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Sunday, April 24th, 2005
The teams: Greg, Suvir, and Ariele versus Mike, Paul, and myself. Six nerds. No question about it. For those who haven't played, Taboo is a game that pits two teams against each other with the goal of trying to get your teammate to say a particular word. The catch? The ...
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Saturday, April 16th, 2005
I am very much a beginner at the game of chess, but I have been playing a few games of late on Yahoo! Chess. In fact, I've played over 20 games, so I have developed a rating (as opposed to being labeled "provisional"). I have a paltry rating of 1150 ...
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Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
Adam, Paul, and I played two games of The Settlers of Catan late Friday night, and Paul won both in dominating fashion. With a combination of strategically placed settlements, cunning moves early in the game, and some quite favorable rolls of the dice, he marched to victory, trouncing Adam and ...
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Friday, March 18th, 2005
My only final this term was due on Wednesday afternoon, and after I turned it in, I tried to arrange some plans for the evening (Ariele was grading finals for the chemistry class she is TA'ing). I sent Mike, Greg, and Paul an email to see what they were up ...
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Sunday, March 13th, 2005
I recently found about the allmusic website while reading a review for a Linux audio player, and I must say I'm pleased to have found it. I mostly use Amazon.com for music searches, as I'm generally looking for song titles or release dates. allmusic seems to have what Amazon ...
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