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Started by DesertRose, November 04, 2012, 07:00:18 PM

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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:02 PM] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:07 PM] <Alkari> And happy birthday
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:09 PM] <the_Bee> hi jerusha
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:09 PM] <Jerusha> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:11 PM] <Evie> Hi, Jerusha and KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:20 PM] <KK> Hello, all.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:22 PM] <the_Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:25 PM] <Alkari> Ho KK. Are you alright after Sandy?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:25 PM] <Jerusha> Thanks in advance, Alkari>
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:37 PM] <DesertRose> HI KK, Hi Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:40 PM] <Evie> that's right, your birthday is this coming week, isn't it?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:06:48 PM] <Jerusha> Yes, it is.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:07:01 PM] <jemler> hi kk
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:07:02 PM] <the_Bee> Happy Birthday, Jerusha
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:07:07 PM] <jemler> hi jerusha
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:07:09 PM] <Jerusha> Thanks, Bee!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:07:47 PM] <Jerusha> Hi KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:08:11 PM] <Kelsa> Hi folks - been a long time
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:08:52 PM] <the_Bee> Hi, Kelsa
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:08:55 PM] <Evie> hi, Kelsa
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:02 PM] <Jerusha> Hi Kelsa
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:09 PM] <jemler> hi kelsa, festil
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:09 PM] <DesertRose> Hey, KK, y'all got pretty thoroughly stormed on, i
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:11 PM] <the_Bee> Always glad to see old chattters return
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:12 PM] <DesertRose> I'm guessing.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:34 PM] <DesertRose> http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/AZDesertRose/Garfield.jpg
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:44 PM] <KK> We didn't get much. A bit of rain and wind--same as our usual storme for this time of year.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:48 PM] <DesertRose> Here's the pic I linked earlier, in my own Photobucket account.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:09:59 PM] <DesertRose> Oh, good. Did y'all even lose power?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:34 PM] <KK> No.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:35 PM] <Kelsa> We had a lot of rain and wind too (Massachusetts), and lost power for most of the day, but got it back around 11pm that night
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:36 PM] <Jerusha> Nice picture, DR
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:41 PM] <DesertRose> Of course, you're a native Floridian, so storms are not news to you. :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:48 PM] <DesertRose> Thanks, Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:54 PM] <KK> Burn during one, used to hurricanes.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:10:57 PM] <KK> Born
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:11:04 PM] <Jerusha> Whew
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:11:11 PM] <the_Bee> I was lucky: no power loss, and Melantha was a bigger nuisance than Sandy.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:11:31 PM] <DesertRose> Kelsa, I'm glad y'all came through okay. Losing power is no fun, and there are some people who still don't have it back.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:11:35 PM] <DesertRose> Good, Bee. :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:11:40 PM] <DesertRose> Did Melantha panic?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:11:41 PM] <KK> What did Melantha do
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:06 PM] <Alkari> Probably wanted to sit on you did she?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:12 PM] <the_Bee> She woke me up 2 hours early, but she seemed hungry, not panicked.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:16 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:18 PM] <Kelsa> It wasn't too bad - my son, hubby and I played monopoly for hours by the candle light. It was nice "family time"
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:33 PM] <DesertRose> Monopoly can take hours. :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:40 PM] <Alkari> Days even!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:50 PM] <DesertRose> True, Alkari.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:12:51 PM] <Evie> Having fun with my littles ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/9573389@N08/8155918230/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/9573389@N08/8155886105/
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:16 PM] <Evie> that's one way to use the time
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:20 PM] <Kelsa> yeah - and my son won EVERYTHING. It was fun (not that my hubby thought so...he hates losing)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:26 PM] <Evie> :-D
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:43 PM] <DesertRose> How old is your son, Kelsa.
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:45 PM] <DesertRose> ?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:45 PM] <jemler> once, when my older brother and i were grounded, we played for like 3 days!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:49 PM] <DesertRose> Hi cynicalmedic.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:51 PM] <jemler> hi cm
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:13:54 PM] <Evie> hi, CM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:01 PM] <Kelsa> He's 17...getting ready for college next year
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:02 PM] <the_Bee> Which cat is that? and which mini Deryni?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:07 PM] <cynicalmedic> Evening,all
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:11 PM] <DesertRose> Oh, wow. Grown up, or very nearly.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:12 PM] <Kelsa> Hi CM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:21 PM] <Evie> Bee, that's Luke with Duncan and Arilan.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:22 PM] <Jerusha> Hi CM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:26 PM] <the_Bee> Hi CM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:30 PM] <Kelsa> yes. Mixed feelings on it
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:45 PM] <Evie> Duncan is in the gray, Denis is in purple
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:47 PM] <DesertRose> I hear that. My daughter (only child) turned 20 in September, and I'm like, where'd the time go?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:52 PM] <Jerusha> Don't worry, they come back
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:14:55 PM] <Evie> wow, already,DR?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:04 PM] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:12 PM] <DesertRose> They grow up so freaking fast.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:16 PM] <Evie> I have a 17 year old son too, Kelsa
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:32 PM] <Alkari> Hi CM. No more car accidents with third car?!!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:32 PM] <Kelsa> We spent the day working on his college application essay. It's so hard for him to write and I...being an English major...have such a hard time understanding the issues he's experiencing
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:42 PM] <jemler> she'll move back in when she's 21, and it'll be like she 13 all over again! :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:55 PM] <cynicalmedic> Haven't gotten a new one yet/
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:15:57 PM] <Jerusha> Yup
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:12 PM] <DesertRose> Aw. Yeah, I know that feeling. My daughter is much more math-and-science oriented than I am, although she's a good writer for a science type.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:15 PM] <Alkari> LOL.
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:31 PM] <the_Bee> Hi DF
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:31 PM] <Evie> hi, DF
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:34 PM] <cynicalmedic> Hi DF
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:36 PM] <Kelsa> Hi DF
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:36 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12hi all
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:37 PM] <Jerusha> CM, are you looking for a tank, next?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:46 PM] <DesertRose> Hi derynifanatic64.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:46 PM] <Jerusha> Hi DF
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:16:52 PM] <Kelsa> I read about the accident, CM. Glad you weren't hurt
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:17:09 PM] <the_Bee> The ability to explain science in lay-poeople's terms is a valuable skill.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:17:16 PM] <jemler> hi df64
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:17:21 PM] <cynicalmedic> :Horse and buggy = more organic
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:17:38 PM] <cynicalmedic> :D
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:00 PM] <Kelsa> He's good with math, but hates to read. It kills me.
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:11 PM] <DesertRose> HI MadMcC, Imladris.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:13 PM] <jemler> hi madmcc, inladris
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:14 PM] <Imladris> waves to all.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:22 PM] <MadMcC> Hell all
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:26 PM] <the_Bee> Hi Mad McC and Imladris
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:27 PM] <Kelsa> Hi MadMcc and Imladris
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:35 PM] <cynicalmedic> Hello MadMcC, Imladris
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:37 PM] <Evie> hello
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:39 PM] <Jerusha> Hi MadMcc and Imladris
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:18:50 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12hi to our new arrivals
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:19:32 PM] <DesertRose> MadMcC: are you new? I don't think I've seen you in chat before.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:19:49 PM] <the_Bee> Welcome, Mad McC. are you a new chatter or and old one returning?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:05 PM] <MadMcC> I am newish. I have come before, but it was a year ago.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:12 PM] <Imladris> how did our friends do w/ the storm?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:17 PM] <Jerusha> Welcome back
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:22 PM] <jemler> welcome back!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:24 PM] <the_Bee> glad you and Imladris are here.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:35 PM] <Evie> welcome back, and nice to see you again, Imladris
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:53 PM] <Kelsa> So, I have been totally out of touch. Last I remember, we were discussing the potential of a Deryni movie. What's the story with that these days?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:20:59 PM] <DesertRose> Well, welcome back, MadMcC.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:21:36 PM] <the_Bee> The movie was on the back burner last I heard. Anything new, KK?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:21:40 PM] <Imladris> was on Barnes and Noble and Amazon, and didn't realize was soooo long since the previous book.....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:21:53 PM] <MadMcC> Thanks. I picked up an old copy of The Bishop's Heir at a used bookstore and it got me thinking of Katherine's work again.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:22:35 PM] <Evie> Also wondering if we've moved on to Chapter 30 in CM3 yet?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:22:40 PM] <Kelsa> I was starting my Christmas list and went to see if there were any new books available - which is what reminded me of this chatroom :-)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:22:49 PM] <Imladris> Why was the Adept 2 book never in Hardcover over here? Took me forever to get one from the UK>
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:22:51 PM] <Kelsa> CM3?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:06 PM] <Imladris> Childe Morgan
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:07 PM] <Evie> Childe Morgan 3. (Working title)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:20 PM] <the_Bee> third volume, Childe Morgan trilogy
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:22 PM] <Kelsa> Yes, I'm anxiously waiting for that one
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:25 PM] <Jerusha> KK, any hint of a title for CM3 yet?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:41 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12we all are
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:53 PM] <Jerusha> Oh yes!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:56 PM] <Kelsa> I honestly haven't read the other two yet as I'm waiting for the 3rd.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:23:56 PM] <Alkari> Maybe we all contribute suggestions :D
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:24:39 PM] <Imladris> "The Long-Awaited Third Volume"?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:24:39 PM] <Kelsa> I always reread the books from the beginning when I read a new novel, so wanted to wait until that one was near completion before diving in again
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:07 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12maybe a contest--the winner gets the first copy off the press and signed by KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:18 PM] <Kelsa> That would be nice!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:21 PM] <Imladris> Actually, that long-awaited title thinks goes to 954
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:23 PM] <Alkari> LOL. Good thinking
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:28 PM] <Jerusha> Where do I sign up?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:29 PM] <KK> There's enough break between the books tht one could easily go ahead and read the first two.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:34 PM] <jemler> hi dm
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:38 PM] <KK> No, no closer to a title.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:43 PM] <DomMelchior> Good evening all
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:49 PM] <Evie> hi DM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:49 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12hi there
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:53 PM] <the_Bee> Hi DomMelchior
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:25:57 PM] <Jerusha> Hi DomMelchior
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:26:01 PM] <Alkari> Hello DM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:26:01 PM] <DesertRose> Hi DomMelchior.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:26:05 PM] <cynicalmedic> Hi DM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:26:09 PM] <Kelsa> By "break between the books", do you mean the story or the writing?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:26:32 PM] <the_Bee> time gap?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:26:49 PM] <Kelsa> in the story line?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:27:40 PM] <Imladris> er 948.....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:27:43 PM] <KK> Breaks in story.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:27:53 PM] <Kelsa> It's just that, knowing that this one is nearing completion, I'm waiting to start rereading them rather than reread them all twice - once for the two I have and again when CM3 arrives
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:28:21 PM] <Jerusha> You can't read them too often
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:04 PM] <Evie> And even if KK finished the book this week, there's usually a bit of a wait between finishing the writing and the book actually being in print. So might as well go ahead and read them.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:14 PM] <DesertRose> Yup.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:15 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12all the books are worth reading over and over
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:16 PM] <jemler> well, you can. thqt's when they fall apart.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:23 PM] <Imladris> Niece has finished the first three kelson's and have her the second three.. .would have had her do pub order.. but couldn't find the extra camber of culdi I have.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:39 PM] <Imladris> esp. the early version paperbacks....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:29:51 PM] <Kelsa> No...but I do have other authors (some of which are also prolific) that I enjoy reading...and I work for a living, so don't have that much spare time. Someday I'll retire and will then be able to do nothing but read books!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:02 PM] <Alkari> LOL.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:08 PM] <Imladris> but not as bad as the C.S. Lewis paperbacks, fell apart on me w/ first reading.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:17 PM] <Jerusha> I have to treat my original volume of Deryni Rising very carefully
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:20 PM] <Alkari> That's what I am enjoying - being able to do lots of reading
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:24 PM] <DesertRose> Yeah, I've killed a copy of The Quest for St. Camber, because the original copy I had was used and not in great shape, so I've since replaced it.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:45 PM] <Imladris> that's why I like to get the hard covers....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:45 PM] <Alkari> I've replaced High Deryni once, and soe of the other volumes are heavily taped together
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:57 PM] <Imladris> I am hard on paperbacks.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:30:59 PM] <DesertRose> My copy of Deryni Magic is close to the falling apart stage.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:31:07 PM] <the_Bee> mine too
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:31:08 PM] <jemler> right now i's reading the Xanth series. just taking a break.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:31:16 PM] <Alkari> I have the Kng Kelson trilogy in hardback
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:31:24 PM] <Imladris> KK? why did lodge of the lynx never come out in hardcover in the US?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:31:38 PM] <DesertRose> I probably have to replace my hardback copy of High Deryni, because I loaned it to a now ex-friend.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:31:58 PM] <DesertRose> And I rather doubt I'll ever get it back.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:32:05 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12:(
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:32:15 PM] <Imladris> except for Kelson, and first camber series, got all when they were published in Hardcover.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:32:27 PM] <Imladris> No way could wait for paperbacks.....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:32:59 PM] <MadMcC> I would love to get the Camber books in hardcover. That is my favorite time frame.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:02 PM] <jemler> i found TBH by accident and read it in one night.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:06 PM] <the_Bee> I found DR at the library where I was working. I bought it when I discovered there was a sequel.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:09 PM] <DesertRose> Oh, me too, MadMcC
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:15 PM] <Imladris> E-Bay, is good source.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:19 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12i've bought both hard and paperback versions of certain books
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:25 PM] <Kelsa> I like Xanth. I'm into Mercedes Lackey books too. She's very prolific. But right now, I'm reading Terry Goodkind.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:27 PM] <cynicalmedic> Alibris, too
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:30 PM] <Imladris> can sometimes get in a lot.. and save shipping.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:33 PM] <DesertRose> I love Camber's timeframe, even though some of the events are very sad.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:33:59 PM] <the_Bee> I quit reading Goodkind. A bit too bloodthirsty
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:03 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12Terry Brook's Shannara series are also good
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:07 PM] <Kelsa> I still have the original pb of Camber's books. I am actually very gentle with PB's - most don't even look like I've read them - something that drives my hubby nuts
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:10 PM] <MadMcC> They are sad, but the characters are great.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:11 PM] <the_Bee> Yes!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:12 PM] <Imladris> Still get teary-eyed in KJY
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:21 PM] <Kelsa> First thing he does is crack the binding on a pb. I cringe every time!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:28 PM] <KK> The adept eries started out as a 3 book paperback package, but when they did well, they commissioned 2 more. And the Brits did hardcover first, when they picked up the series.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:31 PM] <Alkari> I am slowly re-reading A Song of Ice and Fire ... at least as far as G Martin has gone so far!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:33 PM] <jemler> c'mon dr! what's so sad about all the main characters getting killed?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:44 PM] <Alkari> THAT is bloodthirsty
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:34:45 PM] * DesertRose smacks jemler with a mackerel.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:02 PM] <Jerusha> Jerusha whips out a barrage of smelt
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:10 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12JEMLER!!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:11 PM] <Imladris> The first and third were in hard cover here, though.... just not the second??
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:22 PM] <DomMelchior> On no, flying fish!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:36 PM] <DesertRose> Where there is jemler, there are bad jokes and therefore flying fish. :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:39 PM] <cynicalmedic> GRRM drives me nuts - I like his writing, but he does mean things to his characters
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:47 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12and a bunch of salmon
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:35:56 PM] <the_Bee> GRRM?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:04 PM] <DesertRose> George R R Martin.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:12 PM] <the_Bee> ah, thanks
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:25 PM] <Jerusha> No one seems to survive unscathed
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:33 PM] <DesertRose> Wrote the books that the TV series A Game of Thrones is based on.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:41 PM] <cynicalmedic> especially the ones I like
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:42 PM] <Alkari> LOL. I have this vision that all the 'bad' guys will survive!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:36:52 PM] <Imladris> Read the first Shannara when it was published, Hildebrants and all. but loved his Landover better.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:37:19 PM] <the_Bee> anyone else waiting for the finale to the Wheel of Time series?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:37:35 PM] <Alkari> No. Got bored with the series :(
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:37:35 PM] <Kelsa> KK - what authors do you read? I always wonder why my favorite authors read for pleasure
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:37:38 PM] <Imladris> Got to meet Greg Hildebrandt this past spring.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:37:39 PM] <cynicalmedic> If Theon Greyjoy is the hero of the whole thing - I am going to swear off all fantasy, other than the Dernyi
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:37:48 PM] <the_Bee> I enjoyed the prequel to Shannara.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:38:30 PM] <Alkari> ROFL @ Theon Greyjoy
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:38:42 PM] <Alkari> *I* reckon Jaime Lannister should end up as King :D
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:02 PM] <Evie> Yes, well, you also reckon his actor should be cast as Alaric Morgan. ;-)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:23 PM] <DesertRose> BRB
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:24 PM] <Alkari> He's probably a little old for Alaric other than in KKB
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:24 PM] <Imladris> haven't read that, but if it is like Donaldson where you want to shake the protaganist. and knock some sense into him or yell just make a decision!!!!!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:33 PM] <cynicalmedic> Oh dear-can he be the King, since he is maimed now?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:49 PM] <the_Bee> not in ancient Ireland
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:39:53 PM] <Alkari> You mean, no even-handed justice? :p
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:40:16 PM] <Imladris> would have a problem balancing healing too?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:40:22 PM] <cynicalmedic> :s
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:40:38 PM] <Alkari> "Don't argue with me - argue with my wife!" and points to Brienne :D
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:40:48 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12:D
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:40:56 PM] <the_Bee> Tavis managed one-handed healing
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:40:59 PM] <jemler> be kind of hard to swear fealty. aren't you supposed to but your hands in his to do that?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:41:20 PM] <cynicalmedic> I think Arya may just be a deciding factor
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:41:26 PM] <Imladris> yep poor Tavis.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:41:27 PM] <Jerusha> Can you imaging Gwynedd is the Regents had survived?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:41:27 PM] <Jerusha> Tsk,tsk, Alkari :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:41:44 PM] <jemler> arya. she's a feisty little thing!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:41:58 PM] <the_Bee> which series is Arya in?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:42:11 PM] <jemler> Game of Thrones
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:42:12 PM] <cynicalmedic> Game of Thrones
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:42:19 PM] <Imladris> yes, jerusha, but we were admonished not to talk politics.......
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:42:29 PM] <the_Bee> Ah. I don't watch the series.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:42:34 PM] <jemler> she's the younger daughter of Eddard Stark.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:42:47 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12Arya is a survivor
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:43:11 PM] <Alkari> The series is excellent, but you have to remember the huge adapations they need to bring things down to a 10 episode season each year
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:43:46 PM] <Kelsa> I've never seen it, but my friends recommended it to me - especially after they cancelled The Legend of the Seeker series
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:44:11 PM] <cynicalmedic> I am just glad the bboks are on Kindle -you need to be Clay Mathews to lift the darn things, otherwise
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:44:15 PM] <Alkari> Diana Rigg has a role in Season 3
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:44:27 PM] <cynicalmedic> books, rather
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:44:30 PM] <Imladris> I thought, that it had just concluded? Seeker?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:44:46 PM] <Alkari> LOVE her! He was the idol of my youth as a wannabe spy or action woman.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:44:57 PM] <Imladris> Alkari? the Avengers' Diana Riggs?
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:02 PM] <Alkari> Yes.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:10 PM] <Alkari> The one and only!!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:20 PM] Join Jerusha has joined this channel ().
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:25 PM] <the_Bee> Did Jerusha jump or was she mibbited?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:27 PM] <Evie> wb Jerusha
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:32 PM] <cynicalmedic> wb, Jerusha
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:34 PM] <the_Bee> Rehi Jerusha
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:39 PM] <Imladris> wb then Jerusha.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:45 PM] <Jerusha> I have no idea what happened, but I'm back
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:45:54 PM] <Alkari> Your TP malfunctioned.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:46:10 PM] <Kelsa> No - they cancelled the Seeker show, so the authors wrote the last episode to wrap things up as best they could. That's what started me reading the books...
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:46:31 PM] <Imladris> Jerusha, did you see my comment on your imagine question?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:46:34 PM] <Kelsa> I wanted to know what happened after that...
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:46:48 PM] <the_Bee> I finally dropped the Seeker series. It was getting too sadistic for my tastes.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:46:49 PM] <Imladris> ahh ok...
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:47:06 PM] <Kelsa> at which book did you drop it?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:47:18 PM] <Jerusha> Sorry, no, Imdaldris. I was looking when I fell into oblivion
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:47:39 PM] <Jerusha> Imladris, I mean
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:47:46 PM] <Imladris> said, yes, I can imagine, but we were admonished not to talk politics here.....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:47:51 PM] <Imladris> ;-)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:48:03 PM] <Jerusha> Ah yes
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:48:04 PM] <the_Bee> The one where the woman's (I forget her name) lover was killed, and she ordered his killer tortured to death.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:48:11 PM] <Kelsa> Kahlan
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:48:37 PM] <Imladris> and she was the good one, wasn't she?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:48:48 PM] <the_Bee> no, the one who helped kidnap our hero
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:48:58 PM] <the_Bee> Wanda? Wilma?
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:12 PM] <jemler> bye dm
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:15 PM] <the_Bee> Velma?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:28 PM] <the_Bee> Let's see if DM returns.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:30 PM] <jemler> wasn't she on scooby-doo?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:40 PM] <Jerusha> No, the Flintstones
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:49 PM] <DesertRose> Mibbit's acting stupid, I bet.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:54 PM] <Kelsa> Velma is at least close, though I think that's the girl from scooby doo
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:58 PM] <Imladris> wilma flintstone.. .Velma scooby do.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:49:59 PM] <jemler> wilma flintstone and betty ruibble
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:50:21 PM] <jemler> Daphne
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:50:24 PM] <Imladris> thinks I should have minored in cartoons.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:50:47 PM] <Imladris> drizzle drazzle druzzle drone, time for dis one to come home....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:09 PM] <Jerusha> ???
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:12 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12it is almost time for once upon a time
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:28 PM] <jemler> shhhh!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:29 PM] <Imladris> that was a cartoon called tutor turtle.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:33 PM] <Evie> Oh, KK, here's a reminder that I still need that sketch of Duncan's study. :-)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:36 PM] <DesertRose> Darn it, derynifanatic64, you had to say that.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:44 PM] <Kelsa> Verna
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:52 PM] <jemler> Schoolhouse Rock!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:51:57 PM] <Jerusha> KK, are Alaric and Brion headed for Bremayne, yet?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:01 PM] * Evie hands DR the duct tape for DF's typing fingers. ;-)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:01 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12:Dit's the truth!!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:04 PM] <the_Bee> 7:53 by my clock
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:05 PM] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:11 PM] <Imladris> always always I tell you tutor, be just what you ist.. not what you ist not... folks which do this have the happiest lot....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:28 PM] * DesertRose duct-tapes derynifanatic64's typing fingers together.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:40 PM] <the_Bee> Verna! Thanks, Kelsa.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:43 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12and I just freed them
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:45 PM] <Alkari> Velma was the woman in Farewell My Lovely
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:46 PM] <DesertRose> Drat.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:47 PM] <Jerusha> Jerusha looks for super-glue
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:48 PM] <Kelsa> OMG - I remember tutor turtle...that's so sad...
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:52:54 PM] <Imladris> Who used to make the deryni calenders.....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:08 PM] <KK> Sorry, I got distracted. Scott just got home.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:13 PM] <jemler> deryni banlers
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:15 PM] <Imladris> yep, kelsa, with Mr.Wizard the Lizard.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:20 PM] <DesertRose> Ah. Welcome home, Scott. :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:30 PM] <jemler> hi scott
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:32 PM] <Imladris> you get any of the snow, KK?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:33 PM] <Kelsa> yes...that's him. Showing my age there
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:36 PM] <the_Bee> Hi Scott
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:38 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12that must be great news
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:40 PM] <Kelsa> Hi Scott
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:53:52 PM] <KK> My eading lately: Amanda Downum's Drowned City series (Necromancer). Exccellent writer, wtih good strong female characters.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:02 PM] <DesertRose> Cool, KK.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:12 PM] <Alkari> Don't know those - will try
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:33 PM] <DesertRose> As soon as I settle my overdue-fine debt with the library, I'm going to check out the Amelia Peabody series on the recommendation of a friend.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:34 PM] <cynicalmedic> Good night all- must finish my reports for the battalion chief - have a good week, all
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:36 PM] <Kelsa> KK - do you have a "favorite" author (other than yourself)?
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:41 PM] <DesertRose> Nighters, cynicalmedic.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:51 PM] <Alkari> Goodnight CM. Drive safely now! ;p
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:55 PM] <KK> Also, the Mattthew Shardlake series, which is historical, set in reign of Henry VIII. Dissolution is the first, and there are 5 or 6 now. He's a hunchback lawyer.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:56 PM] <Kelsa> Night CM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:57 PM] <Imladris> night Medic... hope you are doing better.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:54:59 PM] <DesertRose> Cool.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:03 PM] <Jerusha> Have a good week, CM
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:12 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12I don't have to go back to work until Thursday
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:33 PM] <Jerusha> Not fair!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:40 PM] <KK> Evie, I haven't been able to find my sketch, so will have to doodle on yours, then scan and send it. Sorry, I did look.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:41 PM] <Imladris> I liked the Cadfael books, she did a good job in her little part of the March.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:44 PM] <DesertRose> I couldn't pick a single favorite author if my life depended on it. I could pick a top 5 or 10 or so.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:56 PM] <Evie> ah well, thanks for looking
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:55:58 PM] <Imladris> made me go back and reread that part of English History.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:00 PM] <Jerusha> I love Cadfael!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:07 PM] <the_Bee> I've started Doherty's Canterbury series.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:13 PM] <KK> No snow yet, though we did have sleet during the hurricane.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:19 PM] <DesertRose> Oh joy, KK.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:25 PM] <Imladris> don't like sleet!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:28 PM] <Evie> Peabody is good, DR. Funny
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:35 PM] <DesertRose> That's what I've heard.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:56:44 PM] Nick bynw-afk is now known as bynw.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:02 PM] <Imladris> hey. Bynw
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:04 PM] <bynw> hi
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:04 PM] <KK> And on that note, gotta run. Beefing up the discovery of Xenia's tryst with her Torenthi seducer, and getting ready to take him and Brion to Bremagne.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:04 PM] <the_Bee> My sister likes Amelia Peabody, but my favorite by the same author is Jacquelyne Kirby.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:05 PM] <DesertRose> My friend who rec'd them to me is someone I know through Harry Potter fandom, although we know each other in person now.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:16 PM] <DesertRose> Hi Bynw.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:23 PM] <KK> Anyway, Once Upon a TIme now. See you nexdt week.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:26 PM] <DesertRose> Okay, KK, thanks for coming to see us!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:27 PM] <jemler> nite kk
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:32 PM] <the_Bee> nighters, KK. Thanks for coming.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:35 PM] <Imladris> hey, KK, they could have cute beardies, in Bremagne.....
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:36 PM] <DesertRose> Nighters, have a good week, and happy writing! :)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:36 PM] <Jerusha> Have a good week, KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:37 PM] <Kelsa> Night kk
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:37 PM] <bynw> nighters KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:39 PM] <derynifanatic64> 12nite kk
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:39 PM] <Imladris> ;-)
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:39 PM] <MadMcC> Bye all. I need to go make dinner
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:40 PM] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappeare in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:40 PM] <Evie> bye, KK
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:44 PM] <Imladris> nite.
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:47 PM] <DesertRose> See you, MadMcC
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:57:59 PM] <KK> Ta for now, and nighters
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[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:58:01 PM] <Jerusha> Must go, too. Night all!
[Sunday, November 04, 2012] [07:58:01 PM] <the_Bee> bye, MAd McC
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"If having a soul means being able to feel love, loyalty, and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."

James Herriot (James Alfred "Alfie" Wight), when a human client asked him if animals have souls.  (I don't remember in which book the story originally appeared.)