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by Maccabee
Thu Nov 15, 2001 6:52 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: It's Been a Hard Day's Night! (OT) or THREAD PARTY!
Replies: 13
Views: 167

WARNING!!! Unsolicited advice ahead.<P>I personally think it would be more complelling if instead of hating what she'd been pre-medication Iris simply didn't care. Let the guitar and the music sit in the attic gathering dust while she experienced the pre-packaged happiness. If you want to keep the s...
by Maccabee
Thu Nov 15, 2001 4:27 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Does anyone else notice...
Replies: 10
Views: 250

*bows head in shame*<P>Well, as long as I spell Patrick Throughton's name right. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/tongue.gif"><P>If we're gonna get all detail-oriented, the celery was also useful for detecting certain kinds of toxins.<P>The bloody mary thing was allegedly Peter Davison's re...
by Maccabee
Thu Nov 15, 2001 4:11 am
Forum: ConScrew
Topic: Why NekoCon Is Good
Replies: 8
Views: 952

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gramarye: <B><coughcoughcoughdies><P>But w00t to cheap trashy lingerie shops</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's my family motto!<P>Maccabee<P>------------------ Risus est telum ultimum contra tyrranem. Nullus dictator ...
by Maccabee
Thu Nov 15, 2001 1:02 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Filk of the Day...
Replies: 23
Views: 6767

Outstanding! I love it!<P>Anyone wanna record this? It's worth archiving somewhere if someone's got the voice for it and an instrumental track.<P>Maccabee<P>"People say we're such a b-bore! (Talkin' 'bout <I>Next Generation</I>!) Say it's all been done before... (Talkin' 'bout <I>Next Generation</I>...
by Maccabee
Wed Nov 14, 2001 10:45 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: An Electronic No-Prize...
Replies: 5
Views: 63

Ooh, ooh! I know!! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif"><P>You really need to include one of those "employees and their families not eligible" disclaimers on these things if you ever offer actual stuff.<P>Always ready to help with the soulless business end, Maccabee <P>------------...
by Maccabee
Tue Nov 13, 2001 6:45 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: It's Been a Hard Day's Night! (OT) or THREAD PARTY!
Replies: 13
Views: 167

Mazel tov!<P>So, that song Iris was listening to... would that have been "Bell Boy" by The Who by any chance?<P>Maccabee
"Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
Riding up in front of a hundred faces?
I don't suppose you would remember me
But I used to follow back in '63..."
by Maccabee
Mon Nov 12, 2001 1:54 am
Forum: ConScrew
Topic: Why NekoCon Is Good
Replies: 8
Views: 952

Yes, there was much chocolaty goodness...<P>The con mommie and con daddy were particularly nice. All hail the Green Room!<P>Got to see a new comedy-dub about an anime con (it relied primarily on <I>Fushigi Yuugi</I> footage, an extra plus). I always loved those things. Especially Carl Macek's. What?...
by Maccabee
Mon Nov 12, 2001 1:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MYRIAD!!
Replies: 0
Views: 36

That's right, a myriad, baby. 1.0 x 10^5. A hundred sqared.<P>Here's celebrating the 10,000th post on this thread. Woo. Hoo. Woo and hoo both.<P>Maccabee<P>------------------
Risus est telum ultimum contra tyrranem. Nullus dictator exercitibus allibus ridiculem vulgi longe resistare potest.
by Maccabee
Sun Nov 11, 2001 2:22 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: A couple of insane (?) thoughts on 6/11 and 7/11
Replies: 16
Views: 241

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Shatteredtower: <B> I'll say - I knew a bride who walked up the aisle alone to the strains of the Imperial March. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I attended a wedding ...
by Maccabee
Sat Nov 10, 2001 11:07 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Well, Well...[11/8/01]
Replies: 17
Views: 167

And Vampire cosmology assumes the biblical theory of creation, while werewolf lore specifically rejects it.<P>And there are problems with rules. The way the game is written, a person with ordinary manual dexterity and minimal firearms training cannot under any circumstances kill a person with a sing...
by Maccabee
Sat Nov 10, 2001 9:05 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Fan definitions
Replies: 7
Views: 183

Filking Fun Fakt: The word "filk" derives from a misspelling of "folk" on a con program lo those many moons ago.<P>If you're interested in learning more about filking, here's a [a=href <A HREF="http://white.plec.fan.technomancer.com/]" TARGET=_blank>http://white.plec.fan.technomancer.com/]</A> link ...
by Maccabee
Fri Nov 09, 2001 4:58 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Leviticus? No relation.
Replies: 31
Views: 555

Lyrics I think we can handle. You know the quality of T's writing, and I've dabbled a bit in filk. The music is the problem.<P>However, if you want to send us <I>Fans!!</I> related songs, we'd be happy to have them. Working in someone else's compositions is a fun challenge too, assuming this project...
by Maccabee
Fri Nov 09, 2001 4:39 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Are You Expecting Someone?
Replies: 45
Views: 947

We had a scene fairly early on where Tim, Rikk, and some of the others were singing filk songs in the car, much to Shanna's disgust. We've never established filk as a primary interest of any of our characters, but it has been mentioned.<P>The faculty advisor concept didn't occur to us because our co...
by Maccabee
Fri Nov 09, 2001 4:30 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: A couple of insane (?) thoughts on 6/11 and 7/11
Replies: 16
Views: 241

Mazel tov!
by Maccabee
Fri Nov 09, 2001 4:17 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Well, Well...[11/8/01]
Replies: 17
Views: 167

I think there's still quite a bit of potential in Snape. I am looking forward to the film, as I think Allan Rickman will play the part quite well.<P>White Wolf fans! I do enjoy their games, even if the rules are kind of -- well, I guess "sloppy" is the nicest way to put it. Their background material...
by Maccabee
Fri Nov 09, 2001 4:05 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: I'm getting to feel a lot like Jasper... (11-9-01)
Replies: 5
Views: 190

Interestingly enough, T rejected a scene I'd written as a teaser to an upcoming story as "too confusing" for the audience.<P>*shrugs*<P>Maccabee<P>"Twinkle twinkle, little bat,
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world so high,
Like a tea-tray in the sky..."
by Maccabee
Fri Nov 09, 2001 4:00 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Leviticus? No relation.
Replies: 31
Views: 555

I think it's a swell idea. Unfortunately neither T nor I are composers. The project is simply beyond our present ability.<P>Maybe if we had a collaborator...<P>Maccabee
"Make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh.
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?"<P>-- Samuel K. Snodgrass
by Maccabee
Thu Nov 08, 2001 11:06 am
Forum: FANS!
Topic: so that's 1/4 resolved . . .
Replies: 13
Views: 117

Depending on exactly how old she was when she rebelled against her fannish childhood and how advanced a reader she was, she could have read LotR before gafiating. Or she could have secretly read it on her own in her "mundane" period. Or perhaps she was assigned it for a college English class.<P>Shan...
by Maccabee
Mon Nov 05, 2001 12:14 pm
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Are You Expecting Someone?
Replies: 45
Views: 947

I still think the devilishly handsome, preternaturally witty token Jew with the touselled mop of curly dark hair and enough sexual magnetism to make Harrison Ford look like J. Emmet Walsh is a good idea for a character, but I'm having a little trouble getting T to commit to him. How about a show of ...
by Maccabee
Mon Nov 05, 2001 12:06 pm
Forum: FANS!
Topic: Great execution, but...
Replies: 36
Views: 707

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maritza_Campos: <B> And if you're so sure you can simplify LOTR, go ahead, give it a shot. It'd be interesting to see you simplify it to a couple of phrases. Like I've said, maybe I'm too incompetent to do that, a...