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Caught in a bad romance?
CrimJ: What were they doing in OK?
Dr. Cosby: the only person other than my grandmother who was allowed to cuss in my house when I was little boy.
I wouldn't lose too much sleep. Since the era of widespread literacy began (late 18th century really) there have been "potboilers". If you take a course in Victorian Literature, that won't be what you're reading. In fact, those books are largely forgotten (unless you consider Dickens a potboiler author, which I don't). Subsequent generations are usually much better at separating the wheat from the chaff than people are at the time.Regarding the "King Arguments", I HOPE that he's considered one of our premier authors in generations to come.
As compared to Sidney Sheldon (6th best selling of all time) Danielle Steel (8th best selling of all time) and Jackie Collins (13th of all time). Or, to put it in perspective, Sidney has sold more books Dr. Seuss has, Danielle has sold more books than Leo Tolstoy has and and Jackie's sold just as many as J.K. Rowling. And they all outsell Stephen by a wide margin.
*shudder* I'm fearful at future generations thinking these three may be considered some of our "literary elite".
Yeah I took some of those classes in college. Books like 'Pamela' which even spawned a spoof (by Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones no less) called Shamela. And those were considered excellent! And if you ever had to slog through the 'epistolary' method of novel writing ...ugh. Like reading a book of email texts. Yeh, and time is a great winnower. Only the best works make the bookshelf a century after they are published.
I like the misspelled name better, but it's too metal for the actual group.
::Puts on hat::
Hey, does this make my ass look big?
Hey Uri! Funny now, not so much later. :P
And Riley has taken to pointing at your Avi and saying EWW! I think he has your number! :)
::Puts on hat::
Hey, does this make my ass look big?
No, your ass makes your ass look big.
daaaaaaaaaayum.
I felt that cold clear down to Tejas.
LINKIFIED!HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!CrimJ: What were they doing in OK?
Dr. Cosby: the only person other than my grandmother who was allowed to cuss in my house when I was little boy.
I prefer this version, myself.
Hey Uri! Funny now, not so much later. :P
And Riley has taken to pointing at your Avi and saying EWW! I think he has your number! :)
EWW! is Riley shorthand for EWWWWSOME in that thar Carolina accent. ;-)
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HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Caught in a bad romance?
CrimJ: What were they doing in OK?
Dr. Cosby: the only person other than my grandmother who was allowed to cuss in my house when I was little boy.
Alabaster Caverns. Spelunking and watching the horde of bats that come out at night, and camping.
huzzah!
I prefer this version, myself.
That must be a good version, you have to be eighteen to see it! :D Okay, really, I'm not making a Youtube account just to see one video.
(Besides, we both know lounge covers of Lady Gaga songs are always better than heavy metal mash-ups of her songs. It's a law.)
(Oh, and while I'm on the subject of videos stuck behind age barriers, I just found a version of Heathen Child that you don't need a Youtube account to see, and... wow. Come for the two seconds of nipple, stay for the middle-aged musicians shooting lasers at old footage from Ben Hur. Still a good song, but one weird video.)
Watching Whip It with Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page.
Why? Did a problem come along or something?
We have friends who are in the regional roller derby league and I have always had a thing for Drew Barrymore. Also, the movie is not half bad. I just have to get over my aversion to tats on ladies.Watching Whip It with Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page.Why? Did a problem come along or something?
Whip It, good? Are you sure no gases are being pumped into the room? Try to detect it, it's not too late!
Shoehorning in references? Who, me?
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Yeah I took some of those classes in college. Books like 'Pamela' which even spawned a spoof (by Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones no less) called Shamela. And those were considered excellent! And if you ever had to slog through the 'epistolary' method of novel writing ...ugh. Like reading a book of email texts. Yeh, and time is a great winnower. Only the best works make the bookshelf a century after they are published.I wouldn't lose too much sleep. Since the era of widespread literacy began (late 18th century really) there have been "potboilers". If you take a course in Victorian Literature, that won't be what you're reading. In fact, those books are largely forgotten (unless you consider Dickens a potboiler author, which I don't). Subsequent generations are usually much better at separating the wheat from the chaff than people are at the time.Regarding the "King Arguments", I HOPE that he's considered one of our premier authors in generations to come.
As compared to Sidney Sheldon (6th best selling of all time) Danielle Steel (8th best selling of all time) and Jackie Collins (13th of all time). Or, to put it in perspective, Sidney has sold more books Dr. Seuss has, Danielle has sold more books than Leo Tolstoy has and and Jackie's sold just as many as J.K. Rowling. And they all outsell Stephen by a wide margin.
*shudder* I'm fearful at future generations thinking these three may be considered some of our "literary elite".
Huh. I hadn't heard of Pamela, but a quick link shows that's exactly what I was talking about. Those have been around as long as there has been a public to buy books.
I'll throw out there, though, that the epistolary form worked pretty well for Bram Stoker. Although I think that was the exception to the rule.
We have friends who are in the regional roller derby league and I have always had a thing for Drew Barrymore. Also, the movie is not half bad. I just have to get over my aversion to tats on ladies.Watching Whip It with Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page.Why? Did a problem come along or something?Whip It, good? Are you sure no gases are being pumped into the room? Try to detect it, it's not too late!
Shoehorning in references? Who, me?
Davi just achieved not only an excellent RPP (References Per Post) but also WPR (Words Per Reference). His build is obviously broken.
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Davi just achieved not only an excellent RPP (References Per Post) but also WPR (Words Per Reference). His build is obviously broken.We have friends who are in the regional roller derby league and I have always had a thing for Drew Barrymore. Also, the movie is not half bad. I just have to get over my aversion to tats on ladies.Watching Whip It with Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page.Why? Did a problem come along or something?Whip It, good? Are you sure no gases are being pumped into the room? Try to detect it, it's not too late!
Shoehorning in references? Who, me?
Nah, it's just the one thing he beat into the ground. He's got a +34 in "Pop Culture" from feats and traits.
I prefer this version, myself.That must be a good version, you have to be eighteen to see it! :D Okay, really, I'm not making a Youtube account just to see one video.
(Besides, we both know lounge covers of Lady Gaga songs are always better than heavy metal mash-ups of her songs. It's a law.)
(Oh, and while I'm on the subject of videos stuck behind age barriers, I just found a version of Heathen Child that you don't need a Youtube account to see, and... wow. Come for the two seconds of nipple, stay for the middle-aged musicians shooting lasers at old footage from Ben Hur. Still a good song, but one weird video.)
That was enabled recently. Just do a search for Behemoth Lady Gaga Mashup. I'm sure it was some puritan that freaked out. There's nothing on there that needs to be 18+.
Davi just achieved not only an excellent RPP (References Per Post) but also WPR (Words Per Reference). His build is obviously broken.
Come on, don't "Let's start talking about how Davi's too optimized" me, missy. I have a weak heart, I don't get around how you get around, my mind works in mysterious ways, don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound, etc.
(This is the worst part, you know. Trying to wedge song lyrics into an actual sentence.)
Alabaster Caverns. Spelunking and watching the horde of bats that come out at night, and camping.HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Caught in a bad romance?
CrimJ: What were they doing in OK?
Dr. Cosby: the only person other than my grandmother who was allowed to cuss in my house when I was little boy.
Cool. I need to see that.
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Something I think many people don't realize. Everyone gets so fixated on that there MUST be someone for everyone, not everyone NEEDS someone. Sure, it is nice to have a person there to share things with and live life with, and I don't doubt that I may yet find that person that will grow old with me, but if I've learned anything from the last four years, it's that if you're not happy alone, you'll never be happy with someone else.
(Fortunately, I will always treasure this time I've spent in Minnesota to remind me How to Be Alone).
Night all!
*blink*
Morning folks
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Morning Patrick. I wasn't around much here this weekend, but I see from further up the boards that the trolls were. That's why I tend to steer clear from the rules sections more often than not.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to a rather sucky work week. Lean events are even more shitty when they are (a)unfunded, (b)redundant, (c)and when I'm the leader.
Morning AZ. Sorry to hear your work is sucking. My non-work is also sucking, but at least the searing humidty and heat has abated here somewhat. It almost feels normal for once.
As for rules, I am blessed in that I never inherited any OCD disabilities so I don't obsess with trying to make a fantasy game 'realistic', whatever TF that is supposed to be.
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I swear, people can swallow flying lizards and giant insects but get their panties in a bunch if something is +4 instead of +2 ... blerg ..
Sorry to hear about the non-work suckage. But, yeah, a lessening of heat and humidity is always a good thing.
Amen to that. We should start a list of forbidden words/terms. Whattd'ya think? I'll start:
- Gimp
- Feat Sinks
- nerf
- weaksauce
- optimal
- non-optimal
Any others?
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Sorry to hear about the non-work suckage. But, yeah, a lessening of heat and humidity is always a good thing.Amen to that. We should start a list of forbidden words/terms. Whattd'ya think? I'll start:
- Gimp
- Feat Sinks
- nerf
- weaksauce
- optimal
- non-optimal
Any others?
I would say the words
- broken
- fix
- fixed
- build
Of course, now the challenge will be for someone to come along and use all those words in a single post.
Hmmm. Easy enough ..
Thanks to the nerfing of the fighter and the gimping of the various feat sinks that any player will want to take in order to avoid a weaksauce non-optimal build, Pathfinder has failed to fix any of the obvious math errors of 3.x and has failed to produce any fixed optimal character build that anyone would want to play. Therefore the game is broken and should be avoided.
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Of course, now the challenge will be for someone to come along and use all those words in a single post.Hmmm. Easy enough ..
Thanks to the nerfing of the fighter and the gimping of the various feat sinks that any player will want to take in order to avoid a weaksauce non-optimal build, Pathfinder has failed to fix any of the obvious math errors of 3.x and has failed to produce any fixed optimal character build that anyone would want to play. Therefore the game is broken and should be avoided.
Dude, awesome! You should create that alias, and just post that whenever a rules thread gets too heated. You could be the new Vomit Guy!
Dude, awesome! You should create that alias, and just post that whenever a rules thread gets too heated. You could be the new Vomit Guy!
On the contrary. My vast intellegence, and obvious mastery of all that is RPG makes me the perfect focus of these rules threads. Let them overheat! I shall prove that my way is right, and anyone who plays differently has a Candle of Invocation shoved up their ass.
On the contrary. My vast intellegence, and obvious mastery of all that is RPG makes me the perfect focus of these rules threads. Let them overheat! I shall prove that my way is right, and anyone who plays differently has a Candle of Invocation shoved up their ass.
I sense a kindred spirit!
And, with that, I've got work to do. Later.
Hasta Lluego!
We have friends who are in the regional roller derby league and I have always had a thing for Drew Barrymore. Also, the movie is not half bad. I just have to get over my aversion to tats on ladies.Watching Whip It with Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page.Why? Did a problem come along or something?Whip It, good? Are you sure no gases are being pumped into the room? Try to detect it, it's not too late!
Shoehorning in references? Who, me?
You have friends in ROLLER DERBY? *ahem* Ah, where did you say you lived again?
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Really, I was just going to post to bring back the magic dot, but then I came across this...
The dinner came out well.Um, wow. Um, good?
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I'm inclined to disagree with your grammatical assessment.
"To come" is an intransitive verb. A verb should only be followed by an adjective if it is a linking verb ("The dinner was good."). Since I chose to use the verb "came" instead, I was obliged to use an adverb describing in what manner the dinner came - in this case, well. ;)
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Good morning, all. What did I miss?
Well, Todd decided that he'd finally tell Annie the truth about the time he spent in Nigeria, even knowing that she'd hate him for it. Meanwhile, Xander and Chloe consummated their relationship during a night a hedonisitc passion. And, across town, James and Stewart decided that ping pong was not ideal for.....No, wait! That's my soap opera.