An amusing surprise in http://www.last.fm/robots.txt]Last.fm's robots.txt file.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Cracked.com: http://www.cracked.com/article_18655_9- ... japan.html]9 Beloved Characters Made Horrifying by Japan

I mean, what's so horrifying about that particular take on Alice in Wonderland? And Dracula was horrifying to begin with...
--
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

Waitasec... Jon Stewart rips on the Obama administration AND NAACP? AND has a beard? Are we getting a broadcast from the bearded Spock universe here?

Actually the great thing about Stewart is that he rips both sides. Sure - he rips conservatives -more-, but even then I can find him funny. When he's doing a tirade against both - comedy GOLD!
[table]

so my semi joke character (bat butt) got generic'ed today. Because of the bat-girl-alike costume she had.

And (given the joke nature of the toon) I'm not sure if I want to bother submitting replacement names.

But we have a derth of TA/Arch fenders.

So anyone know of a good archery related name that's free?
-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

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.707
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Katy Kaboom: Level 50 Technology Controller
Primary Power Set: Mind Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Primal Forces Mastery
Hero Profile:
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Level 1:    Mesmerize    
 (A) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Recharge
 (3) Call of the Sandman - Endurance/Sleep
 (15) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Endurance
 (19) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge
 (34) Call of the Sandman - Chance of Heal Self

Level 1:    Gale    
 (A) Accuracy IO

Level 2:    Levitate    
 (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
 (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
 (15) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (21) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (34) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 4:    Dominate    
 (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
 (5) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
 (5) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
 (19) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
 (34) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold

Level 6:    O2 Boost    
 (A) Harmonized Healing - Heal/Endurance
 (7) Harmonized Healing - Endurance
 (7) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
 (36) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge

Level 8:    Confuse    
 (A) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Recharge
 (9) Malaise's Illusions - Endurance/Confused
 (9) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Endurance
 (40) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
 (40) Malaise's Illusions - Chance of Damage(Psionic)

Level 10:    Steamy Mist    
 (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
 (11) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
 (11) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
 (21) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance

Level 12:    Hover    
 (A) Freebird - Endurance
 (13) Freebird - FlySpeed
 (13) Freebird - +Stealth

Level 14:    Fly    
 (A) Flight Speed IO

Level 16:    Freezing Rain    
 (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
 (17) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
 (17) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
 (48) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
 (48) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge

Level 18:    Swift    
 (A) Flight Speed IO

Level 20:    Health    
 (A) Miracle - +Recovery
 (46) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery

Level 22:    Stamina    
 (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
 (23) Endurance Modification IO
 (23) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
 (31) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End

Level 24:    Snow Storm    
 (A) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Damage/Slow
 (25) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
 (25) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Endurance
 (31) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow
 (36) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow

Level 26:    Hurricane    
 (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
 (27) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
 (27) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
 (36) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance

Level 28:    Terrify    
 (A) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Recharge
 (29) Glimpse of the Abyss - Endurance/Fear
 (29) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Endurance
 (31) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
 (40) Glimpse of the Abyss - Fear/Range

Level 30:    Telekinesis    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 32:    Mass Confusion    
 (A) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Recharge
 (33) Malaise's Illusions - Endurance/Confused
 (33) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Endurance
 (33) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
 (43) Malaise's Illusions - Chance of Damage(Psionic)

Level 35:    Maneuvers    
 (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
 (37) Gift of the Ancients - Endurance/Recharge
 (37) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
 (37) Gift of the Ancients - Defense

Level 38:    Lightning Storm    
 (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
 (39) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
 (39) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
 (39) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
 (43) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
 (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance

Level 41:    Power Blast    
 (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
 (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
 (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (42) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 44:    Energy Torrent    
 (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
 (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
 (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
 (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
 (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 47:    Power Boost    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (48) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 49:    Temp Invulnerability    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO
 (50) Endurance Reduction IO
 (50) Resist Damage IO
 (50) Resist Damage IO

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Level 1:    Brawl    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Sprint    
 (A) Empty

Level 2:    Rest    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Containment    
Level 6:    Ninja Run    
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Set Bonus Totals:
7.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
7.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
7.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
7.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
7.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
7.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
7.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
7.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
3% Defense(Smashing)
3% Defense(Lethal)
4.25% Defense(Fire)
4.25% Defense(Cold)
10.5% Defense(Energy)
10.5% Defense(Negative)
3% Defense(Psionic)
3% Defense(Melee)
6.75% Defense(Ranged)
5.5% Defense(AoE)
4.95% Max End
2.75% Enhancement(Terrorized)
1.5% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
1.5% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
1.5% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
1.5% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
5% Enhancement(Sleep)
32% Enhancement(Accuracy)
52.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
5% Enhancement(Confused)
13% FlySpeed
99.2 HP (9.75%) HitPoints
13% JumpHeight
13% JumpSpeed
MezResist(Confused) 7.5%
MezResist(Held) 7.5%
MezResist(Immobilize) 7.5%
MezResist(Sleep) 7.5%
MezResist(Stun) 7.5%
MezResist(Terrorized) 7.5%
28.5% (0.48 End/sec) Recovery
30% (1.27 HP/sec) Regeneration
4.08% Resistance(Fire)
1.58% Resistance(Cold)
13% RunSpeed

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Today's strip is a little something for the folks who actually play Diana: Warrior Princess...
--
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

So I've been doing this Self Insert for the last 4 years, off and on... kind of inspired by IWATD, but trying to be different and plow its own furrow. Writing style changes a bit as it goes on but, if you've never heard of it, it's available here. That's up to part 10 done.

Anyway,

I've got part 11 finished, but it's short a prereader... I was kind of hoping that somebody here might be familiar enough with the fic, and would have time to spare to give it a quick once over. I tried it myself, however as people may know, I'm not the best when it comes to the intricacies of the English language (to put it mildly). My old prereader left the fandom about a year ago...and it kinda shows.

Plotwise... I think Noriko might whine a little too much... but one of the criticisms previously was that she didn't whine enough. It's quite hard to find a medium on that. She also repeats herself a bit.

Is anybody willing to take a look on this? It's about 73 pages of .odt
________________________________
--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

Sez a Federal Appeals Court:

Quote:"Merely bypassing a technological protection that restricts a user from
viewing or using a work is insufficient to trigger the (Digital
Millennium Copyright Act's) anti-circumvention provision," Judge Garza
wrote for the New Orleans-based court.
     "The DMCA prohibits only
forms of access that would violate or impinge on the protections that
the Copyright Act otherwise affords copyright owners."

... holy crap, that's some pretty dark shit.
I mean, sure, it started out simply cracktastic, but once the Dark Bunny arc started it got darker than the darkest depths of Menzoberranzan.
I don't know if I can read the next arc.  I'm sure that it'll be crazy-awesome, but still...

These were some that were submitted and played at Animazement 12 and Animazement 13:
Animazement 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgC-Mn6qSqs (this is a longer version that was edited for the con time limit rules)
Animazement 13:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjDxtTnglzI (This one was interesting, the sound affects you hear sound about 30 times louder on professional speakers at the con, im pretty sure half the room shook and someone walked out without hearing for a day or so. I was in the back laughing to myself that neither the crowd, me or the con staff saw coming. One guy yelled "OH GOD, THATS HORRIBLE!!!" But in the end, people cheered, thats what mattered).Public Access Anime : My Justin.tv channel.