Daily Chit-Chat Thread

Without getting too political here except to say that I'm tired of us always going to war no matter who the President, Democrat or Republican is, I don't think he should be worried at all. You have to live your life. And to be honest, on the off-chance it does start World War III, then I'm not sure how safe you can feel anywhere.

Good start to football season. As an unfortunate New York Jets fan, pleasantly surprised by yesterday's game.

For the last few years, I've been buying these direct-to-DVD movies, usually from Walmart or Target. Now, most people think direct-to-DVD means they're garbage, but I actually enjoy them, even more than most theatrical releases. My favorite ones are 13, Kill the Irishman, Pawn, Officer Down, and the recently released The Iceman. I was curious to see if anyone hear has seen them, and what they're opinions are.

Thanks. Still having some health problems, but it seems the worst is over.

I'm really not looking forward to the next couple election cycles in Iowa. Next year, Sen. Tom Harkin is retiring, and it's the first open-seat Senate race in Iowa since 1974. Both sides really want to win this race, and I can only imagine I'll get bombarded with ads nonstop. There's also a governor's race, but Gov. Terry Branstad looks very likely to win another term without a problem. The main challenger has no name recognition.

Then in 2016, not only will the presidential election be happening, but there's also ANOTHER senate race that will happen. Many believe that Sen. Chuck Grassley will end up retiring too (he's been in office since 1981) and if he does, that race will probably be a brutal one.

Oh, and two years after that is another governor's race, though by then Branstad will probably retire. The one thing I dislike about living in Iowa is that it's politics central.

So not sure if I should have made my own thread for this but just so everyone knows I will be on vacation in the DC area from October 22nd until the 29th (the end of the government shutdown could not have come at a better time for me)

Like Derek, I also want to explain why I'm able to afford to go on at least a vacation a year and that is A) I save money, only buying stuff needed like food and drink and band aids and B) I do not have a girfriend

Seriously looking forward to it and finally being able to see the Museum of Crme and Punishment. And ironically, I have family in Silver Spring, where AMW is officially at.

So anyway, I will have my laptop but obviously won't be bringing it with me every place I visit. If you guys post cases and I don't reply, don't take it personally. I'll be trying my best to be in vacation mode and gaining sanity. I'll do my best to reply to them when I get back from vacation. I'll really only go on to post news of captures and stuff like that and you guys will probably beat me to major news anyway since I'll be doing tourist stuff. Just if anyone gets captured that we've made a thread about just add to that thread and I'll move it to the captures when I get a chance.

P.S. I'm going to sound like a bandwagoner, but I finally watched a few episodes of Breaking Bad and that is a really good show.

I hated math when I was in school too. The only subject I never really got good grades in. So you're not alone. English was always my best subject. Same with my dad. We're both "creative" types (I was a creative writing major in college and my dad does artwork) so I'm not sure if that explains the inability to be engaged in math.

Good luck!