Guard Dog

Ouch Nep, doesn't sound like a fun fulled few days I recommend a few, friendly Tequila's to sooth away that frustration Bruce has the right idea here Nep, but not Tequila. Please not that. Jose Cuervo will have you calling her at 3 AM trying to get back together. Only it will be hard to talk with a bloody lip from the brawl you'll have gotten into earlier. You'll wake up with a black eye, cut knuckles, busted lip lying on the floor in a puddle of vomit with the phone in your hand and no memory of how any of it happened or who you called! Now everyone is mad at you and you won't even know why! Nothing good ever comes from Tequila. Trust me I've done extensive field research on THAT subject!

Doing some work around the house lately. Upkeep was really neglected since I spent almost all of this year on the road. There will be some of that next year but not as much. My brother invited me to spend Christmas with him and his family. I have a feeling it was really an "unvitation" though. He extended it knowing it was unlikely I'd accept. Plus he was kind of half hearted about it. Since both of our parents passed away we have rally gotten out of touch. But that's how it goes I guess. A friend of mine has asked for help with a dog she rescued. It's a a pit mix that has apparently suffered abuse because she is fearful and prone to lashing out and biting. She's at her wits end and is considering euthanasia. Hopefully I can prevent that. The nice thing about dogs is she will not actually remember being abused, but the abuse has ruined her confidence and programmed her to act a certain way. It's just a matter of taking away her fear by building up her confidence and deprogramming her negative reactions with positive reinforcement. At least that has worked for me before.

I concur!

Keyrock you missed an option on the poll: Guard Dog sits on his porch, gets loaded on fine bourbon, and greets the apocalypse while blasting Bob Marley from his speakers.

It's your choice evolve or be extinct. I will be assimilated, resistance is futile huh? When they come for me I suggest sending well armed men (or cyborgs) with no families to worry about. I will make them kill me and I won't go alone. Actually I've sort of been preparing for that kind of thing for a little while now.

No thanks. I'd prefer to play the cards I was dealt. Like the old Queen song says "Who wants to live forever"

Good thing you managed to get in on this while malls still exist. As long as there are teenage girls with more money than sense there will always be malls! But I agree they are sort of dinosaurs.

I'm guessing.... no. Felithvian certainly has a one track mind like LoF and seems to enjoy posting off the wall stuff just to get a rise out of everyone like LoF. But his English (while very good) is not perfect. LoF had a very precise writing style, I don't remember him ever using contractions. I bet LoF was really someone we see and trade posts with almost every day... under their REAL account name.

I just can't tell if this guy is for real or just trolling.

Happy Birthday Krookie. That new BG is OK I guess. It's nice to get a new look but... playing old games is like visiting old friends. I'm not getting the warm fuzzies from this.

Some folks will eat anything, even each other: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243169/Two-fishermen-suspected-resorting-cannibalism-getting-lost-trip-Siberia.html

Holy... freaking... cow.... how is it I was unaware of the existence of an enhanced version of Baldur's Gate????? How long has this been around? I rely on you guys to keep me informed about important stuff like this and now, except JFSOCC, you have all dropped the ball! Can the PC be exported to BG2? Wait... is there an enhanced BG2??? Oh please say yes! Wait... are there any other enhanced infinity games???? Torment? Is there a Torment version???? Oh please say yes! I'll see you guys later, I'm going to be busy for the next few days!

What a bummer of a run of bad luck Enoch. Hopefully they will both be back on their feet real soon. It is very cool that you are able to help them. If you were farther away it would be a lot harder.

Been VERY busy lately. Our company bid on a new contract with Raddcomm Inc to design public WIFI access points and network backhaul in 117 Simon Malls throughout the US. We spent weeks preparing the bids. We just found out today our bid was accepted. This is HUGE. Not only will it keep us busy for the next two years but if we can complete it on time and under budget our company moves out of the start up phase and gains financial stability and most importantly market credibility. It's been a long year with many sleepless nights and living in bad motel rooms (in some cases in dangerous places) but right now it was TOTALLY worth it! I can't wait for January to get here now.

Fighting Israel is good business for Hamas. As long as they keep it up the money keeps flowing in from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and elsewhere. The leaders are all wealthy men living in Egypt and they have no intention of strapping on bombs themselves and certainly have little to fear from military reprisals. It's sad in many ways. The true believers are just pawns who have been manipulated. Like most of you I can certainly sympathize with the Palestinians. The creation of the state of Israel was an act of tremendous hubris by the UN. However, it is sixty five years done and cannot be undone. Blowing up busloads of innocent people isn't going to change that and the combined might of all the middle east can't defeat them. And so far the Palestinians have rejected every peace overture for the simple reason that terrorism is a business. The day it stops the money stops. So it never will stop.

There's a lot of older guys there, widowers mainly. A few like me who are divorced. I just like to hang out and tell lies and swap stories with them. It's pleasant company all in all. The reason the younger guys don't come much is that they all have families they spend time with.

I second what Bruce posted. Don't insult Cant by labeling his humility and self deprecating humor as shame. It's not. Far from it. Suggesting he is afraid of anyone on this board is just laughable on it's face.

I just got home. I went to dinner at the VFW. It was nice. Informal. Plus I can bring my dog. Gotta love that. I'm the youngest one there on a regular basis. We have some Iraq & Afghanistan vets too but they don't come around much.

Help me please! I'm playing Dragon Age Origins and... I... can't seem... to break... away from it. Once I pass out from exhaustion someone please come over and uninstall this thing. Free me!

Heh, I think I was the one that derailed it! Let's face it. Why do men work out? It's not to impress the other men. Unless that is your persuasion, then it is for the same reasons!

I've got nowhere to be today. A few friends have invited me to their dinners which is nice but I'd just feel like I was intruding. I'm thinking of going to the VFW, there are a lot of members are getting together for dinner over there. Wherever you go I hope everyone enjoys it and has a happy one!

I think it's the latter Moose. I'm not a big fan of RPGs in any general way. RTS is more to my taste. However I was a huge fan of the Infinity games (BG 1 & 2, IWD, PS:T). Very few RPGs have drawn me in since and the reason really is the story and the interaction with the other characters. I never really bought in to NWN 1 or 2, or even Oblivion or Morrowind for that matter because for the most part the story lines for the game were just not that well done and for the most part you are going through it alone. In NWN your henchmen were not interactive so they were little more than healers/cannon fodder. NWN2 was a little better with this but only two or three of them was interesting or compelling. The rest were sort of vanilla. Oblivion & Morrowind were beautiful to look at but sort of empty too. I have not tried Skyrim yet. It was the same with Fallout 3 & New Vegas. What I loved about BG & BG2 and PS:T was the other party members really felt like real characters. They spoke, interacted, commented on how things were going. It draws you in, gives the illusion they are more than just sprites on your screen. I'm playing through Dragon Age Origins for the first time right now and I'm really into it for that very reason. So I guess my answer is good writing, and good characters. Where you can find them. It's the exception rather than the rule I'm afraid.

Now I bet THAT was awkward!

I've been meeting with my business partners the last few days. There is a thought that we should expand our services by buying or hiring installation and implementation teams but it would really put us out on a limb financially. I'm against going all in so early in the venture. They don't play cards though so they didn't get my reference.

I used to work out at LA Fitness (great place to meet women) regularly until I had a bad car accident a few years ago. Since then I have a little extra hardware in me and just can't take the pounding. So now I rely on working around my place to keep me in shape. Plus I'm smart about what I eat and have really cut back on the booze. Other than that my chainsaw, splitting axe, fence tools, and shovel/rake are my only work out equipment.