It's true, the level of malevolence isn't as detailed. I didn't know money wasn't a factor in the Sims, it is in every other Sim game out there.

Oh, god. The thread is speaking another language.

There's a rocket in The Sims? Or is that just SIms 2?

Okay, erika I think I've nailed down your first 70s soul mix. Good mix of classics and stellar lesser known tracks. Imagine cruising around Chocolate City with George Pelecanos in a 1970 Lincoln Continental and this is your soundtrack.

Soul Thang 1

Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics
Smiling Faces Sometimes Undisputed Truth
Back Stabbers The O'Jays
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
What's Happening Brother - Marvin Gaye
The World Is A Ghetto - War
They Just Can't Stop It The (Games People Play) -The Spinners
Woman's Gotta Have It - Bobby Womack
(I Just Can't Help Myself) I Don't Want Nobody Else - Terry Callier
Oh Girl The Chi-Lites
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Too Late To Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient
Grazing In The Grass- The Friends Of Distinction
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Chokin' Kind - Allen Toussaint
Easin' In - Edwin Starr
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis
Take Me With You - Lyn Christopher
Golden Ring -American Gypsy
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers

I had no idea you could torture the neighbors as well.

There was some game I played way back when -- it ended in opolis. You were a god and ruled your land with an iron fist torturing your people (or at least I did). Lightning strikes were my favorite -- the little people would turn to skeletons and jump around before dying. I can't remember the other ways you could torture them but the death dance never got old.

Do Sims ever kill other Sims?

Are there pets? Can you raise a pitt bull Sim badly and let it loose?

How about disease? Can you spread a plague?

Or can you give a teenage Sim lots of beer and a sports car and see what happens?

Hec, that mix rocks my socks.

tommyrot, I'm glad there's a way around this for you. I wouldn't care if I was being treated for elbow itch. I wouldn't want to hand my personal medical information to one of my bosses, even though I've liked all but one of them.

Lee, I'm Xposting a Yay for your job offer and acceptance! Go you!

In mememenew$, I think we may have just saved ourselves $50/month on our cable bill.

When FX started rerunning BtVS, I wanted FX, badly. Our then-cable provider (either Warner/Time-Warner, or AT&T, which took over our area from T-W) didn't offer it. RCN was coming to town though, and they offered it as one of their basic channels. I didn't find Buffy 'til season 3, and the early DVDs weren't yet released. We had to have our Buffy Backstory, so we switched.

In addition to cable TV, RCN offers local and long distance phone, and internet access. The salesman came out to our house, went over the packages with us, and because RCN was new here, they had spectacular deals, in order to entice the locals to drink the Kool Aid. We drank deep, and signed up for their second highest bundle, because it offered us all sorts of stuff we weren't getting for either a lower, or same price, as we'd been paying to get all these services through separate providers.

Over time, we realized we just didn't watch HBO, and the other premium stuff enough to bother, but every time we've checked, we weren't going to save anything if we cut them.

This time, we went over the website, and picked what we "needed", wanted, and then those nice-to-haves-but-we-don't-care-about features. The RCN sales rep was really helpful. In fact, after a very long investigation, she said she'd call us back.

She called back, and listed everything she can give us. For the short term, we should be saving $70 a month (because of a promotion we didn't think we were eligible for as down-grading existing customers), with a regular savings of $50/month, once the promotion ends. We'll have to watch and see what happens for the next couple of billing cycles. We do lose some cable TV features. We're getting rid of the converter box on the 2nd TV, because for the most part, only the children watch that one. We're getting rid of the premium stuff like HBO, and Starz that we never watch, anyhow. We're keeping the digital stuff in the living room, so we can get channels like National Geographic, History International, etc (which are the main things we watch, anyhow).

I know I'm unduly excited about this, but I never expected to save $50/month. We were hoping for $25, and knew we could at least save ~$15 by cancelling one channel. Again, we'll see when the bill comes in, but still.

I'm so boring. I'm sorry. It was just very happy making.