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I grew up on Lloyd Alexander, yo! I've made a Taran in every RPG I've played since then.

I made it as far as the scene where the kid gets his arm ripped off by a clown in a sewer. I don't think there is any age where IT is not disturbing.

I can't think of many good children's stories where someone doesn't die. It's like a prerequisite. Old Yeller still makes me tear up.

You haven't started hating your customers yet? You will! I had a teacher at a school I designed and installed a Wi-Fi-wiMAX system for two years ago approach me and ask why they could not connect their phone to the school network. She handed me the phone and it was a Nokia 6630. I told her that phone is twelve years old. 802.11 wi-fi was a very new thing then and most phones didn't have it. Her reply, delivered in a huff I might add, was that why could all of her colleagues connect their phones then? Thank God she was a music teacher, had she been a math, science, or economics teacher I'd have been worried. Elective teachers are a different breed.

Blacklist gets better, and they develop the FBI guy quite a bit over the season.

Obamacare is still not a socialist health care program. It's not even close. It's really a joke. Our health insurance industry in this country is clearly broken. So the government decided to get into the health insurance business and runs things in much the same way as the companies. Way to solve the problem! Could we see actual gun control legislation on federal level? Maybe, but it is hard to imagine it. If Sandy Hook wasn't enough to generate legislation, I'm not sure what would be. Would gun control legislation look anything like a repeal of the 2nd Amendment? No. They can't even get a universal background check in place.

I meant 19-24.

I always considered Animal Farm a book for children, I find it interesting, that most people don't (?) I read it in middle school, and then again as a middle school teacher. It was a vastly different book the second time, and I appreciated it much more. On the other hand, Catcher and the Rye was a bit of the opposite. In High School I read it and was enthralled and fascinated, as an adult I read it and was saddened. I read catcher in the rye in high school and thought it was garbage. You know what else is trash? The Burn Journals and The Perks of being a Wallflower. I had to look up both those books. They were published after I was in High School. I am now going to guess that your age range is 19-22. I still remember when a professor at my university spoiled the ending of Catcher in the Rye. I simply did not catch on to the fact that the whole narrative is being told while in the confines of a sanitarium.

I always considered Animal Farm a book for children, I find it interesting, that most people don't (?) I read it in middle school, and then again as a middle school teacher. It was a vastly different book the second time, and I appreciated it much more. On the other hand, Catcher and the Rye was a bit of the opposite. In High School I read it and was enthralled and fascinated, as an adult I read it and was saddened.

Yeah, I doubt that. They can't even get a background check through. You really give the democrats way too much credit.

Maybe I'm just not as young as I used to be, the bacon gives me heartburn, and the fries go straight to my hips.

As someone who worked a brief stint as a security guard while in college, I can tell you that Paul Blart is a brilliant character study of the private security archetype.

Aging hippies have every right to be curmudgeonly.

I got about 6 minutes in. I think I deserve recognition for that. Maybe a cookie.

I never finished, so I'll happily start up a new game later this summer. I stalled right before California, I think.

Griffin might not even be the best player on his own team.

Davis is a better defender. Griffin has to show he can put it together all season long before he gets a serious nod. He has the tools, and has improved tremendously this year.

I haven't tried the demo, but I've definitely lost a lot of confidence in the project. I pledged $75. I will not be putting more towards it. I get that it is difficult to budget this stuff. I was expecting something low tech and indie looking with some fun dialogue, and I think they want more, which has put them in a bad spot. I don't regret the bid, I think it is a fair price for a bit of reminiscence of my childhood favorites. The Space Quest team seems to be stuck in a similar state.

Unions are very powerful at local levels, for better or worse.

You guys have some weird ideas about Hilary Clinton. I am not going to vote for her because of her pro-corporate stance and because I'm tired of these entrenched politicians running the country, plus she has not shown an ability to work across the aisle. She is, however, an incredibly hard working politician. She went to like every country as secretary of state. Seriously. Also, who cares if she is a ****? All presidents are ****. That is a qualification. Jimmy Carter wasn't a **** and look what type of president he was.

Hah, the Gaddafi interview actually makes me like her a bit.

The Republican Primary looks like it will be messy, again. I don't think that is good for them. I think Rand or Rubio would stand a good chance against Clinton. The rest I either don't know enough about or know that they are crazy.

Dangit, that does look pretty cool.

This statement always bugs me. If you don't like how people live there are a lot more options than that. You can peacefully protest, you can organize awareness campaigns, etc. You can work within the confines of the law to make progress. That is a wonderful thing about the US.

It's pretty dang clever, really. The idea that you can bring your toys to life in the game is really awesome to see. My kids are basically living in the future.