LadyCrimson

There was a small dead rat in our pool a while back. Yes, I took a picture. So far, however, no human has fallen into our pool.

I rescue bugs out of the pool, pop them in jars, then take pictures of them. heh Does that camera do pretty well with macros? I need to get a few extenders for my macro lens. I hear they're not too expensive. :D I find in terms of taking pictures I either want to be physically up close (macros) or zoomed in max to get up close (animals/scenes from long distances). Every zoom lens I had in the past (film) was always at max-zoom position all the time. I would love to have a 500mm prime. That optical zoom on your camera seemed pretty impressive, so it'd definitely be the sort of camera I'd like when I didn't want to lug heavy camera gear everywhere.

I don't understand that kind of music. I have nothing against it; it's all personal taste, but if I wanted to listen to someone screaming in my ear I could just pick a fight with my family, or something ...

I'm kind of hoping that smiley face doesn't come with it ... then again, it'd make an interesting convo piece...

What are "noodz?"

I hope it's not a Kotor MMO vs a Kotor3. I personally find MMO's fun to play for a couple months at a time, just like any other game, perhaps, but the MMO as a constant fad on the whole is rather ... dull.

Hubby has a Canon Rebel SLR and during a trip today he managed to accidentally (and fuzzily) catch me in the background of a couple of pics. One of those "picture of someone taking a picture." I was trying to take a picture of these. There were a bunch in tidepools fighting over some dead snail meat. I failed to get a great shot tho.

He's a scientologist? Oh well ... he's still cool in the show.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I have no real answer, but I've seen articles just before the release of NWN2 that said NWN sold about 2 million copies, and more recent articles stating that the 'NWN franchise' has sold about 3 million. It seems to be pretty hard to get sales figures for games tho, beyond the no-figures 'top ten' lists?

I forgot ... I was going to make the reply to this comment. My husband has said similar things before. Another of his favorite things to say (nothing to do with seasonal birth stuff) is that dictionaries frustrate him, since how's he supposed to look up a words spelling if he doesn't know how to spell it to look it up?

Today I managed to burn our teapot. Which, btw, appears to be an excellent way to get rid of hard water deposit buildup, tho I wouldn't recommend it as a purposeful method ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1959. Peter Cushing as Holmes. Pure genius! The movie as a whole, however, was only mediocore, even allowing for its age.

Very sensible. I was by no means trying to say I thought the article factual or something to base the birthdate of your children on - it's mostly amusing, with a dash of "hmm, interesting." I think even in the supposed studies that show a "season of birth" correlation, it's very small, like 5-10% - ie, too small to say with authority that seasonal birth is the true cause - it's all theory and a lot more testing would need to be done. My guess is the article above probably heard of/saw such claimed studies as those linked below and made their own conclusions. Whether any of these studies are 'good' or specious is beyond me. (linked articles are short study abstracts, no major reading) Birth month and suicidal and depressive symptoms in Australians born in the Southern vs. the Northern hemisphere - Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels in human newborn infants born in winter differ from those born in summer Season of Birth Variations in the Temperament and Character Inventory of Personality in a General Population Then there's the more cautious/dubious counterpoint view regarding studies such as these: Does season of birth affect schizophrenia? And if you want, you can Google season of birth effect and get all kinds of hits on the topic, usually related to schizophrenia, but other things as well. And often in PDF form, which I usually don't bother to actually read ... Even the 'well known big' internet news sites often seem, to me, to not really quote sources, beyond "in a new study in Sweden, doctors say..." It's all about writing hypothesis/opinion newsbyte articles nowadays.

Link Someone posted this on another forum I go to, and I found it so amusing I had to steal the link. Hope it wasn't already posted 5 months ago or something ...

Article Link While the whole article is rather interesting, the fact that they lumped dyslexia into the "mental disorder" category next to schizophrenia and panic disorders in their graphic representation, while making no mention of it in the article itself, seems rather odd. Tho I must add that my husband was born in May and is mildly dyslexic...

It doesn't feel like a sequel without Mr. Ford. More like ... a spin-off ...

I finally got around to finishing the NWN2 tutorial.

Didn't George release some control after Phantom Menace, after all the critical remarks? Seems like I heard about him having other people do some writing or editing of dialogue or something? I have nothing against Hayden C - for all I know if given a great script and looser direction he'd shine. But he certainly didn't in the SW prequels - nor did anyone, really. And most of them are well-known for being able to act very well when given a chance. George definitely has too many control/regret/grass is greener issues - I imagine it all keeps him obsessively awake at night. And I'd agree that there are some people who are much better at creating the ideas than the implementation. Or the other way around.

I'm up for that one. But I don't need a holiday excuse to do it. *grunting noises*

I like the way you do themes.

US MArshals; Hollywoods attempt to capitalize on the popularity of The Fugitive. Tommy's always fun tho.

I saw part of a 2006 concert of Hootie and the Blowfish on TV, which made me think "hey, look, they're still around." Then I promptly stuck Cracked Rear View in my computer and pressed play. So overhyped and overplayed, but for nostolgia, it still sounds great.

Odd ... general exercise always makes me really hyper for at least a couple hours afterwards, even if I was tired when I started. It makes my hubby sleepy tho.

We almost got a 42" TV. It was one of those things where we kept thinking "I hate to get the 42 and end up wishing we'd bought a bigger one." Just don't test drive a bigger one in the house first, or you'll never want to go back to a small one. I want this Viewsonic CRT monitor. :D It's 60 pound weight would give me (back) trouble tho - hubby would be the one moving it around. heh