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Naruto Chunin Event: Saturday, Sept 11th

This is a constructed event following the current format. The entry fee will be $5. Prizes are listed on the main page of the Naruto CCG website, and store credit will be given to the Top 4 players in addition to normal prize. Registration begins at 12:20 PM, event begins at 2 PM. Bring your best deck!

Triple Tournament of Terror: Sunday, Sept 19th

Pandemonium will be hostin a tournament for three of our most popular board games: Munchkin, Dominion, and Thunderstone! The Munchkin event will begin at 1 PM, the Dominion event at 2 PM, and the Thunderstone event at 3 PM. Prizes based on attendance. See you there!

Scars of Mirrodin Prerelease Parties: Sept 25th and 26th

Pandemonium will be hosting two sealed deck prerelease events for Magic 2011! One will be held at 12:01 AM on Saturday, Sept 25th and the second will be at 1:00 PM on Sunday, Sept 26th. The entry fee will be $25 and players will receive six packs to build their decks with. Promotional cards may also be available while supplies last. While we are unfortunately limited to only two sealed events by Wizards of the Coast, we will run side drafts throughout Saturday!

Pandemonium will also host a Mutant Intro Draft on Saturday at 6:30 PM for those involved in Open Dueling! This is a fun and original way to get more use out of your Scars of Mirrodin intro pack.The cost will be $10 plus the price of Open Dueling entry. Once you've opened the preconstructed deck (and played it in Open Dueling as much as you like) you'll draft the Scars pack that comes with it, plus a pack of M11 and a pack of Rise of the Eldrazi (the costs of which are included in the entry fee). You'll then use the cards you draft to improve the preconstructed deck, resulting in a 60-card-minimum deck of awesomeness. Because this format is unusual it will not be DCI sanctioned. Prizes will be in store credit or older packs, not Scars packs, as this is our own format and not an official prerelease event.


As a reminder, we are switching the order in which we run events during FNM. Registration will begin at 6 PM as usual, but Standard now begins at 6:30 and the Booster Draft begins at 7:00 PM. See you there!


Our new releases in games may be found on the forums as always.]]> Auspex Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:37:56 -0700 http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&p=16301#p16301 http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&p=16301#p16301 BOARDGAMES Pirate VS Pirate $24.99 CARD GAMES Naruto CCG: Fangs of Snake Booster Pack $3.99 TABLETOP RPG Summerland Revised and Expnded Edition $29.99 MINIATURES Heroscape - D&D - Collection D2 Packs $13.99 Malifaux - Copycat Killer $6.50 ]]> Auspex Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:15:40 -0700 http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=16300#p16300 http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=16300#p16300
Strange Horizons: Sept 18th, 2:00-3:30 PM

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the online speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/) as local authors read from works of theirs that have been published by the magazine. Authors scheduled to appear include Mary Alexandra Agner, Angela Ambroz, Francesca Forrest, Theodora Goss, Elizabeth Lee, Jennifer Pelland, Margaret Ronald, Vandana Singh, Sonya Taaffe, and Connie Wilkins.
For more information on the authors involved in this exciting event: http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12611

Pandemonium is not accepting used paperback novels for the moment. We are running out of space in the store! We will let you know when we are buying again.

We have updated our store policies. Feel free to check them out at http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/?cont=store_policies.

Finally, we would like to let our Magic: the Gathering players know that we are switching the order in which we will run events during FNM. Registration will begin at 6 PM as usual, but Standard will now begin at 6:30 and the Booster Draft will start at 7:00 PM. See you there!

Book new releases can be found here: http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=88. Hope you have a great week!]]> samsung Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:33:23 -0700 http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&p=16299#p16299 http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&p=16299#p16299


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Life is not fair, get used to it. 生活是不公平的；要去适应它。





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When this question was put to me by a new generation of children, I answered, “an anthropologist.” Anthropology is the study of whole ways of life to which one must be completely committed, all the time. So that when I speak of what I believe as a person, I cannot separate this from what I believe as an anthropologist. ( vcxnvfkfkfioo )

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Children used to play a game of pointing at someone, suddenly saying, “What are you?” Some people answered by saying, “I am a human being,” or by nationality or by religion.

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I believe that to understand human beings it is necessary to think of them as part of the whole living world. Our essential humanity depends not only on the complex biological structure which has been developed through the ages from very simple beginnings, but also upon the great social inventions which have been made by human beings, perpetuated by human beings, and in turn give human beings their stature as builders, thinkers, statesmen, artists, seers and prophets. ( Wedding Dresses )

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I believe that each of these great inventions—language, the family, the use of tools, government, science, art and philosophy—has the quality of so combining the potentialities of every human temperament, that each can be learned and perpetuated by any group of human beings, regardless of race, and regardless of the type of civilization within which their progenitors lived; so that a newborn infant from the most primitive tribe in New Guinea is as intrinsically capable of graduation from Harvard, or writing a sonnet or inventing a new form of radar as an infant born on Beacon Hill. ( Wedding Dresses )

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But I believe, also, that once a child has been reared in New Guinea or Boston or Leningrad or Tibet, he embodies the culture within which he is reared, and differs from those who are reared elsewhere so deeply, that only by understanding these differences can we reach an awareness which will give us a new control over our human destiny. ( Wedding Dresses )

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I believe that human nature is neither intrinsically good nor intrinsically evil, but individuals are born with different combinations of innate potentialities, and that it will depend upon how they are reared—to trust and love and experiment and create, or to fear and hate and conform—what kind of human beings they will become. ( Wedding Dresses )

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I believe that we have not even begun to tap human potentialities, and that by continuing humble but persistent study of human behavior, we can learn consciously to create civilizations within which an increasing proportion of human beings will realize more of what they have it in them to be. ( Wedding Dresses )

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I believe that human life is given meaning through the relationship which the individual’s conscious goals have to the civilization, period and country within which one lives. At times, the task may be to fence a wilderness, to bridge a river or rear sons to perpetuate a young colony. Today, it means taking upon ourselves the task of creating one world in such a way that we both keep the future safe and leave the future free.




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Saturday morning I got up early, put on my long johns, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed my shotgun and the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to load the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour.

There was snow mixed with the rain, and the wind was blowing 50 mph. I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."

She sleepily replied, "Can you believe my stupid husband is out hunting in that sh*t?" ( 0903lj )


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You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both. 高中刚毕业你不会一年挣4万美元。你不会成为一个公司的副总裁，并拥有一部装有电话的汽车，直到你将此职位和汽车电话都挣到手。





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Throughout the years I’ve seen thousands of boys getting important training on the athletic field. I have seen them learn honestly and fair play, and I’ ve seen them learn to subordinate themselves for the benefit of their team. What is more important, I’ve seen them take the lessons they have learned here into the situations they’ve had to face in later life. Many of the boys I’ve helped to teach have become outstanding members of their communities. ( vcxnvfkfkfioo )

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When I learned that members of my team, boys whom I had trusted and to whom I had devoted intense training and guidance---when I learned that these boys had been fixed by professional gamblers, my faith and belief in the basic integrity of youth received a severe blow. Any weaker confidence in the principles upon which I have tried to base my life might well have folded under its force. Yet I can honestly say that my belief in the real decency of the great majority of our young men and the value of athletics is as strong as ever. The indiscretions of a few youngsters cannot destroy a faith built up by thirty-four years of experience with other boys who have justified that faith.

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I realized that the responsibilities of any teacher are great and that those of a coach who spends more time with his pupils than any other teachers are even greater. Not only do I spend more time, but I feel emotionally closer to them, seeing and sustaining my students when they lose as well as when they win. ( aion power leveling )

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Because of this peculiarly intimate relationship with the members of my team in their most impressionable and formative years, I know that I can exercise great influence for good or bad on them. I try by the example of my own character and actions to set them a standard of moral behavior. For this reason, I have always tried to be very clear in my own mind about the principles in which I believe. ( aion power leveling )

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Take the desire to win, fundamental with every competitor. Naturally, it’s important to me, both as a player and coach and as a human being. I believe the competitive urge is a fine, wholesome direction of energy. But I also realize that the desire to win must be wedded to an ideal, an ethical way of life. It must never become so strong that it dwarfs every other aspect of the game or of life. ( aion power leveling )

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As a coach I have always tried to emphasize that winning is not enough. The game must be played right. I have often said that I would rather see my teams lose a game in which they played well than win with a sloppy performance that reflected no credit, except that it was sufficient to win. So I’ve tried to develop a way of thinking that sees life, and the things I do, as a whole, with every act relating to anther set. This puts things in true perspective. ( aion power leveling )

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I believe in the resilience, in the bounce, of youth. I get rich satisfaction from working with young people, providing leadership and friendship during the tortuous but exciting years that shape them toward maturity. I honestly think no more worthwhile activity could occupy my time.Edwin Markham has summed it up better than I could. He wrote: ( aion power leveling )

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There is a destiny that makes us brothers,　　None goes his way alone,　　All that we send into the lives of others,　　Comes back into our own.






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A woman visited a psychic of some local repute.

In a dark and gloomy room, gazing at the Tarot cards laid out before her, the Tarot reader delivered the bad news; "There is no easy way to say this so I'll just be blunt, prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year."

Visibly shaken, the woman stared at the psychic's lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself. She simply had to know. She met the Tarot reader's gaze, steadied her voice, and asked:



"Will I get away with it? ( 0903lj )


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If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. 如果你认为你的老师严厉，等你有了老板再这样想。老板可是没有任期限制的。





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My Dearest Gertrude:　　You will be sorry, and surprised, and puzzled, to hear what a queer illness I have had ever since you went. I sent for the doctor, and said, "Give me some medicine. for I'm tired." He said, "Nonsense and stuff! You don't want medicine: go to bed!" ( vcxnvfkfkfioo )

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"No, indeed I haven't!" I said, "and it isn't exactly the hair: it's more about the nose and chin." Then he looked a good deal graver, and said, "Have you been walking much on your chin lately?" I said, "No." "Well!" he said, "it puzzles me very much.　　Do you think it's in the lips?" "Of course!" I said. "That's exactly what it is!"

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I said, "No; it isn't the sort of tiredness that wants bed. I'm tired in the face." He looked a little grave, and said, "Oh, it's your nose that's tired: a person often talks too much when he thinks he knows a great deal." I said, "No, it isn't the nose. Perhaps it's the hair." Then he looked rather grave, and said, "Now I understand: you've been playing too many hairs on the pianoforte." ( aion gold )

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Then he looked very grave indeed, and said, "I think you must have been giving too many kisses." "Well," I said, "I did give one kiss to a baby child, a little friend of mine." ( aion gold )

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"Think again," he said; "are you sure it was only one?" I thought again, and said, "Perhaps it was eleven times." Then the doctor said, "You must not give her any more till your lips are quite rested again." ( aion gold )

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"But what am I to do?" I said, "because you see, I owe her a hundred and eighty-two more." ( aion gold )

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Then he looked so grave that tears ran down his cheeks, and he said, "You may send them to her in a box." ( aion gold )

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Then I remembered a little box that I once bought at Dover, and thought I would someday give it to some little girl or other. So I have packed them all in it very carefully. Tell me if they come safe or if any are lost on the way."



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A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other.

The Groom-to-be, hoping to overcome his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. "Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage."

His father replied, "Do you love this girl?"

"Oh yes, very much," he said," but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm afraid that my fiance will be put off by them."

"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed." Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.

The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to discuss her problem with her mom." Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful."

"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."

"No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my fiance will not want to sleep in the same room with me."

Her mother said simply, "In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the kitchen and make breakfast. While the family is busy eating, go to the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is, not to say a word until you'vebrushed your teeth."

"I shouldn't say good morning or anything?" the daughter asked.

"Not a word," her mother affirmed.

"Well, it's certainly worth a try," she thought.

The loving couple were finally married. Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well. That is, until about six months later. Shortly before dawn one morning, the husband wakes with a start to find that one of his sockshad come off. Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searches the bed.This, of course, wakes his bride and without thinking, she asks, "What on earth are you doing?"

"Oh, my god," he replies, "you've swallowed my sock!" ( 0903lj )


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Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 电视并不是真实的生活。在现实生活中，人们实际上得离开咖啡屋去干自己的工作。





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Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun. ( vcxnvfkfkfioo )

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I hadn‘t walked across our old farm in fifteen years. Yet the sensations came flooding back. I could smell the freshness of new mown alfalfa. I could feel the ping of the ice cold summer rain, and the sun‘s sudden warmth on my wet shoulders when it reappeared after a brisk July thunderstorm.

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Greta gave me two of the greatest gifts I‘ve ever received. First, she taught me how to read. She also taught me that when I forgave Sis for our squabbles, it meant I wouldn‘t keep feeling like a victim. Instead, I would feel sunny.　　Mr. Dinking, the local banker, tried to foreclose on Greta‘s house and land after her husband passed away. Thanks to Pa and Uncle Johan, Greta got to keep everything. Pa said that it was the least he could do for someone talented enough to teach me to read! ( cheap wow gold )

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Rain or shine, I used to walk this path each day to see Greta. She always made me smile, even after Sis and I had just had a big squabble. I would help Greta with her chores. Then we would visit over a generous helping of her delicious homemade chocolate cookies and ice cream. Being confined to a wheel chair didn‘t stop Greta from being a fabulous cook. ( cheap wow gold )

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Soon folks were coming from miles around to buy Greta‘s homemade cakes, pies, breads, cookies, cider, and ice cream. Hank, the grocery store man, came each week to stock his shelves and bring Greta supplies.　　Greta even had me take a big apple pie to Mr. Dinking who became one of her best customers and friends. That‘s just how Greta was. She could turn anyone into a friend! ( cheap wow gold )

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Greta always said, "Dear, keep walking in sunshine!" No matter how terrible my day started, I always felt sunny walking home from Greta‘s house-even beneath the winter starlight.　　I arrived at Greta‘s house today just after sunset. An ambulance had stopped a few feet from her door, it‘s red lights flashing. When I ran into the old house, Greta recognized me right away. ( cheap wow gold )

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She smiled at me with her unforgettable twinkling blue eyes. She was almost out of breath when she reached out and softly touched my arm. Her last words to me were "Dear, keep walking in sunshine!"　　I‘m sure that Greta is walking in the brightest sunshine she‘s ever seen. And, I‘m sure that she heard every word I read at her memorial service. ( cheap wow gold )

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I chose a beautiful verse by Leo Buscaglia. It‘s one that Greta taught me to read many years ago…　　"Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter‘s frost and chill, summer‘s warmth is in them still.




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A woman was on the witness stand, accused of poisoning her husband.

"After you put poison in the coffee, you sat at the breakfast table and watched your husband drink it. Tell me, didn't you feel the slightest bit of pity for him?" the defense attorney prompted.

"Yes," she replied, "I think there was one moment when I felt sorry for him."

"And when was that?"

"When he asked for his second cup. ( 0903lj )

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