LadyCrimson

Not a good sign... (a while later) Well at least it's getting faster... ( a bit later) ...nope, slowed way down again. Then up. Then down. It's going to be like that, eh.

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Tina - for the annoying factor, not for being racist - but my mind is conjuring up all kinds of Gearbox D&D humor for that DLC. I hope Claptrap is part of it. Hopefully it'll be good...and a bit longer than the last DLC.

Saw some Nat. Geo. film "The Last Lions" (African lions) - it was great, if a bit edit-heavy to create a cohesive story, but meh who cares. It's main aim was to inspire "us", I guess, about how few may be left now (maybe only 20k). And on that level it works. Majestic, and a couple spots of nature-can-be-cruel heart-breaking stuff. Time to watch something a bit cheerier before I go to sleep.

Kittahs! Luv that 2nd pic. Makes me wonder what the cat is thinking, heheh. Probably "no, no, I'm the cute one, bring that camera back over here!"

YES! YES! OH YES!

Well I'll ask my usual question....how much can you solo this MMO? Their website makes it sound kinda interesting. Being free/open beta, I might check it out a bit this weekend, assuming I can get on the servers etc.

I'm relieved to know that America at least still thinks shows like "Ready For Love" are garbage, causing such low ratings that it was cancelled in 3 episodes and replaced with Grimm. It'll be interesting to see how Grimm fares in that day/time slot vs. Friday. I liked Grimm at first but haven't kept up with it this year.

Still listening to BB King vids while hubby naps. Also, for comparison, here's the 0 score look. Which if I stare at long enough, still starts to look not so perfect. Monitors...

I've seen others with complaints about the offline mode doing that sort of stuff...I'd assume it's a bug of some kind since it doesn't seem to be universal. The only time Steam gets cranky (for me) is if you go online and it starts to download stuff and you don't stop it fast enough, then when you go back offline, if you try to play it'll tell you the game isn't ready to be played in offline mode (even if the patch didn't fully DL/install). That's inconsistent in that some games you can stop downalod/installs and still play in offline, some you can't. Patch differences I assume. I used to remove the Steam on startup via the msconfig but I haven't had to with recent versions of Steam...the toggle works just fine for me. The "don't update this game" still doesn't work, however, since that only seems to stop Steam updates ... not the game patch updates, if that makes sense. I don't think they'll ever change that aspect.

At least it wasn't a 1500+ score!

@Rosbjerg - I've seen that test site before. That's a 90? It is pretty off by individual squares, but you did get the general scaling concept. eg, no bright pink square next to a starting purple square, so I think you could still tell a gold wire from a turqouise wire. Just not a blue-green wire from a green-blue wire. I usually get a 0/perfect on that website (in the past and just now), but I did get a 4 once. Some of the gradients (especially on a monitor) cause a bit of a color illusion.

I'm not normally all that into paintings, but I like that one.

Wonder if I can convince hubby to take a drive down to Saratoga for the Peter Frampton/BB King concert at the Mountain Winery. I know he'd love the concert, but getting him to do anything with crowds is always a challenge. But BB King might not be around much longer...we saw him a few times at the Circle Star, when it still existed. He's the man. The Monkees are also playing this summer ... but just wouldn't be the same without Davy Jones. And when did Jeff Bridges start doing country music? I'm not into country, but it's still tempting to go see Jeff play/sing. Heh.

"Passionate Plea!" ...hahaha! That was great.

Those pics make me think of the rec room scene in Tremors.

Oh? That's interesting/amusing. I wonder which episode...I'll have to look it up, thanks.

This guy is cameraman. I was expecting some beefcake pic of the bald guy but I was a bit disappointed. Sadly, I think that pic was just a bit too "cheeky" for even a non-embedded link. Dem pesky rules.

Spent the last few hours trying to figure out mic's vs. distance+keyboard clatter+breathing vs. NR settings vs. my tendency to mumble. *shakes fists* ... I could still use to try to find a better microphone setup I suppose. Never know how to shop for such things...

The "Fan response" ... omg the expression on the Obsidian stick figure is hilarious.

Da awesome! Thanks for posting that. ::jealous::

What?! Why are these things never held near where I live? Did you get me an autograph from M.B.? Huh? Huh? Huh? Or candid pics? Or a piece of his shirt? Or .... sigh.

Could the shoulder/chest be posture/sleep related? Pinched nerve? I'm glad it doesn't seem to be the heart, tho. Hope it's figured out/gets better. Today I started to think I have a ghost in the house. The vertical blinds on the sliding glass door haven't stopped moving all morning. Seriously. They're in the "shut" position but keep riffling back and forth just a bit, like those metal ball "endless motion" clackers. Normally, could be the cat...but it's been hours. So either they're stuck in perpetual motion, or it's a ghost!

Watched a few of the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett (1980's). I've known of it, just never got around to watching it. (if I had seen some before, it was years and years ago and I don't remember...) Mixed feelings...on the one hand, it's fairly faithful to the stories. On the other hand ... it feels a bit dull. Not the fault of the acting, however. Holmes and Watson are great. It's just the execution of the mystery dramatization feels a bit off to me. When they switch to Sherlock's "client" POV for storytelling purposes, I feel like I'm watching History channel re-enactment segments, if that makes sense. Still....certainly one of the better Sherlock/Watson depictions.