6 years at Newgrounds!

With that vote, you now have 12,830 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 35. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 7 hours, 1 minute, and 17 seconds.

Rev is surprised with the Thunder beat-down of LA; congrats to:
ChampionAnwar - 2,000 Exp
sushi13 - Level 27 and 9.00 Total VP
vader316 - 22k B/P
sixflab - 10,000 Total Stats
BannanaBreadMuffin - Level 40
JonnyTheWinnar - 1,000 Saves
BaronVonBadGuy - 6,000 Saves
TheNumberOfTheDragon - 13k Exp
FroNickProductions - Level 22
AnderewGlisson13 - Master Sergeant
Blackanese - 6 Years on NG
phantomlassuk - Level 35

What do you know, 20,000 B/P. :)

i am now a Safety Patrol

At 4/25/10 06:15 PM, reverend wrote: What do you know, 20,000 B/P. :)

Congrats man.
Out of curiosity, how long have you been raking up the B/P's?

Exp. Points: 16,000

only 3 more days :3

Coop tries to explain a very laboured point over one lousy review, while congratulating:
BananaBreadMuffin: Level 40
JonnyTheWinnar: 1,000 Saves
BaronVonBadGuy: 6,000 Saves
TheNumberOfTheDragon: 13,000 Experience
FroNickProductions: Level 22
AndrewGlisson13: Master Sergeant
Blackanese: 6th NG Berfday
phantomlassuk: Level 35
reverend: 20,000 B/P
LegolaSS: 16,000 Experience

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/25/10 04:18 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/24/10 08:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: If it's possible, I'll get gfox to paste the chat convo regarding this.

Cool... June, then?

I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

I'll try - but I'm offering no guarantees on my memory at this time.

Uhh, I suppose so.

Hot digety! I bet that looks nice.

Why of course. Just keep depositing and it'll be yours.

Can do!

At 4/25/10 04:01 AM, C0GMA wrote: Don't mind if I do, thank you very much.

*The kick lands with a terrible crunch. The screen freezes on Eddie's pained face, the credits roll.*

Well, we got through that.

Permission to collapse in a heap, sir?

At 4/25/10 11:14 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/25/10 04:18 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/24/10 08:43 AM, Haggard wrote: But I can always talk myself out of it by saying that english is a foreign language for me. ^^

But you said you knew it sounded suggestive, which is essentially what a euphemism is.

Yes, but it was like this: I write the post, I click "Post it!", then I think: "Oh wait, this could sound.... weird". So I still fail.

Practice makes perfect :P

I made a new video last night: HEAVY IS SNORLAX

Oh, and lol at today's UOTD on NG Log.

Listening to:

Rhapsody - The Frozen Tears of Angels. Came through the post today and damn, they sound heavier and more aggressive than ever.

Thanks to:

reverend
Odyssic
Coop83

At 4/25/10 09:40 AM, Pokemonpoeguygcn wrote: I got a bronze whistle after my demotion of 1/14/10

Oh, that was the same time I lost my whistle but that was due to a glitch with flagging art reviews.

At 4/25/10 11:14 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: The song itself? Yeah, it's not good but the parody is fantastic.

Yes, the song itself. Can't rate the parody, as I don't know the original. ^^

Well, you heard the original now. And the parody is funny because it's Heavy from TF2 singing Lady GaGa's Poker Face. However, I'm sure Spy sings like a boss is better for you.

Obviously it doesn't. It's more about hammers for HammerFall...Duh. At least they've sung about swords as well as hammers. That reminds me, I still need to pick up Renegade and Threshold. I hear Threshold is one of their weakest albums but I want to get them all nonetheless.

Yes, Threshold isn't as good, but Renegade kicks ass.

I should get myself Renegade sometime soon but I might get Threshold along with it for the heck of it.

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

I'll try - but I'm offering no guarantees on my memory at this time.

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

Why of course. Just keep depositing and it'll be yours.

Can do!

Just realised, that was a silly request because you're a better depositer than I am.

Well, we got through that.

Permission to collapse in a heap, sir?

After all of that, I really want to watch that episode again.

At 4/25/10 10:30 AM, TheNumberOfTheDragon wrote:

At 4/23/10 03:03 PM, S-k-y wrote: With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

I found this pretty humorous this morning when I was reading the news:
Britons believe the hill are alive with haggis

Rev is swamped for the rest of the day; congrats to:
LegolaSS - 16k Exp
Fagamut - 13k Exp

Thanks to:
BaronVonBadGuy
Odyssic
Coop83

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At 4/26/10 12:23 AM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote: Out of curiosity, how long have you been raking up the B/P's?

I had a few thousand way back when before I left NG, but I mainly started back late '08. According to my first NGLog from 12/15/08 I had 3,602 B/P and as of yesterday I have 20,029 B/P for a difference of 16,427 B/P.

That was over a period of 462 days, so doing the math that comes out to 35.5 B/P per day.

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: Oh, and lol at today's UOTD on NG Log.

So I guess BigBahamut is due for UOTD some time soon too. :)

Achievement of the Day
BananaBreadMuffin: Level 40

The chainsaw is overrated anyway. Congrats!

Congrats to:
sixflab: 1,000 Posts, 10,000 Total Stats
Kevin: 7,000 Experience
ChampionAnwar: 2,000 Experience
sushi13: Level 27, 9.00 Voting Power
vader316: 22,000 BP
JonnyTheWinnar: 1,000 Saves
BaronVonBadGuy: 6,000 Saves

At 4/24/10 06:22 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/24/10 11:19 AM, Auz wrote: Ah I see. Heh sounds like you guys have much more freedom in what subjects you pick. I could only take a similar set of courses; like I took physics, math and chemistry but I couldn't do advanced history. You can also go for history, geology and economics or pick the languages set.

Well, they tell you what you have to take. Like you have to have 4 English credits, 3 Math credits, 3 Science credits, etc. but you can choose the difficulty. There is really a handful truly free electives you can choose and if you are taking Athletics then you have even less time for those courses.

Oh okay, but I suppose the higher the difficulty, the better. If you wanna go to college at least.

Lol, so I guess it really doesn't say much then :p If you want a good score you can just take the test a couple of times until you're satisfied.

Another criticism is that the test cost $45 (33 EUR). So for the poorer students who are trying to get into college it really puts them at a disadvantage. I took the ACT twice which costs about the same: scored 24 and 27 out of 36 which was good enough to get where I wanted to go.

$45? I'd say screw that test, if colleges don't care much for it anymore anyway =/

I made a very scary discovery last week. One of my professors is a mixture of two Simpson's characters: Rich Texan and Dr. Hibbert.
He looks just like the Texan (without the cowboy hat) and he laughs at inappropriate times. If he explains things he just can't do it without laughing a "Dr. Hibbert laugh".
And now that I made this discovery I just can't get this one image out of my head: My prof pulling out his guns (note for Coop: No innuendo here. :P), shouting "YEEE-HAW!" and shooting the guns.

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 11:14 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/25/10 04:18 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/24/10 08:43 AM, Haggard wrote: But I can always talk myself out of it by saying that english is a foreign language for me. ^^

But you said you knew it sounded suggestive, which is essentially what a euphemism is.

Yes, but it was like this: I write the post, I click "Post it!", then I think: "Oh wait, this could sound.... weird". So I still fail.

Practice makes perfect :P

Yes. I always forget to proofread, so that's a thing I still have to work on. ^^

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/25/10 11:14 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: The song itself? Yeah, it's not good but the parody is fantastic.

Yes, the song itself. Can't rate the parody, as I don't know the original. ^^

Well, you heard the original now. And the parody is funny because it's Heavy from TF2 singing Lady GaGa's Poker Face. However, I'm sure Spy sings like a boss is better for you.

You mean, I heard the parody now. I haven't heard the original. :P
But yes, Spy's "Like a boss" is very nice.

Obviously it doesn't. It's more about hammers for HammerFall...Duh. At least they've sung about swords as well as hammers. That reminds me, I still need to pick up Renegade and Threshold. I hear Threshold is one of their weakest albums but I want to get them all nonetheless.

Yes, Threshold isn't as good, but Renegade kicks ass.

I should get myself Renegade sometime soon but I might get Threshold along with it for the heck of it.

Maybe you can find a nice offer like "get 2, pay 1".

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

I'll try - but I'm offering no guarantees on my memory at this time.

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

Simple solution: Make a note in your calendar. :P

Level 24. One of my favorite levels.

18,000 EXP Points.

Thanks for voting, jmalouin7! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 5,880 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 24.The next Grounds Gold day begins in 23 hours, 3 minutes, and 58 seconds.

The more experience points you have, combined with BLAM and PROTECTION points, the more your vote is worth!

YAY level 24

Coop tries to develop his fitness regimen, while congratulating:
Fagamut: 13,000 Experience
dx5231: Level 24
gamejunkie: 18,000 Experience
jmalouin7: Level 24

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

I'll try - but I'm offering no guarantees on my memory at this time.

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

02.20 Central time. *channels creepy mind powers to get Greg on Steam*

Why of course. Just keep depositing and it'll be yours.

Can do!

Just realised, that was a silly request because you're a better depositer than I am.

Only because I still manage one deposit per day. If I miss a few, I'll be a worse depositer than you :P

At 4/26/10 12:40 PM, reverend wrote: I found this pretty humorous this morning when I was reading the news:
Britons believe the hill are alive with haggis

Ah, the Wild Haggis - a peculiar little beastie that lives on Scottish hills, with shorter right legs than left legs. This enables it to run around hillsides in a clockwise fashion, while maintaining balance.

At 4/26/10 02:34 PM, Haggard wrote: And now that I made this discovery I just can't get this one image out of my head: My prof pulling out his guns (note for Coop: No innuendo here. :P), shouting "YEEE-HAW!" and shooting the guns.

You can't shoot biceps - if it was "gun", it might have been an innuendo :P

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 11:14 AM, Haggard wrote: Yes, but it was like this: I write the post, I click "Post it!", then I think: "Oh wait, this could sound.... weird". So I still fail.

Practice makes perfect :P

Yes. I always forget to proofread, so that's a thing I still have to work on. ^^

I learned a hard lesson with the monthly writing contests. Perhaps I'll be able to get some sort of reward since I've been writing better since joining up with those :)

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

I'll try - but I'm offering no guarantees on my memory at this time.

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

Simple solution: Make a note in your calendar. :P

I have a calendar? Oh yeah - I just never hung it on the wall. I must try to finish the painting this weekend, so that I can move for getting a new wardrobe sourced.

Listening to:

Rhapsody - The Frozen Tears of Angels

Thanks to:

reverend
Coop83

At 4/26/10 12:40 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: Oh, and lol at today's UOTD on NG Log.

So I guess BigBahamut is due for UOTD some time soon too. :)

No, BahamutMadness.

At 4/26/10 02:34 PM, Haggard wrote: I made a very scary discovery last week. One of my professors is a mixture of two Simpson's characters: Rich Texan and Dr. Hibbert.

Now that's an interesting combination. Too bad Rich Texan became an overused character in the later seasons. A few time appearances would have been but not almost every episode. Same goes for Crazy Cat Lady.

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, you heard the original now. And the parody is funny because it's Heavy from TF2 singing Lady GaGa's Poker Face. However, I'm sure Spy sings like a boss is better for you.

You mean, I heard the parody now. I haven't heard the original. :P

But the parody shows you what the song is like minus Heavy's singing.

But yes, Spy's "Like a boss" is very nice.

I'M THE BOSS!

I should get myself Renegade sometime soon but I might get Threshold along with it for the heck of it.

Maybe you can find a nice offer like "get 2, pay 1".

I don't see that as being likely for HammerFall's albums.

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

Simple solution: Make a note in your calendar. :P

I don't even have a dragon calendar. Plus, where would I put "Tell gfox about when he found out about his 37 link on the EXP update." :P

At 4/27/10 03:49 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

02.20 Central time. *channels creepy mind powers to get Greg on Steam*

Nah, that won't do. I guess I should ask him on his news post. Then he'll get it when he can.

Just realised, that was a silly request because you're a better depositer than I am.

Only because I still manage one deposit per day. If I miss a few, I'll be a worse depositer than you :P

And we all know that won't be happening at all.

Level 26. Not a huge fan of this icon, so roll on level 27.

At 4/26/10 11:53 AM, Fagamut wrote:

At 4/25/10 10:30 AM, TheNumberOfTheDragon wrote:

At 4/23/10 03:03 PM, S-k-y wrote: With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

Rev is wondering what's the deal with all the spam bots hanging around the BBS; congrats to:
dx5231 - Level 24
gamejunkie - 18k Exp
jmalouin7 - Level 24
Odyssic - 7.77 Base VP
GodsBitch - Level 26
EmoDragon - 13k Exp

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At 4/26/10 01:10 PM, Auz wrote: Oh okay, but I suppose the higher the difficulty, the better. If you wanna go to college at least.

They will accept you if you don't take advanced classes (if you have met the requirements), but you will have to take remedial courses which is a waste of time and money.

$45? I'd say screw that test, if colleges don't care much for it anymore anyway =/

I knew I could have gotten in with my grades and rank alone but it would have felt odd to not take the test while other students have. I would have felt it would have put me at a disadvantage if they had to limit the number of freshmen enrolling.

At 4/27/10 03:49 AM, Coop83 wrote: Ah, the Wild Haggis - a peculiar little beastie that lives on Scottish hills, with shorter right legs than left legs. This enables it to run around hillsides in a clockwise fashion, while maintaining balance.

So what does wild haggis taste like, Bigfoot or Chupacabra?
But really, I haven't tried haggis since really you can't get all the ingredients to make it over here; unless you hack apart your own sheep.

At 4/27/10 05:01 AM, Bahamut wrote: No, BahamutMadness.

So why did they get deleted? Just due to spam and what not?

At 4/27/10 03:49 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/26/10 02:34 PM, Haggard wrote: And now that I made this discovery I just can't get this one image out of my head: My prof pulling out his guns (note for Coop: No innuendo here. :P), shouting "YEEE-HAW!" and shooting the guns.

You can't shoot biceps - if it was "gun", it might have been an innuendo :P

So, "guns" is slang for "biceps"? You learn something new every day.

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 11:14 AM, Haggard wrote: Yes, but it was like this: I write the post, I click "Post it!", then I think: "Oh wait, this could sound.... weird". So I still fail.

Practice makes perfect :P

Yes. I always forget to proofread, so that's a thing I still have to work on. ^^

I learned a hard lesson with the monthly writing contests. Perhaps I'll be able to get some sort of reward since I've been writing better since joining up with those :)

I have made some horrendous mistakes in the past, like writing "new" when I meant "knew" and such things.
But so far I haven't learned anything from this. ^^

At 4/26/10 08:07 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote: I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

I'll try - but I'm offering no guarantees on my memory at this time.

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

Simple solution: Make a note in your calendar. :P

I have a calendar? Oh yeah - I just never hung it on the wall. I must try to finish the painting this weekend, so that I can move for getting a new wardrobe sourced.

I just use the calendar function in my mobile phone. It has the great advantage that it has an alarm function as well, so it's even less likely I don't notice it. XD

At 4/27/10 05:01 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/26/10 02:34 PM, Haggard wrote: I made a very scary discovery last week. One of my professors is a mixture of two Simpson's characters: Rich Texan and Dr. Hibbert.

Now that's an interesting combination. Too bad Rich Texan became an overused character in the later seasons. A few time appearances would have been but not almost every episode. Same goes for Crazy Cat Lady.

Crazy Cat Lady was nice because she was so random, but yes, Rich Texan is a bit overused.

At 4/26/10 08:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, you heard the original now. And the parody is funny because it's Heavy from TF2 singing Lady GaGa's Poker Face. However, I'm sure Spy sings like a boss is better for you.

You mean, I heard the parody now. I haven't heard the original. :P

But the parody shows you what the song is like minus Heavy's singing.

Oh, I see.

But yes, Spy's "Like a boss" is very nice.

I'M THE BOSS!

Yes, I know. You said that like a thousand times.

I should get myself Renegade sometime soon but I might get Threshold along with it for the heck of it.

Maybe you can find a nice offer like "get 2, pay 1".

I don't see that as being likely for HammerFall's albums.

But it would be nice anyway.
An example I never expected something like that for Opeth's albums, but I bought "Blackwater Park" and "Watershed" togther in a nice box for the price of a regular album.
So it may happen for HammerFall's albums as well. :)

I'll likely forget too...Shit. That's it, I need gfox on Steam ASAP so I have a better chance of remembering.

Simple solution: Make a note in your calendar. :P

I don't even have a dragon calendar. Plus, where would I put "Tell gfox about when he found out about his 37 link on the EXP update." :P

1st of June, of course.

Achievement of the Day
gamejunkie: 18,000 Experience

Congrats!

Congrats to:
dx5231: Level 24
jmalouin7: Level 24
Odyssic: 7.77 Base VP
GodsBitch: Level 26
EmoDragon: 13,000 Experience

At 4/27/10 12:41 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/26/10 01:10 PM, Auz wrote: Oh okay, but I suppose the higher the difficulty, the better. If you wanna go to college at least.

They will accept you if you don't take advanced classes (if you have met the requirements), but you will have to take remedial courses which is a waste of time and money.

Yeah, if you're gonna have to do courses like that anyway, you might as well take them right away.

$45? I'd say screw that test, if colleges don't care much for it anymore anyway =/

I knew I could have gotten in with my grades and rank alone but it would have felt odd to not take the test while other students have. I would have felt it would have put me at a disadvantage if they had to limit the number of freshmen enrolling.

I see... well I don't know $45 (or almost $90 in your case) is still a lot of money. If your results are already sufficient, taking the risk might not be such a bad idea. Although I don't know how often they limit the number of new students.

Congrats to:
gamejunkie: 18,000 Experience
dx5231: Level 24
jmalouin7: Level 24
Odyssic: 7.77 Base VP
GodsBitch: Level 26
EmoDragon: 13,000 Experience

I just hit 37k medal points, and I'm so close to 1000 blams I can taste it. Also, FWIW, in NGLogs the graphic for halfway between Corporal and Sergeant just looks really blurry. Because the lines don't overlap at all, so it ends up looking like a mass of yellow in the middle. Weird.

At 4/27/10 04:59 PM, chris-marks wrote: I just hit 37k medal points, and I'm so close to 1000 blams I can taste it.

Gratz...you've been playing a lot lately...I played quite a bit, but the difference is that I didn't get any points >:
Anyway, 10,000+ b/p points (*fireworks*), and 888 blams (actually, it's 887 but I'm pretty sure that I'll forget it, so yeah..)

At 4/27/10 09:19 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

At 4/27/10 04:59 PM, chris-marks wrote: I just hit 37k medal points, and I'm so close to 1000 blams I can taste it.

Gratz...you've been playing a lot lately...I played quite a bit, but the difference is that I didn't get any points >:
Anyway, 10,000+ b/p points (*fireworks*), and 888 blams (actually, it's 887 but I'm pretty sure that I'll forget it, so yeah..)

Congrats on 10k b/p!

I finally got my 1000th blam just now, after going out of my way to hunt for them for 2 weeks. They've been really hard to come by lately, or at least it seems that way. Next stop, Sergeant. Or Deity. Whichever comes first. Oh, and I passed 4,444 total b/p yesterday.

I'm fairly certain it's been over 5 years since I last gained a new B/P rank.
But, at long last, I've reached Brigadier General.

Success!

Oh yeah, today is my 6th NG Berfday

I'll be making a news post about it, so keep an eye on the sig. List to follow.

Coop tries to shake the early start with tea and breakfast, while congratulating:
Odyssic: 7.77 Base Voting Power
GodsBitch: Level 26
EmoDragon: 13,000 Expeirence
chris-marks: 37,000 Medal Points; 1,000 Blams
HeavyTank: 10,000 B/P
BaronVonBadGuy: Brigadier General

At 4/27/10 05:01 AM, Bahamut wrote: Same goes for Crazy Cat Lady.

Don't take work away from Futurama actors. That's Tress MacNeill you're talking about there!

Holy shit, I never realised she was the voice for Chip in Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers. Small things.

At 4/27/10 12:41 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/27/10 03:49 AM, Coop83 wrote: Ah, the Wild Haggis - a peculiar little beastie that lives on Scottish hills, with shorter right legs than left legs. This enables it to run around hillsides in a clockwise fashion, while maintaining balance.

So what does wild haggis taste like, Bigfoot or Chupacabra?

Having never eaten wild Haggis, Bigfoot or Chupacabra, I think it tastes a little like Loch Ness Monster.

But really, I haven't tried haggis since really you can't get all the ingredients to make it over here; unless you hack apart your own sheep.

Isn't there anywhere that you can try and order it online?

At 4/27/10 01:22 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/27/10 03:49 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/26/10 02:34 PM, Haggard wrote: And now that I made this discovery I just can't get this one image out of my head: My prof pulling out his guns (note for Coop: No innuendo here. :P), shouting "YEEE-HAW!" and shooting the guns.

You can't shoot biceps - if it was "gun", it might have been an innuendo :P

So, "guns" is slang for "biceps"? You learn something new every day.

Yeah, a gun show is when a butch fellow starts flexing his guns and showing off how impressive he is. There was a big laugh when Vladimir Putin had his gun show broadcast around the world :P

I learned a hard lesson with the monthly writing contests. Perhaps I'll be able to get some sort of reward since I've been writing better since joining up with those :)

I have made some horrendous mistakes in the past, like writing "new" when I meant "knew" and such things.

But so far I haven't learned anything from this. ^^

It just hasn't stuck yet. It will, with time.

I have a calendar? Oh yeah - I just never hung it on the wall. I must try to finish the painting this weekend, so that I can move for getting a new wardrobe sourced.

I just use the calendar function in my mobile phone. It has the great advantage that it has an alarm function as well, so it's even less likely I don't notice it. XD

Thanks for reminding me *puts mobile on charge*

I passed 60,000 BP last night! I am now a double supreme commander.