This will be a continuous "work in progress", as I add tidbits to help (I hope) give a little bit of context to my writing.

First things first:

Bomb : a projectile, ... generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
MeatBomb : a bomb made of meat - OR - slang term for 'skydiver'.

See also: skytrash, meat missile.

Tidbit: My first "real" job was in the Canadian Army. I was a Weapons Systems Technician, working on tank turret systems, missile turret systems (like ADATS, just google it), and radar-slaved AA guns. Funny how a career as a "grunt/gun plumber" can land someone into the wonderful world of robotics...

Tidbit: CDs currently loaded in my car: AC/DC - Back in Black; GWAR - We Kill Everything, Carnival of Chaos; Rammstein - Sein Sucht; Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed; Ministry - Filth Pig, N.W.O.; Twisted Sister - Love Is For Suckers; Megadeth - Risk. Just some quiet, "easy listening" for the daily commute...

Favorite Authors A-Z: Isaac Asimov, Tammy Bruce, Tom Clancy, Davner, David Eddings, Alan Dean Foster, John Gardner, Alfred Hitchcock, Henrik Ibsen (OK, he's a playwright), D.F. Jones, Stephen King, Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Moon, Grant Naylor, George Orwell, Edgar Allen Poe, Spider Robinson, Matthew Stover, Harry Turtledove, Leon Uris, Eric Van Lustbader, H.G. Wells, R.J. Zelazny.

About my fics:

Love Hina: Final Exam (Complete, I think.)
Drabble one-shot exercise. Not extremely proud of it, but hey, whatever. I was going to tie it up with an epilogue of some sort, but decided to leave it 'as is'. The ending you imagine is probably better than what I could write for it.

Chobits: Care & Maintenance of a Heart Soul (In Progress)
My first 'serious' attempt at writing. Anything. Started off as an exercise in examining the technology of persocoms, then completely got away from me. Turned into sort of a Sci-Fi/Drama/Romance story that's growing beyond anything I intended. I'm having a blast writing it, too. I will be cutting it 'short', and continuing the story in a sequel, after a little hiatus from the Chobits world.

Oh! My Goddess!: (Title Undecided) (Coming this Christmas)
Summary: Keiichi has pledged to stay with Belldandy, no matter what. After she falls to the demon angel during the battle with the Angel Eater, and becomes a demoness first class, unlimited license, Keiichi learns that “no matter what” is easier to promise than to endure. This will be a little dark.

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Finally freed from her prison in the Angel Eater, Holy Bell launched herself toward the unconscious form of Belldandy, eager to return home. Only meters from her destination, she pulled up short, with a look of horror marring her normally beatific features. The demonic familiar was poised over the goddess’s unmoving body like an enraged cobra, with bat-like wings outstretched, and claws and fangs unsheathed, challenging Holy Bell to try to enter. Holy Bell regarded the terror for an instant, and then glanced around in a desperate search for help or refuge. Finally, her gaze fell on the only entity not currently engaged with the Angel Eater.

Keiichi was still sitting on the ground, recovering from Lind’s extraction of Cool Mint when he looked up, and saw the glowing form of Holy Bell streaking toward him. She latched her arms around his neck, sobbing her heartbreak and loneliness into his shoulder, and knocking him onto his back. Unsure of what to do, or how to comfort the disconsolate angel, he tentatively reached up, encircling her in a comforting embrace. Feeling his sympathy and tenderness, Holy Bell raised herself to look into his eyes. Keiichi regarded her curiously, now aware that she was communicating with the innermost vaults of his mind, as her eyes implored his. His gaze softened from surprise to understanding as he gave her an almost imperceptible nod, and braced himself. Holy Bell again wept into his shoulder, now shedding tears of relief as she sank into his body, and disappeared from sight.

Chobits: The Pursuit of Happiness (Sequel to Care & Maintenance - Coming...Later)
Persocoms can develop emotional awareness and a sense of self, now. Can they be guided to happiness and autonomy by our heroes? Before they're ordered to be reformatted by a fearful and suspicious government?