When it's Tiger Woods walking on water in EA Sports' Tiger Woods 2008

golf game.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

...that with one of the latest Issues/patches, your roster of heroes is now stored locally on your machine? On Windows, the path is Program FilesCity Of Heroes(User name), and in that directory is a file called playerslot.txt, which has content along the lines of:

"Schroeck" "Virtue" "Nameless Terror" "7"
"Schroeck" "Virtue" "Evangelia" "0"
"Schroeck" "Justice" "Robobringer" "11"
"Schroeck" "Justice" "Hooded Crow" "10"

Those numbers, btw, are the position in the server character list they hold. Which reminds me, I discovered a couple nights ago that you can reorder the characters now. Unfortunately, they seem to be subject to random reordering at times, too.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Whenever I see people this crazy, I usually smile and back slowly out of the room.

Link to really slick, melodic song by Dave Stewart. Who I wish had used this melody for something else...

This is truly a "jump the shark" moment for Obama, if not the Democrats as a whole.

Seriously, could these people possibly get any MORE creepy then they already are?

You have to think SOMEONE at the Obama campaign has his face in his hands going,

"Guys... guys. We love you too, but you're. NOT. HELPING."

I mean, sure, it's a very nice, slick video and song. It's first-rate in terms of heartstrings tugging. Props to Dave Stewart. He's still good on
melody. It's a damn catchy tune. Very nice.

It's also creepy as FUCK.

I'm sorry. I know I'm already pre-disposed not to like Obama. But I'd find this JUST as disturbing if it were McCain or ANY OTHER politician.

Here's a link to another video that I think sums up much more handily my attitude about this.

... but boy, did Agatha ever just get her nose rubbed in "Be
careful what you wish for." She and Paradox can trade war stories. "I got four sisters!" "I got war with Baron Wulfenbach."
-----
Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

or maybe its just me... but it seems to me that all bob's lovely customizations have been berfed up. I miss our friendly green banner, and the
anticipation of looking to see if the k count has ticked up or not. Hopefully this is something that is easily fixed and wont majorly bork Bob's weekend.
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

At least not that I can tell directly... but apparently EPU's forums are "Down for Maintenance"... something G is usually quite good about
warning us RCW's about in advance.

Of course he could be having a Truss moment ala... ala... gods, which story was it where he was driving his Nanami(?) nuts with his fiddling combos?

then again, none of its here or there, is it... Just wanted to pass the word that for the time being apparendly EPU's forums are not responding, for
whatever cause.
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

Blackbird Class Assault/Escort Carriers

History:

Early on during the refitting of the Magnificent Midnight into a proper space ship, Benjamin and Gina both
realized that the sort of force of fighter jocks that Haruhi was talking about simply didn't exist yet. While there was the F-EZigs, they were too small
and too lightly armed to pose a real threat to larger enemy forces and assets. And thus Ben hit upon a simple and elegant idea: we need more Blackbirds.

When Benjamin pitched the idea, the SOS-Dan balked. Haruki, was pleased that Ben was taking his role
seriously, but Kyon mentioned that acquiring the new Blackbirds would be all but impossible without possibly starting a war with the 'Danes. Haruhi is
crazy, but not stupid, and declined the initial pitch. It was Gina, usuing her network, that pointed Ben in the direction of Hephestus. By negotiating a deal
between the Rockhounds (raw supply), Hephestus (parts manufaturing), Gnarlycurl (assembly), the SOS-Dan (not-so-silent partner), and himself, he arranged for
the construction of five non-original wave-tech Blackbirds.

The new Blackbirds do not have the same sort of speed and endurance that the original Midnight does, but they make up for it in combat capability. The most notable difference is in the armory - in addition to
what the Midnight has, the production model Blackbirds have a small VLS system. Despite using relatively small
missiles, the ability to volley the entire payload of fifty missiles can have devastating effects on enemy assets. Coupled with the ships' speed and
stealth, they make for formidable opponents. The ability to carry four F-EZigs per ship just seals the deal.

Registry Number:

SR-####

Base Hull:

All-new design and materials based on the Lockheed/Skunkworks SR-71X Blackbird
airframe.

Drive Type:

Speed

Drive Rating:

0.11C

Owner of Record:

The Roughriders and the SOS-Dan

Primary Manufacturer:

Hepheastus and Gnarlycurl

Purpose:

Strike/Escort Carrier and Heavy Assault Ship

Launched:

TBA

Crew:

1 Pilot

2 Gunners

1 'Airboss'

Supplementary Crew:

None

Faction:

Any

Status:

Inactive

Armaments:

2 60 mm Coil Guns (Chinaries)

2 M61 Vulcan gattling cannons, retractable (dorsal,
ventricle)

2 Vertical Launch System Units, 25 cells (amidships, aft)



Class Quirks



Mother Henned: The new Blackbirds all look upon Midnight as a sort of mother figure and she has, in turn, taken to the position of Matriarch
quite admirably, showing the new kids what it means to be a Blackbird.



ADD: Like any child, these younger Blackbirds are insatiably curious about everything around them and need to have watchful eyes on them during
missions so they don't get distracted. Hopefully this will change in a few years.

Trivia:

Buy Yours Today: As part of the deal struck between the other commercial/industrial members of the Fen, the Blackbird Class is not exclusive
to the Roughriders for purchase. Therefore, any Fen who's got enough money can buy one for themselves. Given the time and the quality of workmanship it
takes to build these things, it is not a cheap thrill. Benjamin only got his five so quickly (three months) because Haruhi pushed for it.

So there I was, idly wondering the net when I came upon http://www.notafishinglure.com/SinCity.html]THIS. So I thought I'd infli^H^H^H^H^H share this with you.

I had no idea there was a project still working on this series, one of my old
favorites. And they're nearly done too, on volume 35 out of 40! Just thought I'd share the happiness with anyone else who happens to be a fan. (I was
so happy it inspired me to write a TV Tropes
page for the manga. )

Now someone needs to get cracking on Ushio and Tora...

--Sam

"The two strange men who tried to kill us were eaten by a cow and that almost makes sense to me."

http://www.deadlinehollyw...-watchmen-in-legal-peril/

Apparently Fox is claiming that they never gave up all their rights to the movie before Warner got it. They're currently suing Warner over it.

RMH
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
- Albert Einstein