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I have to admit, glancing in at this thread has had a certain entertaining image of a car trip and the kids going "Are we theeeeeere yet?"

No, that's Bo Martin Erik Erikson the lead guy of E-Type. Well, I can never tell if E-Type is the whole group or just him. He's Swedish, so who knows..

http://youtu.be/wz16mR9S2Ww

Since when do time zones matter to people on the internet?

Tried to do some stretching today, but frankly.. "ow". My hips and upper thighs are firmly in the painful stage, one knee keeps locking up stiff, I've got a bunch of bruises that are developing into some impressive patterns and colours, and it's surprising how awkward it can be to move around. Even when laying down to shift and change position can send spikes of ache and pain out from various locations. I've been told I'm walking like a slightly drunk John Wayne. I think it might be time to take some more ibuprofen.

Since I'm having trouble moving around this morning, I finally got around to watching Cabin in the Woods. Definitely an entertaining one, with a lot of good performances throughout.

For the slightly random... I'm still kind of interested in how Shadows of Mordor will turn out. http://youtu.be/fCvbEr1YnGs

Going over the Hero Walls... The final obstacle.. Electroshock Therapy. And the joys of 10,000 volts..

I have returned. 11.5 miles, 20 obstacles completed. Showered and sitting down finally with a fresh cup of tea. I will also state for the record, that Arctic Enema is a biyiitch. http://youtu.be/Z-HG32z9hz4 Note, for our version of Arctic Enema, it was mud brown and it wasn't a "board".. it was a row of bloody tractor tires you had to submerge under and move past...

Right, I'm up with the dawn to head off to Tough Mudder today. If I survive the general insanity and mud of the day.. I'll let you'all know.

There is a reason Hiddelston is jokingly called "the real-life Disney prince".

For those that might be amused... I just received the course map and list of obstacles on the Tough Mudder event I'm facing this Sunday.. Tough Mudder Cirencester Course Map 11.5 miles, 21 obstacles. This could be... interesting.

I'd managed to pick up some of the "fun stuff" from TNT back at the Ranger Citadel. I think it was two Sabot Launchers that both did 500 damage and that other Launcher that does about the same damage but manages to just effect both turrets. Then all you have to worry is the mass of mines in that corridor, as long as you have someone with fairly decent awareness and perception, and someone with demolitions to disarm them all.. Once that's done it's just a bunch of annoying Rad Scorpions to deal with. I had restarted Damonta from just before I arrived there, but I went around it in a slightly different order of exploring the map, and even though I'd picked up Red I was able to leave after that 2nd run through. So I have no idea what breaks it sometimes when you have Red along.

Hm. Another case of Wasteland 2 troubles. Finished off the situation with the Titan, headed back to Ranger Citadel.. and I get the whole "Check out the Red Scorpion's. Danforth is on a rampage".. Only trouble is, I managed to kill Danforth and such before I went into the Canyon.... Now I can't trigger the next part of the quest because the whole of the Prison is empty of all characters.... Edit: Damn it. I really don't want to have to dig up an old save and have to replay 12 hours of game.....

Here's a point for you to consider Bruce, think about how a lot of guys act with other guys. With their male friends, with the banter and casual insults, the serious conversations and the sexual put downs of each other used in joking fashions (I'm not saying that's a completely standard style of behaviour, but it's a general overview of a lot of classic male bonding). Now consider that a fair few feminists demand equal treatment, that they shouldn't receive any different behaviour for being a woman. Yet if a guy acts in that same manner to a woman that he would to another man, he tends to be called sexist. So they still want you to treat them differently, it's just the type of behaviour they want changed. That is changing somewhat, society is shifting in a lot of ways. Just look at the groups of "laddish" girls in the UK. They go support soccer, drink pints down the pub, cheerfully insult each other and men around, and have no problem getting drunk and flashing strangers. Just like a lot of drunken loutish men do. So, technically, isn't that equality? They're behaving the same, they react the same way, they treat each other in similar manners. The thing is, is that necessarily a good thing in that manner?

Hm, weird. I think I had Kick Ass, Kiss Ass, and Smart Ass around level 5 or 6. But when I was discussing them making peace, unless I manually typed in "Both" at that point when they were both wanting the Golden Spike.. they would meet up, disagree, and start killing each other off in front of me.

I still have fond memories of TSR's attempts with Birthright. So I'd like to imagine what Obsidian would do if they tried adapting the Kingmaker adventure path..

The Rail Nomads.. the only time you can actually interject your own word into a conversation to have an effect on the storyline. Or least it seems the only one I've seen so far. By putting in one word in a conversation rather then selecting the choices they give you, you get to make peace between the tribes. And it takes a bit of odd thinking to get there. Or just pounding your head trying to figure it out.

Enjoy the birthday time gentlemen.

Went back to Wastelands 2, had to reload from before I arrived in Damonta and redo it all. Went through it in slightly different order, and then it fixed things so I was able to leave and exit to the wasteland again. So, no clue what was causing that bug. You don't seem to have any really good choices with the Diamondback Militia and the Servants of the Mushroom Cloud. All choices lead to screwed situations it seems. The DBM's are hardcore versions of the Rangers, but in a crappy, oppressive, and rigid way. Plus, for a group that's basically copying the Rangers, they talk crap about them. The Priests are.. bug nutz crazy, but they do care about keeping the valley "safe'ish" to travel, and have a hospital accessible by all. But they do like to do suicide mini-nuke grenades to "protect" themselves and those that have paid tribute.

For those Veronica Mars fans out there... Buzzfeed - New Veronica Mars webisodes to go Meta It all sounds very... meta.

After a day of not playing anything I went back to Wasteland 2. But there seems to be some bug issue with leaving Damonta. Now every time I try to exit the map, I get a loading screen with a full yellow bar.. and the music and sound effects of already having loaded.. and a cursor you can move around the screen that will change as if it's on a normal map. Upon looking across the internet, the best advice is to apparently kill Red, and be unable to finish his quest off... Pondering whether I should try that or look for other things first...

And there's a background reason for that sword. Said barbarian claimed it as a trophy from a Frost Giant. so she can only use it properly when she's using the Barbarian rage ability which boosts her strength...

Go for yoga and gymnastic based exercises. They are weight bearing, but the weights are generally your own body. The guy training us for Tough Mudder used to lift weights for about ten years, but for the last 7 or 8, has totally shifted to gymnastic training because he's found it works more muscles in a lot more ways. That and it's generally something you can do with minimal needs for equipment and space.

Hm, I fixed it and the drilling doohicky races into that corner of the corridor and all the plant life goes kersplat. I can't remember if I used mechanical repair, or if it needed computer science to program it. One of those sorts of skills.