Walsingham

As I see it the fundamental problem is that legalising drugs would require the organs of state to admit they can't possibly control everything. This makes lefties and righties upset. And the people in the middle are already taking bloody drugs.

I like the idea of someone's nemesis cutting their hand off, and this leading to social awkwardness.

I'm not going, for obvious reasons, but if you're in the area and don't know Vampire, why not give it a go? Aside: _20th_ edition?

I fail at Trek.

Prohibition is one of those 'circumcision' policies. Either go the whole way or don't ****ing bother.

Mate, you need to break it down clearly. I've completely lost track of what you're trying to say.

Decrim the nonphysiologically addictive stuff. Anything genuinely addictive gets given to you FOR FREE. Because it's a bongzillion times cheaper for society that way. I'm fed up with organised crime killing tens of thousands of perfectly decent people so that we can pretend we're stopping people taking drugs.

I block out Facebook by not being a completely vapid hypewad.

Isn't Bambam using the wrong hand, though?

I'm back to not caring. If private companies like Google track my every inter-moment then why not Her Majesty's Government? Honestly, what bloody difference does it make? I reserve the right to be less tired tomorrow.

If my career was an airplane flight then the little fasten seatbelt lights would have turned on with a muted 'ping' noise, and a reassuring sounding captain would be burbling something about turbulence. While the airhostesses would be mincing about with barely concealed anxiety.

Well, you just lost me, Cutlock. Way to go with the names.

I'm normally fine about this sort of thing. But I'm just not comfortable any more. Not sure why exactly. Ought to be some sort of opt-out if you have a big enough moustache, or something.

Basic admin. Then out for some phys. Did mainly willstopming, plus a little jog, but the jogging hurt like hell so I went back to stomping. Not too bad. Plus tried - and actually succeeded - in doing 100 sit-ups in one block. Bloody weird. I must have cheated somehow, but I can't work out how.

Slept ten hours. Feel groggy as hell. What a week. Next week is either going to be legendary or it's going to be a disaster. There is an outside chance I may have to resign my job because I disagree with policy. Good to have to put your money where your mouth is occasionally!

Weirdly, that is exactly how I ended today. With different calibre bullets? Actually it was more to do with bullet forms and their characteristics in different mediums. Thinking back if we'd carried on long enough I guess we'd have asked the question exactly how to make a macarena round.

The internetz are the ocean as it was back in about 1720. Nations something or other. Note to self: bedtime.

Weirdly, that is exactly how I ended today.

Today I achieved what I think is a personal best of 7000 words of final draft quality report. I'm now off for a well earned pint.

I have a lot of interest in the Sikh faith, and find their concepts of honour and martial virtue very laudable. However, to the best of my minimal knowledge the temple attacked was attacked because it housed terrorists and terrorist weapons. Putting both weapons and users inside the most holy temple was hardly an accident or make-shift. It must have been deliberate. I cannot therefore find outrage very convincing. What possible alternative would the authorities have? Besides which I think there's some pretty obvious criticisms to be levelled at any Sikh who targets innocents with terror. Surely that's hardly the way they are supposed to fight? having said that, I could easily believe that the authorties didn't handle the attack with good grace. But that's an adjunct to the primary cause - the people using the temple as cover. ~~ Just my two pennies.

It's a good idea, because it shows how many others have pledged. Mate of mine was doing something charitable, and I pledged 200 quid. After that the average pledge doubled (made up figure, but basically true).

That does it. I'm going to get a tattoo of two wolves howling right across my butt, then post my mobile number on the forum.

Getting killed doesn't prevent you from getting a medal, ergo I'm kinda guessing it doesn't preclude you being heroic. As for morgoth's negativity it's so predictable it's almost soothing. Like watching a wave roll in.

How can BEEF of all meats be too much work? You don't even need to cook it!

This story reminded me of how an actual soldier, rather than someone who used to be a soldier, behaves.