You will notice that I've added a few links on the side here. As many of the odds and ends I post here are a result of links posted on either The V or Skate Jesus, I figured it was high-time I just link those placed directly. Unless you're a member of Delphi Forums, the company that hosts these places, if you click on my links, you'll be redirected to a sign-in page. It's worth becoming a member because it's free and it'll make returning to the forums easier, but if you're not interewsted, there is an option to check out the forums as a guest.

I discovered the two forums in the aftermath of The Warren Ellis Forum closing down. During it's run, the WEF spawned several forums, and helped promote several others. I think there's a solid two dozen or so that owe its existence to the WEF. At any rate, after the WEF closed, the WEFugies (as they were self-named) scattered went to the other forums. Cross-visitg exists, but its father limited as each forum has its own identity and purpose.

The Velvet Forum started out as The Insult Loki Forum. One of the WEF's regulars was a chap named Nick Locking, who at first went under the nickname Loki. I got on board the WEF after he had aquired his reputation of being the resident whipping boy (mostly earned for his unashamed love of all things Robot) and as a joke, some of his friends created a forum specifically to think of new and creative ways to insult the guy.

The forum wound up becoming a place to spend time beyond insulting Nick (who is one of the board moderators), and is now primarly a place where a large group of (mostly British) friends meet up to talk pop culture, technology, and some politics, and take pot shots at them all. A witty, if acerbic, place to visit, and highly amusing.

The Skate Jesus Forum actually started independantly of the WEF, if memory serves, but its owner was a prominent WEF member and it gained much of its current audience and members through it. Another place to talk pop and non-pop culture, but also a great place to discuss current events as well as debate various political and social issues. Smart people post there.

So there you are. Visit and be enlightened.