Random influxes of strangers in April and July... we should expect that again in early October, I believe.  The weekend of curses also appears to change its timing along with the season.  Can we expect the third weekend to be cursed during the autumn months?  Perhaps a tangible pattern would be asking too much of the deities.

I've had a fair amount ( Read more... )

It's utterly impossible to keep track of time in this City.

The creatures that visited were rather interesting, though! The hair beast was a very cooperative experimental subject, although I don't fully understand why it and its counterpart were so determined to return our hair. "A great due was returned"? Utterly baffling ( Read more... )

The more I read about nuclear fission, the more certain I am that it's a sincerely bad idea.  While the free energy that nuclear fission might provide is certainly tempting, the sheer destructive potential--well!  Anything that has the capacity to destroy the world is, in my books, something that really shouldn't be toyed with.  Accidents happen, ( Read more... )

--so difficult, really!  Simplicity and economy are utterly lost on the--ah!  It's on, then?

Hello?  Would someone kindly tell me where I am and where Rome went?  I seem to have misplaced the Vatican City although I highly doubt this is my fault.   I would guess Transylvania or Siberia if either of those locations were known for their gaudy ( Read more... )