Burnished Isle

Seems to me that lately the bar has been raised on "mean" for Survivor.  It probably would not be as obvious to me if I were watching it alone, but watching it with my sister's kids makes every depiction of bad behavior all the more painful to watch. At eight pm on a Thursday, it is kind of family hour and yet we are hearing phrases regarding female dogs and "ghetto trash" thrown around as much as geeks throw around "douchebag" in a flame war about their computer platform preference. You have Russell (the oil company owner) who is trying to prove what? That lying and cheating will get you far in the game, and so far, he has proven himself to be correct. But at what expense? He walks around referring to females as "dumb" until one sizes him up and so she has to be removed because he is threatened by her.  Threatened because she is not adhering to his idea of what his alliance should contain: stupid females. Secondly, tonight we had a cha...

Finally finished the third installment of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi and I have to say I am liking this series.  For those of you unfamiliar with the books, this series takes place after the movies.  What I like about it is that this is really the first time I have felt they have finally made Luke into someone other than a Jedi who sits, studies, and broods about being a Jedi and how you can't act but let things happen "in the force." There are about three plots going on.  The main one is that Jedi are starting to freak out and might be contracting something similar to a "Force disease" that causes them to view all those around them as "imposters."  In reaction to the Jedi getting violent the Jedi have taken it upon themselves to lock their kind away and try to study and find a cure to the disease.  This does not sit well with the head of the Alliance who is headed by an ex imperial named Daala. Because of this the Alliance has filed legal penalti...

This on the other hand is Farm Town, the social application that was around before Farmville. Graphics are not nearly as good, but the playability has a couple upsides such as you can get others to harvest your crops and plow for you. I hit the highest level a couple days ago and was able to buy my mansion. Now I will slowly add buildings which will slow gameplay to a crawl.

This is the highly addictive game farmville, still in Beta. Fun for the whole family.