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Ooo oooh, can we please have a discussion on which Star Trek captain was the best. I would buy a ticket to see than one. There would definitly be some cut and paste material there. In all seriousness, Star Trek in all it's iterations has brought some very engaging stories but the characters have always struck me as flat. DS9 was an exception some of the time.

It might help you get the womans treasure though.

A long time ago I used to use the TV as an alarm clock. Anyway, I had to get up at 5 a.m. most of the time back then so I set the TV to 4:45. It was on a local channel and the local news came on at 5. Gunsmoke was on from 4-5. I used the hate the sound of James Arness's (he played Marshall Dillion) voice because than meant it was time to wake up.

More pics here: http://www.1stcavmedic.com/jane_fonda.htm She is a total P.O.S.

Hmm, I wonder who the final boss will be? Well, without revealing too much, my favorite one is a schizophrenic madman wandering the docks of the main setting. He has three different names and personalities but it's always the same guy. You can engage him in conversation and each time calls himself something different his opinions change a little. And it always leaves you a little irritated after talking to him. I'd say the names but that would just give it away.

The perils of hotlinking. I edited in a replacement. Speaking of hot: Wasn't that the life we ALL wanted as kids?

Grissom from CSI Carla and Coach from Cheers The whole cast from Seinfeld Charlie Harper from 2 1/2 Men Switek & Zito from Miami Vice Colonel Klink & Sgt Shultz from Hogans Heroes Bommer/Athena/#8 from BSG Capt. Sisko from DS9

My NWN2 module. Coming soon to a computer near you! Several members of this board will be featured in cameos.

I come to this thread to vicariously re-live my 20's by reading Shryke's posts.

@Calax. Your entire post just reinforces in my mind why I could never work retail. I'd probably end my first day fired and in the back of a police car.

Holy S***. I hope you are alright.

I did something this weekend I have not done since my wife and I split up. I put up a Christmas tree. I found some small cedar trees growing on the north section of my land and cut one and dressed it up. It was kind of an impulse thing. I went to Lowe's and bought lights and ornaments and everything. I don't know why but this year it just feels like Christmas.

Thanks everyone. I found out on Monday, most of those cut will find out over the next year. I believe the initial body count will be about 2700 or so. I heard rumors my job (which is a regional engineering position) may be merged into a single national position back in October. I figured I'd be shown the door if that happened. Well, it's happening. There actually is a position I could take in Atlanta but I just bought the land and just finished building the house. I could never sell it for even break even money. So I'm taking the package. If I can land another job quick enough this may work out to be a big win for me. Oh and you were correct Enoch, but I thought you knew that already.

In all seriousness folks. If there is going to be another expansion, my only request is more monsters. Forget classes, races, spells and textures. I'd spend the zots on tilesets and monsters because that is what is lacking even after two expansions and that is what will make the game endure and ensure a healthy modding community for some time to come. Heck, by my reckoning after HotU NWN1 had over 20 more creature types than NWN2 at ths point. The reason why this is an issue is that in NWN1 it was fairly easy to construct a monster using 3DSMax. NWSMax or some other program like that. For NWN2 is is most definitely not easy and honestly beyond the reach of the average (or even advanced) modder. So whatever we get from Obsidian is likely all we will ever have.

I was thinking the same thing!

I got my Christmas present from work a few days ago. It was a 60 day termination notice. Merry Christmas to me and 11999 other unlucky suckers. I just took this job in May too. Well, time to begin the job hunt again. At least the severance package is fairly decent as such things go.

Fortunately the three most likely vacancies between now and 2012 will be Stevens (who is 85 may drop dead at any minute) Ginsburg (who has been battling kidney disease) and Souter (who is apparently planning to retire to his home in NH and spend his time writing and teaching). If any or all three were to vacate anyone Obama picks would be no worse. If Obama wins a second term then all bets are off. Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas are all over 70.

I uninstalled all games except NWN and NWN2 (and all XP's). Back to working on my NWN2 mod. Bloody hard work compared to NWN1. But I'm going to finish come hell or high water this time.

Do you presume the two to be mutually exclusive? Consider that subject dropped for my part.

Close enough. I got into politics when I was 24, ran for office when I was 27, and got out all together at 29. I'm 37 now and I can tell you for a fact I know a heck of a lot more about it now than I did at 20. And based on some of the nonsense I've seen posted by the younger board members here and elsewhere I feel very comfortable asserting that there is a strong coorelation between youth and inferior understanding of politics and the world in general. If you come back here and read your posts a few years from now I think you will agree. Oh, he has? Well, clearly you've read something I haven't, so feel free to share your sources. Well you just served up a nice softball to me right there. Obama says the "special role of the court is to protect the vulnerable, the minority, the outcast, the person with the unpopular idea." B.S. The role of the court is to apply the law AS IT IS WRITTEN! Equal protection under the law means the court is to protect the party with the strongest legal standing on any issue. If that party is a minority, an outcast, vulnerable, or unpopular then so much the better. But the court had best be prepared to rule against such with equal fervor is the majority, invulnerable or whatever have the stronger legal standing. The purpose of the court is to interperet and apply the law without passion or prejudice. It is not some social instument to take from the rich and give to the poor. Obama seems to think it is. Take a look at this little nugget: http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/33740129.html. Obama's statement in that article: The court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and more basic issues of political and economic justice in the society. ... THAT statement should scare any American, even Awesomness (who needs to 1. READ the post before commenting on it, 2. Grow a thicker skin). Redistribution of wealth (a decidedly un-American concept itself) is the job of the Congress. But Obama can easily place justices who via judicial fiat can take that responsibility on themselves. What is the difference? Congress is elected by the PEOPLE! It is accountable to the PEOPLE! And if they harm the country in their attempts at social engineering we can vote them out of office. Federal judges are elected by NOBODY. Thay are appointed for life and are accountable to NOBODY. And their power is growing as juducial activisim and "progressive" judges are becoming the norm. Here is an excellent book that every American here should read: The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom . Even the liberal statist lawyer of the board, Enoch, would voice concern of the current trend if he could just step back and look at the big picture. What should scare everyone is that as the power of the federal courts grow America is becoming more of an Oligarchy than a Republic. And Obama and his ilk are all for it because the first step in turning the country into something that would make the founding fathers recoil in horror is to eliminate the ability of those who oppose it to do anything about it. Especially if those who oppose you can easily make a voting majority. Obama seems to think Stephen Breyer and David Souter are ideal justices huh? Well, lets look at that. As we covered before the role of the judiciary is to enforce and apply the law AS IT IS WRITTEN. It is NOT their job to MAKE law. In case reading the seven paragraphs in Artice 1 and Article 2 of the US Constitution makes your head hurt here is is right from their own website in plain english: http://www.uscourts.gov/about.html. It seems Breyer holds that view in pretty high disdain :http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/cur...l-Activism.html. Scared yet? No? Try this one then, Justice Breyer also believes is is meet and proper for the US Supreme Court to consider the precedents of foreign courts when ruling on matters of US law: http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_...ity_lecture.pdf and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4506232/. Remember, we are stuck with this guy until he dies or retires. Souter (yes he was a Republican appointment) is another liberal that should scare you. Kelo v New London he (along with the other "liberals") asserted that the government has the right to seize your home and sell it to someone else if they choose to do so. How about Washington v. Glucksberg? He seemed to think it was just fine for doctors to assist in the suicide of a metnally ill patients (not simple euthanasia in which case I would be in agreement) and he also has asserted the court is more competent to deal with emerging issues than the legislature (you know, those people we actually get to VOTE for). Souter is a quiet unassuming type but his decision process is invariably statist over individual liberty (with Planned Parenthood v Casey being the only exception I could find*). How about those liberal judges huh? In closing let me put out one more for you to consider. "The Consitution does not guarantee an absolute right to anything" . Justice John Paul Stevens, the biggest liberal of them all. How do you feel about freedom of speech, property, voting, whatever now? Obama will give us a double seving of that, he has straight out said so. Scared yet? You should be.** My sources for above info: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/fe...ml?id=110006984 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/o...sidents-choice/ http://www.answers.com/topic/judicial-activism http://www.answers.com/topic/david-hackett-souterhttp://www.answers.com/topic/washington-v-glucksberg-1 http://www.answers.com/topic/kelo-v-city-of-new-london * That one was for you Enoch. I figured you would point that one out. ** Krezack it's ok for you to not be afraid. You are safe in Austrailia from any bad laws these clowns make. We are not. Keep that in mind next time you feel like speculating on why I vote the way I do.

Actually for NX3 how about a 2E ruleset game done with the infinity engine set in the Dalelands during the Time of Troubles. Heck, I'd buy it. But I still like my original idea best.

Yeah, lets bring back THAC0. I like my Paladins human, my rangers good, my druids weak and my armor class in the negative numbers!

Said the teenager from Australia. God how I love it when kids from other countries tell me what America and it's political process is like. As it happens Obama has made some assertions on the role of the judiciary in his speeches and books that should scare the living hell out of any semi-intelligent freedom loving American.

AMEN! Still a long way to go though, but so far he is not as scary as I was afraid he would be.

I was just about to suggest that. I got that very idea from a show on HGN called License to Grill. I use ziplocs for all marinating jobs now. Check out their website, they have tons of good and easy to make marinade recipes: http://www.foodtv.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=68771. Anyhow, I'm leaving for Alabama in a little bit. I'm working in Montgomery tomorrow and Birmingham on Wednesday. I'm driving this time so no hassle and coming home Wednesday night. To all my American Friends out there Happy Thanksgiving. To everyone else, see you later.