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Well, I'm kicking myself for not going to see Terry Pratchett at this year's Library of Congress Bookfest now. In a open letter to Discworld fans, Terry has announced that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's disease. Terry stresses that he's ok, getting good treatment and continuing to work.

( Some sad news for Discworld fans )

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The world is said to be a battleground between positive and negative furies.

WARNING: CONTAINS SCIENCE / SNARK

Choose your path:

( Win )

( Fail )

On the northern coast of Egypt, not far from Alexandria, was the sea port of Rashid. This small but important city had been a tourist destination of great luxury since antiquity. Of course, the main reason for all this was simple, the town of Rashid was the gateway between the Nile River and the Mediterranean sea.

It was from this very port that General Bonaparte had secretly departed back to Paris to proclaim his victory to the world, despite the fact that his campaign had been a failure in almost every sense with the exception of one area: archaeological discovery. The scientists, philosophers and historians Bonaparte had brought were so confounded with new discoveries that they did not even know where to start. Letters were written, books were published and universities established. Despite every other unfavorable opinion that the Egyptians had of the French, they did not have a very low opinion of the money that they were making on, what they considered, old junk.

So, it was decided that in order to better protect the sovereignty of the Egyptian people from the tyranny of the other European powers, a new fortress would have to be commissioned at the mouth of the Nile to eternally stand vigilant over the port of Rashid, or as it was known Europeans, Rosetta.

( Preface - The Discovery at Rashid - Mediterranean Coast, Egypt, Mid July, 1799 )

Current Word Count - 2718

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Ok, not that I mind being an individual and all, but I've got to call bullshit on a couple of things here.

• Besides myself, I guarantee that there IS one other person in the US with the name Parker Baine... that would be my daddy.


• Their stats say that '100 percent of people with the first name Parker are male.' I can think of one actress who would have issue with that statement.

Of course, it's just an LJ meme, so who gives a care anyway. ^_^

I dropped and broke my favorite Stitch teacup this morning. It shattered into many razor sharp, jagged little bits. I'm very sad now.

For all my east coast peeps...

( Tropical Storm ERNESTO Public Advisory )

Go to this url:

http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3

and look through random quotations until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe. There's a button at the bottom that gives you 10 new quotes and you can keep pushing it until you get your five.

( Answers... )

Normally, I don't care for GURPS as a rule, but having seen this...

( Thar be GEEKERY afoot! )

Y'know, I don't really see what the problem is with Cutthroat Island. It was an awesome movie if you just start out with the mindset that 'yes, this is a pirate movie and will (to a certain extent) be absurd'.

( I swear, I was trying to get Morgan Adams! )

Ok, you GOTTA go see this flash Fantastic 4 movie where all the Dr Dooms kidnaps Jessica Alba to defeat the Fantastic 4! It is teh awesome!