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    So I had real ramen from a real Japanese restaurant last week, and I was kind of surprised to find that it was pretty much identical to the normal dried kind. I don't know what I expected, but I was kind of disappointed that it didn't change my life.

    Whaat? Was it a ramen restaurant -- as in a restaurant that specializes in ramen? In my experience, unless the restaurant is a ramen restaurant, they're probably not gonna make you the broth from scratch. From the ramen I've had at ramen restaurants, there's definitely a difference. The texture of the noodles is more chewy and less wrinkled, the broth is richer and less salty, and the slices of meat just melt in my mouth.

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    I've been planning on watching the movie for some time, but after the Episode 0 discussion, I'm pondering reading the book.

    Is it a good enough book to go out of my way to read? I think I recall Chris calling it a big of a slog at points.

    Yes. It was my first Le Carre book and I really liked it. It is a slog and very confusing at first, but the payoff is very worth it. I recommend it if you want a rewarding book. But just a warning, it's a complete opposite of Ian Flemming (as mentioned in the podcast) so don't go into it expecting a whole lot of action.

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    The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

    Yes! I third the pick for The Art of Fielding. I don't even like baseball, but really liked The Art of Fielding. Wouldn't mind reading it again. My only concern is that it kind of has the same "feel" as A Sense of an Ending does in that it's kind of a bildungsroman centered on a male character. Not sure if we want to branch out between books.

    As an extra credit project, people should read Vanity Fair's How A Book is Born *after* The Art of Fielding:

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    Vanity Fair's How a Book is Born: The Making of The Art of Fielding by Keith Gessen

    It's an interesting short piece about how the book got published.

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    I read this a few weeks ago, having read a few of the authors previous works over years. I can see why this suitably myopic unreliably narrated mood piece did well at the awards, I ultimately found myself reminded of stronger and more subtle works throughout. The books reliance on a telegraphed twist felt like a contrived peepshow act.

    Genteel reflections on the pain of returning were, to my mind, much better explored in Kazuo ishiguro's works. His "an artist of the floating world" Is a work I could not recommend more.

    As talented a writer as Barnes can be, I thought this effort traded on off the shelf sentimentality and torque teased plot contrivances at an inflated price.

    In conclusion. 78 out of 100.

    Which other work by Barnes do you recommend? I liked his prose and the technicalities of his writing, but did not enjoy the actual plot or story as much as I wanted to in The Sense of an Ending. I'm interested in reading more of his stuff.

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    Hello thread revival!

    So I'm playing the beta and while I can see this as a game I would enjoy --oneday-- I'm still very new to it and the DoTA mechanics. Unfortunately, most of the people I've been playing with in the public games are jerk-faces and aren't helpful at all, which makes being new pretty frustrating. Instead of "Hey, newb, how about doing X instead of Y?" I get a bunch of, "OMG, useless. Just quit, blah blah."

    If anyone would like to play or give me some pointers, my summoner's name is the same as my handle here. I usually get on in the evenings.

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    Moon

    I was alerted to this movie last week thru an Idlethumbs tweet and checked out the trailer. The trailer made this movie feel exactly like Solaris, which I didn't care much for, but since I'm a sci-fi fiend, I went to watch it anyway.

    It was great. The trailer was misleading, but I won't say why for fear of spoilers. Moon is just a well paced movie with a haunting score (another one by Clint Mansell) and it gave me something to think about after the movie was over.

    Don't come into the theater thinking you'll see an action packed movie with tons of special effects. It's more of a thinking-type sci fi than a lasers and space battles sci fi.

    The only thing I was a little unsure of was the Kevin Spacey robot. His facial expressions were hilarious and cute, but it was too much Kevin Spacey and not enough robot.

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    Now that I've been playing for a week, the analog stick on the 360 isn't too bad. It's still tricky playing charge players, but I'm glad I didn't go looking all over the place for a gamepad now.

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    Let's play!

    I got the 360 version last week and tried to play with the dpad, but couldn't pull off anyone's Supers or Ultras at all.

    Switched to analog stick and that seems to work alright for me except now I can't pull off some specials that require precise movements like ones that require the 'Z shaped' movement icon. Works fine when I use the dpad, not so good with the analog stick.

    If anyone wants to play, send me an invite when I'm on. But don't laugh at my lack of skills. I only know how to play 2 characters ;(

    GT: NakedSushi

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    I don't consciously have an online persona other than not sharing too personal things about myself.

    But I have been told by people whom I've met and communicated with online and then met IRL later that I'm exactly the same online and IRL. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing :eek:

    I do think the internet provides some sort of barrier for people which allows them to be more forward or open than they usually are. There were several people I've met, who have been very opinionated online, but meek and "internet awkward" in real life.