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Unfortunately it doesn't work that way most of the time, we are just too good at medically dragging out the lives of people in poor health.

I'm very excited about the Giants this season. The toughest part will be making the postseason, once they get there the pitching is so good that they pretty much shut down the other teams. That weird thing is how little buzz they get even though they've won 2 of the last 3 titles. Yahoo has them ranked 8th, which I just don't get. In the AL, I'm hoping the A's can continue surprising teams. Their success comes from pitching, they've simply got a great group of young arms, they know how to develop them, and so many of the AL teams have weak pitching. On the other hand, the NL has a ton of good pitching teams. I put the Nats behind the Giants until they win a title. The Giants also have a much better lineup than they did in 2011. Posey staying healthy is obviously a key, the guy has won rookie of the year and MVP, as well as two series in his two healthy seasons. But top to bottom this is a younger team with more upside than the 2010 team that won. The Dodgers are obviously making an aggressive push to win the division, but they have a lot of question marks and they definitely don't have the arms after Kershaw. So it should be a great season, I'm looking forward to it for sure.

I'm not sure how that's an issue, many of these kickstarters are going to be missing the release dates. Seems to be a lot of baseless speculation from people who backed it minimally.

Yeah HBOGo really needs to offer an independent subscription system from cable/sat. It is well worth $15 a month, but they basically limit their audience by only offering it to cable subscribers. Hopefully that changes in the next year or so, but they are afraid of ticking off the cable companies and don't feel they can compete with Netflix digitally.

I'd eat there for my upcoming hockey tourney, but I'm pretty sure my body would shut down if I tried to play after eating something from that menu. Although I'm definitely hitting up the Hofbrau for some decent sausage. That doesn't sound right, but I'm not taking it back.

I'm sure we all have things we collect, I've got boxes and boxes of books sitting in storage. But I've also moved about 5 times in the last 10 years, so it is hard to justify keeping too much stuff.

I believe Jon Basso himself is a pretty big guy, so I'm guessing he has bought into his own line on the obesity epidemic, which is to make light of it. I have a few overweight friends who really just seem to be completely accepting of their excesses. It's a bizarre thing, I hate the way I feel when I go more than a couple weeks without a good workout or when I eat a few unhealthy meals strung together.

Yeah, I'm a huge anti-smoking advocate, so it might sound odd that I wouldn't condemn this restaurant. But the smell of french fries isn't quite the same as the smell of cigarettes. On a personal level I'm anti-fast food, but I'd rather see these places change because their customer base is becoming more educated and health conscious than any forced legislation.

Like many things in Vegas, this seems like a fun place to visit once. People who eat there every day are exercising terrible judgement. It's not like the place is trying to conceal how unhealthy it is for you. I just would rather see people taking more personal responsibility for their health than attempting any legal junction on a business. Feeding the morbidly obese for free is a bit of a tough one, that might be going too far.

Actually it sounds like Ken Taylor has a legitimate complaint, given that even President Carter questioned the direction of the film. I get that it is simply a movie, and Affleck is the star so he is going to get most of the play, but it rubs me the wrong way when they distort the history.

I believe Bioware Austin handles all the TOR stuff, so I doubt Alanschu, who works in Edmonton and is involved in DA3, would have any more insight than most of us here.

WoD, this fairly deep into conspiracy theory territory. I know you are conservative and I appreciate your input on many of these debates we have, but this one seems a bit out of the realm of reason.

This isn't a political issue, it's one guy arguing with Caltrans. There are tons of veteran's memorials all over the state of California, so trying to turn this one situation into some anti-American conspiracy is ridiculous. Do you really think that Caltrans is trying to push some socialist agenda here? Come on, that's just not reasonable. I'm not sure if you realize this WoD, but I'm not a liberal. I vote for the best candidates available for the job, which means I typically split my votes between republicans and democrats. I look at all media outlets skeptically. You could really help yourself by being just as critical with the conservative news sources as you are with the liberal. Both sides have an agenda and spin news to meet it.

It was just another dull ARPG for me, never really got into it. I thought the Xmen games were more engaging for that type of genre.

I don't know if I agree, the success of services like GOG and PS2 Classics on PSN says otherwise to me. Though HD collections are still a cool thing and I hope the trend of good ones continues into the next generation of consoles. That is what I mean by 'the great stuff gets redone for the new generation'. GoG's older titles and the PS2 classics are modified so they can run on current tech. The price is usually negligible for these classics, so I see no reason to store stuff for years and years. The HD stuff is cool too, but it is usually more expensive.

That mural is in a park, right? This flag display is next to a park and ride? They are entirely different things. There are plenty of flags and memorials in parks all over the place in California. The electricity is a big beef, I agree with Caltrans that they shouldn't have to pay to light this display. I am sure he can find a better spot to create a monument, it sounds like he's creating a stir for attention. edit: Hah, they are complaining about a mural put up 40 years ago? Geez, let it go. It bears zero relevancy to the flag display. edit: Just looked it up, that mural is actually a few years older than Caltrans

While this sounds like a bureaucratic mess, bringing up the Chicano park has no relevancy to the situation. Is he trying to build this memorial in a park, because it is unclear where this is? It mentions a highway ramp at one point but then it sounds like they gave that up. Anyways, it sounds less like a conspiracy theory and more like a sign that Caltrans is a mess of an organization. Anyone who has driven on CA freeways or used public transportation can tell you that much is true.

Seriously, if Sacramento had more influence over my home than DC, I'd be in deep doodoo

Every time I go to buy a new console, I sell the old one. I've done this since I owned an NES and sold it to the kid down the street to get an SNES. There is just too much new stuff for me to worry about the old stuff, and as I already stated, the great stuff gets redone for the new generation.

You haven't played the DLC before? Nope, I'm not really a fan of DLC in general. I spent 60 hours on the base game, so I was ready to move on to other things. I usually wait until I get an itch to replay something before I worry about any DLC, and most games that never happens.

Decided to start on on the F:NV DLC, beginning with Dead Money. So far so good!

That does say a lot about your personality.

I used to have legitimate gripes with Steam, given that their offline mode was messed up and I had a spotty internet connection. But they have vastly improved that so I enjoy it as a service.

The MMO Browser one looks lackluster, Shadowrun Returns is the real gem.

After watching the Sharks last night, I found myself wishing the lockout had not ended.