[JuZ]

Thank ye Hiddololo!

[EphelDuath666]

happy birthday, Justin. Hope you had an awesome day!

[JuZ]

Cheers!

Happy belated birthday, fella!

Sorry for being so late, but HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, JUZ!

[JuZ]

And my apologies for the late reply guys! Thank you very much! Yer both lurvly.

2+ years of pescetarian diet down the drain.
But I'm not going to dive right back in to omnivorousness; I just need to reduce my intake of all things, especially sugar. I'm not sure whether to feel motivated or laugh derisively.

[JuZ]

2+ years of pescetarian diet down the drain.
But I'm not going to dive right back in to omnivorousness; I just need to reduce my intake of all things, especially sugar. I'm not sure whether to feel motivated or laugh derisively.

I'm not a fan of the whole "no sugar" concept, but for what it's worth reducing my sugar intake has made a notable difference to my general sense of well-being and all that stuff.

Was your fishy consumption based simply on a love of fish or was it a dietary/philosophical thing?

2+ years of pescetarian diet down the drain.
But I'm not going to dive right back in to omnivorousness; I just need to reduce my intake of all things, especially sugar. I'm not sure whether to feel motivated or laugh derisively.

I'm not a fan of the whole "no sugar" concept, but for what it's worth reducing my sugar intake has made a notable difference to my general sense of well-being and all that stuff.

Was your fishy consumption based simply on a love of fish or was it a dietary/philosophical thing?

Both, really (not so much philosophical).
I've always found fish to be best tasting, and it doesn't weigh me down like other meats. And I actually lost weight and felt better.
With that being said, I have noticed I still eat too much junk and that causes my lethargy and unhealth. After having small amounts of meat (only over a few days as opposed to every night), and cutting down sugar (I doubt I'll eliminate it entirely), my body hasn't protested. Moderation, et al.

Why are digipacks called digipacks? Is the "digi" short for "digital"?

[JuZ]

I've wondered that myself.


Also wondering who the hell I am supposed to vote for in our federal elections this weekend. I despise one party, I'm completely disgusted by the asylum seeker policies of another party and the minor parties seem undeserving thus far of a vote. I'm stuck with the thought that not voting for one major party will in effect "help" the other party, but I feel sick at the thought of endorsing policies that I find abhorrent. And a donkey vote seems like a waste.

Australian politics - what a sorry state of affairs.

I don't vote, but there are times when I think being a citizen might be a good idea, as I can tell the lesser of two evils for my standpoint, despite the two majors being headache-inducing.

Your choices are:
A manipulative, encroaching, mudslinging media whore with leadership skills that are questionable best, or Tony Abbott, who is only a few steps away from Hitler.

[JuZ]

I don't vote, but there are times when I think being a citizen might be a good idea, as I can tell the lesser of two evils for my standpoint, despite the two majors being headache-inducing.

Your choices are:
A manipulative, encroaching, mudslinging media whore with leadership skills that are questionable best, or Tony Abbott, who is only a few steps away from Hitler.

The thing is, even Tony Abbott would baulk at shipping off ALL boat people to a 3rd world country like PNG, with zero chance of ever settling in Australia, regardless of what they've been through or the choices theymay or may not have had to make.

I can't for the life of me come to terms with the fact that the Labor Party would ever propose such a policy. Abbott can go to hell, but Rudd should be ashamed.

I just noticed the 2003 remaster of Bathory's Twilight Of The Gods has the exact same 23 second outro track that's also on Hammerheart. I suspect the last mentioned I got ripped MP3 was also a remaster, since the back cover of what I think is the original pressing, doesn't list the outro and length of "One Rode To Asa Bay" is the same on the remaster, leading me to think it's not at the end of it either. And seriously, that picture of Qurthon on the back cover... ...

And lo and behold! Either the author of that outro video messed up with the picture, or The Return... ALSO has that exact same outro track as well. I know, totally random, but does anyone have a clue what's going on?

Also, I wonder who's idea it was to combine the first three songs on the Twilight Of The Gods remaster as one single track. Sure, they might form a thematic continuation and what-have-you, but they still are clearly separate tracks as they have silence between them. I don't get it. Same story with Maiden's Final Frontier: "Satellite 15" and the title track as one big, over 8 minutes long chunk. Totally unnecessary. When ripping my copy, I ripped those two as WAV and cut them apart with Audacity before encoding them to MP3. Guess I'll have to do the same with Twilight Of The Gods now.

Yeah, the cramming of the first three songs into one 30 minute track on Twilight of the Gods made raise my eyebrows, but still, I listen to that album so infrequently that I listen to it as a whole instead of skipping tracks. Though I agree it would be annoying if you wanted to copy or listen to one song in particular.

The thing is, even Tony Abbott would baulk at shipping off ALL boat people to a 3rd world country like PNG, with zero chance of ever settling in Australia, regardless of what they've been through or the choices theymay or may not have had to make.

I can't for the life of me come to terms with the fact that the Labor Party would ever propose such a policy. Abbott can go to hell, but Rudd should be ashamed.

There are still times when I cannot tell who are the worse political assholes/schemers between U.S. vs Australian politicians. It's just easier to change the channel, as I have the feeling the future will not be bright after election day.