Don Exodus, noted Creationist-skeptic, is being targeted by the Discovery Institute.

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Epsilon

Pete, you magnificent bastard. Ten
years, ten years you've been dropping hint after hint, every single time she appeared, and despite all the guessing games
we've played, none of us ever, ever realized. You even used the damn word in her reintroduction arc and we didn't pick up on it.

(spoiler: The word we're looking for is phoenix.)

I am utterly in awe.

--Sam

"Reinforcements aren't allowed to call for reinforcements! That's just silly!"

Staggering out of medbay, the bedraggled Pooky paused for a moment, leaning against the lockers and panting heavily. Shoving off of the locker, Pooky staggered
onward, wending a drunken course towards the entrance teleporter, and stopped as Terrence and Emerald came out of the showers, Terrence wearing his
'default' scowl and a towel, Emerald wearing two and snapping a third.

Idly, Pooky noted Mr. Whiskers had a dishcloth wrapped around him as well, as he struggled out of his leather coat.

"Terr! 's good.. hold m' coat, plsh"

Terrence helped the staggering imp out of his coat, then boggled as Pooky reached back inside his recently-removed coat, and pulled out a massive revolver.

"Thanksh, man!" Pooky slurred cheerfully, took two big steps back, then shot himself in the head. The explosion of the revolver made the two heroes
jump. Emerald jumped behind Terrence, who merely twitched. As the echoes from his shot reverbrated about the hall, Pooky arose, the normally-golden flames of
the Phoenix shining an eerie blue-white. As he landed, Pooky knelt and picked up his hat. Examining it for holes, Pooky walked back to Terrence and took his
coat.

"No better way in the world to get rid of a hangover!" Pooky said brightly, shucking his coat on.

"Cheers!" He said over his shoulder, flying into the entrance teleporter.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

I'll start it with this:


''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

The following was in the "discards" section of my Harry Potter development file. And for the life of me I cannot remember writing it, nor can I remember where I wanted to go with it. But it's interesting enough, even in its incomplete state, that I thought people might like to see it and long wistfully for a might-have-been.

I don't know why people think space is so far away. It's only a half hour drive, if your car could go up. -- Unknown
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Never thought I'd be agreeing with the RIAA about anything related to the current music industry... but I agree with them here.

The Register: America's radio lobby 'fighting dirty' (Basically, the USA is unique in that performers don't get paid when their music is played on the radio. Performers in the USA also don't get paid when their music is played on the radio elsewhere in the world. The RIAA wants this to change; the NAB - the broadcasters's lobby - don't.)

US radio stations are the biggest "freetards" out there, and they're making money off the system. Meanwhile, bands lucky enough to get airplay don't see a dime from that exposure...
--
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

Why, yes, http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2009-06-11]someone did!

We still have to wait a bit for the dead-tree version, but the electronic version is (or, of this posting, will be) available today.

(So, have we been waiting for this - announcement date to release date - as long as we had to wait for In Nomine? SJGames isn't sure...)
--
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

Copied from a post by Wedge over on the EPU forums

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/ ... index.html
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

Need to know for sure whether http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10 ... shrinkage/]Betelgeuse went supernova or not...
--
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