KKChat -- 15 February 2026

[Bynw]

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[18:17] * web69 is now known as KK
[18:17] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hulloooooooooooo KK!
[18:17] <The_Bee> Hi KK?
[18:17] <KK> Hello, all!
[18:17] <~bynw> hi KK
[18:17] <~bynw> good timing. just about to send you a text
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Hiya KK!
[18:18] <The_Bee> How was your week, KK?
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Good evening kk !
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I always like this one best.
[18:18] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1472749016243769600/0215261614.jpg?ex=6993b3e7&is=69926267&hm=3bd7a41823a52687ce0186f69376b0d54bee9d0f76d9dc4b7608f293364bca74&;
[18:18] <KK> I had to wait for Walmart to deliver groceries, and then put them away. But it's still a great gift.
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Oh,  Hello KK
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh Laurna, it's lovely! 🙂
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Thanks, Marc. The pour paints are made from a mixture of acrylic paint and glue (and IIRC, a little water to thin it?), plus if you want cells to form in the artwork, you can add a drop or two of one of various liquids that contain silicone (I have an automotive lubricant and also a hair conditioner that I have tested). You mix up each color separately, then one method is to pour <clipped message>
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt>  them all into one cup in layers, then put your canvas on top of the cup and quickly turn it over, then remove the cup and tilt your canvas until the entire surface is covered with paint. Then if you have a heat gun or one of those things you use to burn the sugar on top of creme brulee, you can use that to make bubbles form to create the cells, but I have neither, so I tried usi <clipped message>
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> ng a hair drier, but with only limited success.
[18:19] <KK> Very nice, Laurna. Who's the arrtist?
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I like that, Laurna
[18:19] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/prude-losers-patrick-taking-notes-clara-office-gif-17146068581059259150 embed: https://tenor.com/view/prude-losers-patrick-taking-notes-clara-office-gif-17146068581059259150
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think that's some of Laurna's art, KK
[18:20] <The_Bee> LOL@Patrick
[18:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We were just talking about acrylic painting
[18:20] <KK> I'm impressed.
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> This was my best attempt at making a flower.  The yellow in the center does not stand out in real light
[18:21] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1472749750448296078/0215261615a.jpg?ex=6993b496&is=69926316&hm=e68999f469c6004fed152f33d734abe71de06400b17991ab454e24795b2568e5&;
[18:21] <The_Bee> The blue one reminds me of a winter landscape.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> How lovely!
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Patrick Star still brings up the trauma of being alone in the house late at night with my very young children and hearing manaical laughter coming from the kitchen. It turned out to be from a Patrick Star toy that was malfunctioning, so DH had thrown it in the trash, but at first I thought I had a Peeping Tom looking through the window and laughing creepily at me!
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> At first, I thought the blue one was KK showing us her frosted window.
[18:22] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Oh dear!
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Patrick Star still brings up the trauma of being alone in the house late at night with my very young children and hearing maniacal laughter coming from the kitchen. It turned out to be from a Patrick Star toy that was malfunctioning, so DH had thrown it in the trash, but at first I thought I had a Peeping Tom looking through the window and laughing creepily at me!
[18:23] <The_Bee> "Patrick Star"?  I've wondered what species of sea-creature he was.
[18:23] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Starfish
[18:24] <The_Bee> Yep.  Got it.
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Hey hey Jerusha!
[18:24] <~bynw> hi Jerusha
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Jerusha!
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> KK, I'm really enjoying Dagger Magic after finishing up The Templar Treasure, but I'm beginning to worry for Adam and Ximena. Two books ||apart||, that's at least as long as Ross and Rachel, right? 🫠
[18:24] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[18:24] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I love watching Molly's artistry.  she has tutorials on You tube.   she has been doing this for years.  and sometimes I try doing what she has done.  Never quite comes out.  but it is fun
[18:25] <~bynw> i'm sure people have tried to follow the tutorials of bob ross paining and never had it come out either
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Patrick Star? Patrick Pentagram, more like!
[18:25] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Jerusha!
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That's why I like pour painting. There's no real way to mess it up, and if you don't like how it turns out, just try again using the same canvas once the original paint dries.
[18:26] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> He would have said that's okay 🙂
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Happy little trees
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> What surprised me about Bob Ross, is that he never sold any of the paintings he painted on TV.  Someone found them all after he died.
[18:27] <The_Bee> Or like a starfish dressed as a jack-o-lantern for Halloween
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I'm only half here. Dinner just arrived
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yum
[18:27] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> To add to this, it's really nice seeing Julia and Peregrine come into their own as a couple in this book. 💕
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> To add to this, it's really nice seeing Julia and Peregrine come into their own as a couple and as individuals in this book. 💕
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I miss Peregrine
[18:28] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> is waiting for lemon bars
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I have leftovers in the fridge, so dinner will be as simple as going to grab my half sandwich after chat.  Though by "half sandwich," I really mean "half of the behemoth of a lunch that I bought yesterday."
[18:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> The box says to let chill for an hour before serving.  crazy box
[18:29] * CG [discord] <jerusha2> starts counting down....
[18:29] <~bynw> we had leftovers as well tonight
[18:29] <~bynw> just nuke and eat.
[18:29] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> One hour, hahahahahahaha...
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> He'd be about fifty or sixty+ by now, I think.
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I was late joining due to picking up BBQ pork fried rice (no onion no scallion).
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nothing like having dinner glow...
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yum, TM
[18:30] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Are you allergic to onions/scallions? Or just don't like 'em?
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I admit, I love onions
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Allergic to onions
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I can only do onions if cooked and in smallish amounts. Not as a major ingredient, and absolutely never raw.
[18:31] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> We hates them. Unless they're red
[18:32] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Just don't care much for the taste or texture of cooked onions. (Really don't like rawer ones.)
[18:32] <The_Bee> Marc is channeling Gollum.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I like onion flavor, just not eating them. I usually cook with minced onion.
[18:33] <~bynw> raw on burgers ... cooked everywhere as for flavor
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I do the same, or with onion powder
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Grilled onions. Onion straws, Onion rings.  all yumm.  sorry gang  more for me
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> On the other hand, ginger, or garlic that hasn't been cooked to blandness ... mmm.
[18:33] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have to read the ingredients to make sure onion isn't there.  Unfortunately, it is everywhere!
[18:34] <The_Bee> I was given onions and potatoes, but I haven't used them yet.
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yeah, that's a tough allergy to have, since it's hard to avoid onion, unlike something like watermelon (my allergy)
[18:34] <~bynw> when i do fryed potatoes i always include chopped onions ... yummy
[18:34] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I did not know there was a allirgic to onions.  Sorry to hear that Jerusha
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Since I have never been able to eat them, I don't miss them
[18:35] <The_Bee> I imagine any protein could be an allergen for someone.
[18:35] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Maybe you're a cat, Jerusha. Cats can't eat onions either. (Or anything else in the lily family.)
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I would be a Devon Rex then
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> My father in law developed an alphagalactose allergy from a tick bite a number of years ago. He can't eat any mammal meat.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That would make it very hard to eat Oriantal food.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Did we lose our KK?
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That would be cool.  Devon already has a king, but Charles could let you have that small corner...oh, *that* Devon Rex!  Never mind.
[18:36] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Or mostly any other ethnic food
[18:37] <The_Bee> KK's here
[18:37] <~bynw> i can't eat rice, it irritates my esophageal rings, and i do miss it. but breathing and swallowing is more important to me than having some rice dishes
[18:37] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Breathing and swallowing are somewhat essential
[18:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Is DFK here?
[18:38] * The_Bee hates lima beans; it takes much butter to make them palatable.
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'll eat limas, but they're my least favorite bean
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I'm not that fond of any beans, to be truthful
[18:39] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I do not see DFK
[18:39] <The_Bee> DFK not here either
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Well, drat.  Oh well, I'll tell the rest of y'all.  I finished the last scene of "The Rebuilding" earlier this week and am just at the final proofreading/line editing stage to make sure everything hangs together, and am adding the BBCoding to it so I can copy/paste it into the Forum edit window rather than have to add all the italics back in from there.
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/yes-gif-22712908 embed: https://tenor.com/view/yes-gif-22712908
[18:41] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Yippee!
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Do not look for another story anytime soon, because I am *so* burned out right now! LOL!
[18:42] <KK> No, I'm still here.
[18:42] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Maybe by the time Laurna's lemon bars have cooled?
[18:42] <The_Bee> Is that you in your terrible twos, marc?
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We figured you were just sneaking into Laurna's kitchen to steal her lemon bars, KK.  😉
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Right 20 minutes chilling should be good enough.
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> "Why are there purple sparkles on my lemon bar?"
[18:43] <~bynw> sounds like plenty to me Laurna
[18:43] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Portal remnants
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> portal open
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They  make edible glitter.  Laurna could add purple sparkles to her lemon bars
[18:44] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I have chirstmas sparkles.  but I forgot to get purple
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> KK, speaking of stories: I have a story I'm just about ready to submit to your anthology, KK. Would you prefer an email with a .doc/.pdf attached, or just post it to the forum and send you a message that it's there?
[18:45] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> i mix up the blue and red togetther
[18:45] * KK casts her glance toward the ceiling and interlaces her fingers to twiddle her thumbs.
[18:46] <The_Bee> I read an article saying there's no such color as purple.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, I'd heard it was blue that there was no such color as.
[18:46] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> DH has a really cool "purple" t-shirt that actually is made from red and blue threads woven together so tightly that they appear to be purple.
[18:47] <KK> Tell that to the sky, Nezz.
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Curious. The phone case in my hands right now claims to be purplr
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Or purple
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Mine is purple too
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or maybe The Color Formerly Known as Purple
[18:47] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> What are the parameters of this anthology, if I may ask? I seem to have missed the memo. 🙂
[18:47] <The_Bee> So can anyone tell the difference between purple and violet?
[18:48] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Purple is darker
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, this is probably what I was thinking: https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-didn-t-even-see-the-colour-blue-until-modern-times-evidence-suggests
[18:49] <~bynw> that sounds like a realy cool sirt evie
[18:49] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I googled your question, Bee, and got this: https://www.taubmanspng.com/en/colour-inspiration/violet-and-purple-what-sets-them-apart#:~:text=You%20might%20be%20surprised%20to,occurring%20between%20red%20and%20blue.
[18:49] <The_Bee> and violet is in the rainbow
[18:50] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> In Japan, the word for blue is used to refer to what we would call a green traffic light.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I think that "blue" is one of the later colors that get added to a language.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> E.g., "wine-dark sea" from Homer.
[18:51] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Language is fascinating!
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Agreed
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Says the words addict
[18:52] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I wonder if it has to do with areas that have too much humidity in the sky so they do not ever see the true Blue Sky
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I doubt it, since not only do they have some gorgeous blue skies in Greece, it is used a fair bit in their architecture
[18:53] <The_Bee> Evie, I read somethin similar; I wish they'd just show a violet square and a purple square, and let me see if I notice the difference..
[18:53] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Yea thats right
[18:54] <The_Bee> and also an indigo square
[18:54] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think it's more that they didn't distinguish between what we call "blue" and what we'd call some other color like "green" or "purple." There is some textual evidence that Anglo-Saxons didn't distinguish between "gold" and "red," or that they saw them as lighter and darker shades of the same color.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Which doesn't necessarily mean that they couldn't perceive the color difference, just that they didn't have separate words for them in the same way we do
[18:55] <The_Bee> ? I"red Gold" was gold mixed with copper.
[18:55] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Colors are so arbitrtary to the viewer.   A person of the desert sees every shade of tan and brown. but not greens where as a person of the jungle sees every shade of green but not so much of browns
[18:57] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We have different color names for "pink" and "red," but I can easily imagine a culture where they are all just "red," and what we call pink is just considered a light red.
[18:58] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> or faded red
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> My family tartan is mostly red  but the ancient tartan that we purchased from Scotland actually looks pink.
[18:59] <The_Bee> faded?
[18:59] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Is that not how to spell something dimmed with age
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's spelled correctly
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> oh good
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I'm quite sleepy.  But I still need to dry and fold the laundry.
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Spent some time tidying this afternoon, and building Lego
[19:00] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "Red"--the color of the freshly dyed shirt.  "Pink"--the color of your husband's underwear after you've accidentally washed it with your new red shirt.  😉
[19:01] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> What Lego, Quasi?
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> It was a botanical kit that someone at work gave me for my birthday. I forget which one.
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> That box of lemon bars says there are 20 servings.  It lied
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I have been working on the Lion's Knight Castle
[19:02] <~bynw> i'm sure it did Laurna
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> The final step amused me though
[19:02] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1472760029852598312/20260215_155502.jpg?ex=6993be29&is=69926ca9&hm=6296c21d3e86a868e7644cd968fe91c682089c57d7180f0f16bc9a250317470a&;
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I built that one.  It's the lotus blossoms i think
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Sorry, plum blossoms
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> wow
[19:03] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Yes, that's it! Plum blossoms!
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> One of the four gentlemen
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Is it possible to get more info on this upcoming anthology on rhemuth castle?
[19:04] <CG> [discord] <stnezz> I've got Meeting, I'm off, good week everyone!
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I don't think we still have our old Lego blocks, but I still have some of DS's old Imaginext castle blocks with the siege weapons and a dragon and knights. I'm saving them for when my granddaughter is old enough to play with them instead of try to eat them.
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> good Night Nezz
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Night Nezz!
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Nighters, Nezz
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Night Nezz
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, Nezz
[19:05] <The_Bee> I once read that in Japanese art, cherry blossoms symbolize physical beauty, and plum blossoms symbolize moral beauty.
[19:05] <KK> Nighters, Nezz.
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> Eating blocks is not a great idea
[19:05] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I like that Bee
[19:06] <The_Bee> Bye Nezz
[19:06] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> KK, did you want submissions to the anthology just sent to your email? Nezz asked earlier if you want them that way or uploaded to the forum
[19:06] <KK> Worse is when your offspring drops a lego block into a riding boot, and you don't realize until you put on said boot.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> I think cherry blossoms also symbolize the impermanence of all things (hello, Buddha).
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ow! Ow! Ow!
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> That would be the big ouch, KK
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> ooch
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Sounds worse than merasha poisoning
[19:07] <KK> Send me stories in an email, please.
[19:07] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Does the format matter?
[19:07] <The_Bee> Okay, thanks
[19:08] <KK> Scott experienced that particular torture many times.
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> More than once?  Yikes
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Cameron did that more than once and lived to tell the tale? 😄
[19:08] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> lol
[19:08] <KK> Word, double spaced, Times New Roman or another easy to rwat text.
[19:08] <The_Bee> Merasha poisoning? Scott??!!
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I can just see, Kelric pulling that stunt on Alaric
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> But only once
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Jerusha,  You need to write up that on
[19:09] <KK> He'd have to use something besides a Lego block. but maybe a small pine cone?
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Jerusha,  You need to write up that one
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Deryni stories only, or are you accepting Templar or Adept fanfic too? (I am asking on behalf of Marc.... ;-))
[19:09] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am about 7 chapters into my re-read of The King's Deryni.  It's been slower going because I've also resumed working on my 20,000 Cows word search book
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Perfect KK
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Worse, Kelson on Alaric.  "can't kill him it'd be treason can't kill him it'd be treason can't kill him it'd be treason BRION!"
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> 😁 I'm sure I can conjure up an original trilogy interquel or side story if I really wrack my brain
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 20,000 Cows?!
[19:10] <KK> Just Deryni for now, though the idea of an Adept anthology is rather intriguing.
[19:10] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm currently listening to "Saint Camber" on audiobook
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Yup!  Each page has one more cow hidden in it than the last.  I finished page 135 last night. There are 200 pages
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1472762271951356109/20260214_194206.jpg?ex=6993c040&is=69926ec0&hm=a3a50979655be4b11203504cc54703d931f964dab8480d261319224c946dc615&;
[19:11] <KK> 20,000 cows?
[19:11] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> 20,000 COWS?!?
[19:11] <KK> Why?
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Are you accepting currently unexpected submissions, or is the number of them set?
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> what the heck is that?
[19:12] <~bynw> that's crazy
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I love word search puzzles, but 20,000 cows might just break my brain
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/potate-lil-potate-lil-potates-lilpotate-lilpotates-gif-15005349338646444077 embed: https://tenor.com/view/potate-lil-potate-lil-potates-lilpotate-lilpotates-gif-15005349338646444077
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> It's a fun challenge
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> 19,990 to go
[19:12] <KK> Submissions can be sent any time. Nothing is more urgent now than finishing my tax returns.
[19:12] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> And you are counting them?  NUTS
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I have another similar book.  Find the Fox. One Fox in 200 pages. I haven't found it yet
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Yes, I tally them as I go
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Understood 😁
[19:13] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Yes, and let's not get confused and send the submissions to the IRS and publish your taxes in an anthology!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Good thing they ain't sheep, or you'd never be done!
[19:14] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> REALLY don't send fiction to the tax services!
[19:14] <The_Bee> Then there's "Where's Waldo?"
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> While you're here, KK, I have another question: while I have not seen any reference in the adept books to then contemporary Scottish pop or rock music, I've taken the liberty of reading it into the story anyway. It's also been another thing your books have inadvertently taught me about (those Scots could play a tune!)
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Do you have any particular beliefs about what sort of music they would listen to beyond classical and folk?
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> My playlist for them is really coming together, now that after five years I have completed my KK Templar one 🙂
[19:16] <KK> Deryni or Adept?
[19:16] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> The Adept
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I imagine that peregrine likes Texas(the Scottish pop act) after Julia introduced him. 😅
[19:17] <The_Bee> highland dance tunes
[19:17] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Aye, fo sure
[19:17] <KK> Well, since I'm not a fan of ontemporary music, I'd think Adam and Peregrine would be into classical, and pipe music.
[19:18] <KK> Contemporary
[19:18] <KK> I'm rather fond of Queen, though.
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Well, yeah, Freddie Mercury had some serious pipes
[19:18] <The_Bee> pibroch is one kind of Scottish music.
[19:18] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I see. Well, there's also lots of that 😊 👍
[19:20] * Quits: The_Bee (Quit: Client closed)
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm going to have to introduce you to my boy Dimash, KK.  He has a lot of neoclassical stuff in his repertoire in addition to his more pop/rock stuff.  Actually, he probably has more neoclassical than modern sounding songs, though he's pretty versatile and constantly expanding his range.
[19:20] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Duly noted. They're on the Templar one, inasmuch as they're covered with a hurdy gurdy with "The Prophet's Song" representing the prophetic, holy divination scenes.
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Havoc is interfering with my ability to do anything
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1472764684858818704/20260215_192027.jpg?ex=6993c27f&is=699270ff&hm=6f063bafbe8781ffc030492fce5391f145138850086e85be7cfa4c9d89cbba30&;
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That is a cat's job
[19:21] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Indeed
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I suppose if you stood up you would be raising Havoc
[19:22] * Joins: Bee
[19:22] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Here you go, KK.  My musical addiction, or one of them anyway.  This song is Dimash's gateway drug. 😉  https://youtu.be/AUARjexCTlQ?si=15k6_NRofX6KfBha
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> He's like a Deryni bard. His range goes from higher bass notes to coloratura soprano.  No, not countertenor. Soprano.
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I wonder about these things, sometimes. It's like how there are no songs from the 30s and 50s about Conan, Cthulhu or The Lord of The Rings, but decades later, their causes would be taken up by musicians that might positively frighten their creators, namely heavy metal bands.
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> 
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> And of course Leonard nimoy
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://youtu.be/QuQbus0xfhk?si=o_1qfVOdPvKrdny4
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> It was warm enough today to open the front door so they could watch birds and squirrels. He must have tuckered himself out. And/or is traumatized from his brother pushing the door mostly closed and trapping him between the big door and the storm door
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Leonard Nimoy attempting to sing is truly frightening, Marc.  😉
[19:24] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/black-cat-evil-laughter-evil-cat-mwahaha-gif-3428841
[19:26] <~bynw> the ballad of bilbo baggins is a classic ... a frightening one but still a classic
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> What about classical remixes? I can't hear ERA's I'm No Angel (which is really moonlight sonata with lyrics) without thinking of how much Adam misses his American. 🙂
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://youtu.be/u_DZcnCMrwA?si=X9Xn1h7db6RMGhoT
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/ludwig-van-beethoven-rap-battle-title-card-erb-parody-gif-26792758
[19:26] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's a classic in the same way that the Star Wars Christmas Special is a classic. 😄
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> It is hard to go from Dimash to Spock singing Bilbo.  LOL
[19:27] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I think it's charming. Before the public knew what to make of Tolkien, nimoy took a stab at it and made us all say "huh?" But he understood that the hobbit is a children's book, and that's good imo
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I wonder about these things, sometimes. It's like how there are no songs from the 30s to 50s about Conan, Cthulhu or The Lord of The Rings, but decades later, their causes would be taken up by musicians that might positively frighten their creators, namely heavy metal bands.
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> 
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> And of course Leonard nimoy
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <jerusha2> I am going to sign off.  Have a good week, everyone!
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Good night, Jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Night Jerusha!
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Good night
[19:28] <Bee> bye jerusha
[19:28] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Evening Jerusha
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> Apropos of nothing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiN7gOcNI4
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <tm_9039> A 10 hour train ride up Norway in the spring.
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nice!
[19:29] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I'm actually going to take my leave as well. My phone needs to charge. Not that I can get up and charge it, but it can at least conserve a little power.
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Are you still incatpussitated?
[19:30] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> I am lol
[19:30] <Bee> goodbye and good week to you and your cat
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I will soon have a choice to make: Eat first, or dry hair first?
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <ninjabbo.> Thank you. Good week everyone! It will be a long one for me. I was off 2 days last week and have to work a full 5 days this time around
[19:31] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> night Quasi
[19:31] <Bee> Hair will dry by itself.  Food won't eat itself.
[19:32] <~bynw> the Bee is wise
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I will be alone in the office tomorrow for something like 7 out of the 8 hours of my workday.  So fingers crossed no major crises come up, so I can finish editing the story.
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Good one Bee
[19:32] <~bynw> so Laurna was it just 1 serving of lemon bars in the box?
[19:32] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> This is true. I just need to hair to dry before bedtime, which is less likely to happen by itself the longer I postpone it
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> This is true. I just need the hair to dry before bedtime, which is less likely to happen by itself the longer I postpone it
[19:33] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> I would be commitos is that was the case.  But No,  I ate only one serviving out of 6
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> @DFK, are you with us?
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> The rest needs to chill more.  so come over anytime
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-anakin-dark-side-palpatine-sith-gif-14304484953492859842 embed: https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-anakin-dark-side-palpatine-sith-gif-14304484953492859842
[19:34] <CG> [discord] <marc_du_temple> My honest reaction to learning that the absence of contemporary music in KK's contemporarily set novels is not a coincidence and I have gone against the vision by adding modern funkiness to the playlists ⬆️
[19:35] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Do it Marc
[19:35] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> LOL!  On the other hand, it's your playlist, so listen to what puts you most in the Adept mood.  😄
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I put a reference (albeit an obscure one) to a modern day rock ballad in "Pawns and Queens."
[19:36] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Not one anyone is likely to catch unless I point it out, but still
[19:38] <CG> [discord] <derynifank> I have been reading but not posting. Had a serious health problem over the weekend and will be getting in touch with my doctor tomorrow. Wish me luck
[19:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Absolutely!
[19:38] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I hope you are doing better
[19:39] <KK> Regain your health, by all means!
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I was just looking for you to let you know that I have finished writing "The Rebuilding" and am doing the final edits and such, so you won't come after me looking for it.  😉
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> DFK,  do be well.  I wish you all the best health.  And Deryni Healing
[19:39] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Should we send Duncan your way?
[19:41] <CG> [discord] <laurnarose> Duncan can join Fiona and Wash at her house.  I hope they can help
[19:41] <Bee> healing woodgies for DFK
[19:43] <KK> I think I'm going to check out for tonight. I have a hungry cat on my lap, who is becoming more and more impatient.
[19:43] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think I might grab that ginormous half of a Cuban sandwich out of the fridge
[19:44] <Bee> Daphne's needs must be met. Bye KK!
[19:44] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bucee's has a new Cuban sandwich on the menu, but I swear it's at least as long as from my fingertips to past my wrist, and twice as thick!
[19:44] <CG> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Goodnight, KK!
[19:44] <KK> And healing woodgies for DFK.
[19:44] <~bynw> night KK
[19:44] <KK> Nighters, all.
[19:45] * Quits: KK (Quit: Client closed)