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I'm sorry to hear that you have been sick Tami. Is it over with? Also, did you mean Retro City Rampage? I loved that game. So many awesome little references to my childhood. I'd rather that over GTA 5 lol.

Hey Aaron! Yeah, I had some flu bug last week, didn't last long, but was nasty while it did. And yes, I did mean Retro Cirty Rampage.

I rememebr Leviathan.  That's the sort of movie I would watch when I was a teenager.  There was another movie called Deep Star Six or something that's really similar. They call came out about the same time as the Abyss, which is far better.  

Ravens sound really interesting.  I'm not sure if we have any here.  

I remember really liking The Abyss. Leviathan, not so much. The last ten minutes when they get to the surface after escaping the imploding underwater mining facility and the creature(s) and they get attacked by the shark was just too much, I started laughing and couldn't stop, and then the creature finds them on the surface and I laughed even harder.

You do have ravens in Arizona. Lots of 'em. Probably not in downtown Phoenix, though.

I love match-three jewel games. I was addicted to one on my phone, but it seemed to correlate with my phone's audio going out, so I uninstalled it. Forget what it was called, but it was definitely coded by people whose first language was not English ... or just people who've only ever read things on the internet, which I'm not sure is different.

I agree the book was better, but I did like that they showed a side of the story not seen in the book; it was clearly implied, but it was cool to see the actual scenes that weren't described in the book play out in the background of the movie. Also, you're right, it could have been a lot shorter, and I'm not sure I'd watch that camera, presumably operated by Koko the gorilla on a sugar high, while I was sick. You're a trooper.

I am flattered that you think I could write a hilarious book, especially since it involves a honey badger, and in my final semester at SFA, our staff group on facebook was called the "Hall 14 Honey Badgers," based on the viral honey badger video.

Finally, ravens sound like cool birds. It's always interesting to find out how intelligent animals really are. I looked up the Poe poem after literature and ravens were mentioned. Would Psuedacris crucifer be considered the chihuaha of the frogs, then?

Luckily, the icky virus didn't include nausea or vomiting, so the camera in The Hunger Games didn't really bother me. As for frogs, there are much smaller frogs in the world than spring peepers. I dunno if they're as loud, though.

I spend a lot of time on Netflix when I'm just too tired to do anything else. Sorry to hear you've been sick.

That's kind of what I do, too. I wasn't sick long, it just ticked me off it happened my first week back at work.

Sorry you're sick right now. That has to stink when you have interesting stuff happening at work. I rarely get that in my job. Except maybe today,that is. Saw a beautiful peacock at one of the nursing homes we go to. They just have it wandering about in their courtyard where residents go to get sun. My wife got me hooked on Bones. We often watch it together. Will be interesting to hear your rant on that. My son was fascinated by your info about wood frogs and spring peepers. I was,too. Especially the part about the frogs being able to freeze solid! That's like a form of suspended animation or being frozen in carbonite like Han Solo. The books on ravens sound cool,too. May have to look for those at the library on Saturday. Oh,and the honey badger is my hero. I want to be just like them. Honey badgers just don't give a crap! They really don't.

I'm over whatever I had, I was back at work Saturday. Jason had it longer than I did, and he was over it yesterday morning. Bones has interesting characters and the plots are amusing, but the science is junk. I have been known to shout at the screen "Bad science! Bad science! Check your facts, idiots!" I'll have to find the article about wood frogs and mail it to you to give to Robbie. In the meantime, here's a pic of a wood frog I took a few years ago:

Leviathan was a movie with an excellent story that went south toward the end, how can you have a movie written so well with a story that could have been great and thennhave it take a ninety degree turn at the mid point and just turn into god I dont even know lol. anyway hope you got rid of the flu, although being sick sucks it does sound like you got some me time accomplished and thats always good for you and I find the wood frogs interesting, im a big fan of the frog, matter of fact thats what my pet name for my son whos 2 1/2 he use to kick like a frog when he was a baby and every since then I have his room, pictures , stuffed animals all frogs now i just have to find a frogger arcade machine to put in his room lol.

I'm over the flu, it just laid me low Thursday night and Friday. I've been doing some reading, and it appears that several other species of frog hibernate by freezing solid. I've got a pretty awesome collection of frogs, too. Just need to unpack it.

FRogs are one of the few creatures I know that can freeze solid and live to tell the tale. As a country boy growing up on a mountain I found the frog croaks to be soothing though I'm sure those unaccustomed to the sound might find it a tad annoying. lol.

Scientists are very interested in how they manage it. As for the noise, I love it, it means spring is here.

I love jelly beans Tami, I saw a photo of Dr Pepper flavoured ones on Facebook the other day so the hunt is now on! It must be some pretty intense noise coming those Frogs, It's something I ve only just been able to fully appreciate as the evenings in the UK usually only contain song birds, lovely enough but I love the sound of frogs and crickets running through the night, and Aus has plenty of that. Glad to hear you ve managed to shake that nasty virus as well!

Adam, I did a quick search, and Amazon has Dr. Pepper-flavored Jelly Belly brand jelly beans. Check out Wildwood Wildlife Shelter on Facebook, I've been learning a lot about Austrailian wildlife on there. Which reminds me, I need to look up more info on Eastern Banjo Frogs...

Sorry to hear that you've been down and out. There's been a real nasty case of the flu sweeping my office so I'm hoping to avoid it for now. But get well soon!!!

By the way.. We REALLY need to get together and play sometime! Maybe LBP or Rachet and Clank All 4 One?

I've been all better since Saturday AM, but thanks.

Saturday nights or on Sundays might be the easiest times to get a game going. And I don't have All 4 One, so it'll have to be LBP.

It's so cool how the wood frogs can freeze solid during winter and survive. Is that a common trait among many frogs or toads? Are there some of them that don't freeze during winter? If so how do they survive and get enough calories to survive since there seems to be less bugs during winter flying around?

Apparently so in many cold climate species. The ones around here either hibernate or freeze, so finding food isn't an issue. If you're interested in this stuff, there's a great book called Winter World by Bernd Heinrich (yes, that guy again, I have half a shelf of his books) that covers lots of really interesting ways that animals and plants survive the cold.

Seems like I saw Leviathan once. Freaked me out pretty good if I remember. Now when I hear that word I think of the Leviathans from the show Supernatural. Totally different but just as scary. I should really read The Hunger Games. Loved the film,but feel I missed a lot of details. I need to get caught up and ready by the time the next one hits the theater.

I have no idea what Leviathans are in Supernatural, I haven't gotten further than the beginning of the second season yet. And yes, you should read The Hunger Games. They're all fairly short, too.