I'll be spending Christmas with my mother. None of my other siblings are located near her, so I always see her for holidays. It helps that we enjoy each other's company.

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Rayman, the first three Spyro games, and the PS version of Dark Forces. Also, Ultimate Risk and Ultimate Battleship for PC (about the most advanced games that school-hand-me-down machine could run).

Mine is my maternal grandfather's name.

After surgery on my arm at the age of 16, I went for about two months without falling unconscious. It was quite strange; I laid in bed and rested, but I was awake the entire time. I wasn't fully awake, but I didn't fall asleep. When the time came to get out of bed, I was rested and ready.

Batman: The Animated Series, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (closely followed by Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and the first three seasons of Spongebob).

Math professor at my alma mater.

That seems difficult to prove. I would imagine a decent business owner could contrive plausible reasons for not doing business with another entity.

While "opposition to Israel" is not synonymous with the genocidal maniacs I mentioned, there is no doubt that such groups do indeed oppose Israel and must be included in that broader category. It is just as profound to say that American patriotism does not mean jingoism and hotheads.

Further, referring to Israel as an "apartheid state" is ironic. Where else in the Middle East can Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc. live among each other in peace (minus the rockets, bombs, and bullets of the aforementioned genocidal maniacs)? Israel is not perfect, but that nation is by far the most civilized and decent in the region.

I am curious as to how a single state might be created in the region which would justly serve the peoples making it up; Hamas, the ruling power in Palestine, flatly denies that Israel has the right to exist. This is in Hamas's charter. Not that its borders are too generous; not that it has this or that dispute with Israel; Israel has no right to exist. This is what is known as an irreconcilable difference.

Until Israel's neighbors, who have on multiple occasions staged invasions of that country, recognize the right of Jews to have their state in their ancient homeland, there can be no true peace.

While I support Israel's right to exist, and hold in contempt the genocidal maniacs seeking the destruction of that nation, I do not see how attacking the rights of Americans is the way to help our ally. Almost any time the interstate-commerce clause is used, I find it to be some sort of overreach on the part of the federal government. If the federal government decides not to award contracts to companies boycotting Israel, OK; seeking to profit by our system whilst overtly harming our ally? No contract for you. Private companies and citizens? They may conduct themselves as they wish within the law.

I'm surprised I hadn't heard much of this before; it was introduced almost four months ago.

All in all, I think it would be much better to simply cut off US funding to the UN until such time as it reverses the anti-Israel resolution of January 2017.

Can we get Buick and PYYYOUR to cast this one, a la the season 20 opener? That was a memorable one.

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I suppose this would make sense if I were a pregnant lady...

"The first part of the salad is the arugula. I can't stress this enough..."

Hmmm...Role-Playing Game games...I've played a bit of the Witcher. It's ok. Love the Mass Effect series. Was enjoying Oblivion before I got busy with other things.

Hmmm...I'll try playing with melee killsound only. Maybe I won't miss my kill sound.

Thanks for the advice. If anyone comes up with a way to do multiple killsounds, let me know.