Our furnace just died overnight, and died in such a way that replacing it outright is our only real option.  And it won't be done immediately.  So Peg and I will be bunking with her mom for at least a couple nights while we determine who's doing the work for us and for how much.  Consequently, my presence in the forums might be somewhat curtailed.  Just in case I vanish for a while and you all wonder, that's why.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is Bursting With Icy Geysers.

Quote:Two exciting blasts of news have scientific minds swimming—with the possibility of life in Europa's ocean. Today scientists announced evidence pointing to the possibility of ice plumes firing upward at the poles of Europa, potentially connected to the subterranean ocean on this icy moon of Jupiter. This comes soon after recent research found that Europa's ocean may move in Hadley cells, like Earth's does, which transfers heat from the equatorial region to the poles.

The man who was nominated for more Oscars than anyone else who never won one passed away on Saturday, at age 81.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/peter-o-too ... -1.2465117
--
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

NO!  I'm not ready!
Too many other games to play right now.

75% off to $7.49

Worth it? 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/us/arizon ... ?hpt=hp_t2]Over Arizona.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Looking at the timeline on the FenWiki, apparently nothing happens between KandorCon and SOS-Con except a few things on Earth in 2010 and one runaway fenship in 2011. Obviously, that isn't true - at the least, CrystalCon is held. But what else of note happened?

(I rather need something to be going on in the background for the one-on-one game I'm running...)
--
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

Seriously. right here is how.

http://news.yahoo.com/sock-monkey-s-toy ... 50875.html

Avicii - wake me up.
"Wake Me Up"

Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start

They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me
[2x]
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans

Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize
[2x]
So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

Didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know (didn't know, didn't know)

Just got back from seeing the third Madoka movie. Avoiding spoilers (at least in Ottawa, there's another screening this weekend), I'll just say the movie's title was not pulled out of a hat.

While they've laid the groundwork for a fourth movie, this one does stand on its own if you're familiar with either the TV series or the first two movies.

Stay for the after-credits footage, and note that it's supposed to be choppy with periods of blackness.

(Oh, and at least it wasn't smoked cheese.)
--
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