Traveller_23

Yeah I couldn't really define the "point" either in terms of exactly when it happens what precedes it etc. However, if I can be unashamedly mushy around them then that point has been reached! Also, I can't do the whole date multiple people at the same time to increase your options thing. It requires too much brain power, logistical skills and I can't emotionally invest in any of them. Then I end up not being able to decide which one I want...

Maybe it was funny, but too long for me to read!! However, there's a Whole Foods opening near me soon, I'll go in and judge for myself (at least whatever I can from the surface). I've never really bought into the whole organic/whole marketing propaganda anyway. If they're a nice shop, with reasonable prices and the right ingredients I'll buy from them. I'm sure they're all destroying our environment anyway I've only been in Whole Food once, and I all I remember is stacks of brownies, sushi and a ready to eat section. Basically, the key to me becoming lazy, not cooking, eating from there and getting fat!

They're obviously still recovering!

Sorry I won't be able to make it - it's Ramadan (Muslim fasting month thing) and so the restaurant will be a bit wasted on me You guys have fun though

Yeah I know. I limit what they have access to as much I can - but that's really just history and bank details. They still have my emails. And even if I delete history and bank details, who knows if they actually delete it! And my blog is anonymous so there's that.

I'm probably getting the PS4, but a looong time after launch. My PS3 usage is still in growth stage, still loads of games to play! On the tangential topic of privacy - big big concern for me. My information is mine, it's not for companies to use to for marketing or sales. Or even worse, I don't want my bank details ripped from some site I think the model companies are moving towards is dangerous, and if they don't sort out security properly I can see myself either not using them, giving them very minimal details or managing a lot of different skeleton accounts!

I would say yes, purely because there isn't another label for them right now. IMO app and game can refer to many other things too so while they apply, they're not specific enough. Don't really have a favourite one...never really got into the casual gaming thing because my commute is too broken up/short. However, on Android and soon to be on Windows Phone 8 as well. Any recommendations folks?

My reaction was exactly the same! And also, need to finish Final Fantasy XII! Whole reason I still have my PS2!

Can do 2nd weekend of July

Thanks for the info guys Gonna have to depend on Skyrim to tide me over - never finished it. May actually even play FFXIII-2....

I tend not to think in those terms...though I get the gist of what you're saying. Thing is for me - even if it is a realistic game I'm playing (whether in terms of game setting, character relationships etc.) I'm always playing for entertainment...which is a form of escapism right? And I look for the same in the stories I read generally, unless I'm reading book for a specific reason like ideology, history etc. But then again occasionally I play games that are purely escapist like Modnations, Soul Calibur etc

Will be in Africa for work all/most of August - but don't move the dates around just for me! Nobody's said no to early July yet though...*looks hopeful*

Nope, he might be bisexual I've set my gaydar to "all the hot ones like man sex" it's not like my gaydar worked at all anyway, so I'm just going to live in my fantasy world haha. FishWings, I've met many an effeminate man who's turned out to be straight! It's a cultural thing for me sometimes IMO - British masculinity is not the same as Bangladeshi masculinity which is not the same as American masculinity etc etc. If that makes any sense

I really want this to be out on PS3 soon!! Despite being a gamer I've never played an mmo and I'm really looking forward to an FF one! Foopy is there an official release date that you're allowed to talk about?

I don't remember if I posted here before, but I'm a major foodie! I love eating all kinds of food, and after moving out from the parents I started cooking too. Right now I'm trying to master Bangladeshi cuisine, desserts and a few other favourites. Recipe below is a type of curry that's cooked in many Bangladeshi households - it was created when people started experimenting with new, imported ingredients. Chicken ketchup curry Ingredients 1 onion 1 tablespoon of garlic paste 1 tablespoon of ginger paste 6 to 7 cardamoms 4 to 5 2 cm cinnamon sticks Freshly ground black pepper, to taste Chilli powder, to taste 1.00 kg of chicken on the bone, cut into appropriate pieces 7 to 8 pieces of fresh green chilli 2.00 tablespoons of tomato ketchup Salt, to taste Method Heat some oil in a pot, chop up the onions and fry them for a few minutes on medium heat until they soften and go translucent. Transfer the onions to a bowl and set aside. In the same pot add the ginger paste, garlic paste and chilli powder and fry for 5 to 6 minutes, adding a little boiling water to the mixture now and again when it starts drying out. Add the chicken to the spice mixture along with cinnamon sticks, cardamoms, black pepper powder and salt, stirring to mix everything together thoroughly. Turn the heat down to medium low and cook the dish uncovered for 15 minutes. When it starts to dry out, add 2 cups of boiling water to the pot. Turn the heat down low and partially cover the pot and cook for a further 30 minutes, adding the onions previously set aside at the 15 minute mark. After that add the fresh chilli and continue the cooking for anther 5 to 6 minutes. Finally add the tomato ketchup and keep the dish on heat for another 5 to 6 min. Serve with rice.