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Has anyone seen this? It's still opening internationally now but it came through Austin last year and I wasn't particularly interested at the time. Wondering if it's worthwhile or just another someone capitalizing on his story.


http://youtu.be/XiGwAvd5mvM

So I am creating a new monster for my kids to encounter in their Dungeons & Dragons game and thought that a "Noorie" would be a particularly foul beast. I've got a few thoughts already (e.g. It has bottomed out scores in Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma, has at least two faces, makes use of portals, can cast a hypnotizing gibberish spell, etc.) but I wonder if the mad creative minds here at bellgab might have some ideas about his characteristics, powers, and abilities. Even if you don't have knowledge of the game, it should still be an entertaining brainstorm. I may also have to add some separate descriptions of his sycophantic servants such as the Chuuch. I'll draw up a picture when it's done.

So, as a weekly family thing, the kids (and begrudgingly, also my wife) decided they wanted to learn how to play D&D  . I played for several years when the game first came out and always had fond memories of those times, including attending a D&D camp for a week up at Shippensburg, PA. I remember that when I started playing, there was a Basic game that you'd start out on and then move up to Expert as you leveled up, and then onto other Master level etc. But then they changed it all to Advanced D&D and pretty much stopped with all the previous versions. I just pulled some very old modules and things from a box in the closet but I don't think I have everything I need to begin. For those D&D players here, what are the basic requirements for today's game that we need to start the fun? I don't plan on any of those figurines or big boards but I'll at least be getting those lovely dice, a Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, ... what else?

Art's first guests this week, I don't think I've heard of him and he's not in the C2C database. Good to see Art going in a new direction here though the rest of the week is more of the old regulars. Anyone know anything about Meador?

Link to the original FB post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=192099384295941&set=o.187593801290240&type=1&theater

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Since nobody else has posted it as far as I can tell, here it is:

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/23244111/i-team-art-bell-makes-his-return-to-the-airwaves

I enjoyed finally seeing Art's wife speaking, he's a lucky fella. And Ross, was that your video promo #3 in there I saw?

* Late to the party as I suspected, previously posted 

Okay, lonevoice asked, so here it is, a list (infallible, of course) of the books in Art's bookshelf behind the picture of his beautiful daughter posted elsewhere yesterday.

(Horizontal periodicals unidentified)

TOP LEFT SHELF
Joshua’s Hammer” David Hagberg
“Rule By Secrecy” Jim Marrs
“Hannibal” Thomas Harris
“The Cobra Event” Richard Preston
“The Miracle Strain: A Genetic Thriller” Michael Cordy
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“The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State” James Davidson
“Left at East Gate: A First-hand Account of the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident, Its Cover-up, and Investigation” Budd Hopkins
“Eden’s Gate” David Hagberg
“?” Tess Gerritsen
“?” Tess Gerritsen
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“The Key: A True Encounter” Whitley Streiber
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“William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”
?
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“Rainbow Six” Tom Clancy
“Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty” James Bovard

TOP RIGHT SHELF“
(?) Workbook”
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“Sands of Time” Sean David Morton
“The Racketeer” John Grisham
“The Hours” Michael Cunningham
“The Eighth Day” Tom Avitabile
“Nano (?)” Robin Cook
“Abduction (?)” Robin Cook
“Red Rabbit (?)” Tom Clancy
?
?
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“Guardians of the West (?)” David Eddings

MIDDLE LEFT SHELF
“Who Will Tell The People?: The Betrayal Of American Democracy” William Greider
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“The Hot Zone” Richard Preston
“Son of a Witch” Gregory Maguire
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“Modern Day Miracles” (likely) Louise Hay
“Ghosts of the Air” Martin Caidin
“The Other Side and Back” Sylvia Browne
“Alien Liaison” Timothy Good
“The THREAT: Revealing the Secret Alien Agenda” David Jacobs
“First Born” Richard Sears

MIDDLE RIGHT SHELF
?
“Egypt: (?)” ?
“The Romanov Legacy” ?
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“Everest (?)”
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“Antarctica: The Blue Continent” David McGonigal
“Vatican” ? (unlikely M Martin)
?
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“Beyond Our Consent” Robert Brevig
? Martin
?

BOTTOM LEFT SHELF
Holy Bible
?
English (?) Dictionary
“The Book Well?”
“Energy Efficiency Manual: for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, designs and builds, is interested in energy conservation and the environment” Donald R. Wulfinghoff
“Sound ?”
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BOTTOM RIGHT SHELF
? (unlikely Shatner)
? (Stalin?)
“The Way Things Ought to Be” Rush Limbaugh
“Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever” Bill O’Reilly
“Peace, War, and Politics” Jack Anderson
? Tess Gerritsen
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“Future Talk: Conversations about Tomorrow with Today's Most Provocative People” Larry King
“The Real Anita Hill” David Brock

I tried out some recommended video downloading programs a few years ago but was generally unhappy with them because of spam issues and even some hijacking of my browser. I know there's some fairly tech-savvy users on here and was wondering what the best programs are now for downloading and saving YouTube vids that don't come with "tradeoffs."

You wait and you wait and you wait for a show NOT to be hosted by Noory or Wells and {poof} it's not there...