Eternal Sunshine #87

The Dining Dead -
The Eternal Sunshine Movie Reviews

Didn’t go to the movies AGAIN. Honestly the idea of spending $25 for two people to see a movie isn’t that appealing, when we can just watch them on DVD later. Certain movies would be exceptions, especially horror movies which benefit from the communal experience. Sorry that we’re so horror heavy this month…most of our more general movies we watch on DVD, and Heather has had two Netflix DVDs sitting here for over a month…we don’t get the next ones on our list until those are sent back. We’re also rewatching the complete Columbo, starting with both pilots.

Seen on DVD and Netflix – Slap Shot (B+, forgot how funny this is and how natural the dialogue); Spliced (C+, typical slasher fare, obvious ending but a decent cast gives it some cred); Bad Milo! (A-, a combination of horror and outrageous humor, plus a stellar cast. You should seek this out!); Stitches (C-, if I can’t even remember what it was about by now but we watched the whole thing, it must have been tolerable); Random Acts of Violence (B-, great first half but then it bogs down. Still a lot of fun); Toad Road (D, abysmal, avoid it); Pet Semetary (C+, I really liked this when it came out, now most of it is corny or cheesy).

Couldn’t Fight Our Way Through: The Chosen One, The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father CIA Spymaster William Colby (would have made a good 60 Minutes piece, but not a movie); A Dead Calling; The Club; Dead Before Dawn; The Seasoning House (not awful but too depressing to get through); Urban Legends: Final Cut.

Meet Me In Montauk
The Eternal Sunshine Letter Column

Andy York: Thanks for the the final compilation of the TV shows is interesting. Though, why you felt that need to list the top ten in bold rather than just say the top ten are the first ten in the list I don't know. I can see if you listed all the shows in alphabetical order. <<Just trying to be funny, not a serious comment at all....>>

And, of the top ten, I've seen every episode of Doctor Who (well, Pertwee on), Babylon 5, Star Trek, Star Trek: TNG and The Prisoner. Most of the X-Files and M*A*S*H, only a few of the Simpsons and virtually none of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.

All in all, pretty interesting - thanks for running it!

[[Of course both Monty Python and Fawlty Towers are humor styles that you either love or absultely hate…or just don’t “get.”]]

Paul Milewski: We had an interesting experience with the Social Security Administration recently. We have this nifty deal with our bank that includes “identity theft” and that monitors our credit reports to alert us to anything amiss. We got an e-mail a week ago alerting us to “derogatory information” on my wife’s report with one of the 3 major credit rating services. It said $73 owed to the SSA had gone to collections. At first, we assumed it was some sort of silly mistake on their part. She phoned SSA, which took her waiting an hour on hold in a conference room at work, and was told it was from 27 years ago, involved her first marriage, and some kind of SSI checks she and her kids got at the time. The SSA say they sent her $73 in error after their divorce became final. Anyway, SSA says it tried to contact her recently but didn’t know where she was, so they put it on her credit report to “reach her”—how they can say they don’t know where someone is when you file taxes every year with your social security number, and the SSA keeps track of your earnings record based on that, is beyond me. I’d say they were being lazy. At any rate, we never go the notices in the mail they were supposed to send before doing that. I contacted our Congressman through his website, and someone from his office called in a few days to tell me that she’d had several people contact her recently about similar situations, that ours was by far the smallest amount of anybody’s, and the ironic part is, if it’s under $5,000 there’s a procedure to get it waived. It was too late anyway. The guy at SSA had given Sandee an address to mail the $73, with instructions what to write on the check, but when she got home, it occurred to me we hadn’t gotten our income tax refund yet. I checked the IRS website, and it said $73 had been deducted from our refund amount for a debt, a letter would be sent to explain the details, and a refund check would be mailed in a few more days. So, if we had sent a check for $73, we would have ended up paying the $73 twice. Imagine trying to straighten that mess out. At any rate, many, many people are getting hit with this sort of thing, as the SSA in particular is going way, way back to find any money it can collect from anyone. At least it was only $73. Knowing Sandee as I do, my hunch is that she got a notice at the time that she needed to return the $73 and just ignored it. After we got together I soon discovered she was way behind on her child support payments (her ex had custody of the kids), and I insisted we write a check to make her current with what she owed. Her attitude was pretty obstinate about that, too. She can be pretty feisty. I, on the other hand, am one of those obsessive compulsive types who tries to pay everything he owes, as if the Earth would stop spinning on its axis if I didn’t. It’s one of those obnoxious personality traits that I’m able to recognize in myself and can’t figure out what to do about it.

[[But how do we know it WOULDN’T stop spinning? We may all owe our lives to Paul Milewski!]]

Andy Lischett: John Biehl's remarks last time reminded me of Brent McKee's old Diplomacy 'zine Making Love in a Canoe.

Of the top ten I only really liked Fawlty Towers. The Prisoner was okay. As for the rest, I'm not much for sci-fi and two of the top ten - Monty Python and M*A*S*H - would make my 21 Worst list (21 worst of popular shows, that is).

100 Movies to See Before You Die ... or whatever the name was. Way back when you ran this I think I had a deficit, so...Alfie (1966 version. I hadn't seen this since it came out, and recently borrowed it from my mother. Cut out the stupid bar fight and it's a great movie.

[[…and later became another pointless, terrible remake.]]

Jim Burgess: I used to spend lots of time with these [movie quotes], but you're going off in directions that haven't interested me. After I started trying to think up Eddie Murphy flicks I realized there weren't enough that probably were rated R with all the profanity. So, I surely blew off this one. But no feel for these quotes. Except that classic 48 Hours one which REALLY is great.

Personal opinion -- you need another approach, I know I hate visuals, but you need something that really makes us watch the movies. How about if you TELL us the movies, and then ask us weird trivia questions about them. Google them in advance to see that they can't be googled. You have to watch the movies. Maybe five movies each issue, two questions on each movie??

[[I’m going back to photos next game, can someone come up with a way to combine the photos with something else?]]

The Eternal Sunshine Baseball Prediction Contest

Time once again for the annual Eternal Sunshine Baseball Prediction Contest. The contest is simple: you get one point for each correct division winner, and one point for correctly selecting the wild card teams (two per league). Then you get two points for each team you correctly choose as league champion (meaning they play in the World Series), and three points for correctly picking the World Series winner. We’re not picking winners for individual playoff games…just the division winners, wild card teams, and who goes to the World Series. Any commentary you want to include with your picks is welcome (and encouraged). And remember, like all Eternal Sunshine contests, there is a REAL PRIZE for the winner! Entries are below:

Eternal Sunshine Index – ESI

A Scientific Measure of Zine Health

Current Index: 68.52 +1.87%

The Eternal Sunshine Index is a stock-market-like index of the zine. You don’t do anything in this game, except write press or commentary on price movements (or why you think your stock should have gone up or down). I move the prices beginning with next issue based on my own private formula of quantity and quality zine participation (NMR’s, press, columns, etc.). Any new zine participants become new issues valued at at 50, but the stock for anyone who disappears will remain listed. The average of all listed stocks will result in the ESI closing value each month, which will be charted issue to issue after we have a few months’ worth of data. If you don’t like the stock symbol I have assigned you, you may petition the exchange to change it. Blame Phil Murphy for suggesting this section to me.

Market Commentary: The two market forces continue to diverge: former players drop towards the inevitable 0.01 value while near-full participation pushes up the prices on a majority of readers. A look at the chart shows a very steady trend higher. Clearly this won’t continue forever, but we may as well enjoy it while it lasts!

Stock	Price	% +/-
AJK - Allison Kent	81	1.3%
ALM - Hank Alme	44	2.3%
AMB - Amber Smith	0.01	0.0%
AND - Lance Anderson	0.01	0.0%
BAB - Chris Babcock	14	7.7%
BAT - Andy Bate	59	1.7%
BIE - John Biehl	133	2.3%
BLA - Larry Peery	65	3.2%
BRG - Martin Burgdorf	121	1.7%
BWD - Brad Wilson	141	1.4%
CAK - Andy Lischett	121	1.7%
CAL - Cal White	0.01	0.0%
CHC - Chuy Cronin	0.01	0.0%
CIA - Tom Swider	0.01	0.0%
CKW - Kevin Wilson	119	1.7%
CKY - Carol Kay	36	2.9%
DAN - Dane Maslen	115	0.9%
DBG - David Burgess	0.01	0.0%
DGR - David Grabar	0.01	0.0%
DTC - Brendan Whyte	106	1.0%
DUK - Don Williams	75	0.0%
FRD - Fred Wiedemeyer	30	-14.3%
FRG - Jeremie Lefrancois	0.01	0.0%
FRT - Mark Firth	117	1.7%
GAR - Heath Gardner	92	2.2%
GRA - Graham Wilson	0.01	0.0%
HAP - Hugh Polley	54	3.8%
HDT - Heather Taylor	121	1.7%
HLJ - Harley Jordan	86	1.2%
JOD - Jeff O'Donnell	35	-12.5%
KMP - Geoff Kemp	110	2.8%
KVT - Kevin Tighe	2	-33.3%
LAT - David Latimer	94	1.1%
LCR - Larry Cronin	0.01	0.0%
MRK - Mark Nelson	0.01	0.0%
MCC - David McCrumb	2	-33.3%
MCR - Michael Cronin	0.01	0.0%
MIM - Michael Moulton	0.01	-99.0%
MRC - Marc Ellinger	122	1.7%
OTS - Tom Howell	116	1.8%
PER - Per Westling	123	1.7%
PJM - Phil Murphy	33	-10.8%
QUI - Michael Quirk	23	4.5%
RAC - Robin ap Cynan	78	2.6%
RDP - Rick Desper	122	2.5%
REB - Melinda Holley	127	2.4%
RED - Paraic Reddington	123	2.5%
RWE - Richard Weiss	170	3.7%
SAK - Jack McHugh	275	5.8%
TAP - Jim Burgess	185	6.9%
VOG - Pat Vogelsang	0.01	0.0%
WAY - W. Andrew York	118	1.7%
WLK - Richard Walkerdine	141	0.0%
WWW - William Wood	0.01	0.0%
YLP - Paul Milewski	164	1.2%

Andy Lischett AND Tom Howell have guessed correctly! One of you will be contacted about a prize. All prior closest guesses are shown in italics.

So…tume for a NEW game. Send in your guesses NOW!!

Deadline for Turn 1 is: April 29th at 7am my time

Brain Farts: The Only Subsubzine With It’s Own Fragrance

By Jack “Flapjack” McHugh – jwmchughjr@gmail.com

(or just email Doug and he’ll send it to me)

Issue #65

I’m working again, which I think will keep us from being homeless in the short term. We will probably have to eat ramen noodles every night and rock soup once a day in the meantime. But it is better than sleeping in a cardboard box in some alley.

Sack and I are doing a fantasy baseball team together. We work well as a paid; I am the GM and make the big decisions. Sackie and his OCD stay in charge of daily lineup changes. I hope we crush and destroy the competition, but in a nice way.

Sitting in a bar the Scotsman says, "As good as this bar is, I still prefer the pubs back home. In Glasgow, there's a wee place called McTavish's. The landlord goes out of his way for the locals. When you buy four drinks, he'll buy the fifth drink."

"Well, Angus," said the Englishman, "At my local in London , the Red Lion, the barman will buy you your third drink after you buy the first two."

"Ahhh, dat's nothin'," said the Irishman, "back home in my favorite pub, the moment you set foot in the place, they'll buy you a drink, then another, all the drinks you like, actually. Then, when you've had enough drinks, they'll take you upstairs and see that you gets laid, all on the house!"

The Englishman and Scotsman were suspicious of the claims. The Irishman swore every word was true.

Then the Englishman asked, "Did this actually happen to you?"

"Not meself, personally, no," admitted the Irishman, "but it did happen to me sister quite a few times."

ZERO SUM, Subzine to Eternal Sunshine, Issue 21 March 23, 2014

Published by Richard Weiss. richardweiss@higherquality.com

Game Offerings:

World Cup Tournament

Games Being Played:

Where In The World Is Kendo Nagasaki (can always take others)

WINNER ANNOUNCED FOR THE:

NCAA Basketball Tournament (aka March Madness)

Game Name: Turn On, Tune In, Drop In(to the Basket

Doug Kent has won already, with no one else, statistically, able to catch him. Given that Doug knows as much about College Basketball as Jack knows about writing an Amy Vanderbilt-like column on social etiquette, his team, the Miss Helpless Little Kitties was given a 15^th seed in the East Regional. Congratulations Doug, on the huge upset. That also give you first choice as to where you sleep in your own house for the Final Four. Nice prize Doug. Nice choices. But, no billion dollar winner.

Jim-Bob, I’m surprised you didn’t pick Providence.

Jack, you didn’t pick even one team from Philly.

Kevin, you didn’t even pick your home town team despite their being a favorite (and being upset).

This year’s tournament was one of the most disappointing for me, personally. Typically there are 10 or more teams that I can claim some affiliation with. This year only 7. I took classes at Michigan, North Carolina, Harvard, and Oregon. I was on the faculty at Stanford. I lived in the towns of Duke and Arizona State and developed a fondness for their teams. My daughter spent a summer at U Mass Amherst (doesn’t count). I’ve played basketball on the courts of Stanford and North Carolina.

I’ve been on the campus of 13 of the schools. I’ve been in the cities of at least 54 of this year’s 68 teams. Probably more if I bothered to look up some of the lesser known ones. Seriously, did more than two of us know where Woof-Woof-ford was?

Where In The World Is Kendo Nagasaki

	ROUND ONE GUESSES AND THOUGHTS
Player	Guess Name	Location
Heath Gardner	Mike Krzyzewski	At the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Jim Burgess	Euripedes	At the Summit of Mt. Fuji, Japan
Kevin Wilson	Sir Edmund Hillary	At the Summit of Mount Everest
Doug Kent	Amadeus Mozart	Ankara, Turkey

Clue, from Kendo Nagasaki: You are higher than me, in more ways than one.

World Cup Tournament

Deadline for World Cup Tournament entries is 8 AM, Pacific US Time,

Saturday May 24, 2014.

Press is always welcome. Write often and early.

Questions are always appreciated.

Early entrants or signing up and providing biting commentary are welcome.

Entrants (so far):

1. Brad Wilson

2. Geoff Kemp

Send me, by 8 AM Saturday 24 May, richardweiss@higherquality.com:

1. Your two teams in each of the eight brackets;

2. Your final four teams;

3. Select one of your final four teams as the World Cup Champion;

4. Select one team for lowest goals against average throughout the tournament;

Getting Points in the First (Bracket) Round: Each entrant picks two teams in each group. For each game in the first round (the brackets) when a team you selected wins – you get 3 points. For each game one of your team draws, you get one point. The points for wins (3) and draws (1) for the entrant’s 16 teams are added up and count toward the final score. As examples, If Côte d'Ivoire wins three games in the first round, every person who selected them would have earned 9 points. If Japan had one draw and two losses in that bracket – persons who selected Japan earn one point.

Getting Points in the Round of 16 through the Championship Match: Each entrant picks the final four and the World Cup winner. For each victory in the Round of 16 and the rest of the way, each time one of the entrant’s final four team’s wins, the entrant gets 3 more points. No one can score points for the World Cup game winner unless he or she picked them. All the points from these games are added to the points gained during the First Round.

In case of a tie in total points - there will be a tie breaker. Each player will select the country in the tournament they expect will have the lowest average goals against them throughout the tournament. The tied player with the team that had the lowest average goals against, wins.

If, after the tie breaker, two or more persons remain tied as co-winners, congratulations.

Group A
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ecuador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group G
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group H
Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1898 (a Diplomacy variant) by Randy Davis

1.The normal rules of Diplomacy apply except where amended herein.

2.The game starts in Winter 1898 when each player reveals which one of their regular home supply centers will be their initial home supply center. In Winter 1898, each player builds a unit in their chosen initial home supply center. This center becomes the only center that the power currently owns.

3.Each power's home centers are unchanged. That is, England's home supply centers are always London, Liverpool, and Edinburgh. With the exception of the initial build (described above), players must occupy and take ownership of each of their home supply centers before they can build units on that center.

Game Openings

Diplomacy (Black Press – Permanent Opening in ES): Signed up: Paul Milewski, Arthur Shulman, Brad Wilson, Mark Firth, Jack McHugh, needs two more.

1898: Randy Davis designed this simple variant. Rules are just before this Game Opening section. Needs seven players: Signed up: None.

Acquire: Can take up to six players. Signed up: Hank Alme, Tom Howell, Ricvhard Weiss, can take up to three more.

By Popular Demand: Back to the regular BPD instead of BAPD. Join at any time. I am considering using the Dane Maslen version next time, where one answer must be five letters long, and every other answer must begin with one unique letter of the key word.

Eternal Sunshine Movie Quote Quiz: Join anytime. Switching back to photos next game.

Where in the World is Kendo Nagasaki?: Rules in ES #58. NEW GAME STARTS THIS ISSUE! Join anytime! Also a SECOND game being run by Heath Gardner in his subzine Equinox and a THIRD game in The Abyssinian Prince!

Coming Soon: Kremlin, Fog of War Diplomacy, Middle Eastern Diplomacy, Balkan Wars VI, Colonia VII-B. If you’re interested in one of these variants, or have a suggestion, let me know. My signups are getting slower and slower lately. When player interest in games completely dies, I’ll probably fold the whole zine and disappear.

Standby List: HELP! I need standby players! – Current standby list: Richard Weiss, Jim Burgess (Dip only), Hank Alme, Martin Burgdorf, Paul Milewski (Dip only), Brad Wilson (including Woolworth), Chris Babcock, Marc Ellinger, Heath Gardner, Jack McHugh, and whoever I beg into it in an emergency.

Eternal Sunshine Game Section

Diplomacy “Dulcinea” 2008C, S 28

Austria (Martin Burgdorf – martin_burgdorf “of” hotmail.com): A Burgundy - Gascony (*Fails*),

A Paris Supports A Picardy – Brest, A Picardy - Brest.

England (Hank Alme – almehj “of” alumni.rice.edu): F Barents Sea Hold,

A Belgium Supports A London – Picardy, F Berlin – Kiel, ~~A Brest Supports A London - Picardy~~ (*Disbanded*),

A Edinburgh – Holland, A Holland – Ruhr, F Liverpool - North Atlantic Ocean, A London – Picardy,

A Moscow – Warsaw, A Munich - Burgundy (*Fails*), F North Sea Convoys A Edinburgh – Holland,

F Norwegian Sea Hold, A St Petersburg Hold, A Ukraine - Galicia.

Turkey (Jim Burgess – jfburgess “of” gmail.com): F Aegean Sea Convoys A Constantinople – Spain,

F Baltic Sea – Prussia, A Bohemia – Tyrolia, A Constantinople – Spain, F Eastern Mediterranean Hold,

F English Channel Convoys A London – Picardy, A Galicia – Budapest, F Gascony Supports A Brest (*Cut*),

F Ionian Sea Convoys A Constantinople – Spain, F Marseilles Supports A Constantinople – Spain,

A Prussia – Silesia, A Sevastopol – Rumania, A Silesia – Bohemia, F Spain(sc) – Portugal, A Tyrolia – Piedmont,

F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Constantinople – Spain,

F Western Mediterranean Convoys A Constantinople - Spain.

F 28 Deadline is April 29^th at 7:00am my time

PRESS

(Hank to Martin) You wound me, sir, with the idea that I could be bought so cheaply!

(Jim to Martin): I was kidding with some ill-considered words. If anything it is the opposite of what you think. You dug this hole back when you entered the game and refused to consider the deal I had with your predecessor. I am honored to be doing this with my good friend Hank..... let's see what happens next. Everything about this game is WITHIN this game, as will be REALLY obvious when it ends.

“Dulcinea” Diplomacy Bourse

Billy Ray Valentine: Probably in his limousine.

Duke of York: Sell 500 Pounds. Buys 378 Piastres.

Smaug the Dragon: Snore.

Rothschild: Sells 500 Piastres. Buys 662 Pounds.

Baron Wuffet: Zip.

Wooden Nickel Enterprises: Sells 500 Pounds. Buys 510 Crowns.

VAIONT Enterprises: Resting his eyes.

Insider Trading LLC: Grand Jury hearing.

Bourse Master: Stands pat.

PRESS

WNE to York: Ok, here's another trade you'll like.

(DUKE OF YORK to WOODEN NICKEL): Come on, don't give up now, Purge those useless Crowns and buy into the wonders of the British Empire!!!

(DUKE OF YORK to ROTHSCHILD): You shall not think badly for how I outsmarteth thee... keep buying Pounds.

Next Bourse Deadline is April 28th at 7:00pm my time

Diplomacy “Jerusalem” 2012A, F 09

Austria (Melinda Holley – genea5613 “of” aol.com): A Tyrolia Supports A Munich,

A Venice Supports A Tyrolia (*Cut*).

England (John Biehl – jerbil “of” shaw.ca): F Baltic Sea Supports A Kiel, A Brest Supports A Picardy – Paris,

A Burgundy - Marseilles (*Bounce*), F English Channel Supports F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean

(*Fails*), A Kiel Supports A Ruhr - Munich (*Void*), F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc) (*Fails*),

F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*), F Norway - St Petersburg(nc) (*Fails*), A Picardy – Paris,

F Portugal Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain(sc), A Ruhr Hold.

Germany (Heath Gardner - heath.gardner “of” gmail.com): A Berlin Hold.A ~~Paris Hold~~ (*Dislodged*,

retreat to Gascony or OTB).

Italy (Mark Firth – mark.r.firth “of” capita.co.uk): F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles (*Bounce*),

F North Africa – Tunis, A Spain Supports F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles (*Cut*), F Trieste - Venice (*Fails*),

F Western Mediterranean Supports A Spain.

Russia (Richard Weiss – richardweiss “of” higherquality.com): A Prussia - Berlin (*Fails*),

A Sevastopol Hold, A St Petersburg - Norway (*Fails*), A Warsaw Supports A Munich - Kiel (*Fails*).

Turkey (Geoff Kemp - ggeoff510 “of” aol.com): F Black Sea – Rumania, A Bohemia Supports A Munich,

A Bulgaria – Serbia, F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea, A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Fails*),

A Munich Supports A Berlin - Kiel (*Void*), A Silesia Supports A Munich, F Tuscany - Gulf of Lyon (*Fails*),

A Vienna Supports A Tyrolia.

Now Proposed – E/T, Concession to Turkey, Concession to England

Please vote! NVR=No, NMR=Yes

W 09/S 10 Deadline is April 29th at 7:00am my time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Venice=1, Remove 1

England: Belgium, Brest, Denmark, Edinburgh, Holland, Kiel, Liverpool, London, Norway,

Paris, Portugal, Sweden=12, Build 1

Germany: Berlin=1, Even or Remove 1

Italy: Naples, Rome, Spain, Trieste, Tunis=5, Even

Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw=4, Even

Turkey: Ankara, Budapest, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Marseilles, Munich, Rumania,

Serbia, Smyrna, Vienna=11, Build 2

PRESS

Rhon(g) River Valley, Burgundy (Oct 31, 1909): The noted scientist of the Occult, Dr. Ima Khraizd, fresh from his Tyrolean researches, has reported a recent mass outbreak of 'Zombieism' in Burgundy. "Ya, heer finzally art der Zombeez. To zhink dat dey wert Italianz (ik!). Who vood beliebenz dis? I zee kleerlie dat dey art der produkt der zose Oriental Schwammies dot art schwarmming allz overz Tuskanzie und Marzsay environminks. Der infecktionz izt spreddink alarminkly allz overn dem mappenz. Mit Englischer azziztenz der Zombeez wert zanitized frum dis Rhong Riber Vallie mosten fortuninklie dis timenz. Der infektionz art nicht overn zinze der Schwammies art still alt overn dem plazez."

Turkey - England No they didn’t!

Diplomacy “Walkerdine” 2012D, F 05

Austria (paul.milewski “of” hotmail.com): A Serbia Supports A Vienna - Budapest (*Void*).

England (Marc Ellinger - mellinger “of” bbdlc.com): F Barents Sea – Norway,

F Finland - Sweden (*Bounce*), A Livonia Supports A St Petersburg – Moscow, A Moscow – Ukraine,

F North Sea Supports F Barents Sea – Norway, A St Petersburg - Moscow.

France (Jim Burgess – jfburgess “of” gmail.com): A Belgium Hold, F Irish Sea – Liverpool,

F Naples Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea, F Rome Supports F Naples, F Spain(sc) - Mid-Atlantic Ocean,

F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea, A Tyrolia Supports A Venice – Trieste,

F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea.

Germany (Steve Cooley – tmssteve “of” gmail.com): F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*),

A Kiel – Denmark, A Munich – Bohemia, F Norway Hold (*Dislodged*, retreat to St Petersburg(nc) or

Norwegian Sea or Skagerrak or OTB), A Prussia Supports A Warsaw, A Silesia Supports A Munich – Bohemia,

A Venice – Trieste, A Vienna Supports A Venice - Trieste (*Cut*), A Warsaw Supports A Silesia.

Italy (Harold Zarr - skip1955 “of” hotmail.com): No units.

Russia (Hank Alme – almehj “of” alumni.rice.edu): F Adriatic Sea Supports F Apulia – Venice,

A Galicia – Budapest, A Sevastopol Hold.

Turkey (Chris Babcock - cbabcock “of” asciiking.com): F Aegean Sea - Bulgaria(sc) (*Bounce*),

F Apulia – Venice, ~~A Bohemia - Vienna~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Galicia or OTB),

F Greece - Bulgaria(sc) (*Bounce*), ~~F Ionian Sea Hold~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Eastern Mediterranean

or Albania or Apulia or OTB), ~~A Trieste Supports A Bohemia - Vienna~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Albania or OTB).

Deadline for W 05/S 06 is April 29th at 7am my time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Serbia=1, Even

England: Edinburgh, London, Moscow, Norway, St Petersburg=5, Remove 1

France: Belgium, Brest, Liverpool, Marseilles, Naples, Paris, Portugal, Rome, Spain, Tunis=10, Build 2

Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Sweden, Trieste, Vienna, Warsaw=9, Even or Build 1

Italy: None=0, OUT!!

Russia: Budapest, Constantinople, Rumania, Sevastopol=4, Even, Plays 1 short (No room to build)

Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Greece, Smyrna, Venice=5, Remove 1 or Even or Build 1 or Build 2

PRESS

(BOOB to DOUG): I know, I'm useless, what do I do now?

Doug – Boob: Prepare for the fold….

(BOOB to WALKERDINES): Somehow I don't think we're quite holding up our end of a memorial game. Although the negotiation is picking up a bit.

Black Press Gunboat, “Fred Noonan”, 2013Arb32, W 06/S 07

England: ~~F Edinburgh Hold~~ (*Dislodged*, retreat to Clyde or OTB).

France: Build F Brest.. A Belgium - Ruhr (*Fails*), F Brest - English Channel,

A Burgundy Supports A Belgium – Ruhr, F London Supports F Brest - English Channel,

F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Brest - English Channel, F North Atlantic Ocean - Norwegian Sea,

A Picardy - Belgium (*Fails*), F Wales Supports F London.

Germany: Build A Kiel.. A Berlin Supports A Munich, F Gulf of Bothnia – Sweden,

A Holland Supports A Kiel – Ruhr, A Kiel – Ruhr, A Munich Supports A Kiel – Ruhr,

F North Sea Supports F Yorkshire – Edinburgh, F Yorkshire - Edinburgh.

Italy: F Albania Supports F Ionian Sea – Greece, A Bohemia - Galicia (*Bounce*),

A Budapest Supports A Trieste – Serbia, F Eastern Mediterranean - Aegean Sea (*Bounce*),

F Ionian Sea – Greece, A Trieste - Serbia (*Fails*), A Tyrolia - Vienna.

Russia: Remove F Norwegian Sea.. A Livonia Supports A Warsaw – Moscow, A Warsaw - Moscow (*Fails*).

Turkey: Build F Constantinople, F Smyrna.. F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea,

F Constantinople - Aegean Sea (*Bounce*), ~~F Greece Supports F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea~~ (*Dislodged*,

retreat to Bulgaria(sc) ot OTB), A Moscow Supports F Gulf of Bothnia - St Petersburg(sc) (*Void*),

A Rumania Supports A Serbia, A Serbia Supports F Greece (*Cut*), A Sevastopol Supports A Moscow,

F Smyrna - Eastern Mediterranean (*Fails*), A Ukraine - Galicia (*Bounce*).

Deadline for F 07 Will Be April 29^th at 7am My Time

PRESS

France to Russia: Moving to Norway looks like an excellent idea to me. I hope that it works out for you!

France to England: If you support me, you may yet survive. Otherwise, many English sailors will lie in Davey Jones locker. Consider carefully.

France to Germany: You would be well advised, my friend, to move your armies east to take advantage of the collapse of Russia and provide yourself with a buffer from the Turkish horde!

France to Italy: My mistake, I am sorry. I will move to help you in the fall.

T => R: You put conditions on letting me deal with Italy? I have as many supply centers as you and Italy combined!

Russia - Turkey: So now you have to deal with me and Italy. It could have been us moving West!

Russia - Germany: Another neighbour who has lost in the long run! You both could have had a solid ally. Instead its stab stab stab!!

Diplomacy “Sweet Spot” 2013A, S 06

England (Harold Zarr - skip1955 “of” hotmail.com): A Liverpool - Edinburgh (*Bounce*),

A London Hold.

France (Melinda Holley – genea5613 “of” aol.com): F English Channel Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean,

A Gascony Supports A Paris – Burgundy, F Holland Supports A Kiel, A Kiel Supports A Munich,

F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports A Gascony, A Munich Supports A Silesia - Bohemia (*Void*), A Paris - Burgundy.

Germany (Jack McHugh – jwmchughjr “of” gmail.com): ~~A Denmark Hold~~ (*Disbanded*).

Italy (Heath Gardner - heath.gardner “of” gmail.com): F Gulf of Lyon Unordered, F Ionian Sea Unordered,

A Marseilles Supports F Spain(sc), F North Africa Unordered, A Portugal Supports F Spain(sc),

F Spain(sc) Supports A Marseilles, A Tyrolia Supports A Venice – Trieste, A Venice – Trieste,

A Vienna Supports A Venice - Trieste.

Russia (Chris Babcock – cbabcock “of” asciiking.com ): A Berlin Hold, F North Sea - Edinburgh (*Bounce*),

A Silesia Supports A Berlin, F Skagerrak Supports A Sweden – Denmark, F St Petersburg(nc) – Norway,

A Sweden – Denmark, A Warsaw Hold.

Turkey (Larry Peery – peery “of” ix.netcom.com): F Aegean Sea Supports A Bulgaria – Greece,

A Ankara Hold, A Budapest Supports A Galicia, A Bulgaria – Greece, A Galicia Supports A Budapest,

A Greece – Albania, A Serbia Supports A Greece - Albania.

All Draw Proposals Fail

Now Proposed – F/I/R/T. Please vote. NVR=No.

Deadline for F 06 Will Be April 29th at 7am My Time

PRESS

Versailles - "What do you mean the peace talks failed?! Pierre! Jacques! Antoine! Whatever your name is! Get in here!"

The Woman's Aide quietly slipped out the back door.

Tirana: (1 April 1906) Thousands of Albanian muslims took to the streets today to welcome Turkish soldiers arriving in the nation's capital. The procession looked more like a religious festival than a military movement with banners proclaiming "Peace and Friendship With Our Muslim Brothers!" and muslim clerics from both countries marching side by side. Observers wondered why it was even necessary for a Turkish army to be in Albania. One pundit replied, "Because it's there, of course, and it was an empty space begging to be embraced." Another commented, "Well, the Italians saw fit to raise another Army in Venice with no advance consultations, so we had to respond in some fashion."

ITA to WORLD The "big four" have agreed to call a draw. I’m voting for dias and 4 way

ITA to FIR I couldn’t find the email with what i was supposed to do and I’m very very last minute here but I think we agreed just no more hostilities play cleanup and call draw yes?

Woolworth II-D “Coney Island” 2013Bcb19, F 05

Austria (Secret): A Swi-Mar.

Balkans (Secret): A Tyr S Pie-Swi, F Adr-Alb, A Alb-Gre, A Bud-Vie, A Tri S A Bud-Vie.

England (Secret): A Yor S F Lon, F Lon S F Nwg-Nth(NSO).
France (Heath Gardner - heath.gardner “of” gmail.com): F Eng S F Nth-Lon, A Par-Bur,

F Tun S F Wme(OTM).

Germany (Marc Ellinger - mellinger “of” bbdlc.com): A Mun S A Kie-Ber, A Kie-Ber, A Ruh-Kie.

Italy (Secret): Ret F Tun-Alg..F Alg-Mor, F Tus-Gol, A Pie-Swi, A Nap-Tun, A Ven S A Tyr.
Russia (Jim Burgess - jfburgess “of” gmail.com): A Ukr-Sev, F Bal S A Ber, A Gal-Boh, A Ber S A Pru-Sil,

A Pru-Sil .

Scandinavia (Geoff Kemp - ggeoff510 “of” aol.com): Ret F Nth-Nwy..F Edi S F Nwy-Nth,

F Nwg S F Nwy-Nth, F Nwy-Nth, A Den H.

Spain (Secret): F Wms-Tyn, ~~F Nth-Lon(~~Dis, ret Ska, Hel, Hol, OTB), A Bel S A Par-Bur, A Bas-Gas, F Mad-Gol.

Turkey (Hugh Polley – hapolley “of” yahoo.ca): F Con-Aeg, A Rum H, A Bul-Mac, F Tys S A Nap-Tun,

F Ion C A Nap-Tun.

Deadline for W 05/S 06 is April 29th at 7am My Time

Supply Center Chart

Austria: Mar=1 Even

Balkans: Ser, Gre, Bud, Vie, Tri=5 Even

England Lon, Lpl=2 Even

France Bre, Par, Tun, Hol?=3 or 4 Even or Build 1

Germany Kie, Mun=2 Remove 1

Italy Nap, Ven, Rom, Cre, Mor, Swi=6 Build 1

Russia Mos, War, Sev, Stp, Gal, Ber=6 Build 1

Scand. Nwy, Swe, Den, Edi=4 Even

Spain Por, Mad, Ice, Bel, Hol=4 or 5 Even or Remove 1

Turkey Ank, Con, Smy, Bul, Rum=5 Even

PRESS

None. You guys suck.

By Popular Demand

The goal is to pick something that fits the category and will be the "most popular" answer. You score points based on the number of entries that match yours. For example, if the category is "Cats" and the responses were 7 for Persian, 3 for Calico and 1 for Siamese, everyone who said Persian would get 7 points, Calico 3 and the lone Siamese would score 1 point. The cumulative total over 10 rounds will determine the overall winner. Anyone may enter at any point, starting with an equivalent point total of the lowest cumulative score from the previous round. If a person misses a round, they'll receive the minimum score from the round added to their cumulative total. In each round you may specify one of your answers as your Joker answer. Your score for this answer will be doubled. In other words, if you apply your Joker to category 3 on a given turn, and 4 other people give the same answer as you, you get 10 points instead of 5. Players who fail to submit a Joker for any specific turn will have their Joker automatically applied to the first category. And, if you want to submit some commentary with your answers, feel free to. The game will consist of 10 rounds, with the 10^th round being worth double points. A prize will be awarded to the winner. Research is permitted, but cooperation or collusion between players is not!

Round 4 Categories

1. A fielding position in baseball.

2. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

3. The worst team currently in Major League Baseball.

4. A type of pitch in baseball.

5. A location that once had a Major League Baseball team, but no longer does.

Selected Comments By Category

Position – John Biehl “I didn't know that all positions in Baseball are termed 'fielders' - trick question so which one will be most popular?” Jim Burgess “Catcher, since you say "fielding position" that's the central fielder that catches the ball.”

Hall of Fame – Rick Desper “Gotta go with the most iconic player in history.” Jim Burgess “This is a tough one, as you know, my uncle Nestor Chylak is in the Hall of Fame. But I won't win points for him. Then I could do the Hall of Famers I've met, like Yogi Berra, George Brett, Nolan Ryan, etc. But they won't be right either. Got to go with Babe Ruth.” Marc Ellinger “After all, Ruth was the Babe, but Stan was the Man!!”

Worst – Rick Desper “Really wasn't close last year. I'll put my joker on this one. .315 winning percentage is incredibly bad. 111 losses and nobody else lost more than 100.” Hank Alme “Houston Astros (or Lastros, as we'd call them in frustration when they would lose in the '90s).”

Pitch – John Biehl “I sure hope Fastball is the big pick.” Hank Alme “Curveball (A very Diplomacy-like pitch).” Geoff Kemp “I thought the pitch was a Diamond, is there any other kind? Or do you mean when they throw the ball at the batsman? English bowlers bowl so suppose pitchers pitch.” Marc Ellinger “The high hard one still has a role in the game and nothing sounds better than a little chin music!”

Location – Rick Desper “The only possible answers I can think of are Montreal and Brooklyn. Every other city that lost a team (Milwaukee, Seattle, Washington) eventually got a replacement one. This isn't one of those sports where franchises move all the time. Though they do threaten to move all the time.” John Biehl “I picked

Montreal since I'm Canadian.” Dick Martin “it was so difficult not saying baltimore.” Geoff Kemp “Aargh, dont even know who does play baseball although assume places like New York, Pittsburgh, Boston, San Francisco do, ok let’s stick a pin into a map of the USA and see what major town is nearest.. OK the pin says Michigan, Nearest town to pin is Troy, like the sound of that anyway so Troy it is, hopefully they used to play baseball there.” Heather Taylor “I don’t care and I could not find it right away using Google.” Marc Ellinger “Although I almost said Houston (see No. 3 above!)”

Richard Weiss and Rick Desper each pull a sweet 94 (out a perfect 99 possible). Meanwhile, poor Steve Cooley makes his own Houston Astros impersonation with a meager 13 points.

Round 5 Categories

1. A brand name of coffee (whole bean or ground).

2. A button found on a normal phone.

3. A Paul Newman film.

4. A Billy Joel song.

5. The capital of any South American country.

Deadline for Round 5 is April 29th at 7:00am my time

Eternal Sunshine Movie Quote Contest

There are ten rounds of movie quotes, and each round consists of ten quotes. Identify the film each quote is from. Anyone may enter at any point. If you want to submit some commentary with your answers, feel free to. The game will consist of 10 rounds. A prize will be awarded to the winner – and it might be a very good prize! Research is not permitted! That means NO RESEARCH OF ANY KIND, not just no searches for the quotes themselves. The only legal “research” is watching movies to try and locate the scenes. I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY ANY PLAYER I BELIEVE IS CHEATING. I ALSO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE QUOTES SLIGHTLY (ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I DO A FEW FROM MEMORY SO THEY COULD BE OFF ANYWAY). Each round will also contain one bonus question, asking what the ten movies being quoted have in common. The player with the most correct answers each round gets 3 points, 2^nd place gets 2 points, and 3^rd place gets 1 point. In the event of ties, multiple players get the points (if three players tie for first, they EACH get 3 points). High score at the end of ten rounds wins the game, and a prize (unless you cheated). The final round will be worth double points.

Round 9

1. I have the most stylish corner of the filthy storeroom out back. That and one plate of beans. Ten dollars a day. – The Magnificent Seven. Correct – RD, JM. Beverly Hills Cop – JB.

2. Buy a lot of stuff, you're a good citizen. But if you don't buy a lot of stuff, if you don't, what are you then, I ask you? What? Mentally ill. – 12 Monkeys. Network – RD. The Breakfast Club – JM. Beverly Hills Cop II – JB.

3. In one week, I can put a bug so far up her ass, she don't know whether to shit or wind her wristwatch. – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Correct – RD, JM. Beverly Hills Cop III – JB.

4. Now, come on, are you really afraid of your underwear? – The Four Seasons. Revenge of the Union Suit – RD. Trading Places – JB.

5. Well, think of it, John, to be married to the man who is always the first in line to be hanged! – 1776. Correct – JM. Dreamgirls – JB.

6. This whole's thing's under your shack? For 20 years, you've had this funcking thing hidden out here? This is...this is very illegal. – District 9. Brubaker – JM. Harlem Nights – JB.

7. That's why these people treat me like some dime-store floozy. They think I'm screwing the boss! – 9 to 5. Correct – KW, RD, JM. The Adventures of Pluto Nash – JB.

8. I don't care about what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do! – Apollo 13. Correct – RD, JM. Shrek – JB.

9. Once a plumber’s daughter, always a plumber’s daughter. There isn't an ounce of brains in your whole family. – It Happened One Night. Correct – JM. Private Benjamin – RD. Another 48 Hours – JB.

10. Never seen so many backwards ass country fucks in my life. – 48 Hrs. Correct – JM, JB. Deliverance – RD.

Bonus – What do these films all have in common? All the titles contain numbers. All Dabney Coleman films – KW. Movies set in the Southeastern US – RD. All nominated for Best Screenplay – JM. All Eddie Murphy Films – JB.

Score This Round: Jack McHugh [JM] – 7; Rick Desper [RD] – 4; Kevin Wilson [KW] – 1; Jim Burgess [JB] - 1.

Points So Far: Rick Desper [RD] – 18; Jim Burgess [JB] – 17; Kevin Wilson [KW] – 15; Jack Mcugh [JM] – 11; Hank Alme [HA] – 10; Andy Lischett [AL] – 9; Andy York [AY] – 6; Paraic Reddington [PR] – 2.

Round 10 – Double Points!

1. Did you know Tom Cruise had no idea he was in that vampire movie till two years later?

2. It's strange calling yourself.

3. There's nothing tragic about being fifty…not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.

4. Amber, are you my mom? I'm gonna ask you, okay? And you say yes. Okay?

5. I could sue you for calling me that, Polly! A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. I’m a quack!

6. Young man, if it is your wish to handle ladies' undergarments, I suggest you take employment in a launderette.

7. Beware, all men are potential murderers. And for good reason.

8. Witches in days gone by were roasted just like my Vienna sausage.

9. Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously.

10. I'm going to find the guy who invented Xylocaine and kiss his ass on Hollywood and Vine!

Deadline for Round 10 is April 29th at 7:00am my time

General Deadline for the Next Issue of Eternal Sunshine: April 29th, 2014 at 7:00am my time. See You Then!