What are they doing that isn’t easily ignored?

There absolutely are not. There are anemic little marches scattered here and there.

Americans were protesting George Bush in 2004 more forcefully and in vastly larger numbers than they are protesting now.

However they’re told to feel

My department runs 12 overseas study abroad programs annually- last week we put our US program on indefinite hiatus.

One on digital media literacy and another on the history of Canadian pop culture- both written for ESL/EFL learners with intensive reading and fluency practice as major components.

Israel having a normal one

Some day we’re all going to wake up to the news that he stroked out on the toilet while honking out a dirt snake

I don’t quite know yet. I’ve played every Civ game since I started on the first with my dad when I was about 11 years old- and I’ve loved every iteration for different reasons.

I’m approaching this one kind of the same way as always- I’m playing it kind of leaning on what I know about the franchise as a whole rather than trying to understand every more granular system, because a lot of things change while all the patches start rolling in and the expansions release. I play each new game sort of the same way I played the previous one, learning the new systems by making mistakes.

It’s early enough that I still don’t really understand most of the new systems- I will say that I am enjoying it just about as much as I enjoyed 5 and 6 at launch, but less than I enjoyed 4 at launch. Fully tricked out 5 and 6 are both excellent as far as I’m concerned, and I’m thinking this one has potential to get there.

Having said all that, I absolutely HATE the “Civ-switching” mechanic. It very much takes me out of the game. We’ll see how that develops.

Not with that attitude

You boys aren’t nerds, are you?

Because this isn’t the nerd taxi.

Standing in the middle of a fully stocked supermarket saying, “well, I guess this is it. We have no choice but to kill and eat each other.”

Sodium citrate is the ingredient responsible for helping regular cheese to melt into a smooth, creamy sauce- it has the chemical formula Na₃C₆H₅O₇.

In the time I’ve been waiting for Skywind to release, I:

Met my future wife

Started grad school

Got engaged

Finished my Masters’

Got married

Bought a condo

Published two textbooks

Started a doctorate

Became a dad

Sold a condo

Bought a house

Finished my PhD

Got tenure

Started sending my kid to preschool

Immediately after the tuna salad sandwich. Heck, treat yourself to a big glass of milk with those cookies, too.

I put Avowed down last week after finishing up the first map- no reason, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, but for some reason am finding it hard to pick back up again.

Been screwing around with Civilization 7 this week, dipping my toes into Pikmin 4 (still not sure how it suits me but I like its uniqueness), and playing through Final Fantasy VI on my retro handheld.

Peter Gabriel- In Your Eyes