Anyone know if any of the major online retailers are having Black Friday sales?
I really need to get a new computer at a reasonable price, avoid going shopping on Black Friday and the weekend after like the plague, don't have a trustworthy mom&pop shop to build me one nearby (and I don't know how, and don't want to (now, anyway), build my own)

Jeanne Hedge
www.jhedge.com

"Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem."
-- Gabrielle of Potadeia

I picked up a copy of Matthew Reilly's latest 'The Six Sacred Stones' (an advantage of living in said authors home country) and I finished reading it not that long ago too.
Well, I noticed something in part of that books' plot points that might apply to WW-Earth aka Doug's home stomping grounds. What it was could be used as a reasoning for why WW-Earth's Japan is so Xenophobic, being that they're the last bastion of the first evolution of mankind. You'll be correct, if your thinking of The Ancients from SG1, for it's a similar basis just without the glowing squid-like mental energy evolution.
Where am I going with this and how does it relate to the thread subject. Why it's quite simple: superpowers + WW2 + cult of aggrieved xenophobic nationalists, mix with a healthy dash of "If we can't rule the world, no one can!" equals typical super villain behaviour, no?
Cause this all just third-party speculation produced from my odd logic. Still it'd be interesting to see Doug's reaction when he reads a book like this, whilst on his Walk, especially if parses with a WWEarth event.
--Rod.H (who's waiting for the Flash Gordon TV pilot to dl'd)

Holy Snackcakes! I decide way to late that I ought to add Cardcaptor Sakura to my collection and what do I find... RightStuf doesn't have any of the DVDs in stock but the movies, and while Amazon has some of the DVDs listed, the second disc is listed as "6 used & new from $69.99"
Ouch. And just for added pain, it was released by Geneon, and considering their situation who knows what the chanced are for new stock any time soon.
Knew I should have picked it up some time ago. :/
I suppose if I want to get Vandread I should act soon before it's in the same situation.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae, In Flanders Fields

Lest we forget.
-Rob Kelk
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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

Those of you with an XBox 360 (assuming there's any) and who also live in the states, you may want to head on by the nearest K-mart. Apparently they're selling it, even though the street date isn't for 10 days.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

After a pause of almost a year since #3, Nadia Omake #4 is fansubbed and available. This time: "What is the Blue Water?"
(Now I'm going to have to revise a few ideas in Blue Skies, Blue Water...)
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
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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

Winona Ryder to play Spock's mother in the upcoming Star Trek film
Just thought folks would like to know...

-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
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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

Specifically, from here:

Quote:

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Heat causes Global Warming.
Transfers of energy cause Heat.
Technology requires transfers of energy.
The #1 use of technology is the Internet.
Al Gore took the initiative to create the Internet.
Therefore, Al Gore is responsible for Global Warming.

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A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
(Very long load time - all the photos are on that page.)
Come to think of it, this page might be useful in an In Nomine game, too...

-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
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

Apparently Nissan is working on a color changing paint... now if only they can keep if from electrocuting you!
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.