Walsingham

How does healthcare reform lead to zombies walking the streets. Because I for one don't recall that happening in the UK. I'm pretty sure grandad woudl have todl me. Although maybe the Nazis just put it into the shade. "Whazzat? Zombees? Warn't no zombees. Wait. There was a few hundred thousand zombees in '31, but Mr Churchill just sent the miners in. Smart dog, that Churchill."

Can't be much satisfaction, but knowing the only thing tough enough to kill you is YOU is pretty much the definition of badass. EDIT: Presumably some of your immune system is still loyal? The cancer may be tougher, but it's not part of a regulated system of systems like your normal defences. I wonder if you could leverage that somehow?

I'm just sitting here, quietly. Waiting.

Bundled up with new office politics, for long days. I would never have believed the tangled mess were it not for the fact that segmenting authority and responsibility leaves individual managers plenty of time to try and prove their chops by messing in other people's business.

I hate to admit it, but Zor does have a point against Western populations. But I'd bundle that up with mine about how trendies lefty-liberals are the ones who have explaining to do. To argue you're in favour of something and within your philosophy absent any means of effecting your principles is definitively asterisked.

UPDATE: Woman being treated for rabies dies in London hospital. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/28/woman-treated-for-rabies-dies_n_1550847.html

The problem is - like almost everything to do with the EU - the eurocrats are applying treaties and powers in ways never intended while ignoring real issues. The only real way to tackle the problem would be to drop out of the Union, but it woudl be a colossal headache for business wanting to work inside Europe. Not something we want right now. Or of course we could just ignore the ruling, and refuse to do anything about it. Plenty of our European partners simply ignore the bits of the EU they don't like.

I just looked it up! EDIT: Why does he say "I am the lord" at the end? Surely that much is pretty ****ing obvious. Or is it? These rules sound like something Jack Black might shout frtom behind a curtain, when he was really drunk.

I simply can't justify - to myself - worrying about this. What would be the point? There's isn't the slightest chance of armed intervention after Iraq and Afghan. And sanctions would be laughable so long as Russia and China are against them. Having said that, I'm fully in favour of rubbing people's noses in the raw bloody mess.

Could be PCP. It's been known to make folks eat each other.

I got all excited, because I thought maybe we'd have another one of those thrilling million person marches against intervention, and I could get all middle class about how the way to peace is peace. You know, how me sitting in a park with face paint on is going to stop bombing. Plus, when else do you get to meet crusties and smoke first rate draw?

Maybe she meant peasants. I dunno, man. Peasants don't have much meat on them, either.

All looking good. Now all I have to do is agree with Raithe when we can kick off. Can you all PM me five items of kit which you definitely want?

Quick! Everyone defraud Raithe's steam account!

This is WALES. The only reason we invaded and pacified the country was in a vain attempt to correct their spelling.

Yes, yu can be in. Have a crack at your character 'sheet'. Raithe and I have been working on the story.

I can see gay parents having pretend gay children. But is that really (bedrock reality) really worse than straight parents having pretend straight kids? Overall, gayness does bother me. I think it's natural to be bothered by anything you don't quite understand. But I get past it by just focussing on more important things like whether a person is helpful and trustworthy, and has guts. In particular one thing you can say for gay people is that they have had to make at least one really brave move in their lives. Which is more than you can say for a lot of 'normals' of any description.

House security upgrades are complete. It feels... worthwhile.

For those who are not UK-based 'Dai the Maniac' is none other than Monte Carlo.

Story Creepy as.

Been a rash of similar across the pond, here. I'm thinking it might have something to do with the rise of children showing whooping cough symptoms. One suggestion is 'storm asthma' caused by the heavy rains we've been having, but that wouldn't explain yours.

So is that everybody? And when are we going to kick off? I suggest Steam chat for the convo, if you all have it. I've checked with Raithe, and he does.

Too tired to play any live games. So it's Civ time for me, while listening to Conn Iggulden's pulp fantasy/history of Genghiz Khan.

You scurvy rabble! Stop trying to second guess the campaign.

Odd thought: slippery slopes are always mentioned negatively, but without them, how would we ski?