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One of my employees resigned on short notice. So now I have to find a new one. Also we're heading into our peak period. Which means I probably won't be able to conduct a job search until mid-January so now I have to force other people to do the job load of the now departed employee for 2-3 months. >_

Nothing like looking forward to doing a new job search... ...6 months after you did the last one. Nothing like losing a good employee... ...just as you hit the busiest time in your schedule and need all hands.

I dunno, I think it has potential. Script by Paul Dini, directed by production designer Robert Stromberg who I think has a very good visual eye. Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning can both act so...potential there.

Maleficent Trailer -

Well Under the Skin is based on a novel, so I imagine it's going to be - more or less - what the novel is + whatever Jonathan "Sexy Beast" Glazer brings into it...

Not watched the videos, but that light on Avellone on GhoulishVisage's screen shots make it look like he's glowing. I think he might need some RadAway.

Learned a new word today - rapproachment. Thanks Wals!

"Night of the Doctor" prequel mini-episode to the "Day of the Doctor" Anniversary special -

Hope it wasn't already posted here.

AFAIK furries don't use real fur in their costumes. I'd imagine killing a billion rabbits to make a rabbit costume so you can go squiffing would be a bit traumatic for the furry involved. Could be wrong, not really up on furry culture.

*ahem* Furry (pl furries) - people who identify with and/or dress up as anthopomorphic animals Furrier (pl furriers) - One whose occupation is the dressing, designing, selling, cleaning, or repairing of furs

Eh...no mention of methodology or sample size so I'd take it with a grain of salt. Even with that, they somewhat misrepresent the study even from what is known; the researcher categorized things into three categories - pleasure, meaning, and engagement then used those three categories to create a best and worst list from how some unknown size/makeup of people texted about what they did and how they ranked it (so it appears the group may have been self sampling too). Caring for Children was #5 on the best list. The worst list included "recovering from sickness", "Washing" and "Facebook". How these compared across all three categories isn't reported, but I think the categories are inclined to skew the results.

Its because adult men feel a need to justify why they like things perceived as being "childish" because society expects them to put childish things behind them when they reach adulthood and start providing for families leaving their only avenue of self expression being to paint their torso in two colors as a way of showing support to the local teams on game day. RE: the thread in general - I wish there was more depth on why these are super-great "epic games" instead of listing games and slapping up screen shots. Also I really think its hard to justify a list of "most epic games" which includes games that haven't been released and thus the epic/lack of epic qualities are entirely impossible to evaluate.

There's a Porche SUV? Isn't that like the car equivalent of a mullet hair cut?

What the hell does "lesbian car" even mean? That it dates other cars? WTF? I guess this is some sort of weird twist on the car as a status symbol - now it "tells people who you are, really" or some ****?

Well its not a terribly good film, so I couldn't recommend it without reservation. If you have a high tolerance for low-budget sci fi films, war films, films in which people do really stupid things...maybe.

You can't copyright a design, as far as I know. You can trademark one, but I'd think you'd have a hard time winning an argument that the CoD:G imagine is infringing on Darth Nihlus' "trademarked image" without it being on a mask of a character. As an apparently spray-painted design on a wall alone, I don't see it being easily argued that there is confusion of brands - intentionally or unintentionally.

I'm older than you.

Yeah I enjoyed Machete Kills pretty well too - unfortunately I think Machete Kills Again...In Space could be in jeopardy based on poor box office. I watched THOR: THE DARK WORLD which I liked a lot. Good follow-up to the original, liked how they advanced the characters and scenarios. It was well done over all. Later I watched THE MUTANT CHRONICLES. Low budget sci-fi WWI via steampunk mash-up war film with Thomas Jane, Anna Walton, Ron Perlman and a cast of people making short cameos (hello John Malkovich) in a low budget production done primarily in green screen. Taken on what it gives its kind of fun up until near the end when all of the characters succumb to terminal (or near terminal) stupiditis. And is it just me or is Sean Pertwee aiming to be the guy who dies in the most modern genre films?

Happy Birthday!

That's some sort of new sexual euphemism then, is it?

Thing about pedestrians is they're harder to predict and more mobile because they can change direction, start & stop, etc quickly. Mind you the problem with 18 wheelers is that they're very big and less mobile and slower to stop so essentially you're always screwed being in between those two end posts. At least here they do sensible things, like make it a law to stop for people in crosswalks. And then put convenient bus stops at the cross walk so, in theory, bus riders don't have far to go if they have to cross the street but the practical result is that no one knows if the people are waiting to cross or waiting for the bus...

I didn't mention eating the seafood - I said they were working there. Sea Bass at the counter, spearfish at the grill, etc. Bruce's analogy applied to Guard Dog's theorem would be "Don't go into a Chinese restaurant if they sell kielbasa."

Looking at the enlarged photo I'd say piercing.

I tend to follow that eating etiquette as well. For example don't go to good seafood restaurant and expect killer spare ribs. Wouldn't the correct analogy to Guard Dog's situation with a seafood restaurant be "If you ever go into a seafood take out joint and there are no seafood working there, just turn around and leave"? A spare rib analogy would be "Don't go into a BBQ Rib joint if there are no pigs there".