I have sorted out which servers my kids can play on. Sometimes they play on friend's private servers and sometimes on public. The kids prefer well moderated servers.

They also like to Skype when they play, too, to talk to each other through the game.

My understanding is that it's a back-formation that gets used so often that it's in common use. But I still don't think it's any more correct than "conversate."

So with Teppy on this one.

The problem with changing time zones is then I'm not hungry for dinner at a reasonable hour. I really want some damn vegetables, but its after 9pm, and I'm not actually hungry yet, so all the restaurants I'll be closed by the time I am (and I'd be staying awake too late for how early I have to get up!)

I find "conversating" oddly charming. Perhaps because I don't hear it very often.

I remember in Alive they ate livers because they were nutritious. Maybe easier to chew too.

Just steer clear of the livers of carnivores. I believe some polar bears got their revenge on a party of arctic explorers that way.

By the way, have I mentioned lately how large a part of my diet meat makes up?

I find "conversating" oddly charming.

My current language pet peeve: what's the deal with "reach[ed] out to"? When did "contact" fall out of favor and get replaced by this feel-good bullshit phrase? (As in "We reached out to the manager of the grocery store to find out when Chunky soup would be back on the shelves." Really? "Reached out to"??? You're not trying to establish detente, here.)

My personal theory of business jargon is that in your average desk job there are only, like, ten conversations you're likely to ever have with a fellow business person, and everytime we get bored repeating ourselves we just invent another bullshit jargony way of saying the exact same thing.

I don't think you understand the true importance of Chunky soup, Tep.

OMG, the Royals are at the top of their division. I've been busy with the new job and life and such and hadn't noticed. It's hard to even process the Royals having a winning record, much less to be at the top. On the one hand, it's awesome that they're doing so well. On the other hand, it's a bummer than the first sign of the apocalypse has come to pass. Invest for the short term.

Thanks Cash.

My current language pet peeve: what's the deal with "reach[ed] out to"? When did "contact" fall out of favor and get replaced by this feel-good bullshit phrase? (As in "We reached out to the manager of the grocery store to find out when Chunky soup would be back on the shelves." Really? "Reached out to"??? You're not trying to establish detente, here.)

I would, however, approve its usage if one could prove that one is a giant squid.