KK Chat -- 30 Jan 2011

[DesertRose]

[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:24:03] Join KK has joined this channel (~kkurtz@OWIRCN-b7b1e86b.va.comcast.net).
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:24:08] <jemler> KK!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:24:16] <derynifanatic64> 10hi KK
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:24:16] <DesertRose> KK! YAY!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:24:28] <Shiral> Hello, KK
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:24:36] <Audrey> Hi KK
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:25:36] * jemler sings 'The Sounds of Silence'
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:26:12] <jemler> how was your Christmas, KK?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:28:02] Quit EviePhone has left this server (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:28:34] <KK> It was fine. Lots of snow, happy time spent visiting with my mom here.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:28:57] <DesertRose> How's everything else, KK?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:29:10] <KK> (I got distractd by a messa ge asking if I wanted to upgrade my mIRC.)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:29:16] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:29:34] <KK> All is well, book is progressing wek
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:29:40] <jemler> i've gotten that msg 3 times already. i upgraded twice!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:29:40] <DesertRose> Good to hear.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:30:14] <KK> well, I've got a Gus on my lap "hrlping" me type and trying to eat my ring.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:30:21] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:30:30] <Shiral> I love Christmas coming, now I also love Christmas going, so normality can resume. =o)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:30:37] <derynifanatic64> 10LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:30:52] <Shiral> Gus does love jewelry
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:03] <KK> Especially rings.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:13] <Shiral> Dmitri has now claimed the cat spa behind my laptop
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:34] <KK> Nichols claims that spot behind Scott's laptop.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:34] <jemler> you better watch him. he might be a cat burglar!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:38] <Shiral> Gus is just a cat of good taste
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:53] <derynifanatic64> 10all cats have good taste
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:31:55] <KK> Yes, he is.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:32:07] <Shiral> Both my cats have discovered that Halogen lamps are an excellen source of warmth
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:32:11] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:32:42] <DesertRose> PJ has stolen a blanket that technically belongs to DD, but it's the cat's blanket now.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:32:53] <KK> I have a heater under my desk kneehole that I use in really cold weather.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:33:11] <Shiral> Talk about cat attraction, KK =o)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:33:41] <KK> Yep. Even has a remote.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:34:28] <jemler> is it a heat surge, KK?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:34:55] <KK> No. Seems to work well, though.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:35:09] <KK> Just have to remember to turn it off when I leave my office.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:35:14] <Shiral> As long as your feet stay warm, I'd say it was doing its job
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:35:15] <DesertRose> Seriously.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:35:51] <jemler> we have 2 heat surges here. we ran them all winter last year. our gas dropped $100/mo, and elec went up 30/mo.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:36:03] <Shiral> Whenever Francesca claims the cat spa, Dmitri sits on the printer and keeps bapping her on the head in a "get up, you're in my spot" kind of wa
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:36:09] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:36:46] <Shiral> He's an uber-brat
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:37:05] <DesertRose> PJ is a spoiled brat-cat but she has no other kitties to annoy.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:37:12] <derynifanatic64> 7cats are characters
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:37:16] <KK> They can be very territorial about their spaces. Gus has finally reclaimed the shelf basket that all the cats abandoned about 6 months ago. I have no idea why it's now back in favor.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:37:47] <Shiral> Who except other cats know why cats do things?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:37:57] <KK> True.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:38:00] <DesertRose> Oh, we've gotten two new members this week on RC.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:38:11] <KK> Yes?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:38:28] <DesertRose> One of them you know about, KK, because she has the son named Alaric.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:38:43] <DesertRose> I'm just happy to get real members and not spam bots.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:38:44] <KK> Right.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:39:39] <KK> I need to check in there more often,but am just too busy right now. Working on the chapter where Kenneth dies.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:39:47] <DesertRose> That is sad making.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:39:55] <Shiral> Aw.... =o(
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:10] <DesertRose> The busiest part of RC lately is the fanfic forum.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:18] <DesertRose> We've got LOTS of fanfic.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:19] <Shiral> Hard for Alaric and Bronwyn in particular
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:21] <KK> Yes. And it will be Llion who has to tell Alaric.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:33] <KK> And Bronwyn.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:35] <Shiral> Well, at least he does have Llion
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:40:43] <jemler> KK, are we going to find out how Kenneth got shields?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:41:08] <KK> I doubt it. Must have been from close association with Alyce, though.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:41:27] <Shiral> Contagious shields...
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:41:31] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:41:36] <KK> He dies wth her miniature in his hand.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:41:57] <DesertRose> Sounds like one of those scenes where the page is going to end up tear-stained in my copy.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:41:59] <Shiral> Was it a heart attack?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:42:03] <derynifanatic64> 7unless Kenneth has a small amount of Deryni ancestry somewhere in the distant past
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:42:12] <DesertRose> The page where Rhys dies is tear stained in my copy of CtH.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:42:21] <jemler> Alternative: He was descended from Jared McLains family, and he was descended from Camber. Latent Deryni genes?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:42:41] <KK> Quite probably. Brion comments that his loyal heart was worn out in service to Haldanes.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:42:58] <Shiral> Poor Brion, he's also losing a loyal friend
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:02] Join Evie has joined this channel (Mibbit@OWIRCN-9d54be96.al.charter.com).
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:07] <jemler> wb Evie
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:09] <DesertRose> And there's the Evie again.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:17] <Shiral> Hi Evie who's no longer a Telephone
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:18] <Evie> thx
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:22] <Evie> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:26] <Evie> Yes, at home now
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:27] <KK> Yes. And his loss will change much for Alaric.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:30] <Evie> and with proper keyboard
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:45] <Evie> Oops...whose loss is this I came in on?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:51] <Shiral> Well, Alaric will gain Brion as a more central part of his life. =o)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:52] <DesertRose> Kenneth.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:43:58] <Evie> ah
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:44:10] <DesertRose> I think it's going to be a tear-jerker of a scene.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:44:30] <Evie> it will be for me. I like Kenneth
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:44:32] <DesertRose> I commented a little earlier that the page is probably going to end up tear-stained in my copy.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:44:35] <DesertRose> I do too.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:44:41] <KK> Plus, he'll have to interact with the other royal pages rather sooner than hoped. Not fun.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:44:47] <DesertRose> Poor Alaric.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:45:04] <Shiral> Well, we know he manages to grow to adulthood, at least
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:45:17] <Evie> though hopefully not as much of a tearjerker for me was as Rhys' death...which had me weeping at 3 a.m. on a work day. :-D
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:45:24] <KK> That's true.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:45:31] <derynifanatic64> 7it will be hard for him with both parents gone
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:45:46] <Shiral> But he's going to have a rough adolescence
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:45:50] <DesertRose> That page in my copy of CtH is tear-stained. It makes me cry every time.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:46:06] <derynifanatic64> 7adolescence is rough for everyone
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:46:33] <Shiral> Well true
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:46:44] <Evie> rougher for some than others though
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:47:04] <Shiral> But most teenagers don't have archbishops who'd like to toast them like marshmallows
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:47:45] <jemler> Gorony to Loris: 'Please Sir, I'd like some s'mores!'
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:47:50] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:47:51] <DesertRose> BRB
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:48:24] * Shiral swats Jemler with a graham cracker
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:48:52] <jemler> all i need is chocolate, and a deryni to roast!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:49:04] * Evie puts a block of Hershey's chocolate on Jemler
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:49:09] * Shiral wants to know when Alaric and Brion head to Bremagne, but no pressure, KK
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:49:13] <jemler> where's Duncan McLain!>
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:49:23] <Evie> yes, where IS Duncan? ;-)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:49:50] <Shiral> hmmm.... there's a wicked thought... Alaric Morgan covered with melted chocolate
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:49:52] <KK> Right now, he's with Kevin, Alaric, and Bronwyn in Culdi, while Alaric's arm heals.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:50:13] * Shiral fans self
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:50:16] <jemler> oh, that's right. Alaric broke his arm.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:50:17] <derynifanatic64> 7this must be the Bethane incident
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:50:20] * Kelric resists making a ranma 1/2 reference...
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:50:40] <Evie> was watching Becket last night and hoping tonsures in Gwynedd, if they have to exist at all, are that small or smaller. :-D
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:51:03] <jemler> Rothana with chocolate sauce
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:51:13] <KK> Yes, Evie.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:51:31] <KK> Becket was an early inspiration for the look of Deryniland.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:51:38] <Shiral> Richard Burton.... too bad he's dead, or I'd have to cast him as SOMEBODY
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:51:44] <jemler> The Kings Speech. Did you read about the controversy?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:51:58] <KK> What controversy?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:52:19] <jemler> Something about Edward wanting to appease Hitler.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:52:57] <KK> No, he didnt. And even if he had, it would be no eason to detract from Colin Firth's brilliant performance.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:52:59] <Evie> Luke is sniffing screen and totally blocking my view. I think it's his way of saying hi to KK
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:53:34] <jemler> http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/nazi-smear-hits-kings-speech-oscar-campaign-20110123-1a17a.html
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:53:39] <Shiral> Since Edward abdicated, he kind of made himself irrelevant, politically
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:55:03] <jemler> my bad. it was george 6. "a Hollywood blogger accused the film of largely glossing over ''the Nazi-sympathising past'' of King George VI"
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:55:12] <KK> I've been reading the comments. Since the producers and screenwriters on this project are all Jewish, any question of this sort obviously didnt bother tham.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:55:29] <KK> them
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:56:56] <Shiral> The Blitz very likely took care of any remaining sympathy. It also rather discounts how interrelated the royal houses of Europe became by the 20th century. I once heard WWI described as "the world's biggest family fight."
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:56:59] <jemler> "While critics say there is some truth to the claim that George VI indirectly conspired with Hitler to prevent European Jews reaching Palestine, the British newspaper The Guardian has noted The King's Speech was scripted by David Seidler, a Jewish writer whose grandparents died in the Holocaust."
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:57:46] <KK> Yes! And I don't believe for a minute that George VI sympathized.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:57:47] <DesertRose> Okay, back.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:58:09] <jemler> i just read the article once.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:58:15] <Evie> wb DR
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:58:17] <DesertRose> ty
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:58:33] <KK> One3 also mustn't overstate how much power the sovereign actually had and has.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:58:52] <DesertRose> Right, and Colin Firth has Bertie say as much.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:59:01] <Shiral> We certainly coulndt have stopped Hitler without the allies being precisely that--allies
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [19:59:40] <jemler> my great uncle fought in the Battle of the Bulge
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:00:23] <DesertRose> My maternal grandfather was in the Army Air Corps (predecessor of the US Air Force) in the Pacific.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:00:31] <Evie> I fight the Battle of the Bulge every Christmas...oh, wait, THAT Battle of the Bulge! Never mind....
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:00:43] <Kelric> ^_^;;;
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:00:54] <DesertRose> My paternal grandfather didn't fight in WWII because he was a shipyard worker and they needed him where he was.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:00:54] <Shiral> All my relatives were the wrong age in WWII, but I had two soldier grandfathers in WWI
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:01:20] <derynifanatic64> 7my dad had a cousin who was killed at Okinawa
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:01:20] <Evie> I had an aunt who died in a Japanese concentration camp in WWII
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:01:26] <DesertRose> Yikes.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:01:28] <Evie> my mom never knew her
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:01:49] <Evie> Mom remembers WWII barely, but she was only 4 or so
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:01:56] <Kelric> I don't remember if my grandfather fought in ww2 or not
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:01] <Evie> but remembers her home island being occupied
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:10] <DesertRose> My mom wasn't born until after WWII but she remembers Vietnam quite clearly.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:28] <Evie> they called her "The little colllaborator" because the Japanese soldiers would give her dolls and candy
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:38] <KK> Scott's father was a lead bombadier on B-24's and led some of the biggest bombing raids on Polanc and Germany.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:42] <DesertRose> Oh Jeez.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:46] <Shiral> My dad turned 18 at the very end of 1945, so he didn't have to go fight.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:02:47] <DesertRose> Wow, KK.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:03:40] <Evie> My friend's former father-in-law was 18 during WWII. He drove tanks, and had three tanks shot out from under him, so to speak. Was the sole survivor twice, IIRC
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:03:41] <KK> When the war ended, he was on the west coast, gettiong ready to lead bombings in the Pacific.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:04:12] <DesertRose> Your friend's former FIL was a lucky dog, then, Evie. Guardian angels watching over him or something.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:04:15] <KK> My dad worked on planes at the Miami Air Depot.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:04:52] <Evie> my dad did aircraft maintenance during his Navy years. He was career Navy
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:05:10] <Shiral> My uncle served in the Nay in 1962-63, but all my brothers and male cousins were too young for the draft
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:05:47] <jemler> my dad got out of the army just before nam.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:06:18] <DesertRose> My bio-dad was in the submarine service during Nam; my stepdad was in the Army National Guard, but his older brother did a tour in Nam.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:06:20] <Shiral> IN the Navy I mean. Rented fingers strike again
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:06:25] <KK> They were quite an impressive generation, and did amazing things.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:06:31] <Evie> my dad was on the Oriskany during Nam, and saw John McCain at breakfast the morning before he flew the mission he got shot down in and became a POW
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:06:46] <derynifanatic64> 7i had an uncle serve in Korean War--walked out of the Chosun Resevoir
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:06:57] <DesertRose> Yeah, I recently read Tony Hillerman's memoir, "Seldom Disappointed" wherein he discusses his time in the trenches in WWII.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:07:15] <jemler> the uncle of a family friend won the Medal of Honor posthumously in Nam.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:07:18] <DesertRose> Wow.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:07:42] <KK> Tom Brokaw's Greatest Generation is well worth a read.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:08:01] <jemler> did you ever atch Band of Brothers?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:08:09] <jemler> watch, sorry
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:08:13] <DesertRose> So is Seldom Disappointed. Tony Hillerman has a way of making himself the butt of his own jokes that's quite amusing.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:08:13] <KK> Yes. Excellent.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:08:41] <DesertRose> I think my mom has "Greatest Generation."
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:09:42] <jemler> when i found out my uncle was in the battle of the bulge, i asked if he was in Easy Company. he said he was in another unit.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:09:45] <KK> Yike, I've gotta go and do supper. Hungry guys lurking in the background.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:09:55] <jemler> night KK.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:09:58] <DesertRose> Okay, KK. Thanks for coming by. Will we see you next week?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:00] <Evie> Buy them a cookbook. ;-)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:08] <KK> See you guys next week.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:09] <DesertRose> Actually, I won't see you because I'll be at a Super Bowl party.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:10] <Shiral> Aww.good writing this week, KK. Let's talk about Gwynedd, next time. =o)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:30] <DesertRose> Have a good week, KK.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:31] <Evie> and any movie news if you have some
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:32] <KK> Super Bowl? What's that? ;-)
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:35] <Evie> unless i missed that bit
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:35] <Shiral> Keep warm, and keep the kitty's warm
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:36] <DesertRose>
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:42] <Evie> Bye!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:10:58] <Evie> Luke the anvil finally got off my arms
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:00] <Shiral> I'm so irritated, The Super Bowl has taken over my b-day weekend. =o(
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:08] * Shiral doesn't care for fooball
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:18] <Shiral> or football, either
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:19] <Evie> The Stupor Bowl
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:20] <jemler> happy birthday,Shiral!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:21] <KK> No movie news; the prospective director is still involved in post-production of the latest film.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:28] <DesertRose> I don't care for football either. It's just an excuse for my friends and I to get together.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:33] <Shiral> That's next saturday, but thanks. =o0
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:42] <jemler> steelers are gonna loose!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:46] <Evie> happy early B'day
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:49] <Shiral> Thanks
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:11:55] <DesertRose> Happy birthday a little early, Shiral.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:05] <KK> Night, all.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:08] <DesertRose> Nighters, KK.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:10] <Evie> g'night!
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:11] <jemler> let's see, that makes you 26, right?
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:15] <Shiral> Night, KK
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:21] <Shiral> I'll go with that theory, Jemler
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:29] * KK steps onto hr Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday 30 January 2011] [20:12:44] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: ).