Okay, I was just browsing the Virtue Wiki and came across a category I find amusing (as it was intended) and possibly of use to many of us:
Totally Awesome.
To quote the description:

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* If you can take a list of those Chuck Norris factoids and replace "Chuck Norris" with the character's name, and more than 80% of the factoids would still be true, your character belongs in this category.
* If the answer to the question "Would Batman be able to defeat Character X?" is "Only if they fought in Gotham, and if Batman had time to prepare", Character X belongs in this category.
* If your character is almost as awesome as Utena Tenjou, they belong in this category. (If your character is just as awesome, or more, than Utena Tenjou, you're a horrible RPer and should stop writing immediately. Seriously.)

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What... the... flying... fuck?

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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."

In the middle of reading it now..the one with Kohran in the cover...and something brought it a fact to my mind...
It seems to be a recurring theme that almost all of the original hanagumi suffered a tragedy prior to joining. Yes, even Iris. I'm surprised she did not pull a Carrie and remained a sweet and lovable girl. Sumire, it seemed, was the only one who grew up having a normal childhood, not to mention as a scion of one of the riche (I don't think they noveau) in Japan.
And at the back pages, it seems they going to go all the way to Sakura Taisen V!
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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

Am I the only guy who gets hit with ads while logging into the forums? You know, the ones that pop up between when you enter your user name and password and when the forums finally come back up.

...or are they officers on the Enterprise?
You decide.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

OK, score another one in the "just plain weird" column.
I had to visit the bank today. On my way out, I saw an elderly lady getting out of a car and coming toward the door, so I held it for her. She smiled brightly and, apparently speaking to me, said cheerfully, "You let it rain again!"
I let it rain?! Ummm ... the last time I looked in the mirror, I was not God. I was -- and remain -- totally boggled by this. But it's funny in a way ... I guess....
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

NHK has been airing samurai dramas since the 50's. Thre are stations here in the U.S that had been subbing them. The lastest one is Fuurin Kaazan, a drama concerning the lives of Takeda Shingen and his strategist, Yamamoto Kensuke. I found out by accident that you can download the subbed in English episodes on this site:
They also have other series here also.
Just make sure you have plenty of HD space...you're looking at 52 episodes, each about 700mb.
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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

I recall someone (maybe WireGeek?) was looking for a proxy server, but I can't find the posting...
unblockcity.org was mentioned in an article on The Register yesterday - I haven't tried it, so use at your own risk.

-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

OK, for those who have always wanted to know... spoilers in White.

The Yondaime's real name is Namikaze Minato, and yes, he is Naruto's father. His mother was Uzumaki Kushina, a kunoichi from Whirlpool Country (???). And a hot redhead.--
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.