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Dogs Prefer to Poo Along a North-South Axis " Researchers have found that dogs use Earth’s magnetic fields to align their bowel and bladder movements - and they prefer to relieve themselves along a north-south axis. In fact, canines will actively avoid going to the bathroom in an east-west direction, the study found. "

Americans fought and died for the privilege of ignoring the Royals. I honor their sacrifice.

I'm playing it with management on Auto and it made the game more enjoyable, at least for me, because I can focus on adventuring. But from time to time you still have to visit the throne room and click to let time advance. I also purchase build points and claim some of the resource sites to help it along.

The fact that the game sold poorly out of the gate suggests people had already made up their minds before it was released. I think the fact that the early releases of PoE1 had negative feedback played a significant role in that -- the people who left then didn't return later. It also was billed as a direct sequel, so that tends to limit your audience: it implied you had to have played and enjoyed PoE1 in order to want to play PoE2. The sequel formula worked for BG because of the timing; it didn't work here. Likewise, movie sequels rarely do as well as the original. I don't know what the answer is for PoE. Maybe they just need to leave it fallow for a while then return when the time is right?

Yeah but which one did you enjoy playing more?

Rumor mill has the Cowboys firing their entire coaching staff. Whoosh.

Final outcome of Seattle-v-SanFran. decided by the width of a toenail. Wow.

Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked to Schizophrenia in Largest Study Yet What type of pet should I buy? Hmm...

Seahawks are probably DOA at this point. A run-oriented offense with the two main rushers out with season-ending injuries, and the third is a habitual injured reserve player. Ah well, it was a good run while it lasted. Injuries suck.

I still feel frustrated about PoE2 because the experience felt like a good game stuck behind a pair of, well, boat anchors. If one took out the clunky, repetitive ship combat system and replaced it with a quick-resolve dialogue interface, it would immensely improve the exploration feel. Likewise, chasing giant body of a god was very distracting to the remainder of the game. If they just dumped the body on the first island and left the outcome a mystery to the end, the mid game would have been much more enjoyable.

Oh Florida, you try...

Christmas cheer.

Star Wars now, I am.