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- current events - outings - Christmas night was spent watching Death Note: The Last Name at Cathay. I have the habit of looking down upon hit mangas before I try them, only to later realise that for them to enter the mainstream, they have to have some selling points after all. Oh yah: Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. For Death Note, the major premise is the ability to kill by just writing the target's name in a notebook. Oh, there are a bunch of rules and the sometime inconvenience of finding out the name, but in practice who the possessor of a Death Note wants to die, dies. I know of a few organizations that may have a use for one. Clearly this is a tantalizing power to have; Superior to Medusa's gaze, it operates at unlimited range with minimal knowledge, as opposed to a limited range with zero knowledge (but with a dependence on inexperienced adventurers and a shortage of mirrored shields). I have in the past pondered upon the utility of a more intuitive form of the same power - that to indiscriminately kill with a thought. Bearing in mind that a person with such a power is human in all other respects, and cannot moderate his strength at all (i.e. he either kills or does not kill, no stun setting), how far can he parlay this unique talent into results? Don't think it'll beat more flashy superspeed, optical beams or even a good pair of adamantanium claws in the popularity stakes, in any case. 
Wake me when it's over (from a trailer.) Another thing is the fanservice in the movie. Was it really necessary from the plot, or even realistic, for the saccharine sweet (and very deadly) Misa Amane (Erika Toda) to be strapped up naughtily for interrogation while the main male lead Light Yagami (Tatsuya Fujiwara) only gets a lousy straitjacket? Or for Kiyomi Takada (Nana Katase) to show her (very shapely) legs while reclining in a sofa? Well... I'm not complaining. *Waves hand blandly* Nope, not me. Not at all. The most touching characters for me were L and the Death God Rem - L for his utter, if quirky, dedication to his job (and hilarious mask!) unto death, and Rem for her (didn't know it was a she) sacrifice towards Amane (though she may be an easy girl to sacrifice for...) Heard L may be getting his own spin-off. He's worth it. Boxing Day saw the confirmation of the past semester's results. CAP of 4.88. Your cue, Xan? "Life... is... so hollow..." Thank you, Xan. Ya, good also not happy, bad then very sad. Perhaps it's just the expression of all that effort in a single letter. Or a one decimal point number. Forsyth, may I borrow McCready (from The Deceiver) for a moment? McCready stared at the sea and the sky and sighed. "Now, Tom, the lawyers take over. The lawyers always take over, reducing all of life and death, passion, greed, courage, lust and glory to the dessicated vernacular of their trade." Thank you, McCready. Next semester - more Problem Solving in Computing (CS2306S), Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (CS3243) and the graduate level 5 module, 3D Game Programming Technology (CS5243). Hmmm... *scratches chin* I don't know. But it was the only way to get another three day week. Physics IV (PC1144) will be with quite a few pple I know, at least sel and edchong, and also my Physics-majoring cousin. Good. It is better to have in-your-face comparism, like in the old JC and before days, than to float through a module without knowing how you stand until the mid-terms are released. And by then it may be too late. Two Econs modules to round off next sem. Wake-up call heeded. Come to think of it, taking all these closely game-related modules may be a reaction to a comparatively deprived childhood, console and computer game-wise. Yea, in debt to my grandma for that, perhaps, but now's my delicate comeuppance within fillial limits. (In Chinese)"Hey, why are you gaming? You should be studying!" "It's my project lah. This module no final exam one. You want me to fail issit? Nyeah nyeah." "..." Simply delicious to tie up what she absolutely hates (me playing games) with what she most desires (my grades), even if indirectly :) Then, on Wednesday, access to overseas Internet hosts stalled. Thought it was my router acting up at first, and I jiggled it before finally finding out some hours later that the problem was with an earthquake in Taiwan breaking our undersea cable connections, and oh, killing two. It appears callous to say so, but statistically that does not even register as a blip - countless more die every night in more mundane ways like car accidents, or expire quietly in their beds. But this is one of the things that we're just not supposed to say, which is something I've never been particularly good at, since primary school where I had a brief discussion with a teacher on much the same subject. But this is a topic for another day. 
INTERNET, MEET, EARTHQUAKE!!! (Internet Traffic Watch - Asia) Just goes to show how fragile our communication links are. True, technically there remained many alternatives, but in practice the limited capacity meant that for many people those alternatives may as well not have been there. The story of The Lines That Speak Under The Sea is a good and relevant read. So Man U defeated Villa handily 3-0 and Wigan 3-1, with a Ronaldo double in both matches. Scholes' cracker was the pick of the lot, a first-time volley from nowhere off a high clearance. The unassuming Ginger Ninja is still my favourite United player, and one day I'll have his name on a jersey. And Chelski's Cashley kicked a ball into Essien's butt to give him an own goal to draw Reading. *Dances a little jig*. $166 from the Villa predictions last week, $1564.85/$1600 now - barely keeping pace. Risks? Well, when they give Man U a paltry $1.15 to the dollar for beating Reading, I've got to take some. $50 on Man U (-1.5) vs Reading (at 1.55) - One point five five. That's thin $20 on Blackburn to beat Middlesbrough (1.83) - Deserve support after that Pool win $10 on Charlton to draw Aston Villa (3.10) - Draw specialists strike again $20 on Tottenham to draw Liverpool (3.10) - Pool favs as the away team? Please
In the Year of our Lord Twenty hundred and Six, the Twenty-ninth day of the Twelfth month, *frantically punches out an estimate on a calculator* at Forty minutes after the Twelfth hour, this blog hasth received its Ten Thousandth pageview.
- cute stuff - work - Mission accomplished in eight days, two short of predicted. The reconciliation was painful at times, as mistakes I never thought I had made cropped up one after another, ranging from transposed digits to skipped entries. Once, Excel's autosummation broke at a blank entry in the middle of the column, causing five million odd dollars of spare change to be unaccounted for. All's well that ends well, though, and my colleagues talking of "shooting handguns" and other cock made things easier to bear. End-of-job dinner at Clementi where alvin and smk polished off a whole spring chicken ($6.50) each. Will try it next time. In fact, I was just about hungry enough to try that even after finishing my fried rice, in stark contrast to Wednesday's S60 class dinner. Flooding and power outages (thankfully not in Jurong) these few days. Tuesday's 24-hour rainfall of 366mm surpassed the average amount for the whole of December in past years! Well, if the plumbers up there want to get it done with chop-chop too, that's fine by me. The environment does feel much fresher after the storm, with no sign of haze at all. Ahhhhhh. Speaking of ahhhhhh... 
This must be illegal or something (from Cute Overload. Again.) That's it. Boh chap leow. Once I get a house of my own, the very first thing I'll do is to pop over to the House Rabbit Society or SPCA and kope one of their bunnies. Don't want to talk about last weekend's soccer. Nothing to see here, move on, people. $100 Challenge update: $30 from $100 for $1398.85/$1500. This week: $50 on Man U (-1.5) vs Aston Villa (at 2.45) - Refuse to learn lessons $30 on Man U to beat Aston Villa (1.45) $10 on one goal in Wigan vs Chelski (4.00) - Drogba again... $10 on Arsenal to draw Blackburn (4.50) - Heh heh Found something to occupy myself for the next few days, so don't expect new content too soon. Signing out.
- current events - It had to happen someday. Chelski back from two goals down to win in the 87th, and Man U toothless against West Ham, reducing the lead down to two points - Rooney's got to start pulling his weight soon, what with a fat new £35 million contract. As a consolation, that should drive some of the glory hunters over to the blue side. To make things worse, Grilled Birds lost to Herron 0-6 at home with my main men on inadequate form, and then wm's Lina Inverse got a Divine Rapier and two Aegises in an inhouse game we should have taken. Zzz. Well, some days you're the dog, and some days you're the lamppost. Backed up all the Imageshack-hosted images on this blog, in the unlikely event that it ever goes under; Reinstalled Apache and Perl on my computer in preparation for webgame development in the near future. Heard a lot of interesting tidbits I never knew (or forgot) about my fellow 4O-cum-jobbers at work. Believe it or not, one of them once submitted an obituary for a Chinese newspaper article review assignment (剪报). And his sister submitted an NTUC Fairprice advertisement. Nice to know I have such original pals :P Spotted a letter in Today newspaper which followed on an earlier letter that I missed, on Singapore's three-letter acronym. Actually, I don't mind it at all. Counters our stodgy image somewhat. I can almost imagine replying to the standard "Where do you live" query on SEP someday: "Oh, I'm living in SIN". The late Cardinal Sin may empathize. It's not as if we have a monopoly on funny country codes either - we CAN not have a BAN or BAR on them, ESP as it's such a sensitive BIZ. HAI, DEN what KEN we do? BAH. They're seldom appropriate, with the exception being the declaration on the back of the Brazillian beach volleyball gals' tops. I saved the best for last. You, yes you, won the TIME magazine Person of the Year award. Don't forget it the next time you write a resume. At this rate, the Alvins will soon be the premier global achievement.
- academics - changelog - It must be something of a custom for NUS to leave some way for us students to happen upon our grades early, before we can get ourselves in the right frame of mind; This time, it was at https://integral.nus.edu.sg/ui/exam2000a.Homepage (now taken down), and judging from the personal messages all over MSN messenger, it can hardly be considered a secret. I was minding my own business when wm interjected: <wm> hey, do u noe the results are out? And I was all, wtf? Well, few are the students who can pass up on this particular temptation, and after keying in my matriculation number and PIN I got the equivalent of a mental slap in the face - not a bad one, mind you. Or the equivalent of having your angpow or Christmas pressies opened for you. That feeling of, so, that's it? Sorta disappointed with two of my modules, especially since I had high hopes for an A for Psych given the high midterm scores. Sadly I was given a kick in the teeth by the written assignment, accounting for 30% of the total, which proved too much to overcome. Never knew what was wrong with it either. The less said of Macroeconomics I the better. On the flip side, those two modules were never going to count towards my Honours degree in Computing, and I guess I can take slightly lower scores on the non-Honours B.A. (Econs). Can't complain about the four modules which do count, though - only a single A- away from maximum CAP for the semester. Then again, it would be ironic if these grades are unmoderated, as some of my friends suppose, and the eventual ones are totally different. Wonder if this qualifies for a class action lawsuit for emotional distress, haa. changelog v1.05 --------------- * New snap.com link previews! Don't like newfangled stuff? Then partake of the... * More obvious link to display preferences, previously accessible only by the unassuming black rectangle on the vertical options bar. * Preferences added for toggling the abovementioned snap.com previews, and the number of entries returned by the Glolgle search. * Operation aborted bug with the snap.com javascript apparently fixed, currently monitoring its status. * Tagcloud added, link under category tags. * Miscellaneous tag category added, for all tags which are not officially supported. Made a comeback with a $176.10 week ($1368.85/$1400 total), thanks to Arsenal and Chelski taking each other down. Skipped this week's Saturday fixtures, which was lucky since I would have called an Arsenal win over Pompey and a small Pool victory over Charlton, neither of which turned out very rewarding. Moreover, Super Sunday sees United take on a club with a dire record so far. It's Hammer Time! $60 on Man U (-1.5) vs West Ham (at 2.15) - they're not that bad at home, but United are fab away $20 on D-A in the above game (4.00) - in case they have to wait $20 on Everton (+1.5) vs Chelski (1.50) - a man can hope...
- work - Been on an 8:30-to-5:30 gig since Tuesday, as a Data Entry Zombie ® on a project basis. Watched A Battle Of Wits on Monday at Jurong Point after a Mos Burger dinner. Didn't know what to expect since I didn't look it up, and ended up five minutes into he movie before I realised that it had started and was not just another trailer. Wanted to visit the library before that, but found that it had moved. Sheesh. So it was about an Ink-man (okay, Mohist, but literal translations like Simon the Snow-Blower for 西门吹雪 are still best) who arrives alone to help defend the City of Liang from the big bad Zhao Army passing by on the way to invade the State of Yan. History tells us that Qin will crush them all pretty soon, so it was of no consequence in the larger scheme of things. An interesting observation was the steadfastedness of Mr Ink-man in refusing to surrender or even negotiate, despite his school seemingly having a pacifist bent. Perhaps the prevailing practice of the day was for the invaders to loot and burn the capitulated, so it was never an option in the first place. A millenia later, Genghis Khan got the right idea - for the paltry sum of a tenth of everything (standard package) and tribute thereafter (support plan), the Mongols would leave the place unscathed. Resistance was rewarded by wholesale slaughter, excepting the customary handful of wild-eyed survivors who would spread the news (word-of-mouth marketing). Well, it was that sort of age. Dragged myself up at the unearthly hour of 7 a.m. the next day for the first day at work, which I soon learned was little more than mindless button-bashing. Ah well. Extremely rare video of person at work, actually working! (Credit Alvin) Got a lift to Settler's Cafe by wm together with triceo, colin and smk that night. Tried out the classic Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride and Blokus. Settlers in particular gave me some inspiration. Hopefully I can get onto it soon. 
15 PGP, chalet-like on the outside (from my phone, thanks to new CA-42 cable) The working environment's decent enough; We get our very own cubicles with Dell terminals, with good air-conditioning, vital since I really seem to operate better when the temperature is cold. Internet access too, so we won't get too bored; It's on a project basis though, so slacking off will just extend our tenure - not that good an idea. Still, four days of copy-paste-tab-tab-enter-code-tab-update-date-tab-enter-attributes is enough to make one go mad. And we're only half done. More to come on this, surely.
Basketball and soccer today, leaden legs. Need lots of conditioning. The gang wanted to play LAN after dinner at Prince, but it seems as if the heyday of LAN shops in Singapore is well and truly over. Midnight sees two teams I am some distance from liking take on each other, and while unfortunately one of them will get some points, it is impossible for both to get all three. It is probably better for United's title ambitions to have CSKA London slip up, but even if they don't, I can always appreciate Arsenal getting beaten :P A draw ain't bad either. Mean, eh? 
Will the delightful Cashley Cole shine for his new club? With my predictions on United, Pompey and Spurs being accurate, I've already secured a virtual profit for the week and thus I'll be following my heart on the final twenty: $20 on CSKA London to draw Arsenal (3.30) Por favor, Arsenal?
- gaming - + ADOM - Ironically for her age, my grandma detests any sort of clutter, venerable or otherwise; This has in the past led to the demise of my entire collection of Doraemon comics, which accompanied me through my kindergarten and lower primary school years, and my collated Beano and Dandy tomes from which I gleaned my first scraps of English. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, I shall remember them I wouldn't call myself much of a hoarder, but I start to draw the line when someone starts "accidentally" disposing of things that are not his or her own. Couldn't save most of them, but here's a (very incomplete) list of the dearly departed (some of which I hid) for posterity: SHAME 2000 by Think Centre how did it get here? Singapore/Cambridge GCE exam booklets 2000 and 2002 NUS, NTU, MIT, Yale, Harvard, UChicago (seriously big sized), Duke, Dartmouth College admissions et al 8 Days Issue No. 648 Mar 6 - 13 2003 with cover cut out, probably smuggled back from camp 8 Days National Day Edition 2004 Una Noche HCJC prom booklet Time Magazine Mar 10 2003 "Among the Faithful - A TIME Special Report on Islam in Asia" Scholarship Guides 2002-04, and brochures from the Air Force and CAAS, nothing came of those :P NDP 03, 04 commemorative booklets Primary Six Grammar & Usage through Multiple-Choice, three volumes and Word Formation, one volume, all compiled by Oei Soo Kee, which i religiously did (or copied) so long ago Discover magazine August 2001 "The Unbearably Unstoppable Neutrino" The Economist March 2-8 2002 "The business of bribery" Forbes Global March 17 2003 Double Issue "Billionaires" QBasic Fundamentals and Style by James S. Quasney, John Maniotes & John Repede, with a hummingbird on the cover - totally obsolete, but where I got my feet wet with programming Using Computers A Gateway To Information by Shelly, Cashman and Waggoner - still recognize some concepts despite it being published in 1995! Mini Science Encyclopedia by Ang Woon Chuan, B.Sc.(Hons.), Dip.Ed, with the crosshatched cover and lots of handdrawn illustrations. 26 Feburary 1989! Published by Manhattan Press (s) Pte Ltd 1988, situated at Blk 144 Viking Road #01-91 Singapore 0315 New Syllabus D Mathematics 4, General Editor Lee Peng Yee, Ph.D. Happy TCHS days. Physics, A Course for 'O' Level, General Editor Chia Teck Chee, Ph.D. Writing textbooks for 15 years old must be seriously hard! The Tower Hill (TCHS Maths and Science magazine) '97, Issue 58. Anchored by Toto Prediction, the Overall Best Project for Projects Day (which concluded with "From our results, we discover that theoretical prediction also will not successfully give us the desired results, that is, to successfully obtain the winning combination. Besides, indulging in Toto do no good to any of us and it shouldn't be the way to make money, so why commit yourself to Toto?"), redeemed by a nice introduction to Ultimate Gess, and a Win At Dice! cameo by pxh, csq and lyr, Fibonacci Puzzles by A. Sng and occ, and a nice Mnemonic for Pi by a couple of my 1A classmates: Now I have a Maths emergency, We cannot think and write anything excellent. Writing mnemonics for pi, The problems seem plenty. Sec Two Hurricanes term paper Sec Three History Research paper on Mao Zedong: His Life and His China, which I must have been pretty proud of then - early evidence that I had discovered the beveled textured Photoshop text effect Sec Three essay on Aggression and a review on athletics doping Talking of old, I've been engaged in catching up on some overdue "jobs" after the exams, key among those being to save the world in Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) for once. You gotta give the gaming elders some respect - many of the newer kind can, with all due respect, be completed by a trained monkey. Oh, the monkey won't get the highest scores, or discover all the hidden secrets (then again neither would most mortals, without walkthroughs), but slaying the Final Evil Overlord and gaining the gratitude of the universe is guaranteed, given enough button-mashing. If the character dies, just load from the last savepoint, or if the game is kind enough, it reloads automatically. One can almost sense the frustration of the bad guys, who having mopped the floor with some idiot adventurer just minutes ago, see him rushing at them again, fully healed up, for the seventeenth time. Or the other way round. 
Artist's Rendition of ADOM's cutting-edge graphical system - Here, a brave adventurer confronts a fire-breathing Red Dragon (from Just ASCII+) No such wimpiness in ADOM. One strike, and you're out, like in real life. Mistook an emperor lich for a lame cripple? Unspeakably mighty barbarian warlord tripped and fell into a river before realising that he never learnt Swimming? Kicked a locked door in frustration only for a huge stone slab to crash down on one's head? Sorry, that's dozens of hours of play gone down the drain. Blizzard's Diablo series called it Hardcore mode. In ADOM, it's the default. Oh, you could manually copy the savegame folder and copy it back to mimic the functionality of reloading, but be forewarned that it is not looked kindly upon by the community - savescumming, I believe they call it. Not that even that will keep a character alive forever. Often, especially for newer players, the horrible realization that their prized character is irrevocably doomed (there's literally a Doomed intrinsic available too) dawns, despite having learnt to discriminate mighty undead from soon-to-be dead, not to leap blindly into waterways, and to treat doors with care. Yes, folks, corruption from ChAoS makes ADOM a race against time, and a hero that tarries too much along the way becomes a writhing mass of primal chaos. Fat lot of good armfuls of wondrous artifacts will do him then. There's plenty of warning, to be fair - once horns start sprouting on one's head, or one's hands start dripping poison, any adventurer with a positive Intelligence score should know something's afoot. Let's see what two days of attempts have got me: Silbeard. L9 dwarven paladin (M). Died of acute blood poisoning in a sinister dungeon on level 7. Roder. L7 gray elven beastfighter (F). Killed by a green hag in the small village dungeon on dungeon level 6. Squegh. L4 gnomish monk (M). Killed by a swordsman on level 2 of a dangerous cave at the Drakalor Pass. Coronth. L6 dark elven healer (M). Shot by a ratling archer in the small village dungeon on dungeon level 4. Gragh. L1 orcish elementalist (M). Killed by a dire wolf somewhere in the hills. It's not all bad, though; There's a promising level twelve drakish fighter, a level ten high elven assassin whom has had it easy thus far, a tough level eight trollish elementalist who can cast the odd Fire Bolt on creatures when smashing heavy things on them doesn't work, and another level eight, a goody-two-shoes dwarven paladin (some relation of the unfortunate Silbeard above, I think) whom I believe has beseeched his god for divine assistance more than once already. But it's dreadfully slow going, especially when trying to be careful. Ah, for the good old days when I duplicated potions of gain attribute and blessed rings of djinni summoning without compunction, and yet put off actually closing the chaos gate. Good times. Then again, if others can win while under outrageous challenges, I don't see why I can't finish it the normal way. Thirteenth week was not profitable for my punting, and it's the third net loss in a row - Had Arsenal and Liverpool to thank for avoiding a wipeout. Maybe I've been a tad too greedy with United, can't expect them to always win by two clear goals; $1192.75/$1300 now, more than a hundred smackers off the pace. $30 on Man U in the Manchester derby (at 1.25) - Win is a win is a win $20 on Portsmouth to beat Everton (2.20) - Sounds very reasonable, at home $20 on Spurs to beat Charlton (1.43) - Found their boots $10 on Blackburn to draw Newcastle (3.15) - Don't ask why $20 reserved for Chelski and Arsenal tomorrow.
- academics - gaming - Only the Philosophy paper left, but as our meditations on Socrates, Plato and the like will be confined to four multiple choice options, I'm feeling more than relaxed right now; Computer Networks was okay if unspectacular, Macroeconomics was blah, but it doesn't count towards my Honours degree CAP any longer since it's been spilt off into an Economics major. No complaints about Psychology and Computer Graphics however, especially the latter; Surprisingly, I felt I had a good claim to 47 of the 50 marks on offer, and at the same time relieved since putting in more hours on the module probably would not have allowed me to do much better anyway. Walked out of the exam classroom feeling a bit of Maslow's Self-Actualization then. Got to admit that I have trouble concentrating on subjects that are too dry (I still wince at the mention of Linear Algebra), have no clear connection to practical situations, or will be done mechanically anyway. Actually, even during the last exam-filled week, I allocated over a hundred computer-hours to what must be the most innovative RPG of all time, ProgressQuest. It was the game I was going to write, but never did. To underline its utter supremacy, eyeball some of the user testimonials and review plaudits it has received: "I don't know why someone didn't think of this before. Screw Baldur's Gate, screw Wizardry, Ultima Online, EverQuest, Asheron's Call, etc.... When I need a RPG fix, I'm going to PQ!" - Helcorax "PQ is as close to perfect as a game can get. It effortlessly usurps the paradigm of 'the game'. This is fresh, inventive, engaging, stimulating, and thought-provoking. It is the Jean Baudrillard of games. For anyone who has lived to regret playing some addictive game until 5AM on a work night (you know you're out there), this one's for you. I laughed until I cried." - aardvark3 "This is one of the best cases for software patents I've ever seen. If it's not already patented, I'm certain it'll be copied by all the big RPG companies. It's compelling and addictive. The best part is, you can play for hours, stop if you have to, and restart without missing a beat." - NotGrumdrig "Too many RPGs have gone the route of throwing in tons of boring filler to make their games look bigger than they really are. Not Progress Quest! It gets down to what really matters, the character development, the battles, aquiring new and powerful gear. I wish this game would have been released long ago, before I wasted my money on the others, Baldur's Gate, Ultimas, Wizardrys. This one beats them all, hands down." - Helcorax "...what some might dub the logical conclusion of the statbuilding RPG genre." - MobyGames review It's all true! I'm totally addicted. No quitting until my character maxes out at Level 90! Only about fifty more levels to go at the time of writing... Real-time Status My character sheet at Level 40: Name: Grilbert Race: Double Wookiee Class: Tongueblade STR: 48 CON: 78 DEX: 91 INT: 115 WIS: 80 CHA: 38 HP Max: 548 MP Max: 701 Equipment 
Equipment FAQ (by froth of the PQ Forums) +21 Steely Heavy Bandyclef (Weapon) +13 Custom Impressive Magnetic Field (Shield) +6 Holy Fine Diamond Mail Helm +13 Impressive Gilded Titanium Hauberk +2 Fine Custom Plasma Brassairts +16 Custom Mithril Mail Vambraces +3 Impressive Studded Plasma Gauntlets +4 Gilded Custom Plasma Gambeson +21 Gilded Fine Scale Mail Cuisses +19 Studded Fine Splint Mail Greaves +18 Cambric Festooned ABS Sollerets Spellbook Invisible Hands XVIII Aqueous Humor XVII Innoculate XX Hydrophobia VI Slime Finger XV Gyp XVI Cone of Annoyance XVIII Rabbit Punch XIII Revolting Cloud XIII Lockjaw XVI Seasick XIII Mulligan VI Big Sister VIII Eye of the Troglodyte XI Curse Name VIII Good Move XXIII Clever Fellow XIII Nonplus VII Spectral Miasma XIX Sadness XVII Holy Batpole VI Nestor's Bright Idea VII Covet VII Acrid Hands IV Vitreous Humor VII Magnetic Orb XVII Tumor (Benign) VII Braingate VII Hastiness XII Roger's Grand Illusion VII Astral Miasma V Cone of Paste X Animate Nightstand IX Tumor (Malignant) I Spectral Oyster IV Dropsy IV Animate Tunic II Grognor's Big Day Off I Angioplasty V Ursine Armor I Tonsilectomy I Take advantage of the free trial available from the official website, which does not however have 3D support built in. And here are the footy predictions for the week. $1106.50/$1200, don't remind me. Darn Carvalho. On the bright side, Arsenal and Liverpool fall further away. Time to diversify... $25 on Man U (-1.5) vs Middlesbrough (at 2.45) - Something of a bogey team, but who cares? $25 on Arsenal to beat Tottenham (1.60) - Double-edged punt. Misfire hopefully $25 on Liverpool to beat Wigan (1.85) - Big duck to be broken here... $15 on zero goals in the above match (8.50) - ...but Liverpool away again. One penalty goal in seven away matches. You do the math $10 on Reading to draw Bolton (3.10) - I dunno. A flutter
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