On the off-chance folks haven't heard about this yet...

An organization called "Planting Peace" has purchased a house across the road from the notoriously-homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, and given it a rainbow paint job. http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/N ... Mw7vQ.cspx]Photo here

So, is this a good first step, or is it too subtle?
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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

The timer on the Login Countdown expired and made me a very happy person.Romulans as a Playable Race!  Space Drow for ALL!!!Moar Denise Crosby!I'ma go flail some more in happiness!
http://sto.perfectworld.com/legacyofromulus
P.S. Now i have to work Overtime on the freaking Embassy.
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In the epic rage of furious thunder
legends create their tales
when the twilight calls and the dark lord falls
our glory will prevail

Here's an idea I've been playing around with for a while.  In light of the recent posts on Doolittle's World and the Game Theory clip in Crossovers that Should be, it seems appropriate to go ahead and throw it out here.  I don't know if I will ever get around to writing stories about it but I enjoy it as a world-building exercise with Yosho of Tenchi Muyo as a sort of linchpin and secret €œbig good€ holding everything together.  I invite others to contribute additional ideas or comments on the presented ideas. 

Premise: Yosho/Kasuhito, Tenchi's grandfather in Tenchi Muyo, hasn't spent the last 700 years as just a simple shrine keeper.  He's been involved in a number of major incidents over the years and has accumulated a network of acquaintances, allies, and outright agents in his service.  Also, Ryoko and Ryu-Ohki may not be the only dangerous thing that has been buried at the shrine for safekeeping.  This could be handled as something happening behind the scenes in most of the respective series, or as something that makes for full-fledged AU divergence as Yosho takes actions or puts people from group A into touch with people from group B for mutual assistance.  Some of these series would have to be modified in some way to get back stories regarding human history or the nature of the universe to fit. So I've been playing around with finding stuff that fits or can be made to fit.   

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Events: Yosho, in my world building, has grounds and motivation to get involved in alien incursions (as a prince of Jurai), people of mixed heritage (as he is sympathetic to their plight and tends to offer them a haven), anything involving sword fighting (as a master of the blade), characters with strong religious beliefs and affiliations (he is a priest), and anything involving magical or otherwise empowered plants (as the Jurians are basically very advanced techno-druids). 

InuYasha -- Not only would Yosho offer a haven to various hanyo characters, but If yokai and ambitious mortals were running around looking for mystic jewel fragments 500 years ago, it seems likely that some of them would have come around the Masaki shrine to investigate legends about Ryoko's three jewels of power.  A number of the non-human or half-human characters could still be around at the time of Tenchi's adventures.  

Soul Calibur -- People with swords fighting over and because of manipulations from intelligent swords of power might draw him in.  Again, there are some characters with non-human or modified human natures that could still be around.  

Blue Seed -- Plant monsters, angry gods, and partially-human hybrids. 

Assorted Tokusatsu -- Anything involving invading aliens or mythological beings. (Which covers most of them) 

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Characters -- Again, Yosho tends to become involved with or atract the attention of people with mixed heritage, a focus on sword skills, involvement in spiritual matters or aliens, etc.  You may notice that there are far more female than male names on this list.  I like the idea that Tenchi's grandfather also tends to attract women of beauty and power.  Additionally, female characters have more potential for complicating Tenchi's life.  I try to justify characters being around in the late 1990's as I am also trying to build a semi-coherent timeline for all this. 

Donavan Bane -- Darkstalkers video game series -- Half-vampire, wandering Buddhist monk, uses a magical sword that has some degree of intelligence. 

Mikoto -- Samurai Shodown video game series -- Mixed, complicated, but definitely non-human ancestry that could result in slow aging so she would still be around.  Proficient with a blade, used to be a priestess / object of worship for a cult during a dark period in her youth. 

Momohime/Oboro -- Muramasa: the Demon Blade videogame -- A woman who merged with the ghost of a samurai about 300 years ago and spent time in spirit realms, which may have affected her aging rate.  Practices a sword style that revolves around using cursed blades with special powers while resisting the €œcursed€ part.  Giving her swords from other sources adds additional crossover posibilites. 

Ahega - Omamori Himari manga and anime -- Hinoenma (vampiric/succubus) with a taste for blood from spiritually-strong bloodlines.  Uses a sword, has a sidekick that is a master sword smith, gets Tsundere for men who can both stand up to her and will stand up for her. 

Igam - Hikari Sentai Maskman -- Former dark general that had a heel-face turn and became a Buddhist nun at the end of the series.  Skilled with a rapier-like weapon. 

Arashi Kishu -- X/1999 -- Sword wielding Miko. 

Minerva -- Spinnerette webcomic -- Anthropomorphic Cerberus with both sword and sorcery abilities, tasked with hunting down evil escapees from hell. Either an AU equivalent so that the rest of the webcomic cast is'nt around or events take place before her involvement with the rest of said cast. 

Ali and Ann -- Sailor Moon anime -- Reconciling the history of Earth and the galaxy from Sailor moon with that of other series takes some doing, but makes for an interesting mix.  In this, I propose that the Doomtree was actually a Jurian tree that got lost or went off on its own, and at the end of their story arc instead of relocating to another world these two and the purified sapling locked onto the tree's €œaunt€ at the Masaki Shrine.
Jiyo Nanohana and Freesia Yagyu - Jubei Chan the Ninja Girl - At the beginning of the series, Mr Nanohana moved out to the country to get some peace and quiet so he could concentrate on his writing.  If he wanted peace and quiet, maybe the countryside in Okayama wasn't such a good choice.
Devil Hunter Yohko - Hereditary monster slayer / magic girl with a sword.  Yosho's been a friend of the family for a while now.
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Other possible sources:

 

DC comics: chosen over Marvel due to a fondness for Project A-ko.  I'm uncertain about to including characters from this because the DCU as a whole (or almost any western-style superhero universe) comes with a lot of baggage.  Black Orchid, as envisioned by Niel Gaiman, might have ended up at the Masaki Shrine instead of the Amazon rain forest when drawn to a place with a strong connection to "the Green".  Raven of teen tians is another possibility, etc.
Starwars: Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, someone had a truly spectatular hyperdive malfunction and ended up in the vicinity of Earth.  Jedi or lighter shades of Sith could fit right in. 
Revolutionary Girl Utena - Swords, spiritual and phylosophical matters, but do I really want to deal with this much mindsrew?
Magic Knight Rayearth - Magical girls with swords, but everything happens off in another world/dimension.
Love Hina / Negima - The Shinreiryuu School offers lots of possibilities.
(edit: Still trying to get the font size straight)
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad.  In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03 ... ?hpt=hp_t2]Jeff Bezos and a team he assembled and led have recovered several Apollo rocket engines from the Atlantic off of Florida.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I'm trying to identify "The Many Faces of Moggadeet" found at http://www.sharecg.com/v/34481/Poser/Th ... -Moggadeet

I know I'm missing some easy IDs... but I'm also missing some more difficult ones. Even 3-D artwork doesn't always look exactly like its model, after all, and some of these I'm not sure whether they're supposed to be movie actors or novel characters. Besides, I haven't watched every movie or followed every political contest out there, and some of these aren't of real people at all.

Edit: List updated with Ebony's and Seraviel's IDs.

Key: as if they're on a telephone pad, like so:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
* 0 #

Image 1:



Image 1, 1: Alfred E. Newman
Image 1, 2: Al Gore
Image 1, 3: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Image 1, 4: Bela Lugosi
Image 1, 5: Bill Clinton
Image 1, 6: Osama bin Laden
Image 1, 7:
Image 1, 8: J R. "Bob" Dobbs
Image 1, 9: Jeremy Brett
Image 1, *: the Geico Caveman
Image 1, 0: Dick Cheney
Image 1, #: the Cheshire Cat

Image 2:



Image 2, 1: Harvey Stephens
Image 2, 2: Marty Feldman
Image 2, 3: Robert deNiro
Image 2, 4: Harpo Marx
Image 2, 5: Jonathan Harris
Image 2, 6: Daniel Radcliffe
Image 2, 7: Hillary Rodham-Clinton
Image 2, 8: Adolph Hitler
Image 2, 9: "Innsmouth" monster
Image 2, *: "Innsmouth" monster
Image 2, 0: "Invaders from Mars" alien
Image 2, #: Michael Jackson

Image 3:



Image 3, 1: Jim Morrison
Image 3, 2: "To Serve Man" alien
Image 3, 3: John Kerry
Image 3, 4: Kyle McLachlan
Image 3, 5: "The Dunwich Horror" character
Image 3, 6: Peter Lorre
Image 3, 7: H.P. Lovecraft
Image 3, 8: Charlton Heston
Image 3, 9: Billy Mumy
Image 3, *: Jessica Alba
Image 3, 0: Keanu Reeves
Image 3, #: "The Dunwich Horror" character

Image 4:



Image 4, 1: Edgar Allen Poe
Image 4, 2: Yul Brynner
Image 4, 3: Linda Blair
Image 4, 4: Michael Rennie
Image 4, 5: Alan Rickman (sort of)
Image 4, 6: Sigourney Weaver
Image 4, 7:
Image 4, 8: Rondo Hatton
Image 4, 9: Rupert Grint
Image 4, *:
Image 4, 0: Schlitzie
Image 4, #: Rod Serling

Who have I missed? Who did I get wrong?
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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

"That's a really lousy picture of him," Xander said after a
moment. "I mean, it makes him look like some kind of monster.
But if you squint your eyes, you can see it's just him in his
biking leathers and helmet."

"Well, it *is* a medieval woodcut," Giles commented from over his
shoulder. "They are not exactly known for their photographic
accuracy." He tilted his head and studied the illustration for a
moment. "Although it certainly does look like it was made from a
second- or third-hand description, doesn't it?"

"Sort of like how the rhinoceros got turned into the unicorn, and
the tiger into the manticore, right?" Willow blurted, bouncing
excitedly in her seat.

"Yes," Giles replied. "Quite."

"So he's *not* a demon," Buffy said with an audible air of
relief.

"No, he's just drawn that way," Giles replied with a smug little
smile.

Xander snorted. "Jessica Rabbit he ain't."

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

Just a few pics from the first couple of hours of play. 
New Re-entry effects are epic. (though nothing can actually burn up yet). Here's an Eagle on it's way to making a successful landing back at KSC. 



Here's the beginnings of my refueling way-station. Olympus Station is fully stocked and has 2 "Columbia" style CSMs and a "Rigel 2" CSM docked. 



Jeb's in the Rigel 2 CSM and he's pretty excited. 



"Heya Thomsel! How ya doing?" 

"Oh, just hanging out."



Kerbals now have a wider variety of expressions. But none more so than Jeb. 





If that grin gets any wider, his head's going to split in two. >.>



Remember one of my goals from way back when was to nail a landing on the KSC grounds? Well it's trivial with a powered ship like an Eagle. But it still takes a bit of finesse to aim ballistically with a basic capsule and nothing but a parachute at the end. 

Well - I finally nailed it. This is the aforementioned Rigel 2 Capsule coming back from Olympus Station from 155 Km up. 







"Liiiiiike a GLOVE!!!" ^_^



Take a bow, lads. 

I was just wondering if it was possible to make beamsabers for your mobile suit with Fenspace tech?

http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/371 ... win-rights

So basically FGU has been selling V&V stuff illegally, and Jeff Dee and Jeff Butler are the real owners.

As Bob said, I believe, that Looney Tunes was originally a V&V character, I thought he might have some interest in this!Brazil has decided you're cute.

We're doing a quick contest over on the Daz3D forums - the person has to be wearing green, and there has to be a shamrock in the image. I thought I'd share my entry. (Folks who have read the Fenspace forum since yesterday evening will recognize the girl...)

Oops, it's 1800×2962 pixels. http://web.ncf.ca/fm536/renders/hillside_pinup.png]Have a link instead of an embed.

It's a quickie render, with no postwork to get rid of that shoulder problem, so yes I know it's still there.
--
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