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xXx The Return of Xander Cage. Amusing silliness as you might expect. Over the top stunts/action sequences, plenty of Donnie Yen and Vin Diesel flexing around and working some nice choreography of fights and general "extreme" sports into the plotline.

Having a wander through the music collection and pulled out the Sharpe: Over the Hills and Far Away album.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGRf9gvt28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQzmriHn5I

Would it be in bad taste to respond to this with: Hoggaami jidka kabtanka. (Sometimes, you just have to go with the Somali)

In the midst of the joys of politics, just remember:

Having a dabble with Alpha Protocol again. Say what you like about some of the design choices (<cough> hacking), that is still a damn engaging game as you get into it.

Okay, in the current day and age of serious political shenanigans and ill-feeling between the various political groups and extremes... I'd just like to point out that we do need to keep a certain sense of whimsy alive. That, and:

And just how well would you do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aXIMKBmnK8

So for the innocent whistle.. Apparently something that's up in the US Holocaust Museum... Edit: And Yes, I know it's not exclusive to the Holocaust Museum and all that. But from the cheap seats on this side of the Atlantic, it's still kind of amusing and somewhat relevant.

To mildly resurrect this thread from the depths of the past.. For anyone who enjoys the pseudo-Dune style of thing, they currently have a chunk of the Fading Suns RPG at present (and for the next 12 days) Bundle of Holding - Fading Suns Apparently the publishing rights have been acquired by a German gaming company (Ulisses Spiele), and before they start pushing their own plans for the licence they're releasing this batch of the old version via the bundle.

Don't think this has been posted yet ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNMQVcyowss Edit: And Avellone is tweeting a few comments on it as he's watching that interview apparently...

From a Norwegian Newspaper; - If you were stranded on an island, who would you bring along? - I'll take one for the team and bring along Trump.