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I'm uncomfortable with the unhealthy lifestyle choices he is making.

How on earth is that relevant ? Did you read what Calax wrote?

I don't think I've ever met a second generation Mexican-American that doesn't speak English, either. I said this earlier, multicultural societies take time to develop. Gromnir, I have no doubt you are correct. My point is more that Mexican culture is a huge part of Californian history. I don't think it needs to play second fiddle to American history. For example, Spanish and English are intertwined here, and trying to force one official language on everyone would be a step backwards if anything.

Except in California you have a history of Mexican families that goes back much further than most white families. It's not like when California was taken from Mexico, all the Spanish speaking folks just up and left. Those neighborhoods have been there for generations.

As if there weren't awesome driving games. Have you tried Carmageddon, Flatout, NFS: Most Wanted, Burnout: Paradise? Interstate 76. Seriously. Nothing that awesome has been released in the last 10 years. We are back in sync my friend. That game had more style than anything released this day and age.

The trouble is multiculturalism DOES work. It is difficult, and it can take generations to develop, and it requires tolerance and compromise from all sides. But very simply it is the right thing to do, and is really the only way forward in the evolution of human societies. The idea of building huge walls between nations is archaic.

If you want to ignore the DAILY news about recent killings, beheadings, suicide attacks etc. in the name of Islam go ahead. I also don't recall saying every Muslim was a terrorist so thats a cool story about your coworkers bro. This is why extremism can't be discussed. It automatically turns into ALL Muslims etc. If I had said that Catholic priests have a bad track record with pedophilia nobody probably would have batted an eye. Even if I had said that, I would have not been implying that ALL Catholic priests have this problem or that the religion as a whole should cease to exist. I wasn't even talking to you, I was addressing Boo and commenting on the fact that Rosbjerg gave a great response. You see, I have kids, and so I often start responding to a thread, and then get interrupted, and then I come back and finish it without refreshing to see if anyone else responded. So I guess that is another cool story, bro.

Rosbjerg said it better than I can. I have a bunch of Muslim co-workers and they haven't tried to destroy my culture or put me to the sword yet.

Well, I finally set up an Origin account and found that someone else had stolen my nick! Either that or I have an old account floating around. Ah well, I set it up to give the Battlefield 3 Alpha test a try.

I have that same issue every night. Except I'm startled awake violently by my children fussing in the middle of the night.

Amy Whinehouse. Or Winehouse. I have no idea who this is. Really? Huh, she won a few awards last year or the year before. She's kind of a jazz singer who hit it big, which I was happy about as it helped a lot of other jazz groups get some mainstream attention. Anyways the fame really put her on the fast lane to a rock star death. She was a bit of a mess from the start, but as her album got bigger, so did her problems it seems. This was highlighted when she was denied a Visa to attend the Grammies (or one of those music awards) in the US because of her issues. She had to phone in her acceptance speech. The folks here don't seem to have much sympathy for junkies, but I'm guessing they haven't had many people close to them struggle with addiction. While I didn't find her death surprising, I fail to see how it is a positive thing. The only hope here is that other young people will learn from her tragedy.

California is considered high at 9.25% sales tax. I really don't recommend Verizon. Two months ago I would have wholeheartedly. I have been with Verizon for almost a decade and they do have the best coverage. But last month my wife went way over our minutes. It was the first time we had ever exceeded them. They wanted to charge us $300 because we were 800 minutes over our normal limit. I called, and I was shocked that customer service really wouldn't work with me. As I said, I had never been over. They told me about all these programs that could have prevented the overage, like friends and family and monitoring online. They offered to increase my minutes. But they still wanted me to pay the $300. They offer a maximum discount of 25% on the overage, which still meant I was paying a lot of money. It was also going to cost about $500 to cancel my contract. When it is up in a year I plan on leaving. So I really recommend going with a different network. I have heard AT&T has great customer service, and a lot of other providers have programs to prevent you from getting killed by this stuff. For example, Sprint charges a flat rate of $5 for every 100 minutes you are over. Verizon is the most expensive of the the providers, and I always figured it was worth it for the large network, but after the crappy customer service I can't recommend them at all.

I have a friend who was paying pretty insane tax rates once his very profitable business took off, basically 35% which came out to around $200,000 a year. Still, he was buying Ferrari's and stuff, so it was hard to really sympathize.

What happened to us, man? You used to always be the negative yin to my positive yang. This whole open mind stuff is out of whack!

All the good looking Canadian women come to the US when they turn 18.

The portraits for me are a huge indicator of the personality of the game. Sure, Jagged Alliance 2 was amazing because of the strategic layers and the TB combat, but it was also dripping with personality. Each merc was unique, and that is what brought me back to it over and over again. In comparison, Silent Storm also had a great TB combat setup, but it wasn't a game I go back to every year. I also don't see what the portraits really have to do with the budget. Sir-Tech managed those nice hand drawn portraits with a pretty small team. Did they not hire any artists for the game? The faces look like they were handled by an intern. "Ok, add a mustache to this guy and a helmet to this guy, and that will distinguish them." Anyways, I would be plenty happy if the game was as entertaining as Silent Storm, although I have major concerns with the combat. I did think the trailer was pretty well done. But when you skimp on something like the portraits, you expose a lack of understanding about how important each individual merc is to Jagged Alliance. We have to stare at those portraits during combat as well, they aren't just on the AIM screen.

I get that too, usually when I'm asleep on my stomach. I wake up and feel like I can't move and I have trouble breathing. It's gotten to the point where I can kick my legs in my sleep and my wife will wake me up.

It felt more Indiana Jones movie than superhero movie. That sounds like a ringing endorsement.

I think Volo is closer to the Eastern coast of Canada, maybe Newfoundland. Kor and alanschu live around there, so that's pretty good company. I'd move there in a heartbeat if I didn't have a family. But I'm a hockey nut, so that's basically like speaking the native language. They don't have baseball at all? I'm sure there must be a minor league team. Canadian Football is also supposed to be a big deal in, um, Canada.

The BBQ went well. I'm thinking about making a trek out to Ikea today to pick up new dressers. My kid's dressers are falling apart, so we plan on buying new one for the wife and I and giving them our current ones. We've already bought part of the bedroom set, so it will finish the ensemble. I'm also thinking about getting a computer chair there.

That's just something you say to make yourself feel better.

I'm BBQing turkey burgers with blue cheese in a little bit for a few friends. Last night I played hockey, the good news is that I broke out of my slump and scored three goals, but the bad news is we lost 6-3.

Whats the "TRDS" part mean? Clearly Overseer's real name is Trudy, hence Trudys' Blue car.

I agree with that, the film really failed to portray him as menacing. He spent too much screen time gasping about his horcruxes and babying his snake. Luckily I felt everything else was done so well that it didn't bother me.

What you are suffering from is called Stockholm Syndrome. I really encourage you to seek out therapy. I tend to always take racism seriously, but I don't actually frequent the Codex, so don't worry too much about me.