The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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double post.

chuck made me do it.
he's got a claymore, you know.
no match for a sharp pointy stick.

ok, if it's going to stay this dead in here i'm breaking out the zinfandel, cranking the stevie ray vaughn, throwing the kid a box of "contact" and a box of kleenex, locking my room door so i'll have some peace and quiet, and taking a mental holiday.

you've been warned.

XBox is a brand of home video-game console, manufactured (at a loss, for quite a few years) by Microsoft. It's considered the best of its generation of game consoles for graphic presentation, although the Nintendo GameCube is considered easier to use, and the Sony Playstation 2 outsold both others by virtue of having better graphics than the GameCube, and being about a hundred dollars cheaper than the XBox.

I have an XBox because we had borrowed it from a friend, who subsequently swiped my wife's claymore (sword, not explosive) and absconded. I therefore inherited the device by default. It's been good to me, guiding me through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Def Jam Fight For NY, Star Wars: the Clone Wars, Worms IV: Mayhem, and a disc full of adaptations of old Midway arcade games (although I can't seem to crack into the top level on Hydro Thunder, a boat-racing game - but it's fun to try!). Meanwhile, my PS2 has died, and the only game for the GameCube that I still enjoy playing is Skies of Arcadia Legends, and it hardly seems worthwhile to hook all that hardware back up for one lousy game. (Perhaps one day, when I break down and get a Wii, I'll play it again...)

Meanwhile, in the current generation, the XBox 360 is managing to outsell the Playstation 3 by virtue of having come out a year earlier, and being about a hundred dollars or so cheaper than the PS3. (Can't say Bill Gates doesn't learn from history!) The 360 also has a number of titles that will be exclusive to itself, including Halo 3 and Fable 2, and will debut the hotly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV about a month earlier than the PS3 version.

Enough? Or did you want more? <insert villainous chortle here>

Where is Chuck? Running through the trees with the wind in his kilt??

Robyn screams, then faints.! !! !! !! ! AAAHHHHHHHHH!

Her eyes flicker. "Postpaleo," she whispers. "My hero........" She passes out again but the cafe women leap over her as they make a mad dash to get his autograph.

The cafe reverberates with screams and the rattle of rocks...

"POSTPALEO!POSTPALEO!POSTPALEO!POSTPALEO!POSTPALEO!POSTPALEO!

Swampblossom glances about, spots the entrance and grabbing pp's hand sprints to safety. The superstar stumbles after her, a dazed look on his face.

She's identified as an Ozzie, what can you expect. I thought it was inappropriate but that's Ozzie's for you.

good question.

hope he didn't decide to go the "traditional" route - i don't think we've got quite the bail money to get him out for that one, yet. {wince}

She's identified as an Ozzie, what can you expect. I thought it was inappropriate but that's Ozzie's for you.

Just keep the zinfandel AWAY from me. We are not friends.

Ok, Bruce. If you say so.

Ok.

Actually, it's just a little Sutter Home - they make one-serving bottles that get reeeeally cold in our fridge, so I can have my one bottle and not get any more than a slight, happy buzz going. Actually, the doc recommended it - that I have a nice glass of wine in the evenings. Said I was carrying to much and that if I wasn't able to lighten the load, to have a snort of something in the evening (but just one) to relax.

I do like this new doctor. Very practical woman.

Dear DeaconBlues: Not sure I understood more than 5% of what you wrote, so, yes, that was enough, and since you didn't include an answer as to why people enjoy doing such things, normally I would ask you again, but I'm afraid you might try to explain it to me, and then my brain would explode, so I'm guessing it's best that there are some things I will just forever remain ignorant about, please, I'm begging you.

I may have a hard time explaining where that money went! Not to mention the "friends" he'll find in jail while he's waiting.

Dear DeaconBlues: Not sure I understood more than 5% of what you wrote, so, yes, that was enough, and since you didn't include an answer as to why people enjoy doing such things, normally I would ask you again, but I'm afraid you might try to explain it to me, and then my brain would explode, so I'm guessing it's best that there are some things I will just forever remain ignorant about, please, I'm begging you.