Title (and quote of the day)  from Neil Gaiman's awesome "I, Cthulhu."

Fuel - The Obakemono Project.  Japanese monsters and origins; eminently adaptable for lots of things.

Nice to see the United States show up in force on election night (because I was starting to wonder after the last time).  I did smile when one of the voters said it made a ( Read more... )

Funeral went well yesterday.  Olliedog was better behaved than certain relatives and I spent most of the wake in exhaustion-fugue fueled by fatigue, sadness, drugs and an insanely comfortable reclining chair. Sarah did us proud with the consumables and got to keep the remaining alcohol as a consequence.  However, we have a deli store to die for ( Read more... )

In Ohio, the lawmakers face a dilemma. I don't know why this seems like a spark for a story for me but it is and it's going to be a strange one. Inspiration in the oddest places.

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Exodus

Eight times she’d seen sunset by the cracks in the hold roof as the miasma of machine oil, human excretia and rot forced itself on her every breath. The cargo hold was a hellish oven of steel, shit and seventy seven souls packed in tight, bilge buckets overflowing and the only water purifier buzzing ominously. Each had paid a corporate’s ( Read more... )

French town forbids locals dying because cemetary is full.  Will zombies oust mayor from office?  Enquiring minds etc.

Italian wives are allowed to lie about their lovers to protect their honour, according to the highest court of appeal in Italy today.  Cosi fan tutti?

American company offers to remove negative links from Web by hiding them in ( Read more... )

Nice wedding on Saturday.  High points include my first handfasting, the overhead traffic and the fact that despite being underwater for half of it due to head cold I got to see people I hadn't seen upwards of two years.  Also there was much Tenacious D.  Weather held off, bride was radiant and honour guards had katanas.

Sunday was cool.

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On reflection, this week has somewhat sucked.

Started off well.  Monday was a good game - people asked questions, got answers and the threads are starting to look a bit more like a tapestry and less like a ball of string.  I'm quietly relieved because a few weeks back people weren't seeing it.  Now they've had time to do some thinking about how it ( Read more... )

Have become a member of The Axis Casino.  I have no idea why but it seemed like a good idea at the time.  Even though some unscheduled overtime managed to take me out of previewing the casino (deep, rapturous 'joy' etc. so apologies to
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SINergy last night rocked. I have to put down thoughts, post-session briefs and stuff before it all leaks out my head. Mad props to the new players who dived in and had fun, mad props to the crew and the last-minute helpers, hell everyone gets a pat on the back. We lit a fire last night. Being shouted at by a half-inebriated woman to come into ( Read more... )