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Roleplay ethics a go go
Ok, so, those people who want to help with setting up discussion venue, happy to do by email? if so PM with preferred contact address and we'll get this moving.
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Help me make a place for LARP ethics discussions
Hi All, I know it's been a while since the original discussion on flannelcat , but I am keen to see this turn into a proper forum (in the classical not necessarily virtual space sense) in which various aspects of the social and ethical implications of our hobby/s can be discussed.
I have been mulling it over since then and have a few ideas, but really want to ( Read more... ) -
Anybody want Star Trek Fact Files?
I'm finally getting rid of the huge box of Star Trek geek-reading from my youth. About 280+ weekly editions which make a 10-12 ring binder encyclopedia of all things Star Trek - races, characters, ships, 'technology', planets & episodes/films. I think is complete to the end of Voyager, when I refused to get more on the grounds that Enterprise was ( Read more... ) -
I don't like advertising but...
... it does make me grin when 8-10 year old's are running down the pavement singing 'School's Out'. Alice Cooper would be proud, even if they only know it from a travel agent's ad campaign. -
Obscure joys of parenthood
Alice is now nearly 20 months old. She walks (since she was 1), she talks (a lot, vocab = scary) and occasionally falls on her face ( Read more... ) -
Pass, Friend!
If you think you should be on my Friend list, drop me a comment on here and I'll sort it out (assuming you are right :) ).
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If anyone's interested...
Here's a survey (on LGBT experiences in higher education) which I was made aware of by my university.
http://www.equalsurvey.co.uk/
I thought others might be interested in adding their voice to it, and it is totally confidential with no need to give ANY personal details. -
Haiku amusement
Whilst watching the F1 yesterday (new circuit, Singapore, first ever night race - all very fun and dramatic) P kept calling one of the Finnish drivers (Heikki) "Haiku" Kovalainen and hence it had to be done.
Haikus written for
Heikki Kovalainen are
Mostly just his name
(for those unfamiliar, name is pronounced Hey-ki Co-va-line-en) -
Pedestrian Rage
Dear Motorists,
In your road-bound 4x4s
And 2-door fashion accessories.
A few things I would like to mention,
Which you seem to have mislaid
Among the air fresheners
And back-window sentiments.
Your indicators, first of all -
If you recall,
Those pretty orange lights which flash
Patiently on the abandoned car
While you pop
Into the shop.
- Are not ( Read more... )