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I'd rather spend my quid to see the Eyeball Kid, plzthx. Do they have it for Mac? I know there's a version out there, but all I can find is BG2:ToB and not BG2. It's stupid.

Sweat in this case would be an aphrodisiac, not a fetish. Even if it causes arousal, the arousal is not directed at the sweat, but at the person who's sweating.

Sneak attacks are incurred when the opponent is caught flat-footed or is unable to defend himself. Held or paralyzed opponents get sneak attacks, as do opponents who are unaware of the thief's presence, as do opponents who aren't exclusively focusing on defending themselves from thieves' attacks. It's a 3rd edition thing. In 2nd backstab was only applied when the opponent could not see the thief.

Not quite sure about how she died (sounds like cardiac arrest), but with her inheritance held up in court, her debts and the paternity debacle, it's not looking good for her infant daughter. But she'll be forgotten soon enough. There's just too much tabloid oomph in the death.

I haven't played the thieves path yet but different viewpoints on the same (inevitable?) events seems like fun to me. The events are going to happen, it just depends which side uses you. Funny, either I really missed out the first time I played, or the thieves' guild branch is much more fleshed out than the city watch branch. The guild rep hanging around the throne room of the keep and the assassination attempts and whatnot. There didn't seem to be an equivalent in the city watch. Maybe that's nothing to some people, but it made the thieves guild plot more interesting to me.

Depends on when he signed up. I know guys who never wanted to go to Iraq who signed up for peacekeeping in Kosovo. I'm not aware of when this kid joined up, but if he did so before war was imminent it's safe to say that he didn't sign up to fight in Iraq. That's not saying much, though. The contract he signed is much more broad than that. I doubt that any part of it states that he can opt out of unjust or arbitrary conflicts. So legally, he has no case. I say that unequivocally. No judge with even the tiniest pragmatic bone in his body is going to let this slide. Ethically, he may very well have some legitimate claim. It depends on the spirit and the letter of the agreement he signed, and whether or not the command to fight in Iraq breaks those. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that they don't. You either had a snake-oil salesman as a recruiter or you're stupid if you didn't realize that signing up to fight in the armed forces could realistically entail actually fighting at some point. My friends didn't sign up to fight in Iraq, but when the war started their previous commitment compelled them to go, and that was the end of it.

I hear Finnish virgins are the most prized in all of Northern Europe AW YEAH

Could be good for a laugh. I might snag a copy.

Too $hort - The Ghetto Patrick Wolf - Overture And for that obligatory 80's nostalgia: Ladytron - Turn it On

Anal pap tests can be done, but they're just coming into prevalence, for whatever reason. The rate of anal cancer amongst gay men is comparable to the rate of cervical cancer in women before the advent of pap smears. Little blurb here.

AFAIK, the tests that have been completed have backed up the cervical cancer claim. Not sure about the anal cancer stuff, which is probably why they haven't ordered it for boys. Not that they ever will. That'll have a much harder time making it as public policy, especially given sodomy laws in some states. And more people will not voluntarily vaccinate their sons, because most people don't plan on their sons being gay.

I remember something along those lines being utilized for military purposes. Night vision through the tongue, or somesuch. Can't remember where I heard about it, though.

It should also be noted that this vaccine has some potential to combat anal cancer as well. Clinical tests are underway. Take note, you buggerers of the board. You know who you are.

what.

One less ****ty advertisement on TV! Hooray!

So what you're arguing is that children shouldn't have the right to decide what's best for themselves, parents shouldn't have the right to decide what's best for their children, that the best judge of what's good for a child is the government he or she had no hand in electing?

Depends on the state, but the average cost of the HPV vaccine is $120 per dose. That's $360 per child for a full vaccination. I'm of the persuasion that the gov't is the best conduit for handling this matter of public healtyh. A family might be able to pay their own way for a single child, but it's serious debt for a family with 4 or more children. As I understand it, insurance companies aren't much help either. Some doctors in New York and Arizona are refusing to carry the vaccine, because at $120 a vial, they lose too much money from lost, broken or mislabeled vials. Merck is, of course, going to make a grotesque killing.

Didn't Bethesda purchase the IP? Nah, they purchased the rights to make Fallouts 3, 4 and 5. If they had bought the IP outright, Herve wouldn't be blowing smoke about FOOL.

Actually, one can manually stimulate the prostate gland such that a quadraplegic can produce sea men (oh, come now). And if Murderball is any indication, at least some paraplegics are capable of having sex. Ok, how about quadriplegics? They're included in the statement above. Quadriplegics can't have sex, per se, but they can reproduce so long as they're not sterile. Paraplegics can actually have intercourse, if they have the sufficient strength to move themselves with their arms, and most are. They just have to get creative in their positioning.

Actually, one can manually stimulate the prostate gland such that a quadraplegic can produce sea men (oh, come now). And if Murderball is any indication, at least some paraplegics are capable of having sex.

Spent all night watching The Godfather Part I and half of Part II. Laborious, but worth it. Micheal Corleone is indeed a cold-hearted bastard.

For consistency's sake, they should also anull the marriages of the infertile and those of post-menopausal women.

Yes, yes, we're all so jealous of your gun ownership. FFS.

Drow. Blah. I can't help it if I like white whine and white women.

You wouldn't last very long on the sapphic scene then, kiddo. Oh, I went there!