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I'm surprised how many kids fail PE in High School nowadays too. My wife tells me she has about a 60% passing rate, granted she is at a tough school, but that is really sad. An example of an assignment is doing a mile in 10 minutes. You can get that done with a slow jog, and kids still fail it!

I do get new students every year There is a chance that my artists will change with the seasons, which will be a shame. But I'm enjoying it so much, I plan on spending my free time this summer trying out some graphics programs and purchasing a drawing tablet.

I'm going to be running my first actual storyline in about two weeks as part of Zombie Appreciation week. I've also added a like button to the site which...does very little. Apparently there is also a plugin that will link the like button with your facebook account, so you press like and it shows up in facebook or something. It sounded a bit invasive, actually, so I haven't decided whether to give it a run. I've got an open competition going in my classroom for a header and banner design, so those should be up by next week.

The video mentioned that he hadn't urinated or pooped since he had been at the hospital either. Again, it's about unlocking the potential of the human body. There is that one guy who can swim around the arctic ocean because he can control his body temperature, why can't a guy control his metabolism?

Last week I watched a sidewalk performer jump on a bunch of broken glass without cutting his feet up. I'm not saying this has anything to do with faith or spirituality. I'm saying the human body has way more potential than we tend to realize. This guy probably didn't decide one day that "Hey, I'm going to stop eating and drinking." He probably spent years lowering his metabolism and conditioning himself. Do I think he's gone 70 years without food and water? I think it is unlikely, but I'm not going to dismiss it outright. A Kangaroo rat can go it's entire life (3-5 years) without water by the way.

You seem like a pretty skeptical person. How is that working out for you?

It's a solid developer tackling a classic IP, I'm not sure why it shouldn't get the benefit of the doubt. I'll save my skepticism for Jagged Alliance 3.

That actually sounds pretty great.

I was thinking about transcending the need for physical sustenance as well, but I really dig a good cheeseburger. This doesn't surprise me though, with proper mental training you can overcome all sorts of physical obstacles. This is a pretty amazing one, but people have been doing it for a long time.

Where I grew up, the whole Mormon aspect of Boy Scouts was not ever mentioned. I'm sure it's more of a regional issue as to how religious the Scouts are. I believe being an Eagle Scout automatically puts you on the path to being an officer, as does a college degree or participation in ROTC.

The Giants have a bit of a weak #5 guy in Wellermeyer, but I like your confidence! 1-4 could basically be #1 guys for half the teams in MLB. But last night they lost after Lincecum allowed 1 run over 8 and a third innings, so it's not a perfect situation in SF.

I'm not really sure what to expect from the Giants. I know they are going to be over .500 unless something really goes bad, but they really are a roller coaster team when it comes to winning games. They've got some big holes and there doesn't seem to be any way to fill them. I have no clue what happened with the Padres.

It was taken down. I guess Costco got all upset and is doing an audit.

This is usually where my predictions go south

I'd argue that sci-fi is the current king of movies. Star Wars, Avatar, Star Trek, The Matrix...these are gigantic properties.

Ok, hopefully I can stay hot. East: Pittsburgh over Montreal in 6 - The Pens look like they are rolling. Halak might steal a game or two. Boston over Philly in 7 - This is a hard one, but I've always been a Bruins fan. Marco Sturm will get a game winner in OT at some point. West: San Jose over Detroit in 6 - I'm not going to say anything about how the Sharks have overcome their post-season issues. I think they are a deeper team than they have been in the past, I think they can play physical and I think they will get a lot of shots on Howard. I think Detroit is more vulnerable than they have been in the last couple years as well. Chicago over Vancouver in 6 - I really am surprised by the play of Luongo, he will need to dominant to beat the Hawks and he hasn't shown that ability in the post-season.

GUN was pretty good. The Western genre isn't dead, it just isn't the behemoth it once was. There are also quite a few modern Westerns out there, I'm really enjoying the new FX show Justified. There are also spades of successful Western mini-series in the last decade or so. Blockbusters may be few and far between, but that has more to do with the rise of sci-fi.

I just got it on Blu-Ray. It looks fantastic, easily the best Blu-Ray showcase movie out there. Didn't they crop the Blu-Ray version? I read this on some Amazon review:

I just got it on Blu-Ray. It looks fantastic, easily the best Blu-Ray showcase movie out there.

It does look hilarious. There is nothing wrong with making fun of terrorists. They are absurd people, they are perfect fodder for satire.

They forced a game 7 against the team that reached the finals in the last two years. They are young and should be able to build on this for next year. You know, the usual cliches But seriously, they made this series way closer than I thought it would be.

Both Bioshock and Oblivion were very solid, playable games. These things come down to taste. Also, both those games were rather engaging out of the box. It took me about a dozen hours to start really seeing the flaws. Reviewers have deadlines that they have to meet, so I can understand the high reviews from that perspective. It's really just a flawed industry, the whole games review publications. I don't blame the the writers for the scoring system, although the terrible writing is their burden to bear.

Ever since I moved to the country, my broadband has been pretty miserable. Online gaming is basically no fun anymore. Someday I'll hopefully get a decent connection for more backstabbing.

Sure, any game with stellar reviews is going to be solid. The big thing is having a clear grasp of what your tastes are and how they might conflict with a reviewer.

I'm enjoying the heck out of the single player campaign as well.