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I bet there are folks here who do not remember the Rialto (rec.org.sca) and even fewer when it was a very useful discussion community.
A number of problems -- and changes in use of the Internet, has pretty much left it a shell of its former self.
Then there's the EK List.
Criticism has been getting more and more strenuous over postings there. Even I, who needs to know everything, got out a couple of months ago.
But when there are things happening that are as nasty as have happened over the last week or so, driving the king to make a proclamation and more and more people to leave the list, it's hard to ignore it.
A number of us, by invitation, have been batting around ideas about what would need to happen to make it a vibrant, useful part of the East Kingdom again, rather than a place new folks are warned about and hard feelings sprout.
I have lots of ideas. I always do.
But what are your ideas?
If you were the tsar or tsarina (czar or czarina?) of the EK List and had total power to make any changes, what would you do? |
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1. So apparently something I said or did has made me one of "You people." I don't ever remember being one of "You people" before.
2. Signal-boost: My friend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) valr has three helms for sale, and he also does wicked cool woodworking.
3. If you know Duchess Mary Grace from Gleann Abhainn, Queen Brenwen asks that you send a note to queen@eastkingdom.org and let her know that. No, nothing is wrong.
4. Big cooking day. Brownies, pumpkin bread (with applesauce instead of oil, chicken-fried steak and chicken-fried pork (yes, I see the juxtaposition), and I also heated up some ravioli. Nom!
5. I find LJ to be fascinating sometimes in terms of what draws a lot of posts. There are certain days, like Veterans Day, that draw a lot of heartfelt postings. There are other days like that, too. Deaths, especially science fiction folks, beloved actors/actresses, politicians and others get a lot of posts. It is interesting to see who gets more posts than others. My LJ friends are also intensely interested in the political, even on the many groups I am on. As I am thinking about this, it seems as though I am seeing fewer and fewer memes here. Are people doing them on facebook instead?
6. From www.ktnv.com:
I do very much agree with this judge.
Despite objections from a number of parents, two controversial high school plays will go on. Several parents of students at Green Valley High School took their objections to the plays "Laramie Project" and "Rent" all the way to the court system. Tuesday, a judge ruled. When Green Valley senior, Meagan Smith, is finished performing in the "Laramie Project" this weekend, she'll exit stage left, with the feeling she was in the right. "I don't really know if it [the controversy] was necessary, but I'm a firm believer in expressing your opinion," says Megan. "There are not grounds upon which I could grant injunctive relief in favor of the plaintiffs," says District Judge, David Wall. Wall ruled the "Laramie Project," and also the play "Rent" will go on as scheduled. Some parents had filed an injunction, trying to stop the performances because they have homosexual characters, some of whom have AIDS, and center around the theme of tolerance. But Judge Wall ruled that it's a matter of choice. "There's no showing of any mandatory participation by any student," says Wall.
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If you ever served or if you serve now: Thank you!
1. We can haz new readerz. Every since the marnanel joule tracker went away, I have not been good at welcoming new folks.\
So, let's give a big, happy Liamverse welcome toknobhby, alisonpv, blaisepascal and miamstem!
If anyone else has climbed aboard lately, and I missed you, please chime in.
2. I had my to-do list done by 2 p.m., so I had a nice coffee and a couple of newspapers at the Rock Hill Bake House.
Did the laundry, cleaned the kitchen, put all the food away, put books away and brought most of the recycling out to the truck.
I also went grocery shopping, put all that stuff away, am making brownies and cleaned the toilet.
3. I missed Thanksgiving Day football already. I grew up in Westerly, and we played Stonington every year. You could get in excess of 5,000 or more there. One year, both teams went on to win state titles (Westerly in RI, Stonington in Conn.). ( covered the game for years for The Day and/or the Providence Journal. Because of life, I probably have not gotten to a game in five years or more. It was cool when I started seeing the sons of folks I went to high school with playing in the game. We will be in New Jersey, then Pennsylvania.
4. My nephew, my sister's oldest son, is apparently "wicked smaht" and is looking at some big-time and expensive schools. Decent kid. I hope he gets some scholarship money and gets to a great school.
5. I am actually doing some writing for work. I wrote an article on "How to get an e-mail address for your job hunt." for people who know little about the Internet. It's fast becoming a barrier for people. There are a lot of places that only take applications on the Internet.
6. My dad was a veteran. He served in London as a clerk typist. He was in a air-arid shelter when his office got bombed.
7. I do not know where my pictures of the cemetery at Normandy are. They were taken years ago.
Here's one from Jason's Travel Photography on flickr.
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So, having seen that high accuracy Elizabethan middle class is not the most popular thing in the East, we've decided to expand the store to cover the late 14th early 15th centuries. I'm dragging my old 15th century kit out, revamping and rebuilding. It's not a full time thing, I'm still Elizabethan, but the 14th/15th century mafia seems to have a solid hold on this kingdom, so we have to look at what the people want when we stock the store.
But, of course, being me, I can't just put on the clothes. I'm building more of a persona around this, so I can understand what we're selling and so that I can have a connection to it. Moving just a bit later than the old Company of the White Rose. Going to 1453 and a survivor of the battle of Castillon, making my way back to England. Basically taking the persona of a routier, an unemployed soldier stealing and fighting his way across France, home to England. |
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To all the veterans and those who are currently serviing and their families (whose service is sometimes the hardes of all) - Thank You, all!
Especially to those who are dear to me, like Jax, Chip, Amy.
BTW - Just in case you didn't get the word, Applebees is offering a free meal to all Veterans and Active Duty personnel from a select menu of about 4 or 5 meals. Show ID, DD214, or membership card with a Vets organization for the meal. Drinks not included. Golden Corral offers a similar deal.
And one for you, John, whom I'll never forget. Miss ya, Man. |
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Nov. 11th, 2009 @ 12:06 am
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Just got home from Star Wars ocncert. AWESOME! I'll be rerunning that concert/experience through my mind for a long, long time. www.starwarsinconcert.com/ |
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From Casey Seiler on the Albany Times Union's "Capitol Confidential" blog:
Gov. David Paterson just announced in a Red Room news conference that an agreement has been reached that assures that the gay marriage bill will be debated and voted on in the Senate “at a date not certain between now and the end of the year.” Paterson was joined at the podium by the measure’s principal backer, Sen. Tom Duane, as well as Sens. Jeff Klein, Eric Schneiderman and Eric Adams, plus Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan Van Capelle. “This is a stunning and very happy development in this process,” said the governor. Somewhat significant in their absence, however, were any of the Democratic conference’s three leaders: Conference Leader John Sampson, Temporary President Malcolm Smith and Majority Leader Pedro Espada. Sampson and Smith were part of the meeting where the agreement was hammered out, Paterson said, but they wanted to take the matter to their conference rather than attend the press conference. Paterson said he would continue to place marriage equality on the agenda of any special session he calls, including those slated for Monday and Tuesday. “I’m very happy with the outcome of our discussion, and as you know if I’m not happy you know it,” said Duane. |
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But not too badly. Just another sinus infection. Explains why I've been so run down lately.Current Mood:  drained |
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Hi, I am the new shire chatelaine and chronicler.
Have a nice day. |
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Quatrain by Sharon Shinn Four medium-length stories set in four of Shinn's most popular worlds -- Samaria (the angels world), the 12th Kingdoms, the world of Castle Auburn, and the world of Heart of Gold. They are all pleasant, readable stories. I'm not sure whether someone unfamiliar with all four worlds would be able to appreciate the stories, though.
Heart of Gold by Sharon Shinn
This is a re-read for me. For those of you who don't like social commentary in your stories, don't bother reading this; it's as social-commentary-heavy as your average episode of the original Star Trek. Two races -- gold-skinned and blue-skinned -- with radically different and equally imperfect social structures try to co-exist. Now don't get me wrong, I like this book a lot. I like Shinn's development of both cultures and I enjoy the social commentary aspect. I think there's a solid story about people underneath the social commentary too. |
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goldsquare said this:
Dear friends who read the EK List, or who refuse to.
It's not my list, and it is not my story to tell - but I think a little patience will find your hopes for it amply rewarded.
[I just saw a bunch of random comments in a row showing frustration on the list, that prompted me to make this post.]
PS If things change, I'm going back too.
Wait for it . . .
I completely and totally agree with Tibor.
Trust me. Trust Tibor. Trust Yeliz.
We *can* turn this thing around. |
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Cusato Cottages, designers of "Katrina Cottages". More & bigger floor plans than Tumbleweed has. |
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First off, in Russian for artisticphoenix: S dniom razhdjenia, Mom!
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Secondly, a brief view of the two sides of Becczilla:
1. "Sometimes, very rarely, I make two sandwiches for myself."
Yes, I'm pleased that all of my children have had decent, "real" vocabularies from early ages - this is a quote from a six-year-old who knows how to correctly use the phrase "very rarely".
2. B, singing: "I'm smackin' my tushie.... I'm smackin' my tushie..."
Me: "But... why?"
B: "I just wanted to. I'm just smackin' it."
This is a six-year-old. Matter-of-fact, but child-like. I'm strangely pleased by that.
-ir out.
[edit - fixed the formatting code.]
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Thanks to surricattus .
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A quick guide for New Yorkers wondering where their senator stands on Marriage Equality:
http://tools.advomatic.com/24/nyequality/totals?
If your senator is "opposed" or unknown," call and let them know where you stand. If they're supporting, call and thank them, encourage them to keep up the fight.
I've already thanked Senator Espada, saying "to deny marriage equality is to embrace bigotry and fear -- two things New Yorkers should stand up and reject."
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I would add that if you oppose same-sex marriage, you ought to do the same thing. You are entitled to your opinion.
PS: I called Betty Little's office at (518) 455-2811 and talked to Kathy, who said the senator does not think the state should redefine marriage.
She also said they are keeping track of the number of calls they receive expressing an opinion.
Update: Fom the Albany Times-Union's "Capitol Confidential" blog a little while ago:
As for legislation legalizing gay marriage, the Senate Democrats engaged in heated discussion during conference earlier — a conference meeting that did not include Sen. Tom Duane, the lead Senate sponsor of the bill. But so far, there’s been no indication that it will be brought on the floor today.
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Nov. 10th, 2009 @ 09:51 am
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Vairavi posted her Royal Whims should she ever become queen and they were really imaginative. Then I started wondering...
What would YOUR whims be should you ever become king or queen? One stipulation, it can't be a whim that's commonly done. (Chocolate, coffee, Yoo-Hoo or Mountain Dew.) Be imaginative and semi-realistic about what you might use as a whim or whims. Oh, and I'll even let Alethea play again if she wants to cause I love her and don't want her to feel left out.
Oh, and it's about 15 hours before I get into the exhibit for the Star Wars concert. Not that I'm excited about it or anything. |
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For those who care - the Society for Creative Anachronism is a HOBBY, RECREATION, AND/OR GAME. Everyone will enjoy it to their level...and should not fault the method/means of enjoyment of others for having any effect on their own. Anyone taking the SCA too seriously, or implying that the fun of others in the game is interfering with their own should seek immediate psychiatric help.
Don't we all participate in this organization for the fun of it?
Thank you.
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1. Yes, Your Majesty. I *cook* the leek.
2. Widmer Brothers Cherry Oak Doppelbock Reserve is officially declared a "Beer To Make Stew With."
3. When alethea_eastrid gets home, she will have the choice of chicken soon with rice, leeks and squash (broth made from stewing chicken bits) or beef stew with leeks (there were a lot of them), onions, potatoes and the above-mentioned doppelbock.
4. This is the first winter I really miss fresh fruit like peaches and strawberries. I miss the summer farmers' markets, but I look forward to the winter ones.
5. So who's with me on Salt Cod? Ummm, love a good Bacalauh.
6. You know it's been a tough day when you have a cup of coffee *after* work. Ummm . . . pumpkin.
7. And even a photo . . . I grew up in Westerly, RI. My stepfather dug clams in Misquamicut, so seeing Watch Hill and Mystic get their due at a major oyster restaurant -- Flex Mussels -- in New York just warms the cockles of my heart.
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baronernst will say it's a commie plot, but it's not.
It really is Charlie Chaplin vs. the Matrix.
Made by Russians.
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But the Wall Street Journal says they are this year's hottest fashion accessory. |
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Continuing with the theme of "recipes that are on my computer and so have never gotten made", last night we had this Moroccan Chicken, the recipe for which I pilfered from a blog, but now I don't know which one. I think it was most likely Jen at Life's Too Short to Eat Fat Free Cheese, but it could also have been from J at Ten Dinners. Searching both of their blogs didn't turn it up, though. Anyway, no matter who I stole it from, it's based on this recipe from America's Test Kitchen (ha, I almost typed "America's Test Chicken").
And LORDY is this stuff tasty. It's too complex to be a weeknight meal - but I expect it will be just fine as leftovers. It was kinda too complex for last night, when I didn't even think about starting to cook until 5:30 because the kiddo took a long and late nap and then we took advantage of the weather to get the garden's garlic perimeter planted. I'm pondering if it would be possible to do it in the crock pot... I think the answer is probably yes, but it would require browning the chicken first, which for me kind of defeats the purpose of the crock pot.
The modifications from the original recipe were largely in process...- The lemon zest & garlic didn't get minced together.
- I didn't cook any lemon zest with the onions.
- I put in all of the garlic and the spices in all at the same time, followed very shortly thereafter by the stock and the carrots.
- Once all of that stuff came to a boil I added the chicken and simmered 'til it was done.
- I made 3 c. of couscous having added the juice of 2 lemons (from which I took the zest) to the cooking water.
- Oh, and the modified recipe called for EITHER olives or caperberries. I used neither.
I roughly doubled the recipe. The original recipe, which serves 4, called for 4 chicken breast halves; I had five MONSTROUS breasts - so big that I had to cut them in half or even in thirds to get slightly under 4 oz chunks. It's definitely going to feed the three of us for at least two dinners, possibly 3.
Both M and I liked it quite a bit. TRex didn't like the lemon-flavored couscous but loved the chicken.
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Here's the spreadsheet for tracking net in/out stuff:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArwYp6ayPngMcjRRd1VPVVZRNzJWNk9Hd2lUSDl5VlE&hl=en
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Last week Kathryn was diagnosed with Swine Flu. Since we had a major trip planned for this weekend with the store, this was annoying. I immediately went to the quack and got put on tamiflu, just to make sure I didn't get the damn thing. Worked mostly, but still a bit of crap in the chest and sniffles, and headaches. Note the word mostly- we'll get to that in a minute. So I packed up the store, headed to Havre de Grace, MD to a pyrate gathering at the Susquehanna museum. Left Gwen to take care of Kathryn. Spent a lovely extra hour in traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. Got down to the site at about 9 oclock. The ground was already white with frost. Spent an hour and a half setting up the pavillion and unlaoding the car. Decided that there was nothing worth staying up for, so I piled all the blankets on the bed and went to bed. Oh yeah, by this time the frost was a quarter inch think on the grass, and the sky was absolutely clear. About 2am I woke up shivering. Not usual for me with the blanket and the fact that I was sleeping fully clothed. Rearranged the blankets to put more under me, where I thought I was losing heat. Didn't help. Got up, wandered about a bit to warm up and decided to sleep in the car, but I was still shaking. Being in the car didn't help. By now it was about 330am. Remember the bit about the Tamiflu 'mostly' working? About this time I realised that I was spiking a fever and it was making the brain muzzy. So, only one solution. Took 3 motrin, grabbed a blanket and my folding chair and went to attempt to sleep next to the radiator in the only heated building on site. Yes, you've guessed, it was the men's room. Got a couple hours of pseudo sleep carefully balanced in the chair propped against the radiator. Seems that combined with the fever, the temp dropped to 27 degrees. Just lovely.
The weekend improved considerably from there. Lots of the folks from Pyracy.com (where this luddite is a moderator, if you can believe that). The store was succesful, the name is getting out there and we are beginning to think this may really work. Now it's a push to get ready for St. Elgius this weekend. The store again, and we are expanding another century to do the 15th century, since Elizabethan seems to be at a low ebb in the East. Then the really BIG push. The store goes to Key West for Pirates in Paradise the week after Thanksgiving.Current Mood:  bouncy Current Music: Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season- Jimmy Buffet |
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Rowan woke with more of the coughing she's had since last week (when she had a flu-like illness). And complaining that she felt like she was going to throw up.
Now I'm kicking myself for not bringing home the laptop from work. *sigh* I'm annoyed at myself. |
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Start with the boring stuff - I did nothing today but return a blu-ray disk to the library. That's right, sports fans, Da Coach is now a card carrying member of the Beautiful Downtown Danbury Public Library! I never realized they had a loaner section for DVD's and blu-rays. Why would you want to rent em when you can get em for free?! Oh, the movie was How The West Was Won in something called smilebox to allow for the cinerama process. I won't bore you with details other than to say I saw this movie as a high schooler in Cinerama and loved it. It's one of the first soundtracks I ever owned and still think it's one of the fines movie soundtracks ever created. Alfred Newman (no relation to the guy from MAD) was a genius and a giant in the industry.
Saturday She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed and I went to Simplefare and did nothing! To tell the truth, we walked out to the fighting field and only lasted for about 15 or 20 minutes and I had to go back and drug up something serious. I'm seeing my primary doctor tomorrow. Somehow, someway we have to get my feet and back straightened out.
But we so so many friends, some we hadn't seen in a long, long time. Linda's first event was Simplefare oh, so many years ago. The feast is still one of the best I've ever eaten at. For consistency in quality it always delivers a wonderful and incredibly edible feast (even if I can't pronounce the name of the dessert "soup" which I have always called Rude, Crude, McFood" cause that's what it sounds like. But it's certainly NOT what it tastes like. It's a cream based strawberry soup. OMG! Each and every dish is a delight but that dessert soup. Of course that's all followed up by baklava and an almond based pie. One more time...OMG! I love that event. And it's perfect for taking newcomers to their first event. A bit of everything, fighting, fencing, entertainment, fun, friends, merriment and GREAT food.
There's a lot of nonsense going on over on the EK list about a proclamation made by the king of another kingdom! Why people in the East would get so riled up over a whim by an king from out kingdom astounds me. I must say I was incredibly tickled when I saw that Konrad and Brenwen as well as the K&Q of Aethelmearc just issued the same whim. The biggest dissenter (I almost said loudmouth but that wouldn't be nice) once accused me on the EK list of having no sense of humor because I disagreed with something she took a position on. *sigh*
Well, lemme wrap up: Two doctor's appointments tomorrow; one with my primary physician and one with my sleep disorder physician. Then Linda has taken Tuesday off cause we're going to the Star Wars concert at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. I am so excited about that I start squirming just thinking about it! And we get into the memorabilia display an hour before the regular, raggedy old general public! How cool is that!? One of the coolest bestest birthday presents I've ever gotten since I got a matched set of Mattel Fanner 50 pistols with double holsters when I was a kid.
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There are two forces that are constantly warring in my mind...
First, I am a shopper. I'm not ashamed to admit that i like the mall, I like new things. I have, at many points in my life, preferred quantity to quality.
But second, I am trying to have less stuff. Yeah, this is in direct contradiction of the first point, and I'm well aware of it.
And i am trying to reconcile these two things, trying to tip my way towards the "less stuff". Deliberately favoring quality over quantity, making what I have last longer, favoring "new to you" over "really truly new". When I realized that TRex needed sweaters/sweatshirts, I hit ebay. I really need to find out where the good kids' consignment stores around here are. When I get holes in my socks, I darn them. If I catch M's socks before they get so holey I can't rescue them, I darn them, too.
In the early part of the summer, a friend of mine from grad school issued a challenge: end the summer with 1000 less things. That's a LOT of stuff! After some discussion, it was decided that it should be a net loss of 1000 things. That's even MORE stuff, considering that at some point you'll have to buy something. Consumables (food, toiletries, etc.) were not counted in these numbers. I didn't come anywhere NEAR net -1000 items in the house. Instead, I am working very hard at getting rid of more stuff than we bring in... and I've been pretty successful. I'm sure I've missed some things, but by my count, I've gotten rid of 419 things and brought in 259 things since I started keeping track sometime in early June. (For those who are as math-slow as I am, that's a net decline of 160 things). Not great, but not bad either. I have donation receipts from al most every month since May. This week we are going to be divesting ourselves of TRex's old indoor swingset that she's miles to big for (but still distraught over its departure) and a couple of big-ish toys that she has outgrown. In January when J, J, & C come to visit us, we'll offload a bunch of S's too small clothes and probably some baby toys as well. (They already got a huge pile of baby-related things when we went there in August.)
Someday I want to move to a nice warm climate and live in one of these houses; I'm most partial to the B53. It's got just over a third of the square footage of our current house. I don't imagine living in one with the three of us, but I think two people could do it just fine. I told Matthew this and he said, "There's no way. You will never be able to have little enough stuff to do that. When it comes down to getting rid of stuff from the study or the sewing room, you won't be able to do it." Little does he know... I have been getting rid of things from those rooms, too! And I freely admit, the reason I won't even consider one of the one-bedroom models is because I require a craft room/study.
It's nice to think of and work towards living more simply, less cluttered.
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I hear things . . .
I hear that the king and queen of Aethelmearc, in the spirit of support of their fellow kingdoms, have acknowledged -- and agree with -- King Konrad's statement on "The Princess Bride."
I love my royalty, and I love the Aethelmearc royalty.
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1. The Polar Plunge is 13 days away. Can you help us raise money for Special Olympics New York and perhaps be the top fund-raising team?
The names of all people who donate to anyone on our team by Friday will be put into a drawing for a gray, extra-large Polar Plunge sweatshirt.
From the Agni Dentati link, you can donate to me, alethea_eastrid, gwenlianna, evilnicola or knoggleknot.
If you are in the area. please come out and watch.
2. I long ago developed into a royalist in the SCA, but it's even better when your king is as wicked cool as King Konrad.
I bemoaned some shenanigans on the EK List (even though I am on it), and Saturday in court, he responded:
(From EK List):
"The dread King Konrad, having braved the terrors of fireswamps and cliffs of insanity, avoiding getting involved in land wars in Asia, defeating Spaniards with steel, giants with strength, and Sicilians even with death being on the line, has come forward in a most inconceivable manner to declare that the film Princess Bride is period during the duration of the reign, in support of the Prince of Northshield.
As such, all documentation based upon the Princess Bride, be it cited by men with six fingers on their right hand, or ladies with perfect breasts, or owners of rodents of unusual size, or any less or more colorful characters, is hereby period.
Let any man who may stand against this declaration hear the fearsome cry...his name is King Konrad von Ulm ... You have insulted his brother... Prepare to die! As you wish, this six day of November, AS44, so it is decreed."
He also mentioned that the very first SCA event advertised for people to bring their elf ears.
I am not gonna comment on specifics, but I think it's wicked cool.
3. I am currently fooling around with Pandora Internet Radio. Anyone got any suggestions, ideas?
4. The New York Times does an excellent job of putting faces and stories to the folks who were killed at Ford Hood.
5. I am still trying to process the Health Bill vote. I have not really been able to examine it yet.
6. I am hoping that the New York State Senate will actually have a quorum and pass the same-sex marriage bill. I will do what I can between now and then.
7. Today's picture is from Atlantian Crown. It's xgreenjudasx being properly delivered to court as her husband Abel prepares for his quest to be king.
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Nov. 8th, 2009 @ 03:23 pm
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Yesterday's count, 10100 words at 11pm
Today's count was 12503 words at 10:30pm. It's not plodding, but it's getting there.Current Mood:  whee! |
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For years now, I have seen people quote "Remember, remember . . . " on this particular day, especially since the movie came out, and this year was no exception.
For some reason, it bothered me this year. Even in the morning.
I could not put my finger on it, but in some ways it smacked of glorifying terrorism.
A little while ago, someone pointed out that the attacks on Fort Hood took place on Nov. 5.
There are many of us who see this as treason and/or terrorism.
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1. If you want the handouts for my teaching class (There are three separate pages), please e-mail to liamstliam@gmail.com
2. In response to previous commentary, there is "One True Shakesepeare Play."
"I do believe your majesty takes no scorn to wear the leek upon St. Tavy's Day”
3. Corollary, in the Liamverse, "Sometimes you eat the leek and sometimes the leek eats you."
4. Anyone need a pair of cat-fur mittens? Last night, while we were blissfully asleep, one or both of our Feline Overlords (I mean protectors) decided to see just how much yarn there *is* in a ball of yarn. I think they were outlining a race track or something, but they stopped at the door to the bedroom. The Countess remains despleased.
5. Nothing better than finding out there's a "Celebration of Friday" pot luck in one of the offices in w hich you work.
6. Has anyone seen any voting breakdowns by age group on Maine No. 1?
7. We had a guy (just out of jail in the last couple of months) come into the office today to thank us, because he's finishing his first week of full-time employment.
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Who pointed me to Martha Stewart's Southwestern Corn Chowder? I can't remember... but I thank them for doing so. It was very well-received. I made a couple of subs: olive oil for butter and skim milk for whole milk. This also meant that all of the cooking was done with just broth because I didn't want to boil the skim milk. I just added the milk at the end and didn't let the soup boil after that and it was just fine. For me, I think it needed a bit more oomph... maybe a hot pepper? Or a dash of tabasco in the individual bowls, that would be good and customizable. But the kiddo chowdered it down. Oh, and the recipe says that it serves two, so I doubled it. Ummm.... All 3 of us had healthy servings, and M went back for seconds, and there's probably enough for us all to have it again. So that's a very GENEROUS "serves two".
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13 Dead and 30 Wounded at Fort Hood, Texas
Posting since some people have not heard about this yet. A Major in the Army opened fire at a military processing center yesterday afternoon. He is currently in custody at a hospital after being shot four times by a military police officer. |
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Not that I usually use sports cliches, but we have a chance to rebound and take the momentum back.
Gov. Patterson has called a special session of the State Senate for Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Same-sex marriage will be on the agenda.
If you are in New York, please do what you can to get to your senator and tell him or her how strongly you feel.
I am going to be working on Sen. Betty Little up here.
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