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[Flying Dice]

Went to see A Place in the Sun. Woo for changing obviously outright evil person (whacking someone over the head with an oar to drown them) to a scumbag/kid without a proper upbringing who was maybe guilty of setting up the circumstances that, through the action of another, resulted in their death and the guy frying in the chair. Still a scumbag, but not deathrow quality scumbag, just two-timing lying scumbag with no self control.

[Frumple]

Cherry coke green tea! Cherry coke green tea! Wheeheeheeheeheeeeeee!

It's taaasttyyy.

[Vorthon]

I'm growing a beard. I missed having facial hair to fiddle with.

[miauw62]

30 pages since i last visited, you guys have been busy. discovered that our hotel has free internets
I also have a notebook or whatever to use for a bit, but its a qwerty and well, a notebook.
Vacation has been awesome! always sun and sometimes clouds, the one day that it rained early we were in Italy, in Merano, wich is a town i really like.
The best part is that it isnt over yet! Still 4 days to go, and some friends just arrived in the hotel.

[Itnetlolor]

Shark Week has started. Still wanting to go swimming though.

[Loud Whispers]

Got to see the marathon, and free food.

FREE BARBECUED FOOD.

[Vorthon]

Almost caught up on webcomics after two months of almost no internet. That makes me very, very happy indeed. The only archive binge I'm dreading is for Drowtales.

[Heron TSG]

Shark Week Month has started entered its third week. Still wanting to go swimming though.

Fixed that for you.

[Itnetlolor]

Shark Week Month has started entered its third week. Still wanting to go swimming though.

Fixed that for you.

Right. Forgot about all the reruns. Being the 25th anniversary doesn't help either.

At least it's different programming for the time being. I was getting tired of gun shows.

[Vorthon]

Holy shit. Shark Week's been around for 25 years? That's news to me. Of course, about the only reason I watch the Discovery Channel nowadays is for Mythbusters, How It's Made, the occasional special presentation (Preferably something to do with astronomy or paleontology), or, if I'm really bored, Cash Cab.

[Aqizzar]

Holy shit. Shark Week's been around for 25 years? That's news to me. Of course, about the only reason I watch the Discovery Channel nowadays is for Mythbusters, How It's Made, the occasional special presentation (Preferably something to do with astronomy or paleontology), or, if I'm really bored, Cash Cab.

I don't even know when MythBusters airs anymore, as it seems to be constantly preempted by "Where are the Gold Diggers boys off to this week?" and retrospectives on Deadliest Catch.  Of course, it's been running for nine years itself now (holy shit indeed), and it only seems to be in-schedule at all when there's new episodes a couple times a year.

[Hanslanda]

That is awesome. I got Dr. Pepper on my brain cuz of that.

[Solifuge]

Holy shit. Shark Week's been around for 25 years? That's news to me. Of course, about the only reason I watch the Discovery Channel nowadays is for Mythbusters, How It's Made, the occasional special presentation (Preferably something to do with astronomy or paleontology), or, if I'm really bored, Cash Cab.

I don't even know when MythBusters airs anymore, as it seems to be constantly preempted by "Where are the Gold Diggers boys off to this week?" and retrospectives on Deadliest Catch.  Of course, it's been running for nine years itself now (holy shit indeed), and it only seems to be in-schedule at all when there's new episodes a couple times a year.

I was recently reintroduced to cable TV after several years away from it... and am a bit shocked at how much worse the programming has gotten. I tune into the History Channel and see hour upon hour of shows about aliens and ghosts. I tune into the Discovery Channel and find a 3 hour special on Mermaids some fictional specialists from a fake branch of NOAA discovered. Surprised by this, I bounce over to the "SyFy" channel, wondering what programming was left for them to show and ... wait, what is WWF Smackdown doing here?

There's a reason the entertainment industry is losing its money and viewership to the Internet, and it isn't piracy.

Anyway, back on topic; my Dad and I went out this afternoon to some old glacial mineral deposits in a big, wild area near his house. There, I got a crash course in metal ore prospecting, and the unique glacially-sculpted geology of Michigan. We nerded out about such topics as how plants growing in different areas can indicate information about the history of a region, and what minerals are in the soil; for instance, horsetail reed grows where there are high concentrations of silicate minerals in the soil, and iron ores and gold can often be found with such formations. We even found a bit of gold in an awesome sedimentary projection left over from an ancient riverbed. It was a pretty fun afternoon.

...also yes, I'm one of those people who had a rock collection growing up, and knew what Schist, Gneiss, and Microcline were long before I played Dwarf Fortress.

[Aklyon]

There's a reason the entertainment industry is losing its money and viewership to the Internet, and it isn't piracy.

People keep saying that, but they don't seem to be getting the point.

[Bauglir]

There's a reason the entertainment industry is losing its money and viewership to the Internet, and it isn't piracy.

People keep saying that, but they don't seem to be getting the point.

There's more'n one. Convenience, quality, and price all tend to be superior.