paizo.com Favorited Posts by Zeugmapaizo.com Favorited Posts by Zeugma2019-10-21T02:35:32Z2019-10-21T02:35:32ZRe: Forums: Books: What was the first science fiction or fantasy book did you ever read and how did it change you?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ut36&page=2?What-was-the-first-science-fiction-or-fantasy#742018-01-10T14:38:06Z2018-01-09T23:02:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Redblade8 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote> I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury. My parents had a huge anthology of his short stories I would read from, and that’s probably what got me into science fiction more than anything else. </blockquote>Was it <i>The Stories of Ray Bradbury?</i> My parents got me that for my 10th birthday. My god, but that book messed my head up (in the good way). </blockquote><p>Yes. That very book. I had to go to the bookshelf and thank goodness I did because now I see it’s an autographed copy! Signed by Ray Bradbury to my mom in 1980!Redblade8 wrote:Zeugma wrote: I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury. My parents had a huge anthology of his short stories I would read from, and that’s probably what got me into science fiction more than anything else.
Was it The Stories of Ray Bradbury? My parents got me that for my 10th birthday. My god, but that book messed my head up (in the good way). Yes. That very book. I had to go to the bookshelf and thank goodness I did because now I see it’s an autographed copy! Signed by Ray Bradbury...Zeugma2018-01-09T23:02:56ZRe: Forums: Books: What was the first science fiction or fantasy book did you ever read and how did it change you?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ut36&page=2?What-was-the-first-science-fiction-or-fantasy#632018-01-10T01:44:44Z2018-01-09T17:04:08Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Albatoonoe wrote:</div><blockquote> My first was "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and I love it to this day. there is something about this journey into the unknown led by character that is intimately familiar that I will always like. I guess that it allows the in-depth explanations if <i>how</i> so much more digestible and natural. </blockquote><p>Also one of my favorites! I read it on a camping trip to the beach in college. I finished it under the glow of a flashlight while the waves were crashing wildly against the shore just after sunset over the Pacific and I felt like I could almost look out and see The Nautilus breaching in the surf.Albatoonoe wrote:My first was "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and I love it to this day. there is something about this journey into the unknown led by character that is intimately familiar that I will always like. I guess that it allows the in-depth explanations if how so much more digestible and natural.
Also one of my favorites! I read it on a camping trip to the beach in college. I finished it under the glow of a flashlight while the waves were crashing wildly against the...Zeugma2018-01-09T17:04:08ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Best California Cons to Play Pathfinder? (and maybe Call of Cthulhu)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2urnn?Best-California-Cons-to-Play-Pathfinder#52017-12-08T06:47:27Z2017-12-08T06:35:22Z<p>We have Strategicon down here in Los Angeles. They put on 3 cons a year: Orccon, GameX, and Gateway. Next one is in February 2018.</p>We have Strategicon down here in Los Angeles. They put on 3 cons a year: Orccon, GameX, and Gateway. Next one is in February 2018.Zeugma2017-12-08T06:35:22ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Cradle of NightZeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01vaw/discuss?Pathfinder-Module-Cradle-of-Night#332017-09-11T20:06:46Z2017-09-11T19:56:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote><p> MODULE!</p>
<p>NIDAL!</p>
<p>SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE! </blockquote><p>Ditto!Rysky wrote:MODULE!
NIDAL!
SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE!
Ditto!Zeugma2017-09-11T19:56:02ZRe: Forums: Ironfang Invasion: Worth Getting/Running Ironfang?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uh4q?Worth-GettingRunning-Ironfang#22017-07-31T17:57:27Z2017-07-23T20:08:40Z<p>To me it felt really solid from first to last. There weren't any plot threads that were picked up and dropped - everything is nicely foreshadowed and none of the books were really weak, although I've only read through it and not played it yet.</p>To me it felt really solid from first to last. There weren't any plot threads that were picked up and dropped - everything is nicely foreshadowed and none of the books were really weak, although I've only read through it and not played it yet.Zeugma2017-07-23T20:08:40ZRe: Forums: Movies: A Wrinkle in TimeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ugq3?A-Wrinkle-in-Time#112017-07-23T19:57:29Z2017-07-23T19:52:14Z<p>The trailer wasn't great, but I'm hoping the movie will be good. I liked the book and graphic novel adaptation. It's a good story.</p>The trailer wasn't great, but I'm hoping the movie will be good. I liked the book and graphic novel adaptation. It's a good story.Zeugma2017-07-23T19:52:14ZRe: Forums: Movies: "Bad" movies you actually likeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t62j&page=8?Bad-movies-you-actually-like#3632017-06-29T01:28:26Z2017-06-19T23:36:22Z<p>Does "Earnest Scared Stupid," "Earnest Goes to Jail" et. al. count as terrible? I like them. They're really stupid though.</p>Does "Earnest Scared Stupid," "Earnest Goes to Jail" et. al. count as terrible? I like them. They're really stupid though.Zeugma2017-06-19T23:36:22ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=186?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92952017-06-02T21:27:41Z2017-06-02T21:24:59Z<p>I'm reading Jack London's <i>The Sea Wolf</i>, which I'm enjoying so far even though I've already seen the film. I've just realized the title isn't the name of the ship, but of the story's main character, and I'm on chapter 10. : -/</p>I'm reading Jack London's The Sea Wolf, which I'm enjoying so far even though I've already seen the film. I've just realized the title isn't the name of the ship, but of the story's main character, and I'm on chapter 10. : -/Zeugma2017-06-02T21:24:59ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=26?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#12762017-05-29T15:48:00Z2017-05-29T03:20:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">NobodysHome wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Use the <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plotz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Urban Dictionary</a>.</p>
<p>Though I was surprised; I've never heard "plotz" used negatively before...
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</blockquote><p>It can be either. Like, when I'm exhausted after a rough day at work and someone calls to invite me out: "I can't. After the day I've had, I'd just plotz!"NobodysHome wrote:Use the Urban Dictionary.
Though I was surprised; I've never heard "plotz" used negatively before...
It can be either. Like, when I'm exhausted after a rough day at work and someone calls to invite me out: "I can't. After the day I've had, I'd just plotz!"Zeugma2017-05-29T03:20:17ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #119: Prisoners of the Blight (Ironfang Invasion 5 of 6) (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9too/discuss?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-119-Prisoners-of-the-Blight#332017-06-18T11:33:37Z2017-05-29T02:35:59Z<p>I really like the cover. Awesome evil dryad!</p>I really like the cover. Awesome evil dryad!Zeugma2017-05-29T02:35:59ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: You Gotta Start Somewhere - Musing on Helping New PlayersZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uc8e?You-Gotta-Start-Somewhere-Musing-on-Helping#62017-07-17T14:27:21Z2017-05-15T02:31:36Z<p>My sister, a middle-school science teacher, has just started an after-school RPG club! She has about 7 students interested. I'm so proud of her!</p>My sister, a middle-school science teacher, has just started an after-school RPG club! She has about 7 students interested. I'm so proud of her!Zeugma2017-05-15T02:31:36ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=25?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#12352017-05-04T03:22:18Z2017-05-04T03:09:32Z<p>I hope y'all feel better soon. I miss my free entertainment.</p>I hope y'all feel better soon. I miss my free entertainment.Zeugma2017-05-04T03:09:32ZRe: Forums: Movies: The MummyZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u1zm&page=2?The-Mummy#932017-06-14T19:31:40Z2017-04-16T04:01:27Z<p>My favorite part of the James Whale's <i>Frankenstein</i> (1931) is the long tracking shot of the father carrying his dead daughter through the wedding festival, and the gradual change in tone from festivity to absolute shock and horror. And the best thing about that scene is that there are zero special effects, zero "surprise" cuts, and it is still emotionally effective - I had to remind myself that it's only a movie and that little girl isn't actually dead. Go watch that scene. It's great.</p>My favorite part of the James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) is the long tracking shot of the father carrying his dead daughter through the wedding festival, and the gradual change in tone from festivity to absolute shock and horror. And the best thing about that scene is that there are zero special effects, zero "surprise" cuts, and it is still emotionally effective - I had to remind myself that it's only a movie and that little girl isn't actually dead. Go watch that scene. It's great.Zeugma2017-04-16T04:01:27ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=25?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#12222017-04-16T03:10:31Z2017-04-15T03:41:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">NobodysHome wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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<p>They searched the room and found the remains of a dwarf, including a masterwork stone hammerhead that <b>Narlock</b> easily identified as one of the treasures of the Kraggorach clan of dwarves. After figuring out that it would take them <i>days</i> to return the hammerhead properly, the party just shrugged its collective shoulders and sold it to the Free Captains instead. (The Free Captains are making out like <b>pirates</b> in this campaign. It's pretty awesome.) </p>
<p></blockquote><p>Fixed a typo.NobodysHome wrote:They searched the room and found the remains of a dwarf, including a masterwork stone hammerhead that Narlock easily identified as one of the treasures of the Kraggorach clan of dwarves. After figuring out that it would take them days to return the hammerhead properly, the party just shrugged its collective shoulders and sold it to the Free Captains instead. (The Free Captains are making out like pirates in this campaign. It's pretty awesome.)
Fixed a typo.Zeugma2017-04-15T03:41:16ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=182?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#90962017-04-11T13:45:35Z2017-04-10T21:01:51Z<p>We'll Shakespeare sort of was a rebel, wasn't he? What with <i>Richard II</i> being a "treasonous" play.</p>
<p><a href="http://theshakespeareblog.com/2014/02/shakespeares-richard-ii-and-the-essex-rebellion/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shakespeare's Richard II and the Essex Rebellion</a></p>We'll Shakespeare sort of was a rebel, wasn't he? What with Richard II being a "treasonous" play.
Shakespeare's Richard II and the Essex RebellionZeugma2017-04-10T21:01:51ZRe: Forums: Starfinder General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Introducing Starfinder’s Final Core Race: The Shirren!Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljpv&page=3?Introducing-Starfinder-s-Final-Core-Race-The#1352017-04-11T08:59:16Z2017-04-10T20:40:07Z<p>It's....it's like my nightmares have come true! I have found my people!</p>It's....it's like my nightmares have come true! I have found my people!Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2017-04-10T20:40:07ZRe: Forums: Movies: "Bad" movies you actually likeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t62j&page=6?Bad-movies-you-actually-like#2652017-04-02T03:33:29Z2017-04-01T05:33:04Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Hinkle wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote> I got around to watching "The Gorgon" (1964) I recorded off of the TCM channel. Oh boy were the special effects "special"! But Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were awesome. I especially loved the scene where Lee slaps Richard Pasco's character. GIF-worthy. </blockquote>I actually like that one better than some of the later Lee Dracula movies. Though nothing will ever dethrone <i>Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires</i>. Van Helsing and seven Chinese martial arts masters against a gang of Dracula-controlled Asian vampires and their zombie horde! The only way it could've been better would be if they'd given us Bruce Lee versus the Christopher Lee Dracula on screen. </blockquote><p>I need to watch that! Bruce Lee vs. Christopher Lee ought to be one of the match-ups on Epic Rap Battles of History!Eric Hinkle wrote:Zeugma wrote: I got around to watching "The Gorgon" (1964) I recorded off of the TCM channel. Oh boy were the special effects "special"! But Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were awesome. I especially loved the scene where Lee slaps Richard Pasco's character. GIF-worthy.
I actually like that one better than some of the later Lee Dracula movies. Though nothing will ever dethrone Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. Van Helsing and seven Chinese martial arts masters against...Zeugma2017-04-01T05:33:04ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Blog: 'Tis but a Scratch!Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ljpg?Tis-but-a-Scratch#32017-04-13T21:08:08Z2017-04-01T04:31:30Z<p>The book I ordered from the scratch-n-dent was in near-perfect condition - the only problem being some of the pages that hadn't been cut properly so they were still connected along the fold. SoI just took my X-Acto knife and finished the job. Back in the 19th century almost all books came "unopened" (the technical term - "uncut" means the book hasn't been rebound). So I got my book and I learned a new biblio term!
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<a href="http://www.biblio.com/book_collecting_terminology/Uncut-pages-129.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here's a link about it! </a></p>
<p>Has anyone here on the website had their paper Adventure Paths recut and bound? If so, how much did it cost, and did you like the result? It would be an awesome project to rebind all 6 parts of an AP into one book!</p>The book I ordered from the scratch-n-dent was in near-perfect condition - the only problem being some of the pages that hadn't been cut properly so they were still connected along the fold. SoI just took my X-Acto knife and finished the job. Back in the 19th century almost all books came "unopened" (the technical term - "uncut" means the book hasn't been rebound). So I got my book and I learned a new biblio term!
Here's a link about it!
Has anyone here on the website had their paper...Zeugma2017-04-01T04:31:30ZRe: Forums: Movies: "Bad" movies you actually likeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t62j&page=6?Bad-movies-you-actually-like#2532017-03-30T07:00:30Z2017-03-26T15:34:23Z<p>I got around to watching "The Gorgon" (1964) I recorded off of the TCM channel. Oh boy were the special effects "special"! But Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were awesome. I especially loved the scene where Lee slaps Richard Pasco's character. GIF-worthy.</p>I got around to watching "The Gorgon" (1964) I recorded off of the TCM channel. Oh boy were the special effects "special"! But Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were awesome. I especially loved the scene where Lee slaps Richard Pasco's character. GIF-worthy.Zeugma2017-03-26T15:34:23ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=181?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#90502017-03-29T15:33:04Z2017-03-24T15:39:26Z<p>I'm on chapter 3 of <i>The Wall of Storms</i>. It's fun so far — there's already been a bar fight and the gods are meddling in the affairs of mortals as much as ever, but there are a ton of characters to keep track of. Also, I think I bruised my hand holding the book up to read — this is one of the few times I think I ought to get a book-stand.</p>I'm on chapter 3 of The Wall of Storms. It's fun so far -- there's already been a bar fight and the gods are meddling in the affairs of mortals as much as ever, but there are a ton of characters to keep track of. Also, I think I bruised my hand holding the book up to read -- this is one of the few times I think I ought to get a book-stand.Zeugma2017-03-24T15:39:26ZRe: Forums: Movies: "Bad" movies you actually likeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t62j&page=5?Bad-movies-you-actually-like#2442017-03-27T02:47:25Z2017-03-24T03:55:32Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Hinkle wrote:</div><blockquote><p> This is a director rather than a specific movie, but am I alone in loving (most of) Roger Corman's work? Yeah, he did some stinkers — what the heck was he thinking when he did <i>Gas-s-s-s</i>? But most of his movies are a delight, even when they make next to no sense whatever.</p>
<p>Really if you want to see a Grade-A wizard's duel, you have got to see <i>The Raven</i>. Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and a young Jack Nicholson all take turns chewing the scenery, and it is glorious. </blockquote><p>I love all the schlocky Vincent Price films! "The Horla,"• "House of Wax," "Witchfinder General,"• the "Doctor Phibes"films, I even liked "Ruddigore" (Price can't sing a darn but he's just so hammy I love him anyway!) I have playbills from plays he was in here in Los Angeles — he had an extensive stage career in addition to his film, tv and radio work.
<p>• Horla = aka "Diary of a Madman"
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• Witchfinder General = aka "The Conqueror Worm"</p>Eric Hinkle wrote:This is a director rather than a specific movie, but am I alone in loving (most of) Roger Corman's work? Yeah, he did some stinkers -- what the heck was he thinking when he did Gas-s-s-s? But most of his movies are a delight, even when they make next to no sense whatever.
Really if you want to see a Grade-A wizard's duel, you have got to see The Raven. Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and a young Jack Nicholson all take turns chewing the scenery, and it is
...Zeugma2017-03-24T03:55:32ZRe: Forums: Movies: Obscure and/or Unpopular Animated Movies You LikeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u5ga&page=3?Obscure-andor-Unpopular-Animated-Movies-You-Like#1212017-03-23T14:40:31Z2017-03-22T04:48:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">BigNorseWolf wrote:</div><blockquote> Flight of dragons. Loved the dragons designs (only non anerexic eastern dragons i can remember really) and the fantastic biology driving some of the plot. </blockquote><p>Don McLean! Don't forget the theme-song sung by Don McLean!BigNorseWolf wrote:Flight of dragons. Loved the dragons designs (only non anerexic eastern dragons i can remember really) and the fantastic biology driving some of the plot.
Don McLean! Don't forget the theme-song sung by Don McLean!Zeugma2017-03-22T04:48:16ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=181?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#90392017-03-29T15:29:37Z2017-03-20T00:22:58Z<p>I'm reading <i>The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party</i>, by Robert Silverberg. It's a collection of short stories. Some of them I love: particularly "A Thousand Paces Along the Via Dolorosa," which is about a guy trying to score some psychedelic mushrooms
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But some of them aren't so great: particularly "The Man Who Floated in Time," which is the least imaginative time-travel story ever. </p>
<p>I still haven't started Liu's <i>The Wall of Storms</i>, but I'm reacquainting myself with the characters from the first book, half of whom I'd utterly forgotten.</p>I'm reading The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party, by Robert Silverberg. It's a collection of short stories. Some of them I love: particularly "A Thousand Paces Along the Via Dolorosa," which is about a guy trying to score some psychedelic mushrooms
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But some of them aren't so great: particularly "The Man Who Floated in Time," which is the least imaginative time-travel story ever.
I still haven't started Liu's The Wall of Storms, but I'm reacquainting myself with the characters...Zeugma2017-03-20T00:22:58ZRe: Forums: Comics: New Order of the Stick Strip UpZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ljn0&page=92?New-Order-of-the-Stick-Strip-Up#45862017-03-31T17:19:47Z2017-03-17T17:15:23Z<p>Oh no! Don't split the party!</p>Oh no! Don't split the party!Zeugma2017-03-17T17:15:23ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=123?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#61082017-03-10T18:26:30Z2017-03-10T05:07:36Z<p>Thanks, Cosmo, for crashing the servers at my work today! That was super helpful during the 4:30 after-school rush!</p>Thanks, Cosmo, for crashing the servers at my work today! That was super helpful during the 4:30 after-school rush!Zeugma2017-03-10T05:07:36ZRe: Forums: Comics: New Order of the Stick Strip UpZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ljn0&page=92?New-Order-of-the-Stick-Strip-Up#45632017-03-07T20:52:07Z2017-02-24T17:01:58Z<p><sarcasm>Thanks, 137ben!</sarcasm> Now I feel super old!</p>Thanks, 137ben! Now I feel super old!Zeugma2017-02-24T17:01:58ZRe: Forums: Ironfang Invasion: How relevant is the Molthune-Nirmathas war to this AP? (AP description spoilers)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u3i3?How-relevant-is-the-MolthuneNirmathas-war-to#212017-02-25T13:59:45Z2017-02-24T16:40:45Z<p>That puts things in perspective for anyone playing a dwarf or elf character. I can see the Nirmathi human characters getting peeved each time the elf forgets and tells them she wants to "free Molthune from the goblinoid menace!"</p>That puts things in perspective for anyone playing a dwarf or elf character. I can see the Nirmathi human characters getting peeved each time the elf forgets and tells them she wants to "free Molthune from the goblinoid menace!"Zeugma2017-02-24T16:40:45ZRe: Forums: Comics: New Order of the Stick Strip UpZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ljn0&page=91?New-Order-of-the-Stick-Strip-Up#45472017-03-07T20:48:42Z2017-02-22T05:27:32Z<p>Come on, Giant! Let's get back to Roy's giant-bashing!</p>Come on, Giant! Let's get back to Roy's giant-bashing!Zeugma2017-02-22T05:27:32ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=180?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#89892017-02-21T06:03:09Z2017-02-18T19:10:17Z<p>I quit <i>The Fifth Servant</i>. It's very well written, and the period details (16th century Prague) are excellent, but the plot is just too noir for me at the moment. I don't do well with even imaginary torture and I skimmed ahead and saw some of the Inquisition scenes coming up and decided I didn't need this in my life right now. I'll try to pick it up again when I'm in a better mood.</p>
<p>I've started reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162370.Looking_for_Spinoza" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain</a>, by Antonio Damasio. I suspect the science is a bit out of date but I'm enjoying it so far. It's kind of a slow read for me since I haven't taken a biology course since my first year of college, but it meshes with some of the articles I read about how Pixar developed the movie "Inside Out", about the emotional building-blocks of personality.</p>I quit The Fifth Servant. It's very well written, and the period details (16th century Prague) are excellent, but the plot is just too noir for me at the moment. I don't do well with even imaginary torture and I skimmed ahead and saw some of the Inquisition scenes coming up and decided I didn't need this in my life right now. I'll try to pick it up again when I'm in a better mood.
I've started reading Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain, by Antonio Damasio. I suspect the...Zeugma2017-02-18T19:10:17ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=180?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#89582017-02-21T05:50:39Z2017-02-03T23:00:55Z<p>Here's a link to the Frontiers of Imagination series! <a href="http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/(S(nwtxwiml2ymvcq551ycnx0rd))/Catalog/ProductSearch.aspx?ExtendedSearch=false&SearchOnLoad=true&rhl=Bison+Frontiers+of+Imagination&sj=726&rhdcid=726" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">link</a></p>Here's a link to the Frontiers of Imagination series! linkZeugma2017-02-03T23:00:55ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=23?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#11292017-11-03T00:22:55Z2017-02-02T05:43:03Z<p>This thread always makes me smile.</p>This thread always makes me smile.Zeugma2017-02-02T05:43:03ZRe: Forums: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=175?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#87352017-01-29T15:31:00Z2017-01-29T04:40:52Z<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtG5YrQ-lY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll</a></p>
<p>and</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XuNkxxQx4s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar</a></p>
<p>Why don't songs have clever lyrics and innuendo like they used to, I want to know?</p>I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll
and
He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar
Why don't songs have clever lyrics and innuendo like they used to, I want to know?Zeugma2017-01-29T04:40:52ZRe: Forums: Comics: New Order of the Stick Strip UpZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ljn0&page=91?New-Order-of-the-Stick-Strip-Up#45192017-02-03T02:58:46Z2017-01-22T05:18:20Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">TOZ wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote> I love how Roy's speech is just so contradicted in the last panel. </blockquote>Roy's speech isn't contradicted, it's a juxtaposition highlighting the contrast between the two teams. </blockquote><p>Well put, and more accurate than my statement when just looking at OotS as the main 6 characters of the webcomic (plus Blackwing). But I was thinking of the fight in the larger sense of the "team" being those on the airship vs. the enemy frost giants; in that sense, I think my statement can also stand.TOZ wrote:Zeugma wrote: I love how Roy's speech is just so contradicted in the last panel.
Roy's speech isn't contradicted, it's a juxtaposition highlighting the contrast between the two teams. Well put, and more accurate than my statement when just looking at OotS as the main 6 characters of the webcomic (plus Blackwing). But I was thinking of the fight in the larger sense of the "team" being those on the airship vs. the enemy frost giants; in that sense, I think my statement can also stand.Zeugma2017-01-22T05:18:20ZRe: Forums: Comics: New Order of the Stick Strip UpZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ljn0&page=91?New-Order-of-the-Stick-Strip-Up#45142017-01-21T03:05:38Z2017-01-21T02:19:54Z<p>I love how Roy's speech is just so contradicted in the last panel.</p>I love how Roy's speech is just so contradicted in the last panel.Zeugma2017-01-21T02:19:54ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59972017-01-09T23:28:03Z2017-01-08T05:35:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Kretzer wrote:</div><blockquote> I Blame Cosmo for snow. </blockquote><p>Don't blame Cosmo for snow. We need more snow here in drought-country. I blame Cosmo for no snow. We call him No-Snow Cosmo in slo-mo when we're too low to go to Whiskey A Go Go.John Kretzer wrote:I Blame Cosmo for snow.
Don't blame Cosmo for snow. We need more snow here in drought-country. I blame Cosmo for no snow. We call him No-Snow Cosmo in slo-mo when we're too low to go to Whiskey A Go Go.Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2017-01-08T05:35:10ZRe: Forums: Books: The 5th sentence of page 55...Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n54p&page=13?The-5th-sentence-of-page-55#6212017-01-18T16:22:06Z2017-01-02T00:19:07Z<p>This king was standing in the middle of a crowd of shouting miners.</p>
<p>—Terry Pratchett, <i>Witches Abroad</i></p>This king was standing in the middle of a crowd of shouting miners.
--Terry Pratchett, Witches AbroadZeugma2017-01-02T00:19:07ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59732016-12-31T00:26:45Z2016-12-30T05:18:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kajehase wrote:</div><blockquote> I blame Cosmo that a cold virus has left me unable to walk in a straight line for the past 24 hours. </blockquote><p>Oh no! You too, Kajehase? It's spreading! The Cosmo plague is spreading!Kajehase wrote:I blame Cosmo that a cold virus has left me unable to walk in a straight line for the past 24 hours.
Oh no! You too, Kajehase? It's spreading! The Cosmo plague is spreading!Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2016-12-30T05:18:48ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59662016-12-29T08:38:43Z2016-12-29T05:25:13Z<p>I think I'm finally over the flu!</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>I think I'm finally over the flu!
[Spoiler omitted]Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2016-12-29T05:25:13ZRe: Forums: Movies: Kubo and the Two StringsZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t9r3?Kubo-and-the-Two-Strings#432016-12-29T14:48:48Z2016-12-29T04:33:30Z<p>My library got an exhibitor license for this movie, so we'll be showing it next month!</p>My library got an exhibitor license for this movie, so we'll be showing it next month!Zeugma2016-12-29T04:33:30ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59552016-12-22T22:16:43Z2016-12-22T04:55:43Z<p>I still have the flu. Thanks, Cosmo.</p>I still have the flu. Thanks, Cosmo.Zeugma2016-12-22T04:55:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59522016-12-20T14:06:11Z2016-12-18T02:55:43Z<p>I blame Cosmo for giving me a cold on the last day of work before my vacation.</p>I blame Cosmo for giving me a cold on the last day of work before my vacation.Zeugma2016-12-18T02:55:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Weird News StoriesZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2se2f&page=4?Weird-News-Stories#1832016-12-17T14:20:05Z2016-12-17T02:50:59Z<p><a href="http://jezebel.com/women-scare-robber-out-of-store-by-whipping-sex-toys-at-1790199434?rev=1481921781190&utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Women scare robber out of store by whipping sex toys at his face </a></p>Women scare robber out of store by whipping sex toys at his faceZeugma2016-12-17T02:50:59ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #116: Fangs of War (Ironfang Invasion 2 of 6) (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9s7y/discuss?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-116-Fangs-of-War#472016-12-16T06:41:15Z2016-12-16T00:34:30Z<p>I LOVE the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_VpkXd1TKA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> purple dragon</a> on the cover!</p>I LOVE the purple dragon on the cover!Zeugma2016-12-16T00:34:30ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #117: Assault on Longshadow (Ironfang Invasion 3 of 6) (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9sjn/discuss?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-117-Assault-on-Longshadow#272016-12-16T00:25:56Z2016-12-16T00:16:04Z<p>The minotaur reminds me of this scene: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMFtTp-_DtM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Can I go home?</a></p>The minotaur reminds me of this scene: Can I go home?Zeugma2016-12-16T00:16:04ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=177?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#88152016-12-12T18:19:46Z2016-12-10T05:24:03Z<p>The "Mr. Holmes" book arrived: <i>A Slight Trick of the Mind</i>, by Mitch Cullins. So far it is tracking pretty closely to the movie, but I read that it will diverge from the film in interesting ways, so I'm hoping to be surprised. I can't judge yet, but it has a high standard to live up to, since I loved Ian McKellen and Laura Linney in the movie.</p>The "Mr. Holmes" book arrived: A Slight Trick of the Mind, by Mitch Cullins. So far it is tracking pretty closely to the movie, but I read that it will diverge from the film in interesting ways, so I'm hoping to be surprised. I can't judge yet, but it has a high standard to live up to, since I loved Ian McKellen and Laura Linney in the movie.Zeugma2016-12-10T05:24:03ZRe: Forums: Movies: Movies to be brain dead toZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u1i2&page=2?Movies-to-be-brain-dead-to#742016-12-02T16:26:55Z2016-12-02T03:34:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Set wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Cole Deschain wrote:</div><blockquote> <i>The Lost Boys.</i> "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires." </blockquote><p>Woo! Vampire movies! I can watch <i>The Lost Boys</i> or <i>Vamp</i> or <i>Near Dark</i> on endless repeat.
<p>For comedies, it's <i>Clue</i>, <i>Oscar</i>, <i>A Fish Called Wanda</i>, <i>Soapdish</i>, etc.</p>
<p>There's also pulpy stuff (some campy, some almost serious), like <i>The Shadow</i>, <i>The Rocketeer</i>, <i>The Phantom</i>, <i>Flash Gordon</i> or <i>Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow</i>.</p>
<p></blockquote><p>Have you seen <i>Without a Clue</i>? Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes and Ben Kingsley as Dr. Watson. Hilarious!Set wrote:Cole Deschain wrote: The Lost Boys. "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires."
Woo! Vampire movies! I can watch The Lost Boys or Vamp or Near Dark on endless repeat. For comedies, it's Clue, Oscar, A Fish Called Wanda, Soapdish, etc.
There's also pulpy stuff (some campy, some almost serious), like The Shadow, The Rocketeer, The Phantom, Flash Gordon or Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
Have you seen Without a Clue? Michael Caine as...Zeugma2016-12-02T03:34:10ZRe: Forums: Movies: Movies to be brain dead toZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u1i2&page=2?Movies-to-be-brain-dead-to#692017-02-16T04:20:48Z2016-12-02T03:23:17Z<p>Tremors.</p>Tremors.Zeugma2016-12-02T03:23:17ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=177?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#88032016-12-03T18:05:18Z2016-12-01T15:45:34Z<p>I finished <i>Paris in the 20th Century</i>. It had a suitably French, downer ending, with the protagonist dying in a winter cemetary. I can see why it didn't get published in Verne's lifetime.</p>
<p>Now I'm reading another Winter themed book: <i>The Left Hand of Darkness.</i> It's a reread. The last time I read it in high school, so I have totally forgotten the ending, although certain scenes remain in my head. e.g. Genly Ai walking through a forest of red trees, the landships driving over the snow. Le Guin is very good at worldbuilding in her description - just in her own, subtle way. However, on the second reading, I've discovered places where the connections between this book and her other "Hainish" books rubs a bit thin - that is, it stretches probability farther than it needs to go in order to make a tenuous in-text connection. Unless she's trying to make a point about the nature of the novel or point out its construction as a creation of her authorship, which would be very post-modern (despite Cervantes having done it), and I don't think she's trying to do that. It could be stealth marketing...But that kind of thing doesn't affect me. Hmm....Maybe I should go check out <i>Rocannon's World</i>...</p>I finished Paris in the 20th Century. It had a suitably French, downer ending, with the protagonist dying in a winter cemetary. I can see why it didn't get published in Verne's lifetime.
Now I'm reading another Winter themed book: The Left Hand of Darkness. It's a reread. The last time I read it in high school, so I have totally forgotten the ending, although certain scenes remain in my head. e.g. Genly Ai walking through a forest of red trees, the landships driving over the snow. Le Guin is...Zeugma2016-12-01T15:45:34ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=176?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#87672016-11-23T14:07:29Z2016-11-22T17:29:51Z<p>I was expecting the tedious misogyny in <i>Paris in the 20th Century</i>, because I skimmed through before reading, but it is inadvertently funny when a character says, "There have been no true women since our grandmothers' time..." and he's supposed to be a guy in his 30s. Hold on there, Jules, you're getting <i>way</i> ahead of yourself. The GMILF won't be a "thing" until at least the 1970s•!</p>
<p>•e.g. "Harold and Maude" et al.</p>I was expecting the tedious misogyny in Paris in the 20th Century, because I skimmed through before reading, but it is inadvertently funny when a character says, "There have been no true women since our grandmothers' time..." and he's supposed to be a guy in his 30s. Hold on there, Jules, you're getting way ahead of yourself. The GMILF won't be a "thing" until at least the 1970s*!
*e.g. "Harold and Maude" et al.Zeugma2016-11-22T17:29:51ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=176?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#87522016-11-21T13:20:19Z2016-11-19T04:06:48Z<p>I've put <i>Rite of Passage</i> on pause for now after not getting very far in it. I've turned to Jules Verne's <i>Paris in the 20th Century.</i> I'm really enjoying it, and it reads quickly despite my needing to page through the endnotes when he name-drops now-obscure 19th c. industrialists.</p>I've put Rite of Passage on pause for now after not getting very far in it. I've turned to Jules Verne's Paris in the 20th Century. I'm really enjoying it, and it reads quickly despite my needing to page through the endnotes when he name-drops now-obscure 19th c. industrialists.Zeugma2016-11-19T04:06:48Z