rec.humor.funny - Vocabulary lesson

-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

Paper Robots' Paper Robots
And plans for Han Solo's blaster in the "Blueprints" link, but that isn't as much fun as building paper transformers...

-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

Not, that isn't some wacky spam or ROT13 gibberish. It's:
International Fanfic Writing 20 Days.
I'm sure many of you have heard of NANOWRIMO. If you're doing it... awesome! Good for you, and good luck.
I had considered doing it the last two years, but was busy each time writing my own multiple-novel-sized-fanfic.
Well, now it's done, but I have a significant personal matter taking up a third of November. Well, say I, NO EXCUSES.
Since I can't take the whole month and write a novel, I'm going to take two thirds of it and write a fanfic. A single fanfic in its entirety, totaling no less than 50,000 words.
From November 1st to November 20th, I will write every single day. I don't give a damn if it's good, bad or indifferent. I picked the subject based on the first thing that popped into my head, and intend to do the rest the same way. I've got four days left to get some sort of "ideas" to work with, but after that I won't have time to think, just to write. That's the point - just to write, to prove I can do it.
Because I CAN. 50,000 words is 2500 a day, and I can certainly do that if I sit down for one or two hours and type or write whatever comes to mind.
And so can you.
So that's why I'm extending the invitation to join me in this (mad?) quest. Well, and to publically shame me if I wuss out, that's good incentive too. If you're scared, lower the requirement a bit. 30,000. Whatever. But sit down every day for at least an hour and write. Don't reread it, or send it to people to critique, or stop to think about it in the middle, just write your brains out until it's done. You'll find you're surprised, at the end, with how much you CAN do, if you just stop thinking about writing and write. And you'll find you're surprised at how much better a writer you are for it when you're done.
And if you don't, well, hell, at least you've got something to hold over your wussier fanfic-writing friends.
Current projects, you say? Pshaw. If you're writing so much that twenty days downtime puts a huge dent in your schedule, you're obviously so awesome you are putting out regular large monthly updates and could do this anyway!
You're making excuses. You know it. Stop it! C'mon, be a man (or woman). Nobody cares how good it is. You don't even have to show anybody.
I'll even offer to read the first five people's works (after the end of the month) who actually want someone to, and offer critique. Nah, I don't care what it is. This is the only way anyone will ever get me to read a Naruto fanfic. Or Urusei Yatsura. I have made a commitment! Make me suffer for it!
Now, c'mon.
Who's with me?

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-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

Eyrie Forum Thread

To summarize..
Doctor who? Doctor Who! Doctor House, that's Who!
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Gentlemen! I give you,
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Right now the SoCal wildifres is having an effect even where I live which is in Los Angeles.
Thank God the Malibu fire is over, but the other wildfires (even in as far south as San Diego) is making the sun turn orange. And the ash has started to fall....
The statistics so far are mind boggling...
500,000 evacuated! in San Diego County
for a look at the current fire situation
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21436901/
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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

While driving long distance the other day, I played a soundtrack to keep boredom from putting me to sleep at the wheel ... and suddenly realized this might well make a Gatesong.
Hey, with these lyrics, it's practically a themesong for the Walk!
"Journey to the Past" (from the animated movie Anastasia, in case anyone didn't recognize it)
Heart, don't fail me now!
Courage, don't desert me!
Don't turn back now that we're here
People always say
Life is full of choices
No one ever mentions fear!
Or how a road can seem so long
How the world can seem so vast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey...to the past
Somewhere down this road
I know someone's waiting
Years of dreams just can't be wrong
Arms will open wide
I'll be safe and wanted
Finally home where I belong
Well, starting here, my life begins
Starting now, I'm learning fast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey...to the past
Heart don't fail me now!
Courage don't desert me!
Home, Love, Family
There was once a time
I must have had them too
Home, Love, Family
I will never be complete
Until I find you...
One step at a time,
One hope, then another
Who knows where this road may go
Back to who I was
On to find my future,
Things my heart still needs to know
Yes, let this be a sign!
Let this road be mine!
Let it lead me to my past
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
To bring me home...
At last!
At last!
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
yea...
Anastasia came out in November '97, so Doug is unlikely to have heard this song in Warrior's World. The big question is whether he'd run across it in any of the worlds he visits -- even if they have it, will anything call this song to his attention?
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Those who believed the laws of physics made things "possible" or "impossible" were mistaken. Time travel violated one of those laws. Physics took its *revenge*.
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

Super Deformation. you end up with a small body, large head (possibly with cat ears) and a tendancy toward emotional extremes.__________________
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