a Wilting Branch, in
the House of the Golden Frog,
Will Soon Bear Honeyed Fruit.

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Alright you lot, who lives in North London?

Happy late birthday guys (you know who you are) .  
Hope you did something cool lst night.
No idea what we're getting you (air guitars?)
But we're getting you something.

So I'm gently turning to face the nightmare ahead.  By which I mean an interminable queue ending in a nebulous system.  Does anyone know how the hideous thing actually works?  I made the big mistake of buying some OSPs last thing at the Gathering (should have known better, really) and I have absolutely no idea how my particular condition(s) will be ( Read more... )

This weekend was utterly* brilliant... but I still ache everywhere
It was great to see familiar faces outside their natural environment,
(Because, let's face it, Larp is no great place to get to know people)
And it really reminded me just how undescribably cool they all were.
Some will sneer (and well you might) but I feel several years younger.

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There I was, sat in my local with a pint of some ill-considered-ale-look-alike sweating gently across the table, when it struck me quite how much my expectations had changed over the past few years.  Now, I appreciate that we all start out expecting to be astronauts and cowboys, and must all eventually resign ourselves to the well-documented fact ( Read more... )

There is a war.  I can hardly think back to a time when there was not a war in some capacity.  A debate waged between proponents of strong- and weak- Ai.  Between those who believe that artificial intelligence will one day attain consciousness and sentience, and those who believe that it can never become more than a particularly useful and clever ( Read more... )

You are the Riddler
Riddler76%Apocalypse73%Mystique73%Lex Luthor71%Dr. Doom70%Dark Phoenix68%Juggernaut65%Venom64%The Joker62%Catwoman62%Magneto60%Poison Ivy51%Mr. Freeze51%Kingpin48%Two-Face45%Green Goblin41%Riddle me that, riddle me this, who is obsessed with having a battle of wits??


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