I laugh a little at Texans in Winter weather too, since I'm native to Pennsylvania. Doesn't mean I won't use a "snowy" or "icy" day to get out of driving to work of course. :-D

Yup, yup. I like to laugh a little when my in-laws in the Northeast talk about the "heat wave", 'cause here we just call it "summer". And also, Dear The Rest of the Country: welcome to our pain...er...world!

So if I ride in that cab, I get to be on a gameshow?

The image of Wil as Klaus Nomi has ruined my brain forever. Thanks for that. :P

I love how "free" makes some people think it's not okay to give feedback on something. "This tastes horrible!" "SO? WHAT PART OF FREE DON'T YOU GET? ARE YOU A SHAREHOLDER??" Seriously, why can't people give their feedback just because it is "free"? And dude, if there are ads, it's not actually free.

There's always Vimeo. :)

They missed an opportunity with Payne Way... could have been JaneWay! I'll show myself out...

My hometown arcade was in an old cigar factory. They had Journey Escape - the game! Pretty awesome. It's still there, though not open to the public anymore. They just rent out machines to local pizza joints now.

Ouch. I can't say I'm terribly surprised, but it still sucks. I feel for you, Wil.

*lightbulb* oooohhh, LIME. I never thought to add that. Thanks!

"If I were creating the world I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, Day One!"

Indeed. I didn't finish college, but I WORKED to get to the level I am now (i.e. not making minimum wage). It's the work that some folk seem to chafe at, methinks. Regardless of how they couch their complaints.

Biggest pet peeves... the chronically late people, especially the ones who also chronically forget to turn off their phone. And my personal peeve with the studio I've been using of late... the beginner-ish classes seem to mostly be offered during normal work hours, as if they think that those who need the introductory or more gentle offerings don't have day jobs.

Except that this "source" stole it from Terry Pratchett. Otherwise, all is well, right? ;-)

THIS. A few years ago, I found a couple sites that had my name and place of employment _with_ phone number! This was information that *I* hadn't chosen to make public, but somewhere, someone else *did*. You know? Like, people are all "if you don't want it known, don't put it on the web" except *I didn't* put it on the web myself. Somewhere along the line, that information was just freely handed over by a third party. That's just dispicable, IMO.

All the things you said, plus, I found it just to be a lame time-stealer and reclaimed a bunch of my time when I deleted the account (time spent mostly clicking "ignore" on the ENDLESS invitations to games). Did I lose touch with people? Sure the ones who friended me because they remembered me from highschool, yet we never spoke directly *to* each other on there anyway. I'm starting to think people have forgotten what "keeping in touch" actually means. I still use email and the phone for those who matter to me. Sometimes? I even send postal mail. I know, I'm a luddite, right. :-D

Wil - does my monitor need adjusting or is your ball... blue? o.0

Happy New Year, Wil. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself and your experiences with us. Your one of those authors who inspires me to keep on writing too.