Concerning the Borg

Hey, Trekkies who read this! Come and discuss the Borg with me on the Otherworlds board and vote in my Great Borg Poll.

Aside from the fun, it's also serves the good purpose of creating my own special version of the Borg, later on in the "Alternate Voyager" series and/or other Trek stuff.

Come and play with the mean little machines!

Edit: I'm afraid you need to be a board member to vote, but you can comment without joining the board.

Atlantis fic rec

I found my way to this story by accident. It's exceptionally wonderful, and I urge all McKay fans to read it.

It's a future fic, after the return from Atlantis, G-rated and incredibly well-written.

Celts in the Iron Age

Saw a highly interesting BBC documentation about them on German TV. Who'd have thought that the Celts had built roads through swamps waaaay before the Romans did? The one found in Kenagh (Ireland) could bear heavily loaden carts.

Also, Celtic Europe seems to have been technically at least as sophisticated as the Romans were. At least. And they had a huge waterway network of trade roads down to Africa and as far south as China. A flourishing culture - until Caesar decided that the Galls needed his "protection"... after which there were 2 million dead in Gallia and finally gold coin in Rome.

Civilization... isn't it a very complex thing?