Thank you. You definitely praise me too highly though. My main impetus for writing that reply was for the humor sake of it. (I admit it, I laugh or chuckle at my own writing...not from an ego sense, but rather from an "I'm easily entertained, like a middle schooler" level.)

I think it all comes back to the Golden Geek Rule: Don't Be A Dickbag and I think it applies equally to both sides:

I haven't paid attention to the lockscreen ads. I look at the lock screen just long enough to swipe it away.

I haven't paid attention to the lockscreen ads. I look at the lock screen just long enough to swipe it away.

This method received FAR more publicity and notoriety which is well worth the investment.

By plain white rice, I hope you mean steamed white sticky rice...at a minimum. There are so many varieties of rice out there. Just about anything is better than the bleached plain white one. (See if you have an Asian Market in your area or within driving distance. If not, how about a CostCo or Sam's? Maybe a…

I was responding to: "[...] when MS and Sony do a super-awesome meta-game as a promotion... oh, right, MS and Sony don't do super-awesome meta-games."

Mountain Dew / 360 "Every 10 Minutes" promotion gave you the option of redeeming codes during any "ten minute interval" of your choice... so I redeemed it late at night when fewer people were playing and I had enough codes saved up to have a 50/50 chance. The same thing that people might be doing with this Steam…

A week or two ago I won a year of Playstation Plus from a Sony Playstation Meta game...so really you're only half right. Oh yeah, and there is the XBOX 360 I won from the Every 10 game promotion where they were giving away a 360 every 10 minutes when you could win it before it was released. (Of course that 360…

I've learned two things about my rice cooker that helps. First off, yes it does take a while to make good rice in the rice cooker.

My father used to make pancake pie at home growing up, on occasion, on the stove top. It was always VERY tasty. This is a neat spin on that memory. Thank you.

lots of cars with transponders will let you program a third key you have two good ones start with. Buy the key yourself online (eBay), get it cut and program yourself. Even if you can't program it, you've got a spare cut...

many vehicles with transponders will let you program a new key yourself if have two good existing keys. This is far cheaper to make a third yourself than to have a dealer or locksmith make a second key. You can often get a blank transponder key online far cheaper. I have a local small hardware store cut it for me…

"And instad of just letting it go" —- When you point the finger at someone else's poor writing, INSTEAD three fingers point back.

I think we need a turrets test. Yes, yes I think we do, damn it. Fart!

The term Apps meaning Applications has been around far longer than smartphones. Apps means applications on smartphones. They really aren't that different.

Can I have a pizza please? I don't have a story to go with it, but if I get the pizza I'll gladly write a story for it. (Length and subject of my choice.)

Goku's an angry little munchkin

"this is still a complete non factor for me. " — Just because it is a non factor for you, the conditions and perceptions are completely different for other people. I'm sure there are plenty of things that you find important that many other people could care less about. That's one of the neat things about having…

Given the choice between looking at a female character or a male character, I'll choose the female character. It's not a big deal, but when there is a choice that's what I'll pick and it really is that simple. You are trying to read way too much into it. If you don't play RPGs and mainly play FPS, then of course…

I don't "roleplay" as a woman, but I will unapologetically choose an attractive female character for a local game for the simple reason I pick a character that I'm going to enjoy looking at for the next 20 to 40+ gaming hours.