Fatherpeteus

I would love to join in, if there's room! Go Bears!

Love that keyboard!

If I were a business major, I would want to write a thesis on motivating Gen X/Gen Y employees (who are notoriously difficult for Baby Boomer managers to reach) using lessons learned in WoW. It intrigues me that players are willing to pay to farm murlocs or wipe on progression bosses over and over and over, when the rewards are no more tangible than pixels on a screen and virtual power-ups. I've toyed with the notion of rewarding completion of a big project with a chance to RTU for a flat-screen monitor or ergonomic office chair...

Haha awesome

Fee!

Nice find GG!

looks pretty cool Fifi!

It might be more interesting if she included a teaser/sample from the book, so would-be donors could be captivated by her writing style. Or, you know, hot pics. She could steal randoms from porn sites or w/e, I'm sure they'd still get some nibbles!

The thing is there's no reason you can't have your Krispy Kreme without trans fat. It doesn't taste any better, or whatever. I gather the really nasty side-effect of trans-fat is heart attacks in people you would never think were unhealthy to look at them. They might be young and skinny, and then suddenly drop dead from a coronary occlusion. IMO, "OK in moderation" is for stuff like salt, carbs, calories, sugars and such that you actually need. Stuff that has significant downside and no upside, I'm cool with banning.

You mention wine, and yeah, I'm sure some would suggest banning it too, but that's a very different deal. As you say, wine is good for you in moderation. It's getting drunk that's bad for you. There's nothing about trans fats that is good for you. They are just a way cookie manufacturers and fast-food outlets cut corners to save money.

Calories in > Calories burned => Weight gain. And yeah, call me a flaming liberal or whatever, but parents who stuff their kids with ho-hos because they've trained the kid to be addicted to sugar and now it's a fight to make them eat anything else... I wouldn't say that's bordering on neglect. I wonder, what would the landscape be like if full-on junk food was treated like alcohol and cigarettes, made illegal until a child reaches the age of majority? I mean, obviously it wouldn't prevent them from rushing out to McDs on their 18th birthday... But at the same time, how many would have learned to appreciate healthy eating? Not to mention just plain getting a good start - A better chance at being healthy throughout their life?

Until I get out of this god-awful shiftwork job, it will sometimes conflict with raiding no matter what night we choose. I do have some flexibility (i.e. I can say no, I'm not working this Tuesday), but of course that has the downside of not getting paid. There's always a catch! Ball has started, and by next week it will be on to regular Mondays and Thursdays, with occastional Tues/Weds/Fris. Most games I can get home 8:30ish though, if I need to, but some of the Mon/Thurs games are late. So long story short, Sat and Sun are the best nights for me, Tue, Wed and Fri are high-percentage nights, and Mon and Thurs are probably 50% ish. Until I get out of this god-awful shiftwork job. Did I mention that already? O_o

That last pic is priceless

I have a screenshot (of Rotface down and our corpses piled around him like logs on a funeral pyre... or something! (And the three or four survivors running in place - lol) I'd be happy to email it to someone if it's of use!