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I see the new ep "Night of the Weird" is up. Check out the gorgeous picture at the end of it!

Have to go read it now.


Jenniren
Sunday, May 16, 1999 10:37:15 PM
IP: user-2ivf03t.dialup.mindspring.com

Dang, kinda slow today, even for a Sunday... Hmm... Ah well, the room will be wiping at midnight, CR time... Any who care to participate in a race for top ten, feel free to do so.
Robby
Sunday, May 16, 1999 10:25:15 PM
IP: spider-tn014.proxy.aol.com

*Dribbles in*
Phew. Finally handed in my biology essay, so right now I'm a mixture of heartfelt relief and abject terror that I've made a massive, unforgivable mistake somewhere. *groans* Who'd have thought a 1300 word essay could be so much trouble?

*cracks knuckles* Okay, time to catch up on everything I've missed.

*TGS SPOILERS*
Yea! Maggie and Talon finally tie the knot! I liked how the Goliath/Xanatos feud was resolved too. A big clap on the back to Marlos and Entity , and Dumlao and JEB.
*END SPOILERS*

Traveler> Glad you're still around. For a while there, I was wondering if you'd spontaneously combusted, or something. :)

Pistoff> I told a few friends about your revenge tactics, and, well, you've inspired them to a few ideas of their own. :) My favourites were replacing their pet goldfish with those decorative glass fish, and repainting their house a different colour when they go away. *hehehehe*

Wilek>>You know, sometimes I wonder if some of the teachers these days aren't just as bad as some of the students...< In my old school's case, I think they're worse. I can kinda understand why they didn't tell us he had died, since they had to tell his parents first, and his dad lived interstate. But they made us think he was going to be fine, and they lied to us, even after they told us they were being completely honest with us. BTW, kewl picture.

Cryway> HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!! *gasps* Your picture.. so funny! *falls about laughing.*

Cryway/Duece/JackaL> Nuh-uhh! Australian Beer Is The Best!! Nothing else comes close!! <g>

Coyote> You are sticking _that_ picture on the hood of your car. _And_ Demona and Angela? I'm speechless. (enjoy it while it lasts.:)) BTW, I sent Ravyn a card. Hope she gets it. :)

Welcome Icka!

JackaL >I WAS asleep but a big ass spider woke me up< Weird fact: In their lifetime, people eat up to EIGHT spiders in their sleep. Gross, ain't it?

Dumloa> *reads list of upcoming weeks, eyes growing wider and wider* Er, good luck? And I hope you have heaps of fun at Alison's prom. :)

Shoes> I have six pairs. And my mother and sister gave me two pairs. Call me a tomboy, but I have ahabit of buying one pair of boots and wearing them constantly until the soles wear out.

A Xanatos in Star Wars> No!! It's just too much!! It's just _too_ kewl!!

Sign me up for the 'not going to the Gathering club'. *Glum*

Stephen> Get well soon!!

Kyryn> You and Okami make a gorgeous couple, and the wedding dress was beautiful! Congratulations and much love to the both of you!

Robby> You got hit by a car?!?! Erk! I'm glad you're okay, and I hope your bike is easily fixed. BTW, that picture was fantastic!


Weird thing I learnt in biology today, and I just had to share with everybody.> This scientist once did a experiment where he fed a goose a piece of meat tied to a long piece of string. The meat, and the string, pass through the bird in the er, usual manner, then the scientist tied another piece of meat to the sting and fed it to _another_ bird. In the end, there were three geese, all connected by this piece of string! Is anyone else getting a really funny mental image from this, or have I just been doing too much homework? :)

*PHEW!*
TTFN!
*Sorry guys, I'll do the RP later, it's too close to the wipe again.*
Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Sunday, May 16, 1999 09:51:39 PM
IP: proxy.monash.edu.au

Coyote: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. :)

Interspecies dating: Hey, I'm all for it. I'm at the point now where I'd go for an adult version of Arianna, or even Taurus's daughter, if he has one .... In other words, if she's interested, so am I. :)

Lawrance: I suppose gargoyles could have miscarriages, too, if the eggs were damaged in some way. I imagine the way it would happen would be that "nonviable" eggs just don't hatch after they're laid. The clan would be hit pretty hard if this happened, I imagine, but the grief would also be in proportion to the number of eggs that didn't hatch. If most of them didn't hatch, the clan would probably begin to panic, as well, since obviously this would mean there's something very wrong ....
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Yog Sothoth
Sunday, May 16, 1999 09:18:46 PM
IP: wire-27.koalas.com

I do not know way this came to me but any way here it is. I was wondring if a female Gargoyle can have a Miscarriage while they are pregnant for their eggs? Probley they can. But I wounder how a Clan would cope with it because children are imporant to a Gargoyle Clan what do the rest of you think?
Lawrence Stone - [craft-celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A.
Sunday, May 16, 1999 08:47:56 PM
IP: chil-ras5-2-cs-11.dial.bright.net

**enters the room, using more time than usual to change out the candle. Takes the time to etch the number 17 into the new candle, then puts it in the well-worn candlestick and lights it. Pulls a cake out of a backpack he's wearing, setting it on the table and opening it up, revealing it's pre-cut.**

Help yourselves to the cake, folks. And the reason? We ... at least I ... am celebrating Ravyn's birthday.

**sets self down in the big chair, gnoshing on a piece of cake**

Interspecies dating: Myself, I don't see a problem, though I know a lot of folks would. But as far as my opinion goes ... I'd be right in unison with Stephen. :)

Star Wars Zahn trilogy: I have all three of these books in hardback. And I loved them all, especially the end of "The Last Command."

Fire Storm: When will your schedule (and my automotive troubles) allow us to meet and conspire against everyone else before going to Dallas, I wonder? ;)

Robby: I should tell you how I learned to jaywalk on a regular basis in college ... Grand River Avenue in East Lansing is not fun to do this on, especially since a lot of college kids use this as their drag strip. I've had a number of close calls, but thankfully have not been hit. I'm certainly glad that you weren't hurt.

Pistoff, Kitainia: Nice endings to Angela Nukem. :)

Green Baron, re: Republican presidential hopefuls: Well, you can hang on to George W. if ya want, roomie. My primary vote is for Elizabeth Dole. :)

Christine: Did you happen to see Newsweek's SW coverage, too? My favorite part of it was Carrie Fisher's two page article where she talks about being remembered as "the girl in the titanium thong" and one time while filming ANH when all the stars were kept in costume all day, and then never filmed anything. Harrison Ford made an offhand comment about wanting that day back, to which Carrie responded (in the article) that she was taking her day back by waiting in line for tickets to The Phantom Menace. :)

The Family Guy: Terrible show, but it *does* have its moments ... the only truly laugh-out-loud scene I've seen in this show was a scene during the episode with the baby's birthday party ... specifically the dog's reaction to the "Big Ass Pinata": "I hope to God candy falls out of that thing."

Batya: I completely forgot this week (in the midst of all the painful filking ... ;), good luck with *your* upcoming nupitals. :)

Quaternity in G:CM: Uhmm ... I don't have one. Does that mean I'm missing out? (checking over the definitions of the parts of a Quatenity, unfortunately I have one character that would count as two of them ... Rosanna is Head *and* Heart. Plus, I have no idea who Strength would be, other than maybe Liberty, and Intuition would probably wind up falling to Lina.)

RL excitement: Today I got a chance to attend the Motor City Comic Con, and got to have a small amount of fun ... considering most of my time was spent standing in lines. ;)
Anyway, though I got rushed through the autographs, I did manage to get three: Erik Larsen (for myself), Billy Dee Williams (for my mother ... she's on Cloud 9 now. ;), and Jeri Ryan (for myself and for a college friend in Virginia). In addition, I now know what I'm wearing to go down to Dallas ... I paid $50 to have an airbrush artist make up a shirt with the pic I designed for the Caddy hood on it. It's *beautiful.* :)

Okay ... that's it for this week. **sits back in the chair and fixates on the 17 candle's flame, munching on cake as he stares.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
HEY, HEY, HOCKEYTOWN!!
Sunday, May 16, 1999 07:10:01 PM
IP: modem5.i-is.com

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Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
HEY, HEY, HOCKEYTOWN!!
Sunday, May 16, 1999 06:41:01 PM
IP: modem5.i-is.com

The sea was calm, and the night a jet black. Nothing was on the surface, not even a fishing boat. Suddenly, bubbling up from beneath the waves, six jets of flame broke the surface, and rose into the sky, curving to north, all but hugging the surface as the boosters burnt out. In each of the winged shapes, electronic brains fixed position from navagation satellites high in the heavens, and adjusted course according with preprogramed instructions. As the shapes made landfall, high resolution radar scanners snapped on. The electronic brains compared the results with digital maps stored in memory. The shapes followed a preprogramed flightpath that took them into Germany, and a certain valley near the Hertzs Mountains. Flying right down this valley, the radars scanned for certain features, and compared the results with preprogramed position data in memory.At the target, the six Tomahawk Cruise Missiles exploded, blanketing the Brocken with thousands of heavy iron fragments.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Sunday, May 16, 1999 04:38:59 PM
IP: fltg2-ppp31.fltg.net

Robby > **hugs him warmly** I'm so glad you're alright. **smiles and kisses**
DS9 episode > I liked it, Gowron has always kinda scared me. I called him "Crazy Eyes". And seeing Ezri and Worf being friends is good. Seeing the Cardassians fighting the Dominion is something new, and I liked Garak in that uniform . **blushes**

Heather - [kheetor84@aol.com]
Sunday, May 16, 1999 03:58:54 PM
IP: abd1edc1.ipt.aol.com

Robby> Thanks a bunch, man! Now my patience is going to be wearing thin :P

Jenniren> I agree. Whether in Timedancer or Gargs, Harthoth needs to be brought back. He seemed like a really important and influencial character when it came to Brooklyn. And we need to see Apep and Isfet as well.
SOROW
Sunday, May 16, 1999 02:49:33 PM
IP: usr2-dialup229.mix1.irving.cw.net

Robby> So we've seen Ilsa Winters before. I would guess she's one of Harthoth's incarnations, but I'm not on the TGS staff so that's pure supposition. We need an image of Harthoth in here.

I got hit by a car once. I'd gotten off a bus and was crossing the street with a bunch of other people when a car zipped around the back of the stopped bus and hit me. It spun me around 3 times, but didn't hurt me. The car paused, a head poked out the driver's window, noted that I was still standing, and the car zipped off. I found the experience strangely exhiliarating.

Haven't seen Batman Beyond yet. It comes on at the same time as War Planets on Saturday, but is repeated on WGN on Sunday so I'll see it in about 15 minutes. Sounds like it will be good. It usually is.


Jenniren
Sunday, May 16, 1999 10:14:48 AM
IP: user-2ivf3ao.dialup.mindspring.com

*dances in, singing to the tune of "Cabin Fever" from Muppet Treasure Island* "We've got Star Wars tickets / We're gonna see the show / We've got Star Wars tickets / And I can't wait to go...."
Okay, so it isn't brilliant filk, it's still good news, right? Many many thanks to Constance for picking up Phantom Menace tickets for us! and here's hoping events don't conspire to completely tie up that Sunday....

Robby> Owch! Wishing you a swift and complete recovery -- and a new bicycle.... :(

Green Baron> Sorry we'll miss you. :( A wedding present? Awwww... *sappy smile* :)
Um... "Catholic schoolgirl scout Crusader power"? *falls down*

Christine> You wrote "I have to admit, it would still be nice to see a female Jedi Knight ..." Knight? Why think small? There are at least three female Jedi Masters on the Council, including one of Yoda's race. :)
[Old joke about Jedi sexism: "Thighs matter not! Judge me by my thighs do you?" :P]

*moment of silence for Ed Gilbert*


Archetypes: Cooool...two people have already pointed out that their own fics involve a Quaternity. I'm not really surprised but I _am_ pleased. :)
Wilek wrote "Hey...what other archetypes are there?" Yeeek. Um, lots. Hmm...I could post a new one every few days, maybe.... Gotta run now, but next time I post I'll give a long one: the outline for the Hero's Quest.

Later! *poof*
Batya the Toon
Sunday, May 16, 1999 09:54:09 AM
IP: usr47-dialup13.mix2.boston.cw.net

* MILD "BATMAN BEYOND" SPOILERS *

I'd certainly agree that Bruce Wayne's become "Batmanish" full-time at this point, even when he's no longer in costume. As I recall from the present-day animated series episodes, Bruce Wayne's public persona was a kindly but not too bright fellow, Gotham City's own Bertram Wooster (come to think of it, the initials are the same, and Alfred's been occassionally nicknamed "Jeeves"), rather easy-going in stark contrast to Batman's silent, grim tone. In "Batman Beyond", Bruce is always a grim and remote figure (remember the shot that we got of him in the "Your keeper's here" moment of the Mr. Freeze episode, standing silently beside Ace against the sky?). That's evidence enough that he's discarded the Bruce mask for good.

And I also thought that the character development for Barbara Gordon was good, one of the best parts of the episode, in fact. It gave an interesting commentary on the way that Bruce had become a little too obsessed with the Batman work.

* BATMAN BEYOND COMMENTS/SPOILERS END *
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Sunday, May 16, 1999 07:22:55 AM
IP: 208-19-232-140.dialup-stl.primary.net

Green Baron: Too violent? Not compared to Angela Nukem or what Jack Hammer did to the "Madoc" imposter. ;)

Oh, and my name's English? Didn't know that. Though there's no "a" in it, but a lot of people do that. Maybe my name is just a bastardized version of the English one. :)

Tim P: You're welcome. =) Glad I could be of service.

TRC: Egg whites, eh? I'll keep that in mind. :) I have plenty of opportunities to mess with people, though I do limit it to ones who deserve to be tortured. Still, there are plenty of those, hehe. Like the Insolent Burger King Customer I mentioned a while back. I'm still punishing him. This morning I met him at the post office. I held the door open as he walked up, and then let it slam on him just as he crossed the threshold. "Oops! Silly me! Are you okay?"

Kitainia: Glad you enjoyed that bit. Yeah, it's gross, but what the heck, it's satire. :) I loved your epilogue, too. You're right, I missed Loki. "I had issues ... now they're resolved." ROTFLMAO!!! I _love_ that line! Great work!

**Thinks about Angela walking around in her armor and carrying the weapons and surveying the carnage.** Ahhh. It's been quite a while since the last time I wanted to have sex with a cartoon as much as I do right now. :P
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Sunday, May 16, 1999 01:33:58 AM
IP: wire-15.koalas.com

**TNF MINOR SPOILER**

SOROW- Your post came in while I was typing mine. But as far as who that Ilsa Winters Chick is... You've seen her before. I guarantee it. You just don't recognize her. And you probably won't figure out where you've seen her before for a long, long time. Hee hee...
Robby
Sunday, May 16, 1999 01:33:16 AM
IP: spider-tn063.proxy.aol.com

Thanks for all the compliments on my drawing skills people. But I've said before I draw and I've included links to my artwork before too. And I don't brag because I can still get much much better and I know it. Demona May and Spike and lots of the others are way better than I am. (But then, most of them have a few years of experiance on me... Demona May's been drawing since before I was born..) And if you'd seen how many times I had to draw that bike pic before it was right... Oii... (Incidentally, I REALLLY wanted to use the Akira bike... But I figured that wouldn't get past S&P...)

And sorry Wilek, I don't have a scanner. Those pics had to be sent to a member of the TGS staff to be scanned, that's why there was a delay.

As far as getting run over, by bike took all the damage... I'll explain in more detail in the following RP...

**RP**

Lonny looks at one of his henchman with cybernetic eyes burning in anger.
"Tell me again... What exactly happened?"
"Well boss... I did like you said. I hunted down Robby while he was riding his bike... And I swerved when I was next to him and rammed my truck into his side. Scrapped his bike good, and gave him a few bruises."
"But you failed to kill him. Or seriously wound him. Or even capture him."
"Well yeah, but... I scrapped his bike!" Lonny bares sharpened teeth at the nineteen year old druggie (My best personal guess at the a-holes personality) who nailed Robby earlier today. And then, in a graphic sequance usually suited only for a Dis COnnect death, Lonny does away with the flunkie.
"All right Robby, you escaped today... But soon..." Lonny goes into a fit of maniacal laughter and looks at the picture of yours truly which he burned the other day. His laughter grows more evil with each sinister chuckle, and around the world, his plans begin to come into place.
Robby
Sunday, May 16, 1999 01:22:27 AM
IP: spider-tn063.proxy.aol.com

Whew, too many posts for me tonight. Oh well, I'm bored.

Just one more exam for me. Of course, I'm absolutely sure I failed my Accounting class. Ah, screw it, it was only an elective anyway.

Kitiana: **BATMAN BEYOND COMMENTS***
Remember, this is taking place *after* the "original series" ends. Bats and Barabara could have been involved. She said that she and Dick dated through college--well, in the more recent episodes of Batman: The Dark Knight, they'd only just begun to date. If was after the breakup of their relationship did she turn to Bruce.
As for her giving up her vigilantism, she did it because of what Bruce became. He was always obsessed with Batman, so much so that somewhere along the way he stopped being Bruce Wayne, the man, and became Batman, the hero, even out of costume. I'm sure there's a backstory in there that is yet to be filled in, but my guess is that he totally went off the deep end, becoming Bats full-time, and possibly he even violated some of his own principles in doing so. She saw what his life had become, feared that the same could happen to her, and so she chose to fulfill her father's legacy and fight crime with a badge.
As for the villain, Curare, she wasn't so bad in my opinion. It did mention why she was after Barbara's husband: he was to testify at the hearing of some arms dealer/terrorist, and his testimony as a witness would ensure a conviction. So, the terrorist hired an assassin's guild to off him before he could testify. Being their star assassin, Curare was sent.
And I suppose they could have had a villain to sniper him out of existence, but then again, that wouldn't fill up 20 minutes of air time, and it'd be terribly boring to go through a whole episode without at least some gratuitous violence
****END BATMAN BEYOND COMMENTS****

Gee, do you think I analyze the show too much? ;) This only goes to show you what boredom and insomnia at 1:00 a.m. will do to a guy.
Sevarius Jr.
Sunday, May 16, 1999 01:13:18 AM
IP: 207-172-70-94.s94.tnt11.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Hello to all, I'm back...Turned in two projects and two more to go (sigh) We had a car wash this morning and after four hours of overcast...my shoulders are somewhat red and painful. This is the problem with being doomed to have an extremely white @#! all the time and never being able to tan! Oh well...at least you guys don't have to see me :P

Robby> Hit by a car????? I remember when my brother had that unfortunate accident. Hope you feel better :)

Can anyone give me the address to Dylan Blacquiere's stories? I seem to have lost it.

****TD SPOILERS****
Maybe I missed something, but who the heck was that Ilsa Winters chick???? Are we suppose to have a hint to who she was? Other than that, I thought this ep was pretty good....especially the flashbacks. Awesome pics!
****END TD SPOILERS****

****SPOILERS FOR "THE MUMMY"****
The movie was awesome. I really like the Ancient Egyptian time period and all the gods. I briefly remembered a mention of Brooklyn getting drunk in "The Sun and the Serpent" and started laughing during the movie. The bad thing...It seems like the junior high mafia decided to show up and my mom totally chewed out the kids who talked through half the movie...Go mom! If you haven't seen it....DO! The special effects are awesome!
****END "MUMMY" SPOILERS****

I had a sleepover last night and technically...you really don't sleep at one of those. I'm going to bed. OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:45:26 AM
IP: usr2-dialup99.mix1.irving.cw.net

**LONG RP HERE**

The Ravens have by now nearly reached the Nebraska-Iowa state line. DC is sitting in his cage trying to recover from his latest series of deaths, and beginning to wonder why he's hanging out with them. Doug and Kitainia are up front with Jammer, watching the road. Suddenly Cobra pulls his bike in front of them, forcing Jammer to stop. "What's up?" Doug asks their scout. "We got trouble up ahead," the biker answers. "Government roadblock." "Roadblock?" asks Kitainia. "Yeah. One of them recognized and took a shot at me, but this other guy told him to stay back so I got away. I think they're after us." Doug looks worried. "Jammer, can you go around the roadblock?" "Yeah," Jammer answers, "but it's a little late for that, don't you think?" He points to several unmarked cars and an FBI helicopter heading towards them. "Great," Doug sighs heavily. Cobra whistles and his partner Fauline leaps out of the trailer on her bike to join him. "We'll hold them off," Cobra says. "You guys get away quickly." "But..." Kitainia begins. "If we live, we'll catch up!" Cobra tells her. Fauline nods in agreement. "Go!" Jammer shrugs. "I heard the man." He backs the truck up and pulls onto a nearby back road branching off from the highway as the two bikers speed towards the government cars. Kitainia cringes as two loud gunshots go off behind them, along with the noise of Fauline's screams. "Drive faster, Jim!" Doug yells at Jammer as the helicopter flies after them. The distraught Kitainia looks back and sees that Cobra and Fauline have both been shot dead by the government strike force. "You bastards!!" she screams at the murderers of her old friends, drawing her rocket launcher and leaning out the cab window to fire and blow up the lead unmarked car. "Alright, gentlemen," Agent Tau says into his radio as it goes careening off the road. "Now we know they're hostile. You have permission to apply maximum force." "We're in trouble," Jammer says as the gov't men begin firing bullets at their truck. "So I noticed," says Doug. "Kit, what were you doing?" "Avenging my friends, who they shot without provocation," Kitainia snaps in reply as she reloads her rocket launcher. "Right, just checking," Doug grins. Kitainia flashes a smile back at him and as Doug alerts the others to the fact that they are now once again involved in a life-or-death car chase, she makes a quick CR post.

**END LONG 1ST HALF OF RP**

Hi everyone. Good news, I'm done with finals. Doug has one more, though, so I can gloat. :) Hope that like us, you're all enjoying your weekend.

**BATMAN BEYOND COMMENTS, SPOILER ALERT**

Today's new Batman Beyond had its good and bad points. Good points include the excellent action, development on Bruce and Terry, and the development they did on Barbara. It was good to find out some of the reasons she and Bruce have a gulf between them, and see she still can kick ass. However, there were two major flaws to this episode. She was one of them. They got the whole Barbara-Bruce history wrong. They were NEVER involved, and I don't think there was ever anything in the original Batman series that showed Barbara thought their vigilanteism had to stop sometime. She always seemed to be the one who believed in their cause the most, thought they were doing a good thing. I could not believe the reason she broke with Batman was that she wanted to stop their crusade and he didn't. If only we could have seen more of the events that led to this in their pasts, maybe I'd understand. But they didn't show any flashbacks, we only got a lame and unsubstantiated explanation instead. :(

The other bad point was the villain. Now I admit, an assassin who uses a cool laser-edged scimitar and has neato acrobatic abilities is a cool idea, but I don't think it's a very good one. This show is set in the future, why didn't they hire an assassin who could snipe the DA dead, or use a car bomb? That would have fit with the times better, and might have had more success, too. It was also never really explained why Curare was after the DA, wish they'd given more details on that part of the plot. Altogether, this episode had some good developments but its flaws made it uninteresting and blase. So it only gets 4/10.

**BATMAN BEYOND SPOILERS END**

Kyryn: Congrats to you and Okami on a beautiful wedding. Thanks for showing us the great pictures of it. Hope you and Okami continue to have a happy and wonderful life now that you're formally together. :)

Batya: Good luck to you in your wedding. Thanks for stopping by.

Stephen: Glad you're finally feeling better. Hope you fully recover soon so we can see each other more in here.

Mandi: Dave sounds like a good friend, make sure you hang onto him. :) Sorry to hear about your monitor getting fried, hope you get a new one soon.

Todd: Great bit on Arthur. That's much more entertaining than the Animaniacs spoof of Star Wars that was on this morning, which was <bleah> except for Pinky and the Brain. And even those two didn't make the plot that interesting. :(

Robby: Good luck developing that bond with Heather. May you and her sometimes play lots of videogames together, Doug and I are living proof of how much that can strengthen your relationships. (Guess it gives the element of virtual danger, real danger being so thankfully rare in today's world. :) And also, congrats on those wonderful pictures in "Trust No Future." You obviously don't need Demona May to illustrate your work well. And I'm sorry you got run over. Glad you're okay.

Highlander- The Raven: I too despise this show. I liked Amanda in the original Highlander, but in her spinoff she's lost her edge. She also doesn't look as good now that she cut her hair short and dyed it. Yet another example of a TV actress who should not have changed her hairstyle, and looked better with the old one. Others who have suffered similar fates as Amanda include Renee O'Connor and Hudson Leick. I watched Xena today, and was barely able to tell them apart due to the similar hairstyle. On a show like Xena where the good and evil people are supposed to be clearly identified, this is a very bad thing.

Natalie Portman: She's cute, and her character in Phantom Menace is my kind of royal woman. "There are things I cannot do here. I cannot run, I cannot hide, I cannot let them win. So instead there are things I will do." <Preview shows her helping Obi-wan and co. fight the bad guys> Now we know where Leia got her kickass attitude and guts. Her mother Amidala is one character I'm looking forward to seeing in action on screen. :)

SJ: I was a Beavis and Butthead fan, too. But that didn't make me like the Family Guy. B&B did stupid stereotype humor very well, that made it a good show. Same deal for Simpsons. Family Guy, King of the Hill, and PJs, however, are attempts at doing the same sort of humor and IMO, they don't do it very well. Their jokes come across as bland, boring, and totally unfunny. The characters are also not very interesting and often poorly drawn, especially in Family Guy. Thus I do not like any of these shows or watch them that much. Simpsons and Futurama I do like and continue to enjoy.

<moment of silence for Ed Gilbert> I mourn this man's passing. He did a great job as the Captain and an even better one as Baloo.

Zath: Congrats on making it as far as you have, good luck with your graduation.

Pistoff: Great final bit for Angela Nukem, although I cannot see her doing to Madoc what Duke did to the Overlord. That is just too gross. BTW, I think your girlfriend missed one rather important Unseelie...

**BEGIN ANGELA NUKEM-RELATED BIT**

Loki watches Angela take out Madoc from a safe distance and chuckles to himself. "Yes!" he screams in joy as she rips his head off. "Finally, the guy who kept me from having fun is dead!!" "Excuse me," a stern voice asks from behind Loki. "I think you're wrong." The Unseelie trickster spins around to see Broadway standing behind him with his arms crossed. Brooklyn and Sata are also standing there, both of their eyes glowing. The former has his rifle pointed at Loki's heart, and Sata has her blades ready. "Uh, guys, can we talk about this?" Loki whines, seeing he has nowhere to run. He tries to teleport away, but Alex has dropped a magical shield over the area so he can't. "No," Brooklyn growls as he fires the laser. "We can't." The alley erupts in blazes of magical energy and finally the screams of Loki as he is cut to pieces by Sata's iron blades and Brooklyn toasts each one. Broadway watches them from a distance, cringing at the gore and shaking his head, glad that Brooklyn and Sata don't need his help.

Finally Loki is finished. Brooklyn and Sata highfive one another, the latter giving her mate a sly smile as they walk off to take a shower and celebrate the defeat of their old foe. Broadway bids them farewell and walks over to the stadium. He walks in and almost has a heart attack at all the destruction Angela has caused. "How could you do all this?" he asks her as Angela walks around checking to make sure all the Unseelie are dead. "I had issues," Angela shrugs at her mate as she turns to face him. "They're resolved now." She walks forward and gives Broadway a hug. "Let's go celebrate, big guy." "Uh, okay," Broadway says worriedly. "But before we do, can you please get rid of all those guns?"

**END THIS ENTERTAINING A.N. FINALE :)**

Christine: Congrats on your Black Roses progress. I look forward to reading it and the rest of your Magelore trilogy very soon.

Okay, guess that's all for now. Time to sign off. Later!

**BEGIN 2ND HALF OF RP**

The helicopter suddenly zips in front of the Onslaught, a man leaning out either side to fire an Uzi at the truck's front windows. Jammer, Doug, and Kitainia duck as they disintegrate in a spray of glass. "Stop your vehicle and surrender, Ravens!" Agent Tau yells through a bullhorn. "The Assistant Director wants as many of you alive as possible! We don't have to fight!!" "Then stop trying to kill us!" Elena yells from the trailer side door as she leans out and with a gesture ignites the mitochondria of the three men in the helicopter, destroying them in a spray of blood and guts. The copter itself immediately banks left and crashes into a field. Jammer keeps driving, with the other agents in their cars still in hot pursuit. Daria looks at Jaden and Lathrop and raises an eyebrow. "I thought you guys were working for the government." "Emphasis on were," says Tom. "Then they cut us loose because we were putting too many civilans in harm's way." Daria looks at Trent nervously, both of them rolling their eyes as the chase continues and the screen goes blank.

**TO BE CONTINUED, END THIS BIT OF RP**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@yahoo.com]
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:39:28 AM
IP: pool-209-138-163-248.dlls.grid.net

Thanks Wilek! I had run across this website a few weeks ago doing some research on bloodlines for Vampire: The Masquerade, and I meant to mention it in here, but I forgot until now I had it bookmarked.

CLICK ON MY NAME. Here's a website telling all about the World of Darkness version of the Gargoyles--WARNING: Many of you will no doubt be offended!!!
Sevarius Jr.
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:23:28 AM
IP: 207-172-70-94.s94.tnt11.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

<<gargoyles were crated something like 900 years ago>> *Created*, not 'crated'. They didn't have crates back then, and I'd like to see even a Tremere try to get one of us into a crate anyhow, at least during the night.
Wilek yet again
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:23:03 AM
IP: tnt-1-125-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Forgot...
Names> I believe Wilek is Polish and Nereus is Roman or some such.
Wilek again
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:17:15 AM
IP: tnt-1-125-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Zath> <<The other toy I had been thinking of is about the size of two fists put together and looks like a brown rock. You push down a switch and the head swings up revealing a warty green face and a big mouth. There was an arm that flipped up, launching anything sitting on it into the mouth, and it came with a little blue creature without any arms that was about half an inch tall, was only described as "the mortal", and its sole purpose was to be eaten by the rock. Do you have any idea what this is, because I can't remember what it was called.>> I don't know what that is, but I remember seeing several toys from that series many years ago. I don't know what they're called, but I know they're not Rock Lords. At least I doubt it. I'm glad someone else remembers them; I was starting to think I'd hallucinated them.

Robby> <<The "As above, so below" line is a joke/rumor/reputation in several fics that refers to beaked gargoyles, and to the size of their beak and compares it to... **Ahem** What is covered by the loin cloth.>> Ahem indeed. Kinda sorry I asked. :} Really, though, genetics doesn't work that way, otherwise the whole race would go extinct, for rather graphic reasons that would probably be deemed inappropriate here. <<No clue how I'd get a pic to ya though...>> You...don't have a scanner? <<If I recall correctly, ALL Wookies can speak English. Except Chewie.>> Um...as I remember, they can all learn and understand English, but most of them can't speak it. I could be wrong though...Run over by a car?!! AACCKK!! I'm amazed you came out of it alive!

Green Baron> $<<I hope that wasn't too violent.>> [Wilek thinks back to his various DC deaths.] If your RP was too violent, then I'm in deep trouble for violating several laws of nature.$ <<I have a thing for a woman with long hair. I guess I'm just old-fashioned ;)>> You too? ^_^

The Family Guy> Never seen it...

Christine> <<I have to admit, it would still be nice to see a female Jedi Knight...>> Read any of the novels? I remember reading a novel that starred a female Knight named Callista or something similar. (On the other end of the spectrum, one of the male Knights on the Jedi Council from Episode I has several dozen wives, I believe, because his homeworld has some kind of weird population problem.)

TRC> <<Arturo at least had a decent death>> Did they ever figure out if they had the real one, or the other one from one of the alternate universes? I seem to remember there being some confusion over that. <<Make sure he drinks a bit too much take him into the woods or somewhere private take of his pants and undergarments , and put two egg whites in his crack.>> [Wilek abruptly looks as if he wants to be violently ill, but has better things to do.] Clever. Sick, but clever. I still prefer the classic 'Cuisinart to the face', though. Kinda harder to hide the aftermath, but it's worth it.

Vampire: The Masquerade fans> I just learned something that kind of irked me. In the V:tM universe, gargoyles were crated something like 900 years ago by the Tremere. Yup. <sigh>
Wilek Nereus
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:14:53 AM
IP: tnt-1-125-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Sheesh, the room seems dead today. Oh well, not much to say, but...

Robby: How come you never told us what a good artist you were??? Here we are, praising the likes of Cyrway, Amber, Crazy Demona, Demona May Stephens, etc. (and justly so), while you just calmly sit out of the limelight. You're great, man!

Oh, and while I can't say I was ever run over by a car, I did once run over someone with a motorscooter. Please don't ask. It was a very, very, VERY embarassing, painful moment of my life. One of those things that you really wish there was such a device as time machine.

Names: Well, my surname, Poole, is mostly English I believe. But I've also got quite a bit of German, Irish, and Native American thrown in there as well...

*****SPOILERS FOR BATMAN BEYOND*****
WOW!!!! This sure answered some questions didn't it! Bruce and Barbara--TOGETHER!!!! Never saw that one coming, mainly cause, well, he's at least probably a dozen years older than she is. Still, that explains quite a bit--her animosity towards him, why Nightwing isn't friendly with Bruce anymore (presuming Dick is actually still alive). Right bloody interesting, mate!
Plus the villain was kinda cool. I dig that whole Middle Eastern-assassin woman thing. Kinda like shades of Rha's Al Ghul. Which reminds me....she belonged to some sort of assassin's guild, right? And there was her employer, shrouded in mystery....could Rha's somehow still be alive, continuing her work?
*****END BATMAN BEYOND SPOILERS******

TRC: I started losing total interest in Sliders once they dropped John Rhys-Davies, of whom I'm a big fan. Then when they dropped Wade....how did they explain it anyway? Wasn't she supposedly captured by the Kromaggs, or something like that? Friggin' preposterous. While Kari Wuhrer is certainly attractive, and I actually think that other O'Connell brother was halfway decent, but nothing beat the original cast in my book!
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Sunday, May 16, 1999 12:08:29 AM
IP: 207-172-70-94.s94.tnt11.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

The Family Guy> Urg, I _loath_ this show. The only good aspect of it is the baby (who I adore), and occasionally the dog, but all the other characters are like nails on a chalkboard to me. The series is a clear rip-off of The Simpsons, but as if that wasn't bad enough, it defiles The Simpsons by being so crappy. It's not just unfunny, it's the opposite extreme of hilarious. If the creators wanted to make a series that was a carbon copy of Matt Groenig's masterpiece, the least they could do is do the jokes they're stealing WELL. *deep breath* Okay, better now.

Deep Space Nine> Anyone see tonight's episode?

****SPOILERS****

Gowron's death was so cheezy. He would never have accepted Worf's challenge like that. Things just don't work like that in the Klingon Empire; they aren't so cut and dry. Anyone who remembers the TNG two-parter "Redemption" knows that.

Dumar made up for it, though, especially with his line: "His Cardassia is dead, and it's never coming back."

You know, after the Dominion War is over, I get the impression all of the Alpha and Beta Quadrents are going to be holding hands singing Cumbia (sp). Section 31 will probably be uprooted, thus cleansing the Federation. The Klingon Empire will be reformed under Martak, and the Cardassian Empire will also under Dumar. And the Romulans will be on better terms with everyone, after the alliance.

****END SPOILERS****

Robby> You've got some ability with a pencil! That pic is nothing short of awesome!
Entity
Saturday, May 15, 1999 08:44:40 PM
IP: 207.223.222.39

Good evening all

SPOILERS FOR TRUST NO FUTURE
This story was really great! I liked the plot of the story, and the pic's, my they were really great! Good jod on the story and the pic's, Robby. I liked the scene when Brooklyn and Sata did not know who to trust. This is one of my favorite episodes of season two of Timedancer so far.
END SPOILERS
Lawrence Stone - [craft-celtic@yahoo.com]
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A.
Saturday, May 15, 1999 08:44:07 PM
IP: chil-ras3-1-cs-23.dial.bright.net

I DO'NT BELIEVE IT !!!!! fall behind and miss all these big events , birthdays and Kyryn's WEDDING ,now I feel like a heel .

Kyryn : Best wishes (assuming you see this) . I've known Honeymoons to "Occupy" your time .

Sevarius Junior : Wade's character was played by Sabrina Lloyd . I spent a bit too much time cussing over the way she was dropped . Arturo at least had a decent death . I wonder if one of the reasons that the new season does'nt go the distance is because they just do'nt have the budget and so ca'nt provide the variety we were accustomed to with the origional .
I also agree with you that Farscape is pretty good , I've seen everyone to date and the one coming on on Friday is my favourite to date .

Pistoff : Ahhh , a man after my own heart . Sadly there are'nt enough oportunitiesfor a person such as myself to capitalise on chances to use my amassed tactics . But I do prefer a mix of psychological and physical practical jokes to purely one or the other .
Here's one of my favourites -
Wait until your mark is going to travel by airline , find a stuardess for that flight and give them a letter , point out the mark and ask her to give the letter to him midflight . In the envelope you can put whatever you want . For example :
"Sorry to disturb you but can you fly a plane ?" , "Terrorists have seized the plane , lock yourself in the bathroom and do'nt come out no matter what anyone outside says as they are planning on making an example out of you ."

One last thing I heard about a prank similar to your "condm in his anus" , only in this case you warn him before he gets drunk that there's a homosexual on base or wherever . Make sure he drinks a bit too much take him into the woods or somewhere private take of his pants and undergarments , and put two egg whites in his crack . Use this in conjunction with yours for best effect .

I'll make a proper post after I'm done catching up . See you soon .
The Rolling Calf - [aliscke@jamweb.net]
Kingston , Jamaica
Saturday, May 15, 1999 08:41:27 PM
IP: 208.244.41.195

Pistoff: Thanks for telling me about the software.

Christine M.: I saw that letter in Time Magazine too, and I do have to agree with of it. On the other hand, Princess Leia had qiute a ass-kicking attitude, which is probably what Han Solo found so endearing about her.

And is this new novel you're working on a sequal to "Curse of The Shadowbeast" or is it a fresh new storyline?
Tim P.
Saturday, May 15, 1999 08:29:43 PM
IP: s24-onawa.pionet.net

General note: I am way behind on my e-mail and other things, and here's why -- practically my whole life is changing in the next few weeks. Not only are we finally through all the financial dicking around and ready to start looking for a new house, but I am also transferring to a new job after almost nine years at Cascade Hall. And as if that wasn't enough, writing on the new novel, Black Roses, is going so fast and so well that I have been able to think of little else and will probably be done with the first draft by the end of the month. And I've worked eleven out of the past twelve overnight shifts. So if you've written to me lately, please bear with; I'm a little out of it!

"As above, so below" > this is a quote from The Pure and the Profane, Jericho to Angela (re: Brooklyn) and then later Brooklyn flinging it back in Jericho's face. One of my best moments ever, in my humble (did she dare say humble? Her?) opinion ; )

Star Wars > Someone wrote to Time Magazine complaining that after twenty years, Lucas' vision still was of boys growing up to be soldiers and girls princesses ... although it does fit the mythic archetype, I have to admit, it would still be nice to see a female Jedi Knight ...

Stephen > glad you're feeling better! Gonna have a crossover for me? ; )

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 08:01:00 PM
IP: 06-067.009.popsite.net

RP WARNING!!!
**Jimmy Swaggart has formed a very large line of protestors outside St. Louis Cathedral, bringing in all sorts of anti-Catholics, from zealous protestants to liberal secularists to AmChurch "Catholics", all united to protest former Archbishop Hannon and the Church.

The Catholic schoolgiel scouts see this diplay and decide to act. "Cease and desist from harrassing Mother Church, bigots."
"We shall not, you statue loving heathens."
"Why do you women defend a sexist Church?"
After all these taunts, the girls decide. "Okay, we tried nicely, now it's war. Catholic schoolgirl scout Crusader power. O St. Joan of Arc, great warrior women, grant us your power to help us battle these extremists!!"
The five girls begin to tarnsform from their school uniforms to feminine chainmail armour with a red crusader cross over each suit. Swords appear in their hand and they look ready to battle. They then charge at the protestors with their swords drawn ready to kill**
PAUSE RP!!

I hope that wasn't too violent.

Entity> I must say I liked Odd Couples. Everything that I had to say has been said. Good work.

Reverend Attila> One day I will discover you typing on my computer. I don't even see fur on the keyboard.

Tim Phipps> Harkin is good at hiding his true nature. He maintains a populist image, but he is not too far from Paul Wellstone ideologically, whhich is scary, since Paul Wellstone is a left-wing version of Gary Bauer.

Doug and Kit> Don't fret over Pat, sinc ehe's just a rich little twit. Gary Bauer is the really annoying one claiming he has the sole right to Reagan's legacy. George W. will make short work of this guy.

Batya> I will miss you and Alex at the Gathering. I also had a wedding present selected and I was hoping to give it to you at the Gathering. It is good to see you at the CR more.

Kyrvyn> I'm glad you're wedding went so well. Th epictures look great. I hope you two truly will be together until "death do us part".

Jackal> My cat scored near perfect, but he beleives Clinton inhaled. I got an 85.6% I think.

Comments to garg characters.

MacBeth> Hello, Uncle
Xanatos> Who do you like better, Machaivelli or Sun-Tzu?
Angela> Are you absolutely certain about Broadway? :)
Demona> So you think I'm cute, even for a human? :)
Halcyon> It's an honor to meet you.

Blue> You're probably right about Kaioto. I haven't seen him on-line in a few weeks.

Mary Flanders> Attila's brotehr George died last February. I miss the little tubbo still. Sadly, I was off in College so I never saw him again after Christmas break.

Highlander: The Raven> I wasn't impressed. I also prefer Amanda with dark hair that at shoudler length or longer. I have a thing for a woman with long hair. I guess I'm just old-fashioned ;)

Todd> LOL!!! I knew that would be in there somewhere.

Family Guy> I actually like this show, because it is so silly. I also like Futurama and King of the Hill.

Shoes> I have two pairs of sneakers, a pair of professional, shoes, loafers, and a pair of slippers, which must make em look odd :)

Pistoff> I think Kearns is English.

RESUME RP!!
**After some violent fight scenes, the indefensibles WASPs and progressives have been slaughtered and the outside of the Cathedral looks a little red. Only a few protestors are left an dtehy all run, except Jimmy Swaggart who raises his fists and charges Ave Maria only to be impaled by her sword. Once he dies, the girls look at their own gear now a reddish color and decide to go into the Cathedral to Confess for killing all those people**
TO BE CONTINUED!!!
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saturday, May 15, 1999 06:32:50 PM
IP: 98a9e822.ipt.aol.com

Tim P: Another option for converting your stories is to save them in .rtf (rich text format) and use a program called RTF2HTML, which will convert it to html. That way you can use different fonts and italics and so on. It'll make your stories look spiffier. You can download RTF2HTML from www.softseek.com. Just click my name and you'll be sent right to the download page. And best of all, it's FREE. :)

Another idea--if you have a word processor like Word 97 or Cetus Cwordpad, you can just save your story as an .html document. Cwordpad can be found at either download.com or zdnet.com, I don't remember which.

Anyway, hope this helps. :)

Robby: My god! I'm glad you're okay after that! I haven't been run over yet, but one time I came pretty close. A hearse ran a stop sign and almost ran over me. How's that for irony?

Okay, time for one more installment of Angela Nukem ...

Our Heroine has Madoc cornered in, yes, in The Stadium. ;) His minions throw themselves at her and she just mows them down with her full-auto shotgun. In seconds, there's only a handful left.

"Let god sort 'em out!"

The remaining minions regroup and shoot fireballs and blasts of energy at Angela, and she dodges easily. She pulls out a pipe bomb and dispatches the nearest one with a BOOM! and a sickening SPLAT!

"Holy cow!"

She unslings the Shrinker from her shoulder and bathes the next minion with a burst of green energy, reducing him to the size of a Barbie doll. But this one ain't plastic, bubba. Angela casually walks over and stomps on him. Another SPLAT!

"Heh heh heh, what a mess!"

She takes out several more in the same manner, then runs out of ammo. She drops the Shrinker as the last minion races for the nearest bit of cover, which happens to be a light pole. He starts climbing and Angela just grins and shakes her head. She whips out her Devastator.

"Ya wanna dance?" She blasts him into chunks of wet meat. "Ooh! That's gotta hurt!"

She turns to the only one left--Madoc. He stares bug-eyed at her and pees his pants.

"It's down to you and me, you Smurf-colored freak!"

Madoc turns and heads for the end zone. In a few moments he realizes there's nowhere to run, and stops. Turns back to face Angela, who is now holding her RPG.

Madoc raises his hands--and begins to grow. And grow. And grow. Until he's taller than the stadium.

Angela is unimpressed. "I'll rip your head off and $h!t down your neck!!"

Madoc holds his arms out and rockets erupt from his palms. Angela sways and dances and skips around, dodging them as they zip past her. She stops for a moment and then lets rip. One rocket after another explodes against Madoc's chest, and he cries out and shrinks a little with each impact. He flings a few more rockets at her, but her onslaught is too much for him to handle. His size decreases faster and faster, and his roars of pain are the only thing that can be heard over the explosions.

He has dwindled to roughly the height of a two-car garage by the time Angela runs out of rockets. She discards the RPG and goes to work with her auto-shotgun. Madoc screams and shrinks some more, falling to his knees and whithering, turning into an old man.

Angela runs out of ammo once again. No matter. She still has her pump-action 10-gauge. She grabs it and starts blasting away.

"Die, you son of a bitch!"

Madoc finally collapses with one final moan. Angela walks over to him, grabs his head, braces one foot against his shoulder, and pulls. His head comes off with a terrible, juicy crunching sound. Angela holds the head for a moment, then takes a couple of steps and kicks it across the field. The head sails over the goal posts. Angela raises her arms in triumph.

"Touchdown!"

She turns back to the decapitated corpse and grins. "You know what's coming next, dontcha?" She turns around and drops her shorts.

"Now, if I just had the morning paper ...."

THE END

Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 06:00:23 PM
IP: wire-16.koalas.com

Aris- Deuce left the link to the illustrated version of Trust No Future just the other day, but if you can't find it through backtracking, just click my name.
Robby
Saturday, May 15, 1999 04:43:06 PM
IP: spider-tf013.proxy.aol.com

Robby> What is the URL for the pic of Trust No Future?
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 03:32:44 PM
IP: athe530-b095.otenet.gr

Robby > I know how you feel. I had a run-in with a car when I was on my bike 2-3 summers ago. and I wasnt even wearing a helmet either (and I still dont). all I ended up with was a lot of road burns and a seperated shoulder. and my bike.......well......Let's just say it needed some serious work done to it.......well gotta go........

This is Dags.....signing out........goodnight....*bows and disappears into thin air*
N. Dagastino - [Dagastino_2000@hotmail.com]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 03:20:49 PM
IP: 24.48.82.58

**Robby limps into the room**

Who in here has ever been run over by a car before? I can now say, "I have!" Lucky me. Nothing broken it seems, but skinned my knees and elbows, and my bike won't ever be the same. **Sigh** AH well... Cest la vie...

Hmm, slow room today.
Robby
Saturday, May 15, 1999 03:06:01 PM
IP: spider-wn011.proxy.aol.com

Wilek and Fire Storm: Thanks for the info. I shall put it to use a soon as possible.
Tim Phipps
Sucks-vile, Iowa, The United States Of America
Saturday, May 15, 1999 10:21:32 AM
IP: s3-onawa.pionet.net

Wilek- The "As above, so below" line is a joke/rumor/reputation in several fics that refers to beaked gargoyles, and to the size of their beak and compares it to... **Ahem** What is covered by the loin cloth.

As far as commissions... Um, I guess I could... No clue how I'd get a pic to ya though...

Rare is making 13 MICKEY MOUSE GAMES! ARG! Aren't the cool ones he's got on Super Nintendo enough?

Wookies speaking English- If I recall correctly, ALL Wookies can speak English. Except Chewie. **Shrugs**

Watched The Last Unicorn last night. Excellent movie, save for the songs where the Unicorn sang in her human form. Great animation and story though. Makes me wonder what happened to Rankin/Bass. the did great stuff in the 80's like Thundercats, Silverhawks, and Last Unicorn.

Watched the Land Before Time 6 tonight. In the course of this movie I tried to go to sleep, read a newspaper, and prepared dinner. Anything to NOT watch it. It was THAT bad. And pardon my french,

**WARNING!!! RANT AND POSSIBLY OFFENSIVE WORDS NOT USUAL TO ROBBY'S NATURE UP AHEAD**
This movie was the worst piece of crap I have ever had the displeasure to sit through. The characters were annoying, not at all emotional, and they ripped off friggin WESTERN! The characters I loved in the first film have slowly been degraded into annoying sterotypes of freakin' one year old who don't know what a PLOT is. The villains have also degraded. The fearsome T-Rex's in the first first film inspired by Fantasia have degraded into brainless things that any dinosaur can whup. The second film at least had interesting villains. (One voiced by Rob Paulsen who acted like Pinky!) And the songs, don't even get me started on those horrible and awful songs! Oii, I knew this movie was going to be bad after the last couple of sequals, which is why I dodged it. If my mother hadn't gone off and bought it, I never woulda seen it. But my recomendation is this. AVOID THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE AT ALL COSTS! It isn't worth the cost of a single acetate cell it was drawn on! Yes, it was THAT bad. And this is coming from the guy who usually finds redemption in most things animated... (I actually enjoyed the first Swan Princess flm for instance...)

**END RANT**

Fell much better now. And since no one even bothered trying to name all the scenes included in that one Trust No Future pic, here they are... These are in my opinion the greatest moments of the series. From left to right, starting at the top...

First glimpse of Coldstone-Reawakenings.
Future Tense image of Claw- Future Tense
Broadway knocking Dracon silly with one finger- Silver Falcon
Pic of Michael Barnes- Trust No Future
Brooklyn listening to Demona ask him to stay- Temptation
Xanatos viewing Goliath's stone form for the first time- Awakenings
Brooklyn enjoying a moment with Maggie alone, only to hear the others coming- Kingdom
The Kiss- Hunter's Moon (Shame on you if you didn' know that one.)
"DON'T CALL ME ANGIE!" (Okay, its right after, but that particular frame doesn't look too great.) -Turf
Demona and Xanatos... arguing... -Reawakenings
"They should have Haloween more often." "Yeah."- Eye of the Beholder.

I wanted to actually draw Goliath and Elisa dancing, but Lex was nowhere on the page, and there were already several Goliath images in a Brooklyn story. So I went with a fun line instead. Incidentally, the original plan called for 60 or so images, included pics of Owen turning his hand to stone in "THe Price", Owen revealed to be Puck in "The Gathering", all the scenes actually mentioned in the story, a Maggie and Talon pic, and a lot of TGS images. Just didn't have the space unfortunatley. Maybe I'll put together a large collage for the Gathering... Assuming I go...
Robby
Saturday, May 15, 1999 02:30:52 AM
IP: spider-wn034.proxy.aol.com

Well, I got my cap and gown today, even though graduation isn't until the 28th. All my teachers are starting that mad dash to catch up with their lesson plans (my AP bio teacher claims we're something like 7 weeks behind even though it's only an 18 week course), and I officially have Senioritis...

It's weird. All year, no one at school has wanted me to draw anything other than little quick cartoons on book covers and such. Now suddenly two different people both ask me to do pictures for them in the same week. One friend is a gargs fan and wants some London gargs. The other friend saw me drawing Thersites (the scene from the Reluctant Hero where he takes Nanny's broom and threatens to drop her on the Vikings) and said "Hey, I want something evil like that!" I tried to explain Thersites' character, but he wouldn't listen, so I'm giving him a picture of a shifty looking dragon (who very vaguely resembles Thersites) eating someone's arm. Then on top of all that, today there was some guy I'd never even met before (the classic "friend of a friend") who was willing to let me draw on him and I ended up putting a gargoyle on him so that the body was on the back of his hand while the arms and legs were on his fingers. It was pretty funny, when he moved his fingers it looked like the gargoyle was tap-dancing. I just find it odd that all this would suddenly happen just weeks before school is over and I probably never see many of these people ever again. Oh well, that's life...

Kyryn> I'm glad you had a good wedding. You and Okami both look wonderful in the pictures.

Mandolin> <<half an hour til I take my Renaissance Amphibium final>> At first glance that looks like it says Renaissance Amphibian final : P

Robby> <<Rock lords looked like rocks, and transformed into critters.>> Oh, *those* rocks. Actually, I think I have one of those too (lost in the depths of my closet at my dad's house, of course). I think it was the gold one (looks like a lumpy ball of gold plastic about an inch and a half to two inches in diameter, am I right?) and I'd play with it with my transformers and pretend it was Bumblebee after someone put him through a car crusher. **eg** The other toy I had been thinking of is about the size of two fists put together and looks like a brown rock. You push down a switch and the head swings up revealing a warty green face and a big mouth. There was an arm that flipped up, launching anything sitting on it into the mouth, and it came with a little blue creature without any arms that was about half an inch tall, was only described as "the mortal", and its sole purpose was to be eaten by the rock. Do you have any idea what this is, because I can't remember what it was called.

Ari > <<Oh, and my aquashoes. And my two pairs of slippers...and my two pairs of rollerblades>> Well if you're going to count that stuff I also have a pair of flippers (with neoprene boots) I use when I go diving.

Zath - [zath@rocketmail.com]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 02:02:22 AM
IP: ns10-16.viptx.net

OH YEAH! I noticed somthing wierd today!
I was drinking from my pop bottles when I noticed the colors of each of the three fluids.
Black (Coke)
Yellow (Lemonade>
Whitish (Water) (Cold condensation)
Wierd, eh? Made me think of everyone's favorite fae trio.

<>BTW... hearing about Ed Gilbert dieing made Lady Mystic almost cry. :( <>
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 01:29:35 AM
IP: t2-4.visitus.net

AH geez... Just read some depressing news in the S8 room... Ed Gilbert, voice of Baloo in Talespin and The Captain in Gargoyles, has passed away. Less than a week after Shel Silverstein. This is getting depressing. A moment of silence if you will.

...


Robby
Saturday, May 15, 1999 01:12:53 AM
IP: spider-wn041.proxy.aol.com

Mary Flanders: I had a german shepard-collie mix once. She was hit by a car the day before Thanksgiving. Needless to say, I didn't have much to be thankful for that year. :'(
I loved her, and I still do.

Ari: Have you found yourself a Sanctuary?

Kyryn: Lady Mystic and I send our best wishes to you and your new found husband!

Tim Phipps: FILE -> SAVEAS -> <at the bottom of that screen that pops up, it shows MS WORKS file type. Press the arrow and a list will appear. Just press TXT>
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 01:10:40 AM
IP: t2-4.visitus.net

Correction: Ian McDiarmid was the Emperor. Sorry.
Doug
Saturday, May 15, 1999 12:32:44 AM
IP: pool-207-205-145-72.dlls.grid.net

**END RP!**

[In Oz, it's now clear that the Tin Woodsman intends to kill them all. Everyone prepares for battle, careful not to make the first move. Especially Wilek, who learned from his previous mistake with the Wicked Tribe.]

**RESUME RP!**

Batya> Wow...I have a Quaternity in my own fics! Very weird. Hey...what other archetypes are there? Maybe I have a few others. ^_^

Quick question> How badly would it mess up continuity if I destroyed the earth in my ficverse? Just wondering. <g>

Get this everyone. Master video game developer Rareware, Ltd. is under contract from...y'all ready?...Disney. To make 13 N64 and Game Boy games. Now here's the twisted punchline: ALL STARRING MICKEY MOUSE! AAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! WAS GARGOYLES EVEN *MENTIONED* AT THIS MEETING?!!!

Doug> <<I liked the little bears, though, they were a cool primitive people.>> So did I, quite honestly, but I wouldn't be terribly sad if they were to become extinct. Oh wait, they already are...

Aaron> <<But just think, if you managed to shelter yourself, of all the interesting mutations to study after the blast.>> For some reason I just thought of Weird Al Yankovic's 'Christmas At Ground Zero'.

Robby> Just saw the pictures to Trust No Future. Wow. Just, WOW. Do...you take commissions? <G>

Ari> <<the GORGEOUS girl with the amazing red dress>> Ah, Queen Amidala. Reminds me of a younger Miriam, actually. But what's with that makeup?

Christine> (Re: M.U.S.C.L.E.)> I think I have one of these; the crystal-looking thingy.

Stephen> <<BROOKLYN: "Hey, my girl wants to know... <points to beak> As above, so below?" <EG>>> Um...I don't get it...

Tim Phipps> <<How do I change my story from Microsoft Works to TXT?>> Um...if your version of Works is anything like mine, click File, Save As, and in the drop-down thingy at the bottom of the dialog box, there should be Text and Text (DOS) options. I don't know the difference between them, but presumably they're both TXT files.

SJ> <<BTW, if memory serves me, wasn't there a Wookie on Kashyyyk that could speak Basic (English)? I believe that a speech impediment he had enabled him to serve as a translator.>> I remember that, yes. <<It's true, I NEVER throw anything away>> You either? My hard disk is full of stuff that I don't think I'll ever use but I'm afraid to get rid of because there might be other programs that use some of their components. I'm the same way with everything I have--books, toys, video games, everything.

**PAUSE RP!**

[On the Avatar Of Ganon, Toliana and Djedi are waiting for their assignment. Toliana: "I don't care if this is a trap or not, I don't like it here. Borg, Daleks, Imperial hardware, the station even looks like a rebuilt Cyclon base star. This could still all be a trap, you know." Djedi: "If we pull off whatever Rho has planned for us, we'll recieve amnesty from most of the organizations that currently have prices on our heads *and* we'll recieve enough money to retire on. If you're right, we can probably get away. I for one think it's worth the risk." Toliana: "You were always the thrill seeker. Like when you were at the academy. You and that roomate of yours--what was his name again?" Djedi: "Ikeni Khesaat." Toliana: "Yeah. Tell me again how you two reprogrammed the showers in the girls' dorm to spray Phaelonian cyanfruit juice instead of water..."]

**BEGIN RP AND END MY MESSING WITH YOUR MIND! ;P**
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, May 15, 1999 12:22:29 AM
IP: tnt-1-139-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

SJ: Yes, I too am a big fan of The Practice. And I agree with you about Zahn's trilogy being ultra-cool.

Ian McKellen: He does look a little like Magneto. At least he did in Apt Pupil. And he can do good villains. Remember Return of the Jedi? He was Palpatine, I think.
Doug
Saturday, May 15, 1999 12:19:33 AM
IP: pool-207-205-145-72.dlls.grid.net

****BEGIN RP!!!****
As everyone tenses for possible battle against Tinman, Wilek attempt to anser Argent's question.
"Well, technically we're helping SJ, who's helping the Scarecrow."
Argent turned to SJ. "And why are YOU helping him?"
"Well...um....you see, he's the only one who knows how to get to Eisner's office, and once we find it, I can ask the big guy himself where on Earth my dad is."
"Why can't we just follow the yellow brick road?"
"Um.....Gee, I never thought of that," SJ scratched his head.
"You're helping me because without me, you'd never make it past Eisner's defenses. I used to rule Oz, remember: I know all its secrets. I can get you to Eisner with the minimum causualties," the Scarecrow added, overhearing their conversation.
SJ turned back to his friends. "Look, guys, I know that Scarecrow can be a bit of a....well, all around bossy jerk, but I really need to find out about what's happened to my dad. Bear with me, okay?"
"Alright," Wilek said with a sigh. His Pokemon tensed for battle. "But what about that thing?"
The Tinman began to slowly march toward the group. "SCARECROW!" it shouted. "I know you're trying to find the Dorothy. Well, so am I. Looks like we got a problem. You see--only one of us is gonna make it out of this forest alive to find her."
*****END RP FOR NOW*****

X-MEN MOVIE UPDATE: Apperently, Ian McKellen, recently nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of director James Whale in "Gods and Monsters", has agreed to play Magneto. I've got some doubts about this. Anyone who's seen McKellen's work can vouch for the fact that the guy's a tremedous actor. Then again, I don't think he looks anything like Magneto in any way. Still, I never thought Michael Keaton would work as Batman either.....

Zahn Trilogy: If you're going to get any of the Star Wars books, let it be these. Absolutely great reads. Lucas may never get around to making episodes 7-9, but if he did, they should be these. Awesome characters, really cool villains (Thrawn and C'Baoth are great!), and amazing battle sequences that leap off the page. Just plain good all around.
BTW, if memory serves me, wasn't there a Wookie on Kashyyyk that could speak Basic (English)? I believe that a speech impediment he had enabled him to serve as a translator. At least he didn't grunt or growl all the time!

Doug: Thanks for the forgiveness! :) As for the "Family Guy", I like the show....probably cause it's about the most offensive new program out there, which appeals to me for some strange reason (well, I WAS a Beavis and Butthead fan). I agree that Stewie is kind of Brainish (although I don't think the lovable mouse was really the inspiration for him). But he gets away with saying things Brain could never say: "Shake me! Shake me like a British nanny!" You just can't get away with that on the WB!
BTW, I take it you're a "Practice" fan? (Camryn Manheim and all). I LOVE that show. It's one of the best on TV today, right up there with ER.

Highlander: The Raven--This is one of those moments when I wish that I had the home address for the executives who greenlighted the programs, so I could slap some sense into them. First off, I never thought Highlander should end in the first place. How many seasons did it last? Five I think? It could have gone on for at least another two, easy. Secondly, if you're going to make a spinoff, could you have gotten a better character? I always found Amanda annoying at best. It's been said before, but I always thought Methos would have been the better choice for his own series. I made it through about 15 minutes of the first episode of "Raven", and turned the channel. Total snorefest.

Musclemen: Hey, I STILL have about a hundred of these little buggers buried somewhere in the attic! (It's true, I NEVER throw anything away). They were kinda fun little guys. Some looked like pro wrasslers, some looked like goofy superheroes, others looked like the designers smoked some crack before making them. But they were fun! My favorite was this one that looked suspiciously like Godzilla.

Ari: I assume you're talking about the lovely miss Natalie Portman in the red dress? In my book, Natalie is the only other woman who equals my other obsession, Gwyneth Paltrow. They're perfect beyond words!
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Saturday, May 15, 1999 12:09:08 AM
IP: 207-172-33-17.s17.tnt8.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

<<Question:If given the chance, what would you ask the characters of Gargoyles?>>

Demona: "What's your problem, forget to take your medication?"

Lexington: "Have you evert considered a career in software designing?"

Angela: Of course I'd ask her out if I could. But there would be problems of course. Demona, Broadway, the whole inter-species thing may not go over so well with some people, she may not like me that much...

Perhaps I should move on before I get too self-absorbed.

Re: BioHazard fan-fic: How do I change my story from Microsoft Works to TXT?
Tim Phipps
Saturday, May 15, 1999 12:01:55 AM
IP: s22-onawa.pionet.net

Correction- Camryn Manheim. Sorry I got her name wrong. <leaves, hoping he hasn't made the evil dragon queen's voice actress immensly mad>
Doug
Friday, May 14, 1999 11:56:13 PM
IP: pool-207-205-145-72.dlls.grid.net

Yeah, I'm done with my Spanish final! Time for a quick post, with no RP.

Blue Caeru: Thanks, that's probably it. Hope he gets done moving soon so we can see him in here again.

Robby, Deuce: If either of you get the time in the next week or so, can you please do me a big favor and somehow get the CR pic list updated with at least one dragon image? I really want to put one next to the announcement when my upcoming fic is posted at GFW. Thanks.

Coming in one week or so...
Learn the history of one of the greatest threats to the Manhattan gargoyles and the world. Then read on as the clan battles him and his minions. :) With special guest appearances from characters ideally voiced by Denzel Washington, Dennis Rodman, James Woods, Caryn Manheim, and Hudson Leick.
Gargoyles, get ready to play the "Dragon's Game!"
Doug Elder - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Friday, May 14, 1999 11:47:59 PM
IP: pool-207-205-145-72.dlls.grid.net

**enters the room, puts a red rose at the base of the candle before switching it out.**

I'm feeling a little romantic tonight, don't ask me why.

Quote source: Okay, since nobody identified it ... the quote was spoken by Gabrielle in an episode of "Xena" titled "Warrior ... Princess ... Tramp." Consider, she's screaming at Xena after being tossed into a dungeon by two other women who look like Xena (they're actually the same woman ... there's the authentic Xena, Princess Diana, and Meg.). Don't ask any more, it's too complicated. Needless to say, the line is the best scene in the ep. :)

M.U.S.C.L.E.: I remember these, too. I had a little plastic garbage can full of these little guys.

Kyryn: D'OH!! **bonks self on head** I should've remembered that!! Oh well ...

Wilek: Woo, that *is* a creepy coinkydink ... ranks up there with learning that my fic cycle had a lot of similarities to the Master Plan ... without my ever hearing what the Master Plan was.

Shoes: I have three pair ... one pair of work shoes (black lace-up dress shoes), one pair of lawn/auto repair/grungy shoes (white tennies), and one pair of sandals that's been beaten beyond recognition by years of use.

Penguins buyout: I'm not complaining so much about the fact that the guy wants to buy the Penguins ... I'm more complaining about the guy wants to buy the Penguins and move the team ... considering that the team is a two-time Stanley Cup winner (last team before the Red Wings to repeat as champions) and has been in Pittsburgh for *years.*

JackaL: According to your test I am 91.9% pure.

Stephen: Good to see ya up and about. Hope those antibiotics work wonders for ya. :)

Oh well, slow night. **sits back in the big chair and fixates on the candle's flame. After a while, produces another rose from up his sleeve and absently smells it while fixating.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
HEY, HEY, HOCKEYTOWN!!
Friday, May 14, 1999 11:12:04 PM
IP: modem53.i-is.com

Just dropping by very quickly...
Doug> I think Kaioto is still busy with moving his things out of his dorm and end-of-the-term stuff like that.
Blue Caeru
Gainesville, FL, USA
Friday, May 14, 1999 10:29:56 PM
IP: spider-th053.proxy.aol.com

Argent- Near as I can tell, the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is sung by Bonnie Tyler. And I know you didn't ask, but I included a link anyway.
Robby the CR DJ
Friday, May 14, 1999 08:10:42 PM
IP: spider-to043.proxy.aol.com

Thanks for all the well wishes... I'm on sulfa-antibiotics for another 7 days or so, and I'm sticking to them so I won't have a relapse as we get closer to the Gathering.

STAR WARS> You know, people are saying the same things about Episode 1 that they did when the original Star Wars came out. Yes, I was old enough to remember it when it first came out in 1977(?), and they were saying basically the same thing early critics of Ep.1 are saying... come ON people! It's meant to be fun! You want a serious epic? Go watch Ben Hur!

No matter what people are saying, I'm watching this one with my wife and my daughter, who is at about the right age to watch it and enjoy the experience like I did.

THINGS TO SAY> If I ran into the characters?

XANATOS: "Can I have a donation for the Poor-Lonesome-Me Foundation?"

DEMONA [After a liberal dousing of Liquid Nitrogen]: <in my best Chris Rock voice> "Hey, let's, just Chiillll!"

BROOKLYN: "Hey, my girl wants to know... <points to beak> As above, so below?" <EG>

BROADWAY [On Angela]: <high fives!> "All right! Big Boys _CAN_ get the girl!"

ANGELA [On Broadway]: "Ma'am, it is an honor to know that there are some realistic women out there! He's gonna be so good to you, just wait and see!"

ELISA & GOLIATH: "Forget what other people think or say! Go! FLY! GLIDE naked and free with your love!" :)

CHRISTINE (Re: M.U.S.C.L.E.)> I remember these! A bunch of hundreds of little, pink wrester figurines that you could "fight" with against your friends, and winners got to keep the looser's MUSCLEmen... you could by them in 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50 count packs.

Speaking of old toys, I loved to collect G.I.Joes (the 3" ones), Transformers, and old Matchbox diecast cars...

LUCAS & THE SW BOOKS> Actually, he changed his tune after he saw how popular Tim Zahn's books were doing, he even went as so far to say that he considers Zahn's trilogy as "cannon" for the entire series.

He also did the same, PC game wise, when "Shadows of The Empire" skyrocketed off the shelves. Dash Rendar is considered a firm character in the series... (I know this because I interviewed Zahn twice at a convention in Fla. which was so Cool!"

***** SHAMELESS PLUG *****

In 10 days time...

When the hammer falls...

Pray you're not under the heavy end!

Prepare to face

"The Darkest Hour"

written by Todd Jensen, Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr., & Batya Levin
with contributions by Kathy Pogge, Patrick Toman, & Christi Smith Hayden

***** END SHAMELESS PLUG *****

Well, that's all for now... Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, May 14, 1999 08:05:17 PM
IP: m71.ieway.com

Grrrrrrrrr............... SPLASH! BONK!
(Argent stomps in, dusting off hands.)
I am pleased to announce I have found an entirely new usage for duct tape, no thanks to DC. Now...
I can't believe it. I just can't. Dick Jacobs, owner of the Cleveland Indians, has put them up for sale. I suppose I understand his reasons: He's 73, and wants to pick the next owner himself. I know he'll choose one who will keep the team in Cleveland. Still...*sigh*
DEUCE> I think I have a couple of archives saved. Where do I send 'em, and how? (Advance warning, I don't know how complete they are.)
CYRWAY> Whoops, forgot! Happy belated b-day!
KYRYN> Congratulations! You make a lovely bride! :)
KITANIA> 'kay. (About to throw SS into the crocodile moat, but decides doesn't need trouble with the ASPCA and hurls him out a convenient window instead.)
ROBBY> Nice story, even better pics!:)

***RANDOM THOUGHT ALERT!***
1.) Who sings 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'?
2.) Has anyone in here seen the old episodes of 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' on Nickelodeon? Do you remember an episode where a girl was something called a 'Setterwind'?
***4 NOW, ALL CLEAR***
***QUICK RP!***
"Whoahwhoahwhoah, hold on a second Wilek!" (Argent exclaims.) "_Before_ you get us into a fight, could you please explain to me just _why_ we are helping this guy?" (Indicates the scarecrow.)
***STAY TUNED!***

Gotta Jet! Go Tribe!
(Five months 'till the new 'Dark Ages' eps!)
Argent (aka Tribe Fanatic)
stable, USA
Friday, May 14, 1999 08:00:06 PM
IP: dyn021-nas02.marietta.frognet.net

Gratuitous Friday night post and DC killing... :-)

Ari> I like your personality. ["...the GORGEOUS girl with the amazing red dress..."] Amazing dress, yes. Gorgeous, YES. But you never mentioned her hair!
["HOW ON THIS EARTH..."] Stranger things have happened. Trust me.

** Deuce walks calmly up to the Automatic Portal Generator, and punches in a code. DC is pulled from wherever the Ravens have him stashed, and thrown unceremoniously to the floor. Deuce kicks him a couple times, and throws him back through the portal. **

Eh, my Internet's just been a little slow today... nothing too serious. :-)
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
Friday, May 14, 1999 07:47:45 PM
IP: pppa116.connect.ab.ca

Hieee! *bounces into the room happily* well, apparently I can't read numbers, my English final was due on the 11th and I didn't have it!!! But my prof is sweet (and there were two other stupid ppl) so I've got until Saturday to finish it and IT'S ALMOST DONE!!! WHEEEEEE!!!!

That and I'm going to see Star Wars on Wednesday...I don't care how many ppl hate it, I loved the first three and I'm going to love this one (if only for the adorable little kid who plays Anakin Skywalker and the GORGEOUS girl with the amazing red dress...)

Highlander: The Raven> YUCK!! EWW! NASTY! Amanda was good until they gave her her own show...she should go back and give Duncan the power. This nearly turned me off of Highlander...luckily I have tapes of the original show. ;þ

**BUFFY SPOILERS**
Buffy was amazing this week. Angel was totally acting like a stupid mortal boy, but I agree, character development was great. The villain....eh. Stupid nerd boy and a couple of hell-hounds...I didn't expect the Class Protector Award thing tho...and I was just wondering--wasn't the original movie based on the premise that the big vamp attack was on prom night? So that Buffy has had two, or what? I know the fact that she burned down the gym that night has made its wa into the series, but as to what all the students were actually doing there, I can't remember!
**SPOILERS END**

Aaron> I have... *jumps to count* five pairs of tennies, three pairs of boots, two pairs of high-heeled party shoes, three pairs of party sandals, and probably six pairs of flip-flop/sandal thingies. Oh, and my aquashoes. And my two pairs of slippers...and my two pairs of rollerblades...that makes twenty-four pairs of shoes in all. And yes, I actually do wear most of them. And I sometimes borrow my mom's when I don't have anything to match my dress. ;þ

Mary> What I would say to the garg characters...hmm...

Demona: TEACH ME HOW TO BE AS SADISTIC AS YOU!!! *grovel, grovel* *see Demona behead the annoying human twerp*

Elisa: Just marry him already and to hell with the media!

Xanatos: Give me money!!!

MacBeth: MARRY ME!!! (What can I say, I've got this thing for immortal Scottish men...Duncan!!!)

Trust No Future> I love Timedancer, Brooklyn and Sata especially (they're the main chars, how can you not??) The plot of this one was somewhat...cheesy...but it worked out well. I liked it. Just one thing--**SPOILER ALERT** HOW ON THIS EARTH did VINNIE find someone to have his SPAWN????**SPOILER ENDS**

Kyryn: Congratulations! I'm studying a bit of fashion on the side (yes, I'll be the world's first fashion designer for small animals!!) and your dress was amazing. May you and Okami have many years of happiness.

Stephen: Get well soon and write more stories!!

Jenniren: I like Salome...post the fic already!

Enough of my yammering...bye peeps!
Ari - [orli_gal@hotmail.com]
Friday, May 14, 1999 07:32:10 PM
IP: pool033-max14.ds19-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

Yeah, my pics are up! Even though the scanner kinda fuzzied the detail... Ah well... Bonus points to whoever can name every episode the various scenes in the viewing room came from!
Robby
Friday, May 14, 1999 06:49:12 PM
IP: spider-to011.proxy.aol.com

"Trust No Future", the illustrated version, is now up. Click my name to see Robby's _excellent_ pictures. (Even if you didn't like the story, you'll like the pictures).
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
River City, Alberta, Canada
Friday, May 14, 1999 06:30:02 PM
IP: pppa116.connect.ab.ca

OK, yall keep in mind this *uncensored* survey is straight from my corrupt mind. There's 37 questions 3+7=10! heheee Anyway, have fun....
To check out some of my dark Dr.Suess poetry copy this...
http://geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/3579/Page7.html

K, that's it for now!
JackaL - [Jkal1127@aol.com]
Ga, USA
Friday, May 14, 1999 06:13:56 PM
IP: spider-wb074.proxy.aol.com

Right, Jenna. Thanks for correcting me and sorry, Jenniren.
Doug
Friday, May 14, 1999 03:12:37 PM
IP: pool-209-138-162-14.dlls.grid.net

Zath > Muscles toys? Never heard of them ... Becca has a large collection of Monster in my Pocket or something, a bunch of little rubbery guys in pink, orange, blue, and green ... is that close?

Wilek > nope, sorry ... (Bill Murray reaches for a dial on the console in the parapsychology lab ...) Jericho is just posing like he's in Playgirl. But soon I'll also be adding another wonderful piece by Demona May that includes a couple Amazons ; )

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Friday, May 14, 1999 03:04:37 PM
IP: 02-089.009.popsite.net

Dangit, I knew there was something else I meant to say.

Hiiiiiiii Jenna! (Waves.)

I envy you, and anyone else that can make predictions on when you'll finish something. My only guesstimation for finishing things is year's end.

Later.

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, May 14, 1999 02:22:04 PM
IP: ppp-130.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Hey, all. Just checking in.

Having a weird day at work. It seems like all the lawyers discovered they hadn't done anything during the week, and now they're all desparate to finish things.

SJ> Okay, I'd be sorry if you got nuked. But just think, if you managed to shelter yourself, of all the interesting mutations to study after the blast.

Homicide probably had it coming. I used to love that show. But after Andre Braugher, and most of the others I liked left, I just sort of quit keeping up with it. I'm sorry to hear it's being cancelled though.

Coyote> If the Penguins buyout rumor is true, it might not be as bad as you think. If it's they guy I'm thinking of, he also owns the Portland Trailblazers, who just made it out of the first round for the first round in six years. And he seems to let management alone to do what's best for the team. So he's not bad, as owners go.

Later.


Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, May 14, 1999 02:12:11 PM
IP: ppp-130.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Yep!!! It was me!!!!=D
jenna
Friday, May 14, 1999 02:09:12 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Ummm Doug? I think it was Jenna who posted the link to the new site, not me. Jenna should get the credit. I don't own a website. :(
Jenniren
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:55:55 PM
IP: user-2ivf3u3.dialup.mindspring.com

Todd> Thanks for sending in that bit on Arthurian/Jedi connections. ^_^ Got any more?

Jenniren
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:43:04 PM
IP: user-2ivf3u3.dialup.mindspring.com

**RP ALERT**

"So you can't remember anything?" Doug shakes his head at DC. "Then why did you interrupt me?" "Well," DC moans, "I know whatever he's doing, it's very bad. You have to stop it." "Question," says Tom. "If we don't know what he's doing how can we stop it? Besides, we got another possibly more important mission to worry about right now." "But I came here to warn you!" "You did?" Daria asks him sarcastically. "Well, so far, you're doing a terrific job." Shap looks at Doug and says, "DC's not lying, man. What do we do?" Doug and Kitainia discuss the problem for a moment, then Doug says, "Alright, we have to find what's going on in Iowa, but if Lonny is also making himself a threat, then he should be quickly eliminated. DC, do you know where he is?" "Uh, maybe. If I could remember." The Ravens look at each other and roll their eyes. "Fine," Kitainia says. "Without information, we cannot act. So if you want to stay here we can protect you from Lonny, but that's it." DC shrugs. "Well, I guess that's better than nothing." Doug nods and turns to make a post.

**PAUSE RP**

Hi, everyone. Well, Kit and I have our Star Wars tickets. That's good. We're also both almost done with finals. I have one more tonight and another real easy one on Tuesday, she only has one left tomorrow. Ready for the one tonight, hope I do well.

Fanfic progress: "Dragon's Game" is progressing slowly, but at least it's going. Two more scenes and I'll be done with flashbacks. Then it's time for the EBS (Enormous Battle Scene). Hehehehheheh.

Ordell: Actually, Stewie is nothing more than a bland Brain ripoff. At least that's what he is IMO. But I despise Family Guy and everything that goes with it, especially him. And I agree with you about Highlander- The Raven. No way am I absorbing that lame excuse for a spinoff into my fanfic saga like I did the excellent original show.

Kevin Kline: I think he's a good actor myself, though I've only seen a few of his films. Dave was good, Wanda and Fierce Creatures were okay. In & Out was bleah, but it had a bleah script and premise so that can be excused without blaming the star.

Atilla: Hi! I missed you. :) BTW, if the Seth you were talking about was the one from my fanfic (who's currently locked up in a deep dungeon on Avalon), yeah, for a while he is gonna just sit there. About another week or so, Avalon time. Then get ready for "Voyage," in which Rachel, Graeme, Broadway, Angela, and a certain magical artifact will have to give him a little help.

Fox Family: Thanks for correcting my info, SJ. Glad Rupert Murdoch, the self-proclaimed billionaire tyrant, owns it instead of that jerk Robertson. I used to hate Murdoch just as much, but after seeing his cameo in the Simpsons Super Bowl ep and realizing he was comfortable with making fun of his own image, I gained a new respect for the guy.

**MILD BUFFY SPOILERS**
Buffy This Week: I think this episode definitely goes into my all-time favorites file on a show I like so much I've taped every ep. Great character development on everyone, excellent plot except for the villain, and several things that were a long time in coming and still just as good (Wesley and Cordelia, the Class Protector award).
**MILD SPOILERS END**

SJ: I thought the Ewoks were neat myself, though I can see why people have the things they do against them. I liked the little bears, though, they were a cool primitive people. Don't worry, nothing like them will show up in my fics. And I agree with you about Lucas and the Star Wars books.

Aaron: I have only two pairs of shoes. Hiking boots and tennies. Kitainia has three, hiking boots, sneakers, and one pair of low heels (she hates the high ones). Oh, and congrats on finishing your exams. And yes, I have seen and enjoyed Swimming With Sharks.

Mary: Not sure what I'd say to the gargs characters if I met them. Probably just ask each if they liked what I was doing with them in my fic saga and if not, what I should be doing different. :)

Trust No Future: Have already commented directly to Robby about the story, so I'm not gonna say much about it in here. It was pretty good, even with the somewhat disjointed plot. I look forward to seeing more of the new characters. And Brooklyn and Sata, of course.

Kyryn: Congrats to you and Okami on a very beautiful wedding. I wish you many long years together of happiness and fun.

Stephen: Glad you're feeling better. Hope you get completely well real soon.

Frodo: Glad to see you back. $ Wonder if your character will be breaking back into the RP again. We kinda had to conviently edit him out when you disappeared. $

BTW, has anyone seen Kaioto recently? He hasn't been in here at all this week. Hope he's okay.

Batya: Head, Heart, Strength, and Intuition, huh? Cool archetype. I have that in my fic saga with four original characters that aren't together much (but may be someday). Agony, Laura, Seth, and Nikki. :)

Jenniren: Neat site, thanks for posting the link to it.

Okay, that's all for now. Later!

**BACK TO RP**

"So that guy in the cage?" Trent asks Doug. "Is he a friend of yours?" "Uh, not exactly," Doug replies. "We're just protecting him from a bad guy so he won't keep messing up our computers. DC is the immortal gremlin responsible for all the Internet and computer-related problems in the world." Trent gets a 'yeah, right' expression on his face and looks at DC, who shrugs. "Go ahead and hurt him if you want to," Doug advises the others. "I'm sure we all have revenge issues and he won't feel any permanent pain." The Ravens all nod and begin eking out their vengenace on Dis Connect as the Onslaught rolls on, and he begins to whine and scream.

Up ahead at the Nebraska-Iowa state line, several trucks full of rocks and a bunch of Humvees and police cars are parked on the road. A soldier in a helicopter is orbiting the setup, on lookout for the Onslaught. "You really think they'll be coming this way?" one of the CIA men asks a Marine as they watch the other cars on the highway speed past them. The Marine shrugs. "They will," Agent Tau smiles at the two. "This is the quickest route to where I think they are going. Of course they will never get there because we shall stop them on the way." His team nods and they all keep watching the road as the screen fades out. To be continued.

**RP OVER, FOR NOW**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:42:27 PM
IP: pool-207-205-149-250.dlls.grid.net

******Shame less plug******
Check out the following links for a brand new garg website based on my soon to be out fanfic:The Misbegotten Son Saga..
will have appearances by Unseelie Court---check it out and look at the great art--- the first chapter of the story will be up by next week.

Jenna - [theamazingjenna@hotmail.com]
Houston, Tx, usa
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:15:10 PM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Just goes to show what happens when I check the room _before_ my email. :-P

JEB> Thanks a quadrillion for the archives... now, I'd better get them off my Yahoo! server before they start breathing down my neck (thank God I wasn't at home when I got your file).

Aris> Yours will not be neccessary, but I appreciate them anyway.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you're going to send me files larger than 500K, please either warn me in advance or send them to halfpastsix@yahoo.com.

Real post whenever I have something to say.
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:08:15 PM
IP: webcache.telusplanet.net

Todd> Bwa ha ha! Thanx for the bit about the Jedi Knights of the Round Table. Next up: The Jedi Knights Who Say "NI!"

Wilek> You wrote: "<The figures of the Wise Old Man, the Holy Fool, the Animal Guide, and the Magna Mater all show up in the course of the story.>> Ya just lost me."
Ah heh heh... ah heh... gnng. Sorry about that. Got a little carried away. Okay, brief explanation: those are all names of archetype characters in myth and legend, and keep showing up in pop culture entertainment as well.
An "archetype" is an image, character or series of events that tends to recur in stories, often unintentionally. I'll give a brief detailing of the Quaternity archetype, to give you an idea:
The Quaternity is a group of four heroes traveling in company, usually with related but not identical goals. They tend to (but don't always) break down into Head, Heart, Strength and Intuition. The Head is the clear and rational thinker, either the leader or the one who advises the leader. The Heart is the drive and determination of the group, the one who feels everything the most intensely, often the youngest, sometimes the leader. The Strength is the fighter, usually with an animalistic trait about him. The Intuition is the one who can sense the right without reason, sometimes a magic-worker, almost always female.
So: Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia. Or is it the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Dorothy? Or perhaps Louis Wu, Nessus, Speaker and Teela Brown? Or Taran, Fflewdur Fflam, Gurgi and Eilonwy? Or any of countless other groups-of-four. It's a configuration that shows up again and again in stories, and nobody really knows why. That's an archetype.
Please feel free to blither now. :)

Oh, and right -- Kashyyyk was the planet, Rwookrrorro the capital city. I just checked. :)

Gyre> You wrote "I am envisioning a worse case scenario where the two in the prophecy are killed before they can fulfill their role."
A word about prophecy. It's flexible. Usually because it's stated in terms that can be interpreted in more than one way. Recall how until recently, Madoc thought it was a _political_ union of humans and gargoyles that would bring him down? So even if the prophecy is speaking about two specific individuals, but nobody's gonna know who until it happens...if they're killed, who would be able to tell? You'd have to wipe out _all_ gargoyle-human connections for the prophecy to be completely invalidated. Which is, of course, one of Madoc's top priorities right now. Stay tuned. :)
Batya the Toon
Friday, May 14, 1999 12:26:26 PM
IP: usr34-dialup32.mix2.boston.cw.net

Deuce> Right now, I'm sending you seven archived rooms since about mid-february.

Wilek> Interesting tidbit there about Arawn and that other guy.

Similarly there were some funny coincidences concerning the fanfic I'm writing now. In part it concerns Minoam Crete and in Greek mythology Minos had three great gifts from the gods. One was the man of metal Talos, another was a javelin that couldn't miss its goal (I made that be the same with Gae Bolga). The third was a marvellous dog, Laelaps. For my story I decided from the very beginning to make it a gargoyle beast. Then I searched for more info on it. I discovered that its ultimate fate was that it turned to *stone*. Convenient coincidence, isn't it?

There was one more coincidence, but it would be a spoiler to mention it.
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Friday, May 14, 1999 11:24:18 AM
IP: athe530-i020.otenet.gr

Xanatos> You fail to see the point. It is not Madoc's intentions that matter here, but what humans preceive of his intentions that matters. What to Madoc would be an exercise in terror designed to cow humanity could appear to humans to be a demonstration of intent, the intent being to annihilate humanity. Once that mindset takes hold, the war Madoc started will escalate out of control. I am envisioning a worse case scenario where the two in the prophecy are killed before they can fulfill their role.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Friday, May 14, 1999 11:21:50 AM
IP: fltg2-ppp8.fltg.net

I am having the Worst Hair Day of my life. :-)

Wilek> I know where the archives site is; I _am_ the site admin, you know. However, it is in drastic need of updating, and when I restructure the site this summer, I'm also re-organizing all CR-related stuff. And so, I repeat my question:

I AM IN DESPARATE NEED OF CR ARCHIVES. IF ANYONE HAS BEEN KEEPING ARCHIVES SINCE MID-FEBRUARY, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME.

And so, since that is all I have to say, I'm going to go now. TGIF!

** leaves **
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
River City, Alberta, Canada
Friday, May 14, 1999 10:09:07 AM
IP: webcache.telusplanet.net

All these talks about Xanatos being a jedi conjers up images of him in his garg armor with a lightsaber--red of course!!!
Jenna
Friday, May 14, 1999 09:55:14 AM
IP: unknown-31-157.glm.com

Gyre> Madoc doesn't want to destroy humanity, he just wants to enslave it.

As for Nukes, don't you think that if Madoc wanted, he could have moles in the Pentagon?

Nukes probably wouldn't succeed anyway. Remember the prophesy?

As has been said before, the Unseelie Lord may be a lot of things, but he is definetly NOT stupid.
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@aol.com]
Friday, May 14, 1999 08:59:06 AM
IP: 166.109.92.180

Frodo> At last, someone is talking sense.The fey vulnerability adapted to the full range of conventional weapons would be my choice as well. I'm in agreement that nukes wold be used as a last resort.The problem is for a society ruled by science is to make what amounts to a leap of faith and configure their weapon to fight beings the vast majority believe don't exist. Will this be done in time to do any good, perhaps. Add in the dynamic of a war against the Unseelie who suddenly come out into the open, and this question takes on added signifacance. If the reconfiguring of conventional weapons is not made in time, then it will very quickly become a question of use them, or loose them on the question of nukes. It will appear to the humans still around that this Madoc intends their anihilation, and that their weapons can only delay, not change that fact. In such a circumstance, it is not beyond the realm of possibility to inniciate an all out nuclear attact on the Unseelie. The term "Scorched Earth", and the phrase "Taking the bastards with us." comes to mind. I hope this clarifies my opinion.
Gyre - [wseeley@epix.net]
Friday, May 14, 1999 07:18:25 AM
IP: fltg-ppp31.fltg.net

Wilek: Russian, eh? I thought of that when I chose my online name, actually. I almost spelled it "Pistov." But it just didn't look quite right. But I might as well come clean, since people who read my fics already know my name anyway. My real name's Fred Kerns. Friggin' boring, eh? I don't even know where my family name originated, either. I've never dug into my family's roots because I'm afraid of what I might find out. Probably something like, my family can be traced all the way back to the original brother and sister. So anyway, I had to pick a more distinctive name to use online. I've been told that it fits me ... ;)
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Friday, May 14, 1999 04:30:37 AM
IP: wire-26.koalas.com

**RP!**

[On the Avatar of Ganon, Djedi and Toliana have been summoned to Agent Rho's office. Much of the command staff--except Khesaat, who's still at the party which still hasn't ended (has it, Robby? I'm not sure)--is there. Including Dark Eternal, who, as soon as the mercenaries walk into the office, leaps to his feet, deploys his lightsabers, and starts off after them. As they run out of the office, Rho yells, "Eternal, what in blazes do you think you're DOING?!" DE: "My master has ordered a blood hunt for those two!" Rho: "Your master is not in charge of this situation. We are, and we need their services. Administrator, beam them back here." She does so. Djedi: "You were right, Toliana; this is a trap!" Rho: "It's nothing of the sort; our security commander is simply a trifle...zealous." Toliana: "Security commander? You mean Darth Jashin let you off your leash for a while?" DE: "Master Jashin allowed me here to replace a traitor who was working for Agent Rho; your arrival was fortuitous happenstance. Now hold still...<brandishes lightsabers>" Rho: "Cease and desist! If you harm them while they are our guests, I'll send you back to Jashin faster than that hyper-advanced brain of yours can execute a simple calculation and you'll never come anywhere NEAR them again! AM I CLEAR, COMMANDER?!" DE: "<growl> Yes, most." Rho: "Thank you. Now..." Rho sets about explaining as much of the situation as he knows to Djedi and Toliana, including a mention of what's in it for them... "...and in summation, the Black Ravens have informed us of something that seems to be going on in Iowa, and we may need all the help we can get. And that's just the *immediate* future; who knows what the long-term has in store." Djedi: "Hm...I'll go for it if she does. 'Ana?" Toliana: "Well...alright. But if skull-bot over there <gestures at DE> makes one false move, we'll be out of here before you even know we're gone." Rho: "So will he."]

**PAUSE UNCOMFORTABLY LONG RP!**

Tony 'Marlos' Teakles> <<squick the mundanes>> For some reason, I love that phrase. ^_^ <<Furry fandom is the interest in animals with anthropomorphic qualities>> Then I've been a furry fan all this time without even realizing it...

Rock Lords> I have a few of those! I think I have the gold one, the ruby crystal one, and a few others I can't remember...I had the silver one with mismatched eyes at some point, but I lost it...I also have one of the weird fuzzy things.

Kyryn> Welcome back, congratulations, and I'm glad you could hold back the Weirdness (eesh, now it's a separate entity) long enough for your wedding to go well! :D

Cyrway> I have to know...what is a music gun, and how does it work? <<Ever seen the Red Drawf where the gang manages to muck up history so that JFK didn't die, and ended up having to have JFK shoot himself from the grassy knoll disguised as a policeman when Lee Harvey Osward missed?>> That sounds so kewl! I love weird time stuff!

Batya> <<The figures of the Wise Old Man, the Holy Fool, the Animal Guide, and the Magna Mater all show up in the course of the story.>> Ya just lost me. <<getting Chewie and Leia to Rwookrrorro (sp.?), the Wookie homeworld, in his trilogy.>> Kashyyyk, actually. (Yes, three Ys.)

Coyote> <<As for the Jericho pic by Demona May ... your psychic abilities are a little off: the pic is Jericho solo.>> Dang. They never work when I want or expect them to. But when I don't even know they're working, I find out about what they've been doing much later, when it can scare me. Case in point: Arawn, who's featured in some of my fics, is a major character in Welsh mythology. I created an adversary for him named Cocytus. Quite a while after writing my first Arawn/Cocytus story, I recieved an odd guestbook entry, stating that I had *two* major characters from Welsh mythology but I wasn't following the legends. I had no idea who the other one was until I checked out a list of the Welsh pantheon. Arawn was there, of course...but so was a guy who I'd never heard of named...<drumroll>...Cocidius. <cue Twilight Zone theme>

<<Brooklyn: Please don't be mad at me for what happens to you in my fics. ~Aaron>> <<Brooklyn> You're mad at me for what I did to you, right? ~Cyrway>> Oh...boy, does that remind me of some of the stuff that's happened to him in my fics. You'd almost think I had it in for the guy. [Brooklyn notices Wilek's evil grin and leaps, screaming, out the window before Wilek can send him to the age of dinosaurs or throw Sata into a blender or something. What's with the blender thing?] Actually, I do that kind of thing to just about everyone I write for.

Todd Jensen> Interesting...I almost wish it weren't a joke. ^_^ Gave me a great creativity demon too--Arthur and Emrys borrow some lightsabers and kick (or slice, as the case may be) some Unseelie tuccus. <G>

Deuce> CR archives? Um...I think Dumlao has the address to the archives site...but I'm not sure...

Has anyone else noticed that the CR is really slow to load lately, or is it just DC messing with me again? <glares at DC and grins insanely>

Pistoff> Had a bizarre thought recently...your name sounds almost Russian. Really. I can just see it: Baron Dimitri Ivanovich Pistoff. <blink> Um...ignore that; sleep deprivation. Now I'm babbling, so I'd best get out of here before I become completely incoheresdghftuiukjmxfgbgaergfwe

**RESUME RP!**

[Upon sighting the hulking machine clanking out of the forest, Wilek stares in soul-shattering despair for a few moments, then recovers and summons all the rest of his Water Pokemon. This won't be easy...]

**END RP!**
Wilek Nereus
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:35:10 AM
IP: 208.19.128.45

**Kyryn strolls in**

Coyote> Noooo! Say it ain't so! <shudder> *sigh* I sympathize with you since the Stars are currently 2 and 2 against the Blues. BTW, thank you for the wonderful compliments.
Oh yeah, I should get a half-credit as a newbie, since I was co-author on 'Brothers in Arms' through no fault of my own. *grin*

Later all!

**Kyryn turns into a pumpkin and levitates out the door**
Kyryn - [<<--clicky]
Uvalde, TX
Friday, May 14, 1999 01:06:29 AM
IP: 168.37.239.81

Still working on the next Angela Nukem. hehe. Got too many things going on ....

Argent: Yup. A tree! :)

Greg: Thanks for that B5/Voyager list. LMAO!!!

Zath: Yeah, I've heard Leary talking about that. I love that story. :)

"Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead ... but we can't get