Senator Robert Byrd, KKK-WV, passed away last night.
He will not be missed.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

Antimatter neutrinos being generated by the earth's core.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Raytheon discovers one of its most recent weapons development products will make more money as farm equipment.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

A thread over on the SJGames forums brought this article to my attention.

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_ ... 408113.stm]Mars' entire surface was shaped by water

Now, the article is interesting in and of itself... but note the name of the team's leader.
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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

(John Biles posted this to Shadowjack's current "IWIW" thread; I'm changing the context.)

What if the girls asked themselves "Doug's helped us so much, so how can we help Doug?" I'd think this would be Minako's idea, or maybe Usagi's. (If it was Rei's, she'd have traded places with Usagi.)



And Doug already has a recorder...
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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

Okay, for the last day or two I've been seeing network timeouts and other connection problems trying to get to the forums.  They come and go -- several minutes' worth of difficulty, and then nothing for a couple hours.
Has anybody else experienced anything like that recently?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I read this a couple years back, best as I can recall, enjoyed it and wanted to rec it over on TVTropes, but I can't bring title or author to mind now:  a short Weasley-oriented pre-Philosopher's Stone story focused on one of the twins, who seems not to be a twin at all, though still a prankster.  The story ends with him essentially creating the other twin as a prank on his family.
Sound familiar?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

All I have to say for those who haven't seen it yet is that you definitely need to see Ep 12, and remember the Series Premise.

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/06/25-1
We're spoiled? A disincentive to go look for work? Do these folks want us to take jobs at McDonalds, WalMart, the local grocery store and live in poverty?
Screw you guys, you're dragging us down paying for you folks. Survival of the fittest (or richest) now rules.
Yesh
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

By now, we all know about Shadowjack's "In Which I Watch Sailor Moon" posts. Some kind soul has put together http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133352/shadowjack.html]a single webpage with links to the pastiches.

Speaking of anime pastiches (as I just was), there's http://amethyst-angel.com/nadesico_main_tt.html]Nadesico Thumbnail Theater!

Any more?
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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