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  • About My Vote “Tony may not be admitting it, but the Electoral Commission’s timetable seems pretty convinced that Britain will go to the polls on May 5. If you haven’t yet registered to vote, that means you have until March 11 to do so.” The Backbencher. I hope you’re all registered; let’s see if we

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  • Cor, it’s weird here. Kieron finally moved out, to live with the delightful Jane (who will break his soul into crumbs in but instants) and I have this enormous open flat ot myself for three whole weeks. I can walk around naked and stuff! However: Kieron has taken all the white goods (fridge, washing machine,

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  • Eurogamer.net – City of Heroes Diary #4: “We knew we needed some vague climax to our four-week mission into the heart of Paragon City. We thought we’ll save the universe. Or something.” Last time I’ll play City of Heroes for a long time. Deeply embedded in World of Warcraft now. If anyone needs an embossed

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  • Boston.com / News / Nation / Washington / US denies patent for part-human hybrid “Newman’s application, filed in 1997, described a technique for combining human embryo cells with cells from the embryo of a monkey, ape, or other animal to create a blend of the two — what scientists call a chimera.”

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  • Untitled Document Penny’s New site. You should all pop along – she’s put a lot of work in!

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  • The Manny Calavera Mask Page

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  • The blind painter and the Cartesian Theater: “Kennedy put Armagan [the blind painter] through a battery of tests. For instance, he presented him with solid objects that he could feel – a cube, a cone and a ball all in a row (dubbed the ‘three mountains task’) – and asked him to draw them. He

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  • “In German legends Eckhardt appears on the evening of Maundy Thursday to warn all persons to go home in order to avoid being injured by the headless bodies and two-legged horses which traverse the streets on that night. He also sometimes appears in the company of his companion Tannhauser.” Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

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  • Eurogamer.net – City of Heroes Diary #3: “Y’gor would be about as much use on a mission as The Incredible Captain Got-no-Powers” Kieron reveals to an astounded world that I’ve been playing entirely too many Superhero games, specifically City of Heroes and Freedom Force versus the Third Reich. (My character in the massively CoH is

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