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Just had an epiphany about Helena and Demetrius' role in this story. Way back in "In the Shadows" we see Edward, Wolf and Cranium discussing their investigation into the disturbance in the forest and getting that warning from Pandora about the "Egg", they didn't get any more information about it so Edward takes them off the case and states his intent to "enlist the assistance of some friends" following it up with "let's just say there's a reason I know so much about Immortals". Remember how Jerry said that Edward was a VIP in the world of the paranormal. I've stated my belief that Helena and Demetrius have been following Elliot around because they were asked to, it's also been very strongly implied that Magus is the "Egg" that Pandora mentioned, and Magus knew that Helena and Demetrius had an improper death. I'm now thinking that Helena and Demetrius are the "friends" that Edward spoke of, they would be better suited to investigate the activity of another Immortal and if they did uncover anything important, their improper deaths might have been caused by Pandora to prevent them from reporting that back to Edward. Part of that info would have been the plan to use Elliot to get Magus back into the mortal plane but their memory only just mentions "blah blah follow blah blah Elliot blah" so they just assume that he needs to be watched but not sure why.

I don't know, things didn't turn out so well for the last woman to enter that blue phone box when there was unusual snow about...even if she did get a key, she didn't get to keep it long!

Good to hear, and we'll be glad to have you back!

Still alive just sort of computer less. Facebook and forums are a pain on a tablet, and my real computer is in my new apartment. I will be back as an active gadfly starting in a week or ten days. J. Michael Looney

Oh my God yes. I still remember an infamous annual report from the Danish nuclear test station at Risoe. At the time it was led by a physicist named Dr. Hiller. Due to incautious use of the spell checker, his name was spelled 'Hitler' throughout the entire report. I am morally certain that the poor man did not deserve that.

meh. SAO always felt like a pretty, but shallow, rehash of other anime series. It starts off looking like it's going to be all complex and deep and get inside your head at first... only to follow through with a generic damsel in distress subplot, questionable characterization choices making several characters feel like the kind of people who never would have bought an MMO in the first place, a main plot that feels rushed, and constant dissonance between the running subplots and the THREAT OF IMPENDING DEATH. That said, i may be a bit... biased. Kinda a big fan of .Hack//, so somewhat predisposed to hate something that feels like a mockery...

I'm happy about how happy something made me! I think I've mentioned that our local public library is closed for renovations. For the next year and a half, they'll be moving 40% of the collection to a temporary location, which will be opening in one week. Anything not in their top 40% (or checked out when the main place closed last week) will be in storage, completely inaccessible, and we'll have to request stuff through interlibrary loan to get any of that material. The temporary location happens to be directly across the street from our animal hospital. Pretty cool, to get to have the official public library close enough to walk to on half a lunch break! They're still putting the place together, and I went and peeped through the windows at lunch today. There were shelves, some full and some empty, chairs, computers, check-out stations, most of the necessaries were in place. I could even see stairs leading down to a basement area, which were prettied up and not blocked off, making me think there's more library down there, too. As I stepped away from the window to walk on to Subway, I realized I was grinning from ear to ear! I'm feeling so excited that we're getting a new library to explore right across the street! Books and movies and programs and magazines....it doesn't matter that it's less than half what we already had access to every day anyway, and what will be there is the same old stuff. It's still so cool! I'm happy that I still feel that child's excitement at the thought of what can't help but feel at least a little like having my very own special library, moved there just for me. That I can't wait to explore the new space, discover where everything is, stumble across new stories I haven't read before. I can't wait to see what sort of children's area they come up with, what sort of displays, how they'll work around having so much smaller a space. Maybe sneak over there at lunch when I'm not tied up in surgery, and just sit and read.

What makes me happy (and amuses me no end) is to inadvertently look up at a tab and see that it reads, "Robin has sent you a mess..." Said message being the one where he has returned me to moderator status. XD