...but I have an interview tomorrow morning (Friday 1/29) with a company in Lakewood, NJ that provides a number of services, including marketing and IT, to healthcare firms.  Wish me luck.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

According to his literary agent.
The passing of a real legend.
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Epsilon

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/st ... ed_1129580]Gene Roddenberry's son and Ron Howard teaming up to revive The Questor Tapes.  If you don't know what The Questor Tapes is, well...  you're probably much younger than me.  It was one of Roddenberry's early post-Star Trek projects.  It was apparently supposed to be a 13-episode miniseries (this before Roots technically invented the miniseries), about a sophisticated android created but not completed by a dead scientist.  As a result of ham-handed attempts to find out what's on it, the team which completes the android accidentally scrambles part of the tape of data which is supposed to be fed into the android's brain as part of its activation.  Because of this the android, upon activation, has no clue what its purpose is, and ends up following several vague clues to find out why it was built.  It acquires a partner (played by Mike "B.J. Hunnicutt" Farrell before his role on M*A*S*H) along the way, and eventually does discover what it was created for.  The first feature-length episode was broadcast as a TV movie on NBC in 1974, but the rest of the series was never made.
In any case, if they're reviving The Questor Tapes, I'll be looking forward to seeing what they do with it.
Oh, and its IMDB entry is http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0070585/]here.  In case you're interested.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I was just checking out the Antarctic Press website (www.antarctic-press.com/html/version_01/index.php) looking to see if any series I'm following came out this week when I noticed the newest news item. They're apparently looking for preorders for the Gold Digger Gold Brick V (a massive compilation of issues). If anyone doesn't collect the individual issues but is interested in compilations, you may want to enter your preorder (I got the 'print error' versions of the Gold Brick I and II a few year back so that I could read all of the early adventures without spending hundreds of dollars).
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

3/4 or so of the times I've tried to post just now, I get the "Hey, this is a private party, get lost" screen from Yuku.
I have to back up and try a few times before it acknowledges that yes, I'm logged in.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

YES!

Quote:On 29 September 2009, it was announced that a deal had been struck
between ITV, Watch, Impossible Pictures, German broadcaster Pro7 and
BBC Worldwide to produce two new series of the show for transmission in
2011.

It's something that we've discussed to death here in the past, so I thought it would be safe to just add this...

Named Sailors

Very, very occasionally, a Senshi (whether a full-time faction member or a Sammie reservist) will be granted the honor of being listed as a Named Senshi. This honor is never given out on a whim, because there is only one Named Senshi for any given installation or planet.

Named Senshi are the ones that have proven themselves to be exemplars of the ideals of the Crystal Millennium. Being compassionate, swift and sure in battle, and attractive are usually good indicators of potential to become a Named Senshi.

While a Named Senshi is allowed to add the "star seed" sunburst to her (or rarely his) insignia, many don't bother. Technically, Planetary Senshi (Named Senshi who have been awarded planetary names) outrank other Named Senshi, but since there is currently only one Planetary Senshi and she doesn't throw her weight around, this rarely matters.

Known Named Senshi include A.C. Peters, Sailor Mars; Yayoi Fujisawa, Sailor Stellvia; and Anika Springfield, Sailor Atalante.
--
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

In regards to this: http://variousmotorcyclebestpicturegall ... cycle.html
There was this little conversation:

Quote:blackaeronaut wrote:

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Quote:Ebony wrote:

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If Skuld had made it, it would transform into a battlesuit. Which would be awesome.

Are you kidding?  That thing looks like it WANTS to be a battle suit!  ............  *Big SEG*

Current system:  One very old and kluged Dell 2350
1.8g P4 CPU
512mb Memory (ddr 1 @ 2700, I think)
80+ g of HD space
NO PCI E slots, originally had on board ethernet and sound.  The ethernet died, the sound I 'upgraded' to a pci SB Audiaulogy  (not sure it was actually an upgrade anymore though)
On board intel graphics chip, also no longer used.  So out of the 3 pci slots it came with, I now have a ethernet card, the SB Audiaulogy, and a 256m ATI X1300 graphics card.
And I'm bloody tired of missing out on half of the tf missions because I move so slowly between zones and to and from mission maps.  The fastest fix, of course, would be to scrape together $60 or so and replace the two 256m sticks with a single 1g stick.
But thats just a band aid.  And still wouldnt help what I suspect to be the real problem at the moment, that the existsing PCI bus just cant handle the current level of buss traffic.  This is also based on an observation that I have the worst lag problems when a large number of noisy or graphicly flashy powers go off at once.  And when I ZC, its right about when the sound for the new zone or whatever should start playing...
So, obviously I need a new system.  And I need to balance cheap vs game performance, vs future upgradeabilty.
Help?
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

Good
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Propane Nightmares - Pendulum - 5:28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2KC1P9s6-Q

Something's tearing me down

And down

Can't help but feel it's coming from you

She's a gunshot bride

With a trigger cries

I just wonder what we've gotten ourselves into

In a trail of fire I know we will be free again

In the end we will be one

In a trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me

Set your sights for the sun

Mind is willing

Soul remains

This woman cannot be saved

From the drawn into the fire

Mind is willing

Soul remains

This woman cannot be saved

From the drawn into the fire

Any danger

Bring it on home

Bring it on home

Bring it on home

Bring it on home

Much to weak to jump yourself

Heal the wounds or crack the shell

Lift yourself from once below

Much to weak to jump yourself

Heal the wounds or crack the shell

Lift yourself from once below

Praise the anger

Bring it on home

Bring it on home

Bring it on home

Bring it on home

In a trail of fire I know we will be free again

In the end we will be one

In a trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me

Set your sights for the sun

Bring it on home

Power - Superspeed with an aura of flame effect 'trail of fire' that can be
used offensively



Bad

Devil On My Shoulder - Billy Talent - 3:50

http://www.youtube.com/wa...cS5I&feature=related

As I get closer, my dreams get farther

I climb that ladder, but you kick it over

Thirsty for water, you give me vinegar

When I drink your medicine, it just makes me sicker

I dug a hole so deep

I'm gonna drown in my mistakes

Can't even sell my soul

'Cause it ain't worth shit to take

I got the devil on my shoulder (over and over)

And I just can't sink any lower (lower and lower)

The hounds of hell are getting closer (closer and closer)

I got the devil on my shoulder (over and over)

Follow the rainbow, my lucky omen

There ain't no pot of gold, just copper tokens

I found the key to life, the lock was broken

All my accomplishments, are best left unspoken

I dug a hole so deep

I'm gonna drown in my mistakes

Can't even sell my soul

'Cause it ain't worth shit to take

I got the devil on my shoulder (over and over)

And I just can't sink any lower (lower and lower)

The hounds of hell are getting closer (closer and closer)

I got the devil on my shoulder (over and over)

My horror story is nearly over

I said I'm sorry, but I was sober

I beg for mercy from my infernal friend

The one that drops the nails into my coffin

I got the devil on my shoulder

I got the devil on my shoulder

I got the devil on my shoulder (over and over)

And I just can't sink any lower (lower and lower)

They come to take me, take me over (closer and closer)

I got the devil on my shoulder (over and over)

Power - Either insanely powerful bad luck for Doug, or summoning of a literal
Devil to sit on his shoulder. Or both.

Depends...



Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence And The Machine - 3:38

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

The
looking glass, so shiny and new

How quickly the glamour fades

I start spinning slipping out of time

Was that the wrong pill to take (Raise it up)

You made a deal, and now it seems you have to offer up

But will it ever be enough

(Raise it up, raise it up)

It's not enough

(Raise it up, raise it up)

Here I am, a rabbit hearted girl

Frozen in the headlights

It seems I've made the final sacrifice

We raise it up, this offering

We raise it up

This is a gift, it comes with a price

Who is the lamb and who is the knife

Midas is king and he holds me so tight

And turns me to gold in the sunlight

I look around, but I can't find you

(raise it up)

If only I could see your face

(raise it up)

Instead of rushing towards the skyline

(raise it up)

I wish that I could just be brave

I must become a lion hearted girl

Ready for a fight

Before I make the final sacrifice

We raise it up, this offering

We raise it up

This is a gift, it comes with a price

Who is the lamb and who is the knife

Midas is king and he holds me so tight

And turns me to gold in the sunlight

Raise it up, raise it up

(repeat)

And in the spring I shed my skin

And it blows away with the changing wind

The waters turn from blue to red

As towards the sky I offer it

This is a gift, it comes with a price

Who is the lamb and who is the knife

Midas is king and he holds me so tight

And turns me to gold in the sunlight

(repeat)

This is a gift

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[color= 10pt; line-height: 115]Power – Either a pretty blatant ‘Get The Attention
Of Local Spirits/Deities!' song, or Body of Gold power. [/color]

Thoughts, anyone?