I think she's getting more interested in politics and the health care issue. She didn't want to see SiCKO at all, but I finally begged her to watch it with me. When my DVD burned copy died half way through, she had me fire it up on my laptop so she could watch the rest ( Read more... )

I'm continuing my "Play the old games sitting about I haven't played". I finished Golden Sun 2 over the weekend, and now I popped in Fire Emblem.

Girls with giant lances riding pegusus? Cute. Brown haired leggy girls with long pony tails and swords? Hawt.

I was watching the news this morning, and flipped over the MSNBC just out of curiosity. They were having their morning show which consists of Joe Scarborough and other people I haven't heard of yakking about the news.

Mr. Scarborough then goes off on a rant on Joe Biden. Basically, Mr. Biden said this:

I spent last summer going through the ( Read more... )

I have no idea how realistic this is, or what would happen ( Read more... )

Me:  Honey, I'm hungry ( Read more... )

"They will experience an adventure beyond imagination!"

What the hell does that mean?  Didn't somebody have to imagine this adventure to make this game/movie/book?  Doesn't it then make it - you know, *within* imagination?

Just drop the line altogether.  Stop it.  Seriously.

 I love the sniper rifle.

I love that you can buy map updates from the merchant guy.

I love that you can use the sniper rifle, and shoot two of the zombie villagers in the head with one shot and blow them both away.  That is so fantastically col and useful, I don't know where else to go with that thought.

If you haven't heard aboout the upcoming Nintendo DS game "Dokidoki Majo Saiban", you're probably lucky.  Long story short:  you search for witches by touching them with the stylus on your DS to find their "witch marks".  Oh, look - cheerleader girl might have it on her thigh!  Oh my ( Read more... )

I played Resident Evil 1 when it hit the Gamecube, and thought it was interesting but very flawed ( Read more... )

I am - not pleased with my country.

Especially when we compare it to others. We even spend more than they do, and get worse results! It seems that we do *not* have a true "market system" in place for health care (see "Medicare can't negotiate for drug prices" - how the hell is that even in the capitalistic system?).

*Sigh*