nabeel

I'll just time travel back 12 hours so I can be the first one to sign up

...or you could put me as a substitute.

10 on Newcastle 7/4 and Birmingham 2/1 ACCUMULATOR

10 on Everton 13/8

Liverpool 3-0 West Brom

10. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

I first read this as part of my required summer readings back in Grade Eight. This book opened introduced me to a whole new era in literature that easily became my favorite- the World War II. I read this book again when I took a Holocaust course last year in university and the book provides an incredible insight into the rampant terror and fear that paralyzed a household.

'Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and only then can you judge their true characters'

9. Animal Farm by George Orwell

Somehow I made it to university without ever reading George Orwell. I finally started off with 1984 and then read Animal Farm. Animal Farm fascinated me on more than one level. The satire combined with Orwell's views on political supremacy portrayed through the farm animals was a brilliant masterpiece. A must read for anyone who is even remotely interested in politics.

'FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD'

8. I am America... and so can you! by Stephen Colbert

I have always been a fan of Colbert and his book just took that love to a whole new level. I could NOT keep a straight face while reading this book and even though it earned me a lot of weird looks (on the bus, during class, in the library) it was all worth it. Every single page makes you laugh.

'So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns.'

7. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

The greatest trilogy of all time? More like the greatest story ever told. This book has it all- tiny funny creatures, an old white haired dude, a ring, elves, gigantic fight and a man-lizard mutant. What else could you ask for? Tolkien goes into impeccable detail to paint a vivid narrative that renders the reader speechless with mind numbing praise.

'I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.'

6. Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

A post WWII novel that made generations after generations of teenagers identify with Holden Caulfield- the ever loving rebel. Whether it was girls, school or New York, Caulfield plucks his deepest thoughts and conveys them to the reader in a remarkably casual way.

'Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody'

5. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

Enough said.

'Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?'

4. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Catch 22 made the hair on my neck stand up. The simple igenuity with which Yossarian confronts his dilemmas and ponders solutions is wonderful- morality, bureaucracy, higher powers are all discussed and analyzed in how they affect the many characters in this glorious book.

'English history!" roared the silver-maned senior Senator from his state indignantly. "What's the matter with American history? American history is as good as any history in the world!'

3. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A highly underrated tale of post WWII Barcelona where a young man becomes obsessed with a novel within a novel. Shadow of the Wind explores the young man's fascination with the author of the Shadow of the Wind and how, in doing so, he delves deeper into a world that initially seemed lifeless but soon turns into the story of a lifetime.

'Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true'

2. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This book is a masterpiece. Marquez traces the history of the Buendia family that settles in Macondo, Latin America. The book plays on fate, symbolism and perceptions- Jose Arcadia Buendia raises his family according to his beliefs but soon realizes the futility of control when his family turns out to be everything but normal.

'Carmelia Montiel, a twenty-year-old virgin, had just bathed in orange-blossom water and was strewing rosemary leaves on Pilar Ternera's bed when the shot rang out. Aureliano José had been destined to find with her the happiness that Amaranta had denied him, to have seven children, and to die in her arms of old age, but the bullet that entered his back and shattered his chest had been directed by a wrong interpretation of the cards.'

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

What? It's awesome.

'She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me'

Arsenal exist to play beautiful football.

Every other club can suck it.

Walcott is average. As a right winger he's very average. Like the definition of it. His performances aren't usually any better than most right wingers but not much worse either. And if he didn't have pace he'd probably be working in McDonalds. For two seasons Malouda was also average.

He wouldn't be in the fast food industry if he didn't have the pace :/

I couldn't get into my TFC game so I opened up the editor and switched all the Premiership teams (and Celtic and Rangers) with Blue Square North teams. I'm planning on starting a game with Arsenal soon enough to see how it goes.

Set 3 Betting

20 on Blackburn and Bolton - Accumulator

The Doubler

Arsenal 5-0 Blackpool

Dude, Big Bang Theory hands down!

I was just wondering, maybe your speedos got too tight?

I have sexy legs.

It is FM2010. Thank you for having faith in my ability to read

Why does FM2010 say shutout and not clean sheets?

Yes, but my national anthem sounds like a drinking song.

Are you kidding me? I love your national anthem and I'm not even Canadian

It is only $19.99 on Steam.

You just made me buy FM2010

Not that I am complaining :w00t: Its downloading as I type and I can't wait to play my first FM game after 2008!

When I saw the topic title, I was really surprised that someone other than sahyder made it.

Then I read the posts and that Pakistani score and realized why

Martin Freeman is awesome as Dr. Watson

So I set up a Dosbox to play CM97/98 but its taking forever to start a new game

1. 86

2. 2

I wish Arsenal would sign Scott Parker

I'm on at nabeel.jafri@hotmail.com add awayyyy ^_^

Yeah I'm up for a quick game later tonight... I should be home in three and a half hours.

I've always had a soft spot for you.

All 4 scum left in that game had 15+ posts. It's not as clear cut as all scum are lurkers. It's mostly just townies who can't be fucked to play the game they signed up for.

Pris didn't really start posting until she was about to get lynched. Coupled with the fact that she would only vote to lynch TGC and well, you can see where I was suspicious of her. If she'd died, we would have gotten TGC the next day. Instead, people who weren't even paying attention to the thread speed lynched a guy who obviously had protection.

YES! Her posts doubled when she started getting votes on her but imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to see the town actually thought about lynching TGC even when there was enough reasons to lynch Srar.

Also, Ruki I read the role pm over and over again and I just chose to be optimistic about it. Look what that lead to...

The last FM I bought was 2008 and I'm buying this one just so I can make Toronto FC the best club ever ^_^

Whoever's idea it was, the subforum's a great idea and long overdue. (Y)

Question: would it be possible to swing like a regular Sunday morning (I guess afternoon U.K. time) mini-mafia game going in there like we've done a few times over MSN? Nothing formal or major, just traditional mafia featuring whoever happens to be online at the time. We ran something like 25 seven-player games over the course of an hour during one of those. Might be fun to try a bigger (still not big) game that runs at a faster pace.

Yeah I'd be more than willing to participate.

In keeping with the somewhat-theme of Creative Control, The Mafia Zone? The Mafia Prism? The Mafia Corner?

The Mafia Circle

The Circle of Mafia