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Actual curiosity about gun ownership in the USA
I saw a .sig that said, and I'm paraphrasing so I hope I'm not taking out the essential meaning, "They don't take away my car if you drive drunk, so why do they want to take away my gun if you commit a crime with a gun ( Read more... ) -
M&M Episode 3: Misunderstandings Galore
I didn't write up the first two sessions, but James did, here and here. He writes up allmost of the sessions he's at, so try his LJ for context.
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I've been neglecting you
While I'm searching for another contract, you would think that I have oodles of free time, and in a sense that's correct. I've replaced screens, scheduled things, called various doctors and offices for appointments, and so forth, but it's become evident to me that if I don't plan my day very well, sooner or later I'll disappear down a rabbit hole ( ( Read more... ) -
Five to nine? No, three to four
So you remember the famous experiment where the guy determined that we can hold seven plus or minus two items in our heads? I do; I've always felt a little inferior because I've always been closer to the five end of the spectrum, and often below that ( Read more... ) -
Idea du jour: Villanon
A twelve-step program for villains who are trying to go straight. Privacy is an important part of it, so villains use their "straight" names-they don't make a little talk about "Professor Punctual" (Motto: Crime Waits For No Man), they just say, "Hi, I'm Percy," and go on...
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Oh, yeah...the game
I've fallen into running an RPG (Mutants and Masterminds) and as an experiment, I'm using the Obsidian Portal website as a wiki and adventure log.
Of course, you can find individual entries in James Nicoll's LJ (such as here, here, here and most recently here), but I think you can see it all for yourself here:
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Physics question
Did the idea of the Starbow survive or not? And if it was discredited, when? Before or after 1995 or so?
I want to name a subsidiary corporation for it--the subsidiaries are mostly named for physics terms--but can't remember if the idea lasted to the supposed founding of the company.
--never mind. There's a company by that name and a game.
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M&M Episode 1: Silver Storm Warning
(James' version is here. It is very readable, and only my overweening pride and desperate need for gratification lead me to write my own version.)
M&M Episode 1: Silver Storm Warning
Chiclet looked out over the Grand Circus park at the Occupy Steel City rally, now in its fifth day. The news reports put the attendance at five thousand, but she saw ( Read more... ) -
Cool! A summary of spider evolution!
Though I don't trust io9 on a lot of stuff, they do bring the squee here.
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