It is the 80′s teen movie experience in one DVD collection! OMG, I feel a pajama party coming together! 
High School Flashback Collection (The Breakfast Club / Sixteen Candles / Weird Science)
To be honest, Weird Science was one of my most favorite movies growing up and The Breakfast Club… I mean who didn’t find something to like about it.
As many Americans, I see Christmas as a time of tolerance, charity and great generosity (and consumerism). One of the greatest gifts a person can give to their fellow man is respect. I do believe respect should be earned but some level of respect should be charitably given just because. I believe a fundamental way to show respect to someone is to try to understand their side of an issue.
The passing of Proposition 8 was a very sad day for me and my loved ones. In many ways it took the joy out of the election of Barack Obama. Now it is clear that many people I know and love are upset with the choice to have Rick Warren speak at the inauguration of Obama. And I think it is absolutely fantastic that he will participate.
Obama promised change but made it clear that change will come because of our effort. That just can’t happen when only likeminded people discuss issues. If the other side is not invited to the table to talk, why do you think they will listen? Tolerance and understanding only can come from inclusion. We need Obama to invite the religious right to be part of the dialog. The left needs to be more inclusive or we will end up dividing this nation like the political right had so deftly done for the last 8 years. We are in this together, for better or for worst.
I watched this talk by psychologist Jonathan Haidt about the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. The most dramatic point I got from this talk is that we need each other and that if we don’t include the other side into our debates and decisions, we will fail as a nation.
Newly released is the G.E.C.K. (or Garden of Eden Creation Kit). The G.E.C.K. allows the community at large to create, modify, and edit any data for use with Fallout 3.
Download at: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/geck.html
Visit the G.E.C.K. Wiki for help and tutorials:
http://geck.bethsoft.com
For those who have never played Fallout, it is basic premise that World War 3 happens. The depth and richness of the post apocalyptic world of Fallout 3 is immersive and completely addictive. All throughout the world there are bits and pieces of pre-war world which was a throw back to modernized 1950’s America. The whole pre-war world is very tongue and cheek and the violence in the game is just as over the top. Through the use of giant bomb shelters call vaults, sold by the Vault-Tec company, your character’s ancestors survive. And as the game starts, a hundred or so years later, you have to help save the people of the wasteland.
Beyond the main plot there are many story lines and lots of side adventures. You can ultimately explore the whole world as you advance in skill (level). While adventuring you talk to various people and your deeds give (or take away) Karma, depending on your Karma rating, good or bad, the world treats you very differently. Fallout 3 still keeps the interactive aspects and character building of previous versions with the addition of a first person option for more real time action. The old turn based combat is still available functions well.
Fallout is a throwback to a game I used to play called Wasteland. If you want to see some old screen shots check this out:
http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=GameMuseum.Detail&id=209
I recently moved my web hosting to BlueHost.com. This process has been about 4 week in the making. It was prompted by my last hosting provider breaking my word press database which then did not allow me to update it any more. 
They never did get it fixed, thus the new server.
So far I really enjoy the services and the speed of their equipment and network. I have not had any issues yet so I have no idea how good their customer service is but it can’t be any worse than midphase.com (my last provider).
So if you had wondered why I have not updated in a while, this is a big reason. And I would be lying if I said Fallout 3 did not contribute to my lack of free time. Either way, I hope to start the blogging again soon.
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