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I have been getting increasingly annoyed by how everyone is obsessing on how she adds 'pazzazz' (according to today's Metro) to the campaign. Is this really the treatment a woman can expect if she goes into politics? To be treated like one of those girls they drape across cars? It's just fething retarded.

My dad is a skunk. I refuse to celebrate him. EDIT: However, I will accept applications to celebrate someone else's dad.

I'm an outspoken proponent of drinking to forget. I once got so drunk to forget that not only did I forget, but my friends who were with me maintain I couldn't even explain it to them. On the way home from the club afterwards I charged a huddle of rats that were nearly two foot long, armed only with a bottle of water. They ran in terror. What were we talking about?

, on Youtube (official release on Youtube) I can't say I agree with everything in it, but partly for that reason it's a classic. I know some of you reprobates will love it.

I got recommended a 9600GT here a while back. Cheaper than an 8800, and while I can't compare, it handles almost anything I throw at it. Of course I have quite a small 21" screen...

I've been considering using TRIZ, to design a new cooling system. Could be fun. Does anyone else know TRIZ?

Then you're ****ed, mate.

No. They absolutely must be the worst you can find. Supermarket savers brand sawdust, soya, and pigfat variety. I think it's not just the grease, and the mass, but the preservative ****tail that they use.

Going back to the notion that this is all chemicals I just remembered how I used to get round the rushing hormones to consider a given lady more objectively. essentially, go out and get hammered (a plan with no drawbacks). The next morning, while you are hungover, eat twelve very poor quality pork sausages, and drink two pints of water. THEN ask yourself what makes the girl tick.

When I was researching my furniture I found a company which makes furniture kits, which you can collect and make up as you choose, a bit like lego. I would have bought some, but opted to spend the money on a pimped out king size bed. It was a neat idea, though.

I've been pondering love and romance more, and a short vignette occurred to me. I remembered having an ex turn up at my house after a long time separated, and i guess we'd obviously been missing each other, but the thing which swung it was the instant I held her in my arms - and even though we were already in my home - I felt like I'd come home after a long journey. Remembering that made me realise the awesome insidious power love can have. EDIT: which may also prove I'm a chimpanzee.

Best excuse for being anti-commitment ever.

If 38% of our children are not getting any money from the tooth fairy it just illlustrates the lamentable standard of our business training. EDIT: For example, it only just occurred to me that I should have been giving my teeth to my much richer friends, so we could cash in on higher payments.

I must be very lucky. I haven't had any bugs with either NWN2 or Vampire - Bloodlines. Wel, except once where I did something deliberately sneaky, and it broke a quest. Ultimately, I feel your pain, but what can we do here, mate? All we can really do is point out how much effort the devs make to participate, and apologise on their behalf if you're having a bad time of it.

For most fans goals make football. I don't see the regulators reducing the number of goals.

I don't own a camera, so no pics, I'm afraid. I've checked and I've got an 80mm fan in back, and an 80mm fan in front. Plus several fans inside. I think dusting could be inorder though, and not with compressed air. I did a quick poll of locals and they reckon as long as you don't use nylon then static should not be very serious. Also, poking a vauum cleaner nozzle in is recommended. I like the idea of liquid cooling, as the noise is actually starting to get to me, when playing particularly atmospheric stuff like Stalker. But it's not top of my list. I think it may actually be time to consider working up a rig from scratch, and leaving this one purely for work or as an entertainment hub/central server in the lounge. If I do get a new rig, I may have to go totally nuts on the casing, and see what I can find in the way of walnut, and shaded titanium. *comes back to reality* Cooling. Yes. I think water-cooled, ftw. Besides, I'm always curious to check out new technologies.

Only if I can have a spandex unitard.

Has anyone else played the zombie bits in Stalker? Best computer zombies ever.

Well, I'd steer clear. It's one of life's golden rules for avoiding trouble. Keep your promises, and try not to make anyone else break theirs. I've been in open relationships and tehy're fun, but only if everyone agrees to it.

Woah there, hoss. I've seen far too many superbly qualified technical people choose consultancxy and fall flat. There's a massive learning curve associated with developing your own contracts, and also how you present your work. And you become a bit of a knob head.

Yesterday I had my fourth singing lesson, and even I had to admit I'm making progress. I'm not ready for a stage yet, but my teacher has suggested we could aim to get me on stage in a couple of months. But i've also got a tonne of stuff going on right now, and it could be a bridge too far. After the singing I met up with my power-packed assistant, and we did some actual work ...in a restaurant. I totally love doing this for creative work, and don't believe you can beat it. We hit the targets then headed off to a pub quiz, where it suddenly occurred to me he might get on really well with one of my friends. She's a bit older than him, but she IS very clever. But then I realised it was completely weird for me to try and fix him up, so dropped it. Finished the evening by consuming a large pile of corned beef sandwiches, which was just fething stupid. But I am staggeringly easy to manipulate. Simply tell me something is impossible.

I'm totally in agreement, otherwise you can't muster the legions o' fury when someone tries to jump your claims in turn. If you are up front it also makes it quite hard for the guy to freak out/ means he has to freak out when you tell him - which means you can pick your timing.

Woke up after terrible nightmares (possibly induced by an eating challenge involving eating insane amounts of corned beef last night), to a world washed out like a five pound note. Caught Can I Kick it? by A Tribe Called Quest. Instantly smiles.

Sluggo, I thought you were becoming an accountant? If you borrow to make an investment is that bad? A house is a form of investment, and in most cases, swapping spending

I like the idea of a Confessor class, but isn't having spells to do the work a) gilding the lilly, when CHA is already the central attribute b) detracting from the roleplaying gold of having Confessors in the party. I'd suggest spells which support the main intent, by providing information, sensing fear, or something. Oh, or maybe ones that tack onto roleplaying interrogations. So if a character can talk a thing out of a person then that thing/fact forms the central component of a spell which gives the confessor the ability to - I don't know - trip up the target a lot. Or make teh target less hostile.