Iran

... the night before, most of whom were completely innocent of any crimes whatsoever. The tragic irony is that the United States destroyed a fledgling and legitimate democracy in Iran in 1953, which resulted directly in twenty-five additional years of oppression under the Shah; and Lord only knows how many more years of oppression the country will suffer under the present regime. One result of all ...

... he was found not guilty. Roslan Rahman, AFP / Getty Images Jackson is seen being escorted into court in January of 2004 -- the second time he was charged with child molestation. The first, in 1993, resulted in a settlement reported to be worth about $23 million. Hector Mata, AFP / Getty Images Jackson is shown here in his 2003 mug shot where he was booked on child molestation charges. The ...

Mmm, protein!

... dill from the garden and discovered as I was rinsing it that I'd inadvertently captured another prisoner-of-war . (At least it didn't end up in the soup...) Probably the same species as its predecessor (I believe the moth that resulted that time was an alfalfa looper); I've got it in a jar on the windowsill with the dill it was nibbling on, let's see if this one pupates or just poops a lot...

Imprisonment Of The Doctor, Doctor/Donna/Master/Davros, PG-13, 4 of 8

...response from the gagged Doctor or at least the only response that the Master could make out as the Doctor was desperately trying to make himself heard. Naturally the Doctor tried to advance towards him which resulted in the Master pushing the Doctor onto the grotty little bed in the cell and tying his feet tightly to keep him secure. When that was done the Master petted the Doctor on the head,...

Oh, so you survived the Twitpocalypse?

... @ billingtonart G'day Falmouth! Well, 800 or 8000, after a while it all blurs. I just seem to be rolling down the hill backarsewards.... #ff # 02:33 Journeying about for foodstuff resulted in Sudden Onset Power Nap and weird dreams. And of course now I'm awake again. Grumpf. # 03:44 RT @greenmeme: GreenGuysGlobal: Activated Water: Revolutionizing the Cleaning Industry One Spray at a...

Proof that not all "CPU Idle" utilities are snake oil

A while back, I set up a spare computer here as a server. Unfortuantly, computers require electricity, and this resulted in a bit of a surprise when my electricity bill came through. But I looked at it, and it all added up and wasn't that much bigger, and so thought nothing more of it. Today my next electricity bill came through, with a substantial underestimate on my actual power usage, and so I...

Egyptian Gods and Myths

...list.htm EGYPTIAN GODS AND MYTHS – Angela P. Thomas   “The growth of beliefs over the centuries, during which new ideas were added to earlier ones but nothing was ever discarded, resulted in what appears to be a mess of confusing and sometimes contradictory elements.”   Although Egyptian gods could take on many forms at core they reflected human experiences, including death, while also...

Fic: "The Best Thing" Part 1 of 1

... him not to. ** On the worst day of Amanda’s life, Spock came home from school with a busted lip. Sarek explained that their son had been a part of a physical fight after his lessons which had resulted in the cut lip and minor bruises. While no mother is pleased to hear that her son had been fighting, it wasn’t this piece of news that had made her day miserable. Spock’s injuries were minor and ...

[Closed] Brothers, eh...

... a little way from the cafe in the temporary market. Time: Sometime during the afternoon. Warnings: Touches of emo? Otherwise, none! The last time Badou had gotten off the ship to stretch his legs had resulted in him being thrown into the middle of a cat fight. Needless to say, when he'd left a little while ago, he'd done it cautiously. He'd headed towards the temporary market set up for ...

because other random requests for the universe to provide have resulted in delightful responses...

Something I'd really like to see, from Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff: Dorian Hawkmoon/Huilliam D'Averc. D'Averc leaves the Empire just to fight at Dorian's side.  It's magnificent.  D’Averc is a brilliant painter, architect, tactician, commander, and swordsman, as well as a decadent, a hypochondriac and a perverted Don Juan who ends up falling for a murderous, decadent, ...