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Anybody have a Secret Power that could get me in a position to have a picture taken with Jemaine at Sunday's Flight of the Conchords show in Milwaukee? There's be much Dork Tower goodness in it for you, if you can help Make This Happen.

It's be a hoot.

Separated at birth. Well, birth plus ten years...

The Army of Dorkness has accomplished many amazing things over the years. This would be a rare feat, indeed.

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It was a week of repeats on DorkTower.com, due in no small part to lots of large things going on, both in Real Life and Work Life.

Here's today's strip:

Happy Anniversary, honey!

And here's Monday's strip.

And Wednesday's strip.

Tags: dork tower, flight of the conchords
Current Location: Muskrat Central
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: "Skullcrusher Island" - Jonathan Coulton

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=17732

Black School Official Punished 15 Hispanic Elementary School Students By Making them eat on the Floor!

Sometimes domain name renewals just don't go smoothly. Look at rpgnow.com. It happened to Profantasy once ten years ago, too, although holding pages weren't so friendly then. So, let's just check our domain expiry dates, eh?

In the mean time, you can buy PDFs at DriveThruPRG. Same back end, different store front.

http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/05/is-labour-backing-down-over-changing.htm

So - at last - a question on the Order Paper in Parliament about the Single Equalities Act. I have, since becoming Equalities Spokesperson, been waiting to be able to raise the issue of how our rules about who gets to be monarch gives boys the advantage over girls.

As readers of this blog will know, have been having some success with raising and pushing this issue. The Sunday Times - who covered it on their front page a couple of weeks ago - helped up the ante as when Marie Woolf (journalist) rang Vera Baird (Solicitor General) - and the minister said of course these rules should be abolished - and threw in abolishing discrimination against Catholics too. You go girl.

It's obviously working as lots of members from all sides of the House raised the issue (for which the technical term is the dry as dust phrase 'male preference primogeniture'). But since the article the Government has been trying to back peddle on what Vera Baird said - and whilst the Tory front bench spokesperson seemed to be in favour of change - he tried to talk up problems - because any change has to be worked through the Commonwealth - suggesting that it was all so difficult that we might wish not to bother to pursue it.

This sidetracked me a bit. Faced with the usual Tory attitude that somehow it doesn't matter enough to be dealt with - I momentarily forgot that it is the Government that has to really push this. Reminded of my task my Mr Speaker - I then did pursue Labour - to try and get them to commit to actually walking the walk rather than just their usual talking the talk.

I am worried that this will be kicked into the long grass of too difficult and too much bother and the opportunity presented by the Single Equality Act going through Parliament to kill off this anachronism will be missed.

But it was very heartening to see so many members from all sides in favour of this long overdue change. So we'll see!

http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/05/catch-me-in-media.htm

A busy burst of media coverage - did a pre-record with GMTV this morning for Sunday - talking about election results and also how to tackle crime amongst young people (6am on GMTV and then 7:25am on GMTV Digital). Doing LBC this evening at 6pm - so call in with your questions! On Sunday it's The Westminster Hour on Radio 4 at 10pm - and then next Friday, Any Questions, also on Radio 4. Fun, fun, fun!

Also feature in The Times Parliamentary sketch today (in which Ann Treneman treated me with a light touch - for which I am grateful!) and allegations of sexual harassment at the British Embassy in Iraq.

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=17728

I wonder what would have been worse if this happened in England: digging up the head, bongafying it or smoking dope with it?
3 accused of using Humble corpse’s head to smoke pot
Two men and a juvenile are accused of digging up a corpse, decapitating the body and using the head to smoke marijuana, according to [...]

Here is some detailed Esoterrorists actual play, demonstrating the strengths of the clue-giving system (and, to be fair, of this particular GM).

Tags: actual play, esoterrorists, gumshoe, pelgrane

Ok, so in a slightly different location to when it shut down in 1996
(Smithfield Market Square instead of Middle Abbey Street) but same name,
people and ethos. I'm so excited! I used to love this cinema, because it
showed films you simply couldn't see anywhere else, independent, foreign
and art-house, and regularly showed old, second release films too.

By far the best bit for me though was that instead of getting popcorn,
sweets and Coke, you could buy a cup of tea and digestive biscuits to
bring in with you :D

Opening night is tonight, and they are showing "Once" at 20:50. I
*still* haven't seen this, and would really much prefer to see it in the
cinema rather than on DVD, so I fully intend going. Can I tempt anyone
else to come with me? Best film to come out of Ireland in years, if not
ever, by all accounts (most places describe it as a "phenomenon", rather
than mere film) and cinema is so much more fun in company :)

Let me know ASAP if you're interested, here of via text, as I want to
book tickets in advance.

I've started listening to Radio 4 on the drive to work. This occasionally makes me very irate, generally because I don't find the subtle art of avoiding the question all the much fun. This morning it made my actually swear when Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor pointed out that "A society led by reason, mumbly mubly waffle, we all know where that leads, mumbly waffle, Hitler".

Cue Simon swearing irately when driving the car. This is not a direct quote but he did basically equate requiring evidence for your fanciful inanities as being the start of the short path down to being a brutal Dictator.

Grrrrr.