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| Song of the Day, 9/22/06 |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 09-22-2006, 07:10 PM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk V: Another Divine Mess You've Gotten Me Into
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Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on
Fe, fe, fi, fi, fo, fo, fum
Looking mighty nice, here she comes
Wearing a wig, hat and shades to match
Got her high heeled sneakers and her alligator hat
Wearing her pearls and her diamond ring
Got bracelets on her fingers now and everything
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on
Wearing her perfume, Chanel Number Five
She got to be the finest girl alive
She walks real cool catches everybody's eye
She got good lovin', she can take it high
Not too skinny, she's not too fat
She's a real humdinger and I like it like that
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on
-- Frederick "Shorty" Long, Devil With The Blue Dress (1964; covered by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels -- who added a verse or so of "Good Golly Miss Molly" -- in 1966)
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...
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Posted by: Bluemage - 09-21-2006, 11:50 PM - Forum: General DW Chatter
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...that there was a SF novel by the title "Drunkard's Walk"?
It was written by Frederik Pohl, and published in 1960- that's all I know about this.
I found this out on Wikipedia, when I was looking to see whether or not anybody had put Doug up on their site. (By the way, the answer is no.)Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
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| Halloween Event on Test Now! |
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Posted by: Mekadave - 09-21-2006, 06:07 PM - Forum: The Legendary
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Cricket:
"Halloween on Test!
You asked for its return...go check it out This event will run until Monday 25th, 10 AM CST. "
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will RogersGlobal: @Jimmy Amp
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers
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| Oh this is SO gonna get Genericheroed.... ^_^ |
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Posted by: Logan Darklighter - 09-21-2006, 06:10 AM - Forum: The Legendary
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... But it will be WORTH it! Just to see people's reactions!
I saw the wings pics on the COH site and all. And yes, I figured that people would do Hawkgirl, Hawkman and Angel clones.
And then... It hit me. (Like the fist of an angry GOD!)
And... well... Like I said. It'll be worth it. I saved the character on Justice and on Virtue Servers. Now I'm just waiting on the wings to properly recreate him.
"I'll TAKE THE CASE!"
Get ready to feel the power... of ATTORNEY!!!-Logan
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"This kind of thing tends invariably to devolve into the kind of "No, Nakajima, THIS is true power!!" argument that only really works if you're yelling it from the cockpit of a giant robot . . ."
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| Fic Writer's Guide |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 09-21-2006, 04:27 AM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction
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The latest -- but still far from complete -- version of my ambitious "Fanfic Writer's Guide" has gotten a bit too big to post directly into a message, so I've put it on my website. It
can be found here, and will stay there for the foreseeable future. I'll update this thread or start a new one when I put up a new version. In the mean time, if people want to take a look and comment, go right ahead. Be aware that I haven't yet addressed everything that people pointed out or suggested the last time around, but trust me, the intent is there.
Thanks.
And yes, I'm working on DW5-3 as well. Don't worry.
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...
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| Need some info... |
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Posted by: robkelk - 09-21-2006, 01:43 AM - Forum: General DW Chatter
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I was going through the Credits sections of BSBW, and discovered that I've got eighteen songs quoted in the work so far - song powers, chapter header quotes, throwaway references by Doug, and so on. I know the copyright information for only five of the songs. This isn't a good average...
Does anyone know the copyright information for these songs?
English version of 99 Red Balloons, by Gabriela "Nena" Kerner.
Calypso, by John Denver.
Knock on Wood, written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper.
I Am the Slime, by Frank Zappa.
Little Old Lady from Pasedena, by Jan and Dean.
Nemo, by Nightwish.
Raining Again, by Moby.
Rubber Band Man, by The Spinners.
(I'm So Hot for Her and) She's So Cold, by the Rolling Stones.
Stalin's Organs, by GWAR.
These Dreams, by Heart.
Working My Way Back To You, by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
You May Be Right, by Billy Joel.
To show folks what I need, here's the information for one of those other five songs:
Don't Stop Me Now, by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury, copyright 1978 EMI Music Publishing.
Thanks in advance...
-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
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| Veteran Rewards Announcement |
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Posted by: Mekadave - 09-20-2006, 08:19 PM - Forum: The Legendary
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They put up the announcement today. Apparently wings will be part of the Rewards program. They have screenshots of both types of wings and a short video of wings in action:
Veteran Rewards Program"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will RogersGlobal: @Jimmy Amp
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers
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| Short: "Storytellers" (Space Mage) |
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Posted by: Acyl - 09-20-2006, 07:41 PM - Forum: The Legendary
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A short little piece. In-character musings.
Consider this my widdle parting gift before I, y'know, vanish for a couple weeks to travel and sort out RL stuff. >_o
(Well, I'll probably be able to read the boards from time to time, whenever I can sneak net access...but I dunno how much time I'll have, and so on. Y'know.)
Anyway, a little insight into Space Mage's head. She's not just fluff and energy, you see...
STORYTELLERS
by Space Mage
We need stories.
We do.
They keep us going. They keep us breathing. Fiction, fables, tomes and tales. We need to hear. We need to believe.
Really, think about it. It's not like I'm pulling your leg or anything.
We tell stories to kids, of princesses, of animals, of magic and light. But they ain't just for children! Or if they are, then there's a part of us that never grows up. Like Peter Pan, except, you know, on the inside.
Books tell stories. So do movies, games, and television.
Maybe they're not good stories...but...no. No, no, no. All stories are good.
All tales have meaning. Maybe not the meaning their creators intended...but hey! Meaning all the same!
Some stories bring happiness and joy, smiles to faces, cheer to hearts. We love those stories, we all do.
But they're not the only stories.
There's stories that bring sadness, dread, and despair. The really, really, depressing ones.
But...
That doesn't make 'em bad. Fear can be conquered. Even if it isn't, it can help us. It can give us pause, make us reflect. It can make us think about stuff we've never thought of before, to ask tough questions about our lives and souls. Sometimes we don't like the answers, sure, but...maybe there's some things that should be feared.
There's meaning in stories. Whether they inspire or scare us, that doesn't matter. They teach us, that's the most important part. New lessons, and also old ones, things we should already know, things that should never, ever, be forgotten.
There's only so many themes out there, you know. Family, love, salvation, victory over evil. Or the trumph of darkness over light, and the breaking of such things. But that's the same story, just the other way. Because nasty things do happen in life. We can't deny that. Stuff happens.
But we want happy endings. For ourselves, at least. That's what we want to hear, what we need to hear.
There's power in stories. They reflect what we are. Our nightmares - and our dreams.
Buddha was a teacher. Muhammad was a prophet. But Jesus was a storyteller. The Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son. He told stories, he made people think. Jesus was a storyteller. And he was a story. He came, he died to save the world - isn't that the biggest story of all? What we hope a hero to be.
Gods a storyteller. The world's a story.
Like all true stories, the world isn't all happy. There's tragedy, there's people dying, there's wasted lives. There's always conflict, always suffering.
But there's also a promise of victory. Victory in the end.
That's what we hold out for. That's what we need to believe in.
We need stories.
We need faith.
-- Acyl
You know, I find it somewhat amusing that my favourite and most complex RP characters evolved rather than being designed that way. I mean, "Superball" was just a costume design with a silly pun name (it's a children's toy) stuck on. "Space Mage", similarly. No background at all when I started playing 'em. It just fell into place as I went on. Just goes to show...
-- Acyl
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| Internal Revenue Stupid |
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Posted by: ECSNorway - 09-20-2006, 06:12 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun
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The IRS has, as of today, stripped the Democratic Leadership Council of its tax-exempt status, on the grounds that they do not serve the public interest, but only that of democrat-party office-seekers.
While true, it should a) be applied even-handedly to both parties, and b) good GODS, the horrible timing....--
"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.
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