I was putting up with Firefox...it's clunky and prone to crashing but it was better than IE..barely. Someone mentioned Google Chrome. I just installed it and. by the Almighty...what a difference!
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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

Oppose this now.
Write directly to your head of state, if possible.
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Epsilon

One of Regina Langely's favorite features of 36 Atalante was The Park - a mile-diameter circle of open grassy fields and groves of trees covered by a protective dome. A high-power lamp supplemented what little sunlight actually arrived at 36 Atalante, and gave the sensation of warm sunlight while climate control provided the Prefect Breeze(tm).
She had just gone out to get some of the fresh air all the greenery provided when she noticed something odd. In the main field, where the playground was located, she spotted what looked like a can of paint, sitting just-as-you-please next to the swing sets. Scowling quizically, she bent down for a closer examination... and then recoiled in surprise as she noticed that the contents was not paint, but the standard Gray Goo strain Handwavium.
"Gina!" Automatically she looked to the source of the voice. Her eyes widened in shock and her jaw dropped when she saw Ben hanging in the air, thirty feet over her head.
Quickly, her sensibilities reasserted themselves. "Benjamin Michael Rhodes! What in the hell did you do this time!?"
Benjamin only grinned giddily and shrugged. "I handwaved the swingset on a lark... and this happened."
Gina parsed that for a moment, then struggled to find the words as her mouth worked silently. "YOU!" she finally settled on. "Billions of Solcreds of hardware, thousands of lives, four-hundred decaliters of Gray Goo, and you go and do something as Blue Haired as that!?"
"But you've always known I'm just a big kid at heart. Besides, nothing's going on right now. So find us some batery-powered fans and some water ballons - I wanna play Zeppelin Komandor!"
Astonished, she blinked at him before saying, "Mein Göttin en Valhalla, you're serious, aren't you?"  Benjamin only shrugged again, as if to say, Hey, what'cha gonna do about it?  She shook her head at that, turned and walked away.  "I'll send Jess to get you down from there if you don't come down on your own," she called over her shoulder.
Maybe she could just hang out with Mom instead.  Weird as she was, she was at least mature.

Meet Miss Katrina Hodge Lance Corporal Royal Army/Miss England
If they're making the next G.I. Joe movie, I'd make her Cover Girl..or use her real moniker.....Combat Barbie!
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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

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upc ... oming.html]Jimi Hendrix' music is coming to Rock Band

But not as a standalone game (like the one that the Beatles got) - instead, these will be available as downloadable content, according to CBC Radio's broadcast news.
--
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

As we all know, Fenspace proper began with a dumb plotbunny of mine back in 2006. But the general idea of the thing (FANS... IN... SPAAACCCE~!) has been rattling around in my head for a while now.

This is something I wrote up for the http://www.orionsarm.com]Orion's Arm worldbuilding/fiction listserv back somewhere in the 1999-2002 period. They never went for it, much to my disappointment, but I still have the thing so I thought I'd share.

There's no real impact to Fenspace here; nothing I plan on adding to the current world-as-developed or the metaplot or anything. Just a little bit of nonsense that I thought you might enjoy. --Mal

 Good



Thunder - Prodigy - 4:10

I hear Thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder break walls and window pane

I hear thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder

T-T-Thunder

T-T-Inside

T-T-Thunder

T-T-Thunder

T-T-Inside

T-T-Thunder

I hear Thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder break walls and window pane

I hear thunder but there's no rain

This kind of Thunder

(Repeat)

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwdyrYQjE0M

Power - Allows Doug to create devastating thunder/sonic booms by clapping his
hands together or striking an object or person

Bad

 

Dicky Tum – Chris Moyles – 2:39

I got the feeling, my stomach is heaving

Boy now I'm really scared

Must have been something I've eaten

Now it's repeating

My guts are in need of repair

So now I'm in trouble

I feel the rumble

I gotta be prepared

And I know it's true, if I don't find a loo

It could go everywhere

 

 

‘Cause I need to go

And I'm scared it's about to blow

Wish I hadn't had

That chicken tikka and shish kebab

 

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

 

I'm on my way home, this journey is so long

Will I ever get there?

Seem to be walking forever, my ass ‘ain't too clever

The whole day just isn't fair

Cause I am no liar, my ass is on fire

This really ‘ain't any fun

‘Cause I need to go soon, I'm feeling marooned

In the street with a dicky tum

 

 

‘Cause I need to go

And I'm scared it's about to blow

Wish I hadn't had

That chicken tikka and shish kebab

 

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

 

I just need to get me home

And sit upstairs on my porcelain throne

Even though I've lowered the tone,

Gonna blow off like a big trombone

I just need to get me home

And sit upstairs on my porcelain throne

Even though I've lowered the tone,

Gonna blow off like a big trombone

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

Bad chicken tikka I've got a dicky tum

‘Cause I need to go to the loo and I'm gonna have to run

Gotta run now, gotta go, got to get home

‘Cause my bum's about to explode

 

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ey28&feature=related

 

Power – Uncontrollable diaorehha is NOT useful in combat context, mmkay?

Depends

Manowar – Warriors Of The World – 5:52

Here our soldiers stand from all around the world,

Waiting in a line to hear the battle cry.

All are gathered here, victory is near,

The Sound will fill the hall,

Bringing Power to us all,

We alone are fighting for metal that is true,

We own the right to live the fight, we're here for all of you,

Now swear the blood upon your steel will never dry,

Stand and fight together beneath the battle sky!

Brothers everywhere

Raise your hands into the air

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Like thunder from the sky

Sworn to fight and die

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Many stand against us but they will never win,

We said we would return and here we are again,

To bring them all destruction, suffering, and pain,

We are the hammer of the gods, we are thunder, wind, and rain!

There you wait in fear with swords in feeble hands,

With dreams to be a King, first- one should be a man,


I call them out and charge them all with a life that is a lie,

And in their final hour they shall confess before they die!

Brothers everywhere

Raise your hands into the air

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Like thunder from the sky

Sworn to fight and die

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

If I should fall in battle, my brothers who fight by my side,

Gather my horse, and weapons; tell my family how I died,

Until then I will be strong I will fight for all that is real,

All who stand in my way will die by steel!

Brothers everywhere

Raise your hands into the air

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

Like thunder from the sky

Sworn to fight and die

We're Warriors, Warriors of the World!

(repeat to fade)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ0sW7KOFhU

Power - I see this as either a 'Summon ALL Active Warriors'
song, or a 'Create Simulacra Of ALL Active Warriors' song, both of which have
upsides and downsides. The Summon version, whilst incredibly useful if Doug
stumble across a Cosmic level threat and needs massive backup a.s.a.p., I get
the feeling it would only work in his homeplane (wasn't there something written
in an old topic to the effect that his teleport -friends-to-me or similar songs
didn't work across dimensions?), plus there's the fact the power needed to pull
it off would likely be immense. The simulacra version, we know explicitly that
summoning three or more simulacra would be murderously difficult for him from
the scenes in DW2. So unless the song had some unique loophole that would allow
it to work, I doubt he could ever use it safely under his own power. So in
practical terms, ONLY if it's the Summon version, and ONLY if he was in his own
dimension, would this be useful.

 

Since Cleanup in aisle 12 is getting long on the tooth I offer you The Inferno...
And for the first update I offer you very appropriately from Vathara:
Embers Chapter 29 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/29/
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."

Exactly what it says on the tin, and so very delightfully wrong.  (Borderline NSFW for violence)http://godxiliary.com/alienvspooh/

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