Ze Frank, of the Twitter Color Wars (more on that soon), is hosting a Twitter-based Ro-Sham-Bo (Rock-Paper-Scissors) game this afternoon. Round 1 will last for one minute, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Round 2 will be 15 minutes later.
This is silly. But Ze Frank is my hero. Go here for the game page.
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