KKChat -- 25 January 2004

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[17:15] <Samuel> Hello KK
[17:15] <@Shiral> Hello Katherine
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[17:15] <@Shiral> =o)
[17:15] <.KK> Hi, gang.
[17:15] <kirienne> Hi Katherine :-)
[17:15] <@Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:15] <Mistyck> hi Katherine!
[17:15] <Bynw> hiyas KK
[17:15] <Sedina> hi, KK
[17:16] <the_Bee> Hello KK
[17:16] <@Shiral> How is everything at Holybrooke?
[17:16] <.KK> Phone was out last weekend; couldn't get on line for
about 5 days.
[17:16] <kirienne> yikes
[17:16] <Mistyck> youch!
[17:16] <@Wrengl> ouch
[17:16] <@Shiral> Frustrating
[17:16] <@Wrengl> i would be having withdrrawal
[17:16] * Debbie-VB grumbles @ faulty phone service
[17:16] <.KK> Fine at Holybrooke. They'll start plastering in the wing
tomorrow.
[17:16] <Bynw> i would be more than having withdrawal
[17:16] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:16] <Tika> omg, talk about DTs!
[17:16] <@Wrengl> neat
[17:17] <.KK> I <was> having withdrawal!
[17:17] <@Shiral> LOL, Tika
[17:17] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:17] <Tika> hehehe
[17:17] <the_Bee> Deryni Tremens?
[17:17] <@Wrengl> Katherine i am seriously working on the novel again
[17:17] <.KK> And it's supposed to snow by Tuesday.
[17:17] <.KK> Ah, good!
[17:17] <@Shiral> That's what Lewys ap Norfal gives the Camberian
Council, Bee
[17:17] <Tika> join the crowd, KK
[17:17] <@Wrengl> snow due here tomorrow and tuesday
[17:17] <kirienne> hope they finish the plastering
[17:18] <Samuel> Tonight into tomorrow morning here!
[17:18] <@Shiral> Fortunately, the wing now has a roof =o)
[17:18] <.KK> I <have> gotten about 10 pages into the Prologue, though.
It hasn't all been wasted motion.
[17:18] <the_Bee> as long as they're plastering and not getting
plastered
[17:18] <kirienne> yippppeeeeee
[17:18] <@Shiral> Excellent news, KK
[17:18] <.KK> The wing has roof, stairs, walls studded, insulated, and
plasterboarded.
[17:18] <@Wrengl> verra good katherine
[17:18] <Ghostgames> Do take care of yourself in the midst of the
plaster dust. I found it aggravated my asthma...
[17:18] <Sedina> excellent
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> Good for you Katherine.
[17:18] <@Shiral> They're really leaping ahead on the wing
[17:18] <.KK> They are very good.
[17:18] <kirienne> that is wonderful
[17:19] <Debbie-VB> Sounds like it is nearlky finished Katherine
[17:19] * leslie has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:19] <@DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is leslie
[17:19] <.KK> Oh, and the Honda blew a head gasket Tuesday, so we had
to get another car. Just what we needed.
[17:19] <@Wrengl> wb leslie
[17:19] <@Shiral> Hello Leslie
[17:19] <the_Bee> hi Leslie
[17:19] <@Shiral> Ouch, Katherine!
[17:19] <leslie> hiya
[17:19] <.KK> It's a good thing, because our budget will soon be
finished.
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Oh, joy. :-/
[17:19] <@Shiral> What did you get, KK?
[17:19] <kirienne> my gosh Katherine, I hate when things like that
happen.
[17:19] <@Wrengl> having to buy a new car is not fun
[17:20] <.KK> But we bought a kitchen yesterday for under $1500, not
counting appliances, which we bought the day after Christmas.
[17:20] <@Wrengl> good price
[17:20] <kirienne> cool
[17:20] <kirienne> that is a good price
[17:20] <leslie> 'no matter where i serve my guests....'
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> that sounds like a good price
[17:20] <@Shiral> Especially not when it's an absolute necessity to buy
a new car
[17:20] <.KK> We bought a car that had belonged to a dear friend who
passed away last June. It's a 1992 Opel Vectra, with only 42,000
miles from new.
[17:21] <Ghostgames> Gee, that's less than we paid for our new stove...
(we were restricted in the models we could get, the kitchen design
requires a downdraft, and they're /expensive/!)
[17:21] <kirienne> great deal getting that car Katherine
[17:21] <leslie> what make is the Opel? ford....
[17:21] <@Wrengl> i am looking for a stove but really want a swing out
instead of a drop down oven door
[17:21] <.KK> We still have to get an extractor hood, and sink and
worktops--but the bulk of the buying is now done.
[17:21] <@Shiral> Great
[17:22] <@Wrengl> excellent
[17:22] <.KK> Every time we'd start being picky about details, we'd
have to remind ourselves that this isn't <our> kitchen; it's for the
flat.
[17:22] <.KK> It just has to be nice.
[17:22] <@Shiral> And has to function
[17:22] <kirienne> LOL
[17:22] <@Wrengl> indeed k
[17:22] <.KK> Opel <is> the make. It's German, I think.
[17:22] <Debbie-VB> aw, but being picky about the details is half the
fun ;-)
[17:22] * Mistyck is now known as Any_Monkey
[17:23] <@Shiral> Hey, as long as it runs
[17:23] <leslie> i once had an Omega. my first car
[17:23] <@Wrengl> but you only need to be picky if it is YOURS debbie
[17:23] * Debbie-VB giggles
[17:23] <kirienne> no fun to be picky and not be the one getting to use
it
[17:23] <.KK> 2 litre engine, stick shift, power steering and windows,
power steering, central locking (but not remote-controlled), tilting
sunroof (but not electric).
[17:24] <@Shiral> What color? =o)
[17:24] <leslie> stereo?
[17:24] <.KK> It's in excellent condition; he bought it from new, after
he retired. It will be a good second car when we eventually replace
the Honda with another Honda. But now we have the leisure to look for
just the right Honds.
[17:24] <Duck> something for katherine to go drag racing in along the
streets of dublin
[17:24] <Tika> LOL
[17:25] <.KK> Metallic burgundy.
[17:25] <leslie> lol
[17:25] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:25] <@Shiral> As she loves to do. Really gave me a charge when I
visited
[17:25] <@Wrengl> oooooooooo sounds nice
[17:25] <.KK> Hi, Duck!
[17:25] <Duck> hi katherine
[17:25] <.KK> You never got back to me about those Dublin arch. jobs.
[17:25] <Duck> no - i have been away in the field all last week and
then some
[17:25] <@Shiral> You can't drag very fast anywhere in Dublin, though.
Too many other cars
[17:26] <.KK> Well, when you get around to it, I'm willing to make some
phone calls for you.
[17:26] <Duck> that would be good - i'll have to find the details
again
[17:26] <.KK> OK
[17:26] * @Shiral gives Donald a Round Tuit
[17:27] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:27] <@Wrengl> duck's been busy, shiral
[17:27] <the_Bee> Are there many sites in Ireland that haven't already
been dug up?
[17:27] <Debbie-VB> are their anyother shapes of tuits?
[17:27] <.KK> Yes.
[17:27] <Duck> a fieldwork finisherer would be better shiral
[17:27] <@Shiral> I know, Duck is a multi-talented duck
[17:27] <@Shiral> They were out of stock, Duck
[17:27] <leslie> I've have a bone to pick with In the King's Service :]
[17:27] * Any_Monkey is now known as Misytck
[17:27] <.KK> Which Leslie is that online tomight?
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> oh-oh
[17:28] * Misytck is now known as Mistyck
[17:28] <leslie> in Woodville, Tx
[17:28] <Duck> stop leslie - that bone belongs in the museum
[17:28] <Tika> LOL Duck
[17:28] <@Shiral> Ah, the Tales Leslie
[17:28] <.KK> Oooo! Our Leslie of the story in DT?
[17:28] <leslie> I feel sorry for Ahern
[17:28] <@Wrengl> lol dicl
[17:28] <@Shiral> <snert>
[17:28] <leslie> Yup :}
[17:28] <@Wrengl> you ought to register your name with bynw, leslie
[17:29] <@Wrengl> that way we would always know it was you
[17:29] <leslie> i will
[17:29] <the_Bee> so many characters created just so you can kill them
off, KK
[17:29] <leslie> that puir man
[17:29] <.KK> I was grumbling about you just today. Did you ever cash
your royalty check from back in March of last year?
[17:30] <Mistyck> oops!
[17:30] <leslie> Oops. i'll go look.
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> someone Not cashing a cheque?
[17:30] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:30] <@Shiral> Oops, naughtly Leslie
[17:30] <Duck> she has it framed and on the wall?
[17:31] <@Shiral> naughty
[17:31] <kirienne> LOL
[17:31] <@Shiral> I just scanned mine...
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> got the copy framed and on the wall eh shiral?
[17:31] <leslie> :0
[17:31] <@Shiral> So, has young Alaric got into any mischief yet, KK?
[17:31] <.KK> It just hasn't cleared my account, and I've been carrying
the outstanding amount all this time.
[17:31] <@Shiral> Actually, no. But it's in my computer files, Debbie
=o)
[17:32] <Mistyck> Katherine: I was talking to Leslie last night, we
are in the planning stages of having a "Texas Deryni Get-together" in
the summer of 2004
[17:32] <leslie> yep
[17:32] <.KK> Yes, he doesn't want to wear the new green shoes that go
wtih his new tunic; wants to wear some scruffy old tan ones--but not to
Twelfth Night Court.
[17:32] <@Shiral> LOL
[17:32] <kirienne> LOL
[17:32] <Mistyck> since we have quite a few folks in the
Texas/Louisiana area
[17:32] <@Shiral> Sounds like a typical toddler
[17:32] <Mistyck> lol
[17:32] <.KK> He's 2 and a bit, and is good at saying no.
[17:32] <leslie> but the old ones fit best
[17:33] <Mistyck> yep
[17:33] <kirienne> sounds like our loveable Alaric
[17:33] <@Shiral> ALaric in his terrible twos!
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> most children are good a that at the age of 2
[17:33] <.KK> Well, yes. And he knows he can get at his father, when
his mother is inclined to be more strict.
[17:33] <leslie> does he have a favorite stuffed animal
[17:33] <kirienne> LOL
[17:34] <@Shiral> Aha, so Kenneth is the "soft-hearted" parent =o)
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> like maybe a stuffed green gryphon?
[17:34] <.KK> It hasn't come up yet, but I'm sure he does. And later,
he'll have toy knights and horses.
[17:34] <Mistyck> ooh, cool! Kenneth is a softie!
[17:34] <leslie> what would be a name for a griffon?
[17:34] <kirienne> are plot bunnies nibbling Leslie?
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> Shrek?
[17:35] <@Shiral> Just keep the honey pots away...
[17:35] <@Wrengl> lol shiral
[17:35] <.KK> He's about to go off on his first visit to his future
lands, with his mother and father and Auntie Zoe.
[17:35] <leslie> and the heffalump
[17:36] <@Shiral> So...he's been mostly raised in Rhemuth, thus far?
[17:36] <leslie> wonder how he and Brion hit it off...
[17:36] <Debbie-VB> Bratty little kid?
[17:37] <@Shiral> Vs the cool and much more mature crown Prince Brion?
=o)
[17:37] <the_Bee> at this point, wouldn't the age difference be a bit
much to overcome?
[17:37] <@Wrengl> i would think so
[17:37] <@Wrengl> alaric is a real baby
[17:37] <.KK> No, he's been back and forth between there and Morganhall
and Culdi, but is in Rhemuth for this particular Twelfth Night Court,
when, having gotten through the dangerous first couple of years and
being likely to survive, he's to be presented officially at court. And
Kenneth, though he doesn't know it yet, is about to be made Earl of
Lendour for life.
[17:37] <@Shiral> But perhaps he and Duncan play together?
[17:37] <@Shiral> Cool for Kenneth! =o)
[17:38] <kirienne> Kenneth deserves it I think
[17:38] <the_Bee> He's earned it
[17:38] <@Shiral> Lord yes, he has
[17:38] <@Wrengl> indeed he has
[17:39] * Debbie-VB waits impatiently for
[17:39] <.KK> This makes Alyce Countess of Lendour in name as well as
blood. And realistically, Kenneth isn't apt to be around by the time
Alaric comes of age--and even if he were, he'd be Alaric's vassal,
since Alaric would be Duke.
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> child Morgan to be finished so she can read it
[17:39] <@Shiral> Sensible
[17:39] <the_Bee> How much time does Childe Morgan cover?
[17:40] <@Shiral> Have Duncan and Alaric met, KK?
[17:40] <.KK> Alaric and Duncan have obviously met by this time, but
Duncan is some months younger, so I doubr there's yet much meaningful
interaction.
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> that will change
[17:40] <.KK> But I do know how the Lady chapel comes to be built at
Culdi, and why Alyce ends up buried there.
[17:40] <leslie> is Deryni Rising coming out in hard back again?
[17:40] <@Shiral> Except that maybe Duncan will learn to say "no"
sooner. =o)
[17:41] <Mistyck> Will Alaric teach Duncan all the "fun things to get
in trouble with?"
[17:41] <kirienne> LOL Shiral
[17:41] <.KK> I think it will go thorugh the birth of Kelson.
[17:41] <@Shiral> Oh cool =o)
[17:41] <leslie> i can't wait
[17:41] <.KK> Yes, DR will be hard cover.
[17:41] <Mistyck> really cool!
[17:41] <@Shiral> Whoopeee!!!
[17:41] * @Shiral paws up some turf
[17:41] <leslie> i can finally get at least one set for the high school
[17:41] <Debbie-VB> and I am eagerly waiting for that one to come out
too
[17:42] <the_Bee> But Alyce will be dead in less than 2 years:o(
[17:42] * kirienne dances for joy
[17:42] <.KK> Yes, alas.
[17:42] <Mistyck> but, Vera will be there for the kiddos
[17:42] <@Shiral> Poor Kenneth, he'll miss her
[17:42] <Ghostgames> KK: I sent email to Ginjer asking her when she
needed the new map for the Deryni Rising re-release, but I never heard
back from her. I'd like to customize it to match the Index of Places in
Deryni Rising (as I did for ITKS) -- and also lighten it some more, it
printed too darkly. Should I email her again? Or can you prompt her for
me?
[17:42] <@Shiral> Will Zoe still be around, or does she get married or
die?
[17:43] <.KK> So now I have to build the infrastructure that will
nurture Alaric once she's gone. I have good plans for Zoe in that
regard.
[17:43] <@Shiral> I love the map, Ann, <G> I have it up on my bedroom
door
[17:43] <the_Bee> Hey! Let's save <some> surprises!
[17:43] <@Shiral> Whew
[17:43] <Tika> we had ours laminated
[17:43] <leslie> amazing how medicine has changed
[17:43] <Ghostgames> Thanks, Melissa. And thanks to whoever put a "I
recommend the Eleven Kingdoms Map in addition to In the King's Service"
up on the ITKS amazon.com page. :-)
[17:44] <kirienne> I need to order my mao when budget allows
[17:44] <@Shiral> Oh, I think KK will come up with some surprises, for
us
[17:44] <Ghostgames> Now all I need is more recommendations like that
(so it stays at the top of the recommendation list), and some reviews
on the map page on amazon.com... :-)
[17:44] <kirienne> map even, geez, bad rental fingers
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> Katherine always does shiral
[17:44] <.KK> I'm going to get one of mine laminated; maybe cut one in
half and have it laminted so it will fold in half.
[17:44] <@Shiral> Didn't laminate mine, just stuck it up
[17:45] <Ghostgames> I'll be laminating at least one to take around to
conventions and display.
[17:45] <@Shiral> It will be handy when the Atlas moves into the next
phase. (Not that I'm hinting at all...)
[17:45] * Mistyck will go to Amazon.Com and post her
review/recommendations tonight!
[17:45] <kirienne> LOL
[17:45] <.KK> Wall space is a problem in my office, but a half-size one
can slot nicely under my desk, for ready reference when needed.
[17:45] <Ghostgames> Melissa: Just tell Nancy to give you another
assignment. No reason for you to be idle... ;-)
[17:45] * Debbie-VB will do the same for chapters and amazon.ca
[17:45] <leslie> Amazon.com addict :}
[17:46] <@Shiral> Katherine's walls are VERY well decorated indeed
[17:46] <@Shiral> I haven't hardly seen Nancy online, recently =o(
[17:46] * Debbie-VB would love to see katherine's walls someday
[17:46] <Ghostgames> She's been busy. But she just got finished with a
bunch of 7th Sea stuff, and will be turning her full attention (well,
almost) to the Deryni Adventure Game manuscript this week.
[17:46] <@Shiral> They're well worth it, VB
[17:47] <Ghostgames> Which means I gotta get off my duff and finish my
bits...
[17:47] <.KK> I need to sign off now, guys. Something is happening
downstairs involving strange vehicle pulling up outside, and Scott
going down and talking to people. I may have to make like a hostess.
[17:47] <Mistyck> ughh!
[17:47] <@Wrengl> night
[17:47] <@Shiral> Wow, this late at night?
[17:47] <Ghostgames> Good night!
[17:47] <Mistyck> g'nite, and take care!
[17:47] <@Wrengl> this is late for company!
[17:47] <Sedina> have a good night, KK. Take care
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> OK Katherine. thanks for dropping by
[17:47] <kirienne> LOL, nighters and many huggles Katherine
[17:47] <@Wrengl> good writing katherine
[17:47] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by
[17:47] <@Shiral> Bye, Katherine, have another good writing week!
[17:47] <Mistyck> and hope to see you next week
[17:47] <the_Bee> Have a good week and hope your phone and pooter keep
working
[17:47] <.KK> Well, ya never know. Next week, guys--and I'll have more
to report then.
[17:48] <@Shiral> And thanks for coming to see us
[17:48] <leslie> take care
[17:48] <@Shiral> Hope the phone keeps working
[17:48] <Bynw> k
[17:48] <Debbie-VB> and I hope that said strange vehicle is nothing
serious
[17:48] * .KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:48] <kirienne> yes to both
[17:48] <Ghostgames> amen!
[17:48] <the_Bee> Goodnight, KK. Skritches to the kitties
[17:48] <@Shiral> Bye, KK!
[17:48] <Bynw> thanks for stopping by ... good to see you have net
access again
[17:48] <@Shiral> And tummy rubs to the dogs
[17:48] <Mistyck> and say hi to Scott for us!
[17:49] <@Wrengl> and cat nips toys for the kittys
[17:49] <.KK> Nighters.
[17:49] * .KK Quit