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I have no idea. I did go to DisneyWorld about 16 years ago for a High School Robotics competition, but I don't remember much about it. It's actually about 3,000 miles away, I'm much closer to Disneyland. GD is your best bet, since he lived in Florida. But he is out in the wild right now. I'm a little surprised your conference isn't at the Epcot Center? That isn't actually in DisneyWorld, just nearby.

I stopped worrying about being good at games like two decades ago. Just play to have fun.

They were playing that Gungam style song last night at the Dodgers game as well. It is huge right now.

I don't really consider finishing GTA games to be the point. For me it is more about having a fun sandbox to jump in and cause mayhem for awhile. I've never finished a GTA and it doesn't bother me at all, I still buy them.

So Swedes don't eat penguins for breakfast? Is it more of a dinner course?

I don't think anyone does that anymore, at least successfully. I'm pretty sure every teacher has caught on at this point. We actually take classes on how to teach students to use internet sources properly, how to go deeper than wikipedia, how to sift through all the trash online, etc.

Check your system warning log. Your computer may be shutting down to prevent overheating. That's why he was jumping in the water

The funny thing is if 20 years down the road, this health care plan has helped fix some of the glaring issues, the name Obamacare will be a positive thing. I mean it does have merit, giving oversight to insurance companies, making sure almost everyone has coverage, etc. The concern is whether we want the government being in charge of oversight and selling insurance, and forcing all business owners to have coverage. It's complicated

You are pulling a lot from a small blurb, and it shows a real lack of knowledge about how schools actually work in the US. No matter how stupid the legislators are in a state, the teachers are still holding college degrees. All this means is that teachers have to tread carefully around subject areas like evolution, you aren't going to find any credentialed science teacher in the country simply ignoring it. So relax, kids will continue to get all that close-minded garbage where they always have, in the home. You also don't seem to understand what the Republican party leadership believes. These are not dumb guys. Romney has this to say about evolution and education:

The Bourne Legacy - Great action, good performance by Jeremy Renner. It was a very solid movie, and it didn't feel odd without Damon. But the ending was abrupt. Like, oh, that's it? Ah well, I look forward to a sequel.

The graphics and gameplay remind me of Age of Decadence. I might back this. How are they handling the actual exploration? I imagine they aren't going to lock you on a hex grid the whole time when you aren't in combat.

Loved the first and fully intend to get the second. But am going to replay the first beforehand. I'm not sure why that would be unexpected, the first was a surprise hit and had a ton of buzz in the media.

I would say mediocre is a good way to sum up Obama at this point, although I prefer ineffective. There are positive things happening in the US. The housing market has stabilized and is on a slow recovery in many areas. The job rate has slowly improved. The economy is very slowly moving forward. None of these things are happening fast, and it looks like natural growth rather than anything the President has done. Foreign policy seemed to start off strong, but has really stalled over the last couple years. The budget is a mess, and it has been a mess for awhile. My problem is congress shares responsibility here, and Romney is in congress, so if he can't solve the problem form congress, why would he be better as President? It's a lose lose situation. People flip out about Obamacare, but that is stalled out too.

I actually thought we were talking about comic book movies, I misunderstood what Orogun was saying. The only people I know still reading comics are adult males in their 30's.

I'm pretty sure comic books have jumped way past the teenage entertainment genre. They are mostly family entertainment, or summer action entertainment. They are hitting a very large audience right now, and you have the more adult tones of the recent Batman's and the Watchmen, plus you have the more family friendly tones of Avengers and Iron Man. They haven't really been focused on the teenage demographic for decades.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution looks better than that. I kind of looks like Alpha Protocol, really.

Awesome, I never played it like that

I thought they brought in the terrible singing kid so we wouldn't feel too bad about them being potentially blown up. Kind of like a mercy killing.

Back to work today. It's been a nice long summer.

I'm not surprised by the Blizzard thing at all. Awhile back, my WoW account got hacked after being inactive for years. There was no leak on my part, I even changed passwords and emails and it happened again. It was clearly a problem with security on their end, but they just kept repeating the same stuff about it being my issue. Luckily I'm not really a fan of their games, so no real loss on my part.

While Hunger Games isn't exactly adult entertainment, it isn't the Twilight series either.

Tax rates are already at historically low levels, btw. I'm all for lowering government spending, but the solution needs to be a mix of cutting costs and taxing effectively.

Just saw the Red Dawn trailer. Guard Dog will be upstate when the scary North Korean paratroopers land. He will dig a hole and drink heavily until they go home. xD Sounds like a typical weekend. We really need to save some of this material for when he gets back

Did you see the original? Is was also super silly, but it had Patrick Swayze so all is forgiven. Now I want to watch Roadhouse, dangit.

Wait...they don't go to Mars? What the heck?