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TheGratefulNed commented on Thawk6's group 'Stargate'

I, for one, haven't been disappointed at all with SGU. Sure, I'd like to see a bunch of new/unique Ancient technology and other things with the ship, new aliens (be they friendly, adversarial, neutral, whatever), new planets, etc. But they're stil...

November 2

TheGratefulNed commented on Thawk6's group 'Stargate'

I made that same comparison (Rush and Baltar) to my wife during the second or third episode.

October 28

TheGratefulNed replied to YorkshireNerd's discussion 'Thoughts about Opera 10'

Love it. Been running it for several months and there are only a few random minor features on some sites that I've had issues with.

October 7

TheGratefulNed replied to Rory Mitchell's discussion 'How Many Times Do you Tweet a Day On Average?'

On average, 0...and that average is an integer, no rounding up or down of decimal places was needed.

October 5

TheGratefulNed replied to Nathan's discussion 'Stargate Universe what do you think?' in the group Stargate

I didn't much care for what I saw of Lost, but am a big fan of Battlestar Galactica. SG:U definitely has something of a BSG feel to it and that might be why my wife and I are such big fans of it after only the pilot episode.

October 3

TheGratefulNed replied to Nathan's discussion 'Stargate Universe what do you think?' in the group Stargate

Saw it, loved it, can't wait for more.

October 3

TheGratefulNed replied to Tyler Brown's discussion 'WHERE, in the Constitution, does it give the Federal Government the right to handle Health Care'

If Congress were to pass a health care reform bill (including the creation of a public option system) they would be well within the powers and duties as laid out in the Constitution. Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and c...

October 1

TheGratefulNed replied to Tyler Brown's discussion 'WHERE, in the Constitution, does it give the Federal Government the right to handle Health Care'

So, as I said, before you go spewing bullcrap just because a country has "Republic" in the name, I would recommend doing more research on it. I agree! Now, if we can also get people to do the same thing with not comparing the Nazis (fascists who...

October 1

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What kind of geek are you?: Yes

Why do you consider yourself a geek?: Because I accept myself :)

How did you find out about our Geek community?: From my hot, geeky wife

What are your "geeky equipment" specs?: Tyan Tiger MPX 2466-4M w/ Dual Athlon XP 2100+ (which I modded to Athlon MPs), 1GB ECC DDR, 20GB 15,000 RPM SCSI HD; functioning Commodore 64; functioning TRS-80; various and sundry other PCs ranging from 8086s to P4s

Atari 2600, NES, Gameboy, SNES, Sega Genesis, Gameboy Advance SP, Nintendo GameCube

What do you want to be when you grow up?: If I have to grow up...a college professor

What makes you laugh?: Sarcasm, political/social satire, my son (when he's not driving me crazy!), Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, and many many other things

What is the thing in life you treasure most?: My family and friends

What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?: It's a toss-up...Balticon, Pennsic, boffer LARPing, LARPing in general and I'm sure ther are others that rank up there too

What do you do to entertain yourself?: Video games, TV, reading books, movies, role-playing games

Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?: Music: Grateful Dead, Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Rush, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Dresden Dolls
Movies: anything Monty Python, anything Mel Brooks, Boondock Saints, Star Wars (episodes 4-6), Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit (animated), Dark Crystal, more to come...
Books: Oh gods...this could be an entire webpage in and of itself...here goes. All of Tolkein's (and most of his son's) Middle-Earth related books, Discworld series, Dune, Prydain Chronicles (Lloyd Alexander), The Keltiad (Patricia Kennealy), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Ascent of Wonder, most things by Philip K. Dick, the handful of Vonnegut books I've read so far...the list goes on and on
Shows: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar: Galactica, Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Fraggle Rock
Artists: Jerry Garcia, M.C. Escher, many unknown people whose work I've found online
Games, Tabletop/Board/Card: AD&D, most old World of Darkness RPGs, Spades, Bridge, Hearts, Risk, Junta
Games, Video: pretty much the whole Zelda series(didn't care for Majora's Mask and there are one or two I haven't played much), Animal Crossing, Civilization, Alpha Centauri, Starcraft: Broodwars, Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (and expansions), Splinter Cell

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At 2:25pm on September 17, 2009, CodyBly said…: Ditto on the LEgo Voking dude ^_^
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At 4:12am on July 22, 2009, Ravneet said…: what are red shifts?

At 11:21pm on July 10, 2009, Souang Tellei said…: your lego viking is awesome. your comment on the prObama group is cool too. Last line of that hit home! wahooo!

:)Keallei