I agree re: Derrick, he has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know (online and offline) and his photography is so touching and breathtaking.
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
I can honestly say that I am touched by every person I subscribe to, in one way or another. Sometimes it is a smiling pic, other times it is sharing a tidbit of their lives. Everyone in my FF community brings me joy in some way, and I feel very fortunate to have "met" all of y'all.
- Mary Carmen
I don't even know where to start. Monique never fails to make me laugh. She's like the sister I never had. I feel like I've known Akiva and Rochelle my whole life. RAPatton posts the most interesting bits and pieces from all over the place. Melissa's Flickr pics are out of this world. Anna Haro always puts a smile on my face. Cecily always makes me think. I freakin' love everybody.
- Derrick
Probably the time my cousin's extremely hot then-girlfriend tried to sit in my lap.
- Steven Perez
The night of my dad's stroke my soon to be ex brother in law was coming over to our house with a meatloaf for a potluck dinner. It was his first Valentine's Day since separating from my sister so he'd made the meatloaf in the shape of a heart and then had cut a huge gash in it. After several hours in the ER private waiting room my whole family (sister included) were starving so BIL went out, got the meatloaf from his car, and brought it into the ER for us to eat.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
A couple years ago, at the luncheon after my paternal grandmother's funeral, it was just my family and my father's (mostly estranged) brother and his family left at the end. As we were all getting ready to leave, I hugged my cousin and aunt, and noticed my uncle moving to hug me so I reciprocated the hug... but he was actually just reaching for his box of leftovers on the table behind me. O.o
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
I had a pretty good gall bladder until it was removed. Heh. Actually, it sounds weird, but I like my hands and fingernails. And my natural haircolor.
- Rochelle
I've streamlined my podcasts and stuck with GameSpot UK [computer games], IGN Games [more games] UK, Zane Lowe [new music top 20, weekly], Huw Stephens [Introduing round-up], bit-tech [games and hardware], Best of MySpace and ffundercats.
- Kol Tregaskes
Wiggly Wigglers Podcast, Tales from Terry's Allotment, Coverville, Knights of the Guild, History of Rome, 12 Byzantine Rulers, Norman Centuries, FFundercats, Coffee Break Spanish, Show Time Spanish. I'm trying some new ones, too.
- Spidra Webster
In Our Time, Philosophy Bites, TWiT, MacBreak Weekly... but my new favourite is TWiST. On the Tivo I'm likin' Digg Reel. I generally listen during the 2 hours I spend commuting each day.
- Ken Morley
I'd be interested if there is a UK photography podcast. I've yet to find a good one.
- Kol Tregaskes
listen these slate pocasts, Political Gabfest, Cultural Gabfest, and the sports oriented Hang-Up ad listen occasionally. NPR: On point with tom asbrook form WBUR. WNYC: on the Media & Radiolab. Tech: Twit: TWIG; Macbreak weekly, Windows weekly; iPhone live; GDGT, Engadget Podcast, Cranky geeks, CNET :BOL . Washington Week from PBS. and last but not least Stphen A. Smith. podcast. just to name a few...
- Tate DA FF MVP
I swear but quietly and not aggressively and not very much. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I don't avoid swearing around my parents at all. I find the whole taboo word thing silly. But that gripe is for another time.
- Joe Pierce
I do, mainly the more 'mild form' curse words. One of the effects of my dad's aphasia is that he swears more after his stroke (it's a pretty common occurrence actually), so having everyone toss out the occasional F bomb at immediate family gatherings helps him feel more normal.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
In front of my father, no. My mother doesn't care, as long as you're not cursing *at* her. That was always the rule growing up.
- pea ♥..!..♥..!..♥
I do, but they don't avoid swearing in front of me. In fact, my mother often wonders why I don't swear in front of her — it's just habit now!
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
Hell yes. And my fucking parents swear in front of me (& always have). I also swear in front of my daughter, but just like when I was her age (13), she hardly ever swears.
- joshua "magic" neff
Nope. Then again, I don't swear much in front of anybody.
- Kenton
I have only swore on front of my folks once when I was maybe thirteen or so.
- Derrick
from iPhone
I remember a couple smacks growing up and feeling very guilty if I even thought a curse around them. But, the last few years, I'm too old for that shit ;)
- Michael W. May
Not as much as they swear in front of me ;)
- Yant
Not unless I want a mouth full of broken teeth. [/Marine father]
- Steven Perez
Only light swear words like "damn" and "hell". Otherwise, I keep it clean.
- Jason Huebel
Now I do. I didn't before but the comfort levels have grown since I turned 18.
- Emilio_M
from twhirl
Yes, I do, and my 23 yr old swears in front of me. Although she doesn't swear in front of her grandfather, and I don't think I'd swear in front of my grandmother if she were still alive.
- April Russo (app103)
+1 see-ming lee, i live in a port, swearing is a native langauge around here (+ marines, army, etc.), so its all i can do not to let it slip out, ;)
- chaz2b
Compared to South Park, the Movie, where I almost vomited at half-point, the documentary FUCK possibly contain more swearing but it was artistically handle. So i guess it's all context.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I notice that a lot of people for whom english is a learned language swear a lot - this is because if you believe film and TV series, these words are extremely current in normal conversation
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
yes I do, since my mom swears more than me- it doesn t feel embarassing then (#we are from finland) :-)
- anjelina
I generally avoid it, but sometimes it's appropriate.
- James Myatt
In terms of quality and value of the price, I think that Audi + BMW are the best. Luxury car wise I prefer Bentley for front-seat drivability without the need for a chauffeur. Somehow I dated a guy when I was young who owned every single brand and I got to try them all... So I liked the Porsche 911 Carrera also. The hard top Mercedes-Benz SL 500 is nice. Not too fond of the SL 600s though. too clunky
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Heh, you can right click perfectly fine in OS X, and it looks like you can even build xnu if you want http://shantonu.blogspot.com/2009... but it doesn't like it's for the faint of heart.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor -- How do you right click (aside from pressing "Control")? I hate having to "two hand" when using the boyfriend's MacBook.
- Miss Elle
Ah, yes, that could definitely be a problem with the trackpad, which I'm not overly fond of anyway. I actually use a Bluetooth Logitech mouse with my MacBook.
- Victor Ganata
Miss Elle, there should be an option under System Preferences > Trackpad that allows you to do a two finger tap on the trackpad to register as a right click. Or, if it's an older macbook that has the one button, you should be able to keep a finger (or two?) on the trackpad part and click the button, iirc.
- Arlan Koizumi
PC, plotting to buy a mac next
- Dave
from BuddyFeed
I would always be a Windows person, I guess. Not because I am uncomfortable with KDEs and command lines, but WIndows got the icon idea, windows, maximize, minimize, etc. right first.
- TrafficBug
Switch hitter, I'm a Mac on my desk, Windows mostly for games, Linux for server stuff and serious code. I believe in... whatever works... not so much in the religion.
- Ed Millard
PC. Flexibility, Cost, Applications(not having to wait for ports), gaming, and control over hardware.
- Adi
Both....or neither. I was a Linux guy for almost a decade. Moms got me an XP laptop a few years ago, which is still my primary, but I have a Mac in the studio. I have no allegiance to any OS, though. Most of what I do is inside the browser (except in the studio, but a PC runs Pro Tools just fine).
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
PC - Windows and Linux (SimplyMepis). They should add a *ChromeOS guy* to the picture:)
- Citronella
с этой недели и Мак тоже :) а так на работе линух дома винда была
- Vinsent
I'm Adi. No, wait... I am PC (Flexibility, Cost, Applications(not having to wait for ports), gaming, and control over hardware). But I just might buy my next laptop from apple, because they pack good hardware nicely. And then I'll put Windows 7 on it.
- Павел Романовский
Used both systems for 20 years. Each has its function, though time has shown me more uptime and lower cost of ownership for Mac. We have an entire department, read priesthood, set up to take care of Windows (mostly security issues;) all Mac people take care of their own needs. When I buy for home use, it's all Mac.
- Phil Boiarski
Mac for the last 6 years. Because I work in graphic design, video and photography. When I used to do a lot of database work a PC was better for me, but now I will only use a PC if I need to do rare database stuff or help a client. However I do like John Hodgman better!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
where's "Linux PC", in a blue-collar apparel carrying a wrench? :)
- 9000
Mac, because I got fed up with Windows at 3.0
- Robert Hafer
Mac, because it's the best way to run unix. (both in terms of hardware and GUI)
- Meryn Stol
I'm a computer user - Apples, Acorns, Spectrums, Ataris, Amigas, home built PC's with any OS I want... I don't blinker myself to the possibilities. And to those whose windows installs appear to be the opposite of OSX in that they don't "just work", may I suggest that the problem isn't always with the OS ;) My windows installs last me years between reinstalls (usually because I've bought...
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- alphaxion
oh, and for right click on a macbook, you can set the corner of the touchpad up as your right click.. no need for even 2 finger clicking. Tho, I do have to ask as to how you can record the audio from an application using audacity... the ability to select the stereo mixer doesn't exist and I have to resort to my windows machine in order to grab the audio.
- alphaxion
I'm more of both really. PC for gaming on Steam, Mac for editing, and whatever work I can do on both.
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Thankfully I don't think I've ever got on the wrong train and I can't sleep on trains anyway.
- Kol Tregaskes
Wrong train once; realised after about three stops and was able to rectify the situation. Fallen asleep coming back from London (Kol, you just need to drink more to do this) but since the end of the line was one stop further than where I wanted to get off it wasn't a big deal either.
- Mark H
Not exactly.. I've woken up at the station *before* mine, convinced that it was my stop and scrambled off the train, only to have that, "Oh, bollocks" moment as the train pulled slowly away from the platform...
- Andrew Terry
That picture is awesome. And yes, I've fallen asleep on the bus several times missing my stop. I've gotten on wrong buses working on auto-pilot, forgetting I needed to take a different line.
- Anika
I didn't fall asleep and miss my stop, but I did miss my stop because I was talking to someone.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Oh yeah.In my case I was simply lost in thought and totally missed the stop. Fortunately I got off at the next station and caught the train back. Was only 20 minutes late for my lecture ( but nearly 40 minutes later than i usually get in)
- Roberto Bonini
Distracted by card games, several of us managed to not only miss our stop, we ended up back at the station we started at. Therefore missed our connections (the last of the night), rerouted through another city, and ended up getting home, changing, and going straight to work the next day. Not good.
- Jaclyn
I can sleep on the way in to Grand Central Terminal, because it's the last stop so I can't miss it. On the way home I worry about missing my stop, so I usually don't fall asleep.
- Bill Scherer
I've definitely missed a stop, being sound asleep (long and early commute). The other times that I fell asleep due to too much drink, for some reason, I woke up just in time to get off at my stop. Although that one time, i wasn't looking too pretty with my glasses all askew and drool on my chin as I stumbled off the train. Good times.
- Cassandra
Steven - I fall asleep on trains very very easily. :)
- Roberto Bonini
What a great Aardvark question! I never get such good questions! My money's on Lee.
- Martha
Hehe, Martha. I do get some very random ones. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I must have been under a rock or something, not knowing Tony Jaa's name. Hard to speculate who would have been the better fighter, but Tony Jaa's pretty amazing, at least on the various YouTube clips.
- Rick Cogley
I have to admit that it would be one hell of a fight.
- Parvez Halim
JKD has changed a lot since Bruce Lee's death. I have all of the martial arts books Bruce Lee authored and I can tell you that Dan Inosanto really did a great job of evolving what Bruce Lee started. With that said, Bruce Lee's jun fan kung fu is no match for muay thai, which is now a major part of modern JKD.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Who would win? Both of them. They wouldn't be fighting each other, they'd be busy beating up the bad guys.
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
Activision think we want to: "Activision exec Tom Tippl has said there are plans to charge Call of Duty fans for online features in future. "It's definitely an aspiration that we see potential in, particularly as we look at different business models to monetise the online gameplay," Tippl said during a business conference (as overheard by IGN). "There's good knowledge exchange happening between the Blizzard folks and our online guys.""
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I won't be mainly because I'm not made of money. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
technically, people already do - xbox live subscriptions. Won't count MMO subs, they're a different model entirely. And of course, the reasons for no dedicated server snap right into view too.
- alphaxion
I have a WordPress blog (http://blog.morgaine-lefaye.net/). I'm considering replacing the current WordPress commenting system. What would you recommend? Disqus? Intense Debate? JS-Kit (which seems to have changed its name to Echo)? Or would you feel uncomfortable knowing the comments reside elsewhere?
If the comments reside elsewhere, what about the folks who put in valuable coments just so they could gain backlinks? Opens up a new area of thought for me.
- TrafficBug
I've played with all of those systems, and I really don't care for any of them. I always keep coming back to the WordPress commenting system, because I can customize the heck out of it. Those centralized systems offer virtually no configurability, and they look like crap on almost every site I've seen them on.
- Otto
@Morgaine Wordpress comments plus Backtype Connect is all you need. Keep your comments in house.
- Alex Schleber
Love that pic. What season is my favorite depends on what area we're talking about. If it's LA, my favorite season is Fall. Fall blows all the smog out of LA, leaving the air clean and crisp and exposing the beautiful mountain views that were part of the reason people flocked to LA in the first place. If we're talking the Bay Area, spring is my favorite season because of the flowers and early fruit harvests.
- Spidra Webster
Summer - Autumn in New Brunswick comes in a very close second. (Autumn in Alberta, not so much)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I like summer because it simply makes me happy, but fall is the best! Nothing beats scarves, sweaters, and awesome warm hats!
- Anna Haro
Spring, then fall. Then summer. Winter sucks apart from being a little pretty sometimes. Spring is awesome because 1) it means winter is over, and 2) everything is coming back to life.
- Kamilah Gill
Absolutely the fall! Besides the fresh fallen leaves, which are "bee-you-tee-full" I might add, it's much more than that. It's almost as if the combination of loneliness, togetherness, sweetness, sorrow, happiness, tribulations and love was come together in one lump sum as if that same "sum" was something tangible that you could wrap your arms around it, embrace it and never let it go :+)
- Tim Tunnicliff
I love Fall (and winter). I have allergies, so dead plants are good plants. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
When I was working as a social worker, I had a mobidly obese client who refused to bathe. She developed a really nice cheesy fungus in all of her skin folds. THAT smelled bad.
- Rochelle
My parents used to buy butchered half-cows about once a year. We once dropped a pound of ground beef on the floor while loading it into the deep freezer. It sorta rolled back behind the freezer. I don't remember how long it was back there before we found it. It was as bad as you might imagine.
- Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)
Once behind a garbage truck that was spilling some black ooze on the road. It was foul beyond belief. Mostly chemical in nature, with a hint of rotting carcass. Whatever it was, I'm sure it would make a good non-lethal weapon.
- Bill Scherer
When I worked downtown at the library, there was a regular homeless patron who never bathed and spent his time on our floor. If he was there, the whole department would clear out. It was really pretty sad.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
When driving by one of those crap factories as I like to call them (Sewer Pump Stations), the stench is just overwhelming and that's when the air in the car gets turned OFF lol
- Tim Tunnicliff
from email
Please visit link listed in the above comment for my favourite smell. (btw Kol that's three questions three...that's plural with an 's')
- sofarsoShawn
Gingerbread. Second is the combination of chocolate and vanilla.
- Katy S
Andrew - whether you watch it on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Pay-Per-View or streaming over the Internet, they're all still videos, and they're all released at the same basic time.
- Curtiss Grymala
Of the ones above, Ice Age 3 and Transformers are about the only 2 I'm looking forward to. I'll probably watch GI Joe and District 9, but I'm not pressed about them.
- Curtiss Grymala
Curtiss - yeah, you're right, of course.. After so many years without video tape, it just sounded weird
- Andrew Terry
Andrew - I understand what you're saying. I know people who still call them "tapes." Of course, when you're talking about music, the term "album" is still perfectly acceptable (an album, is, after all, just an organized collection of similar items), but since so many people still equate that word with vinyl, it sounds funny. Same idea with "video"
- Curtiss Grymala
Transformers and Terminator... I love Scifi Movies..
- Jeannette Høvring
Jeannette, me too. I really want to those too but a little unsure about both.
- Kol Tregaskes
Transformers was good, but it was a little more of a comedy than the first. We saw it in theaters. Some cool characters (different transformers) and some nice action in it. Haven't seen the Terminator one, but I have little interest in it anyway (never liked the Terminator series much)
- Curtiss Grymala
I haven't even really heard of many of the above films. From the posters you put up, Sherlock Holmes looks intriguing. That's about it.
- Curtiss Grymala
Citronella, I've not heard of A Serious Man, what is that about?
- Kol Tregaskes
Brothers is a remake of a Danish movie called "Brødre". If they haven't f'd it up too much in the translation to Hollywoodism, it might have some potential. In the trailer "Spiderman" is kinda scary. Other than that I think I might go for some Sherlock Holmes just to let Bette enjoy some of the charms of them two fellas Downey and Law. Invictus might also make it on my holiday movie list. (Disclaimer. Of course the movies have to be released over here in lateville Denmark, for me to be able to watch them.)
- Ras - Dago-Baadass! of FF
Paranormal Activity and Sherlock Holmes
- LouCypher
The only movie I'm going to go to the cinema for is Avatar. The others that I'm interested in can wait on and get via Netflix.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What will happen to the pre-owned market when digital downloads become the norm? Should we be able to sell our digital downloads like we can we our old wares?
People are still buying landline phones. This will be a gradual process
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, of course. Landlines are a long way off from dying off. I would say physical boxed games/music/movies have a slightly shorter life.
- Kol Tregaskes
The pre-owned market will be around beyond our life times. Why? Because you have a ton of people who will want to own those games from our time and before. You still have people buying Atari 2600 games. It may not be huge for Gamestop, but personally I don't care what happens to Gamestop because as a company they suck. And I can say that because I used to work for them.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
The same way digital downloads are killing the DVD Market? My point is not everyone lives on the bleeding edge and not all moms can afford $90 for a new game. It has a long tail filled with young kids and casual gamers
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
And people like me still want to buy physical media. I personally would rather buy a game, dvd, cd, etc and then put it on whatever device and have the physical copy on the shelf.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Johnny, agree but that wasn't the question. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol - No, we shouldn't be allowed to sell our digital downloads, as there would be no real way to ensure we had removed all traces of them. That said, digital downloads should be considerably less expensive (notice I said should) than the physical media, as the manufacturing and material costs will be virtually nil.
- Curtiss Grymala
Curtiss, you forget about the added cost of digital downloads. Servers and bandwidth. That will keep the cost pretty even.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
If tied to an account, it would be nice to transfer the license of a game to another
- Rodfather
I agree physical games will probably exist for a long time, just like vinyl and the aforementioned Atari 2600 games. But collectors aside, downloads will form the largest part of movie, game and music purchases I think (source: my crystall ball). It is an interesting question whether you'll be able to sell'm. On the one hand I think you should be able to do that, but on the other hand...
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- TobiasVerhoog.com
Or what recent releases do you want to get your hands onto? For me it's Assassin's Creed 2 mainly. But we have the Sims 3 pack, Dirt 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and (if I get a PS3) I might have a looksee at GT5.
- Kol Tregaskes
Assassin's Creed II, but I'll probably rent it. My most looked-forward to game right now is Mass Effect 2, but they pushed it back to next year. Recent releases...Tad keeps talking up Dragon Age, so I'd like to check that out, but I'm still working on Borderlands. Hell, I'm still working on freakin' Fallout 3. And GTA IV, if we want to go back that far. I play games really slowly. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
the sad thing: i must go look at a release list to figure out if there is anything coming out from my most wanted list - course I have no console only PC atm.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Mass Effect 2 not out here till 29th January I think.
- Kol Tregaskes
not much that I can tell for the PC - all the goodies are already out, or February/March
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
None. I'm playing Dragon Age now and I still have to finish MW2 and Halo:ODST and will eventually move onto some random DLC for other games. I'm pretty much full of gaming until Mass Effect 2's release.
- Rob H.
I already have enough games to go though as it is. :p
- Rodfather
from Android
I'm basically only into platformers and party games, so about the only one I can think of that I know is coming out soon (or just came out, not sure) is the new Sonic and Mario at the Winter Olympics.
- Curtiss Grymala
my first plate was JESUSJNS for my fav Band...(a wink for Iain).....and the second one was VALZONE...........now its just a handicape one :<
- VAL D.
IX FE - if I tell you what it means, the fun is gone! (actually, this isn't one that I'd want. but it's hilarious if you figure it out and love vanity plates like I do : http://www.flickr.com/photos...)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Liked for Jack Black - love Tenacious D!
- Bette Cooper
Kristen Chenoweth is good at both
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Kol, are you specifically gunning for people who are actors primarily who do music on the side? Or are musicians who've gone into acting fair game?
- Spidra Webster
Cybill Shepherd, a gorgeous actress, and a jazzwoman :)
- directeur
Shirley Manson is a great singer and at least a servicable actress
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Kol, Zooey is the front woman for she & Him, and she does a good job; saw her live last year
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Billy Bob Thornton. I've only heard one track by his band and it wasn't bad.
- Spidra Webster
Dwight Yoakam. I was just wondering the other day what happened to his acting career.
- Spidra Webster
James Marsters. I think his voice is reasonably good judging from the Buffy soundtrack (although some accuse him of being off-pitch). I don't know how I'd like his band, though.
- Spidra Webster
Mickey Dolenz. VERY underrated as a vocalist. Good as a comedic actor though I wonder how he'd do with drama.
- Spidra Webster
Kristen Chenoweth is good at both but musical theater actors shouldn't even count in this question because being a good singing actor is a requirement of musical theater.
- Spidra Webster
Hugh Laurie is a MASSIVELY talented musician and actor.
- Spidra Webster
His bandmates in Band From TV are variable in their talent as actors & musicians, but they are all actors who also make music.
- Spidra Webster
Okay, I know he's bad, but I've watched all of Steven Seagal's movies.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Gregg Henry is one of my favorite character actors and apparently he's a pretty good musician, too.
- Spidra Webster
John Lurie. And of course David Bowie who is great at anything:)
- Citronella
I suck at both acting and playing music. So there!
- Morgan Haley
Felicia Day, who is also an accomplished violinist and a pretty good singer.
- Spidra Webster
Madonna's acting worked well for Evita. I dont know about other movies.
- Bruce Lewis
Spidra, I disagree, musical theatre actors should count as quiet often they make the leap between broadway and the silver screen without flaw and stage and screen are very different types of acting. I will add to Kristin Chenoweth some of the greats: Bebe Neuwirth (people will know her from Frasier as Lilith), Bernadette Peters (she should need no introduction), Patti LuPone (the...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
I know they're very different kinds of acting. But I thought the crux of Kol's question was people who are primarily actors who also do music (I fully admit I then listed a lot of musicians that went into acting). Musical theater actors FROM THE BEGINNING are people who do both music and acting. It's part of the job description. (This is not to say they're not talented...I'm just saying it's not as remarkable a mix in a musical theater actor as it is in your garden variety film/TV actor.)
- Spidra Webster
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer. Dan Ackroyd.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, I think the only difference is timing. Some start with one and add the other, some start with both. That said, you will notice I am treating musical theatre as a singing career and not listing anyone who hasn't also appeared on TV or a major motion picture that doesn't involve singing.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Christian Kane - The song he had on the Angel soundtrack was really good, and I love him as an actor.
- Curtiss Grymala
Bruce already mentioned Madonna - I'm not a fan of her music, but there are obviously people who think she's good. She was a decent actress in Dick Tracy and some of the other films she was in.
- Curtiss Grymala
They are just as difficult as they were, but the graphics are much better!
- Michael Fidler
FPS-TPS ones are getting "piece of cake". Because producers are more intended to attact gamers with fancy graphics (that need more powerful graphics cards) but RPG's are getting harder, gloomy and needs more user intelligence to deal with AI
- Acharad Sami vanJoulee
Games are definitely getting harder, and it's absolutely NOTHING to do with my increasing age and diminishing dexterity.
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
The general census is that they are getting easier. What do you say to that?
- Kol Tregaskes
I think, for the most part, video games reached a peak in their difficulty a few years back, and have started to get a little easier again than they once were. The systems, though, (with the exception of the Wii) are getting more complex and difficult for us old fogeys to understand.
- Curtiss Grymala
In my case, they were already so hard 10 years ago that I gave up playing, and stuck with Tetris and other puzzle games. Really didn't want to spend hours and hours just to reach the final screen.
- Jordi Soler
Games only appear to be getting harder because as we get older, there's always something else competing for our valuable leisure time, so we have fewer hours free for gaming. (Oh, and for me, it's also got a lot to with increasing age and diminishing dexterity...)
- Andrew Terry
Okay after thinking this over some more, I need to modify my answer. Games have become more difficult and I attribute most of this to the advances in AI. Enemies were once very predictable, but now they often do the unexpected and can even coordinate their attacks. I love this because this, because their varied responses add to the re-playability of the game. What has definitely become...
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- Michael Fidler
black cross-trainers, black cotton waffle-knit henley, black cotton chinos, black wool socks from Denmark... i should be a friggin' stage hand.
- Joe Silence is not dead
dark wash jeans, black ballet flats, solid tee shirt, scowl.
- Sarah Levels Up
Brown leather lace-up rubber-soled shoes, black socks, target boxers, brown belt, khaki pants, polo shirt, black wireframe glasses, white gold wedding band, midsize hearing aids.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Banana Republic, Jane Ferrar, or Express usually. Or whatever random other clothes they sell at Macy's and JC Penney. East-West Tradejourneys jeans or usually or X10.
- Maxamad