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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:42 pm
by Bobcat
Hey, I'm Californian myself. It's not nearly as bad as folks think. It's just that nobody's interested in hearing stories about normal people, so you get reports of all the freaks and wierdos. Not that we don't have our fair share of them, but no fair throwing the baby out with the bath, ok?
I'm in the Central Vally, near Sacramento, in a nice li'l college town. Californians do tend to take themselves a *little* too seriously, but on the whole, we're pretty normal.
In any case, enough thread-hijacking. Hope all goes well with ya, and we're eagerly awaiting the next comic(s)
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:56 pm
by MikeVanPelt
Bobcat wrote:Hey, I'm Californian myself. It's not nearly as bad as folks think. It's just that nobody's interested in hearing stories about normal people, so you get reports of all the freaks and wierdos. Not that we don't have our fair share of them, but no fair throwing the baby out with the bath, ok?
Also living in California...
A native Californian (I guess there are a few) told me that Californians aren't weird; it's just everything loose in the country rolls westward.
I have a T-shirt somewhere with a picture of the Statue of Liberty, rolling her eyes, flanked by palm trees, captioned "Welcome to California. Send us your psychotic, drug-crazed, cult-bent masses."
(It is, alas, too small for me now; I got it about 60 pounds ago.)
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:35 am
by Squeaky Bunny
My aunt lives in Roseville. (just east of Sacremento) It is beautiful country. Sadly the crazies make the whole state look bad.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:54 am
by SolidusRaccoon
Whenever I watch the first Superman movie I cheer for Lex, taking out California and New Jersey. He was doing us a favor.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:43 pm
by EdBecerra
MikeVanPelt wrote:Bobcat wrote:Hey, I'm Californian myself. It's not nearly as bad as folks think. It's just that nobody's interested in hearing stories about normal people, so you get reports of all the freaks and wierdos. Not that we don't have our fair share of them, but no fair throwing the baby out with the bath, ok?
Also living in California...
A native Californian (I guess there are a few) told me that Californians aren't weird; it's just everything loose in the country rolls westward.
I have a T-shirt somewhere with a picture of the Statue of Liberty, rolling her eyes, flanked by palm trees, captioned "Welcome to California. Send us your psychotic, drug-crazed, cult-bent masses."
(It is, alas, too small for me now; I got it about 60 pounds ago.)
Take the shirt, put it on a flat-bed scanner, scan it in HIGH resolution, use GIMP or other graphic program to touch it up where required, then get a thermal or inkjet printer to print iron-on copies of it. Apply to a t-shirt of appropriate size.
And there y'go.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:36 pm
by Madmoonie
EdBecerra wrote:MikeVanPelt wrote:Bobcat wrote:Hey, I'm Californian myself. It's not nearly as bad as folks think. It's just that nobody's interested in hearing stories about normal people, so you get reports of all the freaks and wierdos. Not that we don't have our fair share of them, but no fair throwing the baby out with the bath, ok?
Also living in California...
A native Californian (I guess there are a few) told me that Californians aren't weird; it's just everything loose in the country rolls westward.
I have a T-shirt somewhere with a picture of the Statue of Liberty, rolling her eyes, flanked by palm trees, captioned "Welcome to California. Send us your psychotic, drug-crazed, cult-bent masses."
(It is, alas, too small for me now; I got it about 60 pounds ago.)
Not a bad idea.
On the other hand.....TEXAS!!! WEEEEEEEEEE!
(I live in Kansas now but I love the Lone Star State!")
Take the shirt, put it on a flat-bed scanner, scan it in HIGH resolution, use GIMP or other graphic program to touch it up where required, then get a thermal or inkjet printer to print iron-on copies of it. Apply to a t-shirt of appropriate size.
And there y'go.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:04 pm
by Rokas
SolidusRaccoon wrote:Whenever I watch the first Superman movie I cheer for Lex, taking out California and New Jersey. He was doing us a favor.
I salute you sir!
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:15 pm
by BrockthePaine
Madmoonie, you're in Kansas? What part? NCK boy here...
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:02 pm
by Madmoonie
WICHITA! WEEEEE!
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:37 pm
by BrockthePaine
Ah, okay. I'm about 50 miles north of Salina...
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:42 am
by SolidusRaccoon
Madmoonie wrote:WICHITA! WEEEEE!
Kansas
Carrie Nation Fountain
Hmmm, verry interesting.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:16 am
by BrockthePaine
Kansas doesn't allow you to buy beer on Sundays. That's a holdover from the old times.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:30 am
by The JAM
That law is quite common in Mexico.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:38 am
by Rokas
Here they just make it so you can't buy it 'til noon in the county, or 10 AM in the city.
Lord knows what people would want with beer before noon, anyway. O_o
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:56 pm
by Kerry Skydancer
Beer - it's not just for breakfast any more.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:04 pm
by EdBecerra
BrockthePaine wrote:Ah, okay. I'm about 50 miles north of Salina...
I'm over in Phillips County, Colorado, right on the Kansas/Nebraska/Colorado border.
Hmm.. An RHjr mini-convention in the making?
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:34 pm
by UncleMonty
Hmmm... Before I moved back to Washington State, I lived in Wichita Kansas for about 10 years... Nice people down there, generally speaking. You take a walk along any road, people'd stop and ask if you needed a ride, because they're just decent and generous folk. Out here, anyone asks that, you keep one hand in the pocket where you're hiding your handgun, and say "no thanks!"
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:52 am
by Squeaky Bunny
Rokas wrote:Here they just make it so you can't buy it 'til noon in the county, or 10 AM in the city.
Lord knows what people would want with beer before noon, anyway. O_o
If you want weird, Jack Daniel's distillery is in a dry county. (Moore Co.) They can make it but can't drink it there.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:24 am
by Tom Mazanec
To get back on track, any news about how the 2006 CDs are coming along, Ralph?
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:29 pm
by Earl McClaw
Tom Mazanec wrote:To get back on track, any news about how the 2006 CDs are coming along, Ralph?
Well, I
have mine! (And I immediately re-read through the year's worth of GH.)
Some more interesting stuff about the Seven Villages, the origins of the people of Freeman Downs, the Mistwall...
And a complete section of the special images that have been appearing between the comics.