Jack: Yes goats are cool :) I am an opposite, raised in a suburb, liking the country. Someday I'll have some goats. They are my favorite animal. My license plate says 'lvgoats' on it :D They're the best. I'm glad someone else can appreciate this. Most people just laugh and make lewd jokes (probably what you're thinking and not posting ;)

Well, it was bound to come out sometime... I haven't read all of Roger's book *gasp!* I know the Great Book of Amber but started to get bored with Merlin or whatever Corwin's son was. Him and that Ghostwheel thing? *snooze*

heh... that email address always made me smile Kali, and not for any lewd reasons.  It was the fact that I was generally seeing it first thing in the morning, in work, and an email from a friend was just what I needed to get the day off to a good start.  Used to cheer me up no end, especially on a dreary Monday.

Happy Holidays all, whichever one you choose to observe.

It's a hilarious address, Kallika. :)  I fear I don't know much about goats....

_{...frankly, I don't blame you regarding the second Amber series.  I almost had to force my way through it.}

        Hmmm. . . I don’t know, perhaps I’m being slow or just plain naive but I still can’t think of a single lewd thing about that.  Like I said, I grew up with Goats, cows, horses and a list of animals far to long to mention.  Goats were some of the smarter animals in the barn yard, fun to watch and easy to take care of. I happen to agree, goats are cool.

           At one point when I was younger my father tried out an electric fence too keep them in. The lead female goat would hook her horns through the fence, lifting the wire without getting shocked. The rest of the herd would move through the fence, then she would scurry through letting the wire quickly slide down her back.

     The only thing I think was smarter than the Goats were the mules. Heck I think the mules were smarter then I was back then. :p


I still have not finished books in the second part of the Amber series that I have.

Guess I get to involved in other serises. . . Diskworld!

Goats are smart, then! :)  Cool.

Favourite Diskworld Books:  Reaper Man (drama and irony)  Lords and Ladies (Elves/fae as they should be - terrifying, even in a comedy).

Heck yes goats are smart, the meat is lean and they are a tough resilient animal.

     Oh I loved the Reaper man, but it’s hard to say I have a favorite. I mean I like all of the books that deal with the night watch sooo much (What can I say, I identify with Carrot, easily), and the Reaper Man is up there with them. The Truth was a fun and impressive book. I still haven’t gotten the latest book, though I did just get “The night watch and it is great so far!” I would love to get involved in a good “Notice I said good” diskworld game.

I can't do comedy in games.  :)  I'm much better at needless melodrama, as might be obvious. :)

[Christmas Hug for everyone]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday wishes to all!!!

A man that appreciates and likes goats? Where have you been all my life Jack ;)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that series was a snoozefest, but unforunately I haven't heard of the Diskworld series. Who is the author?

           Oh heck. . . Over play the drama bad enough and it becomes comedy. Besides, diskworld is not comedy, comedy. It’s satire! And much of the diskword series had drama in it. That’s the problem with most diskworld games, they try to play them as pure comedy when it’s not.

I see your Christmas Hug and raise you two Kwanza kisses! ;-)

Oh! Haven’t heard of the Diskworld  series? You are fired! :-)

Terry Prachett is the Author and it’s a dammed fine series. Read it, you’ll laugh. . .

Where have I been? Ummmm this is a trick question right. Here? ;)

      I like just about all animals. Like I said, I’m a country boy at heart. Though yes Goats have a special place on the list.

Kwanza kisses?  Cool.... :)

The main reason I like the discworld so much is for the Drama.  Reaper Man was a fine example.  Stupid humour does not interest me... :)

Hopefully I am not completely comedy yet, from overplayed drama... :)

Ooooo Stylin' pic Uncle Big Bad!

And Ron breaks out the Christmas 0wn463 pic. :P

OWNAGE. :P


You all already know my stand on Zelazny's second half of the Amber series. I rather like them. :)

Though my references to other Zelazny books are rather limited, I have read "Eye of Cat" (not a favorite...) and "Isle of the Dead", which I rather liked. The whole "men as gods" thing was rather interesting.

Speaking of lost Zelazny work, I actually found a short story known as... what was it... "The Unicorn Gambit" or some such thing. In it, a character named Martin (!) plays chess against an invisible alien/entity sent to destroy all of known reality. I can't remember the name of the Collection at the moment, but I can find it quite easilly. :)

From what I read in the story, it tasted very much like Amber... >)

By the way, I'd just like to say that this is one of the most enjoyable RPG's I've ever played. My thanks to such a fine group of roleplayers, and one absolutely astounding GM.

Merry Christmas!

...goats. Geeze. >P

Well, have a safe and dysfunctional christmas everyone. I know I will. ;)

No, not "goats.  Geeze", Aaron...  goat cheese.

Zelazny: I liked the first five Amber books much better than the second five.
I first read "A Night in the Lonesome October" the way it should be read... one chapter per day.  In October.  Then went back and read it again in a week in November.

Terry Prachett: Gotta love the Disk.  :D
Rincewind, Twoflower, Death, the witches, Susan D'Eath, Ankh Morpork, Cohen the Barbarian, Bravd the Hublander, the Ankh Morpork Seamstress' Guild, the Assassins' Guild, The Shades, Lord Vetinari, Sam Vimes and the Night Watch, Corporal Carrot, Detritus the Troll, Cut My Own Throat Dibbler... oh, and Binky, of course.  :)
Real comedy that comes from the way the characters are, not from clever catch-phrases and really forced situations.  Comedy which is not funny because it's comedy, it's funny because it happened to somebody else, and not to you.  You laugh almost from relief.
Drama too, oh yes, plenty of that.  I agree with Cyan, "Lords and Ladies" is a scary book.  The return of the fae to a land that has forgotten how dangerous they were, and how to fight them...

It's nice that you'll have an entertaining Christmas Lexy... at least it sounds entertaining.

Aaron- no comment :P Goat hater!!!  ;)

Dwork- You said some very nice things, thank you. It's nice to feel appreciated and of course it works both ways :D

Jack - Of course it was a trick question, what other type of question would a woman ask?  *snicker*

Kali, I don’t know, is that a trick question? What are you trying to say? ;-)

Are you trying to hint at me that you are a woman?

hehehe

I don't know Jack, is that a trick question?   ;)

[head spins, trying to follow the conversation]

Jeez, I leave for a day or two....just dropped in to TRY to keep up! :)

Aaron, you'll find echoes of Amber in many of Zelazny's short stories, just as you'll find other books of his in them.... :)  The man was obsessed with certain things.  Subjectivity, reality alteration, Immortals, etc.   :)

Unicorn's Gambit can be found in (appropriately) Unicorn Variations.  I'd say it's a good book of short stories, but they ALL are.  Recital is a good story in there, and Dismal Light makes a good background to "Isle of the Dead" and "To Die In Italbar".  "Home is the Hangman" is actually one of three stories in a series (the second) that can be found in the book My Name is Legion.

I knew I forgot something.  I'm an idiot!



Hope you are all having a good time in this, the Festive Season, and that your lives are filled with everything you could hope for.

[Flashes best innocent look with halo]

Who me Kali? I wouldn’t know a trick question if it bit me on the bum.

Why was that a trick question?

[Checks bum for bite marks]

By the way, I love the little bird on your head Dwork- nice touch :)

I hope everyone's having a good holiday so far.

Uh suuure Jack. I believed that for all of .01 seconds ;)

I guess it doesn't have to be a trick question, I'm just being facetious that's all. My point was that women are known for asking trick questions. By the strictly biological definition I am a woman, but I don't think of myself like that... and 'girls' and 'females' didn't go as well as 'women' did, so I went with that and then just played along from there :)

Thank-you Kali, I liked the little robin too.  Felt it finished the picture.

Any bite marks on Jack's bum will likely have Hunter's bite radius...

Grins, should have known you’d have come up with that one Dworkin.

Kali: I figured as much, you were being facetious that is so was I. Though we could probably tack on childish and teasing to mine as well. :p