As a demo to
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Have you ever wondered what happens when timid herbivores turn? When the quiet little sheep we've been depending on for our sunday roast suddenly decide they've had enough ( Read more... )

It's Christmas day, and I'm about to go off for a meal and stuff myself silly. So to keep up the Christmas spirit, here's a poem I wrote:

Every year
the naughtiest boy
in the world becomes Father Christmas.
At first he thinks only of good things, like not going to school
and
avoiding homework.
But it's a long walk to the North Pole.
As he trudges past the ( Read more... )

I've enjoyed a lot of the stuff Robin Laws has put out ever since Feng Shui and Over the Edge. Well someone has collected the character types out of his "rules for good games mastering", and made a quiz out of it. It rings true for me at least:

. You scored as Storyteller. The Storyteller is in it for the plot: the sense of mystery and the fun of ( Read more... )

48618 words
Congratulations! You scored 150! You scored as knowing approximately 48618 words and word meanings. This officially qualifies you as "well read."
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I've just come back from the Arvon Foundation science fiction writing course, which was excellent.  They made a promise at the start of the week that each of us would find our writing improved by the end, and certainly delivered on that - thanks to Justina Robson and Adam Roberts, our two tutors.

Thanks also to the mighty Craig Thomas, whose books ( Read more... )

All throughout the world, millions of people are waking up today with drastically altered personalities. Psychotherapasts and sales executives are looking at themselves in the mirror and asking "is this really what I want to do with my life?".  In one of the most worrying of all trends, Doctors are suddenly finding themselves much less skilled with ( Read more... )

Arrr

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We're thinking of going to the new Victoriana lrp game. Anyone else thinking of going?

I'm considering playing a man of the cloth, perhaps bringing the benefits of religion to the foreigner.

I'm sure I'm digging myself a hole here, but nevertheless:

Curvy and Cute
Raw score: 48% Big Breasts, 45% Big Ass, and 64% Cute!

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