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Like I was telling Peter, it's more brawler than shooter. It's a lot like a Hong Kong action movie.

I believe it is, Joe.

It's more of a brawler than a shooter, and you play as an undercover cop. The story is really good. I'm not a fan of the GTA franchise for the simple reason that I don't really enjoy playing as a criminal. There's actually a part in Sleeping Dogs where Wei Shen is doing jobs for someone and he tells the guy he's done because he has moral issues with what he's being asked to do.

I was lucky and got it for free with Games With Gold on Live. I'll eventually get the DLC, I'm really not ready for the game to end. 

Out of this World...is that the same one that is on that Interplay compilation I had?

Have fun at the beach house. I'll be looking forward to seeing pics.

We mostly had reruns of old cartoons in the 70s. The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, that sort of thing. But one of the stations out of Boston had Star Blazers, and I used to rush home from school for that one. By the 80s, my parents had decided TV was evil and didn't allow us to watch anything other than PBS, if we were lucky.

I remember local shows. We had a guy named Uncle Gus who hosted The Uncle Gus Show. My dad took me and my older brother to a live taping once and my brother was picked to answer some question. I was maybe five at the time, so I don't really remember much about the experience, just that it seemed better watching on TV than in the audience.

I managed to save more than I initially thought I would be able to. One thing I found that I thought had been lost before the garage and basement fiasco and was able to save was a set of books my great-uncle had given me that were his when he was a little kid. Kind of one of those general knowledge/literature/poetry things that were really popular back in the day. I first learned about a lot of Irish mythology from those books, as well as a lot of cool poetry like "In Flander's Fields" by John McCrae. That poem is the reason the poppy is the symbol for Veteran's/Rememberance Day.

Yeah, that's kind of the way I'm looking at it. Better some than none.

I've been to AZ twice, and really liked it both times. The plants and animals fascinate me, they're so different from what I'm used to.

I spent my weekend being social. Group sing in New Hampshire on Saturday, and spent the day with Jason's parents on Sunday celebrating his birthday. Also got some play time with Sleeping Dogs.

OK, I've now seen the shirt. And people really do have way too much time on their hands. One of the things people are saying is that it might discourage women/girls from entering that field. Seriously? If that's all it takes, then they aren't all that interested in the first place. Yes, the shirt is tacky, yes, it might not have been the wisest wardrobe choice, but it's not even close to the worst thing I've ever seen.