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HoE> Well, the room is supposed to wipe automatically now, like the S8 room does. Dunno why it didn't this week.

Anyway, I'll do it manually sometime today, after I check on why it's not wiping on it's own.

Aaron
Monday, November 14, 2005 01:20:19 PM
IP: 66.142.70.253

Aaron: I think it would be better to not give any warnings about room wiping.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Monday, November 14, 2005 12:39:23 PM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Wow, why hasn't the room wiped? I guess I'll do that in a bit. But first...

Hey, Carolynn Marie, cool. I love your fics. Any chance we'll find out what's going on with Brooklyn and the walking dead in New Orleans any time soon?

Aaron - [JCarnage@yahoo.com]
Monday, November 14, 2005 11:18:09 AM
IP: 66.142.70.253

Rodlox> <<maybe Kansas et al should try this>>: I rather like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

Gunjack> <<Aren't you?>>: I wouldn't mind some extra credit card numbers.
<<Stress induces a performance advantage?>>: Nah, going through the trouble of getting the high techhead to show him what's not working, and then it works fine.
<<The bleach ones have been good, but I'm sure yopu've already got those>>: I want to know why Hazel Fernandez hasn't done anything over here, Rie Fu is a linguistic genius, and who doesn't like happypeople?
<<Or are you going for the more poppy stuff?>>: Poppy, Jazzy, Funky. I've got Soul'd Out from Yakitate, Suite Shoujo from One Piece (and I've been thinking of picking up the next end as well), I prefer Orange Range's Naruto end to their Bleach work, and the bit of horn work got me to get Sato Hirumi's Guri Guri.
<<Does Doki have local DLing?>>: Nope, but there are links to AMV.org, which does.

Damien> <<Its not dead its sleeping>>: Pining for the fjords.

Na zdrorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:06:07 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

SPEN: Haha, wow, I don't even remember the last time I was here. Surprises me to see that other people do! Thanks for the warm returns.

I was thinking recently how much has changed. I still have all of the VHS tapes in my closet from 1997, when I was a wee freshman in high school and would dutifully get up at 6 every morning to tape Gargoyles before heading off to school. I never ever dreamed they'd finally put out the seasons on tape or dvd. I don't even know what to do with all of these tapes now.

I found something quite by accident: it's a website dedicated to <A HREF="http://www.stonecarver.com/gargoyles/" Target="content">photos of gargoyles from around the world</A>. I took pictures of the front facade of Notre Dame de Paris when I was living in that city, but I never got the gargoyles on top and I never thought to.
Carolynn Marie
New York, NY
Sunday, November 13, 2005 01:03:11 PM
IP: 68.197.45.103

Pats the Ghost of Revernd Attila on the head and whips the sheet off. Hi Green Baron how are things going? Last I heard you were at Fort Hood. Welcome all the returnies.
Starsinger
Sunday, November 13, 2005 10:28:56 AM
IP: 209.240.205.61

I have nothing useful to comment on, ony there is something incredibly funny on ebay right now. well this wacko does whine about gargoyles which is amusing as she's certifiable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Talking-bobblehead-nodder-trading-spouses-GOD-WARRIOR_W0QQitemZ6225867209QQcategoryZ4083QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

::pours fuel on a burning car andd sticks a german sausage on a stick::
ghost of Reveredn Attila
Paris, France with a hot dog on a stick
Saturday, November 12, 2005 08:38:20 PM
IP: 67.9.79.184

We never got as far with ideas for the main Bonfire Night storyline, but several obvious options were out there for the main story. What was interesting to me as a political buff was to do a big story inside Westminster -- Nigel investigating Camelot House, OFSTED (the school regulators) wanting to get a grip on whatever radical curriculum Arthur might be teaching. And it would likely have been the first encounter between Nigel and Mary after "Carbonek".
Ed
Saturday, November 12, 2005 07:15:10 PM
IP: 213.187.39.239

ED - Ah, yes, thanks for reminding me about those plans. I still have fond memories of that plan about pitting the Green Knight and the Headless Horseman against each other - now that would have been a real crossover event! (It would obviously have been the Halloween story; I can't remember now what we'd been planning for a Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Day story.)
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, November 12, 2005 06:43:00 PM
IP: 4.244.12.124

Carolynn Marie : Welcome Back! Ye gods, you havn't been around here since december of '01.

Todd : Thanks for telling us about that proposed ep, I'm currently working on a fanfic series that will include some eps that are of the same time period as Pendragon season five would have been, so I'll keep that one in mind, if it's okay with you and Ed.
Spen
Saturday, November 12, 2005 06:09:55 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

Todd: I thought of that, as well. I think it would have been a great, emotional episode for Griff. I came across my notebook with Season Five plans recently and it made me feel quite nostalgic. We also discussed that it would come at the end of a sequence of 'theme' episodes for the weeks of Hallowe'en, Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day, which would have included the Bercilak v Headless Horseman story.
Ed
Taunton, England
Saturday, November 12, 2005 06:00:53 PM
IP: 213.187.39.239

TODD: Thank you, sir! Your help is most appreciated.

On a strange, unrelated note, I found an old old email I'd saved on my hard drive, dating back to 1997, when I was still on TGS and you'd given me a quick baptism by fire on English coinage. *Meeeeemories ...*
Carolynn Marie
Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:09:06 PM

CAROLYNN MARIE - One of the best non-fiction authors on the matter of King Arthur (relating to the issue of "Was he based on a real historical figure or not?") is Geoffrey Ashe, who has written a number of fine and enjoyable books on the topic. Three that I can particularly name are "The Quest for Arthur's Britain", "The Discovery of King Arthur", and "Kings and Queens of Early Britain". (The last one covers British history from prehistory down to Alfred the Great.) I've also recently (a few months ago) read another good book by him (one of his first, if not the first) entitled "King Arthur's Avalon", which studies the history of Glastonbury, including Arthur's involvement with it.
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, November 12, 2005 07:23:39 AM
IP: 4.244.12.91

Wow. You vanish for a couple years, and you miss out on a lot, apparently. Just a quick scan of Todd Jensen's post was enough to bring back memories ... is the TGS comment room dead? My goodness!

I actually have a question for the floor: can anyone recommend to me any good reading regarding the following topics? Ancient Britain, particularly on Vikings and the various Celtic tribes. Arthurian lore (studies of it, not bits like Sir Tomas Malory). There are so many books out on these topics, and many of them quite frankly are a waste of time. I need something informative and good, and I trust the people here on that.

Actually, I'm looking more in Todd's direction than anyone else's, but I'm quite curious to see what anyone else has, if they do :)
Carolynn Marie
Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:16:11 AM

Back when Ed Reynolds and I were making preliminary plans for Season Five of "Pendragon" (before we discovered that there wasn't going to be one), we thought of doing a Griff-focused story set on Remembrance Day (the British name for Veterans' Day) and involving his service during the Battle of Britain, maybe even involving an appearance from Clive, one of the RAF pilots in "M.I.A." (The main RAF pilot in that episode, Douglas Bader, passed on in the 1980's, and so wouldn't have been a present-day character for that story, alas.)
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Friday, November 11, 2005 07:21:36 PM
IP: 4.245.18.243

Let us remember.

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month.

Let us remember those who have fallen in the World Wars, in Conflicts, in attacks -- and let us remember those who have survived them.

*silence*


Rodlox - [Keenir@hotmail.com]
Friday, November 11, 2005 07:03:09 PM
IP: 65.190.246.235

Gunjack - <DPH once drove down to my old school to get me to hurry up with Bad Guys.> Of course, I got lost on my way home and I wouldn't be able to pull that stunt again.
dph
ar, usa
Friday, November 11, 2005 04:58:19 PM
IP: 161.31.84.61

Hi guys. I'm doing some fall housecleaning via Ebay including a Goliath/Elisa production cel/cleanup drawing (framed) and a Batman/Poison Ivy LTD cel. Click to see my stuff or go here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZmQ2ethecat
Thanks!
kathy
Friday, November 11, 2005 04:34:43 PM
IP: 66.82.9.73

The problem with answering machines expecting telemarketers to hang up is that nowadays half the telemarketers are machines.
Mecord's Cat
Friday, November 11, 2005 01:11:22 PM
IP: 65.103.247.157

Harvester: Hmmm... if they've been specifically told not to call, though, are there nuisance call laws that kick in?
Ed
Taunton
Friday, November 11, 2005 12:34:50 PM
IP: 213.187.39.239

Hey, Lain: If you and Gunjack need me for any of that Beta stuff in the future, I might be able to help now that my work schedule has become a bit more predictable.


And now for a bit of Polling Center-related amusement: I called one number the other day and got a message from a computer that said "this number does not accept calls from telemarketers. If you are a telemarketer, please remove this number from your calling list. If you are not a telemarketer, please stay on the line." Well, I stayed on the line because we're not telemarketers. But it reminded me of this episode of "The Critic" (I don't know if anyone remembers that animated show). There's a scene in an episode where one of the characters is buying a handgun from a vending machine. After he inserts his money, a light underneath the slot lights up and they're greeted with the message ARE YOU A CRIMINAL? They have the option of pressing YES or NO. Anyway, my point is, those people I called need to get something that doesn't go by the honor system. I would say that for most of our race, humans and honor are like two positively charged ions.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Friday, November 11, 2005 10:54:39 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Guess what! Guess what! I heard they officially quit this site! As in now new episodes!
heheheheheh - [hehehe@lalaland.net]
Friday, November 11, 2005 07:57:30 AM
IP: 70.253.162.28

Guess what! Guess what! I heard they officially quit this site! As in now new episodes!
heheheheheh - [hehehe@lalaland.net]
Friday, November 11, 2005 07:56:07 AM
IP: 70.253.162.28

Whoops, I meant "In" my opinion, not "I".
Spen
Thursday, November 10, 2005 09:06:14 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

I my opinion, the CR is only dead if there is a week where the Top Ten race dosen't finish.
Spen
Thursday, November 10, 2005 07:45:33 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

Its not dead its sleeping
damien
Thursday, November 10, 2005 05:34:23 PM
IP: 206.116.103.98

I declare this comment room being dead.
Tribun
Thursday, November 10, 2005 04:26:45 PM
IP: 87.122.32.11

Rightsider><<I really don't see why people get so worked up over this issue.>> The reason they get worked up is because the issue really isn't about science, or even religion. The real issue is social polarization; half of americe thoroughly hates the other half, and by golly they've gotta fight about SOMETHING...

Welcome, by the way.

Same to Matt Fews, if'n he actually decides to post.

Harvester><<One of these days I'm going to tell one of those people what they want to hear: that I'm a pro-Bush sexual predator who wants their credit card number.>> Aren't you? o.O

Gside><<Once or twice, depending on if the right person is looking over your shoulder.>> Stress induces a performance advantage? I'm familiar with that. DPH once drove down to my old school to get me to hurry up with Bad Guys. I finished an entire outline in one sitting. :P

<<Nope.>> But... WHORES!! <<I've been mostly grabbing anime opening and ending themes lately...>> The bleach ones have been good, but I'm sure yopu've already got those. Same for the Last Exile closing theme? Or are you going for the more poppy stuff?
<<let's hear it for Doki Doki Productions>> Haven't caught up on vids in a while... Last good one I got was the (luscious) "Kill Spike" by tyler someone.

Does Doki have local DLing?

And, because it is fun, I give you a handy guide to life's practical wisdom, as gleaned from folk-songs of the british isles. Beware the Greenwoodside, o...
Gunjack "Partisan Hack" Valentine - [<Also navigable Waterways...]
Thursday, November 10, 2005 02:46:32 AM
IP: 205.250.215.79

Intelligent Design/Evolution:

I really don't see why people get so worked up over this issue. I've always seen evolution as tool that God chose to use during the ongoing process of creation, not as a conflicting theory on the origin of life. Therefore, it should be sufficient to teach evolution by itself, as anyone raised in a religious home should be able to recognize the Hand of God at work behind the process. Those who were raised in secular homes would then be free to believe that life just popped up at random and accidently developed into what it is today.

Not that I'm a strict church/state separatist, mind you. I just think that science classes should focus on science. God is so far beyond the scientific world that there's really no point in trying to explain his role in creation during a class devoted to the study of the natural world.

As for all this "intelligent falling* crap, that's just misguided people pulling things out of their a$$.
Rightsider
Thursday, November 10, 2005 02:13:36 AM
IP: 24.111.99.126

\/ here's another one...enjoy.

Rodlox - [Keenir@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 04:28:18 PM
IP: 65.190.246.235

<-- hm, maybe Kansas et al should try this.
(click on name, please)

Rodlox - [Keenir@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 04:27:25 PM
IP: 65.190.246.235

Ok, the govt here in Indiana has officially stuffed it's head up its ass. Just wanted to spread the word. Right now, we're only second to Kansas..I think. Well, on a statewide level.
Dezi - [<clickie]
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 01:38:11 AM
IP: 68.54.214.198

Dezi and Gside : Yeah, I know, I'm just anal-retentive.
Spen
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 12:30:58 AM
IP: 207.177.11.252

Just a trial run
Matt Fews
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 01:03:42 PM
IP: 64.228.204.2

Well, time to go do my civic duty. I haven't had time to do much reading on either candidate, but I do know this: we've gotten three phone calls from people soliciting for Kilgore in as many days, and zero from Kaine's supporters. So I'm voting for Kaine out of principle: I don't know if his people have solicited anyone else by phone, but we've gotten zero phone calls from him over the last week, while Kilgore's supporters keep calling us. So Kilgore makes my own job even more unbearable. I had one guy last week hang up on me because he was sure we were calling with some political agenda. Not to mention the fact that fifty percent of the country is on the Do-Not Call List (those people are amusing; they ask us why we're calling, and then they don't even wait for the answer. One of these days I'm going to tell one of those people what they want to hear: that I'm a pro-Bush sexual predator who wants their credit card number. But that's a subject for another post).

Anyway, I've gotta go now, so I have time to make it to the polls before work. Although, it is my last day at Pizza Hut, so there's not really hell to pay if I'm late.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10:07:32 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Gunjack> <<Does holding one's breath actually help?>>: Got me, but it's something to do.
<<Does it ever?>>: Once or twice, depending on if the right person is looking over your shoulder.
<<I have the cutest little step-by-step knots guide saved on my other computer>>: With Hello Kitty Illustrations?
<<Heard it?>>: Nope, I've been mostly grabbing anime opening and ending themes lately (happypeople, To All Tha Dreamers, etc.). Though I might look into the Arrogant Worms after I saw an AMV using their Rocks and Trees (let's hear it for Doki Doki Productions).

Spen> <<Except for the fact that Spacebabie used the german word for "no" instead of a number>>: It's pretty much a tradition by now.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Monday, November 7, 2005 10:44:38 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

Is it a contest or something? 'sides, saying fun things besides the numbers is a fun thing.
Dezi
Monday, November 7, 2005 08:41:48 PM
IP: 68.54.214.198

Yay! A Top Ten race without anyone messing up! (Except for the fact that Spacebabie used the german word for "no" instead of a number.)
Spen
Monday, November 7, 2005 07:33:56 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

Missed it by that much!
Starsinger
Monday, November 7, 2005 04:23:59 PM
IP: 209.240.205.61

ten!
Spen
Monday, November 7, 2005 04:14:45 PM
IP: 207.177.11.252

Nein!
Spacebabie
Monday, November 7, 2005 02:37:42 PM
IP: 70.185.6.104

I 8 the great!
Revel
Monday, November 7, 2005 02:35:52 PM
IP: 70.185.6.104

Lucky Numero Seven!!!
*Deja Vu*
Luminous Aphrodite
AZ, USA
Monday, November 7, 2005 12:28:52 PM
IP: 207.200.116.131

6th!!
dph
ar, usa
Monday, November 7, 2005 12:12:21 PM
IP: 161.31.67.68

Eerily, I am again Number Five. And this time, I feel ALIVE. Interview went well, I think. Now it's off to my second-to-last day at the Pizza Hut.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@gmail.com]
Monday, November 7, 2005 11:01:13 AM
IP: 69.174.1.148

Fourth.
Mecord's Cat
Monday, November 7, 2005 10:34:05 AM
IP: 65.103.247.157

Third.
Gunjack "Sleep Elusive" Valentine
Monday, November 7, 2005 10:04:40 AM
IP: 205.250.215.79

Second...
TheTrok
Pamplona, Spain
Monday, November 7, 2005 09:42:25 AM
IP: 85.49.134.248

First...
Ed
Taunton
Monday, November 7, 2005 09:24:22 AM
IP: 213.187.39.239