeah, except for the part about the dragons, giants, bandits, foresworn, wolves, bears, swords, imperial legion, thalmor, vampires, stormcloaks, and hot warrior princess werewolves, it was exactly like that! But there was a lot of walking in the woods not sure exactly where I was or where I was going so that part was right!

I was fed up with work so I went for a walk this morning with my dog. We followed Cold Creek to the Hatchee river. Then we followed the Hatchee all the way to the big turn south and cut west through the marsh all the way to the Mississippi. Then we sat and watched the river roll by for hours. Then we walked back. I'm guessing it was about 12 miles round trip. That was a hell of a walk. We were gone 9 hours. The rest of the day I just kind of wasted.

Fox News isn't evil, they just have an agenda; and that is to spread as much bull**** about whoever is against Republican views as possible. Fox News isn't evil, they just have an agenda; and that is to spread as much bull**** about whoever is against Republican views as possible. This is fundamentally true, GD I would really like you and any others to read the book below. You'll see exactly how Roger Ailes was able to manipulate millions of Americans along certain ideological lines. Yes the liberal news channels also do this but Fox were the first ones to do it and are arguably still the best at it http://www.amazon.com/The-Loudest-Voice-Room-News/dp/0812992857 Fox news is the first? LOL, have you never heard of Walter Cronkite? Dan Rather? Heck the latter got CAUGHT going on air with a story he knew to be untrue just to discredit a republican pol. Bruce, ALL news is biased. IMO there is not single credible unbiased news source in the USA today. There hasn't been in a long time. And bias can be found in not just what is reported but in what the sources choose not to report. You guys are down on fox news because they don't support your "team" so to speak. It's funny, I never hear any criticism of the opposite end of the spectrum MSNBC who is unabashedly left wing. They have dropped all pretense of being unbiased. And believe me, folks here know the media is biased. All of it. We are not so blind to not recognize a load of crap when it's being pushed on us... most of us at least. That fact that we know what we're buying and buy it anyway (Fox News is the most successful and watched news source in the USA after all) is just another symptom of the "political tribalism" going on here these past 25 years.

What happened in the comic? Yes I know I could look it up myself but I don't want to stumble into a spoiler of any kind.

I finished my BSEE working full time and taking 8-12 hours per semester including summer sessions when I could get them at night. It took 8 years. That was a hell of a long time. If you have the wherewithal financially to go full time and finish faster, I'd say do it. Less wear and tear on you and you get to your peak earning potential that much faster so in the long run you're better off.

You know what becomes really tiresome about the political discussions on this board? Some of the folks here (not all or even most but many) seem to truly believe the people who's politics are in opposition to theirs really are nothing more that one dimensional cartoon villains. Republicans hate minorities, democrats are communists, fox news is evil, etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of throwing around hyperbole for the sake of good forum chatter but I think with most of us it's plain when the tongue is in cheek and when it isn't. Some other folks, I'm not sure it ever is.

Last night I made Bahamian style Mahi-Mahi. You put a 6-14 oz filet in an aluminum foil pouch with broccoli, green peppers, red potato quarters, onions, and season to taste with a few tablespoons of water, seal the foil and let it steam in the smoker at 300F for 30 minutes. Then you put the foil pouch on a plate, cut it open and eat right from the foil. It was great. Lady GD loved it.

US Virgin Islands or Hawai'i would be my suggestions. You don't need passports or currency exchange for either (obviously). USVI is fairly inexpensive once you get there. Hawaii is best if you get away from the tourist areas. Like Oahu... all of it. It's kind of expensive everywhere but the ease of getting around makes up for it.

I just watched it. It definitely had a creepy vibe to it, especially the way Lizzie kept looking at Judith. At the last 5 minutes I just sat there thinking "F--k!" Kudos to the producers & writer for not flinching away from the awful though.

Now playing Horizon, a 4X space game from L30. It was billed as MOO2's successor. It looks like it might be but I'm having a hard time getting the hang of this one. I might actually have to look at, maybe even read some of the game manual. I don't recall having ever done that on any game before!

That is the one thing I like about my Ford Pickup Truck, the service is pretty cheap.

Bob Marley, Legends CD. It's that kind of day.

No way! Welcome back Darque!

... n.... no? Where did I ever say that? I... I said the exact opposite of that. Is Obama rounding citizens up and having them executed in concentration camps? Is he locking foreign tourists up because he suspects them of being gay? Is he refusing food, water, and basic quality of life materials to his citizens? Is he personally overseeing every horrendous crime in America? You're responding to Calax as if their post had been directed towards you. Sure, but it does get a little frustrating when we keep hearing what a terrible president Obama is and how he has destroyed the fabric of American society and how " there is a thousand years of darkness coming " when he was re-elected I'm not saying Calax is saying this at all , its just the general sentiment from some people on these forums Well I don't know about the destroyed fabric of society or the thousand years of darkness but I do have little positive to say about his Presidency. As you know my two biggest concerns as far as the federal government goes are fiscal responsibility (little argument he has done poorly there) and personal liberty (in other words adhering to the Constitution) and he has taken the worst transgressions of the Bush Administration and doubled down on them. I, for one, can't wait for 2017 so we can see the back of him for good and all.. My only hope is the Dems lose both houses of Congress this year so he will be safely neutralized for the rest of his term. Now I know I post a lot of things with tongue firmly in cheek but the truth is I have nothing against the man personally but he does not value freedom and liberty as I do and his vision of what the US should be is not mine.

I got it... but I like mine better!

See for yourself: http://www.history.com/schedule