Story here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/25 ... age_penis/

I'm not sure which direction I want to take the conversation in ... so I'll do both.

The more serious thread: Not only is punctuation important, diacritical marks are important, too.

The less serious thread: Now people will have to visit Newfoundland for their prurient place names (Tickle Bay, Dildo, Come By Chance, Conception Bay ...)
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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

A brief little filksong, composed by Heather Rose Jones and performed by Julia Ecklar: Black Widows in the Privy. (It predates Worm, but it could also be called "Taylor Hebert's advice to would-be killers".)

Quote:Everyone knows someone we'd be better off without;
But best not mention names, for we don't know who's about!
But why commit a murder, and risk the fires of Hell,
When black widows in the privy can do it just as well?

Now poison's good, and daggers and arrows in the back,
And if you're feeling desperate you can try a front attack!
But are they really worthy of the risk of being caught,
When black widows in the privy need not be bribed or bought?

So if there's one of whom you wish most simply to be rid,
Just wait 'til dark and point the way to where the widow's hid,
And say to them "I think you'll find that this one is the best",
And black widows in the privy will gladly do the rest!

Quote:Look out the window and what do you spy?
Rain falling out of a sun-shiny sky!
It's changing to hailstones that weigh half a ton,
With seven live frogs hopping out of each one!
It's not the Last Judgement, stop wailing of sin,
It's only the Gods at wine-tasting again!

Quote:CHORUS:

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So Drink, drink, to Charlie Fort's memory,
Marvellous doings and marvellous sights!
Drink, drink, we may as well join them:
The Gods are not crazy, they're higher than kites!

When strange objects tumble from out of the clouds,
Stay under cover, for Thor's gotten plowed!
Those odd, manlike creatures are not saucer men,
But shapeshifting Mercurys, plastered again!
It's not Armageddon, it's only a sign
That this season's Ambrosia really is fine!

CHORUS

Weird cloven hoof-prints dance all up and down,
To glow on the streets and the walls of your town,
Made by some creature that ran on two legs!
Plus the sheep are all pregnant, and the roosters laid eggs!
Don't blame the Devil, or run for the hills;
It's only old Pan, and he's crocked to the gills!

CHORUS

Eerie lights blossom all over the sky:
Put on your sunscreen, Apollo is high!
The boulders have moved and the animals talk:
A tiddly Great Goddess is out for a walk.
Don't wail of UFOs, there's nothing to fear…
Just be thankful the drink's not this good every year!

CHORUS

Quote:Never set the cat on fire:
You only will annoy it.
The heat will make the beast perspire;
It surely won't enjoy it.
Likewise do not ignite the dog,
The snake, the gerbil, or the frog.
No, never set the cat on fire.

Quote:CHORUS:

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And mind your manners
As circumstances may require,
And never set the cat on fire.

Don't open up the cabin hatch:
The air is sure to leave it.
And air is very hard to catch;
You never will retrieve it.
And even though your life's a bore,
Don't open the reactor door!
Don't open up the cabin hatch.

CHORUS

Don't change the navigator's data:
Someone's sure to see ya.
You know the captain's view of that: a
Very bad idea.
He doesn't want his ship to race
Forever lost in endless space!
Don't change the navigator's data.

CHORUS

Don't start an interstellar war:
It has no helpful uses.
When someone asks you, "What's it for?",
You'll only make excuses.
If thirty trillion folks get hurt,
You'll go to bed with no dessert!
Don't start an interstellar war.

CHORUS

Not sure if you will have come across this story yet or not.  JK Rowling comments on theory comparing characters (including Harry and Dumbledore) and events in the books to the events in the legend of the three Brothers.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 68841.html
I doubt it has any effect on the step, but it is worth the read anyway.
Mark

Banksy and several artist friends skewer Disneyland with http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/20/arts/bank ... index.html]their own theme park.  I'd love to check this out in person, but I suspect I won't get the chance.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Death Vigil 8 is now out on deviant art. Which means the first arc is completed.

Well, Sasquan actually, but close enough

http://deadline.com/2015/08/yvonne-crai ... 201501407/]Yvonne Craig died on Monday, after fighting breast cancer for two years.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

... right after I duplicate the hush puppies from the Sea Captain's House in Myrtle Beach.

(BTW, the comments below in on the YouTube page are fun.  I particularly like the one that says, basically, "I'm just here for the dog".)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

As Mal put it when I tossed the idea out there in IRC: "I'm torn. On the one hand, greater exposure. On the other hand, Reddit."

What do you lot reckon?

We had a thread a while back about this man.
I run across this sad article today.------------------http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/17/ma ... latestnews-----------------
hmelton