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July 25th, 2008
07:12 pm sga_flashfic [jennytork] [Link]	Title: Five Times Rodney McKay's Power Made A Difference In Canon Author: jennytork Words: ~1660 Rating: PG Spoilers/Warnings: Alternate versions canon went in season 3's "Phantoms", "Tao of Rodney", "Sunday", and "Submersion", and season 4's "Quarantine" Notes: Grateful thanks to the most patient beta in the world, my husband of nearly 19 years. Grateful thanks to the transcriptionists at Gateworld. Summary: Five times Canon went differently because Rodney McKay had powers. ( FIVE TIMES RODNEY McKAY'S POWER MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CANON ) Current Location: office Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: TV Tags: five things challenge (6 comments \| Leave a comment)
06:43 pm atheist [lordshell] [Link]	Extreme Bible Stories! Dunno if this has been posted before, but it is fucking hilarious. http://www.seanet.com/~billr/xbs/DontdisElisha.htm (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
03:24 pm atheist [phyxius] [Link]	Pastor Jeff Harlow broke his wrist Sunday, when he lost control of a motorcycle he was using during an object lesson, and rode it off the dias into an empty first row of seats. He gave the sermon, One - May We Be One - Honor One Another, twice Sunday. The first sermon went off without a hitch, but Darwin caught up with him during the second one. Harlow had never ridden a motorcycle before and practiced in the parking lot the day before. In his first sermon, he said, "I was trying to feel my way around the parking lot yesterday, hit second gear, and popped a wheelie, and didn't intend to. Didn't know how to get it back down after I had got it up." I think the story was posted already, but I just found a Youtube video of the incident: (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:18 pm atheist [phyxius] [Link]	I just came across this entry that I'd bookmarked a few years ago, and since people have recently been posting about roughly the same topic, I thought it deserves a repost (thanks saber_rider, if you're still here). The essence of it: [With God,] all the beauty and miracles are meaningless. They are created as such, and exist as they do because they were meant to be so. Every bit of ugly or beautiful is that way because it is defined that way. There's no fitting things together to make them beautiful. Miracles happen because they are supposed to happen; they are planned and executed to achieve some goal. The world becomes how it is because it must be this way. There is no freedom, no oppertunity for change. Instead, remove god, remove miragles and creation and planning and design. Humanity, by its mere existance, is an accomplishment. Not one any one person can make claim to, and even the species as a whole still rests upon the countless species that came before it. But from a mere chemical reaction, an event hardly any different than ones that occur every day and all the time, springs life. And after just life, all creatures great and small. And finally, a species capable of pondering its own existance. From nothing more than a cocktail of chemicals springs every last human accomplishment, triumph, and emotion, not to mention the vast biodiversity of not just our planet today, but a billion years of life and death. From something so simple, something so complex. Tell me that's not majestic. Full post here: http://community.livejournal.com/atheist/1135531.html This seriously inspired me when it was originally posted, and I've even taken on the first comment as my life's philosophy: The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live. Moreover, the only one. (thanks vodgut, if you're still here) (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:49 pm sga_flashfic [jadesfire2808] [Link]	Five Times McKay and Sheppard Arrived Back In Atlantis Without Their Clothes [Five things Challenge] Title: Five Times McKay and Sheppard Arrived Back In Atlantis Without Their Clothes (And One Time They Nearly Had To Leave Without Them) Author: jadesfire2808 Words: ~6,330 Rating: PG Spoilers/Warnings: None (skips about between different seasons)/er…naked!Genfic? (Yes, it's possible) Does that need a warning? Notes: With huge thanks to First Readers, and particularly bironic and crystalshard for the speediest beta-services known to fanfic writer. Summary: Does exactly what it says in the title ( Animal, Vegetable, Mineral – The Pegasus Edition ) Tags: five things challenge (11 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:00 pm sca [spikywheel] [Link]	Duh. Why didn't we think of this sooner... Suggestions discussing how to go to Pennsic for less than a week w/o the cost of a full week. (Can't get time off, have kids, etc) off the MR: Many of us with period pavillions have to register extra people in order for our encampment to have enough room for us to set it up. I have registerred my dog, for example. ( what a waste!) If the people only coming for the weekend don't need camping space, I could see the benefit in coordinating a list for next year of people who have to register an extra space anyway with people who only want to come for the weekend. > If people think that this would be value added...I do not mind volunteering to match people up. Seems like it would be a pretty simple task. > Laura (Grace) And while registering ghosts is a "no-no", registering single "campers" isn't. Everyone wins.... coopers have real people. Camps can get "ghosts" at a discount, weekenders get in for less. Weekenders can discuss with their "sponser" where they will be sleeping (or not). (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:52 pm bikes [nkevin90] [Link]	new bike :) I'm fucking crazy, I know, but it's something to work for for the summer, and I've never seen a better deal, ever. I couldn't resist. five fifty, no bullshit, to my house. brand new, it's two gee, and people were selling the frame for seven by itself, but this is COMPLEETTE. I'm part swapping with my fisher, setting it to six and a half inches, winding down the coil, raising the seat, slapping my easterns on it, and doing this shit upppppp. then I'll sell the gee fish. I'm drooling. (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:46 pm bikepirates [squarepear] [Link]	Has anyone seen the mercier kilo tt 47cm bike? If so, is the top tube slopping and what is the wheel size (650) ? any link to pics available? (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
12:26 pm bikepirates [repowers] [Link]	Why do ya do it? This group seems to include a lot of single-speed and fixed-gear riders, so it seems like a good place to ask: What's the appeal? I'm not tryin' to stir up trouble or arguments or anything. It's just... I love my gears. I can't imagine biking without them. It seems like it'd be a lot slower and a lot more work. But a lot of people seem to really love their fixies, so I'm honestly curious as to why. Feel free to expound with lengthy and loving detail! (45 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:25 am sca [katmoonshaker] [Link]	New Heraldic Charges & Ordinaries Site On It's Way - CROSSPOST! On the Heraldic Graphics group a gracious gentle has offered to host a webpage of the various scalable vector charges and ordinaries those of us on the list have been uploading into the files section. He is going to Pennsic so he may or may not be able to get files loaded before leaving. Howsoever, I wished to go ahead and put up the website url here so that you would know what it is. The site will be Heraldic Graphics just as the group is so that it will be easier to find (when I just checked it was not yet up, but the domain name has been grabbed). Meridies already has talked about mirroring the site on their website. It is my hope that those other Kingdoms who have the space (and some servers do not have the space, being a volunteer organization we must be aware of limitations) will do likewise so that these tools will be as widely available as possible. Also, please check your e-groups to make sure that someone has posted about this, and check as new files become available so that these assets are disseminated as quickly as possible. Thus making it easier for each herald in the Society who has access to a computer and a graphics program capable of using scalable vector graphics to more easily create suitable arms for their clients. In this vein, should anyone know of good a freeware graphics program which supports .svg, Inkscape seems to be the one that is being used at the moment. Does anyone know of another? Current Location: home Current Mood: busy Current Music: The First Cut is the Deepest - Cat Stevens (Leave a comment)
11:17 am fridaymemos [javabill] [Link]	i miss doing these To: Urgh! A Music War From: A Longtime Fan Re: Your Return I searched for years to find you again. Once I did finally find you, I sat down with nervous energy hoping that you wouldn’t be a disappointment. After all, it had been years since I had seen you last & I wondered if my mind had built you up to more than you really were. I braced myself to be let down. Thank you for being as good as I remembered. To: Work From: Me Re: Projects I have a full workload. Please stop adding more projects, or worse, changing what is already in process. I already feel like I’m holding back the ocean with a broom, please don’t make it more frustrating than it already is. To: Slammasters From: A Fellow Slammaster Re: Nitpicking A professor once told me that if you can’t explain the basics of an idea to a seven-year-old then it is either too complicated to be useful or you don’t truly understand it. Please keep this in mind when making your proposals on how to “fix” things at NPS. To: World of Warcraft From: MacBruce Re: Distraction</b> I have so much that I need to do over the next few weeks. Please stop distracting me with your siren’s song. It is bad enough that you have me looking at new computers so that you will play better, don’t make me choose between you & sleep as well. To: The Psychedelic Furs cc: Peter Mulvey, Donald Fagen, Mike Doughty, Ani Difranco From: Grumpy Re: Soundtrack Thank you for providing the perfect soundtrack for today. I think you all would be slightly surprised to find yourselves on the same mix, yet you fit together in a wonderfully mournful way. Sometimes the truest thing you can say comes in the form of someone else’s voice. To: NPS ‘08 From: Tired Poet Re: A Request Please, I implore you, don’t be a drama fest this year. I really need to be inspired & rejuvenated. I want a reason to stay involved & I’m begging you to give me one. I want to believe that all the bullshit & aggravation has a payoff, but right now I’m just not seeing it. Please… give me hope. Current Location: worcester, ma Current Mood: mixed Current Music: Ani Difranco - Sorry I Am (Leave a comment)
11:03 am starfyre01 [Link]	When parents are completely smoking dope face-palms Seriously. What are parents THINKING when they decide to name their children lately? To me, there's nothing wrong with giving your child a 'distinctive' name, particularly if it's a family name or something like that, but you know that you're going too far when you decide to name your kid something like THIS: Violence Fish and Chips (this is for a set of twins) Benson and Hedges (again, for another set of twins) Sex Fruit Number 16 Bus Shelter It's just setting up the child to be ridiculed during their young years. I've already grumped about stupid celebrity child names (Pilot Inspektor? WTF?), but I'm getting more and more convinced that there is just something in the water. Apparently, names like Jack, Samuel, and Emily are too damned pedestrian these days for some people. OY! Current Mood: gobsmacked Tags: rant!, stupid people (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
05:53 am bikes [concretengrace] [Link]	I went away for a month and asked my fiance to just stick my bike in the back of my car to keep it from rusting/getting stolen. Instead, he took the front wheel off and stuck it in the front closet. I asked him to put it back together yesterday and he did...only he did it so the front brake on the left side scrapes against the wheel. It feels like riding a bike with the parking brake on. He told me his friend showed him how to put it on and take it off (which basically means he doesn't know how to fix it properly now) so now I'm semi-bikeless and sad. I'm either now going to go get a bike maintenance book and try to fix it myself or just take it to the shop and have them fix it. (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:09 am bikepirates [katsmeat] [Link]	The UK's likely next Prime Minister doesn't know how to secure a bike. Looks like a low-end Trek, so no great loss; though I still understand how he how he feels if he's had it 5 years. I've not yet had one stolen, guess that make me pretty amazingly lucky. And I'm just as guilty as anybody of not locking properly 'cos I'm just going into a shop for two minutes. (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
01:33 am wondermark [Link]	#428; In which a Body is discovered http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wondermark/~3/345390547/428-in-which-body-is-discovered.html I'm at Comic-Con, booth #1235! If you can't make it down to San Diego for the show, check out my epic drama-doc about last year's show, "Me Vs. Comic-Con: Who's Better?" (Leave a comment)
07:12 am unshelved_comic [Link]	Unshelved strip for Friday, July 25, 2008 http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080725 archive \| primer \| blog \| purchase print \| send to a friend (Leave a comment)
02:08 am rainofbastards [Link]	MY STUPID LIFE (31 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:11 pm bikes [mavis_of_amity] [Link]	Motorized vehicles vs. bicycles Lately, there are posts about road rage and road manners. Allow me to claim in my little cent: Whether a motorized vehicle passed too closely or cut me off and I could chase them down, I often patted their windows or waved at them to get their attention then inform them of the close calls using signs. So far, for seven years, none of the drivers displayed outragely negative attitudes toward me for doing that. (I may meet a red-hothead with a knife like Lance Armstrong did one day, but...) I kind of believe it helps to not voice even one word and use the silence messages such as signs and mimes that almost anyone can understand such as pointing to the red light, point to car's hood or tires then to my bicycle as two "bodies" then rubbing these two "bodies" together for sharing the road, etc. Speaking back is a language more quickly understood and when one speaks back, it does feel sort of like a threat no matter how polite we are. Thus, I believe using signs is less of a threat and indirectly making the drivers think harder and slower. Sure, some would think I am a weirdo or something, but I think it's better than being called hasty names. (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:10 pm bikepirates [petre] [Link]	they censor the word "FUCK", so i have to write "FLICK" (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
04:27 am 365tomorrowsrss [Link]	La Valse de Capitaine Merroux http://www.365tomorrows.com/07/25/la-valse-de-capitaine-merroux/ Author : Luke Chmelik We were about to set in for refitting in the drydocks of Neptune when Capitaine Merroux of the Frégate Royaux Joyeuse came forth with a grand announcement. There would be a night of revelry in her private quarters, a formal ball to commemorate the engagement of le Prince du Sang Amelanchier le Troisième de Lucannes to the Lady Celène Sauvette. All officers were to attend in full dress uniform. As a lowly officier subalterne, this was a rare chance to rub shoulders with the upper echelons of la noblesse militaire, and an even rarer chance to see the beautiful Capitaine Isabelle Merroux. I simply hoped not to be dazzled into foolishness by a flagship’s complement of polished brass. The enlisted crew had also been infected by the electric atmosphere. Notices were posted, giving an evening’s leave to all non-essential staff, and parties were rapidly organized, far from the eyes and ears of the officers. Certain elements of the rank and file, the ones with musical talent, had even been given special dispensation to perform as a chamber ensemble for the officers. The sounds of viola and harpsichord drifted through the corridors long into the night as each would-be virtuoso sought to outdo the others. It was a rare privilege for them to be allowed to dine with la belle capitaine, and they knew it may never be extended again. At last the evening came and, resplendent in the indigo serge and gold brocade of an officer of le Marine Solaire, I arrived at the Capitaine’s quarters. The band was playing La Marseillaise, and my chest swelled with pride at what we had achieved this year: The English and Dutch routed, the Spaniards banished to the Kuiper Belt, and the inner planets brought under the control of Amelanchier le Deuxième de Lucannes, le Roi Solaire. With the love of King and country burning in my heart, I cast my eyes upon Capitaine Isabelle Merroux. She was standing before a vast window opening out onto space, the blue orb of Neptune rising behind her, and the stars glowed like faerie fire amongst her copper curls. She wore a gown of burgundy satin, lavish beyond all compare, and white satin gloves to her shoulders. Our eyes met, across the milling crowd, and I thought I saw her smile before an eddy of fellow subalternes swept me away. I tried to find her throughout the night, but too soon it grew late, and I began to despair. It was past midnight when I made to leave. The band had struck up a waltz, a slow, sweet song by a Hungarian named Liszt from centuries before. As I turned to go, a satin-gloved hand lit upon my shoulder, and I looked up into the face of Isabelle Merroux. She smiled at me, her face aglow, and words I shall never forget slipped from her crimson lips: “Danser avec moi, Monsieur Beaujolais?” Time seemed to stand still. I was enthralled, enraptured by the very closeness of her. The song neared its end, and I groaned inwardly, wishing it would go on forever. As the last melodies faded away, I heard a bustle from the doorway. Turning, I saw a cadre of enlisted men as they broke through the door. Their leader leveled a meson rifle at the Capitaine and hissed through clenched teeth, “Pour la révolution!” Automatically I pushed Isabelle away, my hand traveling to my hip. Full dress uniform included an epée. There were many of them, and better armed, but some things are worth dying for. Discuss the Future: The 365 Tomorrows Forums The 365 Tomorrows Free Podcast: Voices of Tomorrow This is your future: Submit your stories to 365 Tomorrows (Leave a comment)
July 24th, 2008
10:56 pm sga_flashfic [kristen999] [Link]	"The Four Moments Ronon Realized He Loved Someone From Atlantis and the One Time He Knew All Along" Title: "The Four Moments Ronon Realized He Loved Someone From Atlantis and the One Time He Knew All Along" Author: Kristen999 Word Count; 1990 Rating: K +/ Gen Characters: Ronon The Team Plus others Spoilers/Warnings: None Notes: It has been a long time since I've written for a challenge! This was fun. Thanks to wildcat88 for another fast beta and wonderful help!! ( Four Moments ) Tags: five things challenge (25 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:32 pm artists_beware [zackfig] [Link]	Help please? I commissioned SpazzyKoneko for a dangly as a gift for a friend and paid upfront for it. This was a little more than two months ago and seems to have cut off all contact ever since. I've tried to contact her thru several venues (emails, notes, etc) with no response - and have heard from acquaintances of mine that she has been spotted as recently a week ago. Now,I know she's probably a really good person, and rather talented as well. First, I hope she's ok; secondly, I hope that if someone knows her might ask her, on my behalf, not to forget about the commission since it was a b-day gift for a friend. Thanks in advance. (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
10:05 pm sga_flashfic [stargated] [Link]	Three + Two = Five. TITLE: Three Things Rodney McKay Probably Shouldn't Know & Two He Really Wishes He Did. AUTHOR: Jenn (stargated) SPOILERS: Erm... I guess you should at least be as far as Season 3 (which is where I'm at right now), although I don't think I give too much away I say that just to be on the safe side. PAIRING: A slight hint at McShep, if you want it to be. SUMMARY: This all started because of two things: So You Think You Can Dance, and a story that I made up about a friend of mine one time which has been translated to Ford. They're drabbles, not lengthy at all, and I don't think I have a proper feel for the Atlantis characters yet so my apologies if this doesn't feel right. It's meant to be silly more than anything else. This is also the first thing I've finished in regards to any Stargate fanfic, so here goes nothing. ( He kept it in a box under his bed, and wore it whenever he was alone, because he liked the feel of lace against his skin. ) Tags: five things challenge (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
10:08 pm bikepirates [doom1n1bass] [Link]	A question. So can anyone tell me what exactly it is about tubular tires that have this almost magical ability to find glass on the road? Is there some sort of a glass magnet in the rubber or perhaps a special material that leeches glass from the surrounding roadway like a sponge? Maybe there is a glass targeting system subtly directing you into the glass without you even knowing it. In any case I would really like to understand why after years of riding clinchers pretty much everyday without getting a flat, let alone multiple flats, it is only now that I find myself with tubulars that I can't go a month without destroying a tire, or two? Just to keep score I got this bike in mid May, since then I have had 3 flats. This is even more impressive if you consider the month the bike was off the road while I gathered the supplies to repair the tires myself, realized that I overlooked a step and then finally caved and had a shop order a new set, wait for them to come in and then actually do the work. The first two tires, some very nice handmade Veloflex tires, which I believe cost around $80 a piece lasted all of 3 weeks. The next flat is on a 2 week old $50 Conti that probably has 70 miles on it. So I am averaging about a week and a half for a tire, pretty sweet at $50 to $80 a pop. I am starting to feel like that guy who goes out and buys an old Jag or Ferrari and then never gets to drive it because it is always in the shop. To answer the obvious question, why am I subjecting myself to this? I bought the bike on Ebay, it had tubulars on it. I spent more then I wanted to on the bike, and then 3 days later found out I was getting laid off. Having just dropped a lot of cash on a bike with no immediate source of income I didn't want to spend more money on converting it to clinchers. I was also curious to see if tubulars really do ride better. So now I have a really nice, um... paper weight?!?! In case you are curious, I feel like the improved ride quality of tubulars over clinchers is kind of like the idea of using gold plated audio cable over regular cables. There is probably someone somewhere that notices the difference but I am not that person. Clinchers here I come. So anyone want to buy some slightly used mavic gl330 36 hole rims? Tubulars are totally retro and really awesome. You know you want them. (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:36 am artists_beware [oceandezignz] [Link]	A little help? How the HELL do you write a letter to someone who's been keeping you waiting for three-four months shy of two years for a two-part commission, that... you don't give a fig about anymore - you don't want your money back - you just want to you know, float on? No bad blood, no nothing, I ain't gonna report them to this comm or anywhere else either. How the HELL do you write something like that and not (I repeat: not) have it sound like you're attempting to guilt the artist into actually doing it? At the end of my rope here, everything I've thought of/written sounds like a greasy excuse for 'pity art'. EDIT: I just want to forget it, I want her to forget it too (completely, no hint of my being an afterthought) and it seems even more regretful to come here for advice since it seems people are more ready for claws/teeth/emo-woe. This is a way to kill any sort of miscommunication (the biggest issue here in this community ever! OH MY GOD I want to fix that, how dare I attempt it, right?), so she doesn't assume I'm still out there on a limb. ANYWAY I've already attempted to explain my weird ways already. Take it or leave it. I don't want it. The glittery goods she offers don't appeal to me period now. I don't get anyone else here who doesn't seem to get that I'm just done, and there are just some points in life where you're just done fighting or attempting to start one, and a frosty air of 'forget it, not worth it to get my goods or my money back' can do more damage than a clusterfuck of emoflaming in my opinion. Current Mood: irate that I can't write Current Music: Double & Namie Amuro - BLACK DIAMOND (25 comments \| Leave a comment)

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