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I guess I really did to the point where I don't use Reddit anymore, check Facebook maybe once a day, silence Twitter people that keep foisting that kind of stuff on me and generally maintain a bubble of silence regarding such things. That way I can enjoy things knowing its on my own terms and not the product of being bombarded into submission by internet repetition.

Agree wholeheartedly, recently played the GBA port for the first time which added some Yoshi coins. Was fun seeing the same levels with a slight SLIGHT twist to them. Still haven't completed everything in that version of the game, think I missed one of the alternate completions in World 6. I really feel its the best Mario game. They avoid some of the formula (specifically, no dedicated ice world. Why have a garbage world that isn't fun to play?) and Yoshi has never been better in any subsequent title. Biased horribly I guess, too many hours playing it in my formative years, but I still stand by that game being profoundly fun which can't be said of all games from that era.

I actually recently ate flowers at this quaint little lunch place nestled in a garden park near here. They put them in my beverage and garnished things with them and it was kind of great. Velvety and nice. My main course was ratatouille which was also very herbivore-friendly. And twas grand. So indulge that craving, you may enjoy what you ingest quite thoroughly.

According to the Wikipedia article on the film, George Miller had a plan for That was in 2010 then so who knows what will come to pass. If it doesn't earn its budget back though, none of that is likely. Glad someone else saw it and liked it round here.

Saw the latest Mad Max yesterday. Really, deeply impressed by it. Just a purely focused action/chase movie that expertly paints a really large mythology in 2 hours and packed with some incredible sights and sounds. "Awesome" is a word that describes it, "Metal" is the word I keep thinking on as it was just such a delightful cacophony of insane things. Skulls on everything, psychotic bald dudes spray-painting their mouths before dying fantastically in car chases. Non-stop car-chase, effectively. The main truck is always rolling. I only saw the original and most of The Road Warrior prior to this but I suspect anyone wanting to see something unlike anything else ought to see this one. Anyone interested in it? I couldn't find another topic about it and it opens today (saw the advance Thursday screening yesterday) so it seems there isn't a TON of hype for it. Regardless, I think its worth a look. On a big-screen if possible. I want sequels. So bit of cajoling going on. But dude...what a ride.

Well, when I was a Christian I read it every night, kind of in a fevered state because I felt I had to after a chapel visit from the Gideons. Ended up reading through it a couple times that way over the years, high-school mostly. Come University it was regarded as a pretty fundamental book as a lot of poets and authors allude to stuff in it, but the angle on it was MUCH more casual. It was a book. With ancient stories, often with moral dilemmas and lessons, kind of like fables. Throughout university I started to regard it more as that and not-so-much as the divine word of a vengeful and jealous God. Now I'm an atheist, still have it on my "read" shelf and I think back on its stories sometimes. I'm glad I have it in my mental lexicon but the circumstances by which it got there weren't exactly ideal. Maybe I'll read it again with a cooler head someday but its a hefty one.

There kind of is more of a connection between them than some are acknowledging as Skrillex first started getting a lot of attention opening for Deadmau5 and some of his first stuff was released via mau5trap, Deadmau5's label. I found deadmau5 first and his album Random Album Title helped me finish a big essay I was working on at the time. Plus I really enjoyed that YouTube video of him playing Ghosts N Stuff in a huge club in Toronto. So, I am definitely partial to the work of Mr. Zimmerman and have seen his antics live twice whereas I've never seen Skrillex perform. Skrillex's stuff fits Burnout Paradise PERFECTLY though, but then again, Deadmau5 makes the time trial mode in Mirror's Edge way more fun. But Skrillex provided music for Spring Breakers, one of my favorite movies of 2013. AND that song he did for the Mortal Kombat album was PRETTY good. But I love silly masks. So Deadmau5 still wins. And I've quite enjoyed both, and its cool that some of you haven't, but I have. Don't like Minecraft though, and Mau5 got weirdly obsessed with that. Sorry. Mau5.

Pretty lame Pinkie sense I admit, but i feel I have a pretty accurate internal clock as I'll tense up shortly before an alarm I set is about to go off. I have to know how much time it was set for though, but shortly before it goes off I kind of mentally register that time is about to be up and it interrupts whatever else I was thinking about. Example, set a timer for 8 minutes because I'm baking a pizza, go sit on the couch and press play on a movie or TV show. 7 minutes and 50 seconds or so later I'll...you know what, I bet statistically this only happens on rare occasions but I like to imagine I have some weird ability or power because I grew up watching Star Wars and Luke Skywalker has rad force powers. I'm a pretty normal dude I reckon. Pinkie is so great.

I don't actually understand most of your original post, but having just been subjected to two collections of Supernatural clips with next to no knowledge or interest in the show...maybe super-fans should be extremely enthusiastic amongst themselves and recognize social cues from people they are hanging out with that this isn't especially amusing or entertaining to the party present? That's specific to the point of being mean regarding this specific instance, but I don't bear ill will towards this person, I just would rather be indifferent about Supernatural rather than having it thrown at me lest I start to actively dislike it. So maybe, tone down the zealotry? Recognize the show you love may not be for everyone and back off at a point. i was crazy zealous about MLP for awhile but now I kind of quietly enjoy it and keep it to myself.

I have grown a bit self-conscious about my cursing habits as it is something I judge other's intelligence by and I feel like I should hold myself up to the same standard and expectation. The media issue OP mentions is a definite factor I've grown aware of. I feel a steady diet of aggressive video-games and movies has made cursing a habit for me, I'll often blurt something out and then feel immediately stupid, especially at work. In the context of talking to a parent or when talking to strangers I will refrain from using that language almost automatically, but when I'm in comfortable company my worst habits surface.

Russett's are the go-to potato around here, they bake well and are decent in a stew or whatnot. I know the topic was favorite potato recipe but I'm glad it went into breeds of potatoes (is that the right word?). My first job was in a produce department so think about them in those terms. Heard the maritime provinces have some strange red potatoes.

This actually prompted me to look up the name of our local amusement park's roller coaster. The VORTEX at Calaway Park, which is a very small coaster so they run you through it twice each time you ride (at least that was the case when I was a kid). In hindsight, it is a very tame coaster but I was pretty scared first time I rode it. Main concern was my glasses flying off in the upside down bit so I held my hands up to my face so that wouldn't happen. Probably not a valid concern but I was so convinced it would happen.