KKChat -- 16 Feb 2025

[Bynw]

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[18:10] <~bynw> there was a time that i had 5 servers in the network but that was ages ago
[18:10] <~bynw> Hi KK
[18:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Is that our KK?
[18:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hello
[18:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello KK
[18:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Welcome home
[18:10] * web17 is now known as KK
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hello
[18:11] <KK> Hello, it is I!
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Howdy, ma'am!
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> cheers
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> It is thou!
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm hoping to be able to stay through chat, but at some point tonight I will need to follow DH to the auto shop to drop off our van there and give him a ride home.
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hello, I
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Cheers? Isn't it early to be drinking? (considers poor bynw) No, no it isn't.
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I mean thou
[18:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or even thee
[18:12] <~bynw> it's been a heck of a week at the castle
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> In old prescriptive grammar, "to be" takes the nominative case. So "It is thou!"
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Poor Bynw has been your brave and true knight this week, KK
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> He really has
[18:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Above and Beyond!
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> taking on the monster
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> The castle has been under siege, but bynw says he found the last sapper's tunnel in.
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Spear in hand
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Spear and magic helmet
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Mewing like a desert frog
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> And he is warding his shield
[18:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Magic helmet *points*
[18:13] <KK> Aha! You found the invaders/
[18:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Someone needs to share that desert frog with KK. 😄
[18:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> https://youtu.be/HBxn56l9WcU?si=BZz8MiNXileMrjDE
[18:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> And now everyone giggles again
[18:14] <~bynw> yes the invaders have been finally repelled after 5 breaches of our walls
[18:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I do not dare turn that on, I don't want my puppy slippers to move.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Well, as I understand it, he seems to have found how they were getting in, but not the identity of the attacker.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Yes, that video is very squeaky indeed.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Pets will react.
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Is there any way to find out the attacker's identity?
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> My cats don't care, but they've learned to ignore any sound that comes from the computer.
[18:15] <KK> Squeaky frog is cute.
[18:15] <KK> Daphne is more interested in the moving cursor.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> my dogs are clueless about computer noise and real outside noise.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Too cute Daphne
[18:16] <~bynw> know they were using a Tor exit node so there is no way of tracing them back from that. it could be you know who but we will never figure it out.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I used to have a bubbles screensaver on my old home desktop computer, but Luke liked to swat at the bubbles.
[18:16] <~bynw> first know = no
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Voldemort? 😄
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> He who shall not be named
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, Voldemort.
[18:17] <KK> I need a screen decoy for Daphne. Invariably she sits squaely in front of the monitor.
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> STOP WITH THE NAMING
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Living dangerously
[18:17] <~bynw> no Voldemort wouldn't be able to do anything with a computer. he can't handle muggle magic
[18:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> "Fundraiser: Buy KK a laptop. Not to use, just to be warm and have a screen to distract a cat."
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or a tablet. There are actually cat game apps for cats
[18:18] <~bynw> i was just gonna say that
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Daphne can paw fish or floating bubbles while you chat
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> set up a tablet and turn it onto cat tv
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Don't the tablet screens tend to get gradually destroyed?
[18:18] <~bynw> i know of a fish game that i had once for my kitties
[18:18] <KK> I killed my tablet and haven't bothered to replace it.
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I suppose you would have to change screen protectors fairly often
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or get the glass sort
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Poor tablet *sniff*
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I hope it didn't give its life in vain
[18:19] <KK> Any of you getting elements of the big storm that's sweeping across the country?
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Sadly, no
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We had a bad one come through here last night, so I was up until 2:00 am or so waiting for it to pass so I could sleep without worrying about being awakened by tornado warnings
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And now there is a chance of snow sometime later in the week
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though I suspect it will stay a little north of us
[18:21] <~bynw> this week is going to be bitterly cold .. most days high's in the single digits and lows below zero
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Bad cold snap in central Texas starting Tuesday night.
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Evie showed us her weather alert phone screen last night at 2am.  I have never seen that much lightning indicated.
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> O.K., reword: cold snap that's bad in Texas terms. bynw "wins".
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We'll have nights in the teens this week, after it being warm enough outside yesterday for me to wear a lightweight top and sandals.
[18:21] <KK> My VDOT experts says they're preparing for up to a foot of snow....and they ran through their snow budget after the first big storm.
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yowza!
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Wow
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Sounds like a good stayin kind of day
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Several days, I think.
[18:23] <KK> Wow, indeed.  I need to get a Walmart delivery tomorrow to lay in provisions, because it's shaping to be a nearly week-long event.
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> yikes
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would post what my weather radar looked like last night, but my screenshot has a dot over my house, so I think that can wait for a time when the chat isn't going to be logged onto a public forum. 😄
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Good idea
[18:25] <~bynw> yeah that's a good idea. can't have stuff like that on the interwebs
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Especially with a hacker trying to get into the castle repeatedly
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> any more attempts since you plugged the last hole?
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> That person has a serious mental problem
[18:27] <~bynw> after we made our changes there were 4 attempts to breach the walls. and then i banned those ip scopes ... then 8 more attempts hitting that wall. but since then nothing. they could be regrouping
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hm. Do you suspect one determined person, or more than one?
[18:29] <~bynw> i think it's probably just one determined person. but they have been stopped so far ... let's hope nothing happens overnight
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 🤞
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://tenor.com/view/good-juju-gif-16922911951109702032 embed: https://tenor.com/view/good-juju-gif-16922911951109702032
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Makes you want to do like Arielle Festil, but instead of a map of Gwynedd, have a diagram of their computer, so sprinkling water on the diagram makes it rain on their computer.
[18:31] <KK> What do you think has provoked the attack? Just random, to see if they can breach the castle's defenses?
[18:32] <~bynw> so true TM
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My guess is that it's a disgruntled former member who tried to cause trouble before and seems to have a personal grudge against bynw for reasons known only to God.  But it's just a guess, no proof attached.
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Heh, I was about to say "You want me to do my brother? Ewwwww!"
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> EWWWW
[18:33] <~bynw> if it was random, i would say they would have stopped after the 2nd or 3rd rebuild of it. but they kept going and breached us 5 times. and when we finally had the information we needed to stop them. they still attempted a dozen more times but failed.
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, that's not random
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Also, the purported reason wouldn't even make us a sensible target
[18:33] <~bynw> that's not random script kiddies out to see if they can cause havoc. that is a deleberate DoS
[18:34] <~bynw> which is against US Federal Law
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> That is the crazyness that even after failing they kept flinging them selves at our walls.
[18:34] <~bynw> but i cant charge anyone because i have no evidence of who it really is
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Well, can't hurt to rerun the script, I guess?
[18:34] <KK> I guess they're trying to find a way around our defenses.
[18:35] <KK> DoS?
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> disruption of service?
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Denial Of Service?
[18:35] <KK> Ah. Thank you.
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Desecration of Sanctuary?
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <bynw> it's Denial of Service is DoS ... and there is DDos (Distributed Denial of Service) where the attacker does the attack from multiple locations at the same time
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Right now maybe they're in Denial that they can't get back in
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Denial of Satisfaction
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Denial of Spamming
[18:39] <KK> Could one person do DDoS, or does it require multiple idiots?
[18:39] <KK> Duke of Stupid.
[18:39] <~bynw> one could if they had control of multiple computers through some kind of bot network
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My hope is that we don't have that many villages missing their resident idiot
[18:40] <KK> Seems like a whole lot effort, just to disrupt someone else's pleasure.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I KNOW! Right???
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Some people are just nasty spirited that way
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> What a jerk! Just like a yellowjacket!
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You can squash a yellowjacket, at least.
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hopefully Bynw has squashed this yellowjacket as well
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He's plugged up the hole letting him in, but he's still out there.
[18:43] <~bynw> so far it hasn't been defaced with their political message and profanity. nor have they tried to get in in a while that i'm able to see
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> But it's kinda illegal to squash humans, at least unless they are trying to squash you first.
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Awww man, I wanted bynw to squash him like a bug
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He might have finally figured out the hole is actually plugged and that he didn't just make some mistake on his end
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://tenor.com/view/jason-mantzoukas-brooklyn-nine-nine-b99-brooklyn99-adrian-pimento-gif-13205977 embed: https://tenor.com/view/jason-mantzoukas-brooklyn-nine-nine-b99-brooklyn99-adrian-pimento-gif-13205977
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Just like that!
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> ewwww
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's what Bynw looked like after a week of this crap.  😄
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Evie please save my eyes
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's about to scroll off screen soon, or you can minimize the window size so you can't see it
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I do agree witht he B ynw look alike, hair everywhere, beard grown out.
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> The first cat I found: https://i0.wp.com/cutetropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_0436_resize_50.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> don't know about Laurna, but *I* can't minimize...
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You can't adjust your window size?
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Maybe helps by scrolling stuff off the screen.
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Gone now for me
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, the window size
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I thought you meant the gif itself
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's a cute cat. Of course, most cats are cute, so that helps
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://tenor.com/view/ugly-cat-infiuenzas-iongtermed-reaction-gif-26839874 embed: https://tenor.com/view/ugly-cat-infiuenzas-iongtermed-reaction-gif-26839874
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> WT THE ? IS THAT
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-funny-animals-insomnia-cat-tired-crazy-cute-gif-11458685 embed: https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-funny-animals-insomnia-cat-tired-crazy-cute-gif-11458685
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> HAHA  better
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Is that black beast what you get when you breed a cat with Yoda?
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am now hugging me soft warm sweet dogs and glad for the nice things in life.
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Speaking of nice things in life, KK, did you ever watch *The Chosen*? I asked about that several years ago, but I thought the answer might have changed.
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha!
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hi J-sha!
[18:51] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Jerusha  how is Florida treating you
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> are you getting those thunderstorms too
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Sorry to be late for the party; DH was determined not to burn the steaks.  For which I am very grateful
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> yumm
[18:52] <~bynw> Hi Jerusha!!
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> No storms so far, but very humis
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yum!
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, unburned steak are high priority!
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> humid, I meant
[18:52] <~bynw> how can you burn steaks?
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I did the  mushrooms sauteed in brandy
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hold them over the candle too long
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Now your are talking yumm
[18:53] <~bynw> only takes a couple of minutes to cook properly depending on thickness
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Burning at the steak or burning at the stake: both unpleasant.
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> ANothing wrong with a little grill line charr
[18:53] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bring the cow into the kitchen, show it the stove, let it scream in terror, then throw it on the plate and serve.
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> If you haven't been trained in proper control of your powers, your early attempts at handfire might just incinerate the steak to a crisp.
[18:54] <~bynw> sounds good to me Nezz
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Much better than beef jerky
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> So  how was your steak, Jerusha?
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have a friend who will only eat a steak if it's well done. But we still sometimes eat out together despite her heretical notions.
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> It was good.  I'm not really a steak fan, but it was better than  normal
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> How long will it take to transfer the castle to its new home, bynw?
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Influenced by the steak discussion, I misread that as "transfer the cattle".
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *pictures lifting it with a forklift and setting it onto a new foundation*
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> "It's just a model", to quote the trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
[18:58] <~bynw> i've already uploaded the files. will have to do the DNS and that's what will take the longest, then redo the configuration on the new home and then we should be golden. i'll start adding back in our additional plugins
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> DNS is telling the network "rhemuthcastle.com now goes over here, not there any more"?
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Looking forward to a return to normal
[18:58] <~bynw> yes TM
[18:58] <KK> Re The Chosen, I've only seen a few episodes, but that I saw was good.
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Will we be able to tell any difference on our end, or probably not?
[18:59] <~bynw> we were watching it then we stopped due to life being crazy. picked back up we are still about half way through season 3
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Will this make it more difficult for our Festillic buddy to hack us? Or is it just about getting the assistance from the new host folks?
[18:59] <~bynw> probably not notice anything different once it's up and stable
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Let us most devoutly hope. Pity we can't leave a message at the old site, "I'm sorry, but your target is in another castle".
[19:00] <~bynw> they have better security and easier access to log information which would have helped us way back in the beginning. but no one at the current host seemed to care that i kept asking for logs and they said either nothing was in them or they didn't exist. yet they did exist and i finally got some from one person there at least
[19:00] <~bynw> and service is supposed to be better too
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Good
[19:01] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> And once the castle is safe and you've had the chance to kick back and rest for a day or two, bynw... any chance you might be able to, oh, I don't know... write?
[19:01] <~bynw> and i'm going to add a plugin that we don't currently have to make things more difficult for future breaches
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Airich is dying over here. Possibly literally. 😄
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> He will perservere
[19:02] <~bynw> my dear Nezz, if you take a good look at the site. We are back to the 7th right when i did my 3 posts in FS
[19:02] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> in formaldehyde at the very least
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> EEWW
[19:03] <~bynw> just before the first defacement
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Dark humor from Laurna is rare as the elusive unicorn. I must savor this moment.
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I know... but *we* have gone an extra week without finding out what's going on. Today is the 16th, after all...
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> ?me  rolling over laughing
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> /me  rolling over laughing
[19:04] <~bynw> true everyone is on edge for the next chapter in the adventures of Airich and his gang
[19:04] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> We do seem to be heading toward gang warfare
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *Airich: "Not me!" Shakes his glass for the server to bring another mai tai*
[19:05] <~bynw> i know isn't it fun
[19:05] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh, mai tai!
[19:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Airich's been on vacation during the castle problems. He's perfectly happy where he is. 😄
[19:06] <~bynw> of course i seem to have a different idea of "fun" than most of those characters (or their players) isn't the right Wash? it was fun though 😄
[19:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> He has plenty of cookies?
[19:06] <KK> I've just had to clean up after a squeezie toy ruptured, dumping little round balls of many colors into my llap. I see a couple under my desk, out of reach, but most were recovered.  It was a piece of mesh with a sphere of very thin vinyl, about 2 inches across, inside the netting. And when you'd squeeze it, little smaller balls of the vinyl would
[19:06] <KK> pop through the net openings, and they also contained  a bit of liquid and a dozen or so of the little balls that would bounce around in the smaller spheres until you relaxed your hand, and then they'd reintegrate with what's in the larger ball.  I apparently squeezed once too often.
[19:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oops
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *Airich: tosses Jerusha a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie*
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I don' recall being offered mai tai's and cookies
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> No!  Not white chocolate!
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh, toss me one too!
[19:07] <~bynw> white chocolate? is that really even chocolate??
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Any raspberry cheesecake cookies in there?
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> KK, I guess you had too much stress for your stress relief ball?
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I confess to being a purist when it comes to chocolate, but thanks for the thought, Nezz
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Technically, kindasorta
[19:08] <~bynw> like a Frosty from Wendy's that isn't chocolate .. is it really a frosty? no i think not.
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh Dear, KK
[19:08] <KK> That's way long, but you hopefully were able to picture it.  Just found a solitary little yellow ball on my keyboard. Out of liquid, they dry up into much smaller little balls.
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> No cocoa, no chocolate
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though I prefer dark chocolate
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *Airich offers an assortment of white chocolate macadamia nut, chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, raspberry cheesecake, and sugar cookies to everyone*
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I will have...Yes.
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh, yum
[19:09] <~bynw> girls and dark chocolate ... *shakes head* milk chocolate is sweet and yummy. which reminds me that i still have some fudge left ...
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> One of each except the raspberry cheesecake. Two of that one.
[19:09] * ~bynw enjoys the snickerdoodles
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> You deserve fudge, Bynw
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> KK do not get any of the toy balls on you cookes they  do not sound eddible to me.
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I don't dislike milk chocolate, it's just that it's usually a little too sweet. I prefer semi-sweet.
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> My sorrow for the loss of the squeezie ball. Losing a nice toy to fiddle with can be annoying.
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Airich: *slips Laurna a mai tai*
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> What about ME?
[19:10] <~bynw> strangely i think most girls enjoy the semi-sweet or even more bitter dark chocolate over the sweet chocolate. but us guys like the sweet chocolate
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Laurna happily hands it off to Washburn
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My DH also prefers dark chocolate
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *Airich: OK, mai tais for everyone who wants one*
[19:11] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> has not had a mai tai in years
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He seems to have boy parts and a fuzzy chin last I checked, though
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bynw: *milk* chocolate for me. Every time.
[19:12] * ~bynw will stick to the strawberry kiwi snapple he is drinking right now
[19:12] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> decides not to ask
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Dark Chocolate is the fundamental to living
[19:12] <~bynw> awesome Nezz .... milk chocolate for the win!!
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> The building block of life
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yes, it is... just so long as you add extra sugar. 😄
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I don't do sugar any more, unless it is in dark chocolate
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I also prefer cakes and pies that are sweet but not too cloyingly sweet
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> What kind of cookie for you, KK?
[19:15] * CambersGhost [discord] <stnezz> has an extra cookie for Darius.
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bribe? Of course not!
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Whatever works
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Then Do not forget to sneak one to Feyd
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Maybe make that two
[19:16] * CambersGhost [discord] <stnezz> has cookies for Feyd and Lord Thane
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Wash would be happy to add a drop of Merasha into the mixture for Feyd
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh wait  this is a new chapter,  we are beyond that.  right?
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Sir Iain is out in the cold, wet rain and wonders where his cookie is
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Wash doesn't need merasha, he uses the natural method
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> "I asked ... for ... a little ... marshmallow ... not ... merasha" *thud*
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL  when in arms reach
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *Airich spriints over to Guardsman Jimmy, offers  him a warm, dark-chocolate chunk fresh from the oven*
[19:18] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> Iain give eternal thanks
[19:19] * CambersGhost [discord] <jerusha2> and licks the chocolate from his fingers
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm sure Airich will owe Iain more than Iain owes Airich before all's said and done.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> We all do what we need to do.  And no roasting cookies in the fire
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> roasting chestnuts instead
[19:21] <~bynw> i cant wait until the adventuring party is all back together at the stables ... that's going to be fun
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh dear
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> I tried roasting chestnuts for a while. I found it to be just way too painful.
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Oh?
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> We've just about got that happening behind the scenes
[19:22] <KK> Well, those little balls scattered farther than I thought, so I need to sign off and make sure I've gotten them all before Daphne finds one and decides to eat it--and I have no idea what's inside them that might be poisonous to cats..
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Anytime the GM says FUN  i cringe
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Oh, good thought, KK! Best of luck!
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Oops
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Find them all, KK
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh my, yes, save Daphne
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Might be time to break out the vacuum cleaner
[19:22] <~bynw> yes find them before the kitty does
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Have a great week. Stay warm
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Have a good week, KK
[19:23] <KK> See you next week, provided we all survive the next storm. Be safe, guys.
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Vacume time.  Take care KK and don't lean over to pick them up off the floor. just let the vacume do it.
[19:23] <~bynw> little furry creatures are like babies ... they put everything in their mouths
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, KK
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Good Night KK.  see you when the castle is back to full garrison next week.
[19:24] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:24] <KK> Nighters, all.
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> nighters
[19:24] * KK () Quit (Quit: Client closed)