
Treants In the Mist |

I got a phone interview to determine whether I'm suitable for Job Corps tomorrow. On the one hand, this means I have a solid chance to get in. On the other, I'm f#*%ing nervous, because there are going to be questions regarding my social skills. Here's hoping it goes well.
Hopefully it's nothing like your Pathfinder games with your neighbors.
If there's any communication barriers, I'd recommend glossolalia. It's linguistically cunning to speak. Trust me, I'm a treant.
that speaks three languages.

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Kelsey MacAilbert wrote:I got a phone interview to determine whether I'm suitable for Job Corps tomorrow. On the one hand, this means I have a solid chance to get in. On the other, I'm f#*%ing nervous, because there are going to be questions regarding my social skills. Here's hoping it goes well.Hopefully it's nothing like your Pathfinder games with your neighbors.
If there's any communication barriers, I'd recommend glossolalia. It's linguistically cunning to speak. Trust me, I'm a treant.
** spoiler omitted **
That's certainly a cunning stunt.

Spanky the Leprechaun |

Mothman wrote:Hey Ambrosia Slaad, I just saw the email you sent me about two weeks back - sorry for the late response and thanks for the update!You're welcome, Mothman. Since you and Freehold aren't on Facebook, both of you should check your emails for an updated final version.
I'm starting to think the two of them are much wiser than I.

SLAaDOS |

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:You're welcome, Mothman. Since you and Freehold aren't on Facebook, both of you should check your emails for an updated final version.I'm starting to think the two of them are much wiser than I.
Wisdom is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. We will add their intellectual and technological distinctiveness to our own.

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Treppa wrote:Check out nos. 43 and 44 before starting.Great list. Those old cliches can be traps for young players.
Of course there are plenty of novels published in recent years that use one or more of these devices and yet still manage to be very successful and / or entertaining.
Ah, there’s my missing post. The postmonster has been hungry the past couple of days.

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Mothman wrote:Ha I was there as well :-) I have a Vietnamese pork roll addiction.The 8th Dwarf wrote:I had lunch in Chinatown today ... so not too far.Mothman wrote:3 hours here. Well ... let's say two and a half.We have to get together for lunch one day. How far are you from China town?
I don’t normally go that far afield for lunch – it’s a 15 to 20 minute walk for me, and there are plenty of good Asian food places around Broadway / Ultimo, but I had to go to the optometrist at Market City to get my glasses fixed anyway, so grabbed some noodles while I was there. I can usually get away with a longer lunch on a Friday, so it’d be a good day for me. Apparently that new(ish) Taiwanese place on the corner of Market City near the UTS library is quite good.

Doodlebug Anklebiter |

While rolling dice seems like a stupid way to make decisions for a novel. For a really great author anything is possible. I might point out that The Man in the High Castle written by Phillip K. Dick was partially written using the I Ching. Which while more specific than just a dice roll, still takes some big brass ones to make a novel by random.
Also see, for example, The Soft Machine. I dipped into Burroughs when I was 16, but I admit I never touched any of his "cut-up" books. He wrote a whole fantasy trilogy with them! Time for a re-visit, methinks! They can't be any worse than the Gord the Rogue books!
I didn't know that about TMitHC, though, nor have I read it or much else by him. Quick, CJ, or anyone else,: what's your favorite Dick novel?