A discussion about the poor (people on Welfare or Social Assistance).  I've seen people complain about these people living 'above their means', and I have to wonder - what does this mean?  For example, if you're on welfare, is it considered 'living above your means' if you have the following?
1)  A flatscreen TV.
2)  1 or more computers.
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What the hell is this crap?  Seriously!
The Victimization of Lara Croft
So, guys can't 'get into' Lara Croft.  So, rather than let you play a strong, smart, capable woman, they want to cater to your 'protection' instincts by making her vulnerable, get beat up, and goddess help me, put the threat of having her raped into the game.  What the hell.

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Part of a reply I made in an earlier journal entry involved the Monkey Sphere -- the human inability to consider more than a limited number of people as individuals and important.  The less important someone is, the less they're considered an individual, and the more they become an archetype or character than an actual person.  They're not ( Read more... )

See me?
This is me going over the cliff.

Kevin checked the fonts in the PDF, and everything seemed 'okay'.  Then he took a second look, and noticed that his Times New Roman was different than the type used in the document.  (How's that?)  So, I sent him all my fonts, and he looked online for the TNR font.  He found it, installed it, tried to ( Read more... )

So, Batman's coming back.
And so is Captain America, of course.

( Spleen-Venting: On! )