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whatshisface works just as well, too... at least then you are blatantly admitting you don't give a hoot about the bastard. taks

yes, they are, and will probably continue on their decline (in price) due to all the new technology that is pending (which we've discussed in various threads around here somewhere). taks

amazingly vague... do you have spending limits? what are your goals for this new system? the processor du jour is still, AFAIK, the core2 duo/quad. i'm probably upgrading in the next year to a quad, btw, from my duo. nvidia still seems to have a lock on the gfx market. they're into the GTX series now, but i'm still on an 8800 GT, which seems so out of date, so i cannot compare from any experience. a sound card is worth it, IMO, but they don't really improve performance as much as they improve quality. they're cheap, too, relatively speaking. most creative cards are under $100. with an amplified speaker system, you can get some really killer sound out of a PC. i have an audigy plus one of logitec's speaker systems and it sounds quite nice even at high volumes. taks

of course, all women are loons... that's like predicting it will be dark at 2 a.m. at the equator. ahem... taks

indeed, relative risks are the most oft abused statistics, though i don't think it is necessarily the fault of those using/abusing them. taks

other girls? at the same time as being interested in you? i concur. now if i could just convince the wife... taks

yup, all you have to do is insert your XP CD and then... sorry, couldn't resist. taks

i've been pretty happy with campbell's work on burn notice. he fits the character rather well, IMO. last thursday's ending was pretty good to boot! taks

if you had gone a day, maybe... michele gets real cranky (which is oddly hard to notice covered by her otherwise "sweet veneer," aka "eeevil woman" sung to the tune of ELO's famous hit) looong before hers gets that low, and consequently takes care of it. the biggest problem she has now is when the pump needle doesn't get inserted properly and her numbers get too high. taks

it probably would not have killed you, at least not immediately. i've asked the medical profession, which includes the EMT folk that i have now called twice to revive my wife (type 1, since she was 12), and they all agree that yes, it can cause death but would be a loooong slow death (nobody really knows, probably depends upon many contributing factors). your body can still convert fat to energy somehow to keep essential life going, which is probably why it's not insta-death. oh, michele's blood sugar was in the single digits the first time i called to revive her. she had gotten up expecting me to cook breakfast (we were only dating at the time, so this wasn't uncommon). she gave her shot in expectation of a large breakfast, i stayed in bed for an hour or so (didn't know she was up), she dozed, the EMTs were called to action. scary is an understatement. the diabetic coma results in some very strange behavior, almost child-like (they aren't always completely shut down). best solution, btw: the pump. she hasn't had a low sugar episode since going on the pump. almost 6 years now. my son also has the gene, and he is in the DAISY study, which is trying to figure out what kick starts the auto-immune response that kills the islet cells in the pancreas. even with the gene, it's apparently a less than 5% chance of becoming diabetic. taks

it has long been my opinion that the only way to handle a successful relationship is to not have one. it is, to me, successful if it lasts one night (maybe a weekend) and there is no long-term "luggage" that sticks around requiring medical attention. calax and i send you our regards. taks

um, that just sounds so wrong coming from a guy... taks

i played in the regional singles tournament today (8-ball) for the APA. i did well, made it to the semi-finals and got knocked out on the hill (which means i needed one game to win the match) after being there all freaking day. towards the end i simply got tired and started making mistakes (i lost to a friend that i usually beat up on badly). taks

dx10 stuff doesn't work with XP, but that's really software and not hardware and the hardware still works anyway. none that i know of, either. taks

it just ticks you off that we're not talking abut hawt chicks... i understand, actually. taks

i'm down to the last few quests in M&M6, but these apparently take the longest. it's almost painful, but i started, and i absolutely MUST finish (i'm not sure i actually finished the first time i played it, TBH). taks

wait a minuted, 4??? i thought it was only 3. this changes everything. now you absolutely MUST arrange an interlude that includes all of them. at least the outcome will be the same (none of them), but in the mean time... taks

i was going to say "Gay!" as bender would say "i think he comes from a universe that's big on musical theater!" taks

in other words, you are a typical guy. taks

there are at least two problems with this theory. first not all mentally unsound women are taking proper medication, so rooting through their purse when they aren't looking might turn up a false negative, i.e., they might be loony in spite of a lack of proper drugs. second, this would ultimately leave 1 or 2 women for 3 billion men. it would be ugly. taks

hehe, you're lucky. my record was 46 (i'm a baaaad insomniac) hours and when i finally fell asleep, managed 6 or 7 hours. of course, i stayed in bed for 12 or so, but i was not really sleeping. zoloft, btw, was terrible for my sleep habits. the first couple months i got maybe 2-3 hours per night at best. i was a wreck. taks

they probably had him hopped up on enough morphine that all the nurses were hawt. nurse mathilda, nurse ratchet, etc. taks

the question remains: does she know the truth now? taks

how else are zombies going to buy their smokes, eh? taks

i think i have been mentally violated. i hope i can recover. taks