For those who don't know about it, the Anime Addventure is a collaborative fan fiction site.  It's kind of hard to explain without just sending you there; basically any "chapter" on the site is open to anyone following it up, and plot lines can fork or spawn endlessly.  At last count it had well over a quarter million individual episodes spread through hundreds of storylines.

But it might not get any more.  Kestrel (better known as Gregg "Metroanime" Sharp to those who started their fic reading in the 1990s) has abandoned the site after apparently being harassed in the "behind the story" comment threads, and a number of other prolific contributors seem to have vanished with him.  The site, which used to get anywhere from five to fifteen new episodes a day, has had only eight new posts since August 1.

I'm not trying to rally people to save the Addventure -- I can barely focus on my regular writing, let alone responding to a round robin collaborative site.   I just wanted to alert folks to its possible end so they can find and save favorite storylines, like "No Tendo" and "A Rose At Hogwarts".

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

Do you run Windows? Do you have Windows Update left on the default setting of "automatic updates"? Congratulations; http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/10 ... _download/]you have a copy of Windows 10, whether you wanted it or not. Hope you don't pay for your Internet connection by the GB...

(This is why I always change Windows Update to "notify but do not automatically download".)
--
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

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

So my husband and I just bought our first house. As in, closed on it yesterday, took possession of it today. My first task as the handyman of the house (my husband should NOT be near powertools, his words) was to change the locks today.
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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

Step One: http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... ed-in-lab/]Create a Magnetic Wormhole
Step Two: ?
Step Three: Profit!

(Actually, if they can make this small enough, Step Two might end up being "Miniaturize the terminal and build a medical tricorder"...)
--
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

You always said that I had multiple personalitiesI bounce around somewhere between my dreams and realitySo where'd you dig up the audacity to ask meHow we've all been doingSince you broke our hearts?Well, so far...
Number 5 just cries a river a minute7 wants to tie you up and drown you in itYeah, 14 just wants to say so long, bygones32 wants to do things to you that'll make you blush10 will key the El Camino that you love so muchAnd there ain't nobody wants to mess with 23Ohhhh, lucky 4 you tonight I'm just me
I guess this party's more than your new Barbie bargained forShe's got you by the sleeve slowly easing towards the doorShe's probably right, you should be movin' onDon't know how long we can behaveBetter have the valet get your car('cause you know how women are)
Number 5 just cries a river a minute7 wants to tie you up and drown you in itYeah, 14 just wants to say so long, bygones32 wants to do things to you that'll make you blush10 will key the El Camino that you love so muchAnd there ain't nobody wants to mess with 23Ohhhh, lucky 4 you tonight I'm just me
Forgiveness is the keyAccording to my shrinkBut it's not just up to me(I don't know, girls, what d'ya think?)
Number 5 just cries a river a minute7 wants to tie you up and drown you in itYeah, 14 just wants to say so long, bygones32 wants to do things to you that'll make you blush10 will key the El Camino that you love so muchAnd there ain't nobody wants to mess with 23Ohhhh, lucky 4 you tonight I'm just me
-- SHeDAISY, "Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)"
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

... that I have completed the initial draft of chapter four, and am proofing it now before sending it to the prereaders.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I've been reading the Baka-Tsuki translation of the light novel Amagi Brilliant Park, and in the installment I checked today was the following passage:

Quote:Moffle leapt up at the charging dragon, dodging the claw
that came slamming down.  He dashed
toward it and positioned himself right below the jaw.

He did an uppercut with a maxed out EXE drive, in a manner
similar to a Street Fighter Shin Shoryuken. 
The only difference being the target was not a person, but a huge-ass
dragon.  Nonetheless, Moffle had hit one
of its weak spots, causing the dragon to tumble over.

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from: jet.jaguar(a)Friggarock.fen
Date: 09/09/2024

Subj: Who wants to go fast and get paid?

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-Jet Jaguar
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tags: Pilot; Racing; Mechanic; Experience; Unique.
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This last weekend was http://ndkdenver.org]Nan Desu Kan, the Rocky Mountain region's premier anime convention, and as staff I was naturally busier than a one-legged man in an asskicking contest. Despite this, I still managed to get some commissions in and back before artist's alley closed.

First off, I'd like to introduce a character who's had a couple mentions in timelines and a brief discarded scene in Candle. Meet the eldest child of the extended Fnord-Hasegawa-Weatheral family, Jade:

(Art by http://www.fictograph.com]Fictograph)

The outfit is part of a thing I've been kicking around for something that may or may not end up as a ASOIAF crossover fic, tentatively dubbed The Westerosi. Probably won't happen but you never know.

The next picture is a Candle commission because it wouldn't leave me alone. So here's Melissa Steiner and Misha Auburn cosplaying as MIBs:

(Art by [link=kaixju.tumblr.com]Kaiju[/url])

Misha's incredibly dubious expression pretty much sold this picture for me. %)

Last but not least, have a shot of Sora with a wrench:

(Art by http://gkaaihue.com/index.html]G. Kaaihue, who was really happy I commissioned from him.)

(Sora) "Huh, I didn't think my garage outfit was so... cheesecake-y."
(Tina) "Some girls got it, some girls don't sweetie. You especially have it in coveralls and a tank top."
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

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