Mulan's "Be a Man"..oh the hilarity!
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

'The Enemy' (Godsmack)

Hey Mister backstabbin' son of a bitch

you're livin' in a world that'll soon be dyin'

and I know everybody knows you try to be like me

but even at your best as a man you couldn't equal half of me.

I am realizing that everybody's lost their simple ways

and now that it's here I see it all so clearly

I've come face to face with the enemy, the enemy.

You, your another shit talkin' punk to me.

You're a living inspiration for what I never wanna be,

and I see you've been blinded by what you believe

And now back up and sit down, shut up and act like you need to be.

I am realizing that everybody's lost their simple ways

and now that it's here I see it all so clearly,

I've come face to face with the enemy, the enemy.

come to me, come to me

the enemy come to me, come to me

So predicting you're the reason why I lie

simple decision took me too much time to fly

Oh, checkmate!

I am realizing that everybody's lost their simple ways

and now that it's here I see it all so clearly,

I've come face to face with the enemy, the enemy

come to me

POWER: allows Doug to create a simulcrum of any opponent/enemy he has faced (defeated?). The number of simulcrums he can create depends on their power
levels. He can modify their abilities somewhat (replacing bullets with paintballs for example)

These simulcrums are useful for training sessions (or when Doug really wants to hit something)

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'Rumors' (Timex Social Club)

How do rumors get started, they're started by the jealous people and

They get mad seein' somethin' they had and sombody else is holdin'

Tell me that temptation is very hard to resist

But these wicked women, ooh, they just persist

Maybe you think it's cute, but girl, I'm not impressed

I tell you one time only with my business please don't mess

Look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day

I just need some time, some time to get away from

From all these rumors, I can't take it no more

My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

Hear the one about Tina, some say she's much too loose

That came straight from a guy who claims he's tastin' her juice

Hear the one about Michael, some say he must be gay

I try to argue, but they said if he was straight he wouldn't move that way

Hear the one about Susan, some say she's just a tease

In a camisole she's six feet tall, she'll knock you to you knees

Will you look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day

I just need some time, some time to get away from

From all these rumors, I can't take it no more

My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

I can't go no place without somebody pointin' a finger

I can't show my face â'cause when it comes to rumors I'm a dead ringer

It seems from rumors I just can't get away

I bet there'll even be rumors floatin' around on Judgment Day

I'll think I'll write my congressman and tell him to pass a bill

For the next time they catch somebody startin' rumors, shoot to kill

Will you look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day

I just need some time, some time to get away from

From all these rumors, I can't take it no more

My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

What's mine is mine, I ain't got time for rumors in my life

I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life

What's mine is mine, I ain't got time for rumors in my life

I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life

What's mine is mine, I ain't got time for rumors in my life

I'm a man who thinks, not a man who drinks, so please let me live my life

Will you look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day

I just need some time, some time to get away from

From all these rumors, I can't take it no more

My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

Look at all these rumors surroundin' me every day

I just need some time, some time to get away from

From all these rumors, I can't take it no more

My best friend said there's one out now about me and the girl next door

Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around

Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies

Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around

Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies

Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around

Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies

Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around

Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies

Stop (Stop) spreadin' those rumors around

Stop (Stop) spreadin' the lies

POWER: Doug gains the knowledge of a large amount of rumors running around the city/area he currently occupies, some of which may provide him with important
information. Of course, many of them are useless (Did cheerleader A get a boobjob? Is Mr B having an affair with Mrs C, ect) and they range from accurate, to
semiaccurate, to false, to tabloid fodder.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

Awhile back I came across a Stargate fic where Sam decided to take advantage of the Asgard database and enlisted Daniel's help to do it (Or the other way
around can't remember). It was done behind everyone's back. I've been pulling hair trying to find it again after I got in the mood to reread it.

Anyone know which fic I'm talking about?

I finally got a copy of the last Ah My Goddess DVD yesterday (they were late coming to Canada). In one episode on the disc, Peorth hands a cellphone to Belldandy and says something along the lines of "just concentrate on the person you want to talk to"; the scene shifts to Keiichi sitting beside a pay phone, which rings.

My first thought was "When did Jean start putting attunements into artifacts? And how'd Peorth get one?"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Sluggy Freelance is in the middle (nearing the end) of another Harry Potter spoof. I suspect Bob has something bigger than http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080425]this planned for "the power the Dark Lord knows not" when Doug shows up at Hogwarts, but it's still appropriate...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I've decided that I've put enough weird biomodded ideas out there at this point that I should write up a catalog of what the Jason offers to his
clients. While I can go through most of my posts to winnow out items that I've mentioned, I thought I'd put a call out for ideas. Are there things
you'd LIKE to see me offer? Things that you'd have asked me to make for you in the past? If so, let me know. I'd love to get ideas for the Jason to
tinker with, and even going over some of my older things might give me new stuff to play with (New this Christmas! Christmas trees with their own blinking
lights! Aren't bioluminescent organisms FUN?) Feel free to go wild - the gods know the Jason loves to play.

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The Jason grinned as he saved the files he'd been working on, then pulled two battered notebooks from a drawer. "Paying work done for the day. Time to
have some fun." He looked between the two notebooks, hmming softly. "What'll I work on tonight....the wompom? Or the Shmoo?"

This I believe (if Bob had not picked one yet) would be a dandy way to enter the SM step.

The Rainbow Connection

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard
and answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it.
Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
and what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.

Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors.
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

The line about the "young sailors" almost calls for it.
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

A specific one, to be precise. A coworker sent me this description:

Quote:I think the best one I ever saw was a cat laying on a Mini Cooper painted like the Flag of England. It said something to the effect of "I use the queen's English and I type properly!"

This is not precisely Legendary-related, more general City of Heroes.
I've recommended this story before, but as of yesterday it's complete. Finished.

Which greatly amuses me, because I'd spoken to the author a day before, and he/she was all 'oh, actually
there's more coming'. Seems like that's really a promise you can get behind...

Faces of the City is available on the official CoH forums or the Virtueverse wiki. The second is a more reliable
permanent URL.

This is, bar none, the cleverest piece of CoH fiction I've ever encountered. It has an incredibly unique
perspective on Paragon City - it's a very very cool concept, which ties in well with the nature of its protagonist. The author, Megajoule (or Miss
Megajoule), tells me there's a sequel in the works focusing on the Rogue Isles. Seriously looking forward to that.
-- Acyl

Got this from the COH LiveJournal just today. Don't be drinking or eating anything before you read, okay? I don't want to be resposible for monitor or
keyboard replacement. ^_^

Our father who art The Statesman

Hallowed be thy game

Thy updates come

Thy will be done

Online as it is your vision

Give us this day rare salvage drops

And forgive us our farming

As we forgive those who spam blind invites

And lead us not into PVP zones

But deliver us from real money traders

For thine is the server, and the XP, and the leveling

Forever and ever (so long as we pay $14.95 a month)

Amen.