ShadySands

So the Heart Attack Grill thread reminded me of a delicious burger that I had just recently. It was a pretty standard cheeseburger but it was topped with sauteed mushrooms and shaved foie gras and it was delicious. I usually like my burgers smothered in cheese but this one barely had any but it was so rich and full of buttery goodness.

Hi JFSOCC Sounds like a nice day, but can I ask you a question? You say you celebrate his death through a birthday, don't you mean a remembrance or do you really mean a birthday. What culture is that or rather what religion? I am interested I do pretty much the same in that regard for my mom. If I do anything anymore (it's been 12 years) I'll celebrate her on her birthday and not the day that she died. I'm not religious at all and I'd say my family is more spiritual than religious.

A lot of games have Steam as a requirement, so you are forced to use it... or not play the games.

Scratch that. On to BG:EE

So bored that I'm giving WoW a try... wish me luck

I try to avoid Steam whenever possible but I do have a small handful of games on it. I like digital distribution but I don't particularly care for Steam's implementation as none of it's features appeal to me personally (achievements, friend lists, cloud saves) and I have had some bad luck with the always online before (sporadic connection and offline mode not working properly). I also have Origin and Uplay installed on my machine and while I don't care much for them either they don't bother me as much because I only have have a 2 games in Origin and they are EA games and 2 games in Uplay because they are Ubisoft games but I have 5 games in Steam and none of them are Valve games.

A couple editor shots more here Also glad they decided not to go with the keyword system for dialog

About to watch the NBA All Star game. I hope the West can take it again this year.

"My kingdom is war. My treasury is full of wrath. My scepter is a viper. My friends are my assassins. But I was not wrong. The world has gone mad. I will be it's last stalwart servant. I did what had to be done, as I do now." That's all I remember from Age of Wonders, at least I think it was from Age of Wonders. I need to go replay that now.

I saw Here Comes the Boom and Hit & Run recently Hit & Run was better and a lot funnier than I expected it to be and I especially liked Bradley Cooper as the dog loving, dreadlocked criminal type Here Comes the Boom wasn't as funny as I was hoping but it was still pretty good and of course it had Salma Hayek

I knew I should have said no reasonable person. It's not that I don't think that it never happens, it's that I don't think it is the prevalent belief in most cases.

That's just silly. Nobody cheers for troops (or anyone else) who shoot innocent people on purpose, even when it's an accident they still catch a lot of flak for it. That said, I don't think his horrific actions now automatically invalidate any claims of abuse he made earlier

http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/store 25 bucks

Mechwarrior and Civ2 got me hooked on PC gaming but it was an old AOL MUD called Terris followed by BG2 that got me into RPGs

Glad to be home after 2 days in Chicago. Goodbye 20s, hello 50s

I dunno I found this amusing

I bought tickets to the Denver Comic Con. I've never been to one but I always wanted to go when I lived in NYC but never got around to it.

I remember the chest thing being a big deal a while back but I don't remember what they did to "fix" it. It wasn't much of an exploit as all you had to do was fly to the planet and make your way to the chests and loot them. The planet is level 50 but going to planets outside your level range for better loot doesn't really sound like something you should get banned over. You still have to compete with everyone else on the planet for the chests and everything kills you in seconds.

Last night I had a great burger from one of the local pubs and just had to share it with you guys. Copied from the menu our signature beef patty with elis root beer pulled pork, mamas pilsner onion ring, american cheese, cheddar cheese, fried egg & our signature tap sauce

I completely forgot that I bought Elemental - War of Magic back in the day and that they gave me a free upgrade to Fallen Enchantress for some reason Downloading now

How are Fallen Enchantress and Warriors of the North? I've thought about getting them but just can't take the plunge

Happy Boxing Day and first day of Kwanzaa to those that care to celebrate either Today was back to work for me but, as expected, it's dreadfully slow

If you scroll down on that page, you have a few folks explaining why those stats are bogus http://nationalprior...cruitment-2010/ Seems like a better breakdown at the above link. The south is leading in the regional rates in that link too. Granted it's the recruitment rate and not the total count which is what I had them as in my first link. I could be wrong and there could be more people from outside the south but when I was in the military it definitely didn't feel that way. I do admit that I have no evidence to back that up. Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas times!