"we take all kinna pills, to give us all kinna thrills"

-"Cover of the Rolling Stone", written by Shel Silverstein performed by Dr.Hook, 1973

鼅 Even though Sam has since gone the way of the upside-down kiss, this will always be his epic thrill-ride of a trilogy of grind-house-style photography and content-Three cheers to the tracked-rolling-cam rig shot, I piss my pants every time!

Edge-of-seat excitement jam-packed with thrills, chills and spills!

I'd never be playing these games anyway [not a thrill for me to maim and destroy]. I DO remember NZ was tough going through customs in April 2001 however. They held one member of our group in for the full cavity search [to no avail]. Lots of police dogs in in baggage claim too. Made me think they were quite restrictive compared to our experience flying in to Australia the week before.

Although it was never released (& therefore about as BANNED as it gets when you think of it) I thought it only fair to give 1998's "Thrill Kill" a mention.

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^Upvoted^ & thanks for the trip down memory lane @PlayhousePals

As I was having breakfast this morning and reading Bluesnews as I usually do, I was thrilled to see this video linked from there. Also thankful to see the first video I sifted go to #1. Thanks fellow sifters!

My god, the thrill and excitement!

I agree with you in general. However this was not only the footage of a fatal accident. This was posted as a warning, a PSA if you will, of an unregulated and dangerous sport by people that were this man's friends. If you can only show the thrill videos of success in dangerous sports and not the consequences when things don't go as planned, how can we as the watchers of said videos expect to learn from them. I know that my point of view will be unpopular here on the sift, but I learned something valuable from this post.

I'm always behind the curve by a few months, in some cases even years, but still, here's the short version:

My favorite MOVIE this year was "The Intouchables", hands down. Only the French can come up with such a captivating story.

As for GAMES, well, since I have played just two AAA titles this year, my favorite has to be an indie game, unsurprisingly. "FTL: Faster Than Light" was a blast. Perma death rarely works in favour of a game, but in this case, it became the foundation of the thrill FTL provides.
"Deadlight" was also fun, very stylish, but not extraordinary. And "X Rebirth" was postponed once again, so it'll be my game of the year 2013 instead.

TV was just the same ol', MUSIC as well.

BOOKS is a hard one. Or maybe not. A cursory check of my collection tells me I haven't read a single book that was published this year.

I was thrilled and surprised to hear from you...and have handily managed procrastination to the extent of belying my sentiment.

I concur on the "discussions" and celebrate your aspirations. Good luck on that.

I have been scarce as well but due to less lofty distractions.

As to the season greetings...thank you. (I will be using that. )

Maybe because I'm neither a scientist nor an electronic music fan,but I thought this was terrific. I also thought -- what a great recruitment tool for future scientists.... it's fun to ignite things! Who knew science could be this thrilling!

I say as an non-scientist....

@gorillaman, my having the "same conversation" for forty years is because I have heard it all. I would LOVE for someone to present a new argument so I could think about it. However, that hasn't happened in this thread. For me, it's all same old, same old.

What bothers me? The fact that it has taken me forty years to come up with my experiment. I am deeply embarrassed that in 40 years I have never changed tactics. I just kept repeating myself, thinking that since I was talking to a different person, a different group, the result of the conversation would be different.

Unfortunately, this is my personality -- guileless, obstinate, passionate, deeply sure of my own point of view (because I have constantly tested it against new information, constantly changed my opinion based on new information). But I never had the personal skills to think -- hey, try a new tactic.

There is a reason I am not in politics or sales. I lack some real people skills.

I have told people for 40 years that I was changed when I did this experiment on myself. Well, actually, my personal experiment was more radical. Every time I heard the word "girl", I imagined the subject was a black man, changed the word to "boy" and checked in with how comfortable or uncomfortable I was. That little experiment knocked my socks off as it revealed the power of words to subjugate a group of people. [In the 1970s, you DID NOT call a black man a "boy." The stereotype of a white Southern sheriff with a see-gar in his mouth, calling a grown black man a "boy" was very powerful and real back then. Not so much anymore. Thank goodness.]

But in 40 years, I have never asked anyone to do this experiment, with a time frame so it isn't too onerous. Never framed it as a scientific and social experiment. Never changed my tactics.

I am deeply embarrassed by that. I am also deeply thrilled that I finally figured this out.

If you are willing to do it, of course. It does require effort on your part.

You game? You wanna play? I honestly would love to hear how it goes for you. If that Southern sheriff stereotype resonates with you, feel free to try that version. If you want.

I was the monkey pushing the button for the treat... yeap... pretty much standard internet troll. Still give the monkey more credit for having a spine though.... Im' sure his inlaws are THRILLED to have this gem moving in with them... lucky people.