Russian Reversal also one of my favorite sexual positions.

I dunno, seems like we dodged a bullet. There would have been rife corruption here too. Maybe not on *this* scale, but I'm sure some enterprising souls at Blackwater or Halliburton or what not would have been on this like a pair of pants if we'd gotten the games here.

Please say they're killing Pirates of the Caribbean 5, please say they're killing Pirates of the Caribbean 5, pleaseohpleaseohplease ...

Meh. Maul's like a juggalo reject.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons . . .

No, I'm pretty happy with this: Chicago is an awesome city and really dodged a bullet by *not* getting the Olympics.

Way to grind stone without the bothersome distraction of eye or respiratory protection.

Indeed. Found this video of an average ios-game-hater here . . .

I sincerely and wholeheartedly enjoy playing video games on my ios devices and will in future purchase additional such devices for that purpose.

"It can take video games in general to a new place."

That is so much less of an important detail than you apparently think it is.

Again with the extraordinary lengths to get/get back a $200 item. What is it about 360's that engenders this weird irrationality in people?

Loved that one. That was like my sick-day movie when I was in first through fifth grade.

I guess. I don't really accept the formulation that our elected representatives are, in fact, better-informed than us most of the time. And yes, I believe that even though sometimes these referenda don't go my way. I am in almost no way a conservative and yet I really like the William F. Buckley quote that went…

By the Seven Gods yes, you are right. If you want to burn dollar bills, just do it and we'll all get to toast some marshmallows. Not like this city-destroying bullshit that is 'the Olympics'.

*Considering the law was put into place because of crowds of gays staging protests at the entrances of children's libraries and children's museums, waving flags, banners, and shouting "Gay is good!" and "its OK to be gay!" very aggressively at the kids as their parents brought them through the crowds into said…

Want to go broke, destroy existing neighborhoods, alienate your native citizenry and saddle yourself with dozens of money-swallowing white elephants for decades to come? *Bid for the Olympics.*

Sorta. In 2012, California voters did, in fact, approve a big tax hike. That has led to the state's finances now being balanced for the first time in a while.

*And as I come to a close on another one of the AAA titles I have worked on...*