http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/18954/mec ... 70709.html

I... the shiny... the game... the WOW...

Now if only it allows for extensive customization... please please please...

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

My Mother likes to write haiku and recently surprised me by sending me a bunch of haiku she's written recently. One in particular caught my imagination and
carried me away.

Quote: Daughter




Father


push the swing harder


so I can fly

My Aura of Awesome has drawn 2 more of my friends who were tired of wow to Come try and and Play CoX..So I'm loggin back on earlier than stated to help
them along. So if you see toons named Healless and Flameless runnin about, their good friends of mine

This story hasn't lost interest that quickly, has it? I guess I should have started a new thread anyhow.

Got a couple of things I'm tinkering with here.

First one: Rapid Prototyping Machine.

As Zeke's experiments carry him deeper and deeper into strange terrain, I cannot help but think that having one would be useful. It'd be handy enough
just for laying down custom circuit boards (contracting an appropriately equiped fab shop is hideously expensive and practical only if your ordering in huge
numbers). Granted, he can probably get a good deal of stuff taken care of through MITHRIL once he's in their employ, but that's only going to go so
far. So an RPM seems like the most economical solution so far...

Second: POV Shifts

About a week ago I finished reading through Stefen Gagne's Sailor Nothing and it reminded me of something about his particular style that he
excells at - the Roving 1st Person POV. At this time, I'm working on the writing (scene of Rei's first meeting with Zeke, from Rei's POV - nearly
complete) but I've got a corner of my mind dedicated to figuring out how I would present something like this that would cause the least amount of
confusion.

When K.A. Applegate did one of her few Animorph books where the POV shifts, she'd actually head the segment with the character's name. I'd
like to be a bit more subtle, following Twoflower's example of shifting fonts. At the same time, part of me wishes to hold true to the bare-bones
presentation of purists such as the venerable (and sometimes hated) Benjamin Hutchins.

I know that the presentation's a post-production thing, but it's not something I want to wind up stumped on, hence why I give it at least a bit of
thought in the here and now. Thoughts, anyone?

ETA: Some other stuff...

I need to download the last episode or two of Akikan, but I got a pretty solid idea of where things go from Episode 11 with the appearance of the Mixed Juice
Akikan (Think Vampire Akikan - takes the powers of the Akikans she kisses and keeps their cans so she can summon 'zombie' Akikans at will). She'll
be one of the tougher opponents, for certain, and a possible reoccuring villain du jour for a while.

Also, I cannot help but think that the all-too-openly-gay director of the Akikan Elect in that area would be in cahoots (in more ways than one) with our
flamer-whispered. And just for pure brain breakage... Nah, I'll leave this one as a surprise. (^_^)

One final thing, then I'm done for the night...

I finally managed to put a finger on why I don't feel too cozy with the idea of making one of the Chinese Sisters (from FMP) an Akikan. While writing this
fic, I will, understandably, be changing a few things about some of the characters to make things fit better. Something that I don't like doing, however,
is changing the basic nature of a character. This includes gender orientation and physical nature. The only exceptions I make is where breaking these
conventions is the point of the story. Age and circumstances are somethings I'm willing to change - Sakura will be well aged by the time we see her as an
active player in our story, but I have my limits in what I wish to change and I will excercise them.

Thank you kindly, though, for your input. It has been trully invaluable and has given me a wealth of material to work with. By all means, do keep the
suggestions coming - I'm just going to be more selective in what I decide to use. I may even pick and choose bits and pieces rather than entire ideas (Egg
Shen: "Like your salad bar here - we pick what we like and leave all the rest!").

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090709/w ... law_rights

We go now to one such Yoga class.

Those we seek to be cured, attain the lotus, align your chakras,

(Fap! Fap! Fap!)

Not that aligned! At least not yet.

Now the mantra.

Booooooooobbbbbbbiiiiiiiieeeees

Wwwweeeee lllllooooooovvveee Booooooooobbbbbbbiiiiiiiieeeees

Booooooooobbbbbbbiiiiiiiieeeees maaaaaaakkkkeee uuuuuussss sssssssmmmmmmiiiiiiillllllllle

By the three dicks of Vishnu, Brahman and Shiva do we have any lesbians here? Have I done more harm than good? Damage control. Damage control. Cure the
lesbians. Right.

Hoooooooottttttt ccccooooock! Mooooooorrrrre Hoooooooottttttt ccccooooock!

(Fap! Fap! Fap!)

Aiiigggh! By Ganeesha's probing Nasal Appendage! That mantra will not cure the gay men!

(Fap! Fap! Fap!)

No! No! No! No! You will not Align yourselves over the thought of nasal sex with the elephant headed god!

Stop aligning your chakras!

Sigh... This is going to be be harder than I thought.

(Fap! Fap! Fap!)

Harder? No! I didn't mean it like that!

(Fap! Fap! Fap!)

Oh stop that. I am feeling decidedly unserene at this moment.

- In truth it is hard to make fun of people like the nut-bar in the above article; as their own comments are already well over the edge of bug-fuck-nuts and
funny in and of themselves.

This one probably gets filed in Doug's "Do Not Open Except In Case Of World-Endage" folder, but....

Quote: What's packed in my hold


Is dearer than gold


Revenge is my cargo this day


Ya' think you have won


But when my job's done


The fury will force you to pay




My people weren't strong


They'd done ya' no wrong


They just happened to be in your way


You take what you seek


Contempt for the weak


And your battlefleet came yesterday




Like the coward you are


You strike from afar


And death is the harvest you reap


For all we were brave


No warning you gave


My people ya' slaughtered like sheep




Alone in the dark


I lay near to my death


With hate in my heart


And with my final breath




To whatever gods


That would listen I prayed


That they witnessed your crimes


And they forced you to pay




On Tera, long dead


Old gods it is said


Created the furies to fly


Grim justice to seek


And revenge for the week


On those whom the law had passed by




Those gods heard my plea


And granted to me


The means of achieving my goal


Oh I think they are just


For to do what I must


The fury they placed in my soul




Transformed by her hate


Now I am your fate


The Gods chosen weapon of right


The fury inside


Will not be denied


And I seek my vengeance this night




I've stolen this ship packed


With weapons of war


So you will not profit, as you have before


Eluding you fleet


Past your sentries I slip


And the fury has guided me straight to your ship




She steadies my hand


Her tool to command


Accounting you will not deny


Your ship is in sight


Of my fury lead flight


And the fires of my vengeance burn high




What's packed in my hold


Is dearer than gold


As dear as my people who fell


When I ram in your side


At the end of my ride


This fury will send you to hell, to hell


This fury will take you to hell!

We've all heard about the 1:1 scale Gundam built for the franchise's 30th anniversary, right? Here's a photo gallery of the Gundam, with each photo taken at night.

This one looks like a DVD cover without the text...

--
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

Aptly named "Google Chrome OS"

I admit to being intrigued. So far out of the all the apps Google's put out, only their browser has failed to gain my unabashed and undivided approval, and
half of that's just inertia from Firefox slowing me down. Still, will wait and see.

Altogether, not bad for a couple of geeks that started out with a search engine.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

Never mind that it appears to be the only YouTube clip linked here today; just go watch it.

meet the SOS-dan

(Comment from the person who posted the link on Usenet: "BTW - Look carefully at some of the background details - the person who created this is very skillful and has a great sense of humor.")

(Edit by Bob, 1/17/2018:  The original video linked here was yanked for copyright reasons at some point.  However, I think this one might be the same, or at least similar.)

--
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

I just about laughed my way out of my chair on this one!� Oh my god this is funny. And WRONG!!

WARNING - although composed almost solely of clips from the Star Trek episode The Immunity Syndrome (giant space amoeba) and nothing else, it's the WAY
that the clips and sound were spliced together that made me decide to make a NSFW warning for this one! Click at your own risk!



You will never EVER be able to watch The Immunity Syndrome the same way ever again!