The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

April 22, 2001

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<hygilac> hi Katherine
<Jessie> hello Katherine
<Shiral> Hi Katherine
<cjws> hi kk
<Wrengl> Especially not the russians, Hasidium or jamaicans.
<Kelric> hello kk.
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<Wrengl> Hi Katherine
<KK> Hello, all.
<KK> (And who was kkk, and why did they leave when I showed up?!)
* Jessie looks at Shiral -- is this silence your fault Shiral?
<Shiral> Alaric speaks with a Jamaican accent, Pat? <EG>
<cjws> i think you had a bounce
<Kelric> I dunno.
<cjws> keyboard type
<Wrengl> Nope.  A lovely accent not found elsewhere.
<hygilac> So, what sort of accent would a Gwynnedan have?
<KK> I see a Fiori I've not seen before.  Who are you, Fiori?
<Shiral> I don't know Jessie, I do seem extremely able to quiet everyone down though
<Wrengl> _LOL_
<Fiori> I've been visiting the alt board lately, but I've been a fan since high school.
<KK> A Gwyneddan would have a Gwyneddan accent, of course.
<Jessie> good answer Katherine ;-)
<hygilac> it's all that practice as a librarian Shiral
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<KK> LOL
<Shiral> I've always "heard that" as a Welsh accent, myself
<Wrengl> You look at us sternly, Shiral, and we all shut up.
<Shiral> I'm not trying to quiet ANYBODY down right now!! It's chat time!
<Wrengl> so have I and I hear Dughal with a Scottish one
<Kelric> I have a question for KK.  do you have a stories that give a little more information about Sofiana?
<Shiral> Definitely a highland burr in Dhugal's voice
<KK> Well, yes, Dhugal definitely has a Scottish accent.
<hygilac> and Ewan as well
<Shiral> The more noticeable when he's disgruntled, perhaps
<Kelric> seems like most borderers do.
<Wrengl> and harder to understand at that point!
<Shiral> There's a connection there, I'll bet...<G>
<Shiral> I think Duncan has a slight burr to his voice, too..<G>
<hygilac> probably
<Shiral> Hi Raushana
<Wrengl> Hi Raushana
<Jessie> hello Raushana
<KK> I think a Gwyneddan accent is very English, with no regional twang, rather like Prince Charles, maybe--and perhaps just a twinge of Welsh to soften it, in some cases.
<Raushana> Hello, all.  I finally remembered to come in at this time.
<Shiral> Would the Welsh be more pronounced in Meara,perhaps?
<KK> Sorry it's a little early for some of you--but it's 10:30 PM here.
<KK> Yes, Meara might be more like a cross between Scottish and Welsh.
<hygilac> that's an interesting combination
<KK> Well, they're interesting people.  ;-)
<Shiral> Very true. <G>
<hygilac> I'll second that
<Wrengl> _6 Yes indeed
<Shiral> Wonder how Rory will adapt to living there....
<hygilac> Rory seems very affable
<KK> He's in love, so he'll cope, of course.
<KK> Yeah, Rory is very different from his older brother.  And Payne will turn out to be different, still.
<Shiral> Got a full plate, even so. <G> He'll have to help rebuild Ratharkin
<Jessie> So tell us about young Payne
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<Shiral> (Thank goodness he IS different from Conall!)
<Kelric> true there.  who knows,  maybe Caitrin will finally have repented now that Rory's marriage has given Meara Viceregal status.
<fygar> First time I meet KK in here
<Shiral> Congratulations!
<KK> I think Payne will turn out to be more active than Rory, maybe Harry to Rory's William, to put it in English perspective.
<AEves_Spirit> Hello Katherine... Raushana... fygar
<Kelric> heh.
<AEves_Spirit> That's a nice analogy
<KK> And both will take after their father in their loyalty to the Crown.
<Wrengl> Hi fygar
<AEves_Spirit> Though I couldn't see Nigel as Charles... :)
<Jessie> Do we see a Torenthi marriage in Payne's future?
<Shiral> I'm glad to hear they're both good eggs.  <G>
<AEves_Spirit> Liam's little sister?
<fygar> But Nigel cannot be compared to Charles?!?
<Shiral> Nigel is WAY cooler than Prince Charles. <G>
<AEves_Spirit> LOL
<hygilac> Nigel, after all, was not raised to be king
<KK> Quite possibly.  Rob Reginald has suggested that Liam's little sister
might be a good match for Payne, if he's willing to wait a few years.
* fygar is relieved that they are good eggs :-)
<Jessie> Katherine -- how are our young Morgans doing this week -- have they
been talking to you nicely (with Camber looking over your shoulder?)
<Shiral> Liam's little sister has a lot of potential as an interesting
character.  I wonder if Liam will send her to Rhemuth for a visit?
<KK> The analogy does break down vis a vis Nigel and Charles.  But it works for Rory and Payne.
<KK> OUr young Morgans are not even gleams in their respective parents' eyes at this point; I'm getting to know Donal.
<KK> And the Camberian Council of the period.
<Shiral> Both interesting projects.
<hygilac> ahem yes, the council
* Jessie thinks 'O dear' -- I wonder if Donal propositioned the Author
<KK> The year is 1082.
<Kelric> I see.
<Shiral> In my head, King Donal keeps resembling Sean Connery......Wonder why that is? <G>
<KK> Donal seems to proposition quite a lot of folk in skirts.
<Jessie> lol
<KK> Actually, that's not a bad image.
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<fygar> How is the general situation in Gwynedd at 1082?
<AEves_Spirit> lol
* Jessie thinks that Katherine probably wears slacks to write about Donal ;-)
<cjws> lol
<Kelric> lol.
<Shiral> Busy man, Donal. <EG>
<hygilac> I wouldn't mind a proposition from Sean Connery, now
<KK> Katherine does wear slacks to write about Donal. :-)
<Jessie> lol
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<Shiral> And keeps the cats around as chaperones?
<Jessie> you made it
<Laura> hi all
<hygilac> you made it
<KK> Where's Bynw tonight?  Don't tell me he has a life off-line?!
<Laura> yes, I talked my study group into waiting until 6 to get together <BG>
<Jessie> KK -- someone stole Bynw's computers
<Shiral> We sound a little like a "Deryni-Anonymous" meeting here with all the greetings.
<Jessie> both his and Tika's
<KK> That's right; I'd momentarily forgotten.  Poor Bynw and Tika.
<hygilac> I saw Bynw online this morning
<Kelric> poor people.
<AEves_Spirit> That's awful!
<Raushana> That's terrible news.
<Jessie> he bought a new one
<fygar> That's no joke about her thief?
<KK> I hope they had insurance.
<Shiral> Both he and Tika shared a computer yesterday.  They've managed to replace one of their machines
<ladiesMAN> hello ladies
<Jessie> welcome ladiesMAN -- how long have you been a fan of Katherine
Kurtz's Deryni books?
<Jessie> for that is what we do here is talk about books
<ladiesMAN> since her first publishin
<Jessie> which books is your favorite ladiesMAN
<AEves_Spirit> Interesting choice of nickname ladiesMAN.... :)
<Kelric> heh.  this room is getting very full now.
<Shiral> Hi Bee
<AEves_Spirit> Hi Bee :)
<Jessie> hello the_Bee
<fygar> Hi bee
<Wrengl> Hi Bee
<hygilac> hi Bee
<Kelric> hi bee.
<ladiesMAN> her latest one
<Raushana> Hi Bee
<the_Bee> Howdy!  Looks like a lot of new faces.
<Wrengl> Which one is that, I've forgotten the title.
<Shiral> We're very sociable today.
<Kelric> and now that the whole group is here.  Let us start this meeting of the KK Fanatics Anonymous meeting. <G>
<Raushana> lol
<Wrengl> I take it you are the presiding officer today, Kelric
<Kelric> why not.
* Wrengl hands Kelric a gavel
* Kelric takes the gavel.
<Laura> BTW, Susan said to tell everyone hi.  She was going to try to make it if she can get her mother otherwise occupied
<Jessie> okay -- back to the CC -- in 1082
<hygilac> she has been online sending jokes
<AEves_Spirit> Hope she can join us
<Shiral> And King Donal
<Wrengl> So do I.
<Laura> she sounded good yesterday
<hygilac> and Sean Connery
<Wrengl> So King Donal gets around?
<AEves_Spirit> Sean Connery... I could like Donal... :)
<Shiral> His marriage doesn't seem to have dampened his er, lust for life.
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<Laura> lol
<AEves_Spirit> LOL
<hygilac> ROFLOL
<Jessie> so anymore details about the characters of the CC members that we haven't met before
<KK> Thanks, guys.  I was beginning to really miss Bynw's ousting abilities.
<Jessie> well all of you with the @ can oust anyone
<Kelric> lol.
<KK> Carolyn, you're the tyler.
<the_Bee> oust or out?
<Wrengl> But Bynw does it so well!
<cjws> ok i'll try
<Shiral> LadiesMAN seems to think we were talking about VERY different books!
<AEves_Spirit> Bit of both Bee
<KK> Well, when he's here, he's the Tyler.  But since it takes someone with
a @ and I don't know how to do it....
<Jessie> that is true -- no one does it with more aplomb than Bynw
<hygilac> so true
<Wrengl> He's a great tyler
<the_Bee> what's a tyler?
<KK> I am sitting here chortling out loud.  He is, indeed.
<Jessie> so cjws you going to have to practice
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<Shiral> Both of us will
<Wrengl> or Melissa
<cjws> yep but with ??
<Celia> Heya
<hygilac> long time no see
<Jessie> you can practice on me cjws -- feel free to kick me :)
<Shiral> Glad you popped by
<Celia> Been busy putting criminals back out on the street ;)
<Wrengl> Bee, if I remember correctly the tyler is the guard at the door of a Masonic meeting.
<Wrengl> Or am I wrong, Katherine?
<Raushana> I
<KK> Yep.  Ours has the same function.
<the_Bee> Is Thumper a Mason?
<Laura> welcome Celia
<Raushana> I've never heard of the term.
<KK> Bynw or Carolyn or Melissa can deputize for Noel.
<Shiral> In less elegant terms, Bynw is a darn good bouncer!
<Wrengl> No.  He's just a Hieland Laird
<AEves_Spirit> lol
<Raushana> lol
<Jessie> I haven't either -- but you can believe that I'll use it now -- i.e. tyler
<Shiral> Anyway, the CC as of 1082? <G>
<Jessie> and the great King Donal
<KK> Yep, the tyler literally guards with a sword.
<Laura> doesnt mess around eh?
<AEves_Spirit> How about the Arilan councilor?  Any more on him?
<Jessie> well -- I'll have to get a sword
<cjws> did it
<Jessie> way to go cjws
<AEves_Spirit> well done Carolyn  :)
* Jessie applauds our new tyler
<cjws> *bows*
* Wrengl applauds carolyn
<cjws> woof
<KK> Yahoo!  Bynw will be proud of you!
* Wrengl thumper gives Carolyn a pig's ear
<Shiral> Use the Force well, Carolyn!
<Laura> dont hurt yourself with that sword now Carolyn
<cjws> i will
<Raushana> Ha!
<Jessie> her new name will be Darth Kicker
<AEves_Spirit> lol
<Laura> lol
* hygilac thinks "it's driving the VW that did it!"
<Wrengl> lol
<cjws> cute<G>
<KK> Did you actually get the VS's?
<cjws> yep
* Kelric dons a "Dark Helmet".
<the_Bee> about 1082?
<KK> VW's, I mean.
<cjws> they are great
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<KK> No, Darth Kelric.
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<Kelric> sorry.
* Kelric takes off the hat.
<Kelric> Making a little pun off of jessies comment.
* Wrengl thinks kelric looks better without the helmet
<KK> THey just showed The Empire Strikes Back last night, on this side of the pond.
<hygilac> there's supposed to be a little "ahem" with that Kelric
<Jessie> okay -- King Donal & CC in 1082
* AEves_Spirit thinks Kelric better kneel on that carved and unpadded prie dieu for pennance...
<KK> Jessie is very focused tonight. :-)
<Kelric> actually, I was more thinking spaceballs there.
<Jessie> I have to leave early
<Laura> you go Jessie
<Wrengl> Jessie often is very focused.
<Jessie> lol
* Kelric goes and kneels for penance.
<AEves_Spirit> lol
<Shiral> yes she is
<cjws> i'm keeping a log
<Laura> being focused I mean
* Jessie except when she is trying to write descriptions
<the_Bee> You stay, Jessie!
<KK> The CC in 1082.
<Jessie> poor Kelric -- & poor Javan
<Laura> yes, stay Jessie and "go"
<KK> You want me to name them again?
<Shiral> Please
<Laura> whoo whoo whoo
<Celia> Yeah
<Shiral> No owls, Laura!
<Jessie> and describe them (i.e. the new ones -- a bit)
<Wrengl> Yes, please
<fygar> bitte
* Jessie -- Laura she is going to name the CC in 1082
* Laura steps back quietly from the croud
<KK> Barrett, his older sister Dominy, Vivienne, Michon de Courcy, Sief MacAthan, Ptolemeos Didier.
<Jessie> was that supposed to be crowd -- or crud
<KK> Except, Sief is already deceased after two chapters.
<Jessie> bummer
<Jessie> and who does the good Sief MacAthan resemble
<AEves_Spirit> Katherine - I thought there was an Arilan?
<Shiral> He's the one Donal rubbed out?
<AEves_Spirit> Or was I getting confused?
<Laura> cloudy crud?
<KK> Oh, and Seisyll Arilan.
<AEves_Spirit> :)
<KK> No, Donal offed Sief.
<hygilac> ah, so he's the one
<Jessie> noooooooooooooooooooo
<Jessie> bad donal
<Shiral> So, does Sief have any living relatives in Kelson's time?
<hygilac> or bad Sief?
<KK> No, good Donal.  Live Donal.
<the_Bee> Who's this Ptolomeos guy?
<Wrengl> But we already knew he was bad, Jessie
<Shiral> Aha, Sief is a dangerous fellow, then
<Shiral> or was
<KK> Troublesome, at any rate.
<Jessie> but is is Ansels descendant
<Jessie> not right
<AEves_Spirit> A MacAthan - would he have been a descendant of Camber through Cathan?
* Jessie tells herself to calm down
<Shiral> Formerly troublesome, I'd say
<KK> He was doing what he felt needed to be done.  But his wife and Donal disagreed.
<Wrengl> Yeah, not much trouble after he was offed, I'll bet.
<Jessie> now I know I will never ever like Donal
<Shiral> Sief's wife was present at the time, then
<AEves_Spirit> Intriguing.  Looking forward to finding out what he did
<KK> Yes.
* Jessie put's Donal in the bin with Denis Arilan
<Shiral> Me too!
<KK> Hey, kings have to kill people sometimes.
<Wrengl> Crowded bin, jessie
<Shiral> I'm going to wait until I meet him to pass judgement.
<hygilac> is this possibly the result of another killing, KK?
* AEves_Spirit pulls Donal and Denis out of the bin and cleans them up
<Jessie> they can kill people -- but not those I have determined that I
like --
<Kelric> more as a statement, Donal is more knowledgable about things Deryni than Brion was.
<Kelric> right?
<Jessie> i.e. jodotha
<Shiral> If Donal felt his life was in danger, then I wouldn't blame him for killing Sief
<Celia> I'm forgetting my time-lines here...will there be a lot of Mearan intrigue/war during childe Morgan?
<KK> How would you like him already?  You didn't/don't even know him.
<AEves_Spirit> He would have to
<Wrengl> Nor would I.
<KK> LOTS of Mearan intrigue.
<Celia> Ohhh good :)
<KK> And several Mearan campaigns.
<Laura> oohh goody
<Wrengl> Ah so
<KK> That's how Jamyl Arilan ends up getting killed.
<Kelric> Excellent.
<Shiral> Donal was the "Mearan Housecleaner."
<KK> Yep.
<AEves_Spirit> Awwww... not Jamyl... :(
<Jessie> Don't tell me you are going to make one of Ansel's descendants into someone not likable
<KK> And Brion did his share in Meara, too.
<fygar> So there are lots of people going to die?
<Wrengl> _6 But we knew Jamyl was dead.
* Shiral has a rather silly vision of Donal going over Meara with a REALLY big vacuum cleaner....
<AEves_Spirit> lol
<Celia> Snicker
<Laura> vrooooom vrooooom
<Kelric> Waitaminute...  We're going to find out the truth about the whole King Donal slaying Caitrin's suckling babe right?  Making reference to Bishop's Heir here.
<the_Bee> giggle
* Wrengl giggles
<AEves_Spirit> I know Jamyl dies, but I hope we get to find out a good bit about him first.
<Shiral> No, that was BRION's time, Kelric
<KK> We'll get lots of Jamyl before he dies.
<Shiral> Me too, Aeve
<Shiral> Oh good. <G>
<Kelric> my goof.
<Celia> Yeah, I really want to know about that episode with the baby
<AEves_Spirit> Glad to hear that Katherine :)
<asd> aaran
<KK> It's already Brion's time in a way.  He's alive, though only about a year old right now.
<Celia> Ooopsie
<Shiral> Jamyl was a good friend of Brion's as I recall
<KK> A very good friend.  But Brion didn't know he was Deryni.
<Kelric> Ok.  New Penance...  Dig out and read all of the books IN ORDER to refresh my memories...
<Shiral> Well alive yes, but not leading campaigns into Meara quite yet
<AEves_Spirit> lol Kelric
<Jessie> Brion didn't know he was Deryni?????
<KK> Nope.
<Jessie> course I don't think I would have told him I was deryni either if he had just offed Sief
<AEves_Spirit> If Jamyl was a known Deryni,that could have compromised Denis
<Shiral> Read "Priesting of Arilan", Jessie
<the_Bee> Trust no-one!
<hygilac> Did Donal?
<KK> I take that back.  Maybe he did.  But he'd never told Kelson, if he did.
<fygar> Did Donal know?
<Jessie> or rather his father had just offed Sieth
<Jessie> I thought that Brion knew -- but that they couldn't act to save Denis
<Jessie> but that no one else knew
<KK> The CC doesn't know Donal offed Sief.  Right now, all they know is that Sief died, apparently of a heart attack.
<hygilac> ah ha
<AEves_Spirit> Curiouser and curiouser
<hygilac> Donal must be pretty good
<Celia> It'd be interesting to see a scroll of all the council's rules...I mean, what IS the penalty for offing a CC member?
<fygar> What kind of powers does Donal have (besides he is a king?)
<AEves_Spirit> So was Donal happy to use his gifts then?
<Shiral> Certainly able to defend himself anyway
<Raushana> Donal sounds pretty ruthless with his powers.  Is that why Brion was reluctant to use his?
<hygilac> KK--Does Donal feel himself in danger, or is he just angry with Sief?
<AEves_Spirit> And did he realize that his powers were Deryni based, or did he think of them as a Divine right as part of his rule?
<KK> Donal made use of his gifts when he needed to.  But I think things happened that made him regret his use of his powers sometimes--and we know that Brion was always nervous about his powers.
<Shiral> What sort of relationship did Donal have with his children?
<fygar> I think Brion was to much influenced by his love to Jehana
<Laura> being married to Jehana didnt help either
<KK> Divine right, AEves.
<Jessie> then who empowered Donal?
<AEves_Spirit> I can imagine many a heated debate between Brion and Jehana in the Royal Bedchamber...
<Laura> lol
<Shiral> And elsewhere, too!
<KK> Donal had a lot of things doing, and had started his family late, so he was considerably older than his children.
* fygar grins
<cjws> wow a burton/taylor scene<G>
<hygilac> the much maligned temperament of a redhead!
<fygar> lol
<AEves_Spirit> Oh, yes carolyn ;)
<Shiral> With a lot of religious fervor thrown in!
<Jessie> Who empowered Donal & how was that explained to Donal -- or wasn't he empowered?
<KK> He was empowered--but I'm not ready to tell you how or by whom just yet.
<Celia> Hrrrm :)
<AEves_Spirit> ooooooo.
<KK> (That means I'm still working that out.)
<cjws> lol
<AEves_Spirit> :)
<Shiral> What I mean was, was Donal a tough-love kind of father or was he more humane with his kids?
* fygar is looking forward to a certain book
<Celia> Wonder what'd happen if you empowered an infant...
<Kelric> lol
* Jessie thinks enough tidbits have been dropped this evening and last week that I may have to pre-order 10 copies of the Childe Morgan book
<KK> This past week, the story has finally really started to move, as I figure out whose story it is, and whose POV, and find the voice for this book.
<Shiral> Chaos?
<Laura> Oh KK you didn't need to confess that.  We would have just thought you were being coy
<AEves_Spirit> Think Tieg...
<Kelric> well Celia,  we have to wait until we see more of Owain's life.
<KK> Tough love.
<Jessie> Owain was impowered as a young child
<Celia> Maybe you'd get a more complete empowering/greater access to powers?
<KK> Often I am coy.  But occasionally I'm just honest. :-)
<Shiral> So kind of like George V who made sure his sons feared him?
<cjws> lol
<Celia> Sounds like a cat ;)
<Shiral> Well, an author has to protect SOME of her secrets
<Jessie> bynw just came on-line
<KK> I have a lot in common with cats--as do a lot of people in this room.
<Kelric> IIRC, Rhysel said that he was supposed to grow into the powers like a regular Deryni Child.
* Shiral bats a ping pong ball across the room.  No idea what you're talking about , Katherine!
* Jessie looks around -- curiosity killed the Cat -- but I don't have nine lives
<AEves_Spirit> lol
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<hygilac> hey!  I refuse to lick my feet!
<KK> Bynw, you were much missed earlier.
<Jessie> bynw is always missed
<AEves_Spirit> I have to admit to being more of a dog-lover than a cat person really... mainly because my family have always had dogs
<KK> But your absence caused several others to learn proper tyler's duties to boot people out.
<KK> Bynw, you would have been proud of our folk.  How they rallied to test out this guy.
<Bynw> LOL Oh?
<AEves_Spirit> It was very amusing
<Laura> he failed miserably
<Shiral> Richeldis of Llannedd, Donal's second wife was much younger than he was.  How did she and Donal cope in their marriage?
<hygilac> the screen name was ladiesMAN
<KK> That looked sufficiently suspicious and unfamiliar that everybody just lock-stepped on him.
<Shiral> <G>
<AEves_Spirit> Could almost *hear* him sweating...
<KK> He left.
<Shiral> Fast
<cjws> and then i figured out how to kick
<hygilac> and did
<the_Bee> I can hardly wait to see the transcript! :)
<KK> She did it very well.  We've decided that the office is that of Tyler.
<cjws> i only kicked out my test self
<KK> Stilll....
<Shiral> She learned it!
<Jessie> but you did it
<cjws> lol
<Celia> Kicking out yourself would be a bit paradoxal (paradoxical?)
<Jessie> lol
<cjws> yep
<Bynw> All the Zipper Sisters are are empowered to kick folks out of the chat and there are a couple of others that can get it if needed like Pat and a few others
* Laura thinks that deserves a Belgian Chocolate.
<cjws> rightclick-kick
* Jessie applauds Laura's thought
* Laura passes the plate around
<Shiral> Mmmm!
<Bynw> in fact everyone with the @ in fron of their nick can kick users out of the chat
<hygilac> yummy
<Raushana> Yum!
<cjws> bot didn't help much;-)
<KK> So, how do we do that, Bynw?
* Shiral thinks we TRY not to abuse our powers
<the_Bee> I got an @ once.  Don't know how.
<Jessie> should have kept it the_Bee
<Laura> me too, I was "empowered" to kick someone out who was being very forward
<AEves_Spirit> You could have kicked me for beating you with the feather cushion!  :)
<Jessie> lol
<the_Bee> When i had the @ I couldn't find the rest of you.
<cjws> kk you go to the side panel to the name and then right click it
<KK> We would never kick just for good-natured fun.
<Shiral> Not us. <G>
<cjws> and then under the options you kick
<Shiral> Only the rude types get kicked
<AEves_Spirit> I should have hoped not lol
* Wrengl thanks. for the chocolate
<cjws> control then kick
<hygilac> we are usually a very amiable group
<the_Bee> It was my first try at mIRC.  And none of the other chatters were listed, no I went to the DD.
<AEves_Spirit> I know - that's why I can't resist keep coming back
<Bynw> KK, click on someone's nick over to the right and then RIGHT CLICK with your mouse you should get a pop-up menu look for CONTROL then click on KICK and they will be booted out
<Laura> that is why I come here when I need a lift
<KK> When I left click on a name, it blues it.  Where's the options panel?
<cjws> right click
<Bynw> once it's blued RIGHT CLICK
<the_Bee> I've been reading Lammas Night.  Not what I expected.
<Bynw> Carolyn, you've got mail
<Kelric> what did you expect?
<cjws> ok
<hygilac> if you aren't an @ god, you only get to slap people
<KK> OK, I see that.  How do I un-blue a name?
<the_Bee> I use Light Chat.  No options panel, just text.
<Bynw> blue another one
* hygilac slaps Bynw around a bit with a large trout
<KK> I don't want to kick Wrengl.  (She was at the bottom of the list. It isn't that I don't love you, Wrengl. :-)
* Shiral whacks the Camberian Council about with an even BIGGER trout
* Jessie wonders if that trout is frozen or unfrozen
<Raushana> What's with the trout-slapping around here?
<KK> Then, someone is always blued.
<the_Bee> flails all @-gods with a giant squid.
<Jessie> they do that a lot Raushana
<Jessie> just ignore it
<Bynw> yep once you blue someone
<hygilac> honey,. it's not frozen here today
<cjws> kk do you want me to put a dummy up to kick?
<hygilac> it's about 85 out there
<the_Bee> a group tradition.
<Shiral> And now for something completely different.  What was Donal's relationship with his considerably younger wife like?
<Raushana> The idea is rather amusing.
<KK> S'ok.  I'll leave it blue.  How'd all this sea-life get back in here?
<Shiral> Things are going swimmingly!
* AEves_Spirit brandishes her semi-automatic Loch Ness Monster and tells everyone to freeze and drop their trout...
<cjws> ok now kick the bad guy
<KK> (Watch it, you guys.  I'm carrying a concealed salmon!)
<hygilac> what caliber would that monster be there?
<AEves_Spirit> 9mm
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<AEves_Spirit> lol
<Shiral> Bravo!
<cjws> good job!!!
<Kelric> lol
<KK> Yahoo!
<AEves_Spirit> way to go!
<Wrengl> That's okay Katherine.  I often blue people by accident, just ask Bynw
<Bynw> you can choose KICK or KICK (why) the why one is where you can enter a reason for the kick
<the_Bee> We're flooded with Pisces ;)
<hygilac> excellent!
<KK> Excellent, indeed.  Hopefully, we won't have to use it often.  Bynw, I'll let you kick, when you're here.
<AEves_Spirit> So... about Donal's wife?
<KK> Actually, I was surprised you weren't--and glad you were off having a life off-line!  :-)
<the_Bee> Once I greened Wrengl
<Wrengl> LOL
<KK> Donal's wife.  She's pregnant again, very quickly, and not happy about morning sickness.
<Kelric> LOL
<hygilac> don't blame her
<Shiral> Who wouldn't be?
<Laura> right now, Fiori is blue on mine.  Who is Fiori
<Bynw> I was out and about having some offline fun...
<Shiral> But does she like Donal, or resent him?
<KK> Oh, she likes Donal ok.
<Wrengl> Good for you to have an offline life, Bynw
<the_Bee> Richard was her son?
<AEves_Spirit> Was it purely a dynastic marriage?
<Shiral> So he treats her all right?
<KK> Haven't actually met her yet--only heard about her.
<Celia> How did they come to be married?
<the_Bee> "again"?  How many kids did she have?
<KK> Dynastic.  His first wife had only miscarriages and stillbirths.
<Celia> Is Richeldis Mearan?
<Shiral> According to the Codex, she and Donal were also incompatible
personally
<KK> No, Richeldis is....either Howiccan or Llanneddi.
* AEves_Spirit grumbles that she can't look things up in a codex...
<the_Bee> how go the wedding plans?
<KK> Whose?
<the_Bee> Bynw's not Richeldis"s
<KK> I dunno.  He and Tika haven't told me anything else.
<AEves_Spirit> I tried to mail you yesterday Bynw, but had the mail
returned...
<the_Bee> Roisian of Meara?
<Bynw> what email address AEves_Spirit?
<KK> Roisian died some years ago.  She was Donal's mother.
<the_Bee> whose what?
<Bynw> Well we have been without a computer for most of last week too
<AEves_Spirit>
<Julia103> Hi everyone
<AEves_Spirit> I heard - bad news  :(
<Shiral> Tremendous nuisance
<Bynw> AEves_Spirit, what is your email address? I have blocked
from most addresses so I dont get spammed on it
<Jessie> hi Julia103
<KK> Stolen computers.
<Shiral> The theft of Bynw's computers, Julia
<Julia103> ouch!
<AEves_Spirit> Gotcha.  Mail me at
<hygilac> that's even worse than a dead computer
<Julia103> sorry to hear it Bynw
<Bynw> thanks
<KK> Hope you had backups.
<Jessie> well all -- gotta go -- someone fill me in on any info that Katherine tells after I leave
<the_Bee> bummer!
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<Julia103> Katherine, I read Temple and Crown last week and really enjoyed it
<KK> Aha, then it's out!
<Bynw> I had a lot of data backed up but not all of it... but nothing that can't be reconstructed
<Julia103> yes, I got it a bookstore in a shopping mall
<Shiral> Thank you for the reminder, Julia -- I've been meaning to pick up a copy
<the_Bee> I s someone doing a transcript for the ng?
<Bynw> AEves_Spirit, you are now on the acceptance list to send email to
<Shiral> I think Carolyn is
<AEves_Spirit> Thank you Bynw  :)
<the_Bee> Come back soon
<hygilac> I am then even more upset with my local mookstore!
<Shiral> Mookstores are the worst, Linda. <EG>
<hygilac> I was at the one I regularly buy in and it wasn't there!
<hygilac> nor was SPG!
<the_Bee> Is Precious with you?
<Celia> Sounds like something a Wookie frequents
<KK> Buy through Amazon.com whenever possible, and enter via the website. We get credits.
<Rambart20> precious is hading
<Julia103> It's paperback Linda - were you looking in right place?
<Celia> I didn't see it at the local B & N either
<Rambart20> we have five kids here right now
<hygilac> grumble, grumble...Amazon
<Celia> Oh, if it was paperback maybe that's why I missed it
<Julia103> SPG is hardcover, T&C is paper
<KK> Yeah, Warner got a case of the cheaps and decided not to do hardcover first.  But paperback is better than nothing.
<Rambart20> hiding
<cjws> i am keeping a log but someone else edit please (she whined)
<Celia> Paperbacks are easier to read in the bath, anyway, and fit better in purses
<Wrengl> Susan just came on line guys and dumped 3 zillion jokes on some of us!
<hygilac> I looked in new fiction and in both the hardback and paper sections
<Shiral> Aha, NOW I remember what I wanted to ask: In Saint Patrick's Gargoyle when Francis and Paddy are driving around town the first day they meet, Francis says  "haven't had this much fun in yonks" I really liked that term, and wondered if it was a Kurtz family term or is it an Irish term?
<the_Bee> Carolyn is what?
<KK> Yonks is Irish term.
<cjws> keeping a log of this chat
<Shiral> Ah, thank you. <G>
<AEves_Spirit> Gets used here in the UK a lot too
<Celia> What does it mean, exactly?
<KK> Maybe it's Brit, then.
<KK> I know I picked it up over here.
<AEves_Spirit> :)
<KK> Means--a long time.
<Shiral> I can edit it for you, Carolyn
<Celia> Ah. Wasn't sure if it was more specific, like "years" :)
<the_Bee> hading??
<Shiral> It keeps wanting to jump out of my mouth, some how. <G>
<the_Bee> Oh, hiding
<Rambart20> from the five kids
<KK> Not that I know.  AEves?
<Rambart20> it isn't exactly quite aroiund here right now
<Shiral> Unless Precious is HAZING the kids, Bart?
<hygilac> nah, that would be Alpo
<the_Bee> remind me--wht's SPG?
<hygilac> and with reason; thy named him Alpo
<Rambart20> alpo is hiding too
<Shiral> Saint Patrick's Gargoyle, Bee
<AEves_Spirit> Nothing specific that I know of.
<Julia103> SPG=Saint Patrick's Gargoyle
<Rambart20> I cannot find precious
<hygilac> uh oh
<KK> Dog or cat?
<KK> Or something creepy-crawly?
<cjws> yonks is probably from  donkey's years
<hygilac> cat
<Rambart20> Precious is my cat
<Celia> You're from Iowa, aren't you Rambart?  (Big MUUUAAAH about how much nicer NC winters are ;)
<Rambart20> alpo is my cousin's cat
<Rambart20> yes celia
* Bynw looks around and smiles at the big crowd the room has
<KK> I don't know that I'd name a cat Alpo.  As I recall, that's a dog food.
<Celia> My cat Samoa is sleeping on my scanner now ;)
<Rambart20> I talked at you along time ago I think
<Laura> yes, BArt is from Iowa
<Rambart20> thats why the kids named it
<hygilac> a cat scanner?
<KK> Sounds like it's related to the cat our son named Meaty.
<Shiral> It's better than "Milkbone, " though.<G>
<Celia> There's a web site full of "cat-scans." It's pretty hilarious
<KK> He was only little then--Cameron, not the cat.
<Rambart20> we just call him brat for short
<Celia> You should come to North Carolina too Bart...it's all fugitive mid-westerners here O:)
<Shiral> Meaty, doesn't sound like a small cat. <G>
<hygilac> Charlotte does not like the new location of the scanner
<Rambart20> I just may
<Rambart20> with this madhouse
<the_Bee> Whose kids are these, Bart?
<Kelric> well.  I have to go now.  need to get ready for a concert that is tonight.  Catch you all whenever.
<Wrengl> Our cats are all off doing catty things today
<KK> I used to go to NC when I was a kid--Weaverville, over by Ashville.
<Rambart20> my cousin kims they moved back from dan diego
<the_Bee> somewhere in the house?
<Celia> Pretty area...I'm in Fayetteville now. (Known as "Fayette-Nam" for all the military bases)
<Rambart20> yes the kids room is right next to mine
<hygilac> oh, what fun
<Rambart20> I can not wait for guard camp on sat
<Shiral> No wonder Precious is hiding!
<Rambart20> two whole weeks of peace
<hygilac> I have a nice house ai need to sell, in tennessee Bart
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<Laura> well all, I must go meet with my study group and pretend to do some work.  Nice chatting with you all.  I dont know when I will see you again KK as I head back to Germany this week
<Rambart20> hey all I think I need to get off we are in the midst of thunderstorms
<KK> Actually, it's now Pumpkin Time in Ireland, so I need to sign off as well. See you all next week.
<hygilac> yeah, and It is dinnertime here
<Rambart20> well nice to talk to you all
<Rambart20> bye all
<hygilac> see you folks
<Rambart20> bye KK
<Wrengl> _6 See you next week Katherine
<Bynw> cya Katherine
<Shiral> Well, folks are voting themselves off the island!
<cjws> well...well...good night folks
<AEves_Spirit> Goodnight, Katherine.  Thanks for your time again.
<Shiral> Night Katherine!
<the_Bee> what's the URL for th cat-scan website. Celia?
<Wrengl> _6 Kathi and Thumper say goodnight also, Katherine
<Julia103> lol Melissa
<Julia103> Goodnight Katherine
<Shiral> Thanks for joining us again!
<KK> Bynw, when you and Tika get the computers sorted out, do get back to me with wedding feedback, please.
<Bynw> will do
<Julia103> I'll try to come earlier next week!
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