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    Board game fans

    I know there are at least a few of you on here. What's everyone doing for International Table Top Day this weekend?
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    The ProgPower Flu XIII - who has it?

    I think I do, for the first time in a few years. I developed a pretty bad sniffle on Sunday evening after getting home (not related to the Lions' loss), and now I have a ton of congestion and some sneezing fits. No surprise, considering how many people were crammed into the Artmore courtyard...
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    PC gamers: sci-fi + historical fiction + conspiracy + political intrigue...

    If you like all of these things in your entertainment, and you haven't played the Assassin's Creed games yet, then please do so immediately. The whole series (incl. DLC) is 65% off on Steam this weekend, and the individual games are 50-75% off in case you have some but not all of them. This...
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    Just in case there was any confusion about the status of "Kong"...

    http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html
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    HBO looking into adapting Neil Gaiman's American Gods

    Interesting... hope it happens. I imagine it would be a miniseries of about 6-8 episodes. http://tv.ign.com/articles/116/1162079p1.html?RSSwhen2011-04-15_134300&RSSid=1162079&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ignfeeds%2Ftv+%28IGN+TV%29
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    Our first taste of Game of Thrones is coming early

    From HBO's Making Game of Thrones website (and probably a bunch of other places): So, I guess all of us will be able to find out ahead of time whether the show looks to satisfy our requirements. :) Myself, from having seen all the preview material several times over, and from having read...
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    For those who are following such things: Latest Game of Thrones previews

    From HBO: Iron Throne teaser trailer, January 16, running time 1:00 Invitation to Westeros featurette, February 19, running time 3:30 Iron Throne extended trailer, February 27, running time 1:40 Plus, from HBO and Access Hollywood, you can see Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) talk about...
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    Game of Thrones new HBO trailer

    Debuted tonight. http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2010/11/28/clip-preview.html There will also apparently be a 15-minute production featurette next Sunday, right before the season finale of Boardwalk Empire.
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    Speaking of additional places to eat... Tap!

    http://www.tapat1180.com/home.php I don't recall it being mentioned in the official "Places to Eat" thread. It's a little bar/tap room across from Colony Square (where Houlihan's used to be), that has an interesting menu, and a great beer selection. I didn't actually eat lunch there, but...
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    an offer for fans of the Now Reading thread who are attending PP

    I have an extra copy of two of the Witcher novels (in English). Long story short, Amazon delivered them, they got misdirected, Amazon redelivered them, then the original order showed up six months later, and Amazon said they didn't want them back and I could keep them. These books are entitled...
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    Hey Claus...

    You're Danish... can you get me Caroline Wozniacki's phone number? :) That girl is HOT! Anyone else watching Roland Garros this year?
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    Why is Persuader so awesome?

    I've been listening to When Eden Burns on a loop lately, and while I've always liked Persuader, I don't think I've ever liked them this much. I think their musicians are good, not brilliant, and their music is pretty standard fare power metal -- not "happy" metal, and not particularly dark...
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    International clothing sizes?

    I'm trying to buy a T-shirt which, it appears, I will have to special order from a store in Hong Kong. I realize that clothing sizes tend to vary internationally (ie, a "large" T-shirt made for fat people in America would be equivalent to, probably, an XL in Europe). My question is: how do these...
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    band names in ALL CAPS

    WTF is it with people who write band names in all caps? I can understand it if you're writing an article, or a press release, or something, and you want people to know exactly who the article is about... but on a forum, in a music discussion? We can all read the band names just fine in lower...
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    Guess whose alma mater is going to the NCAA championship???

    MINE, that's whose!!!!
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    Buy your airline tickets now!

    ... if you haven't already. Airlines are BEGGING people to make reservations before the recession gets any worse... to the point of slashing airfares like crazy. I just placed my reservation on AirTran like I do every year, only this year I spent $150 instead of the usual $250 on my flight.
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    What was the first song you heard in 2009?

    For me, it was "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground. That's right... the first thing I did in 2009 was to get a dose of the Humpty Hump. :p
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    Repo: The Genetic Opera

    http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/repo/ It's a sci-fi (prog?) rock musical starring Anthony Stewart Head (aka Giles from Buffy), among others. Looks cool as hell, if a little cheesy (but then, don't ALL musicals have a bit of cheese factor?). I predict this will be one of my...
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    I officially own Chuck Season 1 on DVD

    ...who wants to touch me?