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by Jeff Hauze
Sat May 07, 2011 6:28 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Osama Bin Laden dead, time for the end credits?
Replies: 94
Views: 1030

Well Al-Qaeda have a lot more to gain from saying that he's dead and the Americans killed him than saying otherwise. Recruitment goes through the roof as a result. I'd actually agree with this a bit. I'd guess that in such a fanatical organization, the threat presented by being actively targeted fe...
by Jeff Hauze
Sat May 07, 2011 6:23 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

The extra information would by no means be proportional to the increases in funding, either, as the real gold mines of intelligence would be things that have been mined for years now already. I'm going to go with a little bit of yes and no, particularly to that last bit. In a general sense, yes, th...
by Jeff Hauze
Fri May 06, 2011 3:48 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

Crazy Elf wrote:Rhetoric now. Conversation is over.
Wait, so any of us that responded to you, even if we aren't the Module...you're saying that's all rhetoric and you won't respond? What the hell happened to you, man?
by Jeff Hauze
Thu May 05, 2011 4:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

So why, exactly, does the U.S. need to pour billions into intelligence operations back on U.S. soil? Did the creation of Homeland Security really give the U.S. more info on threats? I seriously doubt it. I think I'd probably agree with you, but not quite how that's phrased. I think you're in the ri...
by Jeff Hauze
Tue May 03, 2011 10:55 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Osama Bin Laden dead, time for the end credits?
Replies: 94
Views: 1030

Ten years!
by Jeff Hauze
Tue May 03, 2011 3:46 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

Bonefish wrote:Uh, they had some sex with dudes. I'm not sure how that applies this time, but let's work that angle.
Did somebody call me?
by Jeff Hauze
Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:14 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Texas On Fire
Replies: 17
Views: 274

Pdyx wrote:The governor in Texas is really more like a figurehead anyway. The Lt. Governor has the real power. It's unlike any other state. Please don't tell the rest of the voting public in Texas that though.
Really? I never knew that. That's pretty interesting, and more than a little strange.
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:08 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

Bonefish wrote:Jeff, you might not want to read this next part. I mention Rome.
LA-LA-LA-LA!
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Texas On Fire
Replies: 17
Views: 274

I'm assuming (hoping?!) that wasn't the only thing the Governor did.
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

A nation wide agency without much capacity to stumble upon local groupings and movements, or local agencies that deal with local groups all the time? Local policing is the best method for gathering intelligence on this sort of thing and always has been. Was this directed at me? If so, I'm not reall...
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 744

Let's look at how many different organisations are gathering intelligence in the US at the moment. You have the CIA, gathering external intelligence. The NSA, gathering internal intelligence. The Department of Homeland Security, gathering internal and external intelligence. The FBI, gathering inter...
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:17 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ideas for your next Shadowrun LARP
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Keep telling yourself that, Dorothy. Don't forget to click those ruby slippers together to make your dreams come true.
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:15 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 476

That actually sounds like a great deal, although I'm not sure about referring to black people as "colors" or buying them. I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to do that any more. Nah, it's cool. The guys in the white hoods on the corner of Main Street the first Saturday of every month say ...
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 476

While not random, box o' the greens and the colors is quite good. I pick one up every weekend at the local auction/farmer's market. $20 a week gets me just under 30 oranges, 3 cucumbers, 3 green peppers, a head of Romaine, four to six vine tomatoes, two packages of grape or cherry tomatoes, a 5 lb o...
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:50 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ideas for your next Shadowrun LARP
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Crazy Elf wrote:Hey, I like Chicago! When I went there everyone liked my comedy and they give me gigs... OH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE!
It's all good, I like the cavemen as well. They're just so much more butch.
by Jeff Hauze
Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:56 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ideas for your next Shadowrun LARP
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Crazy Elf wrote:Dude, this is terrible if it were made by cavemen.
I'm pretty sure I covered that with "made in Chicago."
by Jeff Hauze
Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:56 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ideas for your next Shadowrun LARP
Replies: 12
Views: 171

Wasn't it done in 1990? On a shoestring budget? In Chicago? Really not that awful in that context.
by Jeff Hauze
Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:14 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 965

Crazy Elf wrote:Umm... no I meant that. I was getting tired reading this threads, then I found you were nerds and I woke up and got angry.
It's a great thing that you have a house Asian to write these complex posts for you, jock.
by Jeff Hauze
Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:38 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 965

Crazy Elf wrote:I tired reading some of this thread until it became clear that you're all the biggest nerds in the world.
You forgot to get a nerd to check your post before submitting it. Silly jock.
by Jeff Hauze
Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:00 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2368

Crazy Elf wrote:Really? Then why the fuck did Two and a Half Men get eight seasons, hmm? Answer me the fuck that!
It was so mainstream it became non-mainstream. That or the tiger blood.
by Jeff Hauze
Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:41 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2368

Bonefish wrote:I think it was about 11 to 12 years ago.
Sure you're not confusing him with Nex? Nex was quite the anime fan back then.
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:31 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2368

You know, I still have to wonder, with all the shit you guys had to do in Ohio, why the fuck ya'l ldecided calling a 16 year old would be a good idea. I'm not complaining. Because Deev had alcohol, a cell phone, and phone numbers. That combination works to explain a lot of Bulldrek interactions off...
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:51 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2368

I remember when Sal like anime. :D And I remember incredibly depressing phone conversations with Wendigo, when he would call at all hours of the night. I also remember a phone conversation with a certain teenager that took four hours to finish a sentence, from a certain house party in Ohio. So don'...
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:13 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2368

Ancient History wrote:Some of us can safely say there is nothing we've ever done on Animalball worth saving, and I count the one time I entertained Paul and Crazy Elf thought I was funny.
And some of us safely can't. No need to cast aspersions on the rest of us due to your own problems relating to people. :D
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:12 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 965

Yeah, sure, until you're trying to tag someone while playing Modern Warfare. Really? I don't have a 5ms monitor. Mine's list at 10ms. I certainly don't notice any problems tagging somebody due to my monitor (or any of those problems 32 mentioned earlier). I have issues tagging people, but that's du...
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:31 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Solar Roadways
Replies: 9
Views: 112

I'd be curious how it would hold up to the hell that is winter on roads in the northern climes. Constant freezing, melting, horrific salt mixes, plows tearing roads apart every six months.
by Jeff Hauze
Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:27 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Netflix is hilarious
Replies: 1
Views: 39

Netflix is hilarious

Netflix says: "Suggestions to Watch"
Deadliest Catch
Because you enjoyed:
Sons of Anarchy
Yeah, first thing I think of while fishing...drug/gun running biker gangs.
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:57 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Drug Legalization
Replies: 11
Views: 181

Re: Drug Legalization

So yeah, you can TELL me I'm full of shit, but I've been living in close proximity to addicts since I was 10. So I think I can say, I know a few things about'em. The full of shit part? Yeah, not at you as a person, though I phrased that badly. The full of shit part was the "mostly mental addic...
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:19 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Drug Legalization
Replies: 11
Views: 181

Re: Drug Legalization

Sure, but my complaint isn't that the action is right because it's non violent, but that criminalizing the action when it causes no harm to others is bullshit. Plain and simple. I smoke pot: I don't smoke pot and drive, I don't smoke pot and operate heavy machinery, etc. I just smoke pot as a form ...
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:50 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Money Where Your Mouth Is
Replies: 8
Views: 147

So that's why I had to wear the bag on my head. I never should have said thanks, apparently. Mostly what the Module said, and for similar reasons. I've had direct, personal bad experiences with "charities" and their management. So I don't often give money out. The few times I do, it's typi...
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:57 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gay Caveman
Replies: 18
Views: 253

Crazy Elf wrote:Homophobe.
You're just angry that he never called.
by Jeff Hauze
Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:04 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gay Caveman
Replies: 18
Views: 253

Or an entirely appropriate Freudian slip.
by Jeff Hauze
Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:18 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gay Caveman
Replies: 18
Views: 253

That or the guy just had a good sense of humor. "You guys should totally bury me as a chick."
by Jeff Hauze
Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:31 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: [nWoD] Hunter: The Vigil
Replies: 5
Views: 207

Okay, much busier week than I thought, and no real time to write. I'm hoping to have the character creation guidelines and city (Philly) writeup completed by the end of next weekend. Ideally, I'd like to start our first sessions within a week or two of that.
by Jeff Hauze
Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:59 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: CERN
Replies: 15
Views: 235

DV8 wrote:You'll see man-sex anywhere, Marius. :)
He's not alone.
by Jeff Hauze
Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:20 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ugh. This shit annoyed me.
Replies: 14
Views: 244

Heavy_D wrote:Question that remains: Was Jeff caught at unawares by you, Bone?
Have you seen his hair? It's impossible to be stealthy with that hair.
by Jeff Hauze
Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:19 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: CERN
Replies: 15
Views: 235

Pinnacles of modern science?! It's the doom of the world, and the end of mankind. My pastor told me so.
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:40 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Awesome Pets
Replies: 20
Views: 294

Silly Vikings, raptors are for kids!
by Jeff Hauze
Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 335

<voiceclass=Liniah>Your mom's sanctimonious.</voiceclass>
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:15 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ray, is this yours?
Replies: 4
Views: 114

Thanks for spoiling my plan, dick. Knowing that Ray would never search the Krautian Intrawebs, I was sure to get away with my ruse. And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you kids and that little detective pig.
by Jeff Hauze
Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:58 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 335

Have any of you ever fasted? (Not including for medical purposes, of course.) Yes. Both on the sobriety front like Deev mentioned (as I currently fall to about two to three times a year having drinks) and on the normal, wacky not eating front. Fasting is quite annoying, makes me a really miserable ...
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:27 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 335

Two ends of a spectrum, I acknowledge that there is a middle. I didn't say that if you're not sober you're gluttonous, but that it's easy to get lost in gluttony, meaning that it's easy to slide in the direction of gluttony and not really notice it and that a conscious effort to be sober is, well, ...
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:40 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Awesome Pets
Replies: 20
Views: 294

DV8 wrote:For dogs there are. Perhaps Mo's owner found a special piglet-only loophole.
We usually have to pay extra for those kinds of holes over here. I forget we're talking about the Kingdom of Red Light Areas though.
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ugh. This shit annoyed me.
Replies: 14
Views: 244

DV8 wrote:I have a hard time believing Bone (or anyone) mistook you for a girl. :)
Dude...Bonefish. Nuff said.
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:36 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 335

DV8 wrote:I don't think vasting is silly at all. It's easy to get lost in gluttony so a change to sobriety every once in a while is a pretty good thing.
Not sure how gluttony and sobriety relate. Or why my thinking fasting is silly implies that I'm suddenly supporting gluttony.
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ugh. This shit annoyed me.
Replies: 14
Views: 244

Look, I just wanted the jacket. So screw you, furriner.
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 335

That sounds like a really awful plan. Then again, I tend to think any Lent fasting is a really awful and silly plan.
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:41 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 476

Pancakes (French style)? Does that translate to crepes?
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:40 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Earthquake in NZ, anyone know if our folks there are ok?
Replies: 23
Views: 235

I believe sometime after he became a master warlock, the Vatican hired him to protect high profile targets. Eventually, he moved to wetworks. I'd imagine the dental plan is pretty good. Who would ever believe that the Holy C would hire a master warlock as their version of Bond?
by Jeff Hauze
Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:37 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 476

Homemade pizza with spicy red pepper/cabarnet marinara mixed sauce, Parmesan cheese, garlic and onion browned loose sausage. Some fresh kiwi/pineapple/strawberries for dessert, and some sliced up cucumbers, green peppers, and carrots as a side.

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