http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kfcs-mark ... 18721.html]KFC introduces extra-crispy sunscreen

Apparently, some people like the ideas of "brittle skin" and "smells like being fried" when they tan themselves - the bottles were all gone within hours. Go figure.

My thoughts? Well, I've already added this to All The Tropes, on the "Unfortunate Implications" list.
--
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

At least it's not another wargame I'm probable never going to have the chance to play.
Still, 2 months of fermenting and we'll see how the mead turns out.



-- 
When I was in the USAF, there was a modem I did battle with, which used (brace
yourselves) mechanical resonators and a glowbottle circuit as an oscillator.
There _really_ _was_ a "Kick here" spot on the front panel, lower left corner,
and the resonator was just behind it.   - Mike Andrews in The Other Place

Hundreds of people end up in canada after their float down the river event is affected by strong winds.
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/new ... /89092424/
Mark

In a case of life following Fenspace (amazing how often that happens), NASA wants out of the ISS.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/22 ... nterprise/
--
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

I've just been cleaning out under my bed at my dad's house.
Are there any comic books from the 90's worth anything? I do have the 1-25 deadpool series from that era and 1-50 odd Generation X, which seem to be ebayable, but is there anything else which might be worth looking out for?
I'm well aware of the comic book crash of that era and why none of them would be worth much and don't need you to post 72 links pointing to articles telling me that. But is there anything among the dross?

Just popping in to officially confirm that Bob is free to use any of the ideas I may have posted here in this work.
C. Richard Davies.

I've been looking forward to the remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show since I first heard it announced last year.  But they just released their version of "The Time Warp" to YouTube and...  Well, listen to it yourself:

Is it just me, or does some of it sound like the singers were sedated?
How the hell can you suck the energy out of "The Time Warp"?
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Assuming, of course, that you're Sting.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sting-bra ... -1.3726947

The article discusses how this could help people become better in their chosen fields. I'm thinking it might also serve as a basis for technobabble for how Doug's metatalent works.
--
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 always the research itself, definitely the fruits.
One of the nagging questions that fan writers will occasionally bring up about Season One of Sailor Moon is, "How, with real estate prices in Tokyo being what they are, does the Dark Kingdom manage to open so many shops so quickly?"
The answer, it turns out, is easily enough found when you go looking.  Japan was in the middle of a nasty recession in 1992.  Just like the recent recession here in the US, businesses closed and property values dropped like a rock.  There would be closed, empty shops all up and down the market district in Azabu-juban.  If the Dark Kingdom is being aboveboard about it, they just have to do a short-term rental of a shop (like those ephemeral Halloween stores that show up in September and are gone by November 1).  And if they're not bothering to be aboveboard, they just break a shop open and move right in, and mind-whammy any real estate agent who comes by and complains. 
The sad thing is that it took me until this week to connect the recession to the Dark Kingdom shops.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

This is h_ppening w_rldwide, n_t just in the Gre_t White N_rth (C_n_d_): _ s_mewh_t different pu_lic-_w_reness c_mp_ign h_s just _egun.

http://missingtype.ca

If y_u c_n, ple_se sign up t_ d_n_te _t the next _l__d d_n_r event ne_r y_u.

Spoiler

The concept is to remove every A, B, and O - the blood types - so that people notice their absence.

If you can, please sign up to donate at the next blood donor event near you.