Xenogears is, in my opinion, one of the best RPGs out there. Despite the fact that it came out in 1998, it is still amazing. The music is amazing, the cut scenes are amazing, the story is amazing. Below is the opening of the game.

Obama Says He Intends to ‘Finish the Job’ in Afghanistan

"While Mr. Obama is expected by several of his advisers to announce sending more than 20,000 new troops — perhaps closer to the 40,000, as recommended by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal — the White House is working to make the announcement more than about simply the number of troops. It will include an outline of an exit strategy, officials said."

http://www.accessdevelopment.com/careers-at-access.asp

the link above has this amusing video. Apparently they have it on youtube but I can't embed it. The husband went there to check out a job posting and there was this cartoon haha.

Happy Birthday lina_kun! <3

This site has the most amazing nature pictures: http://outdoor-photos.com/top.php

That link will take you to the top ten pictures on the site.

Since militsa asked about the 8 cow wife reference on my profile, I thought I'd share what's behind that. If you go HERE there is an extremely short story about the man who paid 8 cows for his wife. It has a really good message (it is worth the read!  Read it!), and I think that many of you would really enjoy this tale.

I redesigned my profile.  I just kind of wanted a change and I wanted to cut down on the amount of text.  Clicky clicky to see.

It doesn't look as good in Firefox and Opera as it does in IE and Chrome, buuuut oh well. heh.  It works.  Also, I've found that I appreciate Chrome so much more when opening IE, Firefox, or (especially) Opera.  It's so fast.  That's definitely a plus for it.

So I'm currently listening to The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman, and he was talking about outsourcing, and one of the things I found so interesting was the fact that McDonald's has restaurants where the person taking your order is actually in another state, working from a call center. They take your order and relay it to the restaurant.

Here's a link to an article for anyone interested in reading more about it, though you can also Google it if you're actually super interested.

The Long-Distance Journey of a Fast-Food Order from The New York Times

I am highly amused that the Christmas card post everyone stole from me last year was resurrected this year even before I had a chance to do it again myself. It's become some sort of Christmas card meme *laughs*

Also, I need to replace my Halloween icons with some Thanksgiving and Christmas ones.