Morning Discussion

Look Tuesday, don't even start.

I'll admit that I wasn't the biggest fan of the snow that's been blanketing my little corner of northeast Indiana for the past week and a half. But it was rather pretty, and far preferable to this rain that's washed away the beautiful snow to reveal all the dead underbrush.

That's all I got. I need coffee, badly. But hey, how about Heroes last night? Claire-bear?

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    December 9, 2008 7:18 AM

    NYC Shackers: After-Work Beers & Games Tonight @ 6:30pm?
    Does anybody else want to grab some beers, Scrabble and shuffleboard today after work (~6:30pm) at Fat Cat ( http://www.fatcatmusic.org ) tonight? For folks who haven't been before, they also have pool, chess, foosball and ping pong tables available. Plus, they have Allagash White -- an amazing Belgian beer -- on tap for $6 a pint.

    aethyr is the only other person I've seen express interest in coming out tonight. Anyone else?

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      December 9, 2008 7:29 AM

      lol. i am working from home again

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      December 9, 2008 7:30 AM

      I would join you but I have an awful hemorrhoid.

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      December 9, 2008 7:31 AM

      Chess in pub? Thats freaking awesome.

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        December 9, 2008 7:35 AM

        Yeah, they have 5-6 chess tables and most (all?) have timers on them. That's in addition to 9-10 pool tables, 4-6 ping pong tables with mesh backstops, 2 shuffleboard tables, 3-4 foosball tables, and a bunch of table games (Scrabble, checkers, etc) as well. Obviously you have to pay for them, but at $1/hour or something, it's cheap and better than staying at home.

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      December 9, 2008 9:22 AM

      lunchtime bump

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      December 9, 2008 9:28 AM

      Uhm, I'd be up for it..

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        December 9, 2008 9:37 AM

        Somebody tell Bozer to come out too.

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          December 9, 2008 9:51 AM

          Just SMed aethyr to see if he's still interested. Gonna do the same for bozer now.

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            December 9, 2008 9:58 AM

            I can go, but I probably won't be able to make it until 7PM.

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              December 9, 2008 10:00 AM

              Fine by me. loboca and I -- and itsjames, if he can make it -- can hold down the fort until then.

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          December 9, 2008 9:52 AM

          i would like to. but my wife has a dinner planne for me, and tomorrow i have the rockstar 10 year anniversary/christmas party so i gotta save myself for heavy drinking. i promise i will come to one soon though for sure. it should be weekly.

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            December 9, 2008 9:54 AM

            Yeah, I'd like to make this a weekly thing, if possible. And obviously, it doesn't just have to be Fat Cat... somebody from the group that does show up each week should be able to choose next week's place.

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      December 9, 2008 9:50 AM

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        December 9, 2008 9:52 AM

        I'd like to make this a regular thing, so if you can't make it tonight, there's always next week.

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          December 9, 2008 9:54 AM

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            December 9, 2008 9:57 AM

            I'm completely awful at pool, table tennis and foosball. And I'm so completely gay for shuffleboard and Scrabble it's scary. If they had a bowling alley there, I'd never go anywhere else ever again.

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      December 9, 2008 9:51 AM

      I'll try, but I'll have to see what happens at work today

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        December 9, 2008 9:54 AM

        I'm going because of work today.

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      December 9, 2008 9:58 AM

      Allagash Triple is also very good, imo.

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        December 9, 2008 10:05 AM

        I'm really hoping they change their taps menu fairly often. I really wanna try this and whatever else they make.

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      December 9, 2008 12:01 PM

      midafternoon bump?

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      December 9, 2008 12:08 PM

      There needs to be more places like this. I'd play drunken ping-pong every damn night

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        December 9, 2008 1:12 PM

        That's what I'm saying! I didn't think there were any places in Manhattan that had bar-room shuffleboard, except at the Dave & Busters near Times Square. But they had those all over the place in Colorado, though.

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      December 9, 2008 1:14 PM

      Final Update/Bump: loboca and I will be there by 6:30pm, aethyr will be showing up ~7:00pm or so, and itsjames is 50-50 on whether he'll come. Anyone else?

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        December 9, 2008 1:17 PM

        I'll be the guy in blue jeans, a stripey long-sleeved dress shirt and the red fuzzy hat. We'll either be at a table playing Scrabble or near the two shuffleboard tables a few steps past the end of the bar. SM me if you want to trade phone numbers... I get reception downstairs, but it's not 5-bars.

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          December 9, 2008 2:25 PM

          hopefully you'll be wearing the fuzzy hat inside because that would be awesome.

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