The Gaming Den

Can I ask a question, Kae? Are you genuinely getting pissed that he went off on a tangent? If this is just something personal between you and Eagle, then hey, I'll just stand over here in the corner. Otherwise... I thought going off on utterly bizarre and obtuse tangents from the original thread is,...

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. My felt hat's off to you.

Count_Arioch_the_28th wrote:...also tend more often than not to be selfish as fuck.

Honestly, I think that applies to ALL human beings.

And squirells, too. Dirty little bastards.

Wang Chung? Everybody have fun tonight?

There is also a school of thought which says that all of the toxins and other unnatural substances that a mother has ingested throughout her life come out in the breastmilk, which is bad for the babies. I cannot verify this in any way shape or form, it's just "something I heard once". As f...

Ooh, I wouldn't mind having his hand up my...

NEVERMIND! MOVE ALONG! NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

Oolong? Pekoe? Darjeeling?

I myself prefer a nice Irish Breakfast with maybe a hint of Lapsang Souchong, but there is always something to be said for the glorious simplicity of "Tea; Earl Grey; Hot."

Oh, wow, that was in bad taste even for me. Even your retraction was questionable. Of all the senses that you could have evoked, the use of the word "taste" should not be anywhere near a statement about dog's-egg-caviar. Pardon me while I go vomit into a plastic bag and then leave it on t...

Darths & Droids not only made Jar Jar tolerable, they actually went one step further and gave the character a small slice of awesome, as is documented in the notations below this strip.

I'd like to "homeschool" my kids for the first couple of years of their life by traveling around the world and doing/seeing lots of stuff. I just don't know if my bank account can support that. I'm with you. We have all these plans to visit different parts of the US, and even the greater ...

One thing that I'm doing to help encourage my kids to think of the world in multi-cultural terms is having them refer to a country or language in that native language . Don't refer to Germany , call it Deutschland . Say that something is en Espanol instead of in Spanish (and also pronounce Mexico wi...

Hey PoliteNewb, a small word in your ear, if you please. First off, I appreciate your name, as well as your candor. I am in the (apparently extreme) minority in thinking that the Den could do without a little more courtesy and politeness. So don't take this the wrong way, but... Announcing who you h...

I'll admit I know jack about modern art. So if you'd, uh, use small words in your explanation, I'd appreciate it. My question is this:

What do you see as the difference between this toilet as modern art and, say, Warhol's soup can as modern art?

Isn't hypocrisy kind of a subset of being wrong? So let's say that his first skill is being wrong and lying about it, being a vindictive asshole is number two, and just flat-out being an ugly sack of shit is skill number three.

A piece of short-term advice, and also some long-term thoughts to plant in the back of your head. First: The first month is the toughest, as far as adjusting to the lack of sleep. One option for the midnight feedings is to take turns, since baby needs to be fed every 2.5-4 hours, depending. If it ta...

Greetings Phone Lobster! I don't believe we've actually met yet. I'd really like to get a chance to explain about some of the scum that seems to be floating in your beer. Okay with you? I've been a lurker here for a pretty long time, actually. I found this site because of the Tomes, no big surprise,...

Okay, so we all seem to be in agreement that sci-fi is frequently used as a thinly-veiled vehicle for a particular author's personal, philosophical, or political agendas. Nothing new there. Let me toss out another one: P Kindred Dick I've read, well, lots of his stuff in the past few years (no small...

Tzor, that is a downright scary piece of hardware. I imagine that carrying it around with you in the outside world has to prompt a few "Or are you just happy to see me?" kinds of exchanges.

I trust everyone had a wonderfully pleasant evening enjoying the stellar delight of the Perseid meteor shower tonight. My efforts were less than fruitful; despite my repeated entreaties to their better nature, I was unable to come to an accomodating arrangement with the mosquitos who inhabit my neck...

You forgot to mention that Joe the Plumber's name isn't even really Joe. So "Joe the Plumber" is actually "not-Joe the not-Plumber". Obfuscation and misdirection - he's a real American hero!

It's interesting you should say that. I've been reading a lot of Heinlein lately, and trying to piece together what his political axe to grind must be. The best I can come up with is that he believes in some sort of idealist libertarian paradise, where everything would just be roses and puppies if T...

Honestly, I know exactly how you feel. I used to be a huge fan of Card, which lead me to read lots of his stuff and find out more about the author himself. And then I got into all of this; now I'm not sure if I can stomach reading him ever again. I still think Ender's Game is a modern marvel of fuck...

Okay, kind of off-topic here ( or is it? ) but I've been accused of being a troll a few times now. Mostly by Roy, for what it's worth. Is this because I have an opinion which differs from the consensus opinion, and I don't always express it politely? Seems unlikely. Is an accusation of trolling an i...

How about we combine topics? Hitler and Ender in one handy essay.

And another essay related to the first, but more thought-out and less accusatory. This is the same link as the one in the second paragraph of the introduction to the above.

Okay, then. YOUR MOM IS A NAZI. There, are you happy now?