Many here know Foxboy has been busy making a Mindoll, amigurumi crochet doll.
She arrived today after a nice easy trip through customs and a ride with a nice lady in the Fed Ex truck.
Min meeting the others
Min meeting Thibor
Min in her new home on my desk with Rhubarb
Thank you Foxboy!
-Cindy

Dynamistress of the Liberty F.O.R.C.E. has asked me to pass on the following to the Legendary:

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Could you please spread the word to The Legendary that Liberty FORCE is having a bash at Pocket D on Saturday the 24th, beginning at 11PM your time? We'd like as many to come party with us as possible!

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Where's a good place to find Protectors that Eva (L36) could handle?
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

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Skat Cat:
Well, little lady, let me illusinate here
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows were it's at
Tom:
Tell me, everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
'Cause everything else is obsolete
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Skat:
Everytime he plays
Tom:
But with a square in the act
You can set music back
Skat:
To the cave man days, cha cha ba dum bo day
Tom:
I've heard some corny birds who who tried to sing
Skat:
Still a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing
Bass:
Who wants to dig a long haired gig or stuff like that
Tom:
When everybody wants to be a cat
Tom and Skat:
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Everytime he plays
Tom:
Oh a rinky tinky tinky
Tom and Skat:
With a square in the act you can set music back
To the cave man days
Marie:
Oh a rinky tinky tinky
Tom:
Yes
M

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The old thread sank & shifted to the merits of the SR-71, so here's a new one.
For a nice pundity look at the implications of technology (written for biotech and nanotech, but handwavium would fit in without any problems, "Singularities and Nightmares" by David Brin is a good read.---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

Hi folks!
This may get me shot/lynched....but I had another concept for an alternate character:
Magic Origin, Assault Rifle/Energy blaster.
Name?
Semiautomagic
(BWAAAAHHHAHAHHAAAA!!!!)
I think I just hurt myself. ^_^
Later!
B.V.V.

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do mi do mi do so mi do
Every truly cultured music student knows
You must learn your scales and your arpeggios
Bring the music ringing from your chest
And not your nose
While you sing your scales and your arpeggios
If your faithful to your daily practicing
You will find you progress is encouraging
Do mi so mi do me so mi fa la so it goes
When you do your scales and your arpeggios
Do mi so doi
(Fast piano music playing)
do mi so do do so mi do (Repeat)
Though it seems at first it doesn't show
Like a tree ability will bloom and grow
If you're smart you'll learn by heart what every artist knows
Your must sing your scales
And your arpeeee ee eeggioooooooooos!

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In any city, in any country, go to any mental institution or halfway house in you can get yourself to. When you reach the front desk, ask to visit someone who calls himself "The Holder of the End". Should a look of child-like fear come over the workers face, you will then be taken to a cell in the building. It will be in a deep hidden section of the building. All you will hear is the sound of someone talking to themselves echo the halls. It is in a language that you will not understand, but your very soul will feel unspeakable fear.
Should the talking stop at any time, STOP and QUICKLY say aloud "I'm just passing through, I wish to talk." If you still hear silence, flee. Leave, do not stop for anything, do not go home, don't stay at an inn, just keep moving, sleep where your body drops. You will know in the morning if you've escaped.
If the voice in the hall comes back after you utter those words continue on. Upon reaching the cell all you will see is a windowless room with a person in the corner, speaking an unknown language, and cradling something. The person will only respond to one question. "What happens when they all come together?"
The person will then stare into your eyes and answer your question in horrifying detail. Many go mad in that very cell, some disappear soon after the meeting, a few end their lives. But most do the worst thing, and look upon the object in the person's hands. You will want to as well. Be warned that if you do, your death will be one of cruelty and unrelenting horror.
Your death will be in that room, by that person's hands.
That object is 1 of 538. They must never come together. Never.
www.vetari.com/wiki/index...ers_series

I spend my life on bullet trains & planes & boats & cars,
I've seen the wonders of the world & gazed upon the stars,
I thought that I had seen all that there was on Earth to see,
then you walked in and pulled the rug right out from under me.
Who would have guessed? I'd be so impressed.
I've seen the Pyramids at Giza, that tilty tower in Pisa,
but baby, they just don't do what you do
'cuz you're larger than life.
Some say the blue Atlantic is really quite gigantic,
well maybe, I just don't see what they do
'cuz you're larger than life.
Zeus & all his thunder,
he liked to get his kicks,
with this spell I'm under
I don't need parlour tricks.
I've seen the falls of Niagara, the theorem of Pythagoras,
but baby, they just don't do what you do
'cuz you're larger than life.
Zeus & all his thunder,
he liked to get his kicks,
with this spell I'm under
I don't need parlour tricks.
Well, this worldly Nova Scotian will give you her devotion,
so if you've got the notion, let's cause a real commotion,
let me give you a clue, if it was just me and you,
you'd see with only us two, that baby
we could be larger than life.

Larger than Life, by Holly Cole, written by Holly Cole, from the album Holly Cole, copyright 2007 Holly Cole Music Publishing

Gives someone else the power to become larger than life-sized - considering some of the items used for comparison, possibly much larger than life-sized. If Doug really cares about the person (i.e. he uses the song on Maggie), he gets to grow, too. This being a "torch song", it also gives him the usual infatuation side-effect.
Yes, it's an excuse to get another non-rock song into the Arsenal. But the list of Empowerment songs is rather sparse...
No, I don't (yet) have a place for this in BSBW. (Although if I tweak Chapter Four a bit... no, that chapter's too full of song effects as it is.)

(BTW, the album Holly Cole is brand-new; it was released yesterday. It's mostly covers - I think it may have my new favourite versions of Johnny Mercer's Charade and Cole Porter's It's Alright with Me - the above is the only original song on the album. Highly recommended if you like vocal jazz.)

-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

We are moving on Thursday. In addition to being busy, my DSL at the old house appears to have been disconnected early. If I'm lucky, I'll be back online Friday night or Saturday with a spiffy new fiber connection. If I'm not... maybe Monday?
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