Off to Las Vegas.

nothing for me either.

Hell, that's not a bad deal, but (1) still leaves me with my DS Lite and (2) there are no Fry's here. :\

Ok, so who wants this code for free? It's 20% off a laptop at Amazon. The thought of it being used by this guy is driving me insane.

Basically, pick a computer from here, then put the code into the box. You need to do it tonight or tomorrow. This other guy has the code, so I know he will use it once I refund him the money.

PM me if you want it gratis. You can save a shit ton on a macbook pro.

Originally Posted by JStryke Something I noticed today when I thought was kind of funny. Most people will just set their alarm clock on the other side of the room. My dad? He has it on a shitty radio station.

Me too.

Originally Posted by corrosivefrost nothing for me either. Hell, that's not a bad deal, but (1) still leaves me with my DS Lite and (2) there are no Fry's here. :\

I can see that, not having a close Fry's stinks- I'm not near one anymore so I'd have to PM as well. The easy part for me, I have a ton of nieces and nephews that would be chomping at the bit for a hand-me-down DS lite.

Got 1650 points from MS.

Spent them as soon as people said they were disappearing.

I'm so behind I didn't even know JoiletJake was banned.

Welcome to last year?

Originally Posted by seanr1221 Got 1650 points from MS. Spent them as soon as people said they were disappearing.

Screw you.

Originally Posted by h3llbring3r I can see that, not having a close Fry's stinks- I'm not near one anymore so I'd have to PM as well. The easy part for me, I have a ton of nieces and nephews that would be chomping at the bit for a hand-me-down DS lite.

There's not even a Fry's in like a 2 hour drive, I think.
So BB won't PM it, most likely, cause it's not like I can walk/drive over there and pick it up.

Originally Posted by eldergamer Had a crazy naturopath doctor try and tell us the same thing. She was talking about how much "clearer" her mind felt since she and her family stopped eating gluten. I hear crazy people at work and granola moms my wife knows self-diagnosing themselves with gluten sensitivites all the time. The whole gluten-free thing is just a fad if you ask me. It's only necessary if you have a diagnosed actual auto-immune problem like Celiac.

Celiac and wheat allergies are two separate things. With a wheat allergy like I have, I get mild symptoms such as the rash which is a form of hives (uticaria) and it's kind of like having mild poison ivy - it itches and burns. It's nothing to take lightly. Clinically, they measure the inflammatory response to wheat when doing the Celiac blood test. Anything over a 2.0 (I believe) indicates Celiac, but anything over 0.00 shows that you have some sort of inflammatory response to wheat. I'm around a .2 - symptoms get much worse than mine.

Research in prominent medical journals has showed that wheat allergy and diabetes are linked on the same gene, so as diabetes increases in this country, so will wheat allergy. Having one or the other makes you high risk for developing the other, particularly having diabetes makes you likely to develop a wheat allergy. This is because a diabetic diet is extremely high in whole grains and the protein aka gluten is what makes grains whole as opposed to just the starch, and the more exposure you have to any foreign protein, the more likely you are to develop an allergy to it.

The reason why gluten is so troublesome is because it is structurally similar to proteins that are part of the human inflammatory process so the gluten binds to the receptors and make parts of your body swell up, like your GI tract and your skin, giving you the trots and hives.

No other country in the world has the same sort of large-scale genetically modified wheat dependence as the US, which is why they aren't seeing wheat allergies increase as quickly, but in general, all allergies (including things such as peanut and bee sting) are increasing everywhere. I've done a lot of research on this because giving up wheat was not something I was about to do unless it was absolutely necessary - I come from a family of pastry chefs.

As it is now, I eat gluten-free about 90% of the time, eating something that was prepared with flour one meal per week or so. The hardest things to give up have been fried chicken and meatloaf/meatballs. I'm still working out recipes for gluten-free versions of them.

Originally Posted by corrosivefrost Screw you.

I had 510 in my account, so the extra points boosted me up to 2160.

I got Ms Splosion Man, Trenched and....The Situation's Abs.

Finally at 0 points. Always having like 70 or so points floating around was annoying.

Wait a minute you can ban yourself?

Try it.

Originally Posted by Lyricsborn Wait a minute you can ban yourself?

You can ask a mod to ban you. For example, during midterms and finals students often ask the mods to temp-ban them until after the exam so they're not tempted to browse the forums instead of study. Others have drama and ask to be perma banned to keep them from coming back and having more drama.

Originally Posted by seanr1221 Try it.

Originally Posted by seanr1221 Try it.

I lol'ed.


Is that a spoon or a mic from karaoke night?

Are you singing into it or . . . really happy?

Originally Posted by Chika You can ask a mod to ban you. For example, during midterms and finals students often ask the mods to temp-ban them until after the exam so they're not tempted to browse the forums instead of study. Others have drama and ask to be perma banned to keep them from coming back and having more drama.

Translation: Some motherfuckers have no fucking willpower.

Does the OTT believe in aliens/UFOs?

I was talking about it with friends at dinner, just want to get a more general answer.

No offense guys...but you're $$$.

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Originally Posted by Eviltude Does the OTT believe in aliens/UFOs? I was talking about it with friends at dinner, just want to get a more general answer.

It would be awfully naive to think that we're the only lifeforms in an infinite universe.