I find the comments on this discussion of generation ships over at Charlie's Diary depressing for any number of reasons but the frequency with which people propose the best solution for managing a starship is an autocracy is one of them. Carlos Bait: Or - you can emulate those "arrested", "abortive" or "fossilized" civilizations described by Toynbee (nomads, eskimos, polynesians, Osmanlis, ...
... knife in your back. So how do you protect yourself from the False Prophet? Well, think of what we know about him; a man who is a great preacher, who can draw the attention and adoration of crowds, and even call down fire from heaven. Obviously the solution is that you should only listen to churches and sermons delivered and written solely by women . After all, this excludes the False Prophet ...
... we get our Yule CnS. So, while we wait........ 13!! I am now doing a 13 circle as well . Sign up today! Also, there are still a few openings left in Yules and such. Miskatonics : THE ADORATION OF THE MI-GO: 3 spots left THE SMILIN' SERVITORS' HYPERDIMENSIONAL HOLIDAY HITS: 2 spots left Yules : BUT MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT: 2 spots left DIABLE EN BOÎTE: 2 spots left EL DIA DE ...
...natural law and yet the care and concern for his charges were evident in the precision and pains he took to protect them. He willingly looked after them and showed signs of actual parental adoration. A modern day Frankenstein?! Roger certainly thought that Wammy would not like that comparison. And yet, he wasn’t being fair in his assumptions either. None of the miniature adults displayed freakish ...
...natural law and yet the care and concern for his charges were evident in the precision and pains he took to protect them. He willingly looked after them and showed signs of actual parental adoration. A modern day Frankenstein?! Roger certainly thought that Wammy would not like that comparison. And yet, he wasn’t being fair in his assumptions either. None of the miniature adults displayed freakish ...
... and Jon are the people Henry loves. And I guess I'm sort of seeing them through his eyes, what with him being the POV character and all. But Jon. Oh. My love for Jon. My absolute adoration of Jonathan Abraham Jenkins. I want to pet him. And feed him cake. His weird mixture of scientific fascination and love for Henry is just... so incredibly weird and endearing. And the way he strives to act ...
... something has changed. You don't look at me in the same way, your eyes once filled with love and adoration now barely meet mine. That cute dimple of yours which I used to see all the time when you smiled ... has changed. You don't look at me in the same way, your eyes once filled with love and adoration now barely meet mine. That cute dimple of yours which I used to see all the time when you smiled ...
... him screaming “In the Sun” and it was just beautiful, as if he was the God. Before Inconvenient Ideal he started his solo but it was a short one where our raised hands could only express adoration. After they were gone, I felt completely exhausted, because surprisingly I still had my voice but I felt as if something was ripping inside my chest every time I speak now. I liked it, because I sang ...
..."You slept with him." I shivered at the images of that night that were burned into my memory, at the recollection of the feel of his soft skin pressed against mine, the hunger in his kisses, the soft words of adoration he'd murmured as we made love. "Yes, and several times after, though I could never admit to him what he meant to me. In the end... it drove us apart. I retired to my estates, and ...
...of tingles from the plumps of his lips aiding in setting your senses ablaze. His fingers slowly crept up the small of your back and over the jutting bones of your hips, caring gestures of adoration and acceptance, lust only showing through with random grabs and pulls of your shirt and the skin underneath. Your stomach started to tremble with the effort of holding your torso over the gear stick, ...