I just found out that last month, a collected english edition of this 6-volume french graphic novel was published by Soaring Penguin.
I read the original years ago, and wholeheartedly recommend it.
It is basically a prequel to the novel, telling how the urchin Peter, son of a single alcoholic mother in Dickensian London was befriended by a little fairy and taken to a fantasy land inhabited by legendary creatures (like fairies, mermaids or centaurs) led by the faun Pan, who are struggling against Hook, the privateer that stumbled upon the island and covets the treasure that a mermaid told him exists there. Peter will travel between London and Neverland many times, and experience many a triumph and tragedy before deciding to remain in the island forever.
The story is darker and more mature than the novel. You can google for many reviews and previews, and if you are interested it is available in Amazon and other online booksellers.

So, I was listening to these songs, and occurred to me to wonder what they might do if filtered through Doug's meta-talent.
The Moon Rises

Quote:Now the hour has come at last

The soft and fading light

Has crossed the west horizon

And has bidden us goodnight

And what a lovely night it is

To walk a moonlit field

To see the softer shades

That are by starlight now revealed

So why is it that now,

When all is quiet and at rest

When candles glow and all the world

Is at its very best

The ponies of Equestria

Should lock themselves away

To shun the moon and wait instead

For Sister's sunny day?

In umbra Luna est (the moon is in shadow)

Am I so wrong to wish that they

Would see things like I do?

And am I so wrong to think

That they might love me too?

Why shouldn't they adore me?

Is it not within my right?

I'll not be overshadowed!

Mine is not the lesser light!

I've waited long enough now

For them all to come around

And though the Sun may plead and threaten,

The Moon will stand her ground

And all will know the wonder

Of my dark and jeweled sky

When all the world is wrapped

In an eternal lullaby

So say goodnight at this,

The final setting of the sun

Tomorrow dawns in darkness

The nighttime has begun!

Nocte! (night!)

Quote:Fate has been cruel and order unkind

How can I have sent you away?

The blame was my own; the punishment, yours

The harmony's silent today

But into the stillness I'll bring you a song

And I will your company keep

Till your tired eyes and my lullabies

Have carried you softly to sleep

Once did a pony who shone like the sun

Look out on her kingdom and sigh

She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony

So lovely and so well beloved as I"

So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory

That long was the shadow she cast

Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved

And grew only darker as days and nights passed

Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine

And rest now in moonlight's embrace

Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth

Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the coolness of night

And carry my sorrow in kind

Luna, you're loved so much more than you know

Forgive me for being so blind

Soon did that pony take notice that others

Did not give her sister her due

And neither had she loved her as she deserved

She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew

But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly

Takes hold of the mind of its host

And that foolish pony did nothing to stop

The destruction of one who had needed her most

Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine

And rest now in moonlight's embrace

Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth

Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the coolness of night

And carry my sorrow in kind

Luna, you're loved so much more than you know

May troubles be far from your mind

And forgive me for being so blind

The years now before us

Fearful and unknown

I never imagined

I'd face them on my own

May these thousand winters

Swiftly pass, I pray

I love you; I miss you

All these miles away

May all your dreams be sweet tonight

Safe upon your bed of moonlight

And know not of sadness, pain, or care

And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there

Sleep...

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Video of a guy in a small plane who has a little mid air problem.

Anyone interested in this game? My FLGS is remaindering a bunchaton of it at half price. There's also a handful of Cthulhu LCG packs left, too....
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So we made it to the Moon in the IST world, but aside from a brief mention of this in the timeline and the appearance of a spaceworthy super and the fact that the USA and USSR both have space programs that seem comparable to a slightly more advanced version of ours, there appears to be no mention of the Apollo program or any successors to it.
Did the IST world go to the moon and stay? Did things play out close to how it did in ours? Is their a Clavius base somewhere up there?

Any thoughts?

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One of the great supporting actors of '60s and '70s TV... or at least the TV shows that we watched.
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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

Prologue: Landing

Miranda Petite hated orbital drops.

That was the plain truth, Miranda Petite hated orbital drops, especially into Eastern Europe, and especially into Georgia. Miranda Petite hated Georgia above all.

There were too many memories, too many bad times, too many friends dead, to ever see Georgia in a good light ever again.

"Two minutes to landing Commander."

Miranda glanced to the communications window in her VR helmet, "Understood Rocky."

She opened a channel to the rest of the team, "All Black Talons, here's the situation. An old friend has gotten into trouble and we've been hired to extract him. Be advised he's being imprisoned by some old enemies, the Ravens."

There was a general mutter of discontent as Miranda nodded, "Yeah, I know. Extreme prejudice people, anyone working for the Ravens isn't someone you can bargain with. Shoot to kill, torture for info, and loot everything they have."

The drop pods containing the Heavy Gears of the Black Talon mercenary group suddenly stopped shaking and Miranda moved the arm of her Dark Cobra, Julian, to grab the release the drop pod's door, "Let's go Talons!"

As one the pod doors blasted off and twelve Heavy Gears dropped into the dark skies above Eastern Europe.

Seconds later, the anti-air guns from their target opened fire.

The BBC's set to announce the 12th Doctor on Sunday.  I have nothing more to say, really, other than I'm intrigued by some of the front runners in the British press -- I heard about Idris Elba (Pacific Rim, Thor) being in the top three just today.  Billie Piper is apparently still trending in the top ten according to oddsmakers, and I think that would be pretty cool.  Personally I favor Patrick Stewart, but what do I know? 
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

First, a casting announcement: Playing the part of Jay Carney today will be Lt. Frank Drebin:



What kind of panic are we talking about here? Actual quote from agency “insider” communications obtained by CNN: “You don’t jeopardize yourself, you jeopardize your family as well.”

The word of the day is “unprecedented.” Phony scandal no more:

Quote:Since January, some CIA operatives involved in the agency’s missions in Libya, have been subjected to frequent, even monthly polygraph examinations, according to a source with deep inside knowledge of the agency’s workings…
It is being described as pure intimidation, with the threat that any unauthorized CIA employee who leaks information could face the end of his or her career…
Another [insider] says, “You have no idea the amount of pressure being brought to bear on anyone with knowledge of this operation.”…
Among the many secrets still yet to be told about the Benghazi mission, is just how many Americans were there the night of the attack.
A source now tells CNN that number was 35, with as many as seven wounded, some seriously.
While it is still not known how many of them were CIA, a source tells CNN that 21 Americans were working in the building known as the annex, believed to be run by the agency.

Quote:Also in October we reported the connection between Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who died in the attack, and a reported September shipment of SA-7 surface-to-air anti-craft missiles (i.e. MANPADS) and rocket-propelled grenades from Benghazi to Syria through southern Turkey.
That 400-ton shipment — “the largest consignment of weapons” yet for Syrian rebels — was organized by Abdelhakim Belhadj, who was the newly-appointed head of the Tripoli Military Council.
In March 2011 Stevens, the official U.S. liaison to the al-Qaeda-linked Libyan rebels, worked directly with Belhadj while he headed the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
Stevens’ last meeting on Sept. 11 was with Turkish Consul General Ali Sait Akin, and a source told Fox News that Stevens was in Benghazi “to negotiate a weapons transfer in an effort to get SA-7 missiles out of the hands of Libya-based extremists.”
Syrian rebels subsequently began shooting down Syrian helicopters and fighter jets with SA-7s akin to those in Qaddafi’s looted stock.

Belt Alliance: Jacob Neihart
Jacob Neihart was one of those rarities, an older 'Dane who went Up. He'd gotten his start as a rancher in Argentine cattle, owning several thousand acres of land and a large herd of cattle. Financial difficulties - caused by a 'perfect storm' of infection in the herd with water-rights conflicts - forced him to sell off a large portion of the land in order to retain the rest. He was looking for alternative income sources when one of his sons pointed out the new opportunities to be found among spacers.
Even after selling off large portions of his land, Neihart had a significantly large farm. Prices for his crops had never been the best, but now there was access to a large market that had very little ability to supply itself. Jacob and his extended family found it easy to obtain a supply of handwavium and a pair of older semi-trailer trucks. The vehicles responded well to the 'wave treatment and Jacob himself took the wheel for his first shipment of produce and fresh beef, to be delivered to Stellvia for a very good price.
Over the next few years, the Neihart clan kept up the business, moving out into the system from their Earthside ranch. By the height of the Boskone conflict, the clan was deeply intertwined with the affairs of the Belter alliance, having undertaken numerous supply contracts with the independant miners who made up most of that faction. Jacob Neihart himself was becoming more and more influential within the faction, and some were saying he was the perfect man to "really face down that monopolist tyrant, Marsden". Needless to say, this growing fame brought him to Largo's attention...
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
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