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#52 May 15 2014 at 5:40 PM Rating: Excellent

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someproteinguy wrote:

I'm on Hailol. best server name ever? Where are you at? And we can hop shards or something anyway yes?

Edited, May 15th 2014 3:37pm by someproteinguy

Faeblight. How does that shard hopping thing work anyway? I always see people asking for anchors, do you just group with them? All that happened when I was on a break.

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#53 May 15 2014 at 6:29 PM Rating: Excellent

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Nadenu wrote:

someproteinguy wrote:

I'm on Hailol. best server name ever? Where are you at? And we can hop shards or something anyway yes?

Edited, May 15th 2014 3:37pm by someproteinguy

Faeblight. How does that shard hopping thing work anyway? I always see people asking for anchors, do you just group with them? All that happened when I was on a break.

You know I have absolutely no idea. Smiley: lol

I really should find out at some point though...

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#54 May 16 2014 at 10:57 PM Rating: Good

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Samira wrote:

Anyone take up any new hobbies or activities lately? Warm weather is here. I need a new pair of walkin' shoes.... hm. I have an elderly neighbor who has a dog. Maybe I'll offer to take him to the park in the afternoons.

I got a puppy back in the fall and have spent a good deal of time taking him on walks and to the dog park. It has been enjoyable, but I have to admit he takes up a good deal of my time, planning, and energy. Also the training aspect is a bit more work than I thought it would be. I figured having had dogs on the farm as a kid I knew what I was getting into, but there's a huge difference between and indoor dog and a farm dog. Especially when the indoor dog decides to eat your couch.

Still, he makes for good times. And he's great with the ladies.

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#55 May 19 2014 at 7:17 AM Rating: Good

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I have an eighty lbs. lapdog apparently.

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#56 May 21 2014 at 6:42 PM Rating: Decent

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For books, I'm going to try out neil gaiman on the advice of a friend.

The better part of a decade ago, someone on Alla's recommended American Gods by Gaiman, maybe smasharoo? It was a good call.

Edit - I have Big Bad Wolves sitting on my hard drive. Also watched Jorodowsky's Dune recently, kind of neat, but I am nut for all things Dune.

Book wise I the Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker, new Way of Kings book by Brandon Sanderson, nothing really serious.

I devoured Sherlock & Luther (BBC). I read the Game of Thrones books when DSD recommended them in 2005, picked up the TV show over the winter and loved it. The Vikings is better than I expected it to be. Still working my way through It's Always Sunny on Netflix.

Edited, May 21st 2014 8:52pm by bodhisattva

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#57 May 21 2014 at 6:50 PM Rating: Decent

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I haven't read American Gods yet, but I'm a big fan of Neil's Sandman comics. Yes, I use his first name since we share a birthday.

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#58 May 21 2014 at 7:28 PM Rating: Decent

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American Gods is a good read, though a bit predictable. There is a follow up book called Anansi Boys, which is not as good. Neverwhere is another Gaiman book that's worth reading. Currently, I'm waiting until next Tuesday to get my hands on the new Dresden Files book, Skin Games.

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#59 May 21 2014 at 7:59 PM Rating: Excellent

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I find Sherlock exhausting. I think it's because they do a 90 minute episode but in a usual television "flat" plot rather than the "W" structured plot of a film (problem, false resolution, new problem, final resolution). So it feels like a really long TV episode, which of course it is. Anyway, I can't watch more than one at a time whereas I can easily watch two hour long episodes of other shows.

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#60 May 21 2014 at 8:40 PM Rating: Decent

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Ain't it the truth. I went into the first episode blind not knowing how long it was. I believe a grew a beard by the time it was done.

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#61 May 21 2014 at 11:10 PM Rating: Good

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Jophiel wrote:

I find Sherlock exhausting. I think it's because they do a 90 minute episode but in a usual television "flat" plot rather than the "W" structured plot of a film (problem, false resolution, new problem, final resolution). So it feels like a really long TV episode, which of course it is. Anyway, I can't watch more than one at a time whereas I can easily watch two hour long episodes of other shows.

Well, 2 episodes of that is like a lord of the rings movie...

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#62 May 22 2014 at 6:37 AM Rating: Good

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I didn't really like American Gods much. I'm a bit ambivalent about Gaiman altogether. His books always start with an enjoyable and/or interesting read, but then don't quite climax in a satisfactory fashion.

90minutes is long for a tv show, but I think PBS's Sherlock pulls it off ok.

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#63 May 22 2014 at 7:15 AM Rating: Excellent

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Timelordwho wrote:

Well, 2 episodes of that is like a lord of the rings movie...

It's the structure as much as the length that makes it wearying. On the other hand, the only LotR movie I've seen was the first one and that was after my son was born and I was up at all hours anyway, trawling Netflix for 3am entertainment.

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#64 May 22 2014 at 10:44 AM Rating: Decent

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It's the structure as much as the length that makes it wearying.

What makes it wearying to me is the last 5 minutes where there is guaranteed to be a disappointing resolution because the writers of that show clearly give 0 ***** about plausibility. Which is fine, it's a character drama, the t cast is great, I still enjoy the show. Honestly, though, it would probably be a better show if they just dispensed with the detecting and opened Holmes and Watson Wedding Planning.

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#65 May 22 2014 at 10:49 AM Rating: Excellent

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Sherlock Meets Bridezilla.

That... could work.

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#66 May 22 2014 at 10:57 AM Rating: Decent

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I got a bit confused with the thread titles and considered suggesting "2 Fast 2 Furious".

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we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.

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#67 May 22 2014 at 6:54 PM Rating: Decent

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Samira wrote:

Sherlock Meets Bridezilla.

That... could work.

Didn't that episode already happen? Oh wait that was Dr. Who.

Edited, May 22nd 2014 8:55pm by bodhisattva

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#68 May 23 2014 at 7:17 AM Rating: Good

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Debalic wrote:

I got a bit confused with the thread titles and considered suggesting "2 Fast 2 Furious".

How did that ever become a series?

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#69 May 23 2014 at 10:23 AM Rating: Decent

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lolgaxe wrote:

Debalic wrote:

I got a bit confused with the thread titles and considered suggesting "2 Fast 2 Furious".

How did that ever become a series?

Paul Walker needed a big hit...

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#70 Jun 01 2014 at 10:13 PM Rating: Good

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Season two of Orange is the New Black is starting June 6th. Great show. We're rewatching season one now to refresh our memory a bit.

I'd also recommend The Tudors now that I think about it. We must have rewatched the entire series about 11 times now.

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#71 Jun 02 2014 at 5:33 AM Rating: Decent

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I'd also recommend The Tudors

Series is greatly improved by only watching the scenes Natalie Dormer is in .

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#72 Jun 02 2014 at 9:39 AM Rating: Good

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Smasharoo wrote:

I'd also recommend The Tudors

Series is greatly improved by only watching the scenes Natalie Dormer is in .

Maybe it's the undercut but meh.

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#73 Jun 10 2014 at 8:56 PM Rating: Good

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My obsession for 60s Jamaican Ska has been supplanted by the old calypso type music Mento.
If you are into exploring some old , very upbeat and even diverse music that is quite entertaining and very unique.

Some great examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCpTkfYVHpQ&list=PLD8198C23B39498AC&index=2
One of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMooTWHFtMk

Also, hopping over a few islands.. I found that 1930s Trininadian Calypso utterly fascinating. The recording quality is often better than some of the 60s stuff from Jamaica.. and much of it is political in nature and quite informative as to the state of affairs in 1930s Trinidad. The rhyming style often reminds me of hip-hop.. not to mention the aggressive names of the perfomers like Attila the Hun and Lord Executor.

This song is a protest of the British government that put down a riot but found no police wrong for their brutality and ignored the reason there was a riot in the first place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKUPp9CVPxM

others are more like American swing but with a Caribbean twist. Can't drive angry listing to some of this stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewAj2hyPRFc

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