KK Chat -- 16 Jan 2011

[DesertRose]

[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:06:56] Join KK has joined this channel (~kkurtz@OWIRCN-b7b1e86b.va.comcast.net).
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:06:57] <Evie> :-(
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:01] <Evie> Hi, KK!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:02] <DesertRose> The language isn't that bad; it's one scene where Colin Firth drops the F-bomb about sixteen times in a row, and that's about the extent of the swearing.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:04] <DesertRose> Hi KK.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:05] <Shiral> Hello Katherine
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:14] <jemler> hi KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:15] <derynifanatic64> Hi KK!!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:25] <Evie> I know, DR, but my DD would still be playing mini-censor. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:25] <DomMelchior> Hi Katherine
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:28] <Shiral> With the life that king left, I didn't blame him for swearing at ALL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:35] <Kelric> hi KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:36] <Temprus> Hi, KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:39] <jemler> if you want to look up movies, go to imdb.com
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:07:43] <DesertRose> No, me neither.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:07] <KK> Ah, I see someone else has seen The King's Speech. Excellent. We saw it last night.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:15] <DesertRose> Quite a few of us have.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:28] * Evie experiences The King's Speech envy. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:29] <Shiral> Talk about a cold hard family to live in! At least circa 1936
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:34] <DesertRose> Seriously.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:39] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:39] <DomMelchior> We are all monarchists, after all.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:50] <KK> You betcha!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:08:54] <DesertRose> We were dream-casting the Deryni books and I got us sidetracked onto The King's Speech.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:09:10] <Shiral> In terms of royal families, the Haldanes seem positively warm and cozy!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:09:24] <DesertRose> I guess the Windsors are a little better than the Festils though.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:09:34] <Shiral> I thought Colin Firth would be a good Brion, although that would be caviar casting. =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:09:35] <Evie> and I found the still photo of Timothy Dalton looking like my mental picture of Denis Arilan, but he's too old now.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:09:37] <KK> Indeed. Though some of them were not so cozy.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:09:55] <derynifanatic64> even the tudors are better than the festils
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:00] <Shiral> As of Kelson's generation at least. NOBODY could call Cinhil cozy!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:05] <jemler> Llaric was a piece of work
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:11] <DesertRose> There are a number of actors who are too old for certain roles who would have been perfect some years ago.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:13] <Evie> Cockroaches are a step better than the Festils. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:18] <DesertRose>
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[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:32] <DesertRose> Hi Audrey.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:33] <KK> It's going to be interesting to see how William and Kate do. There are already ructions within the Royal Family.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:41] <Shiral> Well, Imre and Ariella kind of overdid "cozy"
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:42] <jemler> hi audrey
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:43] <derynifanatic64> llaric's madness seemed to start when his brother Donal died
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:50] <Audrey> Hi
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:54] <Shiral> Hi Audrey
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:10:55] <Evie> I hope Wm and Kate work out
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:11:05] <derynifanatic64> we all do
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:11:08] <DesertRose> Me too. It'd be nice to see SOMEBODY in that family get a happy ending.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:11:13] <Shiral> Good luck to them. May they do as well as Bertie and Elizabeth
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:11:16] <KK> Me too. Will be rising at the ungodly hour to watch the wedding live.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:11:43] <KK> Bertie and Elizabeth seem to have done well, though she had a looooong widowhood.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:11:44] <Evie> William was born a month before my goddaughter, so if he's not going to marry her, at least he can be happy with Kate. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:01] <derynifanatic64> kate has the same birthday as me
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:06] <jemler> Wm is as smart as his dad in picking pretty women, let's hope he's smarter than his dad and keeps this one!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:06] <Shiral> Yes. but they had genuine devotion to one another in his lifetime.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:13] <DesertRose> Yeah, she was the Queen Mum for a loooooooooong time.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:34] <Shiral> Well WM and Kate are closer to one another in age
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:39] <KK> But think about it. Who could she have married, after being a queen?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:40] <Evie> I watched the Charles/Diana and Andrew/Sarah weddings. Maybe I should stay in bed for this one so it will last. *sigh*
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[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:52] <Shiral> Hi Bee
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:12:56] <jemler> hi bee
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:03] <Evie> hi Bee
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:07] <DesertRose> If Elizabeth II lives as long as her mother, Charles will be an old man before he's king, assuming he even takes the throne.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:08] <Shiral> Maybe she didn't want to remarry
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:10] <KK> Edward and Sophie have done ok.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:10] <DesertRose> Hi Bee.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:12] <the_Bee> Hi shiral and jemler, and Hello KK!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:24] <the_Bee> Hi DR
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:27] <KK> Hi, Bee.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:31] <Shiral> Perhaps their being out of the public eye has helped their marriage
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:39] <Evie> Yes, Edward and Sophie are less in the limelight, which probably helps
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:44] <jemler> saving he best for last bee?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:13:44] <the_Bee> and hi evie and anyone else I missed
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:00] <KK> Yes. And I would guess that Zara and Mike will do ok.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:17] * Evie nearly typed "Seisyll and Sophie" out of habit. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:20] <KK> They're talking about a July wedding in Edinburgh for them.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:21] <Shiral> Public life can be really hard on marriage
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:30] <DesertRose> So how's the book coming along, KK?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:34] <the_Bee> Zara and Mike?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:45] <Evie> Princess Anne's daughter?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:14:53] <KK> Have finally gotten back writing. The holidays were....busy.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:02] <KK> Yes, Evie.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:02] <Evie> yay @ writing!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:03] <DesertRose> I bet. Holidays tend to be.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:06] <derynifanatic64> yes-anne's daughter
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:25] <the_Bee> ah.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:28] <Shiral> Is your mother still visiting, or has she returned to her home, KK?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:15:43] <KK> She went back on the 31st.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:11] <KK> She's doing fine. I'm still hoping I can persuade her to move here. We had a great time.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:12] <Shiral> Reestablishing post holiday routines can also be hard
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:14] <the_Bee> Today is my mom's 98th birthday.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:18] <DesertRose> Wow.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:19] <Evie> wow
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:26] <jemler> WOW!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:29] <derynifanatic64> very long life
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:30] <DesertRose> Happy birthday to Bee's mom.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:35] <DomMelchior> Wow indeed
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:35] <Shiral> My mom's 80th was last August
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:53] <KK> Yes. I only just got the tree undecorated yesterday; still have to dismantle said tree and ge3t it up to the attic.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:16:55] <the_Bee> My sister and bro-in-law may take her out to dinner.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:01] <derynifanatic64> mine's only 70
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:09] <DesertRose> My mom is a young 62.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:10] <KK> Wow, Bee! Congrats to her!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:22] <jemler> mine's almost 68
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:25] <Shiral> I didn't put up a tree, this year. Lively adolescent cats and christmas trees are a bad combination =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:34] <DesertRose> LOL, Shiral.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:47] <Evie> We had a mini-tree. The cats still tried to lie under it
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:17:49] <KK> So are stair garlands and lively adolescent puppies.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:12] <derynifanatic64> it's raining cats and dogs
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:13] <DomMelchior> Say KK, any chance that you might come out to WorldCon in Reno this August?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:13] <the_Bee> I string lights in my windows. No tree bc I'm not home for xmas
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:17] <Shiral> I'd have had to suspend a tree upside down from the ceiling.--Oo, KK therein lies a tale??
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:28] <KK> We still did it; and Booker still chew3ed one of the sets of decorations--fake fruit and the like.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:35] <DesertRose> Okay, supper time for me. Have fun, y'all.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:40] Nick You are now known as DR_supper.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:18:43] <Evie> LOL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:19:04] <KK> No, Dom Melchior. No time or money.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:19:08] <Shiral> Hope he didn't have indigestion. =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:19:10] <Evie> OK, so next Christmas we get Shiral a tree-shaped chandelier
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:19:41] <KK> Just chewed it up--and seems to have a cast-iron stomach, like most hounds.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:19:44] <DomMelchior> Speaking of puppies, Rory earned the final point for his championship yesterday. Andy and I are delighted he's finally finished
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:19:58] <KK> Well done that Rory!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:20:12] <DomMelchior> Thank you
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:20:14] <KK> Books goes back to obedience classes in a couple of weeks.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:20:24] <the_Bee> what did he have to do to win it?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:20:39] <Shiral> BRB, tea is ready
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:20:50] <jemler> dogs get christmas off from obedience class?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:21:14] <KK> No, the classes just worked out that way.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:21:14] * Evie puts out scones to go with the tea
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:21:18] <derynifanatic64> everyone needs a break for christmas
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:21:55] <KK> My arm needed a break. Tugging caused rotator-cuff problems, for which I've been doing physio for nearly a month.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:07] <Evie> ouch!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:07] <Kelric> owie
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:07] <Shiral> Owie
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:12] <Kelric> jinx
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:21] <Kelric>
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:47] <KK> So, DomMelchior, is Rory going to retire now, and maybe make more Rory0-puppies?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:22:49] <derynifanatic64> get well quickly
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:23:09] <DomMelchior> To be an AKC champion they need to win 15 points, Bee. It gets complicated, so I won't go into it further other than to say it took some work to get that last point
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:24:04] <Shiral> So then he can go on to the championship round?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:24:19] <Shiral> Or is he already a champion?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:24:20] <DomMelchior> We'll prpbably keep him intact for now to play with the big boys in the "specials ring" when they come to town. As for pups, that's up to his breeder
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:24:49] <DomMelchior> He is now a champion...hang on phone call
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:25:03] <jemler> put in a good word for him. Rory would appreciatge it!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:25:12] <KK> Rory is a Pharoah Hound, for those of you who don't know.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:25:40] <the_Bee> ancient Egyptian breed?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:25:41] <KK> He looks like the drawings on the walls of Egyptian tombs.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:25:48] <KK> And he's red, hence the name.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:26:10] <Evie> I just figured he was a Haldane. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:26:15] <jemler> an egyptian doberman pinscher?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:26:34] <Shiral> Find him a female named Noelie and he'll breed Haldane Pups?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:26:37] <Shiral> =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:26:51] <derynifanatic64> it's the national hound of Malta
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:27:08] <KK> I am now into transporting rescued Basset hounds. Have now transported 3 on the Basset Underground Railroad, which runs up and down the I-81/Shenandoah Valley corridor.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:27:29] <DomMelchior> (On phone with Andy now...at the dog show)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:27:44] <the_Bee> rescued from abuse, or owners can't keep?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:27:47] <KK> Very nearly kept the last one, but 3 dogs would be too much, and we didn't know how he'd be with cats.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:27:55] <KK> Yes, Bee.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:27:56] <Shiral> I'm all for rescuing any dog
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:12] <Shiral> Especialy from abuse
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:15] <jemler> Is Harriet Tubman one of your heroes, KK?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:18] <KK> These 3 wre strays that got picked up.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:19] <Evie> The only time I had a purebred dog (Chihuahua, years ago), we had someone come by with his hoping to breed her. We let the dogs meet...mine was utterly clueless as to what he was supposed to do with his pretty new visitor. About the time he finally had a clue, she was apparently offended by him taking so long to figure it out, so she stalked off. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:20] Join Alkari has joined this channel (Mibbit@B83485.77CD22.CD34CB.AA3C81).
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:26] <Shiral> Hi Alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:27] <jemler> wb alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:32] <Alkari> 12Hi all.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:35] <derynifanatic64> hi alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:39] <Alkari> 12still chatting
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:40] <the_Bee> hi alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:40] <Evie> Hi, Alkari!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:45] <Evie> yes. KK is here
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:28:51] <Alkari> 12Yay.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:05] <KK> Yep, we're talking dogs.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:18] <Shiral> So did Alaric's puppy ever end up with a name?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:21] * Evie hands KK a shield and armor to fend off Alkari's twenty-million questions. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:28] <the_Bee> and we're all speaking dog Latin.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:32] <KK> Alkari, you're showing up blue. How do you do that?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:42] <Alkari> 12LOL. No, I am magnetised and glowing, so no questions till I get my breATH
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:52] <Evie> she holds her breath a long time, KK. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:29:56] <Alkari> 12I usethe colour bar at the bottom of the page
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:30:09] <jemler> arfat, arfus, arfium
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:30:18] <Alkari> 12Hi KK anyway - Happy New Year and such
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:30:18] <Shiral> Cave Canem
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:30:37] <Evie> Cocacoli, cocacola, cocacolarum
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:30:44] <KK> It hasn't been mentioned; only that it's kind of become Bronwyn's dog, because it was living with her at Morganhall.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:30:58] <Shiral> Yes, Alaric
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:31:02] <Alkari> 12Friend had 2 Great Danes- and sign on gate saying "Never mind the dog, beware of owner!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:31:07] <Shiral> s been busy becoming a page
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:31:10] <the_Bee> LOL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:12] <Alkari> 12I hope Alaric also likes cats!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:14] <Evie> when we had the Chihuahua, I wanted to put out a sign saying "Beware Lawn Piranha." (He didn't bite, but he liked to act like a huge fierce creature)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:26] <Shiral> LOL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:36] <Alkari> 12LOL @ piranha
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:42] <Shiral> I've heard that dogs have no concept of their own size
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:45] <derynifanatic64> i've seen little dogs that didn't take crap from a bigger dog
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:45] <jemler> but you had to keep the grass mowed or you would have lost him
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:32:59] <Audrey> My aunt has a pack of chihuahua's that fought a coyote for their matriarch
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:02] <KK> He does. He's encouraged Bronwyn to ask the stableman if she can ahve one of the barn kittens.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:04] <Alkari> 12no - Jack Russells are BIG dogs in little bodies
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:10] <the_Bee> KK created Alaric, therefore he must like cats.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:22] <Evie> Andre didn't. He also was a hunting dog. He and Granddad would go rabbit and squirrel hunting, and that Chihuahua was better at it than the retriever Granddaddy bought for the purpose
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:23] <KK> Yes!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:28] <Alkari> 12Yay!! @ Alaric and cats
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:39] <DomMelchior> Sorry for having to bail earlier. Yes, to answer the now long scrolled away question, Rory in now a champion, and in fact had his first entry in the specials ring today. He won Best in Breed over the #2 PH in the country! And I'm now waiting for him to go into the group ring. What awild way to begin!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:33:58] <Evie> yay @ Rory!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:00] <Shiral> Go, Rory! Keep up the winning streak
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:02] <KK> Wow!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:10] <Alkari> 12Yay - what sort of dog?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:14] <the_Bee> congrats to rory
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:16] <Shiral> I never doubted that Alaric liked cats =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:33] <Alkari> 12well, touch for my story if he didn't
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:41] <Alkari> 12*tough
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:34:43] <Evie> Pharaoh Hound, Alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:01] <Alkari> 12I don't know those - will Google
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:15] <Shiral> Alaric loves his kids, so he'd probably put up with cats for Briony's sake, Alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:24] <DomMelchior> Rory's a Pharaoh Hound, Alkari
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:38] <Alkari> 12LOL. He likes them anyway , Shiral !!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:51] <Shiral> So everything worked out fine. =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:55] Join Elim has joined this channel (~Elim@survival.is.preparedness).
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:35:55] Mode derynibot gives Elim permission to talk.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:09] <the_Bee> good morning, Elim
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:17] <Shiral> Hello Elim
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:33] <Evie> so, we have Alaric out of the tree and where now, KK? Rhemuth?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:40] <KK> Gus has just joined me on my lap and wants to bite my rings.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:53] <jemler> wb elim
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:56] <Elim> Morning
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:36:57] <the_Bee> hi Gus!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:18] <Evie> Gigi likes rings. Also my thumbnail
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:27] <Evie> thumbs are nice to nibble, apparently
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:31] <Evie> especially if I'm typing
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:33] <KK> No, I'm doing the transition from sheep-chasing to tree--and then the next part is written, into the past where he has to explain to Vera how it happened.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:37] <DomMelchior> It's not good to bite the hand that feeds you, Gus
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:39] <jemler> bee, where's Melantha?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:40] <Shiral> Gus is a helpful cat. Francesca is curled up in the cat spa, which is what I call the back corner of my desk behind the lap top. She likes the heat from the halogen lamp
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:37:40] <Alkari> 12Hi Gus - and all othjer cxats present
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:03] <Alkari> 12Poor Alaric though, about to lose his father too
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:03] <jemler> jets 24, patriots 14 1:41 to go
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:04] <the_Bee> Melantha's on the arm of my recliner.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:12] <Evie> ah, so you can write out of order? I wish I could. My mind refuses to work that way, even when I know what's happening sequentially
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:16] <Shiral> So does Dmitri--he sits on top of the printer and baps her on the head so HE can have the cat spa
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:40] <Alkari> 12I always write out of order!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:40] <KK> Sasha is in the easy chair, and Oswald is sprawld on the rug. They keep opening the door and letting all the hot air out. Drives me crazy.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:56] <derynifanatic64> it's their house
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:38:57] <Evie> I'm away from home right now, visiting a house with Nice Kitteh and PsychoKitteh
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:39:28] <the_Bee> Alkari, what part of Oz are you?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:39:44] <Alkari> 12Does poor Alaric ever get another ponmy / horse to replace Cockleburr?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:39:56] <KK> I wrote several chapters--false starts--before I decided wehre the book was going to start. Which means I have to uwrite sections where I'd set up the chapters as book-starters.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:39:57] <Evie> PsychoKitteh is wearing some sort of aromatherapy calming collar, and it actually seems to have helped. He's only hissed at me twice this visit, and can bear to come within a meter of me now
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:01] <Alkari> 12Bee, I am in Sydney. NOT flooded
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:07] <the_Bee> Good.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:20] <Alkari> 12Everywhere else seems to be going under - very bad floods now in Victoria
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:33] <Shiral> Yikes
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:34] <Alkari> 12muich smaller towns of course, but still bad.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:45] <Alkari> 12Two years ago they were burning.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:51] <Alkari> 12Crazy country
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:55] <jemler> rename Autralia Atlantis (or would that be Pacifis?)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:40:59] <Evie> Alkari, if it starts to flood in Sydney, I'm sending several tons of gopher wood and some pitch your way
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:01] <Shiral> Look out for Blood and Frogs
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:18] <Shiral> SOunds like a lot of work, KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:19] <KK> Ah, Alkari. Your Danish princess just had beautiful twins las week.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:29] <the_Bee> and guard your firstborn
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:30] <Alkari> 12LOL. My home is 600 feet above sea level, so I am safe
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:44] <Evie> It's bad enough I have two friends in Brisbane to stockpile ark building supplies for
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:46] <Alkari> 12Yes, and she managed it perfectly KK - boy and girl
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:56] <jemler> Noah ring a bell?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:41:59] <Alkari> 12Well, Brisbane IS on a fllodplain
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:42:18] <jemler> and it's just plain flooede
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:42:20] <jemler> d
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:42:25] <Alkari> 12and if they hadn't built the big dam after the 1974 floods it would have been twice as bad
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:42:26] <KK> Yep. I suspect they may draw the line at 4. She's 38, I believe.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:42:34] <Alkari> 12Yes.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:42:41] <Shiral> And they're certainly living up to the "flood" part
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:03] <Alkari> 12well, the country has a history of climatic extremes
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:06] <Alkari> 12it is nothing new
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:08] <jemler> jets 28 patriots 21 24 secs to go
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:12] <derynifanatic64> it's definitely nasty down there
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:29] <Evie> I had some odd dream this week about Haldanes in Australia. I can tell what's been on my mind lately. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:31] Nick You are now known as DesertRose.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:37] <Shiral> Hi DR
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:37] <Alkari> 12ROFL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:42] <DesertRose> Hey y'all.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:51] <the_Bee> wb DR
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:56] <DesertRose> TY
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:43:59] <Shiral> Really, Evie? you're thinking about Haldanes? =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:07] <Alkari> 12So am I allowed to give RIchenda twins in due course, in honour of Mary?!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:08] <Shiral> Rehi, Desertrose
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:16] <KK> Now, how could that have happened?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:18] <Alkari> 12Hi DR - had supper?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:23] <DesertRose> Thank you. Yup.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:27] <KK> Of course.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:31] <Evie> I dreamed about next generation Haldanes just last night, Shiral. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:42] <Evie> though lately I've been thinking more of Arilans
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:46] <Alkari> 12LOL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:54] <Evie> so not sure why I was dreaming of Haldanes
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:44:56] <Shiral> Ah, and have they been breeding busily?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:45:12] <Shiral> SO much so they have to send the excess kids to OZ?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:45:13] <jemler> Jets win 28-21
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:45:15] <Alkari> 12KK, was that öf course"to Richenda and twins?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:45:47] <KK> Sure. Could be.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:45:48] <Evie> LOL! No, the Oz dream was something odd about floods and Javan Haldane was there for some reason. Kelson's son Javan, that is. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:45:50] <Alkari> 12Somehow, I didn't see her and Alaric stopping after Grania;)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:02] <Evie> and he seemed rather baffled about it too
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:03] <jemler> I wouldn't ;P
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:22] <Shiral> If Meraude can still be producing babies, why not Richenda? =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:25] <Alkari> 12LOL. Yes, I am quite sure Javan would be a bit puzzled about landing in Oz.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:32] <DesertRose> Meraude took a break for a few years though.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:35] <Alkari> 12My thoughts exactly, Shiral
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:47] <jemler> tell him to follow the yellow brick road
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:54] <Shiral> And look at Caitrin, having three children in her forties
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:46:56] <Evie> from childbearing, that is. Almost certainly not from Nigel
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:02] <derynifanatic64> i'd rather follow that red brick road
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:04] <Shiral> Caitrin was a tough old bird
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:05] <DesertRose> Yeah, I'm sure not from Nigel.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:15] <Shiral> Oh, DEFINITELY not from Nigel =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:22] <DesertRose> I wonder if there's some Deryni form of contraception?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:27] <Evie> "Nigel, I'm taking a long vacation to a convent." "No you're not; if you do, i'm renaming you Jehana"
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:47] <DomMelchior> Well, My Lords and Ladys, pray pardon me--I needs must make my way back to the munday world. KK, so good to chat with you again. Take care!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:47:50] <Alkari> 12EVen allowing for the fact that the first Europeans hit Oz in the 17th century, its still a little late for Javan
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:03] <Shiral> Night, Dom. Congratulations on Rory's success to date
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:08] <DesertRose> Night, DomMelchior.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:11] <the_Bee> goodnight Dom
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:12] <Evie> No wonder poor Javan looked totally lost, then, Alkari. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:16] <DomMelchior> Thanks...g'nighters
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:17] <jemler> Rothana said Deryni women knew the sex of the child they carried. I suppose they could sort of force a contraceptive.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:17] <Evie> Bye, DM!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:19] <Alkari> 12Bye Dome - good luck for further success with Rory
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:26] <jemler> night DM
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:26] <KK> I'm sure there is. And I think Vera probably teaches that to Alaric. Or maybe Se does. Alaric would have to be cautious about breeding Deryni by accident.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:40] <Alkari> 12Yes, I was wondering about that KK.
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[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:50] <Shiral> So does he um... have a few girlfriends before meeting Richenda?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:48:59] <DesertRose> Richenda is going to need it.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:01] <Alkari> 12Of course he would!!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:13] * Shiral doubts Alaric lost his virginity on his wedding night
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:14] * Evie takes a few notes to pass on to the younger Arilans. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:21] <jemler> he probably did. simple equipment check!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:30] * Alkari 12also doubts that, Shiral
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:32] <the_Bee> Alaric doesn't strike me as a wencher. That's Derry's job.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:47] <Alkari> 12No, but I don't think he was a virgin at 30
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:50] <Shiral> Yes, but he's no monk, either!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:51] <DesertRose> I don't think anybody is saying Alaric was the Rake of Lendour or anything.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:49:53] <Audrey> Which just means he was discreet
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:50:31] <DesertRose> Or Corwyn or whichever holding you want to stick him in at any given time.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:50:33] <Alkari> 12KK, when are you going to write the short story with their wedding - Alaric and Richenda? *pretty please*
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:50:37] <Evie> Rake of Lendour? No, that's Derry's job.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:50:39] <Evie> :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:50:39] <KK> Oh, yes. Though how far he does reains to be seen. The quewstion does come up when he goes to Bremagne for Brion to woo Jehana.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:00] <KK> how far he goes
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:02] <Shiral> Oh.... iiiinnteresting.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:12] <KK> Rewm
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:13] <Alkari> 12oooh - a teenage love interest forAlaric *grins*
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:39] <KK> remember that Brion has two younger sisters still at court.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:41] <Shiral> Hopefully not a little Bremagni Morgan being brought up in a Deryni-hostile land, though
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:42] * Alkari 12readies herself to take notes!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:51:49] <the_Bee> Wasn't Alaric pretty young during Brion's courtship of Jehana?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:01] <Shiral> I thought Jehana was his first crush, though! ;o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:07] <Alkari> 12LOL. WHo would find young Alaric very good looking, I assume?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:12] <Evie> Is all of Bremagne Deryni-hostile, though? i had the impression that was mostly Jehana, not necessarily the entire kingdom
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:13] <KK> Yes. But Haldane princess can be very....demanding.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:27] <Alkari> 12ROFL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:32] <KK> That remains to be seen.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:39] <the_Bee> Did they know their king was Deryni?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:45] <Shiral> Royalty does tend to be demanding
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:52:52] <derynifanatic64> jehana didn't know right away that alaric was deryni
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:14] <KK> And they're different The King's Speech showed that very nicely, I think.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:14] <derynifanatic64> brion had let it slip to jehana
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:20] <Alkari> 12didn't she?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:31] <Alkari> 12I tho9ught her problem was the actual USE of magic
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:32] <Shiral> One of Brion's bigger "oops" moments, I'll bet
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:53] <Alkari> 12Surely she knew "who" Alaric was?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:53:54] <Shiral> Unless he did it deliberately to see how she'd react
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:54:16] <Alkari> 12LOL @ Kings Speech. Wonderful movie!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:54:19] <the_Bee> Or it didn't occur to Brion that she'd mind.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:54:52] <Shiral> Since Brion's there to woo Jehana, Alaric would hardly acted on his attraction to Jehana--he'd probably just worshipped her from afar
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:55:09] <derynifanatic64> kk said that some of the most vociferous deryni haters were deryni themselves
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:55:18] <the_Bee> IIRC all the pages adored Jehana.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:55:40] <Shiral> Yup. And they probably all vie for Araxie's favor, now
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:55:53] <Alkari> 12Yes. And Alaric was only 14-15
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:56:14] <Alkari> 12actually, younger - he was 13 in the battle with the Marluk
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:56:40] <Alkari> 12KK, can I ask a totally different question - about Healers?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:56:40] <the_Bee> and that came after he was outed to jehana
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:57:06] <KK> Of course, there's a big difference between teenage crush on vastly higher rank unattainabkle woman and simple hormone surge re one that might be more attainable.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:57:17] <KK> Ask.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:57:25] <Alkari> 12There seem to be a few Healers at the Royal COurtin Torenth - are they brought in from distant Byzantyum, etc, or do they train them in Torenth?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:57:43] <KK> It hasn't come up yet.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:58:45] <Alkari> 12I was under the impression even in KKB that they were very secret and not available to anyone other than the King and immediate family
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:59:10] <KK> They've kept a low profile, other than the Torenthi Royals.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:59:43] <KK> Even in Torenth, they're aware what has happened to Deryni in Gwynedd.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:59:51] <Shiral> I would think that for their rarity, Healers would have a pretty high social status. And Torenthis seem much more sensible about Deryniness in general
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [19:59:54] <Alkari> 12The new relationship with Torenth then, will be interesting for future training at the Schola then
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:13] <DesertRose> With a Deryni royal family in Torenth, I'd think they'd have at least one healing Schola.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:18] <Alkari> 12Yes, but even the Camberian Council seems unaware of them
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:19] <jemler> i wrote a short story about the first healer for DA. I was told it needed filling out, but haven't done anything with more it.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:39] <Alkari> 12oooh - interesting, jemler
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:40] <Shiral> Well yes, but does the Council know EVERYTHING? ;o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:51] <Alkari> 12No, but they like to THINK they do!!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:52] <the_Bee> Wasn't Wencit harsh on any Deryni who wasn't related to or controled by him?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:53] <Evie> no, they just think they do, Shiral. ;-)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:55] <Evie> LOL
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:58] <KK> They do not.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:00:59] <Shiral> True!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:15] <Alkari> 12and some of them get snooty with "half breeds"etc
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:23] <Alkari> 12;)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:26] <Shiral> It would be interesting having a Torenthi Deryni join the CC....
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:32] <DesertRose> Seriously.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:34] <Alkari> 12no names, of course, EVie!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:37] <jemler> like Matyas?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:47] <Shiral> For a start, yes
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:47] <KK> Yipe, it's 8. Gotta go and do dinner for my guys.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:49] <Alkari> 12Yes - he was being groomed.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:55] <Shiral> Awww......
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:57] <derynifanatic64> Matyas would be good for the CC
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:01:59] <DesertRose> Okay, thanks for dropping by KK.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:05] <jemler> nite kk
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:07] <Shiral> Are their bowls empty? =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:10] <Alkari> 12Thanks KK - nice to see you
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:11] <derynifanatic64> goodnight KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:12] <the_Bee> enjoy your meal and your guys, KK. Goo week.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:14] <Shiral> Night, KK, thanks for stopping in
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:19] <Evie> I don't tend to think Denis gets snooty with Alaric for being a half breed so much as because Alaric is a bit of a wild card, but maybe KK could clarify?
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:20] <KK> Will try to be more regular in my attendance for these Sunday night chats.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:38] <the_Bee> come when you can.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:39] <KK> Wild card, yes.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:41] <Evie> good seeing you again, KK!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:46] <DesertRose> We're always glad to see you.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:48] <Shiral> Good luck with the writing, hope it's a productive week
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:56] <KK> And Denis has had to be so careful.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:57] <Evie> it's vivienne who has the thing about half breeds
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:02:57] <Alkari> 12he can't be anything else until he is trained!~
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:03] <jemler> tell your mom happy birthday!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:21] <Shiral> Booker is a Deryni Puppy? OH you mean Alaric =o)
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:28] <the_Bee> At church they all sang her Happy Birthday.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:28] <Alkari> 12Oh yes. But Denis can start relaxing now
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:37] <Evie> now that the corncob is out. :-D
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:38] <KK> See you next week, I hope.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:45] <jemler> he doesn't know how to relax!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:45] <DesertRose> We hope so too.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:47] <Alkari> 12Happy birhday to KK's Mum - another Capricorn
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:50] <Evie> we'll bring ice cream, KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:03:56] <Shiral> Tee hee! Bet he wishes there were more healers after that, Evie
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:13] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:19] <Shiral> Bye, KK
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:21] <the_Bee> I it KK'smom's b-day too? I thought LBM was july 4.
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:22] <KK> Huggles, all!
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:23] * Evie waves
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:26] <Shiral> It is
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:29] <derynifanatic64> bye
[Sunday 16 January 2011] [20:04:39] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: )