Forgot to mention this earlier... Peggy and I are off on a short trip to Orlando, FL starting tomorrow.  We're intending to hit Universal, where I plan to do lots of research for DW8 in their Harry Potter zones.    We'll be back on Saturday.  I'm bringing my tablet, so I shouldn't be absent from the forums -- any more than usual, that is.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

The world is full of comforting lies - that truth and justice prevail, that honesty and hard work lead to success, that if we can persevere through today's hardship tomorrow will be better. A hero is a person who goes out and makes them true.

(you can quote me if you like)

Edit: Fixed typo and phrasing
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

... have been moved to Other People's Fanfiction, as they had no connection to Fenspace.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Gives Doug a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts. Comes with a low grade sim of the Wife, and lots of
Carnival grade softballs to pitch.

A bay soddened Koriand’r, hair a wet comet tail,  reentered the den just as Robin, an unbelieving look on his masked face, rushed into the once again wrecked room. 

“I leave for half a day and…” Then he caught sight of his three insensate team mates.  

“Star, what…?”

She alit in his arms : “Friend Cyborg’s disco ball has trapped Raven…and Cyborg and Beast Boy too?” 

“Disco….” Flummoxed Robin was interrupted as the spirit raven made a second, much more pacific, appearance gently emerging from the sphere to once again merge with its fountainhead, Raven. That displaced the green gleam that briefly bathed Beast Boy before sinking into his skin.

“Ball?” Robin lamely finished.

Star, who had more first hand knowledge of spirit transpositions than her beau, reacted to the esoteric energies with alien princess aplomb: “Ah, it is a Pneuma confusion like I shared with Raven when Puppet Master attacked; they are coming out of it.” 

 Robin wasn’t exactly certain what a ‘pnu-ma’ was but the energy pattern did look like what occurred when the sentient puppet villain stole the Titan’s vigour, spirit, energy or ‘pnu-ma’. He decided to sidestep the esoteric issue.

“Stay with them Star; I’m going to check Cyborg.” He reached his companion at exactly the moment when the resounding ‘Boo-Yah’ indicated the initiation of a successful Cyborg reboot cycle. 

Garfield woke with the comfortable stupor of a cat curled in a sunbeam. Face down, he wriggled lazily mumbling something in his dazed return from sleepy-by land. Face up, Raven’s return to consciousness was the other extreme: immediate, crystalline and vexed at Beast Boy’s burrowing. 

His tousled head, fidgeting between her breasts, had drooled a pool into the dent of her sternum. She scowled; raised a fist to pound the offending noggin.

Almost all the way back to consciousness, Garfield murmured five words that transmogrified Raven’s intent: “Corvine, Azarath awaits the Orb!” The descending fist blossomed into a palm that, joined by its partner, lifted Gar’s sleep-gluey eyes level with her own.

“Oh, hi…” He said, thickly. Then, becoming very aware of his intimate arrangement with his team mate, he blurted: “Raven! Wha…?”

There was an intensity within Raven’s dark eyes that steadied Garfield and made him remember his dream in an epiphanic rush. He bent his head forward; planted a peck on a very startled Raven’s chin—he had been aiming for her cheek, but he missed. “That’s from your mom!” 

“She’s alive?” Raven sounded incredulous. 

“Yes.” Garfield stated, factually, even though his proof was dream-stuff.

“She’s alive?” Raven sounded hopeful.

“Yes!”

“She’s alive?” Raven sounded tearful.

Garfield gathered up his girlfriend in his arms and marvelled at it all as she wept. 

Koriand’r, who had been standing solidly upon the floor, floated gently aloft with her happy response to the scene unfolding before her golden eyes.  

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Quote:[url=http://montyoumproject.tumblr.com/post/138132021841/the-monty-oum-project]The Monty Oum Project


February 1st, for the
Roosterteeth community, is a very sad day. It is the anniversary of the
death of Monty Oum, rockstar animator and an endless well of
creativity. Monty was an inspiration to fans everywhere, as someone who
spent his life doing what he loved, and through doing that, built a
career and a life.
So, in his memory, we’ve decided to commemorate
Monty on February 1st by making it a day of people following their
passions and showing their creative ability, whatever it may be.
On February 1st, the Monty Oum Project wants you to start something new.
Write
the first page of the story you have in your head, start the webcomic
you’ve been thinking about, make a video and post it on youtube, start
coding a game, building something new, create an art piece just for
yourself.
Without thinking about the time constraints or whether
you think you have the skill, start a project that you want to start,
and remember that the effort you put into anything transcends yourself.
Make February 1st a day of creation, in any way you can.
-The Monty Oum Project

Well, I'm on my way to achieving a big chunk of the American Dream. I just finished house hunting with my realtor and made my decision. Right now I'm not sure what I feel about the entire process.
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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 reading the product list right, and Hero System Vehicles (6th Ed) still does not exist, despite having references made to it in the core books that came out in 2009?

That...

That...

(incoherent sounds of rage)
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

If anyone had told me 6 years ago I'd be working in Washington D.C., I'd never believe it. Especially a SoCal guy like me. I'm staying in a hotel at Falls Church, VA right now and here are some my observations:

1. There are as many ethnic groups running around in Nothern Virginia as in Los Angeles. Specially Hispanics and Asians. I feel right at home.

2. The white stuff falling out of the sky will get some use to.

3. It's a new experience for me riding public transit.I found out that it's more convenient to drive ito a train station and take the metro than get on a bus stop to get me there. I found out that I'm better off seated in the direction of travel, unless I want to get motion sickness. I am going to be losing weight just doing all that walking and stair climbing.

4. The shopping area was a new experience. The Target I went to was situated on the top floor of a 4 story building. The other floors were parking spaces. The sign at the entrance tells you whether the parking floors are full or not. Do your shopping and either take the cart down a separate escalator ands you beside it on another escalator. Or take the elevator down to your floor. Pretty neat.

I will have to spend some time playing tourist later. I do believe I will start with a White House tour.
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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

Ok, I've stunned them. set them up for Tag and Release.