http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/showbiz/o ... =obnetwork]CNN obit here.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php ... 192.0.html

All the music.Brazil has decided you're cute.

I just started a new game... what do you think the names of my prinnies came up as?

Geronimo, Buster and Nitro. I laughed so hard... from now on, I will always make sure to have prinnies with these names. Since I usually keep a squad of six, the other three will be Toodles, Blammo, and Kaboom! It's even better than (re)naming them after snack food like I usually do!

(For those unfamiliar with Disgaea, it's a strategy RPG like Final Fantasy Tactics where the main character is Laharl, a young demon prince who wakes up from a nap to discover his father the Overlord died two years ago while he was sleeping. Your goal is to reconquer the underworld (startlingly similar to every other fantasy RPG world ever) and become the new Overlord, and Prinnies are damned souls who are required to wear peg-legged penguin costumes and be menial servants/general minions to atone for their sins in life. One of the features of the game is that you can pick up and throw objects you want moved, characters you want to get around the map faster, or monsters you want to change the position of - but prinnies explode and damage the square they hit as well as the two surrounding rings for half their max HP if you throw them, My prinnie squad is basically anti-boss ammunition. Now the joke's been explained so it's not funny anymore, but at least you get it without needing to have played the game.)
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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

Right,

To cut a long story short, I'm planning a trip to Washington DC. Will be 29th of October to 2nd of November. (Or possible 8th to 13th), which gives about 3 full days in the city to actually do stuff.

Only I'm not quite sure what.

Obviously the Air and Space Museum is on the list (This was the whole point and origin of the trip) - and probably the Smithsonian too. But that still leaves 1-2 days to fill, and I'm not quite sure what to fill them with. We don't have enough time to do 'everything', and there might be some unique things going on worth catching.

Has anyone ever been?

Can anyone offer any suggestions for unique things to do or see? Or interesting places to eat?

In return, I promise to post trip pictures from the museum when I get back.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

Yes, I am near Boston, but not THAT near. All I know that wouldn't be on the various media outlets is that my aunt (who lives in the city) wasn't there to see the marathon, and my uncle (a not-that-job-title park ranger) isn't part of the dragnet, and is irritated at not being able to go to work because he had things to do.

- dNN, sick of the talking heads yapping about it already
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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

Doing some wiki maintenance, and discovered that there were six pages that pointed to the deleted page "Tyger Tyger". I deleted the redirect page altogether and the links from the two Talk pages, but I don't want to mess with http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... yger_Tyger]the other three pages - two of them are content pages (one by Warringer, the other by HRogge), and the other is Dakota's User page (and I have no business messing with somebody else's User page).

What do folks want to do with these references?
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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

After 14 years of eligibility, Rush has finally joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Oh, and Heart, Public Enemy, Quincy Jones, Albert King, Randy Newman, Donna Summer, and Roxy Theatre owner Lou Adler are also being inducted tonight.
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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

I think it's safe to say this week has been horrible. Hell - this entire MONTH has been horrible. While you're sending thoughts/prayers/well wishes to the survivors of the Second Boston Massacre (seriously - that's what it's becoming known as already) perhaps you can send some to the survivors of the West Texas Explosion. 
The blast was horrific. And many are still missing - may remain ever missing. The last time there was a blast of this magnitude it destroyed a port town on the Texas Coast. This could be of similar magnitude. 

Edit: Perhaps the ONLY saving grace in all this is that rain showers came through just hours after the explosion and helped cooled down the heart of the blaze and kept the fires from spreading into massive grass fires that could have devastated much more than just the initial explosion. 

So I've played and greatly enjoyed antichamber (steam page, webpage).
It's the first game I've played that tweaks with your preconceptions about reality. It's all about exploration and discovering how the world works.
The UI is minimal to the point of zen (something that matches the aesthetic of the world), this game has been polished to the point of a high shine.

It's currently 1/2 off ($10) until the 18th.
If you like puzzle games, it's well worth the money.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

I just heard about the explosions at the Marathon's finish line. I hope no one was there.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."