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Runekeepers are pretty awesome to watch at the high levels, you've got lightning strikes and fireballs galore.

Downloading the Monkey Island remake, it's rather large!

I watched Harry Potter too. I agree with Aristes, the first two put me to sleep. But overall the last four have been decent. I think the problem is the first two were adapted from short books, and they put in everything, whereas the last four were long books, so they just took the crucial stuff for the movie. It's also fun watching the kids grow up, and luckily none of them turned out trollish.

If you're male, porn is a pretty brutal business unless you are distributing it.

I'm back home, so I've been playing LotRO a bit. My new house can only get satellite internet, so my latency is up in the 1500 range. Basically I do something, and I wait about a second and a half before it happens. Not unplayable, but a bit annoying. I'll be around though, so hopefully I'll catch up with y'all.

I'll wrap up the trip, but no more pictures. Day 16 - We drove through Reno to get to my uncle's house. Reno has really grown over the last 5 years or so, it's really a major city and has all the big chain stores. Reno 911 is going to have to find another town to lampoon if they keep growing like this. One thing that fascinated me when driving through Nevada is the brothels. I mean, I didn't stop in any obviously, but its the only state in the US that allows prostitution. I was surprised that there weren't more billboards though, I mean the casino signs are everywhere, but I imagine there are rules as to how blatant you can advertise for sex. Day 17 - We went out in the desert highlands in the morning, very beautiful. My Uncle's house is out pretty far in the desert, and I think next time we visit I'll try and learn to ride a dirt bike so I can explore the area more. We drove home from Reno and got there at about 8:30. The RV is a bit of a mess and we are out of clothes, so we are happy to be home. It was a great trip :D

It's a pretty amazing game, but it is not for everyone. Whereas most MMO's try and disguise the grind and treadmill effect of the genre, Vanguard embraces it full bore. You can create your own boat, but it will take you months to mold each piece and all that. Still, the scope of the game is epic. Huge world, with tons to do.

I don't care if you are reading a novel or a comic book, as long as you are reading I'm happy. I'm more concerned about the folks who get their entertainment solely from movies, TV, and video games.

Yes, and the American taxpayers are the ones paying for the health care, so if something can be done to cut down on those costs, I'm supportive of it.

The Shakespeare stuff sounds good, maybe when Skylar is older. Day 15 - We started the day off with a train trip from Virginia City to Gold City (which is not a city by any means.) It was a short ride, but my daughter was extremely excited to ride on a choo choo train. Then we went to an old school house that was in remarkably good shape. It was built in 1876 and was designed for over 1,000 students. It graduated its last class in 1936, which is when all the mines in Virginia City had started drying up and the town started to become another Ghost town. It was saved in large part due to the show "Bonanza" which was based on Virginia City (although shot in LA) and it raised tourism enough to restore the city. It's a fantastic place, we got to tour an old mine that was actually at the back of a saloon and an Opera house that was very impressive. Tomorrow we were planning on heading home, but we decided to stop off at a relative near Reno for the night. So one more day.

I'm on Windfola. -EDIT- Hurlshot, how did you get your character info in your signature? It's on the LotR website, under your forum account information. http://forums.lotro.com/profile.php?do=editsignature That might get you there, you choose your character, choose a picture, and then you get the html code to post it on any forum.

Twilight - Worst. Anne Rice - Bad, but not THAT bad. Harry Potter - Meh, nothing great but not as bad as the others. Every time I read the statistics about how many people become elective non-readers by the end of 12th grade, I throw up a little. So really, I'm happy about all three of these successful writers, because they have convinced people to sit down and read a book.

Because the "employer" is also the "government". They were actually talking about a company that enacted a non-smoking policy, I believe. But I fail to see what your point is with that. The "government" is still an employer.

I enjoyed Fallout 3, but it's a shame that every time I try to read up on one of these threads, they are filled with whiny posts about Bethesda. Seriously, it is time to move on TwinkieGorilla.

Congrats on your new brood Kor

Have you played Fallout 3? Because I noticed that originally when I played Oblivion, I was ok with it, but when I tried to go back after F3, I really couldn't take all the terrible NPC's.

Anything that stimulates an entire generation of young people to pick up a book and read is awesome. So I'd probably say Anne Rice.

Day 14 - We had a very long drive through Nevada, and google maps also sent me down a closed road at one point, but we arrived in Virginia City. It is a very interesting place, the whole town is a historic landmark. It's a pretty amazing Old West town, and tomorrow I'm excited to explore it all. Our RV park is interesting, there is an odd mix of permanent residents and vacationers. They put us right next to the historic cemetery, this is literally the view out my back window.

That's not a very nice thing to say... Heh, my wife thought it was funny. I'm really not serious at all, I'm very happy to be weighed down :D

It's a little odd to create an account on a game developer's forum and start a thread on something fairly random, and not take part in any other discussions. Rosbjerg, thanks for the offer! Unfortunately I've got a wife and kid tied around my ankle like an anchor, and my days of staying on the couch of buddies is over. Plus I spent a lot on my RV and so I'm locked into that as my vacation means for now. Maybe when the kid (and whenever we pop out a second) are older we'll plan a Euro vacation.

Not true. Liquor is. That's arguable. There are many health benefits to having a glass of wine or a beer a few nights a week. One cigarette a night probably is going to be more positive than negative, but how many smokers limit themselves to one? It's a highly addictive substance, much more than alcohol. But hey, I already went into the fact that, yes, everything can be unhealthy. You chose to cut that out when you replied for some odd reason. Why are you so keen on justifying smoking here? It's a very unhealthy habit, that is not an opinion. Sure, argue that it is a personal freedom, I can understand that, but this health stuff just seems like living in denial. My sister was a smoker for a couple years. She was trying to kick crystal meth, and she found that cigarettes were addictive enough to help her get over the drugs. So there is a positive use of cigarettes for you.

I've seen Jim Carrey pull off some solid acting in movies like The Truman Show. I believe he started off his career as an actor and moved into stand-up because he found more success there. I wouldn't ever call Will Farrell an actor, and I doubt he sees himself in that way. He's a comedian pretty much full-time, just not the stand up type. edit: Huh, looked up Jim Carrey, I guess he started as a comedian under Rodney Dangerfield. He also took three years to get through grade 10. I think he was homeless for a bit too.

Day 13 - Today was our last day in Salt Lake City, and we decided to take a tour of a candy factory called Sweets. It was crazy, there were sugared up kids all over the place. The tour was fun though, and we got to try some jelly beans before the candy coating is added. There were a lot of samples, and we loaded up on an assortment of candy for the trip home. I've never seen Skylar so wired though, she was actually running circles. We grabbed lunch at Arby's and I saw a pretty large guy bring this soda in...100 ounces would take me a week to finish. So tomorrow we cross the desert to reach Virginia City, should be a long drive, but we are getting close to the end of the road.

Thanks taks, I'm still really enjoying the Ska beer. I also went to Red Rock Brewery and had a sampler of the 7 beers they had on tap, it was a lot of fun and they were all very good. I guess it just isn't the season for Porters though. The next big trip I take, I plan on getting to Denver, because I really enjoyed Colorado and would like to see more of it.

Are we really trying to make the argument that smoking isn't bad for your health in numerous ways? I know that almost everything is bad for you in some way, but lets not kid ourselves, cigarettes are the unhealthiest legal thing out there. You don't even have to be the one smoking for it to damage your body! Until cheeseburgers start causing artery blockages among spectators, I'd stop trying to justify the health merits of smoking.