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For a bit of tranquility I'm listening to acollection of pieces sung by the contralto Marian Anderson. Personally I find opera singers hard to tell apart, but her choice of works is compelling in itself.

I'l have to check that out...

Wow, Idon't know what to say, Enoch. I guess the only thing I can say is that I have a lot of respect for your brains and sense of humour. I'm sure what you can do, you will do right.

Yes. I've not done online dating, but I can see what you mean, having enough female friends to recognise the symptoms. *chuckles* reminds me of something Robin Williams said. "Women want Mr Right. Men want Miss Right Now."

I'm convinced that any job application which goes through an HR department of any kind is like playing roulette. When have you EVER heard of a good HR department? The only reason they exist is to guard against the confused mess that is employment law. I hate them, I hate their reason for being, and if possible I would chase them with tigers and firecrackers and peasants with cymbals.

If burqahs are to protect women, how come they don't have any spikes?

Julian Assange hypocritical asshat? Irony's a bit predictable, but still made me gut laugh.

Given your employer I'm not surprised. Hang in there, though. Worked 12 hours yesterday, scrambling around, reassuring people, scaring others, so on and so forth. Frankly I'm at the stage where I'd accept just about any measures if it would just stop the panic. Even an actual crash seems better than this endless uncertainty. At least an actual crash could be recovered from. This just seems to drag on and on.

Sounds interesting. You've sold me on seeing it, anyway.

I think that's an extremely insightful point, if I can say so without sounding too full of myself. In fairness is this because the roles aren't as clearly delineated in game production? I honestly don't know.

Received message "14/88" in message from 'obyknven', and nothing else. Apparently this is a white supremacist greeting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words Learn something new every day.

The courier's mile is certainly scary. I went in,, just about managed to kill two deathclaws, and ran away.

What the Twisted Helix is that object on the right? ~ Also: I just found out that NASA are planning on bombarding me from space with chunks of satellite. WTF!? Health and Safety won't let me climb ladders unaided, but it's fine with hurtling chunks of metal at the planet?

It occurs to me that the mixed reviews are 100% predictable. Each of the DLCs has its own emphasis on some aspect of gameplay. Honest Hearts was pretty with weak story, Old World Blues was open with plenty of humour, Dead Money was dark and story emphasising, Lonesome is combat hefty. There's something for everyone, but equally for some people they're only going to like one in four. I try to take each on its emphasised merits and am much happier. As mkreku says, we're talking about hundreds and hundreds of hours of gameplay. I can't think of any other game I've played so much, nor been happy to consider replaying. Lonesome road at level 10, with a passel of stealth boys, and enough jet and buffout to sink a battleship.

Is it just me, or does it strike anyone else that Raithe's nemesis has taken the form of a small alsatian puppy?

Weirdest post so far this month.

Yo u may find the time element vastly improves if you dial up to hard difficulty and hardcore mode. Exploration, scouting, planning ambushes... I think I've put in at least twice your count, and I'm not done yet. Plus the underground bits are simply terrifying. Never been so glad to see a simulated sky!

You may be being a little unfair. If I think about me going into a subordinate role at some paper warehouse you can bet I'll need careful managing. I'll work damned hard, but I have to be treated like a person. No one's going to just shout bollocks at me and get away with it. The awful truth is that most managers are totally rubbish at their job, and the thought of that being exposed is terrifying for them. Personally I like to think I cope with older and more talented people very well. I'm lazy, so I love having them around. Clear intent, open eyes and a closed mouth, plus simple courtesies like tea work wonders. All of which only adds to my annoyance when I see the resource being bodge-handled.

I worry because (without going into detail) I need to be right about how its going to go, both for my own prosperity and the prosperity of others. The chap I mentioned earlier, for example. I can tell when someone's struggling, and the chap seems really first rate. If we took him on then he'd be a good fit and addition. But can WE afford to? Can I pass him to someone else? Is everyone I know slowly slipping into disaster? If so, maybe I should be going off on drastic rethinks etc etc. The ramifications of a second serious slump are immense.

The job market is insane right now. I just had a CV in front of me and I was thinking "No way can we afford this guy" then I read he was being put forward at about 10k less than I expected. I don't know about you chaps, but I'm losing a lot of sleep over the economy right now. It's not just lowering demand, but people are acting NUTS. Panic, underinvesting, gutting their own service capabilities...

When would THAT happen?

Two points: 1. Irrespective of his right to do so, attempting to rip up and destroy all trace of the original version which inspired so many people is _bloody weird_. 2. It's nonsense to assert that it's George Lucas' movie. It was made by a whole team of creators. Three points: 3. What made the original film cool is that you had all the action of a black and white war movie, good guys and bad guys, plus a bunch of 70s kung fu stylings, and the odd special effects candy. Plus some awesome new notions like destroying whole planets. The whole 'kids movie' lie is just because of the franchising potential.

You know that bit about "...and lose, and start again at your beginnings. Yet never breathe a word about your loss..." Well this is me angry breathing. I know I'm hardly the only person in the world struggling to cope with the blind institutional panic gripping the world right now. But it's still bloody annoying.

I should like to point out that the most expensive paid assassination I've ever heard of was for about 50000 USD. We could each chip in a dime... We were all thinking it.