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[pauraque_bk]

+"But Youth Of Course", my entry for the Fantasia Challenge at pornish_pixies. Neville/Remus, Harry/Neville, and a little Harry/Sirius. Heed the rating, but it's mostly just an excuse for some teacher/student fantasy. One hundred percent angst-free. Gasp.

Do you want to know what I imagined?

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dphearson, I got your gift today. Chocolate with chile powder? Odd, says I! I had an ungodly amount of candy already at work today, so I haven't tried yours yet, but I'm very curious indeed. Thank you.

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One day, every family will have a robot assistant. This is quite scary -- I can't get over their *eyes*. There's no good reason for a robot to be humanoid as opposed to some more efficient shape, and there's certainly no reason for them to have such frighteningly beautiful eyes.

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[dphearson.livejournal.com]

Chocolate with chile powder? Odd, says I!

Ah, but did you expect anything different? :-)

Actually, it is quite delicious, and has become a bit a fad item here in Portland- they sell out quickly. When you eat it, allow it to melt slowly in your mouth- best effect there.

[chresimos.livejournal.com]

Chocolate with chile powder? Odd, says I!

But of course! 'Ave you not seen Chocolat?

[pauraque]

Nope, never have. Any good?

[chresimos.livejournal.com]

Well...apparently, it's good. I didn't like it, but I've forgotten the reasons for this. But the lady in it owns a chocolate shop, and everyone likes her chocolate because the secret ingredient is chili, and I'm sure that's also symbolic of something at some point.

[pauraque]

and I'm sure that's also symbolic of something at some point.

Heh. That probably about sums it up.

[aretina.livejournal.com]

My first thought on seeing the NS-5 commercial was wow. How did they wrangle the ability to show that film preview without the green MPAA screen in front of it? After seeing the website, I couldn't help but wonder if my first assumption was correct or not. But no one has yet even won the Loebner prize, so I can't imagine that these are for real.

Ah, ok. It's a preview for the film version of the "I, Robot" stories. Which I have never read, but at least I do know what the 3 Laws are.

[pauraque]

Ah, is it? I had that thought too, but the friend who sent me the link was convinced it was real. I don't think I saw where the Three Laws were referenced on the site, but I didn't look at everything... or perhaps just not closely enough.

Thanks for clearing that up. See, I knew you were smart.

[aretina.livejournal.com]

Google does my thinking for me.

3LawsSafe flashes up as a little animation at the very end of the commercial.