Xavier Onassiss

You shut the gates at sunset
After that you can't get out
You can see the bigger picture
Find out what it's all about

You're open to the skyline
You won't wanna go back home
In a garden full of angels
You will never be alone

But oh, the road is long
The stones that you are walking on
Have gone

With the moonlight to guide you
Feel the joy of being alive
The day that you stop running
Is the day that you arrive

And the night that you got locked in
Was the time to decide
Stop chasing shadows, just enjoy the ride

If you close the door to your house
Don't let anybody in
It's a room that's full of nothing
All that underneath your skin

Face against the window
You can't watch it fade to gray
And you'll never catch the fickle wind
If you choose to stay

But oh, the road is long
The stones that you are walking on
Have gone

With the moonlight to guide you
Feel the joy of being alive
The day that you stop running
Is the day that you arrive

And the night that you got locked in
Was the time to decide
Stop chasing shadows, just enjoy the ride

Xavier I hate to link to the life sink that is TV tropes

 

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AccidentalMarriage

 

but there are soooo many things you could be referencing (I'm guessing "Our Mrs Reynolds"

It's quotes at the top of the trope page, and it's also the very first example in the Live Action TV folder.  

Don't let this happen to your Captain!

Advantage #3: They're more fun at parties.

Because when someone loses at "spin the blaster" you can't invite them back next time.

With "spin the stunner" there's always a rematch.

Mind if I crosspost this?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palinromedary says we want to take it to the Haiku Thread

No problem at all.

Cross-post it to where?

Oh, the haiku thread.

Derp.

In Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence stories, humanity is conquered not once, but twice, (by the Squeem and then the Qax). Then they meet their match a third time when they encounter the Xeelee, who actually don't care about fighting humans because they've got bigger fish to fry.

From the long-defunct Vendetta Rhapsody campaign: a haiku....

The only thing worse

Than fighting for the wrong side

Is not choosing one

About ten years ago I had to move suddenly, and a good friend adopted my cat, Tyler. He messaged me a couple of days ago to inform me Tyler had passed on. Inoperable cancer. He was about 12 years old.

Best cat ever. Friendly, smart, and (mostly) well-behaved. I've always missed him. RIP, old buddy.

I like the idea that we've already encountered intelligent life on several occasions and just didn't notice.

More importantly, we'll figure out which ones we can have sex with. Possibly even before the edibility test.

You realize this applies to both genders of humanity, right?

I mean, we've figured out the sex part, but not so much the "Hey, you're intelligent, too!" part.

We're still at the "Well, maybe" stage, and on a case-by-case basis at that, on both sides.

Imma just gonna leave this here....

Familiarize themselves with the local marriage customs BEFORE it's too late!

(Hit LIKE if you get the reference.)

Find out what the locals breathe, just in case it isn't nitrogen/oxygen mixed 80/20 at 15psi somewhere near room temperature. (With appropriate trace gasses.)

We've watched all four episodes so far (streamed the one that airs on Tuesday) and we're enjoying it too. It's nice to see some (relatively) hard science on a tv science fiction series--especially on SYFY of all things! The ships and torpedoes do still tend to swoop and soar like atmospheric vessels too much, and of course there's the inevitable sound in space, but overall, yes, it's a nice change.

 

I have to say, though, that I'm mostly invested in the five survivors of the Canterbury and their attempts to survive. The adventures of the Space Cop on Ceres, and the machinations of the folks on Earth and Mars interest me very little--but more, since the Canterbury survivors are clearing being drawn into that plot.

I had the same problem when I tried to read the first book. One plot line really grabbed me, but I just couldn't get into the others. Eventually I gave up on the whole thing. I think I'm suffering from "space opera fatigue" because the same thing has happened with several other books in the last couple of years.

I met Don almost 30 years ago, back when we were both in college. I had the pleasure of gaming with him (we both enjoyed Traveller) when he came over from DePauw on weekends to visit his girlfriend (and future wife), Susan. We all enjoyed spending time with him, and on one occasion I volunteered to drive to Greencastle to pick him up when he didn't have a ride so he wouldn't miss out on his weekend visit. Don was like that; if you knew him, you'd be glad to help him out.

His contributions to the gaming community in Champaign are immeasurable -- I don't know how many years he's been in charge of the Winter War convention, but it has thrived under his stewardship, and all of its regular (and not so regular) attendees, including myself, will miss him a great deal.

What are we up to, ten? I like 10. We should go for 20.

10. The Bridge (or "Command Center") with all the upper echelon officers on duty at the same time, is located on the upper deck of the ship where it's most vulnerable to getting blown to bits along with most of the ship's chain of command. Wouldn't it make more sense to put it in the middle of the hull where it's safest?

This is as much a policy problem as a design flaw. The ship's CO, XO, 3rd, 4th and 5th in command should never all be on duty in the same highly vulnerable area, especially during combat. And if they weren't in the starring roles of a poorly written space opera, they wouldn't be.

You just knew I'd de-lurk to poke fun at Trek, didn't you? Well, now you do!

First I'd want to know how one "places" a black hole anywhere.

I black hole with an electrical charge would be easiest to move around.

My campaign looks kinda like this: (not my artwork, but I only borrow the best stuff I can find....)

I have just about had it with my phone. The dropped calls, the constant crashes, the periodic lag times the likes of which I haven’t experienced since LambdaMOO, the comically short battery life (which, in fairness, the nice lady at the store warned me would likely happen), the idiotic and counterintuitive autocorrect (seriously, do you really think I mean ‘thus’ every single time I swipe the word ‘this’?  What are the odds?), the need to reboot the phone every night so that it will recognize that it’s plugged in and needs to recharge (see ‘comically short battery life’ above), and now, for no readily apparent reason, now an incident where it only works on speaker mode? I’m sick of it. This phone fills me with anger, the kind of white-hot rage that make me want to shout unpleasant interjections at passing tumbleweeds, or knock low-flying birds out of the sky with a golf club. It makes me want to put my phone in a box, and then put that box in a larger box (you can see where I’m going with this, can’t you?), and then mail that box to myself, and when it’s delivered, SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!

 

Seriously, my phone is getting on my nerves.

 

Sadly, replacement isn’t really an option right now.

Ugh! Some of these issues sound suspiciously similar to the problems my Awesome Gamer Girl keeps having with her phone! Just curious, what model is this finely crafted piece of junk?

Some of the local merchants around here are complete scumbags. Seriously, genital leprosy is too good for them.

It's not sound. It's an ad right in the middle of the screen that won't let me close it.

Right click (on the Superhero Creator app, not the ad) and hit Play.

OTOH, "Obssessed with Major Houlihan" ended up causing him all kinds of problems.

He had a wife stateside, so he was committing adultery and trying to keep her from finding out.

Eventually the wife heard about it, and Burns' efforts to placate her made Houlihan so angry she dumped him.

He continued pursuing her, even after she started seeing someone else. This included behavior which could be considered "stalking."

I'd probably rank it as a "Common/Strong" Psychological Complication.

Don't forget "Obsessed with Major Houlihan"

No problem. Also, I haven't forgotten you asked me to help out with the Malachi Brogan write-up.

Maybe you should post the Amber Long write-up.

Beyond one's sense of self, changing gender will also effect other characters' perceptions and expectations of the PC.

But how much or how little depends on what kind of game you want to run.