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After reading what other people had to say about Sons of Anarchy in this thread, I decided to give the series a try. I can report I'm now caught up after picking up the set on DVD and it's been a fun, if somewhat bizarre, ride.

For those unfamiliar with the series, the story revolves around an outlaw motorcycle club which thrives in the small town of Charming. The fictional club has clearly been loosely based on the real life Hells Angels, and many of trappings of "one percenter" outlaw motorcycle culture are an integral part of the basic story. Like their real life counterparts, ...

[Hurray! Back to Chess! ]

Things are coming up Chess, and in a big way. Chess is clearly experiencing a second golden era, largely due to the arrival of the affordable PC and internet. Contrary to the warnings of certain pundits who forecasted that Chess would soon be “played out” due to extensive computer analysis and information sharing via the internet, Chess has actually become the stronger for it, with new and ever more daring lines of play being explored in countless online games and over the board tournaments. But even beyond

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Hey everyone, this started out as a rant and kind of turned into something else as I continued writting this frustration out. I hope you all bear with me and that also, maybe there can be some discussion on this as well. I was originally going to post this on another forum but decided to post it here since I feel I can attain a larger variety of view points. Since this is basically cut and pasted, I apologize in advance for any redundancy in my... "rant" I guess you could call it. It was rushed as I took a quick break from doing a project so pardon any confusion you may come across. ...