...looks really good, Mikey. It's too bad Hugh destroyed the database that had all the really old posts. It would be fun to read those again. I remember having some kind of silly fight with Devlin's younger brother of all people, but I can't remember what it was about.

You're right, there are very few of us still left around in these parts. Which reminds me, it's been 5 years now, isn't there supposed to be a high school reunion or something? Or does that only happen at 10 years and 20 years, etc?

Heh. Stone, that green muck inside of the lobster can be one of two things, I think. If it's just a little, it's probably the guts. If there was a lot, you, my friend ate a female full of legs. Either way, I don't think you're supposed to eat that stuff. Mwah hah. And now I want lobster.

Hey, I TOLD you that you could suck my dick. But alas, you didn't believe me. Sometimes the warn button can be fun, you should try it sometimes. I really don't use the warn button that often, except on special occasions. It's really a rare thing that I use the warn button. Kinda like getting a blizzard in the middle of August, or waking up with a third testicle. Or Calliander not complaining and bitching about something. Very rare.

So Speaks The Gatekeeper...So It Shall Be!

I'll thank you to kindly suck my dick, Calliander.

So Speaks The Gatekeeper...So It Shall Be!

I believe that there's an easy solution to this whole discussion of concert tickets and their inherent worth. ANY form of entertainment is relative to the individual. If one believes that such entertainment is worth a certain price, then it will be spent, bottom line. Granted, it may not be practical in the eyes of society (or maybe just our little group) to spend $10,000 on a concert ticket, but if the spender is willing to accept the consequences of the expense, and if the expense is truly worth whatever price, then so be it. Personally, I feel entertainment is a luxury to be indulged in when I'm able to afford it, and sometimes I spend when I necessarily "shouldn't" or can't afford it, but hell, it's my money and I'll do what I want with it.

So Speaks The Gatekeeper...So It Shall Be!

All your base are belong to us.

Windows has its ups and downs, and so does Linux. Personally, I despised KDE. It took up too much memory and ran too damn slow. Try Gnome instead, it pretty much looks the same as KDE but doesn't suck away your resources. I've been using Windows XP since I got my new Dell back in February, and I can't remember a single instance where it's crashed on me. Buggy, yes? Horrible, not really. We still use Windows 98 at work, and I'm ready to murder someone because of it. I've also had no problem with my Dell hard drives, so you either got a very defective one, or you spilled something in it and aren't telling us. :)

But anyway, are your drives separate, or was Windows physically on a different drive? Because if you're using a partition, I'm sure you know that you can mount your Windows drive in Linux and get your shit back.

So Speaks The Gatekeeper...So It Shall Be!

So this person has fucked you before, and you still gave him or her the honor of your friendship? An old saying comes to mind. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." A scumbag that acts like a scumbag should be no surprise, and it is also not worth all the effort and emotion you're expending. Cut the loose ends, and leave it at that.

So Speaks The Gatekeeper...So It Shall Be!

Thank you Stone, for your opinion, and for posting the link to an article. And while I'm sure it's a lovely article, and I'd love to read it, New York Times doesn't want to let me read it without a membership. Do you think you could cut and paste the article?