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Heh, and they've just released the "Official Event Video" of that Tough Mudder weekend, so for general amusement for those interested.. http://youtu.be/o-OpAY1BfPw Yes, I will be milking this, and for surviving that for years to come. http://youtu.be/OYTjWFmzB0o

A nice little brief wander into the Constitution and other areas... http://youtu.be/wGp94ediJAA

Still idling along on some more Dragon Age 2. I don't know if it's just because it's been so long since I first played it, or if I'm more forgiving now, but the re-use of maps isn't bothering me as much as it did when I first played it back when...

From the Deadpool vs Comic-Con...

Hm, in which case, maybe I should delve again .. And then wrap off with..

So to help distract from the hacked thread.. how about.. Hmm, lets see ..

For some reason I found myself returning to play a fresh game of Dragon Age 2....

If we're going for the random distraction then..

And just for the fun..

Since we should keep this running without too many distractions..

Having a Two Steps From Hell day.. http://youtu.be/BNp892d7inc

B-roll From Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.. Reinforcing that every shot was done on green screen http://youtu.be/0EFzyGIRuMY

"It was especially hard to find in the Empress' Own, which had even higher standards for its officers than its enlisted men." March Upcountry - David Weber & John Ringo

Hm, been having intermittent ache/pain in my foot and ankle, interspersed with that tingling pins and needles up my leg since Wednesday. Trying to decide whether to go get it checked by the doctor or just see how it goes for another week first. That and I'm trying to figure out just what sort of mood I'm in and therefor what to engage with on this sunday afternoon...

Eh, Bollocks. Tony Blair went and apologised for slavery to some African nations a few years ago. Of course, how many of those tribes have apologised to each other for the genocide they committed, or that they were selling each other to the slavers in the first place? Plus The Brits started enforcing anti-slavery laws a bit before others. Also interesting to note, historically speaking, (if I remember the statistics accurately) over 1,000,000 Europeans were taken as slaves into North Africa during the Renaiisance period but nobody really cares about them. But the point I'm making is that from a general point of view history tends to be fuzzy thing, full of popular images, cultivated perceptions, and turned into nice urban legends. Which most people are happy to go along with rather then establishing fact. Take note the statue of William Wallace that went up based on Mel Gibson, and how many people take the entire story of Braveheart as true fact.

Something that was thrown up on FB that made me chuckle.

YOU have no idea? What the **** am I supposed to do? **** hobbits? Well, to be fair, if Gandalf led the way.. doesn't that mean you should be looking for Galadriel or Cate Blanchett?

Played around some on PoE. Then found that pretty much all the bugs/issues I'd encountered had already been reported a heap of times in the Beta forums, so rather then just add to the mass, I think I'll wait awhile until the next update and see about it then.

Eh, it's history back and forth. At various points in time the Irish were only too happy to come over to England to act as enforcers to prevent rebellion. They were one of the threats Charles I used in an attempt to prevent any threats against the crown from the people and aristocracy, so it's not exactly a surprise Cromwell put the boot firmly in. Then again, if you judge by the standards of warfare of the time period and what was happening in the rest of Europe, Cromwell was fairly decent in his behaviour and the rules of warfare he used. But there's a fair bit of myth and popular revisionism that's taken hold over the centuries about it all.

Patrick Stewart's response to the Ice Bucket Challenge.. http://youtu.be/wkO4NIqAMss No nominations, just one undisclosed cheque, and a drink..

Heh, this review of the new Sin City amused me..