news feed; tuesday, june 22, 2010
Tuesday; June 22, 2010
Weather
The weather for today will be cloudy throughout the day. High of 21°C and a low of 13°C (69°F/55°F).
Morning sirens will go off at 5:00 am, and evening sirens will go off at 10:00 pm.
Eviction Notices
[all evictions are being put on hold due to the earthquake]
Prisoners at Large
Scandal! This article reports a huge cover up from the Governor's office. It says that after the recent earthquake, there was a seven person jail break from the jail. It sustained damage during the quake and allowed for them to break out during the aftermath. These seven prisoners are roaming free in the city and as of yet they still have not been caught.
Reports say that Governor Redgrave was informed about the break out but insisted that it be kept from the news. Supposedly he didn't want to spread panic during the already tense time of the quake.
Redgrave finally spoke on the matter last night. “I was informed about this most unfortunate event a few days after it had happened. I was assured that our special forces were on the job to locate these seven men and get them off our streets, ensuring the safety of our people. To hear that they are still at large greatly saddens me. I assure you we are doing everything we can to correct this situation.”
The seven men are all wanted for varying degrees of arson, assault and murder. The Government has given repeated statements since last night that they felt it was their duty to keep this under wraps until they were certain that things were under control to avoid a panic. There is no general statement from the police, however.
The news article and all other news bulletins are displayed with seven pictures; mug shots of each man and a small run down of each crime and power. Sirens Port's citizens are warned to stay away and not attempt to detain or capture these men but to leave it to officials or bounty hunters. Each man does come with a Bounty, in hope that it will inspire the hunters of the city to take this into their own hands.
[Mug Shot: short black hair, strong build, scar over left eye]
Travers DeGrasse - Wanted for arson and two counts of manslaughter. Pyromancer.
Reward: $5000 Alive, $1200 Dead
[Mug Shot: bald, large build, husky man with small eyes and Celtic cross tattoo on his forehead]
Tiny Timmothy Tadeskey - aka: Tiny Tim, wanted for two counts of murder in the first degree. Shapeshifter (Canine)
Reward: $5500 (Dead or Alive)
[Mug Shot: Long matted red hair, receding hair line, snaggletooth ]
Rob “The Hob” Hodinger - Short (5’0”), wanted for 24 counts of Assault and Battery. Stone Skin Powers
Reward: $6400 (Dead or Alive)
[Mug Shot: clean cut, well off appearance, blonde hair kept short, blue eyes, handsome.]
Frankie DePalma - Wanted for Arson, Robbery, and as an accomplice to Murder. Telepathic
Reward: $1200 Alive, $500 Dead
[Mug Shot: Twin appearance to Frankie but has a scar around his neck, less of a clean appearance]
Vinnie “The Mulcher” DePalma - Wanted for arson, robbery, and two counts of Murder in the first degree and five in the second degree. Super strength.
Reward: $8200 (Dead or Alive)
[Mug Shot: Dark brown hair with a red streak in it, handsome face]
Ed S. Howard - Wanted for Fraud and four counts of Murder in the first degree, and one in the second degree.
Reward: $6500 Alive, $1600 Dead
[Mug Shot: Long face, pointed chin, thin brown hair, large eyes]
Jimmy Duke - aka: The Duke, SlimJim - Breaking and entering, Arson, Murder in the second degree. Can manipulate his body into smaller or thinner forms to squeeze into tight spaces.
Reward: $2500 (dead or alive)
(Mod Note: Each of the 7 here are open for a free grab/hunt. Respond here if you are interested in catching one of them. These are easy targets to capture within a week or two and information can be picked up right from the local police departments. Deliveries of bodies are to be made at Police stations and not through normal Bounty Hunting channels. NPC rights to those taking on a criminal. More information can be given, so ask on this post!)
The Food Critic
Petey DeJunay
What is the meaning of a “soul”? Everlasting soul, soul music, soul of my foot, filet of soul, soul food. All of these are set phrases, though some only work when spoken aloud. Speak them aloud, dear readers, and you will understand my meaning! Otherwise the metaphor falls flat. The soul means so many different things to so many different people. But truly, can food have a soul? (Yes, yes, a thousand times yes; we know this already from my transportative experience at Chicky’s Chunky Chicken Steaks, when I fell to my knees and wept at the feel of a true pork-spirit in my mouth. But what of a vegetable?)
It was with this question on my lips that I entered Andrea’s Vegan Paradise, which purported to serve “Vegan Soul Food.” It seems others bought into this myth - or perhaps merely into the pricing - because the place was crowded. Indeed, the owners of the place were celebrating the corruption of the city’s meat stock - the fiends, the fiends! Yet I kept my temper at this decided lack of humanity, this soullessness, and sat and ordered.
Children do not have souls. They have no spirit, no life, no thought, no presence in them. So said the Greeks. And so too with these chicks - or, shall I say, chick‘peas.’ Readers, dear readers, I ate but a single bite and then decided that I would sooner wait for them to become chickens than take another. I would sit a hundred years and wait for the impossible transmogrification instead of consuming another bite. There was no soul! At all! “Grow!” I screamed at that plate, pounding my fist on the table for emphasis. “Grow up! Be grown! Have a soul, you chicks, you children - have a soul!”
They threw me out. I have no regrets. They didn’t have a liquor license, and my editor exemplary and plenipotentiary should take note that if he asks me to eat another “falafel” that I can support myself on the income from my blog alone. Next time I will be reviewing a steakhouse, or I will be reviewing nothing at all.
Classified Ads
Open Mic Night: Thursday Night starting at 4 pm, the Dirty Bean Coffeehouse on 5th and E St, second sector, is holding and Open Mic Night! Come one, come all and speak easy this Thursday night! This week’s theme is on the topic of supporting Newcomers! One free coffee after stage time! Newcommers welcome and encouraged to come or speak!
Video Sale!: A Little Piece of Pie Adult Shop is having a 69% off sale all week on DVD, VHS, HDVD and Holo videos! Great titles like Riding Miss Daisy, Lemon Stealing Whore, Fuck Rodgers and the 25th Century, Tall Woman Stepping on Things 5, and Debbie Does America! + many, many more! Located at the corner of South Hefner and Mayfield.
Weather
The weather for today will be cloudy throughout the day. High of 21°C and a low of 13°C (69°F/55°F).
Morning sirens will go off at 5:00 am, and evening sirens will go off at 10:00 pm.
Eviction Notices
[all evictions are being put on hold due to the earthquake]
Prisoners at Large
Scandal! This article reports a huge cover up from the Governor's office. It says that after the recent earthquake, there was a seven person jail break from the jail. It sustained damage during the quake and allowed for them to break out during the aftermath. These seven prisoners are roaming free in the city and as of yet they still have not been caught.
Reports say that Governor Redgrave was informed about the break out but insisted that it be kept from the news. Supposedly he didn't want to spread panic during the already tense time of the quake.
Redgrave finally spoke on the matter last night. “I was informed about this most unfortunate event a few days after it had happened. I was assured that our special forces were on the job to locate these seven men and get them off our streets, ensuring the safety of our people. To hear that they are still at large greatly saddens me. I assure you we are doing everything we can to correct this situation.”
The seven men are all wanted for varying degrees of arson, assault and murder. The Government has given repeated statements since last night that they felt it was their duty to keep this under wraps until they were certain that things were under control to avoid a panic. There is no general statement from the police, however.
The news article and all other news bulletins are displayed with seven pictures; mug shots of each man and a small run down of each crime and power. Sirens Port's citizens are warned to stay away and not attempt to detain or capture these men but to leave it to officials or bounty hunters. Each man does come with a Bounty, in hope that it will inspire the hunters of the city to take this into their own hands.
[Mug Shot: short black hair, strong build, scar over left eye]
Travers DeGrasse - Wanted for arson and two counts of manslaughter. Pyromancer.
Reward: $5000 Alive, $1200 Dead
[Mug Shot: bald, large build, husky man with small eyes and Celtic cross tattoo on his forehead]
Tiny Timmothy Tadeskey - aka: Tiny Tim, wanted for two counts of murder in the first degree. Shapeshifter (Canine)
Reward: $5500 (Dead or Alive)
[Mug Shot: Long matted red hair, receding hair line, snaggletooth ]
Rob “The Hob” Hodinger - Short (5’0”), wanted for 24 counts of Assault and Battery. Stone Skin Powers
Reward: $6400 (Dead or Alive)
[Mug Shot: clean cut, well off appearance, blonde hair kept short, blue eyes, handsome.]
Frankie DePalma - Wanted for Arson, Robbery, and as an accomplice to Murder. Telepathic
Reward: $1200 Alive, $500 Dead
[Mug Shot: Twin appearance to Frankie but has a scar around his neck, less of a clean appearance]
Vinnie “The Mulcher” DePalma - Wanted for arson, robbery, and two counts of Murder in the first degree and five in the second degree. Super strength.
Reward: $8200 (Dead or Alive)
[Mug Shot: Dark brown hair with a red streak in it, handsome face]
Ed S. Howard - Wanted for Fraud and four counts of Murder in the first degree, and one in the second degree.
Reward: $6500 Alive, $1600 Dead
[Mug Shot: Long face, pointed chin, thin brown hair, large eyes]
Jimmy Duke - aka: The Duke, SlimJim - Breaking and entering, Arson, Murder in the second degree. Can manipulate his body into smaller or thinner forms to squeeze into tight spaces.
Reward: $2500 (dead or alive)
(Mod Note: Each of the 7 here are open for a free grab/hunt. Respond here if you are interested in catching one of them. These are easy targets to capture within a week or two and information can be picked up right from the local police departments. Deliveries of bodies are to be made at Police stations and not through normal Bounty Hunting channels. NPC rights to those taking on a criminal. More information can be given, so ask on this post!)
The Food Critic
Petey DeJunay
What is the meaning of a “soul”? Everlasting soul, soul music, soul of my foot, filet of soul, soul food. All of these are set phrases, though some only work when spoken aloud. Speak them aloud, dear readers, and you will understand my meaning! Otherwise the metaphor falls flat. The soul means so many different things to so many different people. But truly, can food have a soul? (Yes, yes, a thousand times yes; we know this already from my transportative experience at Chicky’s Chunky Chicken Steaks, when I fell to my knees and wept at the feel of a true pork-spirit in my mouth. But what of a vegetable?)
It was with this question on my lips that I entered Andrea’s Vegan Paradise, which purported to serve “Vegan Soul Food.” It seems others bought into this myth - or perhaps merely into the pricing - because the place was crowded. Indeed, the owners of the place were celebrating the corruption of the city’s meat stock - the fiends, the fiends! Yet I kept my temper at this decided lack of humanity, this soullessness, and sat and ordered.
Children do not have souls. They have no spirit, no life, no thought, no presence in them. So said the Greeks. And so too with these chicks - or, shall I say, chick‘peas.’ Readers, dear readers, I ate but a single bite and then decided that I would sooner wait for them to become chickens than take another. I would sit a hundred years and wait for the impossible transmogrification instead of consuming another bite. There was no soul! At all! “Grow!” I screamed at that plate, pounding my fist on the table for emphasis. “Grow up! Be grown! Have a soul, you chicks, you children - have a soul!”
They threw me out. I have no regrets. They didn’t have a liquor license, and my editor exemplary and plenipotentiary should take note that if he asks me to eat another “falafel” that I can support myself on the income from my blog alone. Next time I will be reviewing a steakhouse, or I will be reviewing nothing at all.
Classified Ads
Open Mic Night: Thursday Night starting at 4 pm, the Dirty Bean Coffeehouse on 5th and E St, second sector, is holding and Open Mic Night! Come one, come all and speak easy this Thursday night! This week’s theme is on the topic of supporting Newcomers! One free coffee after stage time! Newcommers welcome and encouraged to come or speak!
Video Sale!: A Little Piece of Pie Adult Shop is having a 69% off sale all week on DVD, VHS, HDVD and Holo videos! Great titles like Riding Miss Daisy, Lemon Stealing Whore, Fuck Rodgers and the 25th Century, Tall Woman Stepping on Things 5, and Debbie Does America! + many, many more! Located at the corner of South Hefner and Mayfield.