Just got off the phone with Bob some time ago. He and Peg are sitting out the storm in what's hopefully a safe place.
He DID ask me to let you all know that the recent disappearance of his website was due to the new owners of his ISP having attempted their final "asset merger" of Eclipse.net with the rest of their holdings. As a result, some websites were temporarily 'lost'. The files themselves remained intact, but access to them wasn't possible from the web.
Since then, the new owners have gotten their act together and fixed the websites in question. As of four hours ago my time (I write this at 10:45 pm, Mountain time), Bob's site is functional once more.
Ed Becerra

First time posting here (makes sound of clearing throat).
I offered to make the announcement here for the group I'm in, Pool Cleaners from Distant Planets (home.earthlink.net/~pcfdp/) that we have two music videos in the Nan Desu Kon contest.
Check us out, and if you're at the convention, I'll be there dressed as Ferio on Saturday,
Oh, and Bob, if you want copies of our AMVs (including last year's entry that was shown called 'Could We Please Have Sex') contact me at jeph_a@earthlink.net and we'll talk about it. I can send you a CD to spread around your little group .
JFerio
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor

I don't know why, but I will have an answer within 24 hours, I hope -- and maybe the site back up.
Thanks to Ed Becerra for calling me and letting me know there is a problem. I'll be dealing with it ASAP.
Please don't flood my email -- which I haven't yet checked -- with notices; for all I know, actually, my email may be down, too. Aren't vacations wonderful.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Just to push my luck...
What do people think about a Freakazoid Step?
It's not a live franchise, it's a superhero genre, and I would really like to see how Doug got on in this universe! [grin]
Of course, he might be in danger of being out-looned...
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind

OK, I know I'm mad...
Two big problems:
1) This is a live franchise.
2) Where would Doug fit in such a universe?
Thoughts?
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind

Because I've had this stuck in my head for the past couple of days I figured I would share the wealth so to speak. Because of Doug's current situation the scene in my head has Doug dressed in a Blues Brother's outfit delivering the line, "I'm on a mission from Gods." Who is he saying it too? I have no idea. As a side note Gods is being pronounced God with a slight pause before the s is said for example "God...s" at least I think it is anyways.
With Doug's movie background I can almost see him saying that to some Genom flunkie.

Shawn Earl

{edit: added a few peroids}

She slid between the sheets with a hiss of silk against satin."Lights out," she murmured, and the apartment computer complied,obedient, faithful.Faithful.For years, GENOM has been her creed, her catechism, her god. She had been its good and faithful servant, and had been rewarded with paradise on earth.In the dark, as she drifted into the threshold between wakefulness and sleep, Kate could admit to herself that it was no longer enough. Her faith was dead. Her god was a hollow idol.And what had seemed Paradise was as much a prison.And even though she could never acknowledge it while fully awake, not even to herself, she didn't care any more.Absolute good.Absolute evil.When it came time to make a choice, she knew what side she would be on.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

In case you haven't noticed, I've added a forum for discussing anime music videos to the General area. In setting it up, I also moved the AMV topic from General/General to AMVs, although I've left a "shadow" behind so folks won't wonder where it's gone to.
Okay, people, go to town.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

This area is dedicated to the discussion and analysis of fan-made music videos featuring elements from anime. Trading and searches are welcome, as are discussions of legal, technical and stylistic issues.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

220K today -- the excitement is building...
Out of curiosity, if you're willing to say, how much of what you have planned for Episode 13 is left to do? That is to say, do you have a guess of what the total final size will be?