As you all know, fullscreen does not work on embedded youtube videos.  I'm going to use this thread to try to test out a few hypothesis, and see if any of them work, over the next few days, as I come up with ideas.  Please excuse any double posting, especially as my first idea requires use of the quick reply box.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

Purrfect Mess, Sgt., P.P.D. Special Investigaions Division, knew the importance of the paperwork she was filling out.  It was just that in her current mood she'd rather be doing just about anything else.  Ivan, her pet Flytrap tried to cuddle up to her, either for her body heat or sensitive to her mood, but it was more of a distraction than a comfort at the moment, so she shoo'd him back under the sunlamp of her cubicle and tried, again, to finish the current report on her desk when *YET ANOTHER* interuption shattered her concentration.

"GYAAaAAAaaaAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"  That would be her rookie noticing the present that had been left outside the precint house this morning.  Mess pushed and leaned back in her office chair so she could glare at the younger officer past the edge of the cubicle divider.
Jeannette "GaravorNette", was starring in horror; Mess had to supress a chuckle at the sight of a 7 foot tall green skinned 'Nette freaking out at the sight of a shrub.  To be fair, though, it wasn't exactly an ORDINARY shrub, but it wasn't exactly like it was about to spring to life the way Devouring Earth Blackroses did either.  G'nette, catching the movement from the corner of her eyes, turned to Mess and stammered "PLEASE tell me thats one of yours, Sarge!?"
"Sorry Rookie, but I don't do Topiary, and even if I did I wouldn't dip it in chocolate.  Oh, and it had a card with it..."  Darn but it was hard not to break out in laughter at the expression on G'nette's face as she unfolded the metal sign and read it.
"Grendal luv G'nette" sighed the object of his affection.  "Great.  I bust the guy who deposed him and now the resurgent leader of the Trolls thinks I'm the smashiest thing since 'Dyne.  AND he feels compelled to give me this, probobly because its so close to Valentines."  The this in that last statement clearly referred to the object that had triggered the whole interuption in the first place.
It was a topiary shrub, shaped like a teddy bear, then dipped in chocolate.  It was, in a very troll like way, almost logical.  Gurlz luv flowerz.  Shrub = flowerz.  Flowerz look like teddy bear!  Perfect!  Don't gurlz like chocolate too?  So, dip flowers in chocolate!  Grendal Smartezt troll evar!!!  Hur hur hur!!!!
"Fortunately for you, you can't keep it.  It'd look to much like a bribe," Mess assured.  "So, take it down to Trace, maybe they can find something to link him to something we can bust him for.  They'll stick it in evidence and eventually we can just burn it with other siezed organic materials."
G'nette nodded, accepting both the suggestion and the evidence gloves that Mess handed her.  G'nette gingerly picked up the pot of evidence, then damn near dropped it as PSI's Chief Medical Officer and Coroner Transfusionette came around the corner.  The CMO looked at the shrub, then up at G'nette, then back to the shrub before engaging in a very Spock-like eyebrow lift.  
"I need to see you once your... done with whatever it is your.... doing with that."
"Sure, T'nette!!!  Geez, is it that time of the month again already??"
"Mm Hmm," agreed the CMO, and Mess could see her working down the same logic tree first Mess and then G'nette had before shaking her head and heading back the way she had came.
"Kay, I'll be there in a minute!" G'nette assured the retreating figure before heading off herself.  Mess savored the sudden quiet, before gently pushing Ivan, who had started to try and cuddle up to her again, away and rolling her desk chair back to her paperwork.
(another part to follow eventually.  Really, its G'nette's story even though the first scene came from Mess' pov cause it just worked better that way.)
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

yay.

Just what it says on the tin.  This is the "core" set of music that kind of defines this Step for me; there are actually at least a dozen more songs that I could include, but really, this should be sufficient.  A few of the entries are power songs, the rest are the actual "sound track".  Not included:  gate songs. 

1. Pandora's Box, "The Invocation"
   
2. Alabama 3, "Woke Up This Morning (Theme to 'The Sopranos')"
   
3. Manowar, "Call To Arms" *
   
4. Barenaked Ladies, "It's All Been Done"
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5. Donny Osmond ("Mulan" OST), "I'll Make A Man Out Of You"
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6. [url=mulan%20i%27ll%20make%20a%20man%20out%20of%20you%20lyrics]Huey Lewis and the News, "The Power of Love"
   
7. Debbie Gibson, "Electric Youth"
    *
   
8. Vanilla Ninja, "Tough Enough"
   
9. Guns 'n'  Roses, "Sweet Child o' Mine"
   
10. Irish Rovers, "Lily The Pink"
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11. Genesis, "Land of Confusion"
    
12. Nickelback "When We Stand Together"
    
13. Heather Alexander, "March of Cambreadth"
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14. [url=Heather%20Alexander,%20%22March%20of%20Cambreadth%22]Starlight Express (Original Cast Album), "Starlight Express"
     *
    
15. E Nomine, "Der Ring Der Nibelungen"
    
16. Pointer Sisters, "Neutron Dance"
     *
    
17. Manowar, "Kingdom Come"
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18. Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, "When I Go"
    
19. Emerson Lake and Palmer, "Jerusalem"
    
20. Prince, "7"
    
21. Fame OST, "I Sing The Body Electric"
    
22. Donny Osmond, "Soldier of Love"
    

We're well overdue for one of these, and I figured people deserved to know where things currently stand.

DW5, chapter 7:  Chris and I were about to go back to work on this just before the holiday season, but personal issues came up once more for him, scuttling that.  I've recently decided to go ahead as we've got everything well plotted out, and write what the muse inspires me to.  When Chris' life lets up on him, I'll hand off what I have complete at that point to him for his approval.  I really want to get this one off my plate after all these years, because so many other projects are chomping at the bit.

DW13, chapter 2:  Helen and I have this laid out very carefully, down to who will write which scenes, but she's come down with a case of writer's block.  I could shoot ahead and write all my scenes all the way to the end of the chapter, but too much of them really depend on the stuff she's going to do.  So this one's currently on "pause".

Other:  DW8 (Harry Potter) and DW-S (Sailor Moon) have both been demanding brainshare recently, and have had new material written.  And I've started writing the new prologue for DW-1
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

You might find this interesting, just make sure you read the full article before reaching a conclusion.

http://frontpagemag.com/2...g-the-truth-about-islam/

hmelton

PS

For something funny check this link out.

http://thenextweb.com/sha...ually-illegal-to-remove/

I've often heard it said that the knee jerk reaction of most people saying "There otta be a law" just creates more problems than it solves and the above link seems to support that idea.

Let's add some scary painted faces, big floppy shoes, and neon wigs to the fight, shall we?

Quote:Isn't it rich?

Are we a pair?

Me here at last on the ground,

You in mid-air.

Send in the clowns.

Isn't it bliss?

Don't you approve?

One who keeps tearing around,

One who can't move.

Where are the clowns?

Send in the clowns.

Just when I'd stopped

Opening doors,

Finally knowing

The one that I wanted was yours,

Making my entrance again

With my usual flair,

Sure of my lines,

No one is there.

Don't you love farce?

My fault, I fear.

I thought that you'd want what I want -

Sorry, my dear.

But where are the clowns?

There ought to be clowns.

Quick, send in the clowns.

What a surprise.

Who could foresee

I'd come to feel about you

What you'd felt about me?

Why only now when i see

That you'd drifted away?

What a surprise.

What a cliché.

Isn't it rich?

Isn't it queer?

Losing my timing this late

In my career?

And where are the clowns?

Quick, send in the clowns.

Don't bother - they're here.

Terra volta 34-44 so that would be the Freakspec. I had to ask around since Paragon Studio's has been slacking a little in listing the WST's for February but apparently it was in the newsletter.
Next Week is Apex 14-20

... His pride and political image, that is.
Congressman Falls for The Onion's Planned Parenthood 'Abortionplex' Story
EDIT: because Yuku somehow ate the body of this post... but not the post itself.  WTF!?

crap.... I really, really want to play this.