bits & bobs

I'm late tonight. Went to a late-night showing at the cinema (I can only do this because I'm not getting up for work in the morning) so I won't be saying much.

UK readers - we go from "government time" to "God's time" this coming weekend - BST ends and we go back to GMT. I think the clocks go back in the rest of the EU too. (Though not yet those parts of the USA that do the clock thing. Or Canada). Summer time has already started in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere which do that.

Word of warning for IE users - The Royal Academy of Bards is asking that readers do not use IE to access the website.

Announcement from the Academy of Bards
Friends,
We are aware that some of you are getting notices that the Academy of Bards has malware and some visitors are being warned against using the site. Most of the notices that we've seen have been on the What's New page. We have run many scans of our pages and have gotten no indication of a Trojan, though a company called Sophos has blocked us.
Meanwhile, we recommend that readers NOT use Internet Explorer. One of the notes we got was specifically targeting Internet Explorer. To the best of our knowledge, Firefox and Google Chrome have not encountered any errors. Apples seem to be immune.
If you have gotten a warning message, it would help us if you could forward the wording to us at academy_contact@yahoogroups.com - particularly the name of the malware/trojan/virus/exploit and the name of the browser you are using.

And now - take a bow Chloe Willis.

Who?? You're thinking (except Chloe of course - she knows who she is).

Chloe is one of our regular readers. And she's incredible. And generous.

And I thank you very much.

Enjoy your updates. Oh - the movie I saw?? Looper. Very violent (as expected) but a twist in the end that I did not expect at all. If you like violent action films I can recommend it. And the quote about God's time - from a book by one of my favourite Golden Age of Detective Fiction authors - Dorothy L Sayers.


See you next week guys - Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

BtVS
• Chapter 10 of You Can't Hurry Love by Really-an-angel (BuffynFaith.Net).
  
  Criminal Minds
  
• Part 26 of Security by lux_beata (C M Femslash).
  
  Doctor Who (SJA)
  
• Chapters 1 to 7 of For The Second Time by darklioness82 (The Second Time).
  
  Once Upon a Time/The Black Donnellys
  
• Something Solid by Geonn Cannon (His blog).
  
  Original
  
• The Dalton Family Saga:Book Two: The Lady of Dencotte House by Jenny Frame (Royal Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Part 2 of Parcel of Trust by Kerry McNair (Royal Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Oreo by Knightmare Elite (The Athenaeum).
  
  Rizzoli & Isles
  
• Part 3 of Play The Games by e-dog (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
  
  Xena Warrior Princess
  
• Part 19 of Queen of the Realm by Warrior Judge (Royal Academy of Bards).
  
  
• Chapters 16 to 18 of To Tame a Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper (Royal Academy of Bards).