It's for storing discussion topics tied to events posted in the forum calendar.

The what, you say?

This: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php?action=calendar

(Or click on the 'calendar' tab at the top of the page)

Fred talks all about the TV show and tackles and defuses the "nerdfury" over changes from the books with the help of the man himself, Jim Butcher. Some other TV show chatter slips in here and there, and the show gets rounded out with a quick plug for some games that Fred has worked on in 2006.  Roll tape!

The Music:

• The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
• 2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
• .22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Promos & Bumpers:

• The Dresden Files TV Show: http://www.thedresdenfiles.com/
• The Sturgeon's Law Podcast: http://www.sturgeonslaw.com/
• Ryan Macklin's Master Plan Podcast: http://masterplan.libsyn.com/

Mentioned During the Show:

• Day Break: http://abc.go.com/primetime/daybreak/
• The Jim-Butcher.Com Forums: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/
• YouTube Playlist for Dresden TV: http://tinyurl.com/ya8926
• The Dresden Files Audio Books: http://www.jim-butcher.com/store/#audio
• Dresden Files on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486657/

Quick Plugs from Fred:

• Atomic Sock Monkey: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/
• The Zorcerer of Zo: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/zoz.asp
• Evil Hat Productions: http://www.evilhat.com/
• Don't Rest Your Head: http://www.evilhat.com/dryh.php
• Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit
• Indie Press Revolution (IPR): http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/
• The RPG.net Gaming Index: http://index.rpg.net/

Fred talks about Jim, his history, the genesis of the Dresden Files RPG, the upcoming TV show on the Sci Fi channel, and the future of this podcast.  All in under six minutes!

• The PodSafe Music Network     
  • 2006 Pl@stic Soul
  • .22
• The Background 
  • Birthright
  • Babylon 5
  • Storm Front
  • Jim-Butcher.Com
  • Fate RPG
  • Evil Hat Productions
  • Spirit of the Century
  • Slice of Sci Fi Interview with Jim
  • YouTube Video of Jim
• The TV Show   
  • Official Dresden Files TV Site
  • Battlestar Galactica
   
• Upcoming Thoughts   
  • Buzzy Multimedia's audio books:     
    • Storm Front     
    • Fool Moon     
    • Grave Peril
  • Codex Alera

I've posted a lengthy delving into the ideas of lethality and toughness in the Dresden Files RPG, from a "look at the design process" perspective.  Interested?  Check it out here:

http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/news/archives/2006/12/designing_dresd_4.php

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• The first two chapters
• Table of Contents
• Sample characters

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(Spirit of the Century will feature the same core system as the Dresden Files RPG.  Your responses to this survey will help us "right size" our order for Spirit of the Century when the time comes.)

  Jet Black is on a mission to find out who's interested in
  buying Spirit of the Century, the upcoming Pulp Pick-Up
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  His report will provide vital information back to the
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EDIT: This game has been released!  See http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit for more!

jim-butcher.com and the forums were down for a while (not sure how long) today due to a server reboot that wasn't as "clean" as it should have been -- had to recreate a database table and everything.  Big fun.  Everything should be back in order now, though.