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<title><![CDATA[Some Old Ink]]></title>
<link>http://brianwootmurphy.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/ink/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BrianJ.Murphy</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Moleskine Notebooks]]></title>
<link>http://awesomegeek.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/moleskine-notebooks/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jonathan Day</dc:creator>
<guid>http://awesomegeek.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/moleskine-notebooks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do not think of this post as simply an endorsement for a certain brand of notebooks. This post is en]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Do not think of this post as simply an endorsement for a certain brand of notebooks. This post is encouraging the pen and the page traveling with you as you go about your interesting life. How would you ever recognise if your life was interesting? One can often forget the little things that happen in your day that make that day or even that fleeting moment special. You could try to type it into your mobile phone, or open up your laptop to type it down however these technological means of get lost in the ether of bits and bytes.</p>
<div id="attachment_79" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://awesomegeek.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/102_5322.jpg"><img src="http://awesomegeek.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/102_5322.jpg" alt="" title="Moleskines" width="450" height="337" class="size-full wp-image-79" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I like to put stickers on my own.</p></div>
<p>Having a good notebook on your person is advisable, and the Awesome Geek is always coming across crazy random happenstances. Therefore he or she must be prepared to jot them down quickly for a blog post, a comic strip or even a published memoir. The world is your oyster, but you can&#8217;t rely on your noggin to hold onto everything when you sit at your desk at the end of the week. That is why I choose Moleskine.</p>
<p>At the moment there are three types of these famed notebooks in my life. The first is just a regular lined notebook &#8211; kind of the basic model. I use this one for practically everything. I use it to write notes to myself, to make lists, plans or anything else. This notebook is something that I will flick back through in years to come and remember all the fun I had while I was writing in it.</p>
<p>The second Moleskine I have is the yearly planner. This guy is a softcover which I plan my life in. The left page is always seven slots for each day, and the right is lined to make lists or to dos. This thing keeps me in check. As much as I love iCal, it&#8217;s not convenient enough for me, I need something that I can fill in while I&#8217;m running through college campus or jumping on a bus or train. </p>
<p>The final one is the London Guidebook. I bought this my first weekend in London, as knew I would be spending the next eight months going back and forth visiting until I move over in the summer. This notebook is basically a guidebook you write for yourself. I fill in every restaurant, bar, movie, show, museum, exhibition and random moments I come across while I&#8217;m in London. I have fallen in love with it, and the memories it holds. It&#8217;s also good for revisiting great places and avoiding the crap ones. I highly recommend one for the traveller or anyone who just wants to make their own personal directory for wherever they live.</p>
<p>The Awesome Geek loves pen and paper, and should always have some on their person, because you never know where life can take you. Learn even more about Moleskine notebooks <a href="http://moleskine.com">here.</a> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[So far, so good...]]></title>
<link>http://succubushall.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/so-far-so-good/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>serpentcross</dc:creator>
<guid>http://succubushall.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/so-far-so-good/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[E&#8217; più di un mese che non tocco queste pagine. Il motivo principale è che al momento mi ritrov]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>E&#8217; più di un mese che non tocco queste pagine.</p>
<p>Il motivo principale è che al momento mi ritrovo sprovvisto del mio pc desktop. Si spera ancora per poche ore.</p>
<p>Quello con cui stò scrivendo è un EeePC che negli ultimi tempi ho imparato ad odiare, sia per la tastiera che si mangia una lettera ogni 3 sia per il fatto che passare da un pc desktop ultima generazione ad avere come unico pc di casa un laptop che fatica a leggere i .pdf un pò ti rode.</p>
<p>Volevo fare un pò il punto della situazione sulle mie attività e sul come stanno procedendo.</p>
<p>dopo l&#8217;edizione 2009, anche se ufficialmente i lavori non sono ancora iniziato stò iniziando a delineare le strategie che saranno alle spalle del Parma Fantasy 2010. Non sarà facile superare le 14000 persone dell&#8217;anno scorso ma fortunatamente il Parma Fantasy ci ha sempre fatto delle grosse sorprese e sempre in positivo.</p>
<p>Ora ci stiamo per imbarcare il un nuovo piccolo progetto, ci è stato chiesto un evento per pubblicizzare l&#8217;introduzione di una nuova rete wireless gratuita in alcune piazze della città. Appena avrò qualcosa di più concreto vi esporrò tutto il progetto.</p>
<p>In tema giochi di ruolo le mie due campagne di D&#38;D procedono.<br />
La prima è una campagna della quale sono stato giocatore a lungo prima di prendere recentemente il posto del master. E&#8217; una campagna della 4 edizione ambientata nel forgotten realms (prima della spellplague).<br />
La 4 edizione non mi soddisfa per niente, così come non soddisfa un sacco di altre persone. fondamentalmente tutto ciò che non serve a fare dei danni al mostro di turno è stato preso e gettato via. è stata eliminata praticamente ogni possibilità di uso creativo dei poteri e delle abilità. ogni potere ora ha il suo utilizzo standard ed inequivocabile (solitamente fai X danni e applica un tipo di status) incantesimi simili alle vecchie scuole di incantamento, illusione e divinazione sono andati, ne rimangono solo flebilissime traccie nei rituali. Credo sia il primo gioco di ruolo che non solo non fa nulla per aiutare l&#8217;interpretazione, ma in certe occasioni sia arrivato finalmente al punto di metterti i bastoni tra le ruote e renderti l&#8217;interpretazione veramente difficile. Una cosa buffa è che nella quarta edizione i pg non possono morire.<br />
No &#8230; non intendo dire che sono duri a morire&#8230; intendo dire che ci sono alcuni destini epici (delle sorte di sottoclassi) che rendono il proprio personaggio immortale senza alcun possibile fraintendimento.<br />
preniamo ad esempio il Viandante Oscuro.<br />
Ora diciamo che questo viandante oscuro decide di farsi un tour dell&#8217;abisso, anzi &#8230; più nello specifico questo vuole entrare a casa di Orcus. Magari qualcuno vorrebbe dire che già questo è impossibile ma il potere del viandante oscuro è che va dove vuole &#8230; se lui è nel villaggio di puffi e vuole andare all&#8217;inferno prendendo delle scorciatoie a caso ci arriva entro 24 ore &#8230; non importa quale sia il punto di partenza o il punto di arrivo, quato siano distanti i due punti qunta resistenza dovrebbe trovare lungo il cammino e quanti piani di esistenza è necessario attraversare &#8230; lui arriva dove vuole, senza inontrare nessuno che gli sbarri la strada e senza neppure il bisogno di mangiare o dormire.<br />
Così questo arriva e sputa in un occhio a Orcus&#8230; e Orcus &#8230; come l&#8217;enorme  Demon Lord dei non morti che è lo prende e lo rivolta come un calzino. A questo punto Orcus pensa che abbia punito la sua insolenza&#8230;  e invece no&#8230;<br />
Passate 12 ore il corpo e l&#8217;equipaggiamento del viandante oscuro scompaiono nel nulla. passate altre 12 ore il viandante oscuro Respawna&#8230; no &#8230; non è uno scherzo&#8230; il viandante oscuro fa respawn &#8230; come in quake&#8230;<br />
Ma c&#8217;è di peggio &#8230; non fa respawn in un punto standard &#8230; fa respawn esattamente dove desidera&#8230; ed equipaggiato di tutto punto.<br />
Quindi questo viandante oscuro in 12 ore trova un portale che lo trasporta dal regno dei morti allo sgabuzzino della casa di orcus, esce dallo sgabuzzino e sputa nell&#8217;altro occhio&#8230;<br />
Ora &#8230; come si può fermare questo viandante oscuro? Semplice &#8230; non si può&#8230;<br />
e per non si può intendo che se invece di orcus un viandante oscuro volesse andare da Ao, il mega dio degli dei del forgotten realms e sputare in faccia a lui lo fa &#8230; e il risultato è che Ao avrebbe qualcuno che gli sputa in faccia ogni 24 ore e non può farci assolutamente nulla.<br />
Fantastico!</p>
<p>Un&#8217;altra campagna è una 3.5, una campagna prefatta pubblicata su Dungeon e chiamata Savage Tide.<br />
La trovo un ottima campagna &#8230; io che non amo le cose preconfezionate perchè adoro creare mi sono sentito semplicemente in dovere di giocarla.<br />
Senza contare che è veramente molto vicina al mio concetto di gioco, antagonisti multipli, niente binari (quì fino a un certo punto, o meglio, l&#8217;avventura da per scontato che il party voglia evitare che il mondo finisca)<br />
una parte gestionale che esula dal semplice &#8220;uccidiamo i mostri&#8221;, e un bel giro panoramico tra i piani con un sacco di interazioni sociali.</p>
<p>prossima campagna in programa? beh &#8230; muoio dalla voglia di provare Pathfinder, quello che è stato descritto da alcuni come D&#38;D 3.75 e proporrò sicuramente una campagna una volta finita quella di 4 edizione &#8230; ma questa volta voglio scriverla&#8230; scriverla, annotarla in modo ordinato e metterla in pdf, esattamente come un adventure path della paizo &#8230; infine tradurla in inglese e provare a mostrargliela. sono quasi 20 anni che sono un DM di D&#38;D e altri giochi di ruolo, molti che lavorano nel campo non possono dire altrettanto. Credo sia ora di farmi notare&#8230;</p>
<p>c&#8217;è anche un altro piccolo progetto che avevo in mente &#8230; originariamente doveva essere un progetto per la 3.5 ma quando mi sono deciso a pensarci sul serio ormai la notizia dell&#8217;imminente 4 edizione era già arrivata&#8230;<br />
The Great Book of Charisma<br />
questo è il titolo e vorrebbe essere il primo di una serie di manuali dedicati alle caratteristiche di D&#38;D. Conterrebbe una piccola guida interpretativa che contenga spunti sull&#8217;interpretazione di personaggi con un punteggio di carisma particolarmente alto o basso, talenti, classi, incantesimi ed altre opzioni che sfruttino il carisma. L&#8217;idea ovviamente è di arrivare a creare 6 di questi manuali, uno per ogni caratteristica ma il carisma è uno degli argomenti a me più cari &#8230; non credo di aver mai giocato un personaggio che non avesse almeno 16 di carisma &#8230;<br />
Fondamentalmente l&#8217;idea dietro a questi manuali è semplice.<br />
Scegli il punteggio di caratteristica che vuoi indipendentemente dalla tua classe e dalla tua razza, scegli il punteggio che vuoi interpretare. A darti una serie di opzioni che sfruttino i tuoi punteggi ci pensa questo manuale.<br />
Hai un idea che ti piace per un barbaro con un enorme carisma? puoi farlo,  il manuale ti darà opzioni che utilizzino il tuo carisma.</p>
<p>Ora bruciata la 3.5 le opzioni sono 2&#8230;<br />
Farlo per D&#38;D 4th<br />
Farlo per Pathfinder<br />
E devo ammetere che per quanto sia dell&#8217;idea che tra i due giochi non ci sia assolutamente confronto la quarta edizione ha un sistema di gioco per il quale inserire opzioni basate sulle caratteristiche è molto molto semplice e molto interessante.<br />
Tuttavia il poco materiale che avevo già preparato per la 3.5 è come se fosse già pronto per pathfinder, la differenza è minima&#8230; vi farò sapere la mia decisione finale sperando, per la mia sanità mentale, che la folle idea di farne uno per ogni edizione, e quindi passare dai già impegnativi 6 manuali a 12, mi passi velocemente dalla testa.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[First Watch: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://fueledbyrayman.com/2009/08/19/first-watch-the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jonny Ray</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fueledbyrayman.com/2009/08/19/first-watch-the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Watch The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus&#8217; video for &#8220;Pen &amp; Paper&#8221; here.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Watch The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus&#8217; video for &#8220;Pen &#38; Paper&#8221; <a href="http://www.shockhound.com/videos/661-the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus-pen---paper">here</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nachlese 6. Sinziger Rollenspiel-Wochenende.]]></title>
<link>http://rabenzeit.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/nachlese-6-sinziger-rollenspiel-wochenende/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Der Rabe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rabenzeit.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/nachlese-6-sinziger-rollenspiel-wochenende/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Die Zeit von Freitag Abend bis heute Morgen um 4 Uhr stand bei meiner kleinen Hexe und mir ganz im Z]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ögon som Stirrar/Staring Eyes]]></title>
<link>http://beingxara.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/ogon-som-stirrarstaring-eyes/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>beingxara</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beingxara.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/ogon-som-stirrarstaring-eyes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ögon som stirrar. Hjärtan som sjunker. Händer som trånar. Själar som blöder. Läppar som förför. Arma]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ögon som stirrar. Hjärtan som sjunker.<br />
Händer som trånar. Själar som blöder.<br />
Läppar som förför. Armar som griper.<br />
Tårar som talar. Ben som går&#8230;</p>
<p>Staring eyes. Sinking hearts.<br />
Longing hands. Bleeding souls.<br />
Seducing lips. Reaching arms.<br />
Tears that speak. Legs that walk&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Famished Heart]]></title>
<link>http://beingxara.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/famished-heart/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>beingxara</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beingxara.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/famished-heart/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A mans greedy body, fed on the shell of her. In his desire, the famished heart of a women was forgot]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A mans greedy body, fed on the shell of her.<br />
In his desire, the famished heart of a women was forgotten.</p>
<p>Her sword was clean, not brought to battle.<br />
His empty feelings, her longing warmth.</p>
<p>Her tortured soul, her lovable flesh.<br />
Sacrified, for lust, once again.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[En Mörk Skog]]></title>
<link>http://beingxara.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/en-mork-skog/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>beingxara</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beingxara.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/en-mork-skog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Inne i mörkret, växer en tät skog. Stammar, grenar, kvistar och löv lever i mörkret och fukten. För ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Inne i mörkret, växer en tät skog. Stammar, grenar, kvistar och löv lever i mörkret och fukten. För den som bor där, är överlevnad en kamp. Att få eld att brinna absolut nödvändigt är, för trygghet och för födan. När en eld väl tänds, är den svår att släcka. På den vilar livet. I en mörk skog, där brinner det långsamt.</p>
<p>Inne i mörkret, där brinner det långsamt. Syre och ljus har svårt att ta sig in. Fukten och mörkret klättrar över stammar, grenar, kvistar och löv. Torka, tålamod och tillgivenhet är det som behövs för att tända en eld. En liten låga värmer skogen.I den finns hopp. I den mörkaste av skogar, brinner det längst.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The keyboard edges out pen and paper]]></title>
<link>http://dedalus9.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/the-keyboard-edges-out-pen-and-paper/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dedalus9</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dedalus9.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/the-keyboard-edges-out-pen-and-paper/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Handwriting or keyboard? I prefer writing on keyboard. I prefer the feeling of my fingers flying gra]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Handwriting or keyboard?</p>
<p>I prefer writing on keyboard. I prefer the feeling of my fingers flying gracefully ro ont over the keys almost as fast as my conscious mind can muster thoughts. My handwriting is so abominable that if I tried to write that fast I would never be able to read it again. For that matter, even my slow writing borders on the illegible.</p>
<p>The computer&#8217;s ability to make quick and neat corrections is convenient and helpful, but doesn&#8217;t hold much influence on my preference. I rather enjoy the sloppy crossing out and marginalia and carets that come with handwriting.</p>
<p>That being said, I still write with paper and pen weekly. The feel of a cool, steel pen (zebra pens are best) and the unique curves of my messy handwriting. I have several journals, and sometimes I want the isolation they give me: to be apart from my computer. My computer has distractions built into it. If there is a wifi connection, then those distractions become infinite. (Not least among these is plinky.)</p>
<p class="plinky_badge_rid:14498" style="clear:both;font-size:13px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:24px;margin:10px 0 0;padding:0;"><a href="http://www.plinky.com/mini/reroute/14498"> <img style="border:0;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:middle;" src="http://www.plinky.com/proxy/badge?id=14498" alt="" /> </a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[E: Emily]]></title>
<link>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/e-emily/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/e-emily/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Emily, carrying Charlie, being beautiful.]]></description>
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<p><em>Emily</em>, carrying Charlie, being beautiful.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[D: Daydreaming]]></title>
<link>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/d-daydreaming/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/d-daydreaming/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A colleague&#8217;s hands during a meeting; his watch visible for me to know time is up. We should f]]></description>
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<p>A colleague&#8217;<em>s</em> hands during a meeting; his watch visible for me to know time is up. We should finish.</p>
<p>Writes Gary Hess:</p>
<p><em>Time Clicks as I await<br />
The hour ends before my take<br />
Sitting, thinking, waiting; my mind escapes&#8230;</em></p>
<p>Extract of <em>The Wait</em> by Gary Hess &#8211; Contemporary Poet</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't Say "Bored"]]></title>
<link>http://wanderyears.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/dont-say-bored/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kortnei</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wanderyears.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/dont-say-bored/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have a complaint to make:  Austin has too much going on.  So, if you live in the lovely ATX, don]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I have a complaint to make:  Austin has too much going on.  So, if you live in the lovely ATX, don&#8217;t tell me that you&#8217;re bored.  I will be happy to tell you how to spend your day.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>WED., 4/23 (Earth Day!)</p>
<p>10:00am-4:00pm, Whole Foods Market &#8211; <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lamar/index.php">Earth Day</a> &#8230; giveaways, earth friendly businesses/non-profits will be at the store all day</p>
<p>Noon, Mellow Johnny&#8217;s Bike Shop  &#8211; <a href="http://www.mellowjohnnys.com/calendar1/details/29">Public Art Bike tour</a> (Free)</p>
<p>Noon, Harry Ransom Center &#8211; <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/shelflife/2009/04/16/get-your-sugar-and-shakespeare-fix/#more">Shakespeare Sonnet Reading</a>, plus birthday cake (Free)</p>
<p>4:00-8:00pm, The Triangle &#8211; <a href="http://www.austinfarmersmarket.org/">Austin Farmer&#8217;s Market</a></p>
<p>6:30pm, Twin Liquors @ Hancock Ctr. &#8211; <a href="http://www.twinliquors.com/index.php?option=com_eventcal&#38;Itemid=59">Wine 101</a> class (Free)</p>
<p>7:30pm, Ruta Maya &#8211; <a href="http://rutamaya.net/calendar.php">Salsa Lessons </a>(Free w/ purchase)</p>
<p>8:00pm, Stubb&#8217;s &#8211; <a href="http://stubbs.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?lid=29599">Earth Day concert benefiting the Hill Country Conservancy</a> w/ Wild Sweet Orange, Guster, DJ Manny, &#38; bellydancers ($35)</p>
<p>9:00pm, Cedar St. &#8211; Spazmatics ($8)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Magtanim ay di biro]]></title>
<link>http://livestories.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/magtanim-ay-di-biro/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>LivE</dc:creator>
<guid>http://livestories.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/magtanim-ay-di-biro/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The English version of this Filipino song goes, &#8220;Planting rice is never fun&#8230;&#8221; It]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The English version of this Filipino song goes, &#8220;Planting rice is never fun&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a song that tells about the difficulties of the life of a farmer, how one has to bend over the entire day, with no time to sit and no time to stand. And then it goes on to summon the listener to join in, to keep the industrious spirit alive, to continue the hard work in the hopes of securing a brighter future. Wonderful how the song reflects the positive, hopeful mentality of the Filipino.</p>
<p>Somehow, though, the true heart and emotion of the statement, sadly, gets <em>lost in translation</em> (boy, did that movie get the whole concept right in that three-word phrase!)</p>
<p>So. I love taking shots of farmers at work in the fields. Because the Philippines is primarily an agricultural country (<a href="http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Philippines-AGRICULTURE.html" target="_blank">&#8220;despite plans to turn it into an industrialized economy by 2000&#8243;</a> ), it&#8217;s pretty safe to say that farmers constitute a huge part of the images that come into my mind when I think nationalistic thoughts.  Plus there is something so humbling about seeing these men and women working hard to give us the most basic of our needs.</p>
<p>I remember in my first year at the state university, I had a teacher named Judy Ick for English 2. I will never forget her, not just because she gave me my very first grade of 1.0 (though yeah, that added to her unforgettable quotient), but mainly because she was totally cool. Back in the early 80s when teachers wore proper 2-inches-below-the-knee skirts and tailored tops, Judy came to our classes in the mini-est of mini skirts and razor-cut hair, shorter on one side than the other, chewing gum, smoking a cigarette, and holding a can of Coke. She was the epitome of cool to the young teenagers that we were. And when the EDSA Revolution broke out, she held our classes underneath the trees in the university&#8217;s fields across Palma Hall. And best of all, she was smart.</p>
<p>So how does all that relate to farmers?</p>
<p>See, a group of friends and I&#8211;there must have been 6 or 7 of us&#8211;heady with the youngsters&#8217; typical bloated sense of freedom that comes from knowing you have certain advantages in college that you didn&#8217;t have in high school, decided to make use of that wonderful freedom to absent ourselves from class via the &#8220;free cut&#8221; route. We stayed in the one sorry cafeteria then, called CASAA (what it stands for, I cannot recall anymore, although I always got a kick out of pronouncing the double-A ending because it sounded so much like the then-famous weatherman&#8217;s way of saying PAG-ASA. And this, I do remember, stands for Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, &#38; Astronomical Services Administration. Phew, what a mouthful!).</p>
<p>So there we were, with our arms splayed out on the caf tables, chattering away and playing <em>Pusoy Dos</em> (poker, Philippine-style), when we really should&#8217;ve been in our English class. Just our luck&#8230; twenty minutes into class time, who came into CASAA looking to buy  her regular can of Coke to go with the mint gum in her mouth?</p>
<p>I can still recall with 100% clarity how she looked standing there, staring at us, mouth agape. Wordlessly, she turned around, Coke can in hand, and marched off.</p>
<p>And we? We were as red-faced as overripe tomatoes, guilty beyond doubt. A flurry of debate followed:</p>
<p>- Should we tail her and attend class?</p>
<p>- No, what for? She already caught us cutting her class!</p>
<p>- But it&#8217;s worse to continue to sit here and play while we know that she knows we&#8217;re throwing her class away for a bunch of cards.</p>
<p>In the end we decided to follow her. In shame. And because we were a bunch of loonies, we bought brown paper bags for each of us, cut holes in them for our eyes, and wore them over our heads as we marched back to our classroom in a line. (And yes, the brown bags were meant to charm Judy Ick with a bit of humor. They worked. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>When we came in, she was giving a firm-sounding lecture to the entire class, and paused just a second before she said, &#8220;See? Here they are! These are the guilty ones I was telling you about!&#8221;</p>
<p>But because the brown paper bags worked their charm, she softened up and ended her reproach with these words of wisdom that I have carried with me throughout the years (and yes, I&#8217;ve told them to my sons over and over again).</p>
<p>She said:</p>
<p>You have to remember: when you study in this state university and you cut classes, you are not just wasting your parents&#8217; money. You are wasting the money of Juan, Pedro, and Tomas, and all the other farmers who work long hours in the fields from morning till night, toiling under the heat of the sun, never stopping even when the rain pours down, just so that they can earn enough to send YOU to school while their own children sit in their homes, unable to attend school themselves.</p>
<p>(At that time, tuition in our university was largely subsidized by the government, and we had to pay a very very very small fee to add to it).</p>
<p>Oh yeah. It was the perfect guilt-trip laid on us. And it worked. I never cut another Judy Ick class again.</p>
<p>And I think I&#8217;ve loved farmers ever since.</p>
<p><a href="http://livestories.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/dsc_0706-liveimages_magtanim.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1577" title="dsc_0706-liveimages_magtanim" src="http://livestories.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/dsc_0706-liveimages_magtanim.jpg" alt="dsc_0706-liveimages_magtanim" width="510" height="295" /></a></p>
<p>*photo taken on the road during our trip to the mountains last week* more photos coming soon <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  *</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Austin/Texas To Do List ]]></title>
<link>http://wanderyears.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/austintexas-to-do-list/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kortnei</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wanderyears.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/austintexas-to-do-list/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve lived in Austin for almost 3 years, yet my To Do list just keeps growing: EAT: Flip Happy]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve lived in Austin for almost 3 years, yet my To Do list just keeps growing:  </p>
<p>EAT:<br />
Flip Happy Crepes<br />
Stubb&#8217;s Gospel Brunch<br />
Saltlick (original local)<br />
Pancakes at Katz&#8217;s<br />
Brunch at Vespaio Enoteca<br />
219 West&#8217;s happy hour with a group<br />
A pie at Bluebonnet Cafe (Marble Falls)<br />
A picnic on top of a high up place or in a nice, grassy knoll<br />
Find food at the Saturday/Wednesday Farmer&#8217;s Market</p>
<p>SEE:<br />
Performance at the Long Center<br />
Texas Rollergirls<br />
One of the many &#8220;Movies in the Park&#8221; this summer @ Republic Square</p>
<p>DO:<br />
Hike Lost Maples State Park<br />
Ride Western in Bandera, the &#8220;cowboy capitol of Texas&#8221;<br />
Beginner Salsa lessons at Ruta Maya (Wednesday nights)<br />
Visit Boerne<br />
Intense morning run, followed by fueling at Progress Coffee<br />
Camp &#38; hike Big Bend; Camp on the beach of Port A<br />
Hear an author speak at BookPeople<br />
Find petroglyphs/rock art in South Texas<br />
Attend a Spanish conversation MeetUp<br />
Spend a rainy afternoon at the Blanton Museum of Art<br />
Visit a Texas winery (or a few), especially one where I can stomp grapes<br />
Lunch-hour culinary class at Whole Foods<br />
Attend lectures at UT, Harry Ransom Center, etc.<br />
Take watercolors to the Laguna Gloria campus<br />
A (sprint) triathlon<br />
Visit Balmorreah Springs out in West Texas<br />
Hike the entire Barton Creek Greenbelt, out and back<br />
Go caving again!<br />
Rollerblade the Veloway<br />
Get drunk at a UT tailgate, wear &#8220;medium brown,&#8221; know the final score<br />
Skinny dip in Barton Springs Pool (after hours)<br />
Stand up paddleboard<br />
Bike ride through the Hill Country with Dad (weekend tour)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[D: David]]></title>
<link>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/d-david/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/d-david/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No hurries in the south of Spain; receiving friends, drinking juice from the carton. Freedom in simp]]></description>
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<p>No hurries in the south of Spain; receiving friends, drinking juice from the carton. Freedom in simple things.</p>
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<link>http://karishmaspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/page-of-life/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Karishma</dc:creator>
<guid>http://karishmaspace.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/page-of-life/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[~╬╬~Nothing on the page of life ever becomes void &#8230; till everything is perfect&#8230;&#8230;]]></description>
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~╬╬~<em>Nothing on the page of life ever becomes void &#8230; till everything is perfect&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</em>~╬╬~</span><br />
<span style="font-size:130%;font-family:bookman old style;color:#ff6600;"><em><br />
<em><em>I picked up  a pen and a paper<br />
Thought of writing the flow of living<br />
The pen touched the paper ,<br />
Then the  ink just started flowing</em></em></em></span><br />
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<em><em><em>I couldn&#8217;t understand the patterns being formed<br />
Was I writing them or was He guiding all<br />
Lost I was in maze of what i saw<br />
Suddenly a stick became a magic wand rare.<br />
Nothing seemed to make sense anywhere</em></em></em></span><br />
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<em><em><em>Maybe things were as i saw them to be<br />
Or they changed their shape in the to be<br />
Choice was mine To see it now and whine<br />
Or wait till it became a beautiful shine</em></em></em></span><br />
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<em><em><em>One thing i noted on this page of life<br />
If something couldn&#8217;t change its shape  ,<br />
It just faded away with time<br />
So ultimately I knew everything will be bright<br />
it is all a matter of patience and  sight</em></em></em></span><br />
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<em><em><em>Some shapes from the page of life<br />
Fade away , but into our minds<br />
The reflection of which may shed a tear some times<br />
But there is a reason for sharing these precious tears of mine<br />
Even if it is to live the happiness big and small<br />
When I have it now ,  at the right time &#8230;..</em></em></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;font-size:85%;font-family:georgia;color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><em><em><em>Karishma Singhal</em></em></em></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><em>Image Courtesy:http://th09.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/112/2/7/Flying_Pages_by_Pearla.jpg/</em></span><span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;color:#ffcc33;"><em><br />
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<link>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/c-comfort/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/c-comfort/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A warm blanket and soft cushions under a window that lets the sun in.  A quiet environment and the a]]></description>
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<p>A warm blanket and soft cushions under a window that lets the sun in.  A quiet environment and the aroma of coffee brewing.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A: Anne]]></title>
<link>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/a-anne/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/a-anne/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Creator of a wonderful polenta cake, buttons necklaces and most amazing Christmas dinners, Anne and ]]></description>
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<p>Creator of a wonderful polenta cake, buttons necklaces and most amazing Christmas dinners, <em>Anne</em> and her son Seke are my dear family in London. Here, walking towards the sun.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A: Astonished]]></title>
<link>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/a-new-page/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thinkingatoz.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/a-new-page/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After a definite computer crash, I was left with pen and paper for a few days. I was blank, astonish]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">After a definite computer crash, I was left with pen and paper for a few days. I was blank, <em>astonished</em>. Until my new Mac arrived.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ann Arbor Island Escape]]></title>
<link>http://wanderyears.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/ann-arbor-island-escape/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kortnei</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wanderyears.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/ann-arbor-island-escape/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ann Arbor, Michigan, does not see a lot of sunshine. Or, at least my 12-year old memories seem plagu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ann Arbor, Michigan, does not see a lot of sunshine.  Or, at least my 12-year old memories seem plagued by the feeling of cold winter days, gray skies, and a communal hope for those two words: snow day.  Neither sunny days nor snow days came often in Ann Arbor.  Instead, we saw many slush days.  Slush days took the promise of snowfall, raised the temperature ever so slightly, and then transformed fun snow drifts (potential igloos) into sopping, wet mounds.  Who wants to play on that?  Not me.  </p>
<p>On slush days, I didn&#8217;t mind playing inside.   I found ways to entertain myself after school by creating my own mini &#8220;Miles of Smiles&#8221; magazine that I distributed to my family and pen pals, calling friends on 3-way, and reading the <em>Chronicles of Narnia</em>.  In a time of middle school drama, travel soccer matches, and preteen body issues, my home was my comfort haven.  </p>
<p>I found comfort in the living room of our home beneath  the large, glass windows.  In the afternoon, sunlight warmed the carpet near these windows.  Our dog, Duke, curled up in these patches of warmth for his day-long naps.  Sometimes, I would join him in this place and turn it into our own tropical island.  I&#8217;d spread out my pink beach towel in one of the sunny rectangles that stretched across the floor.  Then, I&#8217;d put on my bikini (which was my first at this time), grab a book, go to the kitchen and get a Capri-Sun, put on my sunglasses, and sprawl out across the towel.  Mom would inevitably put on a Jimmy Buffet CD.  With the first few notes of &#8220;Margaritaville,&#8221; my mind would drift far away from a gray place of growing pains to an island of warmth and peace.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[From paper to prototype]]></title>
<link>http://thatgamedesignstudent.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/from-paper-to-prototype/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thatgamedesignstudent.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/from-paper-to-prototype/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve spent most of this morning reading from one of few literature sources that I have available, <strong>Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton, Christopher Swain and Steven Hoffman</strong>. They have a whole chapter covering prototyping and I tested out some of the exercises contained within it.</p>
<blockquote><p>Think of it [prototype] as a crude model whose purpose is to allow you to wrap your brain around the game mechanics and see how they function.</p></blockquote>
<p>The book did a fairly good job of describing what a game prototype is all about. It&#8217;s supposed to allow the designer to play around with the different mechanics and decide if it&#8217;s fun or intuitive enough for a complete game or game segment. So without hesitation I jumped right into the first exercise.</p>

<p>I was to create a new version of the original Battleship game, containing three changes that brought new aspects to the game. My three changes we&#8217;re made with an older audience in mind, therefor I turned it into a drinking game!</p>
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<li>For every hit your battleships take you have to drink one gulp of whatever you might have in the glass or bottle at the moment.</li>
<li>When a opposite player sinks one of your ships you have to drink up all of the glass/bottle content.</li>
<li>The one who sinks all of the other player&#8217;s ships first earns the title &#8220;Captain&#8221; for the next round, the captain can mix the game up a bit. He draws a card from a normal deck of cards and can choose to do three different actions accordingly.</li>
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<li>If the card has a value between 2 and 9 of any color he can choose to shrink the other player&#8217;s grid by one vertical and horizontal column.</li>
<li>When the card is a 10, jack, queen or king of any color the losing player gets all of his ships length increased by 1 grid length.</li>
<li>If the card is an red ace the player have to drink another gulp, if the ace is black he have to drink 11.</li>
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<p>I found that just drawing up a grid system helped me imaging what type of different rules I could apply to it. I also used some additional materials to get myself to change the way usual battleships grid looks like. Prototyping is like the ability to sketch something instead of explaining it in words, to help others understands what vision you&#8217;re going for.</p>
<p>When prototyping, I think playtesting the prototype is a crucial part of the process, since I didn&#8217;t have no one else around I decided to act as both parties in this scenario. The game got a little more interesting with the new ruleset but it could use some balancing, but I could see the &#8220;fun&#8221; in the mechanic.</p>
<p>The book carries on with some other exercises, like designing a FPS on a paper prototype scale. This fascinated me, that low-fidelity prototyping could be used when building a high-fidelity game in a very hardcore genre.</p>
<p>I will continue to read through the entirety of this chapter and tomorrow I will report back on other discoveries.</p>
<p>Have a good Monday!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[WÜRFELHELD GEWINNSPIEL]]></title>
<link>http://wuerfelheld.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/wurfelheld-gewinnspiel/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wuerfelheld</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wuerfelheld.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/wurfelheld-gewinnspiel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Da die ersten Weihnachtsmärkte bereits geöffnet haben und die Adventszeit mit riesen Schritten auf u]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>!!!DAFÜR RECHTHERZLICHEN DANK!!!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Das Gewinnspiel im Überblick</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> schreibt eine Klappentext für einen Roman (Buchrücken)</li>
<li>der Text sollte nicht länger als eine halbe A4 Seite / Times New Roman 10Pts sein und als eMail daherkommen</li>
<li>das Genre ist &#8220;Steam Fantasy&#8221;</li>
<li>im Text sollten bitte drei der folgenden Stichwörter &#8220;verarbeitet&#8221;  worden sein</li>
<li>Tannenzapfen / Festmahl / rot / Schnee</li>
<li>Einsendungen schickt Ihr bitte an die unter &#8220;über Würfelheld&#8221; genannte eMail Adresse</li>
<li>In der eMail muß neben Euren Text (Teilnahmetext) unbedingt Eurer Vor- und Nachname, Straße und Hausnr sowie PLZ und Ort enthalten sein.  eMails die diese Daten nicht enthalten, werden nicht berücksichtigt.</li>
<li>die Gewinner werden durch eine Jury ermittelt. Dieses kann einige Zeit in Anspruch nehmen. Von daher bitte ich um etwas Geduld nach Ablauf des Einsendeschlusses</li>
<li>die Gewinner werden hier genannt (teilanonymisiert) und erhalten anschließend ihre/n Preis/e</li>
<li>die Einsendung werden nach und nach veröffentlicht</li>
<li>das Gewinnspiel endet am 23.12.2008 um 23:59:59!</li>
<li>die unten genannten Preise stehen zur Verlosung, Eine Barauszahlung ist nicht möglich.</li>
<li>Das Gewinnspiel ist &#8220;privat&#8221; und es werden keinerlei kommerzielle Zwecke oder Adressverarbeitungen vorgenommen, außer das der entsprechende Sponsor für den Versand des Preises die entsprechende Adresse erhält</li>
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<p><strong>Als Anreiz haben sich die Sponsoren nicht lumpen lassen und folgende Preise zur Verfügung gestellt</strong></p>
<p>Hörspielserie &#8220;Jäger der Finsternis 1-5&#8243;  gesponsort von <a href="http://www.farelia.de">Farelia? Records</a></p>
<p>Ratten!! Kompendium gesponsort vom <a href="http://www.projekt-kopfkino.de">Projekt Kopfkino</a></p>
<p>Shelley Shadowrun Roman mit Widmung gesponsort von <a href="http://www.andrewiesler.de">Andrè Wiesler</a></p>
<p>LodlanD Quellenbuch nach Wahl mit Signierung gesponsort von <a href="http://www.andrewiesler.de">AndrÈ Wiesler</a></p>
<p>Mephisto Cthulhu Paket gesponsort von <a href="http://www.mephisto.name">Mephisto &#8211; das Magazin für RPG, TT und mehr</a></p>
<p>Flammenmeer Shadowrun Roman gesponsort von <a href="http://www.jtkitzel.de">Jan-Tobias Kitzel</a></p>
<p>Ruf der Titanen Elyrion Soundtrack gesponsort von <a href="http://www.prometheusgames.de">Prometheus Games</a></p>
<p>Western City gesponsort von <a href="http://www.sphaerenmeisters-spiele.de/">Sphärenmeisters Spiele</a></p>
<p>Spielleiten gesponsort von <a href="http://www.sphaerenmeisters-spiele.de/">Sphärenmeisters Spiele</a></p>
<p>Greifenklaue Magazine gesponsort von <a href="http://www.greifenklaue.de">Greifenklaue</a></p>
<p>Feuer im Blut gesponsort von <a href="http://www.boriskoch.de">Boris Koch</a></p>
<p>Die Anderen gesponsort von<a href="http://www.boriskoch.de"> Boris Koch</a></p>
<p>Stirnhirnhinterzimmer gesponsort von <a href="http://www.boriskoch.de">Boris Koch</a></p>
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<p><em><strong>Weitere Infos zu den Gewinnen und den Sponsoren erfahrt Ihr auf den entsprechenden Websites der Würfelheld-Partner.</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Also einfach mal hinklicken!!!    </strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Viel Glück wünschen Würfelheld &#38; Partner</strong></p>
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