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Understood; I don't actually know much about the sounds you're talking about, so I can't really comment. When it comes to mysterious sounds, however, I'd be much more interested in finding out what was responsible for the Bloop. ;)

Mermaids :)

It was on TV so it had to be true.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!- An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime...
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

Wilfred Owen -Dulce Et Decorum Est

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry,
My subject is War, and the pity of War.
The Poetry is in the pity.

Wilfred Owen -Poems, Preface

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.

Georges Clemenceau

The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest.

Thucydites

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

Mark Twain

Edit: I think it may be a moot point. I may be mistaken, but I don't recall her being in any state of undress in that scene.

You are correct, she was fully clothed in that scene. I understand that she was pregnant when they were filming.

But considering Cersei's many 'action' scenes later on in the books she will have ample opportunity to take it off if she wants.

CapeCodRPGer wrote:

So what everyone think? I loved it but I thought the first encounter with Daneriys and Khal should have been more like the book. The way they showed it was too forceful, IMO.

I think it should have been a 2 hour premiere...;)

Though that was a damn good place to end it.

One thing that another thread popped into my head was the question of if any of the deities had any husbands or wifes (besides Torag). A few seem to be a definite no (Calistria, Cayden Cailean, Shelyn) while a others seem like they would have found some being to spend their lives with. Like Erastil, I find it odd that, given his beliefs, that he hasn't been married. If he is, are they still alive?

That's the one thing I find most disappointing about the Pathfinder Gods. There is next to no interaction between them. They are just a bunch of deities with little in common. Relationships, be it parent/children, husband/wife, brother/sister, are almost non-existent.

I'm not looking for the soap-opera world of the Greek Gods necessarily but a few more relationships along the lines of Shelyn and her brother would be nice. When a God whose portfolio includes the importance of family, Erastil, doesn't have any sort of family of his own you start to wonder.

I work with a girl named Candace Sweet. Its her married name so at least the parents aren't to blame.

Aaaand still pending. Oh well what's another 3+ days of waiting. Might as well make it an even three weeks.

Ok, you guys, I don't even know what to do. I held off watching the very last episode of BSG for months, but now my boyfriend is almost through the 4th season, so the ending is nigh. We're trying to think of what to watch next and are drawing a blank. He'd like something more science fictiony, but I don't really know what to picks. Firefly is out, seen it bunches. Um. And that's all I've got.

Any help would be very appreciated.

The remake of V is starting on ABC in the next few weeks. I even think a couple of the BSG actors are in it. (I could have sworn that I saw Jamie Bamber in the preview).

Steve

That is an awesome casting. That's like an injection of pure awesome straight into the heart. She's also rather good looking too, so I can't wait to see her as Cersei. And her acting skills are pretty good too.

I liked her as Sarah Conner. I wonder if she'll be as good looking as a blond?

Steve

Jon looks like 'a Stark' and thus bears a close resemblence to Ned. I think it's also said he looks a bit like his uncle Benjen, and maybe his 'aunt' Lyanna as well? ;-)

The books clearly state that the only Stark child that Jon resembles is Arya and that Arya very much looks like her Aunt Lyanna at that age.

If you haven't figured it out I support the theory that Jon is Lyanna and Rhaegar's son and not Ned's. The man is far too honor bound to have a bastard.

My pet idea: Jon isn't Ned's bastard, he's Lyanna's, by whichever Targaeryn prince had locked her up. Thus, he & Dany can be the next brother-sister dragon team.

Actually that would make Dany Jon's aunt.

I want to see Sansa take out that creepy Littlefinger and join back up with the Hound.

Steve

t.a.T.u

I have no idea why, I just like 'em.

;-)

So I'm not the only one ;). The songs in Russian are much better then the English versions.

Steve

Anyone know where I can catch up with Season 3 on-line?

itunes has it.

Steve

Although you can't put a timetable on GRRM's new book, he has intimated in his LJ blog that if all goes well the new one should be ready by Fall. Note, as long as everything goes well.

Unfortunately he also said that about this time last year. I'm sure it'll come out eventually but I won't believe it until I walk into the bookstore and see it on the shelves. Then another 5 year wait for the next one.

In the end it all comes down to free will
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A favorite moment:

Thanks guys, though I did see about 99% of the show. Now if someone would like to use a spoiler block and actually let me know what the very last few minutes had, since my recording stopped right as baltar and his lady walked off. I'd appreciate it. Thanks again.

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When all is said and done, I felt that the finale was rather anti-climactic. I didn't mind that some of the threads were left dangling, I just wanted to see a story where the climax didn't come so early in the story. The Stargate Atlantis finale is a good example, there was tension right up until almost the very end.

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I agree. The battle ended and I looked at the clock and there was still nearly an hour to go. I was wondering what they were going to do to fill the time.

Now THAT was a frackin' battle!!!

I'm not sure if the ending really answered any of the remaining questions but it was definitely unique and as to be expected (mostly) sad.

Plus, shouldn't he be there for the final "revelation" of the opera house?

One would think, but I'm not exactly holding out hope that they even mention it. Ever since the end of the mutiny the show has crept along. The episodes have been good but when there are are only a couple left to go you really don't want them spending all their time on set up.

Count me as disappointed too. Does anyone else get the feeling that none of the remaining questions are going to get answered?

About Baltar:

Not much happening this week. Surprisingly Starbuck is dead but somehow still alive. Oh wait, we already knew that. They've got a lot to wrap up in the last 3 hours.

Last week Adama made reference to Cylons flying CAP. I noticed though that other than the heavy raiders, we haven't seen any Raiders or Centurians being used by the rebels since they broke away from John's fleet. Do you think that they shut them down to reprogram them?

I think they said all the raiders were destroyed in their fight against Cavil. The centurians have been shown numerous times on the basestar (Baltar had a chat with one, they were shown guarding the hostages last season, etc.). Given the humans feelings about the toasters I think they are keeping them out of sight to ease interactions. Didn't they show one piloting one of the heavy raiders that intercepted Boomer and Ellen's raptor last week? Or did I imagine that?

Also another six got a name this week. Sonia, the cylon representative to the quorum. Thats Sonia, Caprica, Natalie and Gina for the sixes now.

Steve

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Sorry, by headsix I meant 'six in his head' HeadSix and HeadGaius seem to have been forgotten this season. I hope it didn't come from 'we had a plan for them, but changed our minds and hope no one notices they aren't there anymore'.

They do seem to have dropped that storyline. I didn't really notice it. Maybe all the sex with his followers and random cylons have him too distracted to be insane for the moment.

I'll also be interested in seeing (in the short time we have left) if Gaius was being honest about his revelation for 'his' cult needing him.

Also was that a six, or was it headsix he was in bed with?

Athena shot the headsix last season. Now that Deanna has stayed behind on Earth I don't think any one Cylon is in charge anymore. They seem to be run by Leoben, the Helo-massaging eight and whichever six that hasn't been killed recently.

As for Baltar...He seemed sincere but then again he is Baltar.

So are all the eights raptor pilots? Or was the pilot the eight that downloaded all of Athena's memoies?

That probably was the Athena-downloading eight.

I find it interesting that all the individuals of every model look exactly the same except the Sixes. There are the Natalie-sixes (brown hair), the caprica-sixes (blond) and there was even a black haired six back in the episodes with the cylon virus.

So, this is mostly just train of thought, but I wanted to throw it out there. If there was Pathfinder manga—and I'm not saying INSTEAD of novels—would you be interested?

Yes. As long as its more along the lines of Berserk (probably have to tone down some of the gore though) and not Naruto.

"You talk a good fight old man, but words don't break necks I do."

-Kanu Unchou, Ikki Tousen

Add me to the growing list. No Gaz in order #935177.

Steve

Thank you for the information on the formation of the Roman republic; I hadn't realised it was quite as early as that, although I think that it was not until Emperor Augustus in 27 BC that the republic officially became an empire?

Sanitation problems seem to be a major Real World problem when it comes to contributions for deaths in densely populated areas. I get the impression that breakdown of infrastructure (or the logistics of large refugee camps) can cause problems when natural disasters such as earthquakes hit densely populated cities?

The empire did officially begin in 27 BC.

As a side note, Rome wasn't the only large city in the empire. It has been estimated that Alexandria was of comparable size. A 32 CE census showed 180,000 adult male citizens in the city. Its total population was believed to be nearly 1 million.

Actually the Roman Republic was founded in 510 BC (with Rome itself having been founded in 753 BC). So the Republic/Western Empire lasted for 986 years.

The main reason that the population of the city itself collapsed at the end of the empire and into the Dark ages was lack of clean water and the resulting outbreak of disease due to to destruction of many of the city's aqueducts by the various 'barbarian' tribes who rampaged throughout Italy.

Ok I love her but hate the sword.

That it might sell Pathfinder to Mangaheads is fine with me though.

Looks to me like the artist has read Berserk (Which is a must read for anyone not afraid of ultra-mega-violence and big swords wielded by one of the biggest baddasses in comics history.)

Steve

I can answer that. It's been 27 days, minus 4 days for Sundays is 23 days. Minus another 4 days for Saturdays (they don't count as business days) is 19 days. Minus two days for Christmas (Christmas Eve and Christmas) and two more for New Year's (New Year's Eve and New Year's Day) leaves you with 15 days. Yeah, this time of the year sucks for doing things based on "business days". :(

Except the USPS delivers on Saturdays as well as on Christmas eve (I got my GR sale package on Christmas Eve) and New Year's Eve. They may not be business days for Paizo or most of the working world but they are for the Post Office. If they aren't someone better tell my postal carrier that she's working a hell of a lot of unnecessary overtime :)

Though it doesn't matter now. I got an e-mail from Corey saying that they'd be replaced and sent with my next shipment. Sorry for being b$*$!y but I'm a terribly impatient person. Waiting the week it normally takes to get a shipment from you is bad enough but a month (or now a month and a half or two) is torture.

Steve

Actually, today would be the 15th business day from the date of shipment. While this is over the regular 3-10 business day estimate for USPS Standard Mail, given the holiday rush a delay should be expected. Please let me know if your package still hasn't arrived by the end of this week, and I will get replacements put in with your next subscription shipment.

Thanks,
cos

I have no idea how you figure its only been 15 days but I'll continue to wait.

Steve

I just got back from checking the mail and still no sign of this order. It supposedly shipped on 12-11. By my count that's 21 business days (27 days - 2 holidays - 4 sundays). I e-mailed you last week about this but never got a response. What do I need to do get my Pathfinder 4 and Gamemastery module?

Steve

Has there been any shipping trouble with this particular issue? It says it shipped on the 11th. For the past 3 issues (and my Item Cards), they arrived about two days after the ship date. I wouldn't be too worried, except that I'm in the process of moving and want to know how long I should continue to check the mail at my old address (as periodicals subscriptions aren't forwarded).

-JLA

I haven't gotten mine either (also shipped on the 11th). Funny thing is that my GR sale shipment arrived almost a week ago and it shipped on the 19th.

Steve