Warning, this was written while the meds where strong, expect loopyness!

So last week, I had a tooth break, about 30% tooth, the rest was the filling. So I call my dentist to make an appointment to get it fixed, thinking it was nothing major.

I might of well said "How hard can it be?" in Clarksons' voice.

After getting in, the dentist has a poke around, does some x-rays and is shocked to discover instead of the 30% of the tooth that was missing, it was more like 70%.

Apparently on my last trip, the other dentist that worked there failed to notice the cavity creeping up under the tooth like some guerrillas commando, wreaking everything it found.

So 3 options where presented to me.

1: Add a filling, but that might fall out in a week or so.

2: root cannale and crowning, with the shiny price tag of $2,000 (As a student who is also unemployed, that would take a year to pay off.)

3: Rip it out for only $100

So I let them take it out.

This was highly unnerving as I saw a bunch of pliers that would of looked more at home in SAW get passed around before the dentist reaches in, gets a good grip and pulls.

CRACK!

Now, I have only heard a crack like this once before, while in Highschool PE, some idiot fell over some equipment and broke his arm. The sound of a bone breaking is a nasty one that will linger with you.

So I tried not to swollow my tounge in shock as that very noise eminates from my MOUTH!

Apparently the tooth was so far gone, the dentist had to take it out in little itty bitty chunks. yay.

But now we get to the fun part of the story. When this is all over and I pay the dentist, I have to walk home....

It took half an hour to walk into town... the return trip some how took an hour... I am not sure how that works, but I'm as high as a kite right now.

And that was DS's start to the Week!

Just had a look at http://randomnessthing.com/ and found two fairly good (IMO) AMVs on it.

Clash, an AMV using the Nanoha Movie for footage (If you've seen the series, there are no spoilers but the better animation).

Bounce 2012 (Andy Hunter - Lifelight Sugar Jesus Remix), a high quality AMV by Nostromo.

http://hackaday.com/2012/...thermal-receipt-printer/

This may be of use to you.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

Halp!
I've got a chunk of dialogue being observed and commented on by the protagonist. I'm using a first-person narrative mode, heavy on the internal commentary. (It's a hack of an exposition tool, but it should serve to get the wheels turning and get this story the hell out of $Starting_Town, which I expected to have left in the dust in a couple thousand words... ).
I'm not happy with the structure of the call and response of this. I'd like someone to sanity-check this, if anyone has a free moment to tell me how to unscrew 500-1000 words (I'm at 450 words right now, I'd say this scene is ~50% finished).
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

Finally dug up the file with this in it, it's been sitting on a drive for a couple of years now. This is really just flavor. More setups have been put together since the initial "prototype", with the quirks varying slightly.
So you want to be a Rock Star?
Base Hardware: Handwaved Xbox 360, with handwaved media and controllers
The "Rock Star" system is the result of the dissatisfaction of Jeph and Myk in not being able to play their favorite songs in Rock Band without spending a lot of time programming them into the game. While the two of them have taken great pains to keep their game console collections free of 'wave, they decided that the risks were worth the potential payoff. After considering the three potential candidates for the project, they chose the Xbox 360 for the highest potential of 'livable' quirks. The system was revealed at the 2013 Convention at Serenity Valley, and has quickly become a late night party staple. It can take a CD, copy one or more songs from it, and create a game playable track inside of ten minutes, including graded difficulties for the songs. It also introduced the "Nightmare" difficulty above Expert, halving the effective grace for missing notes in the song.
In addition, it can accept additional instruments dipped in the same batch of goop. So far, Jeph and Myk have added a cowbell and accordion to the initial five instruments.
Quirks
Don't copy that floppy: The system won't take in songs that are not on factory stamped media. Jeph and Myk are attempting to make a rig to create one-off stamped audio media, but it's not clear if this will be a solution.
MOSH PIT!!: Stage antics will lower the effective difficulty of songs played. Simply 'moving to the beat' will drop it one level... Peter Townsend windmilling and lunatic dancing across the stage or other such amusements can drop a Nightmare difficulty down to easy in a real hurry. It also works in the opposite direction... any attempt to use the setup without having it set up on a stage or fascimile (even a one stair riser will do in a pinch) will force everyone to play at Nightmare difficulty regardless of their settings or attempted stage antics.
--

"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor

Who wants to make a dent in the stub pages on the FenWiki?

Here's a list, as of when I made this post:

54 Open Stubs

• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=10_Hygiea]10 Hygiea
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=334_Chicago]334 Chicago
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Altair]Altair
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Arthur_Nkomo]Arthur Nkomo
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... dification]Biomodification
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Chara]Chara
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... nistration]China National Space Administration
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Colony]Colony
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... _Hiroshima]Crystal Hiroshima
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... al_Sapporo]Crystal Sapporo
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... f_Fenspace]Culture of Fenspace
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Deimos]Deimos
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Dorsai]Dorsai
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... n_Fenspace]Education in Fenspace
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Enterprise]Enterprise
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Fen_Companies]Fen Companies
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Fendane]Fendane
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Fenkinder]Fenkinder
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... Technology]Fenspace Technology
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... avel_Guide]Fenspace Travel Guide
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... no_de_Leon]Gervasio Faustino de Leon
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Gliese_481]Gliese 481
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... n_Fenspace]Government in Fenspace
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Herbert_Henry]Herbert Henry
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Hogsmeade]Hogsmeade
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... _Excelsior]Humanitas Excelsior
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... se_engines]Impulse engines
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... nt_Faction]Independent Faction
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ganization]Indian Space Research Organization
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ion_Agency]Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Kickassia]Kickassia
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Kusanagi]Kusanagi
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Libertatia]Libertatia
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Lief_Erickson]Lief Erickson
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Luna_Star]Luna Star
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ng_Project]Mars Terraforming Project
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Meetpoint]Meetpoint
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Mimas]Mimas
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... n_Fenspace]Mundane Government in Fenspace
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Nanoha]Nanoha
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Nostromo]Nostromo
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... he_Rainbow]Over The Rainbow
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Ravenmoon]Ravenmoon
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... n_Fenspace]Religion in Fenspace
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ace_Agency]Russian Federal Space Agency
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Saturn]Saturn
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ace_Agency]Solomon Space Agency (both Rob and Blackaeronaut expressed interest in doing something with this page, but neither has actually done so yet... so it's open)
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Space_Pirates]Space Pirates
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Starclipper]Starclipper
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... et_Academy]Starfleet Academy
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ganization]Taiwan National Space Organization
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Venus]Venus
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... ng_Project]Venus Terraforming Project
  
• http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Warp_drive]Warp drive
  

• 36 Atalante
  
• 37 Fides
  
• Andrew 'Ender' Langley-Rhodes
  
• Kyoko Langley-Rhodes
  
• Mayonaka Langley-Rhodes
  
• Mikhail Langley-Rhodes
  

• Alison Mee
  
• Attila Imre
  
• Benten
  
• Bossy
  
• Dave Viel
  
• Ed Viel
  
• Froth
  
• Grace
  
• Heather Panquelle
  
• Helen Imre
  
• Jim Viel
  
• John Freiler
  
• Nancy Ott
  
• Nancy Schroeck
  
• Rachel Zane
  
• Rachel's Van
  
• Salvage I
  
• Scott Pinkham
  

• Catty Nebulart
  

• Julian Bashir
  
• Roberta
  

• Raymond Garret
  

• Buckaroo
  
• Chaos
  
• Hanoi Xan
  
• J.
  
• Nezumi
  

• Amy O'Connell
  
• Loki
  

• Karen Sorrel
  
• Lime Zor-El
  

• Blue Midget
  
• Green Planetoidy
  
• Jupiter Mining Corporation
  
• Starbug 2
  

• Koopa Kingdom
  
• Leonardo
  

• Black Mesa
  
• Cal Renken
  
• Gagarin Crater Air Force Base
  
• Gallifrey
  
• Kat Stewart
  
• Korolev Air Force Base
  
• NOMAD
  
• Mary Wildman
  
• Shad Houben
  
• Shuttlepod
  
• Tannhauser Gate
  
• The South Is Rising (Someone Get A Hammer)
  
• Tomed Incident
  
• Type-7 shuttle
  
• Zib Stewart
  

• Hyperspace Vespa
  

• Agatha Clay
  
• Crystal Titusville
  
• Handwavium Propulsion Laboratory
  
• Helium
  
• Interdimensional Incursion Incident
  
• La Mariposa
  
• Ley
  
• Mare Marginis
  
• Moon Kingdom Memorial Outpost
  
• Surprise
  

• Arno Nym
  
• Fee Carmichael
  
• KA Preiswert
  
• Orbital Sled
  
• SENECA
  
• United Stars Organization
  
• Vario
  

As I closed the last thread, it behooves me to open the new one by noting that Contract Negotiations over in the forums is a fun bit of short stuff.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Should you see it?
SOITENLY!
It was a funny throw back to the good old days of comedy without swear words or excessive bawdiness.
A well-done tribute to the classic shorts.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Moscow from orbit:



Full-size image (4256x2832 pixels) available here:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120412.html

Edit: ... and on the FenWiki
--
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

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847 ... rs-edition. Fourteen pounds?  That's not a game, that's a small child! ^_^