No, really.
Tags: anime, contact+lenses

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The Star Trek MMORPG is finally moving forward.
Yay!
Tags: Star+Trek, MMORPG

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Some days ago the thought occurred to me that the original story got very viral very quickly. Well, maybe there was a reason for that. Gawker puts forward their theory here…
Myself, I’ve been chuckling over the whole business since it started, as I have my own referent for monsters off Montauk. …For certain values of […]

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(Non-technically inclined people, look away now. Or skip down to the bottom of this where it gets less technical.)
I have a lot more screenplay stuff to do today, but I had to take an hour or so off from that after having a quick look at the “Out of Ambit” log files on arising, and noticing […]

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It was only a matter of time before someone did this…

(with a tip of the toque to Ed at Tomato)
Tags: restaurant, kitchen, chef, bad+language, do+you+eat+with+that+mouth+too, backlash, inevitable

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And how not, when he writes stuff like this?
Moviegoers who knowingly buy a ticket for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” are going to get exactly what they expect: There is a mummy, a tomb, a dragon and an emperor. And the movie about them is all that it could be. If you think […]

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Turns out I have one more hardcover copy of Spock’s World available. These are hard to find now in decent condition. The book’s dustjacket is in good condition — slight bumps to top and bottom of spine and corners: otherwise perfect. The book inside I would rate as good / very good quality — tight, […]

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As the rest of the books offered for sale a while back get their final fates and destinations worked out, here’s one that is now free again to be sold.   Gone now: thanks to the buyer!
 …I have a spare first edition hardcover copy of Spock’s World. These are hard to find now in […]

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For those of you who’re not subscribers: the latest chapter has just gone online for the general readership over at the TBM site. Here’s the URL —

http://www.the-big-meow.com/Chapter-Seven-Gateway

All the chapters presently online are linked to from this page.
We also have new versions of the Mobipocket-format files available. The marvelous Linnette Stoney (who’s been converting the […]

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Some of you constant readers may remember this message of last spring when I was in the process of getting rid of / cleaning out some old books.
The process got badly messed up by the numerous health problems of the later spring and the family losses of the summer and fall. As a result I […]

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Just stumbled across a reference to this at Lou Romano’s weblog —
TotoroForestProject.com

Totoro Forest Project is an international charity effort to save Sayama Forest, also known as Totoro Forest. This endangered sanctuary on the outskirts of Tokyo is where director Hayao Miyazaki got the inspiration for his much-loved character “Totoro”.
Over 200 top international artists from […]

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Friends,
It’s up at last.
There are a lot of places where this notification needs to be posted, and a lot of explanations and profound apologies to be made… but for the moment it just seems best to get the news out.
Chapter Seven is now available online for subscribers: it’s linked to from the normal TBM subscriber […]

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