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Given that I don't see any goji beans, I figured it was a goji bean paste to make it a goji bowl. EDIT: Or maybe the brown stuff is chocolate covered goji beans...?

*Backhand slap* Don't even joke about something like that! *Grabs archangel's lapels and pulls him face to face* I came here to escape them and their BSN! I won't go back I tells ya, and I won't let them turn this into another BSN! I'll blow us all up I will! I swear it! *Suddenly the ground starts to rumble, and off in the distance can be heard chanting. You can make out some of it as "Tali! Tali! Tali!" from the Talimancer contingent, but you can hear other chants too, equally blood curdling chants* Oh god, it's too late, they heard you! *Pulls out detonator* I had prayed this day would never come... *Someone suddenly bursts in* Bioware Fan: "Can I romance Durance????!!!!!" *Flintlock Jazz pushes the button* Narrator: "In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe, lies a medium-sized star, and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead." "They will dissect you! And they will kill you! In that order!" Hmmm, I have a weird desire to watch "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" now.

Kleb had a certain kick to her, I'll give you that...

Methinks Gromnir just wanted to post pictures of Honey Rider and Jinx...

It was a joke. Those were people defying other people, what did the bay defy to become "Defiance Bay". Its not funny when you explain it.1 1Cue claims of "it wasn't funny before you explained it either".

The internet tells me he was born in New York, grew up in New York and Connecticut. It was when he was injured playing football in Iowa that he switched to decathalon.

You mean other than the natural question "Who or what was the bay defying?"

Gilded Vale makes sense to me. Gilded means "covered in a thin layer of gold; wealthy or privledged". Vale is another term for valley, so its very close to saying "Golden Valley". Sounds like the kinda name you'd give a place if you were trying to attract wealthy settlers. That said, every time I see "Bîaŵac" I read it as "bivouac"...

Well folkloric vampires were often depicted as bloated corpses, essentially a form of revenant; usually an evil person bound to their corpse by their evil deeds and spirit.

I think Vampire in Welsh is Fampir. No V sound in the celtic based languages and the "y" is probably used in the same way that vampyr is sometimes used to express the specific "i" sound. All this discussion reminds me a bit about complaints about Planescape's slang. To which I can only say: "PoE ain't so dark a cutter can't tumble to the cant. No need to go foaming."

It probably is fair to point out that Ghoul is taken from ghūl the original arabic word for the creature. It isn't that much of a stretch to see the "h" dropped to follow the naming conventions of the world. It also should be pointed out that place names often carry over use from other languages. The Chatahoochee River comes from the Muskogee name cato-hocce hvcc not from English and if you drive in Wales the sign on the road for the town ahead could say Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch not "Parish Church of St. Mary in the Hollow of the White Hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the parish church of St. Tysilio with a red cave". So calling place names by the Glanfathan names would be very likely, I'd think.

Maybe - and I know this is a really shocking idea - no one is actually butthurt, but instead just expressing their personal opinions as best they can over their respective feelings towards playing PoE and how that relates to other RPGs they've played in the past. Hahahah...who am I kidding, right?

This sounds like a trick question, used to lure our leader out of hiding. Run! Run! That said, in PoE, the main character always speaks regardless of who actually approaches the target. Wished it'd always be the PC approaching on a speak click to make that clearer, but not really a big deal.

I'm guessing Drakensang:River of Time? Isn't Drakensang based on The Dark Eye, which would be Das Schwarze Auge (DSA)? I admit Drakensang was my first thought and DAS could just be a typo...

Yes but plagues are a bacteria causing illness, not a parasite so not within the scope of the question asked. By comparison Pasmodium berghei and toxoplasma gondii are both parastic protozoans

Helminths (tapeworms, roundworms, etc) can infect rodents. Plasmodium berghei has thicket rats from africa in its life cycle. The cat parasite mentioned above toxoplasma gondii can infect rats and make them lose their fear of predators.

Cell phone records indicate he wasn't on his cell phone texting or calling. Manslaughter hadn't been ruled out (and still hasn't, AFAIK) because even though he was under the speed limit, there were questions on whether he was still driving too fast considering the traffic ahead of him.

Better safe than not.

As far as I know the investigation is still ongoing - haven't heard anything one way or the other about that accident. Edit: Last News Stories i could find: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bruce-jenner-dodge-manslaughter-charge-crash-article-1.2171873 http://www.ibtimes.com/bruce-jenner-car-crash-victim-kim-howes-family-reportedly-looking-legal-action-1867966

As an aside, toxoplasma gondii can cause toxoplasmosis which can kill those with compromised immune systems and babies. Pregnant women should limit their contact with cat's fecal matter to avoid inadvertantly infecting their babies.

2 Episodes into the 1st season of Bates Motel. Promising so far. Like how it feels like the films (although so far it feels more Psycho 2 than Psycho) even with all the changes.

Pretty sure whether the person was "locked away" (much less treated) would be highly variable depending on whether the person was still functioning in society and/or a danger to themselves or other. A person who feels a kinship with Napoleon, buys Napoleonic things, dresses as Napoleon in their spare time... perhaps even thinks they were Napoleon in a past life but who holds a steady job, has not trouble with the police and doesn't intend to conscript an army and conquer Europe would probably be ignored by the mental health profession in the US. Are you saying that transgenders are basically cosplayers? That or you try to diminish the argument about mentally ill people who truly think they are for example Napoleon (not fans, not cosplayers, not comedians, a sincere belief and acting on this belief). I think you really insult mentally ill people by comparing them to mentally healthy cosplayers. When discussing a serious issues like mental health we should at least try not to derail the conversation to absurd territories. No, in answer to your question, I am not. What I am saying is that 9 times out of 10 a fully functioning person with mental illness is going to be treated privately according to the current standards of care OR they're not going to be treated at all because they haven't done anything actually criminal to trigger forced treatement upon them.

Of course; I'd never argue anything else. Mind you I'd argue a Spiritual Successor can be completely different as well (David People's SOLDIER and BLADE RUNNER for example - set in the same universe, similar themes but different movies). Heck an actual successor can be completely different as well, depending on how the story goes.

You may have noticed we're dealing with a tad unreliable narrator here. Or at the very least one that's most certainly not unbiased. Harlan Ellison is a raconteur; I think if you've ever heard much of him you'll realize he exaggerates for effect. But he's also fairly blunt in his interactions with people too.

Fair enough, I'll agree that "Spiritual Successor" can be nebulous; that said I'll argue that PoE touting an attempt to craft an homage to the Infinity Engine games would mean more than a brief nod.