KK Chat -- 7 February 2016

[DesertRose]

Feb 07 17:17:53 *   KK has joined
Feb 07 17:17:59 <The_Bee>   Hi KK
Feb 07 17:18:03 <revanne>   indeed Evie
Feb 07 17:18:03 <Demercia>   Hi properly then.  I'm the wrong side of the Pond for regular chat
Feb 07 17:18:05 <drakensis>   hello
Feb 07 17:18:07 <Evie>   hi KK
Feb 07 17:18:08 <KK>   Hello all.
Feb 07 17:18:14 <revanne>   Hi KK
Feb 07 17:18:17 <Eyikl>   Yeah, my Cucus night was fine.
Feb 07 17:18:24 <Demercia>   Hi. KK
Feb 07 17:18:37 <Eyikl>   Hi KK.
Feb 07 17:18:56 *   Shiral (~Shiral@OWIRCN-e6adf1cc.ca.comcast.net) has joined
Feb 07 17:19:03 <The_Bee>   hi shiral
Feb 07 17:19:06 *   Shiral enters in a flash of blue steam
Feb 07 17:19:10 <DesertRose>   Hi KK, hi Shiral.
Feb 07 17:19:11 *   Demercia launches a large fish at Evie
Feb 07 17:19:11 <Shiral>   Hello everyone
Feb 07 17:19:23 <Demercia>   Hi Shiral
Feb 07 17:19:25 <revanne>   Hi Shiral
Feb 07 17:19:35 <Eyikl>   hi Shiral
Feb 07 17:19:40 <revanne>   What's with the blue steam?
Feb 07 17:19:47 <Evie>   KK, we had fun celebrating Duncan's 924th birthday on the forum.  http://www.rhemuthcastle.com/index.php/topic,1681.0.html
Feb 07 17:19:51 <Shiral>   It's my signature entrance =o)
Feb 07 17:19:54 <Evie>   hi, Shiral!
Feb 07 17:20:17 <Evie>   Our other birthday person
Feb 07 17:20:30 <Shiral>   Hi Evie, hi Bynw, DR, Aerlys, Demercia Drakensis, Eyikl, KK Revanne and The Bee
Feb 07 17:20:31 <revanne>   Ah ok - missed that. I've only been around for a couple of years and not very quick on the uptake!
Feb 07 17:20:47 *   DesertRose breaks out magic birthday cake that is whatever kind of cake (or heck, whatever kind of dessert) you want.
Feb 07 17:21:11 <Shiral>   Oh good. I love a bit of Sachertorte. =o)
Feb 07 17:21:29 <DesertRose>   
Feb 07 17:21:38 *   Demercia loads some glasses of fizz onto the portal
Feb 07 17:21:40 *   revanne remembers she has a tub of cream in the fridge and fetches that.
Feb 07 17:21:48 <Evie>   Any news on those new ebooks, KK?
Feb 07 17:21:54 <Shiral>   I was a little late because I just got back from buying myself my birthday present of a new blu-ray DVD player
Feb 07 17:22:03 <Evie>   oh fun, Shiral!
Feb 07 17:22:05 <DesertRose>   Cool, Shiral.
Feb 07 17:22:08 <Evie>   We really enjoy ours
Feb 07 17:22:08 <Eyikl>   mm. I haven't had pineapple upside down cake in a while.
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Feb 07 17:22:26 <Evie>   I brought mulled cider. It's in the corner
Feb 07 17:22:37 <Shiral>   And I stopped to buy a little lunch in the form of a Chicken Pesto Panini
Feb 07 17:22:41 *   Aerlys (~47d963bf@OWIRCN-1bdd9d77.org) has joined
Feb 07 17:22:43 <DesertRose>   I had pineapple upside down cake for my birthday cake a few years ago, just because that was what I wanted.
Feb 07 17:22:48 <DesertRose>   Rehi Aerlys
Feb 07 17:22:50 <The_Bee>   wb aerlys
Feb 07 17:22:55 <Evie>   I read that as Chinese Pesto and was really confused for a second
Feb 07 17:22:55 <Shiral>   WB Aerlys
Feb 07 17:23:07 <Aerlys>   closed the wrong window
Feb 07 17:23:14 <Evie>   wb
Feb 07 17:23:15 <Shiral>   Noope, it's okay, it's just a chicken =o)
Feb 07 17:23:38 *   Aerlys tires to imagine chinese pesto
Feb 07 17:23:45 <Aerlys>   tries
Feb 07 17:24:01 <DesertRose>   Italian-Chinese fusion cuisine? 
Feb 07 17:24:05 <Shiral>   That would be....different, all right. I think I'll stick with the Italian variety
Feb 07 17:24:10 <Evie>   Well, I was thinking of a Chinese version of pesto, not a Chinese person covered in pesto, but I'm relieved to know it's just a chicken.  ;-)
Feb 07 17:24:20 <Eyikl>   Would they die the chicken red like they do pork?
Feb 07 17:24:46 *   The_Bee brings out honey, maple syrup and chocolate sauce to go on Revanne's cream
Feb 07 17:24:52 <Evie>   Red Chinese Pork Pesto, coming to a virtual restaurant near you
Feb 07 17:24:55 <Demercia>   Hope you have managed to lose all your snow.  It's blowing up yet another storm, we only started naming our storms last year and we are up to I already
Feb 07 17:24:58 <revanne>   Yum
Feb 07 17:25:14 <Demercia>   Imogen that is not no 1
Feb 07 17:25:15 <Evie>   Up to only 1?
Feb 07 17:25:16 <Eyikl>   yum
Feb 07 17:25:25 <Evie>   LOL
Feb 07 17:25:27 <Shiral>   We'll take any snow anybody can spare. =o) After last year, it should come in handy
Feb 07 17:25:29 <The_Bee>   I'm assuming you meant ice cream, Revanne
Feb 07 17:25:33 <Demercia>   Beat me to it Evie
Feb 07 17:25:36 <revanne>   Not storms. Naming storms was a bad idea it only encourages them.
Feb 07 17:25:38 <Evie>   I was going to say, wow, I'm moving to England!
Feb 07 17:25:39 <KK>   Re the new ebooks, Evie (there are 9!), I was trying to post to our site a couple of days ago, but couldn't figure out how to do it.  The publisher is Open Road, and then you search under my name and voila, there they are. 
Feb 07 17:25:57 <Evie>   Yay!
Feb 07 17:26:00 <DesertRose>   Actually, I don't suppose Italian-Chinese fusion is such an out-there concept, since Marco Polo brought noodles from China back to Italy.
Feb 07 17:26:15 <Demercia>   Do you know if we can get them in the UK KK?
Feb 07 17:26:16 <DesertRose>   Oh yay!
Feb 07 17:26:18 <Evie>   Email me if you need me to walk you through how to post again.
Feb 07 17:26:28 <Shiral>   Marco Polo made sure everyone could have Spaghetti in Italy for future generations
Feb 07 17:26:35 <Eyikl>   But were noodle Chinese at that time?
Feb 07 17:26:39 <Evie>   Or I might be able to find my original instructions if I search my email Sent folder
Feb 07 17:26:40 <KK>   They're ebooks, Demercia, so I don't see why not.
Feb 07 17:26:42 <Shiral>   Yup
Feb 07 17:27:07 <Demercia>   Oh good
Feb 07 17:27:09 <DesertRose>   Yes, noodles are a Chinese invention.
Feb 07 17:27:23 <Shiral>   Perfected by the Italians
Feb 07 17:27:27 <The_Bee>   Can you download ebooks on an ordinary PC?
Feb 07 17:27:36 <revanne>   ebooks are good because I can sneak in any number past DH.
Feb 07 17:27:44 <DesertRose>   LOL, revanne
Feb 07 17:27:44 <KK>   That I don't know.
Feb 07 17:27:59 <Shiral>   And they don't take up bookshelf space. =o)
Feb 07 17:28:00 <DesertRose>   If you have an e-reader app on your computer, yes, I think so.
Feb 07 17:28:00 <Evie>   http://www.openroadmedia.com/contributor/katherine-kurtz/
Feb 07 17:28:05 <Evie>   I love the ebook covers
Feb 07 17:28:07 <Eyikl>   But were they just Chinese. They sound like the sort of thing that would be invented multiple times.
Feb 07 17:28:16 <revanne>   He quite reasonably says that we have enough books to stock a medium sized public library.
Feb 07 17:28:18 <Evie>   It depends on the format, Bee
Feb 07 17:28:30 <DesertRose>   That's possible, Eyikl, but I know they came into Italian cuisine via Marco Polo from China.
Feb 07 17:28:38 <Shiral>   Well, I believe the concept of noodles came to Europe through Marco Polo
Feb 07 17:29:00 <The_Bee>   That's okay. I prefer a hard copy I can curl up with.
Feb 07 17:29:03 <Shiral>   And everybody thought they were a good idea, so they invented regional versions of it
Feb 07 17:29:13 <Shiral>   Noodles, that is. Not ebooks
Feb 07 17:29:15 <Demercia>   That's why I bought my kindle, to sneak lots of holiday books past my brother in law, who of course is the same as revanne's DH
Feb 07 17:29:15 <DesertRose>   LOL, yes, Shiral.
Feb 07 17:29:16 <Eyikl>   oh.
Feb 07 17:29:34 <The_Bee>   And then the Americas contributes tomatoes.
Feb 07 17:29:36 *   Evie looks at all the pretty ebooks and squees
Feb 07 17:29:53 <Evie>   Can't afford them at the moment, but have bookmarked for when I get a job
Feb 07 17:30:39 <Shiral>   I just repurchased Lodge of the Lynx in ebook format. I don't know where the paper back copy went, but I suspect it was a victim of my move
Feb 07 17:30:49 <revanne>   Am getting a bit confused keeping ebooks, tomatoes and noodles separate in my brain.
Feb 07 17:31:00 <DesertRose>   I have the site open, and I'll add the e-books to the static site later.
Feb 07 17:31:03 <drakensis>   don't get tomato on your ebook
Feb 07 17:31:04 <DesertRose>   When we're not chatting.
Feb 07 17:31:12 <Shiral>   Please don't put Pesto sauce on your tablet. Or tomatoes. =o)
Feb 07 17:31:26 <KK>   Thanks, DR.  Later, there will be some of the non-Deryni books.
Feb 07 17:31:28 <DesertRose>   Yay for e-books. 
Feb 07 17:31:30 <DesertRose>   Oh, good!
Feb 07 17:31:30 <Demercia>   Or static in your noodles
Feb 07 17:31:48 <Eyikl>   How would that work?
Feb 07 17:31:51 <Shiral>   It's awfully hard to read books in noodle format
Feb 07 17:32:00 <revanne>   Imagines lots of little electrocuted noodles
Feb 07 17:32:02 <DesertRose>   Just let me know when the e-books become available and I'll set up the links.
Feb 07 17:32:07 <Eyikl>   ouch!
Feb 07 17:32:13 <Evie>   Bee, to answer your earlier question, it looks like there is a version available from Amazon, which means if you download their free Kindle for PC to your computer, you should be able to download the books and read them on your PC
Feb 07 17:32:46 <Demercia>   Don't you have alphabetti spaghetti over there Shiral ?
Feb 07 17:32:59 <The_Bee>   Thanks, Evie
Feb 07 17:33:00 <Shiral>   I know there's an ap called Overdrive that can be used to download ebooks onto tablets, and I THINK onto PCs. Not sure
Feb 07 17:33:05 *   Laurna (Mibbit@OWIRCN-e847c143.res.rr.com) has joined
Feb 07 17:33:10 <DesertRose>   Hi Laurna
Feb 07 17:33:12 <The_Bee>   hi laurna
Feb 07 17:33:17 <Evie>   hi, Laurna!  We are just talking about KK's new ebooks
Feb 07 17:33:18 <Eyikl>   Hi Laurna
Feb 07 17:33:18 <Demercia>   Hi Laurna
Feb 07 17:33:21 <Laurna>   Hello everyone
Feb 07 17:33:22 <revanne>   Hi Laurna
Feb 07 17:33:24 <Shiral>   Well yes, Demercia. But it's hard to keep all the pages in sequence with noodle letters
Feb 07 17:33:31 <Shiral>   Hi Laurna
Feb 07 17:33:33 <Demercia>   True
Feb 07 17:33:44 <Eyikl>   Not to mention it takes a lot of noodles
Feb 07 17:33:57 <Evie>   I really, really, REALLY love the new covers, KK
Feb 07 17:33:57 <DesertRose>   Laurna is going to read that bit about noodle letters and wonder what we've been smoking. 
Feb 07 17:34:06 <Laurna>   LOL
Feb 07 17:34:06 <Shiral>   That too! I don't think Noodle Novels are going to take, somehow. =o)
Feb 07 17:34:19 <Shiral>   Or eating!
Feb 07 17:34:28 <Eyikl>   can't imagine why
Feb 07 17:34:29 <drakensis>   storing a book written in alphabeti spagetti could be difficult on limited shelf-space
Feb 07 17:34:29 *   Shiral offers Laurna a slice of cake
Feb 07 17:34:30 <Evie>   Novels written with alphabet soup noodles would take too long to write
Feb 07 17:34:34 <DesertRose>   Yeah, "special" brownies in chat tonight.
Feb 07 17:34:40 <Laurna>   Yumm thank you Shiral
Feb 07 17:34:48 <Demercia>   Lol DR
Feb 07 17:34:57 <Shiral>   What ever slice you get will be your favorite kind of cake.
Feb 07 17:35:00 <revanne>   Yes the covers are really cool.
Feb 07 17:35:02 <KK>   Yeah, my editor at Open Road used to be my Ace editor, so she knows my work and also has the background to understand what's needed.
Feb 07 17:35:14 <DesertRose>   Yes, I do like the cover art on the new e-books.  Very elegant.
Feb 07 17:35:15 <Evie>   KK would be putting out only one book every twenty years if she had to write them with noodles
Feb 07 17:35:16 <The_Bee>   good1
Feb 07 17:35:28 *   Shiral adds a pot of tea that will pour everyone's favorite kind of tea to the tea table
Feb 07 17:35:54 <KK>   And the dogs and/or cats would eat the noodles before I got very far.
Feb 07 17:36:00 *   The_Bee quietly sips her darjeeling with milk and honey.
Feb 07 17:36:07 *   NavaWazr (Mibbit@OWIRCN-cb677654.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) has joined
Feb 07 17:36:12 <Shiral>   Evie, Nodle NOvels would also preclude the possibility of re-reading
Feb 07 17:36:16 <Shiral>   Hi Nava
Feb 07 17:36:17 <The_Bee>   hi Navawazr
Feb 07 17:36:25 <NavaWazr>   Hi everyone
Feb 07 17:36:25 <Aerlys>   A book written with spaghetti would need to be in cursive
Feb 07 17:36:26 <revanne>   Hi Nava
Feb 07 17:36:30 <Eyikl>   Another reason to kept your books out of the rain
Feb 07 17:36:43 <Eyikl>   Hi Nava
Feb 07 17:36:50 <Shiral>   After all that work, you wouldn't want your work to get stale, either.
Feb 07 17:37:03 <DesertRose>   Hi NavaWazr
Feb 07 17:37:04 <Evie>   Nava, today's breaking news is....we have new KK ebooks!
Feb 07 17:37:05 <NavaWazr>   book written with spaghetti wouldn't last long at my house
Feb 07 17:37:05 *   Shiral offers Navawazr a slice of birthday cake
Feb 07 17:37:07 <Eyikl>   Well then it would store better
Feb 07 17:37:20 <Laurna>   Dry noodles have a shelf life longer than most marriages.
Feb 07 17:37:38 <Shiral>   "I dropped my book and it broke!"
Feb 07 17:37:50 <Demercia>   That's good , KK, the editor knowing your books that is.  I used to be really irritated as a child by a cover of one of the Narnia books which depicted a scene inaccurately
Feb 07 17:38:09 <Evie>   A book I had to write with spaghetti would be written with cursing instead, Aerlys
Feb 07 17:38:12 <NavaWazr>   I just went to an Italian deli last night, bought interesting pasta and some lovely cookies
Feb 07 17:38:23 <NavaWazr>   New books?!!  Where?!
Feb 07 17:38:29 <Evie>   http://www.openroadmedia.com/contributor/katherine-kurtz/
Feb 07 17:38:30 <Eyikl>   and yet not marriges amongst people I know.
Feb 07 17:38:35 <Aerlys>   wish I could stay. I gotta do a few things while Rhys is resting. I'll pop back in if I can and see if anyone is still herre
Feb 07 17:38:46 <DesertRose>   Okay, see you later, Aerlys.
Feb 07 17:38:50 <KK>   I actually got to give input on the new e-covers. 
Feb 07 17:38:50 <DesertRose>   Take care!
Feb 07 17:38:55 <revanne>   Glad you could pop in
Feb 07 17:38:55 <drakensis>   my copies of the Lost Fleet all show the protagonist in space armour with a big gun. which doesn't happen at all. ever.
Feb 07 17:38:57 <Evie>   OK, give Rhys a hug for me
Feb 07 17:38:58 <The_Bee>   seeya, Aerlys
Feb 07 17:38:58 <NavaWazr>   (takes cake and thanks Spiral for kindness and offers joyous birthday wishes)
Feb 07 17:38:58 <Demercia>   Bye Aerlys,
Feb 07 17:39:01 <Eyikl>   See you later
Feb 07 17:39:05 <Laurna>   Oh those covers are way too cool
Feb 07 17:39:29 <Shiral>   Nice covers!
Feb 07 17:39:30 <drakensis>   indeed. very nice
Feb 07 17:39:33 <Evie>   ]And whoever did the US covers for Lord of the Rings back in the 1970s was on an LSD trip, I think
Feb 07 17:39:37 <Shiral>   Bye, Aerlys
Feb 07 17:39:38 <DesertRose>   LOL
Feb 07 17:39:50 <KK>   Bye, Aerlys.
Feb 07 17:40:12 <Evie>   Not the covers featuring Tolkien's artwork, but the really psychedelic covers before that edition
Feb 07 17:40:13 <Shiral>   Well...,.that happened to a lot of books published in the 1970's.
Feb 07 17:40:19 <Demercia>   Covers are great
Feb 07 17:40:30 <Shiral>   Or at least the fantasy books in the 70's
Feb 07 17:40:35 <DesertRose>   This is true, Shiral
Feb 07 17:40:46 <drakensis>   pratchett had great covers
Feb 07 17:41:07 <revanne>   I seem to remember one of Tolkein's letters giving his opinion of the art work in question.
Feb 07 17:41:12 <Evie>   Though nothing quite beats those German (I think?) covers of Deryni Rising through High Deryni that I found online and posted the thread about
Feb 07 17:41:28 <DesertRose>   OMG yes.  Those were out there.
Feb 07 17:41:28 <Laurna>   I really like all three sets of covers, very nice KK
Feb 07 17:41:39 <Evie>   The ones that made them look more like Gor novels
Feb 07 17:41:42 <revanne>   The French covers are a little weird too.
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Feb 07 17:41:44 <DesertRose>   Yes
Feb 07 17:41:52 <Shiral>   I remember seeing the Lord of the Rings illustrations done by the Brothers Hildebrandt, and disliked them so much it almost ruined the books for me
Feb 07 17:42:21 <Shiral>   The French covers have almost no relation to what happens in the actual books./
Feb 07 17:42:24 <KK>   Ya gotta understand that continental publishers buy artwork that they like, books that they like, and then do their best to match them up.  Original art is rarely commissioned for any give book.  Which somewhat explains the disconnect.
Feb 07 17:42:29 <Eyikl>   covers are like blurbs: they are advertising trying to explain a complex plot in not a lot of space
Feb 07 17:42:34 <Eyikl>   I think
Feb 07 17:42:38 <NavaWazr>   I remember the  Hildebrandts!  they seemed to be on every cover in the 70s
Feb 07 17:42:42 <revanne>   That explains a lot KK.
Feb 07 17:43:00 <Demercia>   Ah didn't know that KK
Feb 07 17:43:06 <DesertRose>   Ah, I see, with regards to the artwork-actual book disconnect.
Feb 07 17:43:12 <Eyikl>   interesting
Feb 07 17:43:15 <Shiral>   Commissioned book covers would be expensive. But perhaps the artists would feel more motivated to do a good job
Feb 07 17:43:40 <Eyikl>   So why don't we see covers to different books with the same artwork?
Feb 07 17:43:53 <Shiral>   However, I very much like Alan Lee's Tolkien illustrations. I find them much more evocative of Middle Earth
Feb 07 17:44:16 <Demercia>   Yes I like those too Shiral
Feb 07 17:44:36 <Evie>   Once it's assigned to a book, the cover is probably off the market to others.  At least that's how it works for commissioned cover art for self-published books.
Feb 07 17:44:43 <drakensis>   A lot of 70s sci-fi books just feature fairly random Chris Foss art
Feb 07 17:44:50 <Eyikl>   ah
Feb 07 17:45:04 <Shiral>   (And well, much better as art, even if I knew nothing about the books they were illustrating
Feb 07 17:45:47 <Eyikl>   His art does look nice
Feb 07 17:46:22 <KK>   The new e-covers--and remember that these have to be very small--are mostly clip-art or computer-generated, so there isn't the detail you'd expect in a regular cover painting.
Feb 07 17:46:53 <Demercia>   I like the simplicity of them
Feb 07 17:46:55 <Evie>   Yes, you have to have a cover design that looks as good and distinctive in a thumbnail photo as in actual book size
Feb 07 17:47:23 <Evie>   I like the font they used for the titles
Feb 07 17:47:31 <KK>   And a theme for each trilogy, to tie them together.  I'm pleased with the results.
Feb 07 17:47:44 <Evie>   I can see why
Feb 07 17:48:51 <Evie>   OK, I'm motivated to find a job quickly now.  The Histories of King Kelson are calling out to me.  :-D
Feb 07 17:48:55 <Demercia>   I suppose one of the reasons why book covers are so difficult is that everyone has their own imagined picture of the characters. 
Feb 07 17:49:29 <Evie>   And they don't normally imagine Duncan as an overweight Alec Baldwin.  ;-)
Feb 07 17:49:31 <Shiral>   I made covers of my own for some of my copies when the dust jackets fell apart
Feb 07 17:50:00 <Demercia>   And me, but they will have to wait in the queue behind the car tax and vet's bill.
Feb 07 17:50:19 <Shiral>   Yeah I hear you Demercia
Feb 07 17:50:26 <Shiral>   Necessities are a pain, sometimes
Feb 07 17:50:29 <DesertRose>   Yes
Feb 07 17:50:41 <revanne>   Brandysnap poorly again?
Feb 07 17:50:42 <Shiral>   Adulthood can be really overrated
Feb 07 17:50:57 <DesertRose>   I have to renew my driver's license next year, and it's going to be a real headache to do.  Ugh.
Feb 07 17:50:58 <Demercia>   No just annual jab and check up.
Feb 07 17:51:10 <Evie>   Yeah, adulting is a pain sometimes
Feb 07 17:51:17 <Evie>   That's why I take play breaks. ;-)
Feb 07 17:51:19 <KK>   Don't mention vet bills.  We have a cat who has lymphosarcoma, and vet bills for him for more than $1K just this month.
Feb 07 17:51:21 <DesertRose>   LOL, yes
Feb 07 17:51:28 <Demercia>   Ouch
Feb 07 17:51:32 <DesertRose>   Ugh, KK.  Yikes.
Feb 07 17:51:40 <Evie>   Ouch, KK!
Feb 07 17:51:53 <Shiral>   I just renewed mine last month. My official photo ID binary appears to be "Startled Bunny" and "Mean Mafiosa Mama." So I get to spend at least the next five years looking like a Mafiosa
Feb 07 17:52:10 <Shiral>   Ouch, KK. Poor kitty, too =o(
Feb 07 17:52:12 <The_Bee>   Yike!  Melantha's surgery cost around $1,000 too
Feb 07 17:52:17 <Eyikl>   But if you don't adult it just forces other people to adult harder 
Feb 07 17:52:19 <Evie>   Do you have pet insurance, by any chance?  I know most people dont, but that might end up being cost effective if you've got large vet bills
Feb 07 17:52:29 <Eyikl>   poor cat.
Feb 07 17:52:42 <Shiral>   What's the patient's prognosis, KK?
Feb 07 17:52:46 <KK>   Sad thing is he's the youngest of our cats.  He's hanging in there, though.  Liver and kidneys are fine, he's eating better every day, now that his mouth is nearly healed from all the tooth extractions.  I don't give him a long time, but it may be longer than we feared.
Feb 07 17:53:02 <DesertRose>   Poor kitty.
Feb 07 17:53:03 <revanne>   LOL Shiral.
Feb 07 17:53:08 <Shiral>   Poor thing!
Feb 07 17:53:12 <KK>   With 7 animals, pet insurance is not really an option.
Feb 07 17:53:20 <Laurna>   Take care of the little kitty
Feb 07 17:53:33 <Evie>   Yeah, I guess it's per pet rather than per family.  *sigh*
Feb 07 17:53:38 <Shiral>   Give him lots of love for however long you have him
Feb 07 17:53:50 <Laurna>   At least my last large vet bill produced 5 puppes.  2000 dollars for a c-section
Feb 07 17:53:56 <DesertRose>   If you don't mind me asking, which kitty?
Feb 07 17:54:05 <revanne>   Yikes Laurna
Feb 07 17:54:30 <KK>   Algernon.
Feb 07 17:54:38 <Shiral>   Francesca had to have a C section a month after I got her. I joked that I adopted the kitty with the Surprise inside
Feb 07 17:54:38 <DesertRose>   Aw, poor little guy.
Feb 07 17:54:39 <Laurna>   3 puppys sold covered the costs.
Feb 07 17:54:49 <The_Bee>   one of Cameron's?
Feb 07 17:54:51 *   Shiral sends healing woodgies to Algernon
Feb 07 17:55:21 <Shiral>   I also told her she'd used up all her emergency Medical care credit within her first 30 days of being my cat
Feb 07 17:55:22 <KK>   And he's getting lots of love.  He slept on my lap for about an hour this afternoon, and just ate about a heaping tablespoon of food.  If this goes on--keep fingers drossed.
Feb 07 17:55:35 <DesertRose>   Good that he's eating well.
Feb 07 17:55:42 <KK>   Yes, Bee.
Feb 07 17:55:43 <Shiral>   That's a hopeful sign,yes
Feb 07 17:55:57 *   The_Bee sends healing woodgies to Algernon.
Feb 07 17:56:03 <Demercia>   Fingers and toes crossed
Feb 07 17:56:13 <DesertRose>   Carys sends purrs to Algernon to help him feel better.
Feb 07 17:56:21 <KK>   Definitely still has a strong will to live, and doesn't seem to be in any discomfort, now that the rotten teeth are gone.
Feb 07 17:56:23 <Shiral>   Tell Algernon to Live Long and Pawsper
Feb 07 17:56:30 <The_Bee>   Melantha seems to have recovered well from her kidney removal.
Feb 07 17:56:35 <Eyikl>   
Feb 07 17:56:37 *   KK smiles
Feb 07 17:56:53 <Laurna>   gald to hear it Bee
Feb 07 17:56:59 <DesertRose>   Carys sounds like a little motorboat when she gets to purring. 
Feb 07 17:57:20 <Shiral>   Dmitri sounds kind of like a truck engine with fur
Feb 07 17:57:21 <KK>   I have Gus on my lap currently.
Feb 07 17:57:24 <DesertRose>   Hi Gus.
Feb 07 17:57:25 <Evie>   Luke and Gigi have come in and are having a mutual bath behind me
Feb 07 17:57:29 <Eyikl>   Oberon does too.
Feb 07 17:57:41 <DesertRose>   Carys often stations herself on the back of my desk chair but right now she's asleep on my bed.
Feb 07 17:58:15 <Shiral>   Dmitri tries to be a fur stole when I'm reading in bed, but keeps reminding me painfully that he has claws
Feb 07 17:58:29 <Eyikl>   awww. Your cats sound cute Evie.
Feb 07 17:58:30 <DesertRose>   Yeah, Carys could stand a pawnail trim.
Feb 07 17:58:45 <Laurna>   Archer is in my lap, after chasing my cat out the door and tripping over the door way and yelping when he hurt his foot.
Feb 07 17:58:45 <Evie>   They're a hot mess, Eyikl.  :-D
Feb 07 17:59:12 <Eyikl>   That's the best kind.
Feb 07 17:59:18 <Shiral>   I often say things like "Hi Dmitri....OUCH STOP THAT YOU LITTLE....!
Feb 07 17:59:38 <DesertRose>   I think Carys sometimes thinks her name is CarysNo!
Feb 07 17:59:47 <Eyikl>   Also sounds like some cats I know.
Feb 07 17:59:55 <The_Bee>   I'm very accustomed to be awakened by face-licking at 3 or 4 a.am.
Feb 07 18:00:03 <Shiral>   Dmitri understands that when I say  "Move I mean it NOW!" it really IS time to move
Feb 07 18:01:49 <The_Bee>   Do your cats pounce on the sheets when you're trying to make the bed?
Feb 07 18:01:57 <Shiral>   Oh yes
Feb 07 18:02:01 <Evie>   Waiting on photo of furry little miscreants to upload so I can share it
Feb 07 18:02:09 <Shiral>   And when I'm trying to fold and put away clean clothes
Feb 07 18:02:39 <Eyikl>   Is your cat trying to clean you, Bee?
Feb 07 18:02:56 <Evie>   https://www.flickr.com/photos/9573389@N08/shares/5pT503  Excuse the messy bed
Feb 07 18:03:10 <KK>   Evie, I like Duncan's birthday story, and his present.  Interesting head-dress on Helena.  She's wearing civvies, these days.
Feb 07 18:03:23 <DesertRose>   Cute pic, Evie.
Feb 07 18:03:38 <The_Bee>   I think she's telling me she wants breakfast.
Feb 07 18:03:43 <Eyikl>   nice cats
Feb 07 18:03:48 <DesertRose>   There's no snooze button on a hungry cat.
Feb 07 18:03:51 <Evie>   Yes, she was wearing a sweater dress before I made that gown for her
Feb 07 18:03:52 <revanne>   Cuties
Feb 07 18:04:01 <Demercia>   11 has just struck (I live very close to a large clock that strikes the quarters, all through the night), so better think about sleep.  Was about to say don't eat too many pancakes on Tuesday when I realised that might not be an American custom.
Feb 07 18:04:02 <KK>   Definitely true, DR.
Feb 07 18:04:19 <DesertRose>   No, Demercia, we do that over here too.
Feb 07 18:04:21 <Shiral>   Night, Demercia.
Feb 07 18:04:25 <KK>   It is, Demercia--at least for some of us.
Feb 07 18:04:30 <Shiral>   Pancakes on Tuesday?
Feb 07 18:04:34 <Evie>   And I found some ruffled trim that I figured would work well for a fillet and barbette.  I was going to make a veil to go with it, but haven't got around to it yet
Feb 07 18:04:36 <Eyikl>   Night Dermercia
Feb 07 18:04:40 <DesertRose>   G'night, then, Demercia.
Feb 07 18:04:41 <Shiral>   OH, right. Mardi Gras
Feb 07 18:04:46 <Shiral>   Night Demercia
Feb 07 18:04:46 <KK>   It's Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.
Feb 07 18:04:47 <revanne>   Shrove Tuesday
Feb 07 18:04:50 <drakensis>   night
Feb 07 18:04:51 <Demercia>   Night all
Feb 07 18:04:56 <The_Bee>   a FAt Tuesday tradition, pre-Lent.
Feb 07 18:04:57 <Eyikl>   already?
Feb 07 18:05:00 <Laurna>   Night Demercia
Feb 07 18:05:02 <Shiral>   Hmm.....I've heard of both, but not how pancakes fit in
Feb 07 18:05:06 <revanne>   Lent is upon us very early this year.
Feb 07 18:05:12 <DesertRose>   I took my Mickey Mouse waffle iron to a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at my church one time, assuming that I would be making Mickey Mouse waffles only for little kids.
Feb 07 18:05:12 <revanne>   Night sis
Feb 07 18:05:16 <drakensis>   very early easter
Feb 07 18:05:17 <Evie>   Pancakes are traditional for Shrove Tuesday
Feb 07 18:05:25 <Shiral>   That's right because Easter is in March
Feb 07 18:05:25 <KK>   Pancakes, to use up the last of the fat before the fasting begins.
Feb 07 18:05:30 <DesertRose>   Ha!  I was making Mickey Mouse waffles for kids who were in high school.
Feb 07 18:05:47 <Shiral>   This year, I'm giving up Lent for Lent
Feb 07 18:05:54 <KK>   I'd eat a Mickey Mouse waffle.
Feb 07 18:05:54 <Evie>   I'll take a Mickey Mouse waffle.  :-D
Feb 07 18:06:07 <The_Bee>   I gave up lent long ago.
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Feb 07 18:06:22 <DesertRose>   My mom still has the waffle iron and it still works.  It makes Belgian waffles in the shape of Mickey's face.
Feb 07 18:06:27 <revanne>   I normally give up coffee and Alcohol for lent but don't think I can do without either with a housemove
Feb 07 18:06:45 <DesertRose>   It's technically mine, but since DD lives with my parents, I left it with them.
Feb 07 18:07:01 <Shiral>   Reminds me that I used up the last of my coffee this morning. I'll have to go buy some more later on
Feb 07 18:07:05 <Laurna>   Wow Revanne, are ready for the big move?
Feb 07 18:07:06 <Eyikl>   Tuesday is also the start of the the Chinese  New Year.
Feb 07 18:07:14 <Shiral>   Year of the Monkey
Feb 07 18:07:18 <The_Bee>   year of the Monkey
Feb 07 18:07:25 <KK>   Wow, moving during Lent.  Surely that's penance enough.
Feb 07 18:07:25 <Shiral>   So I guess we'd all better Monkey Around
Feb 07 18:07:35 <DesertRose>   Hey hey, we're the Monkees?
Feb 07 18:07:46 <NavaWazr>   And people say we monkey around
Feb 07 18:07:53 <Evie>   Oh good, I'll tell DD it's her year!  (She has a monkey costume she wears when DH is dressed as the Steampunk Organ Grinder
Feb 07 18:07:54 <revanne>   February 14th is my last Sunday here then we have a week or so to pack up and move south.
Feb 07 18:08:14 <The_Bee>   Someone related year of the monkey to the presidential candidates.
Feb 07 18:08:14 <Shiral>   Moving is a penance at almost any time of year
Feb 07 18:08:27 <DesertRose>   Yes, moving house is a colossal pain in the bum.
Feb 07 18:08:30 <KK>   So you'll get your present parish started on Lent, then move to the new parish.
Feb 07 18:08:47 <Shiral>   So good luck with your move, Revanne. I hope all your belongings make it to the new home and parish intact
Feb 07 18:09:02 <revanne>   Yes - I'll be in my new Parish a couple of weeks before Easter.
Feb 07 18:09:09 <Evie>   If you can get me over there, I'll help you move.  ;-)
Feb 07 18:09:24 <KK>   So, I expect we won't see you for a couple of weeks.  We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers, though.
Feb 07 18:09:30 <revanne>   Thanks Shiral - as our new house is about half the size of this one we are having to be ruthless.
Feb 07 18:09:31 <Laurna>   Moveing job and house sounds stressful to me
Feb 07 18:09:31 <The_Bee>   Does your church assign you to a parish, or do you choose?
Feb 07 18:09:34 <DesertRose>   Do you get any help with the move?
Feb 07 18:09:36 <Shiral>   Enjoyed your Nunc Dimittis Story, by the way!
Feb 07 18:09:49 <revanne>   Thanks KK and Shiral.
Feb 07 18:09:55 <NavaWazr>   Oh yes, that was a lovely story!
Feb 07 18:10:22 <DesertRose>   Like, when my parents had to move here to Florida, because it was due to a base closing, they got help paying for professional movers.
Feb 07 18:10:23 <Shiral>   So...you're downsizing early. =o)
Feb 07 18:10:27 <Evie>   She made me cry.  :-P
Feb 07 18:10:36 <DesertRose>   Like you've room to talk, Evie. 
Feb 07 18:10:50 <Evie>   Yeah, well. :-D
Feb 07 18:10:54 <DesertRose>   LOL
Feb 07 18:10:57 <revanne>   I got to chose the Parish and then had an interview to see if they liked me, which luckily they did. Yes DR our removal costs are paid and we have a relocation grant of a couple of £K so quite generous.
Feb 07 18:11:05 <Laurna>   That and Gwynedd's twelve days of Christmas.  those stories were fun.  thank you for instigating those Revanne.
Feb 07 18:11:12 <DesertRose>   Oh, that's good, revanne.
Feb 07 18:11:29 <Shiral>   Letald was willing to talk, fortunately. =o)
Feb 07 18:11:42 <Shiral>   Other characters aren't commmunicating much to me
Feb 07 18:12:16 <revanne>   I made you cry then too Evie with the pipers piping. That was the only one I didn't plan out.
Feb 07 18:12:36 <Shiral>   I really enjoyed that one, too. Revanne
Feb 07 18:12:46 <Shiral>   So get settled fast, and start more stories.
Feb 07 18:12:49 <Evie>   You should have insomnia more often.  Oh, wait....
Feb 07 18:12:52 <Laurna>   Safe to say you made us all cry
Feb 07 18:13:34 <revanne>   I get visited by the insomnimonster often enough anyway thank you Evie
Feb 07 18:13:50 *   Evie is keeping a close eye on the time, since I'm taking DS to see Star Wars tonight, which he hasn't seen yet because his nursing school schedule is overwhelming this term
Feb 07 18:14:04 <Laurna>   Though I am not sure if I should forgive the Six geese a laying---- dead  lol
Feb 07 18:14:08 <KK>   How's he doing, Evie?
Feb 07 18:14:11 <revanne>   I hope he really enjoys it
Feb 07 18:14:27 <KK>   I haven't seen Star Wars either.
Feb 07 18:14:31 <revanne>   LOL Laurna. Sorry about that. (not)
Feb 07 18:14:40 <Laurna>   lol
Feb 07 18:14:41 <Evie>   He's doing well, so far, and has managed to keep his job while doing it, although he's had to cut back his work hours severely because he can only work on weekends now
Feb 07 18:14:45 <Shiral>   Nor me, either
Feb 07 18:14:58 <KK>   But last night we watched Cloud Atlas, which is quite an interesting film.
Feb 07 18:14:58 <Shiral>   Re Star Wars, that is.
Feb 07 18:15:01 <Evie>   and he needs some weekend study time, so that is limiting him to one day of work per week, pretty much.  But at least it's something.
Feb 07 18:15:26 <KK>   When will he graduate?  Another year?
Feb 07 18:15:30 <Evie>   Star Wars won't be at theatres much longer. Some locations have already stopped showing it
Feb 07 18:15:48 <drakensis>   it's had a good long run
Feb 07 18:16:01 <Evie>   I think it's a two year program, and this is his first term of actual nursing school rather than just pre-nursing classes
Feb 07 18:16:44 <KK>   Ah.  Another year, then.  And I expect he'll have some interning in at least the last semester.
Feb 07 18:16:53 <Evie>   Probably
Feb 07 18:17:09 <Evie>   He's already done some shadowing, even as a pre-nursing student
Feb 07 18:17:44 <Evie>   His university is big on giving them on-location experience even as early as freshman year
Feb 07 18:18:05 <Laurna>   It is a demanind carreer but a really good one,   good for  him
Feb 07 18:18:45 <Evie>   He eventually wants to be a nurse practitioner or a nurse anesthetist, but he'll have to work for a while before he can go back to school for either of those careers
Feb 07 18:19:21 <Evie>   and he won't qualify for my employee discount then, so he'll need a better paying job or a while to save up first
Feb 07 18:19:30 <KK>   Anybody been watching Code Black?  The head nurse is a really cool older man everyone calls Mama, because he looks after all his norses and doctors.
Feb 07 18:19:49 <The_Bee>   I have, KK
Feb 07 18:20:46 <KK>   Once he has the RN, I'm sure there are situations where one's employers pays for one to go back to school.  THe need for medical professionals is only going to get greater.
Feb 07 18:22:11 <Evie>   If he goes to work there at the university hospital, he should be eligible for one free class per term, and a discount on any classes he has to pay for
Feb 07 18:22:18 <KK>   I'm a sucker for medical dramas.  Chicago Med is another good one.  And I think it's Night Shift that's set in an ER in Texas, and has numerous veterans on staff.
Feb 07 18:22:37 <KK>   That sounds good, Evie.
Feb 07 18:22:58 <The_Bee>   I watch the whole Chicago trilogy.
Feb 07 18:22:58 <Evie>   Or at least that's how it is on the university side. He may be able to get better educational benefits on the medical side of campus
Feb 07 18:23:19 <KK>   Night Shift, not to be confused with Night Watch, that's a reality series set in New Orleans--also very good.
Feb 07 18:23:33 <Evie>   DD is addicted to Grey's Anatomy
Feb 07 18:23:43 <KK>   Well, of ocurse.
Feb 07 18:23:48 <Evie>   Though I'd consider that more of a medical soap opera.  :-D
Feb 07 18:23:51 <KK>   course
Feb 07 18:23:56 <KK>   Yes.
Feb 07 18:24:38 <Shiral>   The pygmy lions are hungry and circling. better feed them. BRB
Feb 07 18:24:58 <DesertRose>   Carys was trying to convince me to give her food when there is already food in her bowl.
Feb 07 18:25:07 <The_Bee>   Private Practice was even more of a soap opera. hard to keep track of who was sleeping with whom.
Feb 07 18:25:13 <Evie>   That makes it sound like they were considering eating YOU, Shiral!
Feb 07 18:25:44 <Eyikl>   Right, because the food in her bowl wasn't good food.
Feb 07 18:26:05 <DesertRose>   Never mind that what I would put in her bowl would be more of the same food. 
Feb 07 18:26:06 <Laurna>   KK we were talking about medieval war horses on the forum.  Do you consider R'kassi stallions to be Spanish horses, Arabs or warmbloods?  I was thinking Andalusian but I need to ask you.
Feb 07 18:26:26 <KK>   Never could get into Private Practice--perhaps exactly for the reasons you suggest.
Feb 07 18:27:03 <KK>   R'Kassan stallions--maybe Arab-Andalusians?
Feb 07 18:27:25 <Laurna>   Yah   good to know
Feb 07 18:27:55 <The_Bee>   not familiar with Andalusians
Feb 07 18:28:08 <KK>   Ladyhawke.
Feb 07 18:28:14 <Evie>   There are cold-blooded horses?  *imagines reptilian horses sunning on rocks*
Feb 07 18:28:33 <revanne>   Yes, I wondered that Evie.
Feb 07 18:28:35 <The_Bee>   I saw theat movie years ago.
Feb 07 18:28:36 <Laurna>   Think of the spanish riding school 
Feb 07 18:28:37 <Evie>   Yeeessssss, that horse in Ladyhawke!  *swoon*
Feb 07 18:28:53 <Laurna>    Lady hawke was a freisian,  warmblood
Feb 07 18:29:06 <The_Bee>   Lipizanners
Feb 07 18:29:22 <Laurna>   Lipizannrs are spanish hot blooded
Feb 07 18:29:32 <Laurna>   Drafts are cold blodded.
Feb 07 18:29:42 <KK>   Scott nearly lost it, when we saw that in the theatre.  And it <was> Freisian, you're right.
Feb 07 18:29:45 <Shiral>   Lipizzaners would make a fitting royal steed
Feb 07 18:30:15 <KK>   But they aren't very big.  Not big enough to carry an armored man.
Feb 07 18:30:24 <Shiral>   Well....R'Kassans would also make excellent saddle horses
Feb 07 18:30:43 <Evie>   Me watching Etienne Navarre on screen.  "Oh look, it's Alaric! When's Duncan going to show up?"  Sadly, he didn't.  :-D
Feb 07 18:30:53 <Laurna>   I so loved freisians  after that movie that I breed my three mares to a stunning Freisian stallian. named Mielle.  that is how I now have three half freisian/ throughbred crosses
Feb 07 18:30:56 <KK>   And of course, there are size variations, even within the breed.
Feb 07 18:30:58 <Shiral>   That's about how I thought too, Evie!
Feb 07 18:31:07 <The_Bee>   A lot of plow horses were probably originally bred to carry men in armor.
Feb 07 18:31:21 <KK>   Those must be magnificent horses, Laurna.
Feb 07 18:31:54 <Laurna>   Mine are beautiful to watch move.
Feb 07 18:32:13 <Laurna>   One black, one dark brown and one grey
Feb 07 18:32:27 <KK>   Lippizaners also have cement sides.  Takes forever to warm them up.  Scott used to own several.
Feb 07 18:32:47 <Shiral>   Evie, the cats were just constantly circling and making it hard to type. =o) That's their way of saying it's time for their meal
Feb 07 18:33:04 <Evie>   Furry sharks
Feb 07 18:33:14 <The_Bee>   draft horses, maybe, not plow horses.
Feb 07 18:33:17 <Shiral>   Very small wild cats. =o)
Feb 07 18:33:35 <Shiral>   Who tame down immediately after a meal and go sleep it off in the sun
Feb 07 18:33:37 <DesertRose>   Have y'all seen those video clips of big cats with big boxes?
Feb 07 18:33:39 <Evie>   Gigi is using Luke's chin as a pillow
Feb 07 18:33:55 <Shiral>   YEs. That's funny to see how similiar their instincts are
Feb 07 18:34:09 <Eyikl>   Do yours get more affectionate when they want to be fed?
Feb 07 18:34:09 <DesertRose>   If you give even a very big cat (like a tiger) a box big enough, the cat will get in it.
Feb 07 18:34:10 <Evie>   and the picture of the lion in the wheelbarrow
Feb 07 18:34:25 <Shiral>   And attack it, chew on it, drag it around....
Feb 07 18:34:26 <revanne>   Cassie has just woken up and is looking at me as though to say - aren't you ever going to bed and leaving me in peace? It's a dog's life but I guess I had better say goodnight and head off. Goodnight. Hopefully catch up with you all next month's early chat.
Feb 07 18:34:33 <Evie>   Luke is constantly affectionate, so it's hard to tell
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Feb 07 18:34:33 <KK>   Yes to big cats in boxes!
Feb 07 18:34:34 <DesertRose>   Yup, Shiral.
Feb 07 18:34:38 <DesertRose>   G'night, revanne.
Feb 07 18:34:39 <Shiral>   Night, Revanne
Feb 07 18:34:43 <DesertRose>   Hi TheDeryni.
Feb 07 18:34:45 <Shiral>   Hi TD
Feb 07 18:34:58 <Evie>   Goodnight, revanne
Feb 07 18:34:59 <TheDeryni>   Howdy all
Feb 07 18:34:59 <Eyikl>   goodnight revanne
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Feb 07 18:35:02 <Evie>   And hello, deer!
Feb 07 18:35:05 <KK>   Night, Revanne.
Feb 07 18:35:13 <The_Bee>   http://www.sciencedump.com/content/researchers-discovered-why-cats-love-cardboard-boxes
Feb 07 18:35:17 <TheDeryni>   Hi Deer
Feb 07 18:35:24 <Evie>   :-D
Feb 07 18:35:29 <Eyikl>   hi TheDeryni
Feb 07 18:35:48 <Shiral>   They weren't being so much affectionate as persistent, Evie.  If they were Deryni Cats, their mind speech would have been about one thing: WE'RE HUNGRY!
Feb 07 18:35:49 <The_Bee>   Hi TD
Feb 07 18:35:59 *   TheDeryni waves
Feb 07 18:36:03 <DesertRose>   FEED US RIGHT MEOW!
Feb 07 18:36:12 <Shiral>   In a nutshell, DR
Feb 07 18:36:23 <NavaWazr>   Ok I need to go make food for DH
Feb 07 18:36:34 <DesertRose>   Okay, NavaWazr.  See you later.
Feb 07 18:36:37 <NavaWazr>   Cat has been fed already (we have our priorities straight in this house)
Feb 07 18:36:39 <Shiral>   Bye, Nava
Feb 07 18:36:41 <DesertRose>   LOL
Feb 07 18:36:41 <Evie>   later, Nava
Feb 07 18:36:42 <NavaWazr>   Good night all
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Feb 07 18:36:50 <Shiral>   I see your cat has trained you well. =o)
Feb 07 18:36:57 <Shiral>   Oops. missed her
Feb 07 18:38:00 <DesertRose>   So, TheDeryni, LTNS.  How's it going?
Feb 07 18:38:14 <Evie>   Looking at book covers again, wondering if I can use Gimp magic to create miniature book covers so the Mini-Deryni can read their own histories.  :-D
Feb 07 18:38:29 <DesertRose>   LOL, Evie.
Feb 07 18:38:33 <Eyikl>   nicelol
Feb 07 18:38:54 <TheDeryni>   I have been without a phone in like forever.
Feb 07 18:39:04 <Evie>   Ouch, TD!
Feb 07 18:39:08 <DesertRose>   That's no fun.
Feb 07 18:39:26 <The_Bee>   how come?
Feb 07 18:39:34 <Eyikl>   oh dear. Why?
Feb 07 18:39:42 <TheDeryni>   Now I have to learn irc all over again
Feb 07 18:40:12 <Evie>   fortunately that's not too hard
Feb 07 18:40:24 <The_Bee>   How did you get here today?
Feb 07 18:40:49 <TheDeryni>   I have new phone. Yay!
Feb 07 18:40:54 <DesertRose>   Yay for new phone!
Feb 07 18:40:59 <Evie>   Yay!
Feb 07 18:41:19 <The_Bee>   
Feb 07 18:41:43 <Evie>   I need my phone. It's my portable computer when the laptop isn't with me.  :-)
Feb 07 18:41:54 <TheDeryni>   Thank you for the birthday wishes DR
Feb 07 18:42:02 <DesertRose>   You're welcome. 
Feb 07 18:42:11 <Evie>   Happy birthday!  Have a deer, it's on the house.
Feb 07 18:42:12 <Shiral>   Yes, thanks everyone for the Birthday wishes
Feb 07 18:42:28 <Shiral>   And happy birthday to you, The Deryni
Feb 07 18:42:37 <DesertRose>   We were having magic chat birthday cake that's whatever kind of dessert you want it to be, since Shiral just had her birthday too.
Feb 07 18:42:48 <DesertRose>   So have some dessert. 
Feb 07 18:42:49 <Evie>   And so did Duncan McLain
Feb 07 18:42:57 <TheDeryni>   Not until the 19th
Feb 07 18:43:26 <Evie>   Duncan is 924, IIRC, but I don't think he looks a day over 500.
Feb 07 18:43:27 <Shiral>   Well.... so we're a little ahead of the curve. Have some early virtual birthday cake for practice
Feb 07 18:43:27 <TheDeryni>   Ah
Feb 07 18:43:35 <Eyikl>   happy early birthday, then
Feb 07 18:43:44 *   TheDeryni Yummy
Feb 07 18:44:42 <Evie>   brb, grabbing quick snack since I will be going to the movie theatre straight from chat, probably
Feb 07 18:46:29 <Evie>   Can't pay movie theatre prices for food. Movie theatre prices for movies are bad enough! Fortunately I got some movie passes for Christmas
Feb 07 18:46:53 <TheDeryni>   I have to go eat
Feb 07 18:47:23 <TheDeryni>   I'll be back soon. Bye all for now
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Feb 07 18:47:32 <The_Bee>   bye TD
Feb 07 18:47:43 <Shiral>   oops, TD disappeared
Feb 07 18:47:47 <DesertRose>   Shucks, I missed him.
Feb 07 18:48:14 <Shiral>   Yup, Movie concession stands are highway robbery
Feb 07 18:49:19 <Laurna>    I am off, Enjoy your movie evie  and KK I love the ebook covers.
Feb 07 18:49:26 <DesertRose>   Okay, see you, Laurna.
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Feb 07 18:49:30 <DesertRose>   Have a good week.
Feb 07 18:49:32 <Evie>   These days the movie box office is highway robbery
Feb 07 18:49:33 <DesertRose>   Jemler!  Hi!
Feb 07 18:49:36 <Eyikl>   night Laurna
Feb 07 18:49:37 <Evie>   hi jemler!
Feb 07 18:49:42 <DesertRose>   I wasn't expecting to see you!
Feb 07 18:49:48 <drakensis>   hi jemler
Feb 07 18:49:48 <DesertRose>   Still in hospital?
Feb 07 18:49:50 <Eyikl>   hi  Jerler
Feb 07 18:49:52 <Shiral>   Hi Jemler
Feb 07 18:49:57 <Jemler>   Thought i'd drop by.
Feb 07 18:49:58 <Laurna>   Oh Jemler,  How are you doing?  glad you are here
Feb 07 18:50:02 <Shiral>   Bye Laurna
Feb 07 18:50:24 <Laurna>   Must say Hi to Jemler before I go
Feb 07 18:50:38 <Jemler>   Still in hospital. 2 more wks. Antibiotics are doing a number on me.
Feb 07 18:50:40 <Shiral>   Just making sure I didn't miss you before you left
Feb 07 18:51:08 <DesertRose>   Ugh, what a pain in the neck that must be.
Feb 07 18:51:17 <Evie>   Antibiotics can be a pain in the butt. Sometimes literally
Feb 07 18:51:21 <Jemler>   Kk just leave.
Feb 07 18:51:28 <The_Bee>   Hi, Jemler.  Glad you made it, but sorry you're not feeling better.
Feb 07 18:51:35 <DesertRose>   No, KK's been here for a bit.  Early chat this week.
Feb 07 18:51:55 <The_Bee>   KK's with the Idlers.
Feb 07 18:52:02 <Laurna>   Get healthy Jemler  It is an imperative.
Feb 07 18:52:03 <DesertRose>   She might be afk.
Feb 07 18:52:07 <Jemler>   I Know. Been dozing all day.
Feb 07 18:52:13 <Shiral>   Possibly a phone call
Feb 07 18:52:27 <Shiral>   Sorry about the anti-biotic troubles, Jemler
Feb 07 18:52:34 <Jemler>   Cant log from ipAd.
Feb 07 18:52:48 <DesertRose>   It's okay.  I've got the log.
Feb 07 18:53:14 <Laurna>   Good week everyone
Feb 07 18:53:19 <DesertRose>   See you, Laurna.
Feb 07 18:53:24 *   Laurna has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
Feb 07 18:54:22 <Jemler>   Im gone too. Just wanted to say hi.
Feb 07 18:54:48 <KK>   Hi, Jemler!
Feb 07 18:54:59 <Jemler>   Hi kk
Feb 07 18:55:00 <KK>   Good to see you back in chat, even if only briefly.
Feb 07 18:55:27 <KK>   So sorry you're having to go through more hospital.
Feb 07 18:56:03 <Jemler>   Long day today. They gave me an ambien that didnt kick n till 4am. Slept most of the day.
Feb 07 18:56:35 *   The_Bee cooks Jemler some fish so he'll have something to eat besides hospital food.
Feb 07 18:56:41 <KK>   Are they giving you probiotics to counter the nasty side-effects of the antibiotics?
Feb 07 18:57:41 <Jemler>   Not really. The abs gove me a bad taste in my mouth, so i use altoids.
Feb 07 18:58:30 <Jemler>   Well, night all. Ill see you whan i can.
Feb 07 18:58:43 <Shiral>   Night, Jemler. I hope things improve and soon
Feb 07 18:58:45 <Eyikl>   good night
Feb 07 18:59:00 *   Shiral tosses Jemler a bag of Swedish Fish
Feb 07 18:59:06 <KK>   Nighters, Jemler.
Feb 07 18:59:09 <Jemler>   Happy birthday to all feb people!
Feb 07 18:59:19 <Evie>   goodnight, jemler
Feb 07 18:59:22 <Shiral>   Thanks! I'm sure Duncan Thanks you, too!
Feb 07 18:59:34 <Jemler>   Nte.
Feb 07 18:59:50 *   Jemler has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
Feb 07 19:00:23 <drakensis>   clock has struck midnight. I'm off to turn into a pumpkin or something like that.
Feb 07 19:00:24 <drakensis>   good night
Feb 07 19:00:32 <Eyikl>   good night
Feb 07 19:00:33 <Evie>   Homemade split pea soup has hit the spot
Feb 07 19:00:33 <DesertRose>   Night, drakensis.
Feb 07 19:00:36 *   drakensis has quit (Quit: Nettalk6 - www.ntalk.de)
Feb 07 19:00:38 <Evie>   goodnight, drakensis
Feb 07 19:00:49 <The_Bee>   good night, Drakensis
Feb 07 19:01:19 <KK>   Well, it's 7.  Think I'll also head out.  See you next week at the usual time.
Feb 07 19:01:41 <DesertRose>   Okay, g'night, KK.  Thanks for coming to see us!  See you next week!
Feb 07 19:01:46 <Shiral>   Night, KK
Feb 07 19:01:50 <Shiral>   Thanks for stopping by
Feb 07 19:01:54 *   KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
Feb 07 19:01:54 <Eyikl>   good night KK.
Feb 07 19:02:05 <Evie>   goodnight, KK
Feb 07 19:02:11 <KK>   Nighters.
Feb 07 19:02:13 <The_Bee>   thanks for coming, KK
Feb 07 19:02:18 *   KK has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)