I can't remember when I started watching Star Trek. It's just always been there, first on the old black and white telly, then in that beautiful accented colour. The show spoke to me, it meant something, something that was lacking in the day to day of school everything else that followed. Despite being ridiculed by family for liking a show with ( Read more... )

One of the more vivid stories from Black Saturday that sticks clearly in my memory is hearing of a lady who, about to be airlifted away from the approaching fire, let herself out of the harness to chase after her dog who had wriggled free. People criticised her for endangering the policeman rescuing her. I thought I would do the same in her case. ( Read more... )

Had to go to Sydney on business. Took the train back to the airport. It's an underground loop but comes up for air at Circular Quay. I turned around in my seat to look out the window. And saw this. And took a piccie.


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[P is for…], by [Caprice] ([G])

Summary: [P is for alliteration gone mad]
Word count: [147]
Characters: [SG-1]
Era: [Classic team]
Categories: [Drabble]
Author's notes: [none]

Excerpt: [The priestess said she’d let us out of this prison cell as soon as the pygmy people have passed by.]

Link: [P is for…]

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Leonard Nimoy has moved on, gone to join De and Jimmy. I had just got in the car and was driving up the street. The radio people were talking about 'his' last tweet, signed off with LL&P. I pulled over, disbelieving, knowing who they were talking about.


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Go Oz!!

https://twitter.com/denhamsadler/status/551206042860670976/photo/1

only three months till it cools down...


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Happy new year to lj land. Here's hoping for a better year with many published words, a more peaceful world and maybe even a payrise... yeah... Am madly working on a new book, good news ( Read more... )

Stargate Far Horizons is published today ( Read more... )