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Well Skydive Spaceland is now number one on my list of places to go in Texas. I'll have to make a monthly trip there, despite how much I hate Houston. Next up... Port Aransas and Skydive South Texas. Sorry for size, its early and I'm lazy.

I'll be up to join a guild at launch. I'll be out of the country during most of June, but I'll be hitting it hard when I get back near the end of month. I'm debating playing Stalker Tank or Esper. I have a few competent friends who will play as well.

Do you live in Moab or Twin Falls? I took the BASE First Jump Course last summer, but I've been a bit slow on acquiring a rig. I aim to have one by October so I can go to Bridge Day in West Virginia.

Depends, are you a pussy or not?

Oh cool! I go to San Marcos regularly. That's even where that picture was taken. If you're wanting to get back into currency, come on down. I'll be at Skydive Spaceland on Saturday.

I did static line jumps when I was in the Army, but skydiving proper was always something that I wanted to do. The initial license will cost you around $2k. The A-License allows you to jump with other people etc. Once you acquire your own gear you're looking at ~$22 a jump depending on where you...

That is illegal by USPA standards and I highly doubt anywhere would let you do that short of a private airfield and a friend. Jump 8 or 9 of the Accelerated Freefall course (standard training) will be a solo jump though, nobody but yourself. But even by jump 3 you are not held by an instructor...

Well Baconknight my good Ser. I bow down to your brew skill. I have a general setup and nothing really fancy. I used a turkey fryer for my brewkettle, and I have a number of glass/plastic carboys and stuff. It basically gives me a reason to throw parties every month to get rid of it. I have an...

I know it might be a bit of a long shot. But I was curious if there is any sky trash. I jump out of the Austin area at the moment. I'm on my way to becoming a tandem instructor for a side job. Below is some doof-ass picture of me taken moments after landing. But if there are any of you, speak up!

Well it appears I am a bit late to the cycling party. I'm a pretty avid cyclist/triathlete in the Austin area. I'm about to replace my racing bike with a better one and get a mountain bike to mix it up. I did a lot of bike touring when I lived in FL, but haven't really had a desire to in the...

Took me less than 5 minutes.

That sounds painful compared to installing that Evolve network tool and just conceding three games versus randoms doing the same thing. It was mentioned a few pages back.

I found this guy on Reddit a few days ago and I must say. The game looks really interesting and right up my alley. I am a total whore for cardgames, 4x games, tabletops, etc... and the combination of all of that on top of RPG elements is god damn cool. They appear to be quite far in...

So I stopped playing Shaman all the time to try the Zoo Lock. I have shit for Warlock cards, but even the midrange zoo deck with what I had laying around got me a 16 game in streak in ranked. Finally losing to a really high-end Warrior Control Deck. Kind of fun to near effortlessly KO someone by...

So is DIII significantly more awesome now with the expansion? I've been considering picking it up.

What kind of dumb fucker would try and tackle a porcupine?

This show is classic. The main character is god-awful though. I work in software development, having a true computer science kid as a main character is just... so unappealing. Luckily the rest of the show's characters more than make up for it.

So what does it take for Will and Jack to stop having dinner with Hannibal? Cooking with Hannibal show would be awesome though. Any scene where he cooks is especially mesmerizing.

One thing that always escaped me in ADWD. Why did Cersei want Osney Kettleblack (whichever loser was the one arrested by The Faith) to eventually take the black and kill Jon Snow. Was she in on the Fake-Arya thing at all? Did I miss that completely?

This show is priceless.

So who was that girl hunting with Ramsay supposed to be?

I don't think that will stray so far from the books to kill off Chilton like that.

And we have an amnesia plot. Yay.

I think I prefer the healthcare rabble over the Iraq rabble.

When does this unlock today?

I never even once said I was against ACA. I just said that I have no use for it and would never use it unless I was legally forced. I'm happy its helping people, whatever. Why am I the enemy for being happy with what I have? I tend to keep to myself. Your problems are your problems man. My...

I don't see how employer insurance is magically a different kind of insurance that shouldn't be compared to others when there is an employer mandate within the ACA itself. Also, PEC is not really a benefit to those of us who have always had insurance in the fist place. A marginal benefit at best.

Why is this a problem? We are talking about ACA being beneficial for everyone. I have no problems with ACA, but I also have utterly no reason to use it unless forced to do so.

You people are pretty demanding. My insurance is handled by Fidelity/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan/Delta Dental. Is it honestly so difficult to believe that there are different insurance plans out there? ACA is all well and good but it is certainly dicking over some people who would have...

I work for a Fortune 500.

I am quite indifferent to Obamacare. My current employer's plan is far superior to anything they offer and significantly cheaper ($42/mo including dental/no deductible and HSA compared to $168 a month and a deductible of like $5k). I would never switch unless legally forced to do so. But if it...

So this show is pretty good and I do like watching it. But the narrative is getting legitimately annoying. Two people helping Will have been killed off... even the stupidest fucking detective could see that there is some merit in what he's saying. But no, its the copycat... there's always a copycat.

I felt that the Watchmen was great for what it was. If you had read it beforehand it was fantastic. It has all the broad strokes, but the subtleties of the source material would not translate well. Still has excellent cinematography barring the fucktarded sex scene between Night Owl and Silk...

I'm not too big on following symbolism and the super subtle things of the show. But there is a recurring theme about the "Detective's Curse." Which is essentially the same as not being able to see the forest for the trees so to speak. He is so "involved" in this case/whatever that he was unable...

I wasn't entirely sure where the best place to put this would be. But I felt that it would be best to have it here. I'm an avid homebrewer and make about 15 gallons every quarter. Mostly different kinds of IPA. If there are any other homebrewers about. I'd figure we should start a thread.

I am really looking forward to this. I also love the $40 price point. I'm usually very hesitant to buy the $60 titles. But I'll throw down forty anytime. I am a bit worried since they haven't said anything about the final classes and they're supposed to release this month though.

The direct2play site mentioned a few pages back still has it at $38. I wouldn't have bought it at $60, but $38 sure.

At the core, Big Data is Econometrics. If you think you'd like it. Start there. I liked it because as opposed to generally boring Engineering statistics. There is a lot of creativity involved. What variables influence our customers to purchase product X? These are some of the questions you...

It was 30 hours total. Three classes for two semesters, one in the summer. Two for one semester and only one for the final semester so I could finish the project without any interference. They would have paid for an MBA, Statistics degree, etc. I thought about getting the MBA, but I always...

To answer the question a few pages back. I recently finished a Masters program while working full time as a software developer. I only got it because work paid for all of it. I got a Masters in Software Engineering. I don't think a single one of the projects truly challenged by abilities. But...