Puleeze.    If you didn't care, why bother to post at all, or even BE HERE to see what people might be saying about you.  

And did I read correctly that you think being a paid cc creator on a site like TSR is a way of moving UP in the world, and everyone else here is a loser because they're not working for an illegal paysite?  Ur funnee.  

O'rly?  That's very insightful and convincing.  I guess everything Thoma$$ has been clearly proven to have done in the past is all hogwash too.  Thanks so much for enlightening us all so thoroughly!      

Cool - I finally got the banhammer.  My first evah!     This is what did it, unless they were just about to do it for my earlier posts anyway. 



(Edited multiple times until I could get the danged image posted correctly.   )

Chiming in: I've been pretty damned vocal about all this crap myself (tamandar75 on the BBS), and my account has NOT yet been banned.  I keep refreshing my simpage to see if they're going to get around to it.   

AussieKoala is an EA sock if I ever saw one.   

Neriana, are you serious about Maxoids being TSR employees and not EA employees?  If that's true, the relationship EA denies having with TSR must go back a long way.  Very discouraging, really.  I'm more and more convinced, especially in the last couple days, that there's not a damned thing we can do to change EA's business practices with our petty little complaints.  They've got a way of being in place, and they're way beyond seeing reason.  I've recently begun to think they don't give a shit for long-term business because they see the ship sinking anyway, and perhaps Riccitiello is counting on one last bit of pocket lining with the Sims 3 base game before the whole thing goes under. 

Late to the honeybee discussion, but here's another potential explanation for colony collapse that I don't think has been covered yet.

As a major believer in natural ("organic") gardening, farming, & livestock rearing, I'm not surprised to see yet another reason why our modern methods of food-production are perhaps not the best.    

Different topic:
Adults insisting their kids eat beloved pets is pretty sad.  But despite preferring to be in the country, I'm a thoroughly city bred animal lover and have never been directly exposed to real hard-core farm life.  I understand the realities kids raised on farms have to come to terms with even as I recognize total wimpiness about it in myself.  Even so, I have a hard time understanding why some people aren't willing to spare the occasional special pet for the sake of a kid who loves it.  Some "life lessons" can be bypassed, can't they?      

In general, I have no moral objection to the eating of tasty aminals, but I do think the way we treat our food animals is horribly appalling.  Hunting is way more humane!

Regarding the issue of outdoor peeing: A number of years ago, I took a master class in composting (yeah yeah, I know - P&L away  )  Anywho, the instructor suggested, at one point, that if you're a guy, or you have a guy, it's beneficial to the compost pile to have him "water" it now and then.  Hubby tells me he obliges me that way when he thinks to.  Sweet man.     (Hell, if I was a guy, I'd do it!)

Interestingly, my chocolate cravings disappeared when I started drinking coffee daily.  I know coffee and chocolate are similar, but I wonder just how similar?  At any rate, reasonable amounts of both are healthy as well as yummy, that's for sure!

Oddly enough, as much as I love coffee, I'm not keen on coffee-flavored stuff like coffee ice cream or coffee liqueur.  Does sound good, though. 

HAH!  Good one - thanks!      Good thing he broke his terrible Mountain Dew habit long ago.  Otherwise, he'd use that article to justify it.

Your husband does sound like quite the character, not to mention tolerant of the time you spend on the PC. 
It's sad to hear about women with non-computer types SO's who complain if they're online or playing a game for more than a few minutes a day.     I'm fortunate to be married to a hard-core PC gamer.  He's has no interest in Sims, but loves the fact that I do since it means he can spend more time on HIS computer too.  He also keeps my computer running.   

(Actually, those last three sentences are largely moot since he's been working overseas for the last few years anyway.)   

I confess to liking mine very sweet and creamy, but fairly strong.  I drink it with meals that don't usually include anything else sweet, so it's a nice foil for the savory stuff.  

I used to not understand people having coffee and donuts, until I finally realized that not everyone sweetens their coffee.  *duh*  Now I get it, and if on rare occasion I have something sweet with my coffee, I do prefer that the coffee not contain sugar.  Still want the cream in it, though.  Organic 1/2 & 1/2, preferably.


True.  And if my penny-pinching, coffee-hating hubby knew, he'd not be happy.  But it's more than worth a few more pennies per cup to get the good stuff.  

He'd just as soon I not drink coffee at all, because it's "expensive" and "bad" for me, but there's just no way I'm going to give it up.  I really look forward to my one cup every morning too much to consider it!  I also believe that thorough enjoyment of one's "vices" makes up for at least some of the negative effects they might have on one's health.    


THAT is hilarious!   

I rather wish I liked dark roasts.  Less caffeine would mean I could get away with drinking more of it.   

That's what I've heard, too.  Roasting removes a certain amount of caffeine, so the more it's roasted, the less caffeine the coffee will have. 

It's funny to see people equating the strong taste of a dark roast as being "stronger" caffeine-wise.  "Yeah, I only drink French roast.  *flex muscles*  HOO-AH!"  *snork*

I prefer a medium roast, myself.  Light roasts often have a thin sour note that I don't like, and dark roasts are too heavy-tasting.

Y'know, it's a headscratcher that Starschmucks does so well.  I know one person who likes it; everyone else I know thinks the coffee sucks.  I'm certainly one of them.  It's too strong, tastes burned, and is stupid expensive.  Gave me a headache too, the two times I tried it. 

I do love my GOOD coffee, though!  Problem is, I'm a caffeine wimp (makes me uncomfortably speedy without waking me up) and therefore must limit myself to one cup a day, and only with food.  Admittedly, a "cup" is twelve ounces, but one-third of it is decaf.  (More percentage of decaf than that, and I can start to taste the difference.)

Because I can only have so much, I decided to study up on coffee a little and only get the best.  Turns out there are two basic types of beans: Robusta and Arabica.  Robusta beans have been the "default" bean in the U.S. for a long time, but Arabica beans are better.  Smoother, better tasting, and usually a bit lower in caffeine.  Arabica beans haven't been as popular with growers due to being more delicate and harder to deal with than robusta beans. 

Arabica beans have made a big come-back in the last few years, though.  Folgers' gourmet line is made with Arabica beans, as well as all Community brand coffees.

I also love tea, but don't drink it daily like I do my coffee.  Earl Grey and Lady Grey are definite favorites.  For those who love flavored teas, I highly recommend Celestial Seasonings' "Nutcracker Sweet" tea.  Smells like butterscotch and is incredibly yummy!  It's also only on the shelves over the holidays, and I need to stock up.   

I'd just like to say what a lovely privilege it has been to be able to watch this whole thing unfold from the beginning!  With great respect for those who've suffered such heartache as I've seen expressed here... MY GOD, THIS IS FUN!!!  

Pes, u r 2 kewl!    (I know - dangerous to poke the bear like that, but what the hell.)  

What a wonderful display of cat (and other) macros over at what's left of Insim!  

And sadly, I have to go get some sleep now.  Very much looking forward to staff resignation notes to Walt in the morning.  

And all made by simmers, apparently.  Ironically, I don't think that video had ANY comments a couple days ago when someone first found it and linked to it. 

I just wish SOOO much that I could see his reaction to all this!  Judging from his epically twelve-ish "get over it" comment the other day, I predict much temper-tantruming, thumb-sucking, and calls for mommy to kiss his boo-boos.   

Ah, very true.  *durr*

Yes, but the teeth look nicer/straighter (except for that yellow one) in the picture wherein his hair is less white.  IF he's older in the video (as the whiter hair, and possibly glasses, would indicate), how did his teeth get so messed up?  On the other hand, if he's older in the picture (post dental work), why is his hair less white?  Thus, my confusion on those points.     


  That might explain it.