The company my mom works for used to do company picnics in the cheapest places possible. It was usually one step above potluck. Now they don't do anything at all. Meanwhile, the company my dad works for had awesome picnics at the local theme park or wildlife park without any pressure to actually interact with the…

The brain is a fickle organ, my friend. But if we combined ours together we could do all of the puzzles!

This happens to me all the time but with stuff they do make smaller packages of. Whenever I'm baking I always seem to end up at the store when they're out of the two-stick boxes of butter so I have to get the full 4 and end up with 2.5 sticks that I'm going to forget about.

It is a pretty good feeling. Though there's also the matter of finding the right nerd/geek for you as well. I had a couple exes who played MMOs or whatever while I did not. It wasn't usually an issue unless they were playing while we were supposed to be doing stuff together.

The Japanese show they cut and paste Power Rangers from.

I guess that's part of why I'm dating a fellow nerd. I don't expect him to give up his hobbies and he doesn't expect me to give up mine since we pretty much have the same ones (except he's a sentai guy and I'm a not-sentai guy so there's that). But hey, you can't necessarily expect to only date someone who is…

Totally agree about the business stuff. Trying to start one is like trying to climb a mountain with some floss and an toy hammer so some real-world, truthful advice would be nice to see.

I actually like the logic puzzles more than the physical or spatial ones. I usually find the "Who's Lying?" or "Who Is Person X?" puzzles easier than trying to imagine the sides of a cube when it's unfolded or those goddamn matchsticks from the first game.

What I don't get is why it's so pricey. Where I live really doesn't have much going for it and yet prices are as high as it if were a major city. Just existing in a sort-of-close proximity to SF apparently justifies high prices? Higher building costs means higher housing costs? Gremlins?

Well them seniors gotta have fun too I guess! XD

I agree that how it looks is important. If it looks like a dump why would you want to spend money on it every month or come home to it? If you can afford to live somewhere that is either at least decent or where the landlord would allow you to upgrade stuff out of your own pocket I say totally go for it.

I've painted many rooms so I'm used to it and know how to do it. It just seems like a lot of landlords are against you making your space aesthetically pleasing.

As I look for a decent apartment here in the Bay Area (which is impossible if you aren't rich), this is something I've been dreading. I've been in apartments that friends rent and it's -always- the same situation. A horribly outdated kitchen, a bathroom that seems more at home in a seedy motel, cheap doors, and…

I work in the print industry and this kind of stuff happens a lot when clients don't look at their art proofs. We once had a client print a senior citizen community newspaper ad with the wrong phone number... it went to a sex line instead of whatever health care line they were trying to inform people of.

Go us! XD

Exactly! Civilization is perfect for us. I've also found "slower" games are okay. I've managed to play the original Knights of the Old Republic okay since combat is quasi-turn based. Though anything other than that I tend to ignore or play a console version of.

I use it to sign in/out of my normal account and my blog account. Other than that I just use the omnibar cuz it's the future.

I'm missing half of my left arm! Which, in a way, isn't as bad because I can use the elbow and what little of the arm is past the elbow to control analog sticks and somewhat control D-Pads. But like you I've found some recent games impossible to play. I'm never picking up Kid Icarus because I physically cannot play…

I walk for exercise but I absolutely hate it. I think knowing there's a start and end point is what makes me hate it. I notice the pain in the ankle/calf area, I feel like I'm not going fast enough even though the pedometer says I am, and I just want it to be over with the minute I start. But this past weekend I…

Right? My last two reviews were glowing but I have negative interest in this position/company. Sadly I can't think of anything else I could/would want to do so I'm stuck.