The president is much more powerful in the role of blocking legislation than in "gettin'er done". Obama makes for a brilliant president because he acts based on real freaking morals, and has the intelligence to understand multiple perspectives.
We still need to elect Congress critters to initiate the changes - but with Barack, we'd have a president who listens and acts in
and the thing about durability - (well first, it's worth noting that bamboo is exceptionally hard, so it holds up well) every wood floor is going to get dinged up, inevitably. A harder wood can take it a little better -
the thing about laminate is that once you scratch it, you can't really do anything about it. a real wood floor, or even an engineered with an 1/8" or so of rea
so, morally obligated as an architect and all, to advocate bamboo floors. the price is very competitive with engineered hardwood, and it's a much better product, not to mention a renewable resource.
laminate is absolutely terrible - it's a very thin piece of paper with woodgrain photo printed on. Considering it's only maybe $.50/sq. ft. cheaper.. stay away from it, if at all p
I've got a copy of riftshadow, with a few changes, that I'm going to try to keep up - it's more or less stable now. The biggest changes:
outfit works forever, and gives a mediocre, but passable, set.
recall works until level 50.
xp rates are multiplied by 10.
parry is greatly boosted v. mobs
so, you can basically hero up in a few sessions, without a tank. It's a