KKChat -- 23 November 2025

[Bynw]

[18:11] * Joins: web4
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes. It's shorter than usual for me since I have a doctor's appointment Wednesday morning, so arranged to just take the whole day off rather than just the morning.
[18:11] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey KK!
[18:12] * web4 is now known as KK
[18:12] <The_Bee> Hi KK!
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hello, newcomer who is presumably KK
[18:12] <~bynw> HI KK
[18:12] <KK> Hello, all.
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I will probably do a half day on Wednesday
[18:12] <HoundMIstress> Quanah is a HE
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Hello, KK!
[18:12] <HoundMIstress> Hi, KK
[18:12] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Evening, KK!
[18:13] <The_Bee> any plans for Thanksgiving, KK?
[18:13] <KK> Herding Daphne onto my lap instead of blocking the screen.
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Daphne! *waves*
[18:14] <~bynw> we got our outside christmas decorations up as the weather is about to turn on us come wednesday
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You could herd her onto my lap. I'm used to wearing a cat across my arms while I type
[18:14] * The_Bee scritches Daphne.
[18:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Our weather is getting colder on Wednesday as well, though probably not Des Moines cold
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I am starting to be very grateful for my new duvet though
[18:15] <The_Bee> BRB
[18:15] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I'm afraid to look at our weather forecast, but I know it's supposed to get cold by me also
[18:15] <KK> No plans yet. But still could happen.
[18:15] <HoundMIstress> We're getting cooler days this week, too. Time to turn the A/C off and the heat back on.
[18:15] <~bynw> it was a beautiful 59 degrees today
[18:16] <HoundMIstress> It was only in the mid 60s here
[18:16] <~bynw> tomrrow it 53 but with rain, tuesday more of the same. wednesday windy at only 36 for the high
[18:16] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> We've got highs of mid-40s for the week. time to shut the windows.
[18:17] <The_Bee> christmas lights.BRB
[18:17] <~bynw> and then it's 30s for the highs after that ... and possibility of snow come friday
[18:17] <The_Bee> just pluggrd them in
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Howdy folks
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Howdy!
[18:17] <~bynw> howdy marc
[18:17] <The_Bee> Hi Marc
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Well, howdy there, pardner!
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey Marc, how's classes?
[18:18] <HoundMIstress> Hi, Marc
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We'll have temps in the 30s too, but those will be our lows instead of our highs
[18:18] <KK> 50s here fo the past couple of days. Yesterday was seriously overcast and dark all day.
[18:18] <~bynw> lows will be in the 20s or even teens
[18:18] <HoundMIstress> We'll have 50s at night all week.
[18:18] <KK> Hiya, Mark!
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My forecast sounds nearly identical to mine, @Bynw. 'Course  I've gathered that I am just one state to the east of you
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> The one I am taking has just wrapped up. But the ones for my students are ever evolving. I just finished making a 50 question test for them in science. 🌎  I hope they do well
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Luck to them
[18:19] <KK> What grade, Marc?
[18:19] <HoundMIstress> Hard science or biology?
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hello, KK! Tenth grade, that one. It's earth science. So, a very wide topic, full of variety.
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> biology is plenty hard! 😉
[18:20] <HoundMIstress> That and biology are interesting.
[18:20] <HoundMIstress> I never had trouble with Biology. Don't know why I didn't become a biologist
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Life ... uh ... didn't find a way.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It's also interesting because since I'm at a Christian private school (nondenominational) we discuss both the old earth and young earth view points where appropriate. How old is the Deryni planet? 🤔
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> 1977?
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Loved Biology, but working as a biologist is a hard job to get.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Older than that
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I love all the sciences, just never had it in me to go all the way until ... i suppose teaching it counts for something 😆
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> 55 years
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> 1973
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Sorry, 1970s. My printing was from '78.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Sorry, 1970. My printing was from '78.
[18:22] <The_Bee> My high-school science was chemistry. The teacher once said, if I tried to bake a cake, I'd wind up with a batch of cement.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> But did they have dinosaurs? 🦕
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It might have already been old enough to vote by the time I discovered it.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> 1970 erroneous "s".
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Or should be go by the first time KK had her dream
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.
[18:23] <HoundMIstress> What a turn-over!
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Pepperidge Farms remembers too.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> The publishing info was funny at first 😆 I meant does the Deryni planet have a history spanning billions of years or a few thousand? 🤔 I suppose it doesn't make a difference in a medieval era.
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I'll bet there were dinosaurs. Ooooooh, getting story ideas...
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL! I remember in Home Ec once, we had to make pizza, and the recipe called for 1/4 cup of water, but someone in our group misread it and added 1 1/4 cups. So then we had to add more of everything else to make the dough come out right, but we forgot to also multiply the topping ingredients, so we ended up with a pizza that had a huge and thick crust and just an itty bitty bit of <clipped message>
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt>  sauce and toppings on it.  😄
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> + magic
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1442310148428402749/image0.jpg?ex=6924f780&is=6923a600&hm=8a0765b25502c276457ba9a4ff1194cf03b5cadb5cddd1921c15344f28c46780&;
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh, I have that book somewhere around here!
[18:26] <KK> I don't know whether Gwynedd is far enough advanced to be thinking about the great Past, though I suppose they might have found dinosaur bones and wondered about that.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> The Deryni books had dinosaurs: Loris, Jehana, ...
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/teehee-funny-snoopy-cute-fun-gif-6236854856469910924 embed: https://tenor.com/view/teehee-funny-snoopy-cute-fun-gif-6236854856469910924
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That is where the mythology of giants comes from.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Now I'm imagining some Deryni holding a dinosaur bone and trying to scry for information about where it came from
[18:26] <HoundMIstress> LOL! Loris was one for sure!
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> and hero bones of the gods  were dinosaur bones.
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Love that Idea Evie
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I just want to see the Deryni riding dinos
[18:27] <~bynw> they may assume the same thing that our ancestors would assume since the term "dinosaur" didn't come about until the 1800s. it would just be assumed to be a dragon
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Yeah this is getting good
[18:28] <HoundMIstress> Whatever happened to de Nore? I assume he died at some point?
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *Holds a pterodactyl bone, starts scrying*  "Let's see...it was a flying creature...but looks more like...wait, is this proof that actual dragons existed?!"
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Spoilers HM
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1442310908167589899/image0.jpg?ex=6924f835&is=6923a6b5&hm=ef0fd54f86594efdb3139011fca519c4543eb1ee899fe2cf3ea5e8d418e06ec0&;
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Cool Marc
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It blows my mind that ancient Greeks at least knew about the bones
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> So the Deryni must too
[18:29] <~bynw> depends on which de Nore you are talking about HoundMIstress
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Given that it is now 2025, I think we would be safe to guess that de Nore is dead now.  😉
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> lol
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Fingers crossed on that one
[18:29] * Quits: HoundMIstress (Quit: Client closed)
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Some of those de Nores didn't have very pleasant deaths
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> What is a pleasant death in Derynia?
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Answer: rare
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I know one of the ones I created didn't
[18:30] * Joins: HoundMistress
[18:30] <The_Bee> WB HM
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> wb HM
[18:30] <HoundMistress> Re-hi, all
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> re-hi HM
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hi-hi HM
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Have we witnessed anyone in the 11 kingdoms die peacefully in their sleep at old old age?
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Didn't Vivienne?
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> perhaps
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> At least she was getting up in years, as I recall
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey there Jerusha
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hi Jerusha!
[18:33] <The_Bee> Hi jerusha
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Jerusha
[18:33] <HoundMistress> I'd think de Nore would have resisted to the last of his strength, seeing what he had to answer to.
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Hi, Jerusha
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Ooh, this one's for my fellow Templars. I've been reading Malcom barber's The New Knighthood, about the historical order. The last chapter is about their legacy in legend and media. I kept waiting for him to mention KK's books, but I guess just because my copy of the book is new doesn't mean it was written up to date 🫠 I was surprised to find out the distinction betw <clipped message>
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> een the public, ordinary order and an inner circle dates at least all the way back to sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. But it's better that they're good than evil. 🙂
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Jerusha
[18:35] <The_Bee> DeNore and his ilk thought they were among the saintly ones.
[18:35] <HoundMistress> Doesn't matter what THEY thought
[18:35] <KK> Marc, have you read The Piebald Standard?
[18:35] <The_Bee> Hell would have been a surprose.
[18:36] <HoundMistress> I'm sure he would have been hauled off from the Pearly Gates, kicking and screaming.
[18:36] <The_Bee> "Piebald Standard"?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I have not. :0
[18:36] <The_Bee> Is that a horse or a book?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> A book on a horse?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Presumably a book, since it's more difficult to read a horse
[18:37] <KK> I have a photo copy of it that's looking for a  home. Send me your address and I'll send it to you.
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Obviously you're not  horse whisperer. 😉
[18:37] <The_Bee> a horse reading a book?
[18:37] <HoundMistress> Hmmm What an interesting title, given the contents
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> https://tenor.com/view/fire-book-horse-horses-sherlock-gif-18332093
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> A Piebald Standard is the banner that the Piebald Kingdom follows into battle.
[18:38] <HoundMistress> "The Piebald Standard" is most commonly the title of a 1959 book by Edith Simon, which is a biography of the Knights Templars..."
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> How should I send you that information? A discord private message or on the forum?
[18:39] <KK> That's it. Someone copied it for me when I was writing my Templar books. Worth more than just chucking it into the recycle box.
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Never chuck informative writing
[18:40] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It would be a most prized possession of mine.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> But which did you specify? The forum?
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or maybe the official email address
[18:41] <HoundMistress> Maybe it could be found on Amazon?
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> (which I can look up later if needed)
[18:42] <KK> I dont go on the Forum that often. Could Bynw maybe send you my phone number and you could send me a text?
[18:42] <~bynw> i gave him your email
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I can do that.
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Drat, I was thinking maybe we could use Marc as bait to lure KK back to the Forum. 😉
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Thank you very much in advance!
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Poor Marc....
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I mean, oh nooo I can only be reached through the foruuum.
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> *me duct tapes Marc to the forum's home page and starts whispering "Heeeere, KK! Heeerre, KK!"*
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> *me picking up a very large, very sharp hook and advancing on Marc*
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Where? Sorry I forgot
[18:45] <KK> That works. I'll be watching for it.
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Don't chase Marc away.  we need him still
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hopefully you won't be watching for Marc on a hook
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <bynw> @Marc_du_Temple i sent you a PM on Discord with the email addy
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Oh duh. Thanks
[18:46] <HoundMistress> They have it on Amazon. All used, of course.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Cowboys won
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <bynw> wow the Cowboy's just won with that field goal
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 🤠
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Yeehaw
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> awwww, darnation
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Eagles fan, TM?
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> When I was growing up, the Redskins were the local team. Or the Deadskins; amazing how often they lost to the Cowboys.
[18:49] <HoundMistress> Gooooo, COWBOYS!!
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Maryland, Virginia or DC?
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Yeah!   Gooooo far awaaaaaaaay!
[18:49] <HoundMistress> How far with the field goal
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Yeah!   Gooooo far awaaaaaaaay, Cowboys!
[18:49] <~bynw> 50+ i dont remember
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I was a Cowboys fan as a child.  For no reason other than my grandmother gave me a Cowboy's t-shirt for Christmas or year
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> One, rather
[18:50] <HoundMistress> I heard them say it but then promptly forgot, maybe 62 yds?
[18:50] <~bynw> yeah it was something really really far
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Need me to pay for shipping?
[18:51] <~bynw> thought it would b miss
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I don't think it was that far, Marc.  Oh, you meant for the book, not the football!  😄
[18:51] <~bynw> and the game would go into OT but it made it
[18:52] <KK> Don't worry about it. It'll go book rate, which is fairly reasonable.
[18:52] <HoundMistress> Hail Mary kick
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Unlike the time KK was going to send me a dollhouse, then discovered the postage was more than the cost of the dollhouse!  😄
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Okay 🫡 sending
[18:53] <HoundMistress> I can imagine, Evie!!
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> In the Lions versus NY game, Lions made a 62 yard field goal.  Even the Lion's coach nodded approval at that one
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Yikes!
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> One day I aspire to build a dollhouse
[18:53] <KK> Incidentally, for everyone's info, Piebald Standard refers to the Templar banner, Beauceant, which was half black and half white, I believe horizontally divided.
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Me too, but first I need to get rid of stuff in my 1:1 size house before I can fit in a 1:12 size dollhouse!
[18:54] <HoundMistress> Oh, that kind of standard!
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Amen to that! I am on a perpetual decluttering journey these days
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> In the Lions versus NY game, Lions made a 62 yard field goal.  Even the NY coach nodded approval at that one
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Quite right, of course!
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> TOLD you it was a banner.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I still haven't figured out how to let go of worthless treasures
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I only need to get rid of...um...3/4 of my stuff.  *sigh*
[18:55] <KK> Yep. No horses involved, except for the image of 2 Templars riding the same horse, which was supposed to refer to their original vow of poverty.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> They are only worthless if you not longer want them
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Meanwhile I bought a bag of souvenir spoons at the thrift store for my son, so I think I'm doing it wrong
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hopefully facing the same direction, or it's a Pushme-Pullyou and we're into Doctor Doolittle territory
[18:56] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> That's the same image that's on the Templar Hip Flask ™️ in my fan fic on the forum
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My DH is the hoarder.  "I'll keep this awful wooden toilet seat in case we ever need it."  Yuk
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> OK, I'm not *that* bad. 😄
[18:58] <~bynw> i only hoard books and dice
[18:59] <HoundMistress> The law of junk states that as soon as you get rid of it, it will be the very thing you need.
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> This is true
[18:59] <~bynw> elephant statues/figurines, playing cards
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> True story:  DD heard about that book "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" a few years ago, that has the premise that you should start gradually downsizing your stuff when you reach your 50s and 60s, so by the time you are older, you have the basics but not a lot of extras for your family to need to deal with after you are gone. And my darling sarcastic DD asks me, "Mom, co <clipped message>
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> uld you and Dad PLEASE become Swedish?!"  😄
[19:00] <HoundMistress> I'm going to leave everything in the house because my brothers, who haven't come to see me in over 3 years, have to deal with it all.
[19:01] <~bynw> i am 1/4 Swedish but everyone will have to just dig through my stuff because i had to do it for others
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> From our teens to our 50's we have this great need to collect the things we love. and then from 55 onward we have the need to get rid of it. only no one else wants it.
[19:01] <The_Bee> What if your brothers die first, HM?
[19:02] <HoundMistress> Their kids can do it.
[19:02] <~bynw> i don't have any need to ge rid of anything
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I have to remind myself not to feel like a thief when people offer me things 😆 or to stop saying their stuff looks neat.
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My MIL is discovering that now. She has so many things that are treasures only to her, that she thinks she will pass down to my children, only they are things my children have no interest in at all.
[19:03] <HoundMistress> I'm gradually giving away my treasured knick-knacks to friends who like those things, too.
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I had purchased several yards of a pretty beaded fabric in 5 different colors and then decided to make a dress out of only one color.  and then I tried to give away the other colors to my sewing friends.  For free.  and no one was interested.
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> My house may end up being like the Island of Misfit Toys
[19:04] <KK> Me, too, HM.
[19:04] <The_Bee> I need to sort out my comic-book collection so I can either read them or donate them.
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, you've been threatening to donate your comics for at least a year. 😄
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> My spiderman comic books are in a box.  I doubt anyone will want those either.  Likely just have to give them the comic book store
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I pulled myself together enough last summer to do a yard sale, with leftovers getting hauled off to donate.
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> What might help is to dedicate about fifteen minutes to half an hour a day to sorting through them. Some chunk of time that isn't overwhelming, but that means you make steady progress daily.
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Try to ebay your comics before the comics store
[19:06] <The_Bee> Yes. and I havedonated some.  But I refuse to open the new ones until I've read the old ones.
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Still waiting for my husband to do something with his giant box of Magic the Gathering cards.
[19:06] <HoundMistress> I do try to make sure they would want it. One girl cried when I gave her my lil doggy Rincon Artesana
[19:06] <The_Bee> I had someone sell some on ebay.   never heard from heragain.
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> The only comics I ever collected was the Wedge Antilles X-wing series by Mike Stackpole. But I've got the full set of those in pocket protectors in a binder, which I might pass on to my DS now that he's grown up loving Star Wars also.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> that is aweful, Bee.
[19:07] <HoundMistress> Oh, Aretesana Rinconada
[19:08] <The_Bee> I can just walk down the street to donate them.  Packing and shipping costs money.
[19:08] <The_Bee> and they need to be really, really old to be worth much.
[19:09] <HoundMistress> Most of mine are over 50 yrs old, which qualifies as antique.
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> And never touched or read.  What's the point?
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It could be a nice poster
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Everyone has fallen asleep.
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Zzzzz
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> See?
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's the Gwyneddan Sleeping Sickness
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It comes on suddenly
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> No, we're just reading all of the old comics
[19:12] * ~bynw is not asleep
[19:12] <The_Bee> COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> It would take me weeks, possibly even months to read all my old comics
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Speaking of Gwynedd, I finished my reread of Camber the Heretic today!
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh!
[19:12] * ~bynw is thinking about the next arc in Forgotten Shadows ... i'll be able to prepare for it all December long
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Did you cry?
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Someday I will reread the earlier books. But right now I'm still struggling to finish writing the one I'm working on
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I may need a few extra weeks of recuperation: I wasn't expecting this most recent scene I'm needing to write.
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Also noticed the manufacturer of my son's ADHD medication is called Camber.
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Maybe I should switch to that one, then! I need a saint to intervene for me
[19:14] <~bynw> @Nezz that's fine ... more time for me
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I'm just chilling, listening to a heavy metal song about samwise gamgee
[19:15] <The_Bee> My downfall was losing a box.  I refused to open newer boxes until I found the missing one.  That was in 2016.
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> There's a metal song about Sam?
[19:15] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> No tears for me, but I sure felt for Evaine and all she went through in that last stretch
[19:15] <KK> A Camber drug manufacturer, eh?
[19:16] <HoundMistress> I can't re-read that one. Too sad!!
[19:16] <~bynw> SNF -- Buccs vs Rams
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Evidently. Methinks you should get royalties for that one, KK
[19:16] <~bynw> yeah it was named perfectly harrowing
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> In my freshman English class, I did a 40 page term paper about Samwise Gamgee, only to discover afterwards that my professor really hated Lord of the Rings, so he had to struggle through reading it in two or three sittings to give me a fair grade. Still got an A- with it, though.
[19:16] <KK> I do still get royalties.
[19:17] <~bynw> Evie was talking about the drug manufacturer named "Camber"
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Maybe a kickback  from the pharmaceutical company that is
[19:17] <HoundMistress> How can an English professor hate Tolkein?
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It's new.
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://youtu.be/aKF4DuYUUpM?si=70jRw4SBJuNtTFR5
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Speaking of royalties, KK, has your agent or publisher talked to you about the Book AI lawsuit and what you're likely due?
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Quazi was. I just said I need to switch to whichever ADHD drug they manufacture so I can get the saint's special intervention
[19:18] <HoundMistress> Find out if there's anyone associated with the company that is actually named Camber.
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No idea, HM!
[19:18] <KK> i took the name from several place-names in southern England, like Camberwell and Camberley.
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> In the same album they made one about The Name of The Rose, and the "romance" in the movie. It was surprisingly sweet.
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Nice KK
[19:19] <The_Bee> I once played Evaine in an RPG.  I borrowed her death scene from your book, KK.  But I also had her calling the four Quarters all by herself.
[19:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I've heard of Feuerschwantz, Marc! I'll have to check that out in a bit
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hopefully that's not how she died, after calling the Four Quarters all by herself.  😄
[19:21] <The_Bee> No, she died sacrificing herself.
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, some people here haven't read that book yet
[19:22] <~bynw> HM, noone named camber associated with the company. it's owned by an Indian drug company and used the name Camber to get into the US market
[19:22] <HoundMistress> I cried all the way through that.
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Well, after starting to rearrange my son's room earlier, I've left myself 30 minutes to get it to a state where he'll be able to sleep, so I guess I had better go work on that
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh fine, if you must, Quasi...
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> [Camber pharmaceutical]  Oh, they make Atomoxetine/Strattera!  That's what I take. Maybe there's a way I can turn a Strattera pill into a Camber medallion....  😄
[19:23] <The_Bee> Oops!  at least I didn't say which book, or how she died in the book.
[19:23] <KK> Sounds like a good excuse to me, Quasi.
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> get to a state."  Are you driving between states in 30 minurtes.
[19:23] <The_Bee> I meant in my rpg
[19:23] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh ok
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Well, I could!  Less than 15 minutes to Wisconsin for me!
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Zzzzz  ... huh? wazzup? what?
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> wow
[19:24] <HoundMistress> I'm a horrible housekeeper bcz even when I could do it, I lost my focus over and over again.
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Same, HM
[19:25] <HoundMistress> I can't get to any other state in under about 3 hours.
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I ususally do a huge house keeping effort the week before thanksgiving.  but this year I am bowing out of that and told everyone to go elsewhere for  the holiday.
[19:25] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I can get to Wyoming in about 2 hours, Idaho in 3, Arizona in 3 1/2
[19:25] <~bynw> i'm 2 hours to the nearest state
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> *[laughing in central Texas]*
[19:26] <HoundMistress> It gets old after a while, all that cleaning & cooking.
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Good tidings to all, and a happy Thanksgiving to those of you who will be celebrating this week!
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> cya Quasi, you take care
[19:26] <HoundMistress> Yep, I live in Central Texas
[19:26] <KK> Housekeeping is very depressing, because no matter how good a job you do, you have to do it again, and again, and again.
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Turkey day to everyone
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Ad nauseaum
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, I wish it were a one and done sort of thing
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I agree, KK
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I need the sort of magic that makes stuff put itself away
[19:27] <HoundMistress> I'd like to be like Samantha and wiggle my nose and have it done.
[19:27] <KK> At least clearing out boxes is more satisfying, because you end up with empty boxes.
[19:27] <The_Bee> "A man's work is from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done."
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Yes happy turkey day.
[19:28] <The_Bee> I ate my turkey earlier.
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> and once you have an empty box, you can break it down and save it because we hate throwing away perfectly good empty boxes 😄
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I am going to toddle off.  Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone!
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I still need to do the cleaning to get the house ready for decorating for christmas.  so I guess I am just postponing the enevitable
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> night Jerusha, have a lovely and Floridan week
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Friendly reminder that the puritans and pilgrims had a relationship with magic as strange as any Gwyneddian 🙂
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Week, Jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, Jerusha!
[19:28] <HoundMistress> You, too, Jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> See ya laters
[19:28] <The_Bee> bye jerusha
[19:28] <KK> And happy turkey day from me, as well. May it be a time of thankfulness for us all.
[19:28] <~bynw> by Jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nice and warm here; snowing back in Canada
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Love that.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Looking forward to just doing an instant pot turkey breast this year rather than struggling with the full sized bird and way too many leftovers to store
[19:29] <The_Bee> Are you having guests or being a guest, KK?
[19:29] <~bynw> it will be snowing here later in the week
[19:30] <HoundMistress> I bet that great restaurant near the Con hotel makes a great Thanksgiving dinner.
[19:30] <KK> And on that note, I think I'll also betake myself elsewhere. Have a good holiday, all. and see you in chat next week.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bye, KK!
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Family is getting togeather at a Mexican food restaurant the day after thanksgiving.
[19:30] <HoundMistress> Bye, KK, Happy Thanksgiving!
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think Bynw was looking at a different hotel one exit up this year, HM
[19:30] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> night Ms KK, you have yourself a great week and a happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though it would still be fairly near that restaurant
[19:30] <The_Bee> Bye KK! Glad you came and happy holiday
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> My sister and I will eat at a restaurant in the DC area.
[19:30] <~bynw> thanks for stopping by KK, have a great week
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Week everyone
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Take care, KK and all!
[19:30] <HoundMistress> We can drive there, then, Evie
[19:31] <~bynw> HoundMistress, yes i picked another hotel for the summer
[19:31] <KK> Thanks to and for all.  Nighters!
[19:31] <HoundMistress> Nighters
[19:31] <~bynw> i already have my room reserved
[19:31] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)