Sims 3 dinner date
Dating in the Sims 3 is very much like dating in the real world. The date typically takes place in the evening, and it often involves your Sim having dinner with his or her date. Dinner dates in the Sims 3 can take place either at your Sim’s place or at one of the restaurants in the town that your Sim resides in.
If my Sim happens to be home with her date when one of them starts to get hungry, then I usually have her serve dinner right at her home. My Sim almost always have leftovers sitting in her refrigerator, so I just take the leftovers out from the refrigerator, and have her call her date to the meal. This helps to save time and money for my Sim. Plus if her cooking skill is at a high level, the date is certain to enjoy the food.
Every now and then, my Sim will run out of leftovers. In that case, I would either have my Sim cook dinner for her date or call for pizza delivery. My mood usually dictates whether my Sim cooks or orders food.
If my Sim and her date are out on the town, then they are going to have their dinner at one of the city’s many restaurants. If one of the Sim happens to be really hungry, then I’ll simply direct them to the nearest restaurant. Otherwise, I’ll try to pick a restaurant that offers outdoor seating so that I can monitor my Sim’s date.
POTD Nick Swisher (Scouting Report) - The UGLY
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Q. In 50 words or less, explain again why all the roto champs (and current MLB contenders) play Stars & Scrubs?
A. Your big contracts ossify your roster. You can't win any kind of game, board game or otherwise, if you tie your own hands. Your opponents will be working hard enough to do that for you.
There's a solution. If you pile as much of your resources as possible into as few players as possible, say 5 aircraft carriers a la Verlander, Cabrera, Fielder etc., that leaves you able to swap players in and out of the other 20* roster slots.
Agility -- dynamic options during gameplay -- is the very first principle of game theory. Almost any game. If you have three different Monopoly groups you could finish - the purples, reds, and yellows, you're orders of magnitude better off than if trying to complete one specific group, the yellows.
Chess is all about multiplying options until you have 5 attack variations and the defender only has 3 defense maneuvers. You cannot overstate the importance of Billy Beane's roster fungibility strategy. The only way to get to roster fungibility is to pile 80% of your resources into 20% of your roster -- the superstars.
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It's a question of player-pairs. Would you rather have Hamilton at $25M along with the best Romero/Liddi you can find, or two Nick Swishers? Talented rookies can overperform their contracts. The Scrub can give you far more value than his salary. With two Civics, you're not going to get one of them who's worth $15M more than his salary.
Don't get wrapped around the axle with pairs as such. It's a subtle and dynamic principle. The more your roster polarizes towards aircraft carriers vs minimum-salary players, the more opportunity for overperformance you have.
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Besides that, great players win big games. Great teams tend to have great players. Not fairly good players.
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Q. What would be the delta between Nick Swisher and the best of the M's young-player field?
A. In Yankee Stadium, he has been a .270/.365/.475 hitter the last three years, and he's headed into his age-32 season. You've got three problems:
1) If Swisher drops off by one notch, to .250/.360/.440, the difference between him and Nick Franklin, or Brad Miller, or Vinnie Catricala, or Stefen Romero, or Alex Liddi, is going to be small. (OR, NEGATIVE.)
2) Franklin, or Miller, or Catricala, or Romero, or Liddi, or whoever is the best of this group, is ruled out of action. It's one thing to do that for a Josh Hamilton or Prince Fielder. It's another to do it for an 85-RBI zillionaire.
3) A five-to-seven year deal for Swisher rules out your Fielder- and Hamilton-type option for 2014. And for 2015. And for 2016. And ... you get it.
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Q. How about fair and balanced?
A. One thing about Swisher: he's always destroyed M's pitching here. Lifetime, he's slugging .538 in this park, with 11 homers in 1/4 a season. His EYE is almost 1.0. I mean this guy has been one of the M's worst nightmares in this park.
It could very well be that, like Rauuullll, he sees the ball real well here.
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Q. If GM Dr. Detecto would pass on Nick Swisher, does he have any counterproposals aside from Josh Hamilton-type splashes?
A. If I liked the Swisher idea, I'd be way onto that Alex Gordon trade that you guys talk about. Gordon is a very similar player to Swisher, get you his 70 walks, is coming off OPS+ of 140 and 125, and Gordon isn't about to be retired by ruthless AL advance scouting.
He might cost you a James Paxton, but hey, check out that contract. $11M per year, three years, fourth year team option no less, finishes right at age 32. You could get an Alex Gordon type and THEN take the next Josh Hamilton you can get.
As 90-RBI players go, I'm all for grabbing one of them. As the second man in.
BABVA,
Dr D
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Fancy fall fedoras
Although it's debatable whether you lose a substantial amount of heat through your head, go ahead and believe that these cute hat styles are keeping you warm and fashionable as the temperatures drop and the leaves fall. A hat can instantly improve your outfit, mood and hair style, especially when you're having a bad hair day. It's an easy solution to crazy hair or the mornings that you don't have time to wash, dry and style. The styles below will pair well with tailored pencil skirts, fitted buttondown blouses, skinny jeans, boots, suede pumps and fingerless gloves. Happy hatting!
House of Fraser, $48
Miss Selfridge, $44
Loft, $30
Forever 21, $18
White House | Black Market, $48
Gap, $30
Boohoo, $28
Piperlime, $50
Fun games
Party games are fun for all ages. Here are two games that you might enjoy. The first game is better for adults, but it is also fun for teenage groups of kids. The second game is more fun for children; however, many adults also enjoy this game.
Avoid the Obvious
Avoid the obvious is an easy and fun game to play. This game requires choosing a leader. The leader’s job is to ask questions to the guests of the party. The questions can be any type of questions and the guests must answer the questions without using the words yes, no or I don’t know. They must come up with different answers, but if they accidently say one of the forbidden words, they are out. You can either make them sit out or you could make them do a crazy or silly action of some kind.
Four Elements
This game is about earth, water, air and fire and it is best to play with kids. You will need at least six or more children to play it. Have them form a circle and choose one player to be in the middle. Give this player a ball. This player must throw the ball to a person in the circle and at the same time the person in the middle must say either earth, water, air or fire. As soon as a player catches the ball, the player must come up with an answer. If the person said earth, the player must say the name of an animal. If the person said air, the player must say the name of a bird. If the word water was called, the name of a fish must be said. If fire was called, the person must yell fire and run around in a circle.
Home decorating: Think simple
One of the best pieces of advice I have ever received regarding cleaning and decorating my home is to think simple. This is something I was told many years ago and I think of it often.
Have you ever been in someone’s home and you notice that the entire home is covered in decorations from the floor to the ceiling. Now I am not talking about messy homes; I am talking about decorated homes. The home is just so packed full of decorative items that it looks cluttered. This can be a great look in some homes, if it is done right, but it can also be an eyesore.
To me, too much stuff is not good. I would rather keep my home simple and that is because I like to think of the advice I was given. A less cluttered home, in my opinion, looks better than a home that is completely full of stuff, even if the stuff is all decorative.
By keeping your home decorated in a simple way, you will be able to clean it faster. You will have less stuff to dust and you will not have to sift through mountains of items to find out which ones don’t belong.
Homes that are free from clutter have a neater appearance too, even if they are not spotless. Having a simple home doesn’t mean that you cannot decorate it though, but it means that you should limit the amount of decorations you place in the rooms in your home.
Matching Halloween costumes
Halloween is quickly approaching and this is a great time to think about what your costumes will be. My husband and I love choosing couple’s costumes. I think this is a great way to display that you are a couple, and it is a great way to show your pride in that.
In the past, my husband and I have been superheroes together and pirates. These are two great ideas for couples, and there are many costumes within these categories to choose from. You can order costumes or you can even make a lot of them.
If you look at a costume website, you can get even more ideas. Some sites even offer a couple’s costume button. They offer costumes such as peanut butter and jelly, or ketchup and mustard. These are two examples of food costumes you can choose from. You could also choose from mystic or gothic costumes, historical figure costumes and more.
Choosing couple’s costumes is a great way to display yourselves if you plan on attending a Halloween party. It is a great way to let others know that you are together, and other guests love seeing a couple come dressed in complementing costumes.
Make sure that you make your decision soon though. Halloween is just a few weeks away and if you are ordering your costumes, it could take several days or weeks to get. If you prefer to make your own costumes, this is a great way to save money and it allows you to be more creative.
Separation of church and state
There are many things in this world that bother me, but one of these things is how this country keeps trying to remove God from everything.
One of the things that bothers me about this is that our Founding Fathers made it clear that the United States was a country under God. It says it right there, and I don’t understand why our country wants to remove the best thing that it has.
I think our Founding Fathers had a certain Bible passage in mind when this was written. Romans 8:31 says: If God is for us, who can be against us? If you are a Christian, I am sure you would agree with my viewpoint on this subject. For those that do not believe, I can see why you want your rights honored as well.
In the Constitution there is the Separation of Church and State Clause, and I believe this is where all of this controversy comes from. While I understand that these two things should not be mixed, why is it that unbelievers seem to have more rights than believers? This is one of the most controversial topics around, and I am not trying to say that my position is necessary the right position or the only position, but it is my position.
My position is that I believe this country would be so much better off if God could be included in all aspects of it. Instead of allowing atheists to speak their rights, why not allow everyone, including Christians, to speak their rights?
Bliss on the Namou River
Laos is a quite, peaceful country. Sure it neighbors Thailand, and there are definitely glimmers of its tourist friendly cities going wayward in a sad manner, but for the most part, it’s amazing. The landscape is beautiful, the people are gracious and traveling is still quite affordable.
While not quite completely part of the tourist loop in Laos at this point, one can find two gems in the sleepy mountain towns of Nong Khiew and Muang Ngoi. They are readily accessible and can be a package deal as they are only an hour away from one another by boat.
To get to Nong Khiew, visitors can either take a four-hour minibus ride on terribly bumpy roads from Luang Prabang, or they can opt for the more expensive but much more scenic and luxurious boat ride from the same city. Both leave daily in the morning and normally arrive in time to catch the second of two daily boats to Muang Ngoi.
A nice view of the Namou River
What makes these two towns so special is that they are both still authentic cities. Though they offer happy hours and WiFi in some areas, Laotian people still go about their daily lives and seem to genuinely like the small influx of tourists.
The two towns themselves are absolutely stunning. Nong Khiew is a bit larger, with a few paved main streets and consistent power. It is situated on both sides of the Namou, with a large bridge linking the two sides of the city. On either side of the river are immense limestone peaks and the town boats caves and waterfalls for touristic enjoyment.
Similar to the former, Muang Ngoi is also situated between stunning limestone peaks on the Namou River. It is much smaller than Nong Khiew, though, made up of only one small dirt road. There is only generator power, which normally is turned on from 6-10 p.m. (though this doesn’t stop a few bars from staying open via candlelight). The bungalows are a tiny bit more expensive, but the views are breathtaking. The town also boasts treks to waterfalls and hill tribe villages, with the opportunity to do a home stay in three different villages.
If you are coming to Laos, I highly encourage you to visit Nong Khiew and Muang Ngoi. With travel to Laos becoming more popular, the raw beauty of the two may not stay the same for long. Be aware though, one or two nights can quickly change to your entire 30-day visa.
Joining new yarn
I recently embarked upon a project with a truly insane number of yarn joins. Stripes: my nemesis. I love stripes, they are so pretty and fun to color coordinate. But every time you change a stripe, you have to join the yarn. And with a scarf, you really notice every single wobble along the edge, so you want to be sure to do it right.
Running in the dark
I love to travel and I love to run. This is something I’m not shy about (and have probably showed repeatedly on this website). With that being said, at times, both can become burdensome.
While running when abroad, you become a spectacle. People will stare, children will run after you and cars will swerve at you unintentionally while trying to digest the sight of your foreign body blazing through their streets.
With that being said, I’ve picked up a possibly bad habit of running at night, on dark roads, with no headlamp. Though this may not be the best idea, sometimes it makes lacing up the shoes easier, knowing I don’t have to deal with the added pressures from above.
On my run the previous evening, I had an interesting experience. I left my hostel and turned on to a main road, which quickly became decently deserted and very poorly lit. At this moment, I thought about how this could be any small city in any country in the world.
I continued to truck down the unfamiliar rode, and as I looked at both, I began to look for landmarks. I wanted to see if there was anything that could make me know that I was currently in Asia, running down a street in Laos, in a city I had never seen in the day light.
The less than notable closed shops on the street and the small amount of traffic didn’t help change my mind. A few people came by me on bikes, and though in the daylight their smiling Laotian faces would have tipped me off, there was no way to see their ethnicity this evening. The road continued to look like a long stretch of typical city in a typical town any city in the world.
As I started to approach three miles out, where I decided I would turn around, I finally caught a glimpse of Laos. On the left side of the street there was a hotel shaped as a stupa from a temple, and on the right side was a massive sign for a restaurant selling beer Laos. The restaurant was made out of bamboo and had multicolored Christmas lights outlining its shape.
My shirt was drenched, the night was incredibly warm, and as I turned around to head back, I reveled the fact I was running in Laos. My mystery run had become a reminder I’m a far way away from the trail runs of home.