The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

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[16:44] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[16:44] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet KK
[16:44] <Duke_of_bad_examples> im in the USA too
[16:44] <Bynw> WHOOOT Katherine!!!!
[16:44] <Shiral> Hello, Katherine! Happy New Year
[16:45] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[16:45] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[16:45] <Duke_of_bad_examples> hi katherine
[16:45] <KK> Hello, and Happy New Year!
[16:45] <the_Bee> Hello Katherine
[16:45] <Tieg> greetings Katherine
[16:45] <Debbie-VB> Happy (hic) New Year right back
[16:45] <Duke_of_bad_examples> wow, finally get 2 meet u
[16:45] <Shiral> How has 2004 treated you so far, KK?
[16:45] <KK> Well, other than my computer having been Cameronized over
the Christmas holiday....
[16:45] <Shiral> Debbie, that's enough champagne for you!
[16:45] <Christophle> I'm in Lancishire. Which is Just over the Irish
sea from Co Wicklow. And the Irony is That I've Been going ape for the
books and KK is just over the water from me!!!!
[16:46] <Christophle> Hi Katherine
[16:46] <wrengl> hi katherine
[16:46] <wrengl> happy new year
[16:46] <Debbie-VB> ???Cameronised? did he expropriate it while
home?
[16:46] <KK> Well, hello and welcome, Christophle!
[16:46] <Shiral> Christophle just discovered the chat room and the
website, KK
[16:47] <Christophle> Hi Katherine, I've just found the web site &
chat room
[16:47] <KK> He upgraded my Windows ME to 2000, plus my Norton, and in
the process set all kinds of high-ranking security settings, so that
for a while, I could hardly even pick up e-mail.
[16:47] <Christophle> Opss
[16:47] <the_Bee> Duke was here once before, setting bad examples ;-)
[16:48] <Shiral> Sounds serious, KK =o)
[16:48] <Bynw> well going from Windows ME to 2k is a good thing
[16:48] * the_Bee is still on windows 98
[16:48] <Debbie-VB> Even Micro$oft brass admit ME was a POS
[16:48] <KK> I thought I had it sorted out, but just now, I had a
devil of a time even getting online. Had to go through my dialup,
then through my MIRC icon. Ordinarily, I can just double-click on the
icon, and it prompts me to connect.
[16:49] <wrengl> i went from 98 to XP in 2002
[16:49] <the_Bee> Debbie: who??
[16:49] <Christophle> xp is fab
[16:49] <wrengl> yes
[16:49] <wrengl> i like it
[16:49] <Duke_of_bad_examples> grrr, stupid tea
[16:49] <KK> I understand that ME is no longer supported, as of Jan.
1--so I sort of had to upgrade.
[16:49] <Bynw> XP is good ... ME is junk
[16:49] <Duke_of_bad_examples> me was the xp prototype that made it to
market
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[16:49] <DeryniBot> Sedina has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[16:50] <Shiral> Hi Sedina
[16:50] <KK> But I understand that upgrading from ME to XP can cause
problems.
[16:50] <Debbie-VB> Hi Sedina
[16:50] <wrengl> hi sedina
[16:50] <Sedina> hello
[16:50] <Duke_of_bad_examples> ya, hi
[16:50] <KK> Hi, Sedina.
[16:50] <Bynw> hiyas cuz
[16:50] <Christophle> Hi
[16:50] <Debbie-VB> I had no problems upgrading from ME to WP
[16:50] <Shiral> Upgrades can make you tear your hair out
[16:50] <Debbie-VB> XP
[16:50] <wrengl> i had to do the upgrade because 98 would not work
with my dsl
[16:51] <wrengl> did you get any writing done, katherine?
[16:51] <KK> Big problem was that 2000 wiped out my address book--but
he was able to retrieve it with a program he pulled off the
internet--for $30!
[16:51] <KK> I lost all my filed e-mail messages, though.
[16:51] * Debbie-VB thinks back to her first computer, a half-a-beast
running on 98
[16:51] <Shiral> Thank goodness, KK!
[16:51] <wrengl> i am actually working on Chapter 6!
[16:51] <wrengl> that happened to me when i upgraded
[16:51] <Shiral> Is that like Eric the Half-a bee, debbie?
[16:52] * wrengl remembers her first computer -- a tandy 1000ex with
no hard drive
[16:52] <Debbie-VB> no, in this case it was a 333 mega-hertz processor
[16:52] <Duke_of_bad_examples> lol
[16:52] <KK> My first was an Apple IIe.
[16:52] <Christophle> Katherine I was tellin' the room that I've JUST
managed to get your books again after a gap of about ten years 'cause
the stopped printing them here in the UK.
[16:53] <KK> I need to get more memory for my laptop. He insisted on
upgrading it, too--even though I never go online with it, and only use
it for word processing.
[16:53] <wrengl> glad you found them and us christophle
[16:53] <Shiral> Cameron out of control!
[16:53] <wrengl> lol
[16:53] <Christophle> Athough I'm waiting for " King Javans year"
[16:53] <Debbie-VB> Chris, they stopped printing them in the US too.
Most of katherine's catalogue is out of print right now :-(
[16:53] <KK> Cameron definitely has a mind of his own.
[16:53] <Shiral> And glad that KK managed to join us, today
[16:53] <wrengl> computer geek goes home to visit the folks
[16:53] <wrengl> i see a story in that
[16:53] <the_Bee> does XP make dial-up or modem connections work any
faster/better?
[16:53] <Duke_of_bad_examples> nah
[16:54] <KK> I think I've got spare copies of King Javan's Year,
Christophle.
[16:54] <KK> Yep, Wrengl.
[16:54] <Christophle> Ohhhh......
[16:54] * Shiral hands KK a cup of hot, perfectly brewed virtual Earl
Grey
[16:54] <wrengl> bee, one of the problems with XP is that some of the
old programs do not work with it
[16:54] <Shiral> BRB
[16:54] <Duke_of_bad_examples> im drinking yoga tea... has some sort
of enlightening herb in it
[16:54] <Christophle> Oh earl gray!!!! Shades of Picard there?
[16:54] <Debbie-VB> Pat's that's called planned obsolescence
[16:55] <wrengl> lol
[16:55] <wrengl> indeed
[16:55] <KK> For those unaware, Cameron is my son; works in network
security in Los Angeles.
[16:55] <the_Bee> most of the programs on my desktop, I haven't a clue
what they're for
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[16:55] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
Kiri`
[16:55] <wrengl> although i found drivers for the soundcard, printer
and scanner
[16:55] <Kiri`> afternoon everyone
[16:55] <wrengl> hi kiri
[16:55] * Bynw is gonna have to step away from the computer screen ...
migraine causing problems
[16:55] <Debbie-VB> I have been discovering how to use Word 2000
[16:55] <wrengl> then i dumped the printer and bought a new one anyway
[16:55] <Kiri`> oh poor bynw. go take care hi to tika!
[16:55] * the_Bee sends bynw migraine-relief woodgies
[16:55] <wrengl> i have the equivalent of Office Premium 2000
[16:56] <KK> Hi, Kiri. I started manicuring the DC files over the
holidays; got through about 6 chapters on first pass.
[16:56] <Kiri`> wow. nice going.
[16:56] <Christophle> Katherine, How do you like Co Wicklow. My family
tree is from Co Cavern.
[16:56] <Shiral> Hi Kiri
[16:56] <KK> Also, I finally have the starting point for the new book,
and even a few pages written.
[16:57] <Debbie-VB> YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY
[16:57] <Duke_of_bad_examples> how is the castle Katherine?
[16:57] <KK> Wicklow is beautiful; the Garden of Ireland.
[16:57] <Kiri`> can I ask what your starting point is?
[16:57] <Shiral> Excellent, KK!
[16:57] <Shiral> Good question, Kiri!
[16:57] <KK> The west wing of the castle now has a roof!
[16:57] <Christophle> FAB
[16:57] <Sedina> wonderful, Katherine
[16:57] <Kiri`> duke of bad examples? oh love it! *grins at the
nickname
[16:57] <Shiral> Marvelosity about the roof
[16:57] <Duke_of_bad_examples> lol, long story
[16:57] <KK> And today we discovered that the fireplace on the 1st
floor (2nd, to US folk) <is> connected to a still-working chimney.
[16:57] <Shiral> KK, I now have a copy of the Russian edition of
Deryni Tales. =o)
[16:58] <Kiri`> Katheirne - any idea when you'll need the last one?
[16:58] <the_Bee> are you the same duke i fought a duel arcane with?
[16:58] <Kiri`> Katherine - that's good news.. working fireplace! =)
[16:58] * Bynw is now known as Bynw[migraine-bbl]
[16:58] <Duke_of_bad_examples> yep
[16:58] <Shiral> Poor Bynw
[16:58] <Bynw[migraine-bbl]> tika is on vacation .... in vegas
[16:58] <wrengl> neat about the fireplace katherine
[16:58] <KK> Woo-hoo! <I> don't even have that yet, Shiral!
[16:58] <Shiral> I haff my sources, Dahlink!
[16:58] <Kiri`> shiral i want to see that. it's on my *list* of items
to get!
[16:58] * Bynw[migraine-bbl] goes to lie down
[16:58] <KK> Not for at least 6 mo., Kiri--though sooner is better
than later.
[16:59] <wrengl> take care bynw
[16:59] <Kiri`> Katherine ok. i'll have it ready when you're ready
for it.. =)
[16:59] <Shiral> It's quite thick, a hardcover book, and it has
attractive cover art that appears entirely unrelated to the Tales =o)
[16:59] <Shiral> It's quite amusing to see the familiar map with all
Russian writing for the place names
[17:00] <KK> I'll bet.
[17:00] <Duke_of_bad_examples> lol
[17:00] * Kiri` puts down hot tea, clotted cream and scones and
repostulates the phrase.. so what is your starting point? *sits back
all ears*
[17:00] <KK> I expect I'll receive my copies very soon.
[17:00] <the_Bee> shiral, do you read Russian?
[17:00] <Shiral> "Meara" looks like "MeaPa"
[17:00] <Shiral> No, Bee
[17:00] <Christophle> I like the cover pic of the hardback version of
" Harrowing..."
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> But wait till you get it translated and find out
that it is now Gwennedski
[17:00] <Shiral> But I'm a compulsive completist
[17:00] <Kiri`> shiral.. it's your work in there.. you Should have a
copy! =)
[17:00] <Shiral> I agree, Kiri
[17:02] <Duke_of_bad_examples> well, i got 2 go... its been short and
interisting KK... i hope 2 see u again!
[17:02] <KK> Three years after the infamous 12th Night when Septimus
colluded in the death of Krispin, as his brother Bishop Oliver kneels
at his grave and nurses bitterness toward Deryni in general and Alyce
in particular.
[17:02] <Shiral> There is an English title page, facing the Russian
title page, and the occasional identifying English sentence, but
otherwise it's all Russain
[17:02] <Christophle> shiral, you are not the Liverpudlian one from "
Deryni tales"
[17:02] <Shiral> Bye Duke of bad Examples
[17:02] * Duke_of_bad_examples Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[17:02] <Kiri`> nice seeing you duke of be!
[17:02] <wrengl> Katherine the Three Kings left us a triple surprise
this year
[17:02] <Shiral> Uh-oh, Katherine... <G>
[17:03] <Kiri`> Katherine - ooh sounds good.
[17:03] <Shiral> No, but I am in the Tales, Christophle
[17:03] <Shiral> "Dhugal at Court" is my story
[17:03] <KK> Not three kittens, I hope?
[17:03] <Debbie-VB> A triple surprise pat?
[17:03] <Kiri`> which was chosen over "Dhugal at the Spa" *flees*
[17:03] <wrengl> you got it, katherine
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[17:03] <DeryniBot> Tieg2 has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:03] <Christophle> Got you EM
[17:03] <Shiral> BAD Kiri, no Biscuit!
[17:03] <KK> You're kidding!
[17:03] <wrengl> Gold, Frankenscense, and Myrrh!
[17:04] <wrengl> a brown tabby, a light silver, and a silver
[17:04] <Kiri`> but i can't have the biscuit anyway! =)
[17:04] <KK> KIttens in the appropriate colours?
[17:04] <Kiri`> giggles
[17:04] <Shiral> Three Kittens? Have I missed something?
[17:04] <wrengl> yes, shiral
[17:04] <Kiri`> pat wow! congrats!
[17:04] <KK> Ooooh! Cute!
[17:04] <wrengl> Madam presented us with three kittens
[17:04] <KK> How old?
[17:04] <Shiral> Awww...I just luv wittle kitties...
[17:04] <the_Bee> how'd you get them?
[17:05] <wrengl> complete with the M on their foreheads
[17:05] <Debbie-VB> how are thumper and Gromett taking to the idea?
[17:05] <wrengl> little mary Kittens
[17:05] <Kiri`> awwww
[17:05] * Shiral has a soft spot for tabbies..
[17:05] <wrengl> Madam got raped, Bee
[17:05] <Shiral> Oh dear...
[17:05] <Kiri`> isn't that just always the way
[17:05] * Debbie-VB has a soft spot for kittens, period
[17:05] <the_Bee> are you sure is wasn't consensual?
[17:05] <KK> They don't usually birth kittens in the dead of
winter--speaking of which, I understand you guys are having quite a
one.
[17:05] <Christophle> Little mar kittens??? Am I missin' some thing
[17:06] * Shiral sends ear scritches to all Holybrook kitties
[17:06] <the_Bee> Wrengl's cat had kittens
[17:06] <Debbie-VB> We actually had SNOW here in Vancouver!!!!!!!!!
[17:06] <Kiri`> is snow in vancouver unsual?
[17:06] <KK> I understand that Boston set a new record.
[17:06] <wrengl> tabby kittens, christophle, have an M on their
foreheads
[17:06] <the_Bee> Yup
[17:06] <Shiral> Right over their eyes and the bridges of their noses
[17:06] <wrengl> supposed to be mary's kittens or something like that
[17:06] <KK> And M is for Mary--so they're Marian kittens.
[17:07] <Debbie-VB> Actually we usually get one snowfall a year, which
brings everything to a standstill
[17:07] <Kiri`> oh tha'ts what that means.. i thought perhaps it mean
little girl kittens or somethign
[17:07] <wrengl> yes it got down to 1F here yesterday morning
[17:07] <the_Bee> supposed to warm up
[17:07] <KK> What genders?
[17:07] <Shiral> No snow here, but the end of December and the
beginning of January were unusually chilly for us
[17:07] <wrengl> do not know yet
[17:07] <Christophle> oh right... sorry never had a cat. I was on a
totally different tangent!!!
[17:08] <KK> When were they actually born?
[17:08] <Shiral> Cats tend to crop up often around here, Christophle
[17:08] <wrengl> and she moved them amongst the boxes in the Maid's
Room next to the kitchen so we cannot get at them now
[17:08] <KK> Yup, most of us are cat fans.
[17:08] <wrengl> actually 7 january
[17:08] <Shiral> How do you feel about Chocolate, Christophle? That's
another popular topic around here =o)
[17:08] <wrengl> but close enough, just took the kings longer to get
to our house
[17:09] <Christophle> AGH... can't stand it!!
[17:09] <the_Bee> My sister's cat insisted on raising her kittens in
the drawer where Mom kept the cleaning rags
[17:09] <wrengl> lol
[17:09] <wrengl> sounds like a cat
[17:09] <KK> Then, they'd be--er--triskadecath night kittens.
[17:09] <Kiri`> this was a bit amusing.. my current back doctor siad
that perhaps i should consider going down to San Diego and working
with the dolphons and whales.. she's never had a patient who's got
such rapport with animals before (as the office dog scratched on the
exam room door)
[17:10] <wrengl> madam moved them first from their birthing spot to
Spook's Hidey Hole
[17:10] <Christophle> Ahm...Shiral. I'm I still in the right place if
I've never had a cat and dont eat Chocalate??
[17:10] <Kiri`> yes chris.. =)
[17:10] <wrengl> so kathi made spook a fleece nest by a radiator
[17:10] <Shiral> Yeah, you'll do. You love the Deryni books, and
that's the main thing
[17:10] <Debbie-VB> Don't worry Pat, she'll present them when she
thinks they are ready
[17:11] <Christophle> Whew...
[17:11] <wrengl> spook took one look at her grandkittens and ran the
other way
[17:11] <Shiral> A person of questionable taste, perhaps, but if you
enjoy the books, it's all cool. =o)
[17:11] <the_Bee> Peeps are an acceptable alternative to chocolate.
And Wrengl is a dog-lover AND a cat-lover
[17:11] <Christophle> Ta
[17:11] <KK> Adult cats who are not the mom usually think kittens are
some alien life form, created to annoy them.
[17:11] <wrengl> or she thinks, WE are ready
[17:11] <wrengl> or deserving
[17:11] <Kiri`> grins at KK"s comment
[17:12] <wrengl> yes indeed
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[17:12] <Shiral> So when the new book opens, Alaric is out of his
infancy, then, KK?
[17:12] <KK> Hi, JP.
[17:12] <wrengl> hi jp
[17:12] <Debbie-VB> Come to think of it, that describes most adult
human's reactions to young children that are not thirs
[17:12] <the_Bee> hi jp
[17:12] <Shiral> Hi JP
[17:12] <Christophle> Questionable taste!
[17:12] <wrengl> verra true debbie
[17:12] <jp> evening all
[17:13] <Sedina> speaking of kittens, I'll brb... Bueller has managed
to lose his toy mouse under the stove and he's going to keep up his
pathetic meowing until I get it out for him
[17:13] <KK> Yep, but Bronwyn is not yet conceived.
[17:13] <Kiri`> i see Beuller has Sedina trained..
[17:13] <Shiral> Well, one kid at a time. I'm sure Alaric was enough
for any parents to handle
[17:13] <wrengl> lol shiral
[17:13] <Christophle> Is this the first Childe Morgan Book?
[17:13] <Shiral> Bueller?
[17:13] <the_Bee> second
[17:13] <wrengl> just because Kelric is at least eight
handfuls.........
[17:13] <KK> This is the second one I'm just beginning; first one came
out in November.
[17:13] <Debbie-VB> second childe Morgan book. ITKS was #1
[17:14] <the_Bee> first is In the King's Service, out last November
[17:14] <wrengl> In The Kings Service, Chris
[17:14] <Christophle> right
[17:14] <Shiral> Hey, Pat, Kelric obviously got it from his dad. =o)
[17:14] <wrengl> lol
[17:14] <Christophle> got it last week from the US
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> as long as you keep alaric away from the honey jar
[17:14] <wrengl> good
[17:14] <Kiri`> knowing alaric.. he'd have charmed the bees in the
hive!
[17:15] <Kiri`> or is that duncan
[17:15] <Sedina> back...for now, until he knocks it back under the
stove again
[17:15] <wrengl> lol
[17:15] <Shiral> When did you get Bueller, Sedina?
[17:15] <Sedina> Shiral - Bueller (according to my sister) is my
nephew and my mother's grandkitty
[17:15] <jp> I hope that stove's not hot
[17:15] <Shiral> Ah
[17:15] <Sedina> he's just visiting...much to the relief of the girls
[17:16] <wrengl> so Bueller is back visiting, sedina
[17:16] <jp> do you have a cat named Ferris too
[17:16] <wrengl> just ask the girls -- he visits too often
[17:16] <Sedina> oh yeah...and he's surpassed Sadie in size. He's
taller and longer than she is, so he really can pin her now when they
play
[17:16] <the_Bee> LOL
[17:16] * Debbie-VB has a sudden vision of a cat with little kitty
luggage
[17:16] <Shiral> And Donal would be approaching the end of his reign,
I surmise...
[17:17] <Sedina> jp - my sister likes that movie and named him Bueller
just because she wanted to be able to call his name like Ben Stein
does
[17:17] <KK> Yes, but that's still a couple of years away.
[17:17] <jp> KK, why did you decide NOT to have Alaric be Donal's
childe?
[17:18] <Shiral> My friend Judy has a VERY large cat named Sage who
runs her house with an iron paw
[17:18] <KK> Kenneth turned out to be far more noble than I'd
expected, and I just couldn't let him be cuckolded.
[17:18] <jp>
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> IIRC, Brion was about 4 at the end of Kings
Service, so three years later he'd be 7 which means that Donal's got
about 7 yrs left
[17:18] * Kiri` is glad to hear that
[17:18] <Christophle> and do we find out what happens to Donels
children. OTHER than Brion and Nigel
[17:18] <Shiral> I'm glad for Kenneth and Alyce's sake =o)
[17:18] <the_Bee> extremely noble, if he and Alyce were that willing
to forgive Donal
[17:18] <KK> Nope, Brion was older than that.
[17:19] <Shiral> Brion was about nine
[17:19] * jp Such a lovely couple
[17:19] <Debbie-VB> My mistake. Me Bad
[17:19] <KK> We find out about some of them.
[17:19] <Shiral> No Debbie good, just can't count
[17:20] <Kiri`> any thoughts on Jiri?
[17:20] <RainbowDragon> Jiri?
[17:20] <jp> Debbie must have ex-display rental fingers to count on
[17:20] <Shiral> Redfearn
[17:20] <Christophle> oh. And will there be books to bridge " Bastard
prince " to " Deryni Rising"
[17:20] <KK> Bastard Prince to ITKS--yes, eventually.
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> We are hoping
[17:21] <Shiral> Major Coolness!
[17:21] <Christophle> FAB
[17:21] <Kiri`> ok so that 3 year sabbatical in Bali will be for the
orin jodotha books? *giggle*
[17:21] <Debbie-VB> 'course, we've got a list of books for katherine
to write that is about a mile long
[17:21] <Christophle> Still wondering who Duncan and Morgan are
decended from..
[17:21] <Kiri`> honestly i think we have her earmarked into the next
century..
[17:22] <KK> Bali is probably one of the <least> likely places I would
ever take a sabbatical; too hot!
[17:22] <Christophle> I.E Jerusha Or Tieg
[17:22] <jp> we may have to help with the task
[17:22] <the_Bee> Live Long and Prosper, Katherine!
[17:22] <Kiri`> KK - well yeah.. but it sure *looks* pretty
[17:22] <Shiral> Katherine, you've got too much writing to do to take
a Sabbatical! =o)
[17:22] <RainbowDragon> :-)
[17:22] <KK> I shall try to do both!
[17:23] * Shiral gives KK the Vulcan salute
[17:23] <the_Bee> Christophle: I thought it was Riesel
[17:23] <jp> don't go growing pointy ears though
[17:23] <Shiral> Oh, pointy ears are rather...distinctive
[17:23] <Christophle> nope shes not a healer
[17:23] <Christophle> its Jerusha
[17:23] <Shiral> Ah, but she could carry Healer genes
[17:24] <the_Bee> but she may carry a recessive Healer gene
[17:24] <Christophle> Oh. latent...
[17:24] <Kiri`> she needs to relax.. where better than somewhere nice
that she doen't have builders and all that where she can relax and
.. =)
[17:24] <Christophle> or recessive?
[17:24] <Shiral> Quiet, soothing surroundings that make it easy to
concentrate....
[17:24] <KK> I think I'd better sign off now. They're coming
tomorrow, early, to cut two doors in the back--big granite-cutting
machines that clamp onto the side of the building. It will probably
be the scariest day of the build.
[17:24] <Kiri`> yikes!
[17:24] <Shiral> And noisiest, too!
[17:24] <Sedina> oh my gosh
[17:25] <Debbie-VB> Tranquilise the fur-kids
[17:25] <jp> enjoy
[17:25] <Kiri`> escape to dublin!
[17:25] <Shiral> Well, Happy New year, and Happy New Book, Katherine!
Write well and build well
[17:25] <Christophle> Try gran canaria. 4 hours from the UK and fab
QUIET beaches
[17:25] <Kiri`> take care katheirne!
[17:25] <Tieg2> best wishes
[17:25] <the_Bee> Hope you have earplugs---for humans and fur-folks
[17:25] <KK> They won't hear it inside--and it gets water sprayed on
the cut while they're doing it. Still, should be fascinating.
[17:25] <Debbie-VB> Thanks for stopping bye Katherine
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine
[17:25] <Shiral> Thanks for joining us today, as always
[17:25] <Christophle> Bye Katherine
[17:25] <KK> Gran Canaria is also too hot for me!
[17:25] <Debbie-VB> have a great week
[17:25] <Kiri`> scandinavia?
[17:26] <Christophle> I love it!!!!
[17:26] <Shiral> how about the Mediterranean, Katherine? <G>
[17:26] <jp> Lapland
[17:26] <Shiral> A nice villa in the South of France?
[17:26] <Christophle> but I've got other reasons?
[17:26] <the_Bee> a mountain village?
[17:26] <KK> I don't know what it is about Brits and the Irish, always
wanting to flee to hot places and bake in the sun. Having grown up in
So. Florida, I got all that out of my system early, I guess.
[17:26] <Kiri`> a Lakehouse in Geneve?
[17:26] <jp> Rurapente
[17:26] <Shiral> A Swiss Chalet..
[17:27] <Kiri`> north pole.. guest of santa
[17:27] <KK> Cool climes are my favorite.
[17:27] <Shiral> A wee cottage in Scotland...
[17:27] <KK> Hmmm, black and white cat now demanding that I go to bed.
See you next week, folks.
[17:27] <Shiral> Wee, but comfortable and warm
[17:27] <Kiri`> night Katherine!
[17:27] <jp> bye
[17:27] <Shiral> Bye, Katherine!
[17:27] <Sedina> have a good night, Katherine
[17:27] <Christophle> night
[17:27] <Debbie-VB> Nighters, and Sleep Sweet
[17:27] <the_Bee> Skritches to Edward and the others
[17:27] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:27] <Shiral> Night, to Edgar, KK
[17:28] * KK Quit

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[17:15] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[17:15] <@DeryniBot> KK uses a Transfer Portal to join the chat in
#Deryni_Destinations
[17:15] <Samuel> Hello KK
[17:15] <@Shiral> Hello Katherine
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[17:15] <@Shiral> =o)
[17:15] <.KK> Hi, gang.
[17:15] <kirienne> Hi Katherine :-)
[17:15] <@Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:15] <Mistyck> hi Katherine!
[17:15] <Bynw> hiyas KK
[17:15] <Sedina> hi, KK
[17:16] <the_Bee> Hello KK
[17:16] <@Shiral> How is everything at Holybrooke?
[17:16] <.KK> Phone was out last weekend; couldn't get on line for
about 5 days.
[17:16] <kirienne> yikes
[17:16] <Mistyck> youch!
[17:16] <@Wrengl> ouch
[17:16] <@Shiral> Frustrating
[17:16] <@Wrengl> i would be having withdrrawal
[17:16] * Debbie-VB grumbles @ faulty phone service
[17:16] <.KK> Fine at Holybrooke. They'll start plastering in the wing
tomorrow.
[17:16] <Bynw> i would be more than having withdrawal
[17:16] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:16] <Tika> omg, talk about DTs!
[17:16] <@Wrengl> neat
[17:17] <.KK> I <was> having withdrawal!
[17:17] <@Shiral> LOL, Tika
[17:17] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:17] <Tika> hehehe
[17:17] <the_Bee> Deryni Tremens?
[17:17] <@Wrengl> Katherine i am seriously working on the novel again
[17:17] <.KK> And it's supposed to snow by Tuesday.
[17:17] <.KK> Ah, good!
[17:17] <@Shiral> That's what Lewys ap Norfal gives the Camberian
Council, Bee
[17:17] <Tika> join the crowd, KK
[17:17] <@Wrengl> snow due here tomorrow and tuesday
[17:17] <kirienne> hope they finish the plastering
[17:18] <Samuel> Tonight into tomorrow morning here!
[17:18] <@Shiral> Fortunately, the wing now has a roof =o)
[17:18] <.KK> I <have> gotten about 10 pages into the Prologue, though.
It hasn't all been wasted motion.
[17:18] <the_Bee> as long as they're plastering and not getting
plastered
[17:18] <kirienne> yippppeeeeee
[17:18] <@Shiral> Excellent news, KK
[17:18] <.KK> The wing has roof, stairs, walls studded, insulated, and
plasterboarded.
[17:18] <@Wrengl> verra good katherine
[17:18] <Ghostgames> Do take care of yourself in the midst of the
plaster dust. I found it aggravated my asthma...
[17:18] <Sedina> excellent
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> Good for you Katherine.
[17:18] <@Shiral> They're really leaping ahead on the wing
[17:18] <.KK> They are very good.
[17:18] <kirienne> that is wonderful
[17:19] <Debbie-VB> Sounds like it is nearlky finished Katherine
[17:19] * leslie has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:19] <@DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is leslie
[17:19] <.KK> Oh, and the Honda blew a head gasket Tuesday, so we had
to get another car. Just what we needed.
[17:19] <@Wrengl> wb leslie
[17:19] <@Shiral> Hello Leslie
[17:19] <the_Bee> hi Leslie
[17:19] <@Shiral> Ouch, Katherine!
[17:19] <leslie> hiya
[17:19] <.KK> It's a good thing, because our budget will soon be
finished.
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Oh, joy. :-/
[17:19] <@Shiral> What did you get, KK?
[17:19] <kirienne> my gosh Katherine, I hate when things like that
happen.
[17:19] <@Wrengl> having to buy a new car is not fun
[17:20] <.KK> But we bought a kitchen yesterday for under $1500, not
counting appliances, which we bought the day after Christmas.
[17:20] <@Wrengl> good price
[17:20] <kirienne> cool
[17:20] <kirienne> that is a good price
[17:20] <leslie> 'no matter where i serve my guests....'
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> that sounds like a good price
[17:20] <@Shiral> Especially not when it's an absolute necessity to buy
a new car
[17:20] <.KK> We bought a car that had belonged to a dear friend who
passed away last June. It's a 1992 Opel Vectra, with only 42,000
miles from new.
[17:21] <Ghostgames> Gee, that's less than we paid for our new stove...
(we were restricted in the models we could get, the kitchen design
requires a downdraft, and they're /expensive/!)
[17:21] <kirienne> great deal getting that car Katherine
[17:21] <leslie> what make is the Opel? ford....
[17:21] <@Wrengl> i am looking for a stove but really want a swing out
instead of a drop down oven door
[17:21] <.KK> We still have to get an extractor hood, and sink and
worktops--but the bulk of the buying is now done.
[17:21] <@Shiral> Great
[17:22] <@Wrengl> excellent
[17:22] <.KK> Every time we'd start being picky about details, we'd
have to remind ourselves that this isn't <our> kitchen; it's for the
flat.
[17:22] <.KK> It just has to be nice.
[17:22] <@Shiral> And has to function
[17:22] <kirienne> LOL
[17:22] <@Wrengl> indeed k
[17:22] <.KK> Opel <is> the make. It's German, I think.
[17:22] <Debbie-VB> aw, but being picky about the details is half the
fun ;-)
[17:22] * Mistyck is now known as Any_Monkey
[17:23] <@Shiral> Hey, as long as it runs
[17:23] <leslie> i once had an Omega. my first car
[17:23] <@Wrengl> but you only need to be picky if it is YOURS debbie
[17:23] * Debbie-VB giggles
[17:23] <kirienne> no fun to be picky and not be the one getting to use
it
[17:23] <.KK> 2 litre engine, stick shift, power steering and windows,
power steering, central locking (but not remote-controlled), tilting
sunroof (but not electric).
[17:24] <@Shiral> What color? =o)
[17:24] <leslie> stereo?
[17:24] <.KK> It's in excellent condition; he bought it from new, after
he retired. It will be a good second car when we eventually replace
the Honda with another Honda. But now we have the leisure to look for
just the right Honds.
[17:24] <Duck> something for katherine to go drag racing in along the
streets of dublin
[17:24] <Tika> LOL
[17:25] <.KK> Metallic burgundy.
[17:25] <leslie> lol
[17:25] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:25] <@Shiral> As she loves to do. Really gave me a charge when I
visited
[17:25] <@Wrengl> oooooooooo sounds nice
[17:25] <.KK> Hi, Duck!
[17:25] <Duck> hi katherine
[17:25] <.KK> You never got back to me about those Dublin arch. jobs.
[17:25] <Duck> no - i have been away in the field all last week and
then some
[17:25] <@Shiral> You can't drag very fast anywhere in Dublin, though.
Too many other cars
[17:26] <.KK> Well, when you get around to it, I'm willing to make some
phone calls for you.
[17:26] <Duck> that would be good - i'll have to find the details
again
[17:26] <.KK> OK
[17:26] * @Shiral gives Donald a Round Tuit
[17:27] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:27] <@Wrengl> duck's been busy, shiral
[17:27] <the_Bee> Are there many sites in Ireland that haven't already
been dug up?
[17:27] <Debbie-VB> are their anyother shapes of tuits?
[17:27] <.KK> Yes.
[17:27] <Duck> a fieldwork finisherer would be better shiral
[17:27] <@Shiral> I know, Duck is a multi-talented duck
[17:27] <@Shiral> They were out of stock, Duck
[17:27] <leslie> I've have a bone to pick with In the King's Service :]
[17:27] * Any_Monkey is now known as Misytck
[17:27] <.KK> Which Leslie is that online tomight?
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> oh-oh
[17:28] * Misytck is now known as Mistyck
[17:28] <leslie> in Woodville, Tx
[17:28] <Duck> stop leslie - that bone belongs in the museum
[17:28] <Tika> LOL Duck
[17:28] <@Shiral> Ah, the Tales Leslie
[17:28] <.KK> Oooo! Our Leslie of the story in DT?
[17:28] <leslie> I feel sorry for Ahern
[17:28] <@Wrengl> lol dicl
[17:28] <@Shiral> <snert>
[17:28] <leslie> Yup :}
[17:28] <@Wrengl> you ought to register your name with bynw, leslie
[17:29] <@Wrengl> that way we would always know it was you
[17:29] <leslie> i will
[17:29] <the_Bee> so many characters created just so you can kill them
off, KK
[17:29] <leslie> that puir man
[17:29] <.KK> I was grumbling about you just today. Did you ever cash
your royalty check from back in March of last year?
[17:30] <Mistyck> oops!
[17:30] <leslie> Oops. i'll go look.
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> someone Not cashing a cheque?
[17:30] <@Wrengl> lol
[17:30] <@Shiral> Oops, naughtly Leslie
[17:30] <Duck> she has it framed and on the wall?
[17:31] <@Shiral> naughty
[17:31] <kirienne> LOL
[17:31] <@Shiral> I just scanned mine...
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> got the copy framed and on the wall eh shiral?
[17:31] <leslie> :0
[17:31] <@Shiral> So, has young Alaric got into any mischief yet, KK?
[17:31] <.KK> It just hasn't cleared my account, and I've been carrying
the outstanding amount all this time.
[17:31] <@Shiral> Actually, no. But it's in my computer files, Debbie
=o)
[17:32] <Mistyck> Katherine: I was talking to Leslie last night, we
are in the planning stages of having a "Texas Deryni Get-together" in
the summer of 2004
[17:32] <leslie> yep
[17:32] <.KK> Yes, he doesn't want to wear the new green shoes that go
wtih his new tunic; wants to wear some scruffy old tan ones--but not to
Twelfth Night Court.
[17:32] <@Shiral> LOL
[17:32] <kirienne> LOL
[17:32] <Mistyck> since we have quite a few folks in the
Texas/Louisiana area
[17:32] <@Shiral> Sounds like a typical toddler
[17:32] <Mistyck> lol
[17:32] <.KK> He's 2 and a bit, and is good at saying no.
[17:32] <leslie> but the old ones fit best
[17:33] <Mistyck> yep
[17:33] <kirienne> sounds like our loveable Alaric
[17:33] <@Shiral> ALaric in his terrible twos!
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> most children are good a that at the age of 2
[17:33] <.KK> Well, yes. And he knows he can get at his father, when
his mother is inclined to be more strict.
[17:33] <leslie> does he have a favorite stuffed animal
[17:33] <kirienne> LOL
[17:34] <@Shiral> Aha, so Kenneth is the "soft-hearted" parent =o)
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> like maybe a stuffed green gryphon?
[17:34] <.KK> It hasn't come up yet, but I'm sure he does. And later,
he'll have toy knights and horses.
[17:34] <Mistyck> ooh, cool! Kenneth is a softie!
[17:34] <leslie> what would be a name for a griffon?
[17:34] <kirienne> are plot bunnies nibbling Leslie?
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> Shrek?
[17:35] <@Shiral> Just keep the honey pots away...
[17:35] <@Wrengl> lol shiral
[17:35] <.KK> He's about to go off on his first visit to his future
lands, with his mother and father and Auntie Zoe.
[17:35] <leslie> and the heffalump
[17:36] <@Shiral> So...he's been mostly raised in Rhemuth, thus far?
[17:36] <leslie> wonder how he and Brion hit it off...
[17:36] <Debbie-VB> Bratty little kid?
[17:37] <@Shiral> Vs the cool and much more mature crown Prince Brion?
=o)
[17:37] <the_Bee> at this point, wouldn't the age difference be a bit
much to overcome?
[17:37] <@Wrengl> i would think so
[17:37] <@Wrengl> alaric is a real baby
[17:37] <.KK> No, he's been back and forth between there and Morganhall
and Culdi, but is in Rhemuth for this particular Twelfth Night Court,
when, having gotten through the dangerous first couple of years and
being likely to survive, he's to be presented officially at court. And
Kenneth, though he doesn't know it yet, is about to be made Earl of
Lendour for life.
[17:37] <@Shiral> But perhaps he and Duncan play together?
[17:37] <@Shiral> Cool for Kenneth! =o)
[17:38] <kirienne> Kenneth deserves it I think
[17:38] <the_Bee> He's earned it
[17:38] <@Shiral> Lord yes, he has
[17:38] <@Wrengl> indeed he has
[17:39] * Debbie-VB waits impatiently for
[17:39] <.KK> This makes Alyce Countess of Lendour in name as well as
blood. And realistically, Kenneth isn't apt to be around by the time
Alaric comes of age--and even if he were, he'd be Alaric's vassal,
since Alaric would be Duke.
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> child Morgan to be finished so she can read it
[17:39] <@Shiral> Sensible
[17:39] <the_Bee> How much time does Childe Morgan cover?
[17:40] <@Shiral> Have Duncan and Alaric met, KK?
[17:40] <.KK> Alaric and Duncan have obviously met by this time, but
Duncan is some months younger, so I doubr there's yet much meaningful
interaction.
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> that will change
[17:40] <.KK> But I do know how the Lady chapel comes to be built at
Culdi, and why Alyce ends up buried there.
[17:40] <leslie> is Deryni Rising coming out in hard back again?
[17:40] <@Shiral> Except that maybe Duncan will learn to say "no"
sooner. =o)
[17:41] <Mistyck> Will Alaric teach Duncan all the "fun things to get
in trouble with?"
[17:41] <kirienne> LOL Shiral
[17:41] <.KK> I think it will go thorugh the birth of Kelson.
[17:41] <@Shiral> Oh cool =o)
[17:41] <leslie> i can't wait
[17:41] <.KK> Yes, DR will be hard cover.
[17:41] <Mistyck> really cool!
[17:41] <@Shiral> Whoopeee!!!
[17:41] * @Shiral paws up some turf
[17:41] <leslie> i can finally get at least one set for the high school
[17:41] <Debbie-VB> and I am eagerly waiting for that one to come out
too
[17:42] <the_Bee> But Alyce will be dead in less than 2 years:o(
[17:42] * kirienne dances for joy
[17:42] <.KK> Yes, alas.
[17:42] <Mistyck> but, Vera will be there for the kiddos
[17:42] <@Shiral> Poor Kenneth, he'll miss her
[17:42] <Ghostgames> KK: I sent email to Ginjer asking her when she
needed the new map for the Deryni Rising re-release, but I never heard
back from her. I'd like to customize it to match the Index of Places in
Deryni Rising (as I did for ITKS) -- and also lighten it some more, it
printed too darkly. Should I email her again? Or can you prompt her for
me?
[17:42] <@Shiral> Will Zoe still be around, or does she get married or
die?
[17:43] <.KK> So now I have to build the infrastructure that will
nurture Alaric once she's gone. I have good plans for Zoe in that
regard.
[17:43] <@Shiral> I love the map, Ann, <G> I have it up on my bedroom
door
[17:43] <the_Bee> Hey! Let's save <some> surprises!
[17:43] <@Shiral> Whew
[17:43] <Tika> we had ours laminated
[17:43] <leslie> amazing how medicine has changed
[17:43] <Ghostgames> Thanks, Melissa. And thanks to whoever put a "I
recommend the Eleven Kingdoms Map in addition to In the King's Service"
up on the ITKS amazon.com page. :-)
[17:44] <kirienne> I need to order my mao when budget allows
[17:44] <@Shiral> Oh, I think KK will come up with some surprises, for
us
[17:44] <Ghostgames> Now all I need is more recommendations like that
(so it stays at the top of the recommendation list), and some reviews
on the map page on amazon.com... :-)
[17:44] <kirienne> map even, geez, bad rental fingers
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> Katherine always does shiral
[17:44] <.KK> I'm going to get one of mine laminated; maybe cut one in
half and have it laminted so it will fold in half.
[17:44] <@Shiral> Didn't laminate mine, just stuck it up
[17:45] <Ghostgames> I'll be laminating at least one to take around to
conventions and display.
[17:45] <@Shiral> It will be handy when the Atlas moves into the next
phase. (Not that I'm hinting at all...)
[17:45] * Mistyck will go to Amazon.Com and post her
review/recommendations tonight!
[17:45] <kirienne> LOL
[17:45] <.KK> Wall space is a problem in my office, but a half-size one
can slot nicely under my desk, for ready reference when needed.
[17:45] <Ghostgames> Melissa: Just tell Nancy to give you another
assignment. No reason for you to be idle... ;-)
[17:45] * Debbie-VB will do the same for chapters and amazon.ca
[17:45] <leslie> Amazon.com addict :}
[17:46] <@Shiral> Katherine's walls are VERY well decorated indeed
[17:46] <@Shiral> I haven't hardly seen Nancy online, recently =o(
[17:46] * Debbie-VB would love to see katherine's walls someday
[17:46] <Ghostgames> She's been busy. But she just got finished with a
bunch of 7th Sea stuff, and will be turning her full attention (well,
almost) to the Deryni Adventure Game manuscript this week.
[17:46] <@Shiral> They're well worth it, VB
[17:47] <Ghostgames> Which means I gotta get off my duff and finish my
bits...
[17:47] <.KK> I need to sign off now, guys. Something is happening
downstairs involving strange vehicle pulling up outside, and Scott
going down and talking to people. I may have to make like a hostess.
[17:47] <Mistyck> ughh!
[17:47] <@Wrengl> night
[17:47] <@Shiral> Wow, this late at night?
[17:47] <Ghostgames> Good night!
[17:47] <Mistyck> g'nite, and take care!
[17:47] <@Wrengl> this is late for company!
[17:47] <Sedina> have a good night, KK. Take care
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> OK Katherine. thanks for dropping by
[17:47] <kirienne> LOL, nighters and many huggles Katherine
[17:47] <@Wrengl> good writing katherine
[17:47] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by
[17:47] <@Shiral> Bye, Katherine, have another good writing week!
[17:47] <Mistyck> and hope to see you next week
[17:47] <the_Bee> Have a good week and hope your phone and pooter keep
working
[17:47] <.KK> Well, ya never know. Next week, guys--and I'll have more
to report then.
[17:48] <@Shiral> And thanks for coming to see us
[17:48] <leslie> take care
[17:48] <@Shiral> Hope the phone keeps working
[17:48] <Bynw> k
[17:48] <Debbie-VB> and I hope that said strange vehicle is nothing
serious
[17:48] * .KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:48] <kirienne> yes to both
[17:48] <Ghostgames> amen!
[17:48] <the_Bee> Goodnight, KK. Skritches to the kitties
[17:48] <@Shiral> Bye, KK!
[17:48] <Bynw> thanks for stopping by ... good to see you have net
access again
[17:48] <@Shiral> And tummy rubs to the dogs
[17:48] <Mistyck> and say hi to Scott for us!
[17:49] <@Wrengl> and cat nips toys for the kittys
[17:49] <.KK> Nighters.
[17:49] * .KK Quit

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[15:04] *** KK sets mode: +q KK
[15:04] <DeryniBot> KK has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the chat with
it on a leash
[15:04] <christophle> hi, kirienne
[15:04] <Mistyck> hi KK
[15:04] <Shiral> Just a hunch
[15:04] <Sedina> hi, KK
[15:04] <jm> Hi KK
[15:04] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[15:04] <Shiral> Hello, Katherine
[15:04] <kirienne> hi Katherine
[15:04] <KK> Hi, gang.
[15:04] <cherie> hi KK
[15:04] <christophle> Hi katherine
[15:04] <Wrengl> although up to 30 today and low 40's this week
[15:04] <jp> Hiiiii, KK
[15:04] <dianna> hi Katherine
[15:04] <Wrengl> evening katherine!
[15:04] <the_Bee> hiyas Katherine
[15:04] <cherie> Nice to finally catch you in here
[15:04] <Shiral> =o) we're glad to see you, as you probably notice =o)
[15:04] * dianna faints, katherine is here
[15:04] <Mistyck> lots of new chatters today, Katherine :-)
[15:04] * Shiral revives Dianna with chocolate
[15:04] * dianna thank you shiral
[15:04] * Debbie-VB quickly revives Dianna
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[15:04] <DeryniBot> Bynw joins the Lodge of #Deryni_Destinations under the
guidence of the Worshipful Master
[15:04] <KK> Whew, it's good to get through at last. We've been having
phone trouble; hence, my recent absences.
[15:04] *** Bynw sets mode: -q Bynw
[15:04] *** Bynw sets mode: -o Bynw
[15:04] <Shiral> Hi Bro
[15:04] <Wrengl> hi bynw
[15:05] <Sedina> hi Bynw
[15:05] <jm> Hi Bynw
[15:05] <Bynw> hiyas all
[15:05] <the_Bee> just in time, chris
[15:05] <dianna> hi bynw
[15:05] <cherie> hi bynw
[15:05] <Debbie-VB> Boo At Phonme trouble
[15:05] <christophle> hi ya, bynw
[15:05] <kirienne> hi to everyone who is new here. I see names I don't
recognize
[15:05] <Shiral> So, other than phone trouble, what's the news from
Holybrooke this week?
[15:05] <KK> Yep, I see at least two.
[15:05] <cherie> I been comming for 3 months but I keep missing you
[15:05] <Wrengl> ah, hope the phone lines are working better katherine
[15:05] <Wrengl> hi kirienne
[15:05] <jp> Phone trouble due to wet weather, cold weather or just wonkie
phones
[15:05] <kirienne> hi Pat
[15:06] <christophle> and I hope you post ( mail) is regular.....
[15:06] <kirienne> is your new stove hooked up yet?
[15:06] <Shiral> Where's RD this week??
[15:06] <kirienne> or did you get it yet?
[15:06] <KK> Then, to complicate matters, my machine locked up last night
after trying to access some Quicktime files that Martine sent me. Still
don't know what that was all about, but a cold boot worked where a warm boot
didn't. At least it fixed itself.
[15:06] <kirienne> I think it was Ann who had one waiting to hook up
[15:06] <Wrengl> not sure shiral
[15:06] <christophle> RD was here earlier this wek.eh, mistyck
[15:06] <Wrengl> have not seen the dragon today
[15:07] <Mistyck> yep
[15:07] <Shiral> I'm glad the machine is behaving better, Katheirne
[15:07] <Shiral> Katherine, too
[15:07] <KK> It was Ann's stove.
[15:07] * Debbie-VB hopes katherine got the new stove, especially if she got
hit by that storm that nailed Britian recently
[15:07] <cherie> I hate when that happens kk
[15:07] <KK> I bought a kitchen, and a cooker hood this week.
[15:07] <kirienne> computers are tricksy, as I find out occasionally
[15:07] <cherie> yess they are
[15:07] <Shiral> Ann just gets stoves, Katherine buys entire kitchens at a
time =o)
[15:07] <dianna> computers can be a pain
[15:07] <KK> We missed most of Britain's storm problems. It's been dry and
not that cold here.
[15:07] * jp stupid fat kithen
[15:07] <jm> Computers have a mind of their own,
[15:07] <the_Bee> btw, kk: "the Eye of rom turned up on public television a
few weeks ago
[15:08] <KK> It's just a wee galley kitchen for the flat.
[15:08] <christophle> yep. debbie-VB, bad winds here yesturday......
[15:08] <kirienne> lol Jp
[15:08] <KK> The Eye of Rom on TV?!
[15:08] <cherie> what is that bee?
[15:08] <Debbie-VB> Doi tell Bee
[15:08] <dianna> so do printers, have amind of their own, my won't install
[15:08] <Mistyck> fess up Bee!
[15:08] <Debbie-VB> Most computers are operated by murphy
[15:08] <the_Bee> auby earring worn by the Haldan Kings of Gwynedd
[15:08] <Shiral> Some day your prints will come, Dianna
[15:09] <kirienne> LOL
[15:09] <dianna> shiral LOL
[15:09] <cherie> well we know that how did it get on TV?
[15:09] <jm> No some computers just turn their nose up at printers
[15:09] <christophle> lol
[15:09] <KK> How did that come up?!
[15:09] <jp> groan
[15:09] <Shiral> Sorry, JP
[15:09] <the_Bee> According to TV Guide, it was stolen from Binky the Cat's
tower.
[15:09] <Mistyck> what?
[15:09] <kirienne> ??
[15:09] <dianna> binky the cat???
[15:09] * cherie is very confused
[15:09] <Mistyck> what the heck is that?
[15:09] <KK> What?
[15:09] <the_Bee> Cyberchase. PBS Kids
[15:09] <jp> wheels within wheels
[15:09] <jm> Thought that was Felix the Cat
[15:10] <dianna> sylvester the cat
[15:10] <Shiral> Welcome to the confusing hour at deryni destinations
[15:10] <Mistyck> lol
[15:10] <the_Bee> the Hacker (show's villain) stole it
[15:10] <Mistyck> I think Boston is gettign confused
[15:10] * christophle is looking in his dictonary of americanisms for binky
the cat
[15:10] * Debbie-VB is a regular and she's confuzzled right now!
[15:10] <KK> Was it really the Eye of Rom?
[15:10] <KK> (Me, too, Christophle.)
[15:10] <Mistyck> or was it the Eye of Rome or something?
[15:10] <cherie> Boy some haldane king will be looking for that
[15:10] <dianna> or a Roaming Eye?
[15:11] <christophle> lost.............!!!!!!!!!!
[15:11] <Shiral> "I just know it's around here, somewhere...."
[15:11] <Mistyck> lol
[15:11] <christophle> lol
[15:11] <jp> or just "an Eye of Rom"
[15:11] <KK> There can be only one....
[15:11] <dianna> as in eye of newt?
[15:11] <kirienne> LOL KK
[15:11] <cherie> lol
[15:11] <dianna> lol
[15:11] <jm> Thought that was the immortals
[15:11] <jp> there's got to be two right?
[15:11] <Shiral> The voice of authority has spoken
[15:12] <Mistyck> hehe
[15:12] <jm> Somebody named McCloud
[15:12] <KK> Bee, say something. Where did they get the Eye of Rom in a
kid's show?
[15:12] <Mistyck> JM that's Highlander
[15:12] <kirienne> well, how did that cat get it?
[15:12] <dianna> How's the kitties doing KK?
[15:12] <christophle> mistych that was a cackle....
[15:12] <jm> True
[15:12] <cherie> you know how cats like to play with shiny things
[15:12] <Mistyck> yep, Chirs
[15:12] <dianna> and the Eye would temp them
[15:12] <cherie> mabey he swiped it from the treasury
[15:12] <Shiral> "Stop that cat!"
[15:13] <Mistyck> lol
[15:13] <cherie> although why it would be ther in the first place and not in
someones ear...
[15:13] <jm> Thought the Haldane Kings wore it all the time
[15:13] <christophle> oh... Dot start on about enocscopys!
[15:13] <KK> I suppose he could have lost it. I've lost a few other
earrings, in my time.
[15:13] <kirienne> or at least in safe keeping waiting to be put in
someone's ear
[15:13] <Shiral> Me too
[15:13] <cherie> mabey it was the Jewlers cat and the Eye was in for
cleaning?
[15:13] <dianna> me too
[15:13] <christophle> or in a cat
[15:13] <jm> Can't say I have ever had that problem
[15:14] <Shiral> I always seem to shed one of a pair I particularly like
[15:14] <KK> The ivy stole one of my Canterbury cross ones a couple of
months ago, and I had to have a mate made.
[15:14] <Debbie-VB> I've lost earrings too Katherine
[15:14] <dianna> only the expensive ones, of course
[15:14] <cherie> repairs? perhaps the setting snaged on a cloak and needed
to be fixed?
[15:14] <Shiral> Of course
[15:14] <christophle> logical
[15:14] <dianna> never lose a cheapie
[15:14] <Debbie-VB> I lost one at Darkover that was fairly special to me
[15:14] <jm> Maybe the wire wore out and broke
[15:14] * jp imagines the dynastic problems if the eye of Rom got stuck in
the cats ear as it walked over the Camber seal and inherited the Haldane
potential!
[15:14] <Shiral> Katherine, do you have any specific idea of what Michon de
Courcy looks like?
[15:14] <Shiral> Most of the time for me, the earring back falls out
[15:14] * kirienne doesn't have any expensive earrings to loose
[15:15] <christophle> lol jp
[15:15] <KK> Shiral, can't remember, off the top of my head. He hasn't yet
shown up on the current book.
[15:15] <Shiral> Okay
[15:15] <Shiral> How about Seisyll Arilan?
[15:15] <Shiral> =o)
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[15:15] <DeryniBot> Ethan joins the Lodge of #Deryni_Destinations under the
guidence of the Worshipful Master
[15:15] * Shiral has a one track mind
[15:15] <dianna> hoe's the new Cm book coming, Katherine?
[15:15] <kirienne> hi Eathan
[15:15] <Shiral> Hello, Ethan
[15:15] <jm> Hi Ethan
[15:15] <Debbie-VB> Hi Ethan
[15:15] <kirienne> ethan I mean
[15:15] <jp> Hi Ethan
[15:15] <the_Bee> All I know iswhat I read in the description; The Hacker
stole the Eye of rom from binky the Cat's tower. The kids have to perform
some sort of mathematical task to get it back
[15:15] <christophle> hi ethan
[15:16] <cherie> KK I've read ITKS twice and I'm still trying to get it all
straight in my head!
[15:16] <Sedina> hi, Ethan
[15:16] <kirienne> silly rental fingers here
[15:16] <Ethan> Hi everybody
[15:16] <KK> Didn't get a whole lot written this week, but I know where I'm
going with it, and the head of steam is building.
[15:16] <dianna> ok how do youpronounce Seisyll
[15:16] <Shiral> Good work, KK
[15:16] <cherie> cecil
[15:16] <jm> Great KK
[15:16] <cherie> see sil
[15:16] <cherie> right?
[15:16] <KK> Bee, did you see the program?
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[15:16] <DeryniBot> Tika has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the chat
with it on a leash
[15:16] <kirienne> :-) KK
[15:16] <dianna> ty
[15:16] *** Tika sets mode: -q Tika
[15:16] *** Tika sets mode: -o Tika
[15:16] <KK> See-sill.
[15:16] <kirienne> hi Tika
[15:16] <Shiral> Did Alaric wear his green shoes to court? <G>
[15:16] * Sedina tackle pounces Tika
[15:16] <Shiral> Hi Tika! Huggles
[15:16] <KK> Yes.
[15:17] <Tika> hi all, good to see everyone
[15:17] <Debbie-VB> Hi Teeks
[15:17] <christophle> as in the colbys?
[15:17] <cherie> hi tika
[15:17] <jm> Hi Tika
[15:17] <Tika> how goes it on the other side of the pond, KK?
[15:17] * Bynw grabs ahold of the Tika and keeps it close to him
[15:17] <the_Bee> how is Seisyll related to Denis?
[15:17] <KK> We must remember that he's at that "no" age.
[15:17] <christophle> i'll bet uncle
[15:17] <Shiral> Possessive Bynw <G>
[15:17] <KK> Uncle.
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[15:17] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
TerryOBrien
[15:17] <christophle> see
[15:17] <christophle> mind ripped
[15:17] <Shiral> Hi Terry
[15:17] <Sedina> hi Terry
[15:17] <the_Bee> No. It was on a providence channel I don't get
[15:17] <kirienne> hi Terry
[15:17] <jm> Hi Terry
[15:17] <TerryOBrien> Lost track of the time!
[15:17] <KK> Hi, Terry.
[15:17] <christophle> hi ya terry
[15:17] <cherie> hi
[15:17] <TerryOBrien> Hello everyone.
[15:18] <dianna> hi terry
[15:18] <Bynw> Hi Terry
[15:18] <Ethan> OK this may sound dumb but how do you pronounce deryni
[15:18] <Shiral> I'll bet Alaric was good at saying "no"
[15:18] <Tika> hey there Terry
[15:18] <Debbie-VB> I've got some good news, my story is nearly done
[15:18] <KK> Der-IN-ee.
[15:18] <Shiral> Good, Debbie
[15:18] <kirienne> I bet he was soo cute when he pouted and said no
[15:18] <Shiral> =o)
[15:18] <Tika> hehehehe
[15:18] <Ethan> thanks ever so much, I thought that was it
[15:18] <kirienne> great Debbie
[15:18] <christophle> congrats debbs
[15:18] <dianna> dare in ee is how is saw it on the prounciation guide, is
this correct KK
[15:18] <KK> Yep, but Daddy knows how to wheedle him into agreement.
[15:19] <christophle> lol
[15:19] <jp> Drin-EEE
[15:19] <kirienne> LOL
[15:19] <Shiral> exellent
[15:19] <Wrengl> hi ethan
[15:19] <Debbie-VB> Sounds like kenneth is a cool father
[15:19] <Wrengl> hi terry
[15:19] <Shiral> Well, he had three daughters to work on, first
[15:19] <Ethan> Hi again Wrengl, I made it
[15:19] <jm> Must be he had all those daughters to figure out
[15:19] <KK> Yep, and they're now all at court, at least for Twelfth Night
court.
[15:20] <Wrengl> hi tika
[15:20] <Ethan> New here, Is KK Katherine
[15:20] <cherie> wow I really can't wait to read it
[15:20] <Shiral> Yes
[15:20] <the_Bee> Yes
[15:20] <christophle> yep
[15:21] * Shiral can just barely wait to read it, but will be restrained
[15:21] * dianna does the happy dance, finally get to meet Katherine!!!!
[15:21] <Ethan> I am so very pleased and honored to meet you.
[15:21] <cherie> she is Ethan!
[15:21] <KK> Hello to all the new arrivals. :-)
[15:21] <Mistyck> Katherine: Are you and Debby planning on going to
WorldCon in Glasgow Aug 2005?
[15:21] <the_Bee> ?? i thought she was Katherine!
[15:21] <Bynw> !seen RainbowDragon
[15:21] <cherie> It is really so cool that you do this KK tahnk you
[15:21] <christophle> where bynw?
[15:22] <KK> Yep. And thanks to Ann, I'll be at Worldcon in Boston.
[15:22] <Mistyck> awesome!
[15:22] <Wrengl> yipee!
[15:22] <Shiral> Cool =o)
[15:22] <dianna> not all great authors take time to be so cool with their
fans, thank you Katherine!!
[15:22] <the_Bee> WHEN?
[15:22] * Mistyck does a happy dance
[15:22] <cherie> Ohhh when is that?
[15:22] <christophle> is that this year?
[15:22] <Bynw> hmmm RD hasnt been here today ....
[15:22] * Wrengl has to get busy for artshow then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[15:22] <cherie> I wanted to be at Mryland but I could not afford it
[15:22] <Wrengl> 2-6 september, 2004 Bee
[15:22] <christophle> k.
[15:22] <christophle> ta
[15:22] <the_Bee> thanks pat
[15:22] <KK> Well, you guys are so supportive--and I get good feedback by
being able to chat like this. Ask some of the old timers about the chat
while ITKS was in progress.
[15:23] <Shiral> Lots of input =o)
[15:23] <the_Bee> www.worldcon.com
[15:23] <Mistyck> yep
[15:23] <Tika> hehehe
[15:23] <cherie> Actually I read some of the transcripts back then
[15:23] <Shiral> I just hope the cooks to broth ratio doesn't get out of
hand
[15:23] <Wrengl> there were some INTENSE chats then
[15:23] <Mistyck> yes there were
[15:23] <cherie> could not make much sense of them though
[15:23] <dianna> great! it makes the books, cooler, to kinda "know" the
author, too
[15:23] <kirienne> <g>
[15:23] <jm> True
[15:23] <Wrengl> yes bee
[15:23] * Tika still remembers the discussion mentioned in Deryni Tales
about the "period piece"
[15:23] <Ethan> Katherine, is there no chance Camber's final spell worked?
[15:23] <Shiral> Me too!
[15:23] <TerryOBrien> So you'll be at Boston this year. Its really, really
tempting, but I've already got two major conventions to hit this summer,
plus the possibility of going to Pennsic.
[15:23] <Tika> hehehe
[15:23] <Bynw> ROFLMAO
[15:23] <Wrengl> http://www.noreascon.org/
[15:24] <Wrengl> is the noreascon site, bee
[15:24] <KK> That was one our more--er--interesting discussions.
[15:24] <Tika> LOL yes it was
[15:24] * Shiral will concentrate on just getting to darkover this year
[15:24] <Shiral> The guys were a little embarrassed =o)
[15:24] <Bynw> you better Shiral
[15:24] <Ethan> ??
[15:24] <Wrengl> indeed, shiral
[15:24] <KK> I still shudder to think of the reality of life in that
respect, up until about 100 years ago.
[15:24] * Shiral is sorry to have missed last year
[15:25] <Wrengl> the Pub will be at Darkover again
[15:25] <Tika> ugh, no kidding
[15:25] <Mistyck> Katherine: will you be attending any other cons besides
Worldcon and Darkover this year?
[15:25] <Bynw> Darkover just wasnt the same
[15:25] <Shiral> Verra verra messy
[15:25] <Wrengl> although i am thinking of a party one evening in boston
[15:25] <Debbie-VB> ?me is hoping that shiral will be there next year (2005)
'04 will probably not happen
[15:25] <Shiral> I missed seeing you guys!
[15:25] <KK> Actually, everybody was pretty clinical. And it helped that no
one could see anyone else, I expect.
[15:25] <Shiral> Although I'm not going to Europe this year, I do have to
pay off my new car
[15:25] <Wrengl> debbie
[15:25] <christophle> KK. keep an eye (..of rom) on the your post. I,ve sent
you and mistyck the book on Lady Mable and her walk of penance. and the
origional photo's of the church.
[15:25] <cherie> can't go my vacation is in JUly
[15:25] <Shiral> Sorry to miss you, Debbi
[15:26] <cherie> yeah shiral car payments are a pain
[15:26] <kirienne> when did you get a new car shiral?
[15:26] <Shiral> Debbie, that is
[15:26] <the_Bee> I'm looking forward to meeting you sometime shiral.. I'm
just sory I missed the pet-friendly Darkovers
[15:26] <Debbie-VB> well the trip was a leetle bit hard on my fragile bank
account
[15:26] <Shiral> Yesterday, Kirienne
[15:26] <Shiral> It was NOT part of my plan
[15:26] <kirienne> I hate car payments., I have 4 more years to pay on mine
[15:26] <Shiral> But it became a necessity
[15:26] <KK> Thanks, Christophle. BYW, your church is beautiful!
[15:26] <Mistyck> ughh, Shiral...
[15:26] <cherie> I wanted to take Pippin to Darkover too but I heard I can't
[15:26] <Shiral> my old car died on thursday
[15:26] <christophle> hope you getto see itsome time???
[15:26] * jp RIP
[15:26] <jm> Yes the are, paid off one card and thought to be free of
payments for a while, our van had other ideas
[15:26] <kirienne> I know how that oges Shiral, I bought mine 2 years ago
out of immediate necessity too
[15:26] <Shiral> Pippin>
[15:26] * dianna sings a dirge for Shiral's old car
[15:26] <Wrengl> not anymore cherie
[15:26] <cherie> I have about that long on mine too
[15:27] <Shiral> Now though, I have a Haldane car =o)
[15:27] <Wrengl> up until 2002 we could
[15:27] <Tika> LOL
[15:27] <jm> One car that is
[15:27] <cherie> tha stuinks
[15:27] <Tika> arrest me red?
[15:27] * Mistyck is definitely going to visit that Church next summer
[15:27] <Wrengl> my thumper is verra upset he can't compete in the
masquerade anymore
[15:27] <Shiral> No. Black, with grey upholstery
[15:27] <Debbie-VB> ???A haldane car?
[15:27] <cherie> I'm taking her to eqine affair though
[15:27] <Tika> ah
[15:27] <KK> It must be the season. Our Honda died 3 weeks ago, from blown
head gasket, we thought. But then we found out it was only a stuch
thermostat, so it was resurrected--but we'd already bought another car.
[15:27] <cherie> *equine
[15:27] <jp> a horse
[15:27] <TerryOBrien> Mine car is a Milky War bar: dark brown on the
outside, light brown in the inside.
[15:27] <dianna> I think my car's thermostat is stuck, too, no heat
[15:28] <cherie> what is a Haldane car?
[15:28] <Shiral> Well, mine is definitely dead, unless the patron saint of
car repairs comes to the rescue
[15:28] <cherie> lol
[15:28] <KK> What we spent for the thermostat, plus what we spent for the
new(er) car, was still much less than if we'd had to replace the head
gasket.
[15:28] <Shiral> My new car is black with grey upholstery, Cherie
[15:28] <Mistyck> that's a good thing
[15:28] <Wrengl> our car is not big enough for darkover
[15:28] <dianna> head gsket's are expensive did that last year
[15:28] <jm> Transmission went out in ours and car was too old to want to
ressurect
[15:28] <cherie> mine is red with grey upholstry
[15:28] <christophle> mines green. ( like KKs sparks!!!)
[15:28] <Mistyck> so's mine
[15:28] <Wrengl> odo is sort of green
[15:28] <Mistyck> "Hunter Green"
[15:28] <christophle> snap
[15:28] <dianna> white iver red convertible
[15:29] <dianna> make that over
[15:29] <KK> Our Honda will be retired at the end of the year, because it
won't pass its next inspection without major repairs.
[15:29] <cherie> I got an Intrepid
[15:29] <kirienne> mine is silver with grey interior
[15:29] <Shiral> I was a little worried about the "indentured servitude"
clause on the sales contract, but what the hey, I needed the car!
[15:29] <TerryOBrien> Katherine, what ever did you do with the Bently?
[15:29] <jm> our new one is a greenish biege
[15:29] * christophle is humming the theme to the twilight zone AGAIN
[15:29] <cherie> lol
[15:29] <KK> Bentley is finishing restoration in England.
[15:29] <dianna> LOL $ SHiral
[15:29] <Mistyck> cool!
[15:29] <Shiral> If I can't pay, I get to mop the floors at Toyota of Palo
Alto
[15:29] <KK> The newer car's name is Oscar the Opel.
[15:29] <jp> what if you have all your own teeth
[15:29] <cherie> lol
[15:29] <Mistyck> hehehe
[15:30] <kirienne> yes, they try to hide that clause when you sign the
contract. I spotted it in mine after I got home with new car
[15:30] * cherie makes a not to reread tha contract on her car loan
[15:30] * Bynw is listening to Rush
[15:30] <Mistyck> they like to do that
[15:30] <Debbie-VB> I guess that's part of the reeeeeeeeeeely fine print?
[15:30] <jm> That must have been the form that they snuck by at the end-
when I was tired of signing
[15:30] <Shiral> Well, I don't have a first born child to hand over, so
they'll have to make do with me
[15:30] <christophle> indentured sevitude? sound like slavery??
[15:30] <jp> lol
[15:30] <TerryOBrien> They use invisible ink for that part.
[15:30] <cherie> me either
[15:30] <KK> It's nice to have two cars again, though, at least for a few
months.
[15:30] <Shiral> I'm being silly, Christophle
[15:31] <cherie> and I'm not about to give them my horse as collateral
[15:31] <christophle> no really......
[15:31] <dianna> well, I need to go for now............... Sedina and
Harvey--TY for your assist finding books!!!!....KAtherine---so nice to meet
you and am looking forward to ANY and ALL of your forthcoming books!!!!
[15:31] <jm> I do have a first born of course she might be a little ticked
being pulled out of college
[15:31] <Shiral> But they kept saying "are you okay?" as I was signing
myself into debt
[15:31] <Shiral> Bye, Dianna
[15:31] <cherie> bye dianna
[15:31] <KK> What kind of horse, Cherie?
[15:31] <kirienne> bye Diana
[15:31] <christophle> lol shiral
[15:31] <jp> night Dianna
[15:31] <Shiral> But the new car is VERRa cool
[15:31] <Sedina> nice to meet you as well, dianna. I'll get back to you
about what I have available for you
[15:31] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Dianna
[15:31] <Mistyck> g'nite Diana and nice to meet you
[15:31] <cherie> Standardbred
[15:31] <the_Bee> oh-oh. my pooter has just told me it's performed an
illegal operation. don't know if i'll get peeered for that or not
[15:31] <Bynw> cya dianna
[15:31] <cherie> he is 35 years old!
[15:31] <Shiral> It has a cd player, and a moon roof
[15:31] <Tika> the_Bee, hope you have malpractice insurance
[15:32] <cherie> uhoh
[15:32] <christophle> see ya dianna
[15:32] <kirienne> cool Shiral
[15:32] <KK> Nighters, Dianna.
[15:32] <dianna> bye all TY Sedina, don't lose my address

[15:32] <dianna> night.
[15:32] <jp> a moon roof for mooning people?
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[15:32] <Shiral> Yes, JP
[15:32] <Shiral> I do it all the time
[15:32] <Mistyck> hehe
[15:32] <Debbie-VB> when a computer performs an illegal operation why do you
usually get punished for it by the BSOD?
[15:32] <Tika> LOL
[15:32] <Shiral> But I have to pull over
[15:32] <Bynw> lol
[15:32] <kirienne> I have a cassette player in mine, I wanted them to put
in a cd player but they said NO
[15:32] <KK> Oh, well, we've got moon roofs in both the cars--one foe each
of us.
[15:33] <christophle> took my cd player out, shiral. put atape deck in to
listen to my talkin' books. ( all on tape)
[15:33] <the_Bee> I get that message all the time. then I can't shut my
computer down because it's going to be shut down ;o}
[15:33] <TerryOBrien> Mooning people through a moon roof sounds pretty
difficult. That, or pretty kinky.
[15:33] <cherie> yeah I want a CD player too
[15:33] <Shiral> Excellent, KK
[15:33] <Bynw> i would say both Terry
[15:33] <Shiral> I live for Kinky, Terry
[15:33] <Shiral> Just ask Nancy/Olympia
[15:33] <Tika> ROFL
[15:33] <Mistyck> lol
[15:33] <Sedina> lol
[15:33] <christophle> oh... siral..
[15:33] <cherie> I need it to listen to my LOTR CD's
[15:33] <TerryOBrien> Shall we make that into a button for you, Shiral?
[15:33] <Harvey> Nancy isn't here to ask.
[15:33] <Wrengl> Katherine, I sent you a picture of Gold (one of the babies)
at the milk bar
[15:33] <Shiral> Those I listen to at home, Cherie
[15:34] <kirienne> I dubbed mine on to cassette Cherie
[15:34] <KK> Cool!
[15:34] <Shiral> Not going to risk them in the car
[15:34] <cherie> Are any of the deryni books on tape?
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[15:34] <KK> How old are they now?
[15:34] <Shiral> And I'm too poor to buy new ones
[15:34] <Sedina> now you just need to get shots of the other two, Pat
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[15:34] <Debbie-VB> hi cat
[15:34] <Wrengl> hi tdc
[15:34] <thatdarncat> ello all
[15:34] <Bynw> hiyas tdc
[15:34] <kirienne> hi cat
[15:34] <the_Bee> hi tdc
[15:34] <cherie> hi
[15:34] <Shiral> Hi Cat
[15:34] <jm> Hi Cat
[15:34] <christophle> hi
[15:34] <Mistyck> hi tdc
[15:34] * Tika grabs thatdarncat and pets him to settle him down
[15:34] <jp> Hi, cat
[15:34] * thatdarncat purrs
[15:34] <Wrengl> let's see they were born 7 January
[15:34] <Shiral> My my...
[15:34] <Sedina> hi, tdc
[15:34] <Wrengl> so a month
[15:34] <Shiral> Aww, so they're entering their cutest stages now
[15:34] <cherie> you have horses KK?
[15:35] <KK> Ah, then they're being adorable and running around somewhat
shakily, about now.
[15:35] <Wrengl> with little stubby legs and tails straight up in the air to
navigate
[15:35] <KK> We did, but not any more. But we have a riding school next
door.
[15:35] <Wrengl> yup
[15:35] * cherie melts
[15:35] * thatdarncat throws snowballs at Sedina
[15:35] <Shiral> At this stage, kitten tails always look like little carrots
[15:35] <cherie> that is so cute
[15:35] <Wrengl> and madam wants something done about them
[15:35] * jp TOO much cute, gonna be sick
[15:35] <KK> I love kitten tails!
[15:35] * Sedina sticks her tongue out at tdc
[15:35] <Shiral> I love kittens, period
[15:36] <Bynw> me too Shiral
[15:36] <Wrengl> spook, her mother, says madam did it so she has to deal
with them
[15:36] <cherie> I prefer puppy kisses
[15:36] <christophle> oh.. we are on to cats. It'll be chocholate next!!
[15:36] * Debbie-VB wishes she could have a kitten
[15:36] <Shiral> SO when are you and Tika going to acquire a successor to
Fruit Kitty?
[15:36] <Mistyck> yep!
[15:36] <cherie> mmmm chocolate
[15:36] <Bynw> me too Debbie
[15:36] * the_Bee does too
[15:36] <Shiral> Chocolate cats, Christophle! <EG>
[15:36] <Wrengl> lol chris
[15:36] <jm> Not Chocolate
[15:36] <thatdarncat> Sedina - did you hear about 'zumu's new place to sit?
[15:36] <Wrengl> no chocolate kitiess!
[15:36] <Sedina> yes, I did...by the fireplace
[15:36] <christophle> i remember.
[15:36] <cherie> Hey I think the local chocolate factory sells those
[15:36] <Bynw> Need to find a place to live that allows kitties ....
although I have seen people in the complex with pets
[15:37] <thatdarncat> Sedina - above the fireplace, by the ceiling
[15:37] <Sedina> though since she's not that graceful, I want to know how
many times she's fallen
[15:37] <Shiral> Yeah, they leave chocolatey paw prints all over everything
[15:37] <Shiral> Details, Bynw
[15:37] <christophle> specially CARS....
[15:37] <the_Bee> one of our cat's kittns, when i was a kid, used to drape
herself over the radiator pipe
[15:37] <thatdarncat> Sedina - hasn't fallen yet... she just sits up there
and watches us
[15:37] <Mistyck> and hair all over the place too
[15:37] * cherie runs out to see if the kitty tracks on her car are really
chocolate
[15:38] <thatdarncat> ours flop infront of the fireplace with this contented
look
[15:38] <christophle> and "eyes of rom(s)"
[15:38] <Shiral> =o)
[15:38] <jm> Or sit in a chair you are about to sit in and look at you like
"what do you want"
[15:38] <Ethan> ITKS is the first of the new Childe Morgan series?
[15:38] <cherie> mine steals the dogs toys
[15:38] <jm> Yes
[15:38] <Debbie-VB> It is Ethan
[15:38] <Wrengl> spook, grandmother of these kittens, likes her fleece pad
next to the radiator
[15:38] <christophle> ethen. where are you from?
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[15:39] <DeryniBot> The_Cat_Whisperer has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters
the chat with it on a leash
[15:39] <Ethan> Oregon
[15:39] <Wrengl> or her hidey hole between my cpu and the book case, on an
old mat
[15:39] <Sedina> my kitty girls like to try to steal the heating pad from me
[15:39] <christophle> k.
[15:39] <TerryOBrien> Anybody got a cat they'd like to loan me for a day or
so? I've got a field mouse loose in my living room. Don't know how he got
it, or what's it is doing running around outside in the freezing weather.
[15:39] <christophle> ta
[15:39] <Wrengl> hi cat whisperer
[15:39] <Sedina> hi Cat
[15:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi
[15:39] <the_Bee> Mom had to give one kitten a 2 a.m. feeding with a doll's
bottle
[15:39] <the_Bee> Hi CW
[15:39] <Shiral> Hi CW
[15:39] <kirienne> hi Cat whisperer
[15:39] <cherie> I got lots of strays in the neighbor hood help yourself
[15:40] <Debbie-VB> If I were a mousie I'd preferr being inside too Terry
[15:40] <Wrengl> lol debbie
[15:40] <christophle> inside terry too???
[15:40] <Shiral> LOL
[15:40] <christophle> lol
[15:40] <cherie> not in my house, the 4 ferrets and the cat prety much keep
the house mouse free
[15:40] <Wrengl> not counting the babies there are seven members of the Meow
Mafia in our house
[15:40] <Shiral> That would be quite an experience
[15:40] <TerryOBrien> I've got up to three feet of snow around the house. I
can't figure out how it got from the field out in back to my house in the
middle of winter.
[15:40] <KK> Four ferrets?!
[15:40] <jp> THIS IS A FAMILY CHAT
[15:40] <KK> Cool!
[15:40] <christophle> oh... shiral kinky?
[15:40] <Wrengl> no self-respecting mouse will move in unless they plan on
committing suicide
[15:40] <Shiral> Katherine, how's the flat coming, other than kitchen
installation
[15:40] <kirienne> Pat, that is quite a cat family
[15:40] <Sedina> we don't have to worry about mice much...but even if we
did, I doubt that Myah or Sadie would know what to do
[15:40] <cherie> yeah I used to have 6
[15:41] <cherie> I have a menagerie
[15:41] <christophle> sorry jp
[15:41] <Shiral> No comment, Christophle
[15:41] <christophle> oh..... get her
[15:41] <KK> They've been plastering for the past two weeks; only the ground
floor left to do.
[15:41] <cherie> 4 ferrets one cat one dog one horse and a bunch of fish.
But I've cut back.
[15:41] <Wrengl> well it IS a 15 room house on 3 floors
[15:41] <Wrengl> also two dogs
[15:41] <kirienne> cool Pat
[15:41] <cherie> Plastering is not fun
[15:41] <Shiral> You downsized your pets, cherie?
[15:41] <christophle> no.. thought it was aflat
[15:42] <kirienne> lots of room there
[15:42] <KK> The flat is only 2 floors, and two/three rooms per floor.
[15:42] <Debbie-VB> she uysed to have an elephant too
[15:42] <christophle> ONLY!!!!!!!!
[15:42] <cherie> yeah I used to have 6 ferrets 2 horses 4 cats and no dog
and lots of fish
[15:42] <Wrengl> lol debbie
[15:42] <Shiral> Ah yes
[15:42] <Ethan> 1 9 year old puppy and lots of fishes
[15:42] <Shiral> That's a lot of ferrets
[15:42] <KK> Well, it's much smaller than the main house.
[15:42] <Wrengl> the third floor (studio) cats like to watch the catfish and
the beta
[15:42] <cherie> I suppose
[15:42] <KK> It's a one-bedroom flat.
[15:43] <cherie> ferrets are like potato chips, you can't have just one
[15:43] <jp> ??
[15:43] <Shiral> No comment!
[15:43] <Wrengl> think potatoe chips taste better, though
[15:43] <christophle> i'm comming to Dublin this year. I'll just bet you
can see holybrookefrom there?
[15:43] <the_Bee> speaking of ferrets, has Jessie been here recently?
[15:43] <KK> What color are the ferrets, and do they nip?
[15:43] <jm> Wouldn't know Wrengl
[15:43] <Wrengl> no bee
[15:43] <Shiral> Jessie hasn't been around in a long time
[15:43] <cherie> umm I got all collors and no they never bite
[15:44] <Wrengl> she has not been here since july i think
[15:44] <Shiral> !seen Jessie
[15:44] -DeryniBot- Jessie - Left at: July 3 2003 5:12:36pm CT Last Note:
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[15:44] <Bynw> !seen jessie
[15:44] <KK> No, you'd have to come down to Bray, and then you could see
Holybrooke.
[15:44] <christophle> never bite??
[15:44] <cherie> I have one white one blaze a chjocolate and a sable
[15:44] <Shiral> July third was the last time she was here
[15:44] <cherie> no mine don't bite
[15:44] * Mistyck wonders if christophle is going to be making a side trip
to Bray
[15:44] <cherie> like puppies they can be taught not to bite
[15:44] <kirienne> Jasta has not been here in a long time either
[15:44] <KK> Chrustophle is welcome to make a side trip to Bray.
[15:44] <Shiral> It's very easy to get to Bray from Dublin on the train <G>
[15:44] <Shiral> I speak from experience
[15:45] <christophle> KK. twilight zone again.... ta very much
[15:45] <christophle> bray is almost my surname!
[15:45] <jp> Isn't Bray near to Whinnie?
[15:45] <cherie> and here I thought it was the sound a donkey amkes
[15:45] <Mistyck> lol, JP
[15:45] <cherie> *makes
[15:45] <TerryOBrien> Been there, done that, Shiral!
[15:45] <Shiral> Just one more stop down the tracks, JP
[15:46] <the_Bee> does anyone know of a folk song called "The Vicar of
Bray"?
[15:46] <cherie> Oh hey are there mules in Gwynedd?
[15:46] <TerryOBrien> But its more fun to drive there yourself.
[15:46] <kirienne> nope
[15:46] <Shiral> Bark is another stop after that
[15:46] <KK> Different Bray. There are lots of them in England.
[15:46] <christophle> and Bray is right opposite to liverpool. only a couple
of inches of h2o between us
[15:46] <Shiral> If you're used to driving in the UK, Terry
[15:46] <Debbie-VB> Bray, Bark whinnie, do I see a pattern emerging?
[15:46] <cherie> Don't Gypsey Vanner horses come from around there?
[15:46] <The_Cat_Whisperer> The sound adog makes is another stop?
[15:47] <KK> Gypsey Vanner horses? 'Fraid I've never heard of them--and I
thought I knew horses.
[15:47] <the_Bee> Meow is next?
[15:47] <TerryOBrien> I got used to it real quickly. IT wasn't as difficult
as driving in Chicago.
[15:47] <christophle> woof
[15:47] <cherie> Really?
[15:47] * jp we're off with the fairies again
[15:47] <Shiral> Don't know if the line goes that far, Bee
[15:47] <cherie> Well they ar3e Gypsey cobbs perhaps
[15:47] <cherie> here they are called Vanners
[15:47] <jm> Gotta run dinner calls. Hope everyone has a good week
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[15:47] <Shiral> I spend most of my life away with the fairies
[15:47] <christophle> whats a vanner?
[15:47] <Debbie-VB> bye-eee JM
[15:48] <Mistyck> JM is getting fast
[15:48] <christophle> c u jm
[15:48] <cherie> like a fresian body type but more coarse
[15:48] <kirienne> so do I Shiral, and with the Elves
[15:48] <cherie> about 14-15 handas
[15:48] <KK> Hmmm. We don't really have gypsies, either. We have
travelers/tinkers, who would like people to think they're an indigenous
wandering people--but they aren't.
[15:48] <christophle> shiral I spend most of my life with 'em lol
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[15:48] <cherie> yeah well you know we yankies never use the right words;)
[15:49] <christophle> is'nt it romany???
[15:49] <Mistyck> yep
[15:49] <KK> Ours aren't Romany.
[15:49] <jp> Gyptian?
[15:49] <cherie> the horses are beautiful though. In the US it is a breed
that is growing in popularity
[15:49] <christophle> as in egyptians
[15:50] <cherie> no not egypt that would be arabian
[15:50] <KK> So, Vanners are a sort of light draft-type?
[15:50] <christophle> or little egyptians
[15:50] <cherie> yeah sort of
[15:50] <jp> Isn't Gyptian the term Philip Pulman uses for Gypsies
[15:51] <christophle> philip pullman
[15:51] <christophle> yep
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[15:51] <christophle> little egyptians ( gyptians)
[15:51] <cherie> http://www.gypsyvannerhorse.com/content.html
[15:51] <Wrengl> it's also the name of a people in The Golden Compass
(gyptians)
[15:51] <Pedantic_Bee> "Gypsy" derives from the false belief that they
originally came from Egypt
[15:51] <christophle> yep
[15:52] <cherie> interesting
[15:52] <Pedantic_Bee> actually from India, or so I've read
[15:52] <christophle> because of their colouring??
[15:52] <Pedantic_Bee> who knows?
[15:52] <christophle> but in pullman they where boat people
[15:52] <cherie> So what most closley resembles the breeds in Gwynedd?
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[15:53] <Mistyck> Katherine: I've been doing some 'net research on Templars
in Western England, and I think I've come up with a plausible story line to
have them "shelter" at Wigan enroute to Scotland
[15:53] <christophle> ohh.... i real i'll be dooin' research
[15:53] <christophle> sorry feel
[15:53] <Shiral> I wondered about that, Christophle =o)
[15:53] <Mistyck> and I've pretty much decided to use The Shroud as the
treasure that goes with them
[15:54] <Pedantic_Bee> weren't they sometimes called "beggars" or "tinkers"?
[15:54] <cherie> I've heard that
[15:54] <cherie> Tinkers
[15:54] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Rental fingers, christophle?
[15:54] <jp> Thieving pykies as well
[15:54] <christophle> tinkes did odd jobs for people
[15:54] <Shiral> Hard to find a good rental place open on Sunday
[15:54] <kirienne> rental fingers are usually problematic
[15:54] <christophle> yep. u got it
[15:54] <christophle> but for freeeeeeee
[15:54] <Mistyck> but, the twist would be that the Shroud is the "head" the
Templars worshipped
[15:55] * Debbie-VB thinks she started something a while ago with her commen
t about rented fingers
[15:55] <KK> Well, we've got Llanners, which are sort of like Welsh ponies;
R'Kassans are like Arabs. Battle horses would be more like Frisians, I
suppose.
[15:55] <christophle> i'll be dooin' a 'tinker' for mistyck
[15:55] <jp> COWS?
[15:55] <cherie> cool I thought that about the R'kassan
[15:55] <cherie> No Fresians are some georgouse horse
[15:55] * Mistyck thanks christophle from the bottom of her heart for all
the research he's already done!
[15:55] <christophle> mmmm
[15:56] <cherie> I got to ride a stallion one that was insured for a million
dolars
[15:56] <christophle> wait til you and KK get the book and pics!!!!!!!!
[15:56] <Shiral> Wow, some horse!
[15:56] <KK> When we first saw Ladyhawk, Scott nearly came out of his seat
beside me. He LOVES that horse!
[15:56] <cherie> yeah me too
[15:56] <Pedantic_Bee> "Hark! hark! the dogs do bark/ the beggars are coming
to town. some in rags, and some in tags, and some in velvet gowns
[15:56] <Ethan> would the knights' hores be more like Belgians or Percherons
[15:56] <Mistyck> I'm already impatient...now it'll be worse!
[15:56] <cherie> The horse I rode is jokkars Thor
[15:57] <Shiral> LOL, KK
[15:57] <KK> Belgians, think "light" draft, chargers.
[15:57] <Shiral> I could see Scott Riding that horse
[15:57] <christophle> I was once bitten by a donkey on Blackpool beach!!!!
[15:57] <Mistyck> ughh
[15:57] <christophle> lol
[15:57] <Debbie-VB> I kind of like the horse that playes shadowfax
[15:57] <TerryOBrien> Katherine, when Vicki and I saw Ladyhawke, I couldn't
tell whether she was lusting for Hauer or his horse.
[15:57] <Shiral> LOL
[15:57] <cherie> Andulusian
[15:57] <cherie> I painted shadowfax
[15:57] <KK> That's what the other guy was riding in Ladyhawk.
[15:58] <christophle> a horse of a different colour
[15:58] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Cool, cherie!
[15:58] <Shiral> that was the horse *I* wanted
[15:58] <cherie>
http://www.council-of-elrond.com/gallery/fanart/images/cherrie_c11.jpg
[15:58] <Shiral> I loved that gorgeous mane
[15:58] <cherie> This is a link to it
[15:58] <KK> Well. Andalusians do look a bit like white Frisians. And
they're both a bit like Lippizans.
[15:58] * Debbie-VB thought the horse of a different colour was the one in
Wizard of Oz
[15:58] <cherie> yes they are
[15:58] <jp> a horse by any other name would smell just like sweat
[15:58] <kirienne> the horses in LadyHawkew were verra pretty, as were the
LOTR horses
[15:59] * Shiral likes Lippizans
[15:59] <cherie> in fact last year I saw a Fresian perform side by side with
an analusian it was soo cool
[15:59] <christophle> oh.. we used to have a tv programme about the ' white
horses'
[15:59] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL, jp!
[15:59] <cherie> I have seen them perform several times.
[15:59] <Shiral> I've seen them perform at the Spanish Riding School
[16:00] <kirienne> I'll have to go there adn alook at your drawing cherrie,
I visit that site almost daily
[16:00] <KK> Disney did The Miracle of the White Stallions, about the rescue
of the Spanish Riding School horses at the end of WW II.
[16:00] * cherie dies of envy
[16:00] <jp> Damn you christophle, I'll be humming that theme tune all night
now
[16:00] <cherie> yeah but the book was better
[16:00] <christophle> we got 'white horses' in the 60s
[16:00] <cherie> me too kirienne
[16:00] <The_Cat_Whisperer> g2g, be back later.
[16:00] <TerryOBrien> Wasn't Patton involved in that rescue?
[16:00] <cherie> bye cat
[16:00] <christophle> i've got the theme on mini disc!!
[16:00] <Pedantic_Bee> cya
[16:00] <Shiral> Bye Cat Whisperer
[16:00] <KK> And on that note, I need to head off to bed, guys. My neck is
getting stiff.Also, it's nearly pumpkin time.
[16:00] <kirienne> see ya cat whisperer
[16:00] <Debbie-VB> bye-eee CW
[16:00] <christophle> sad or what?
[16:00] <Wrengl> bye cat
[16:01] <KK> Yes, re Patton.
[16:01] <cherie> bye KK nice to meet you
[16:01] <Shiral> Night, Katherine, thanks for popping by!
[16:01] <Wrengl> night katherine
[16:01] <jp> night cat and kat
[16:01] <Bynw> night Katherine *huggles*
[16:01] <christophle> cu kk watch for the post
[16:01] <Shiral> Good luck with all projects in the coming week
[16:01] <TerryOBrien> 'night, Katherine.
[16:01] <Pedantic_Bee> have a good week, Katherine
[16:01] <kirienne> healing woodgies to KK for her neck, night night KK, have
a good week, huggles
[16:01] <Debbie-VB> Nighters katherine. sleep sweet, and have a terrific
week
[16:01] <Shiral> Especially the literary ones =o)
[16:01] <The_Cat_Whisperer> good night, Katherine
[16:01] * KK steps onto her Portal,
[16:01] <christophle> lol jp
[16:01] <cherie> kirienne dou you read TML?
[16:01] <Tika> niters KK
[16:01] <TerryOBrien> BTW, cherie, that's a good picture you drew.
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[16:01] <cherie> tahnk you much for the compliment
[16:01] * KK waves good night, and disappears in a shower of greek sparkles.
[16:02] <kirienne> not sure what you mean cherie?
[16:02] <Shiral> Bye, Katheirne
[16:02] <jp> lol
[16:02] * Bynw likes green sparkles
[16:02] <cherie> The Married Life
[16:02] <Shiral> BAD fingers!
[16:02] <kirienne> nope
[16:02] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[16:02] <christophle> greek/???
[16:02] <Mistyck> have a great week
[16:02] <cherie> madcat and herri's thread
[16:02] <Shiral> Those sparkles tickle a LOT
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[17:01] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is KK
[17:01] <Samuel> hello KK
[17:01] <Mistyck> hi KK
[17:01] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[17:01] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:01] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine
[17:01] <the_Bee> hi KK! you made it!
[17:01] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine!
[17:01] <Duck> hello katherine
[17:01] <KK> Hi, Folks.
[17:01] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, KK
[17:02] <Mistyck> how are you?
[17:02] <KK> We've had house guests the past few weekends--and have
some tonight, so I can't stay too long, but wanted to at least drop
in.
[17:02] <RainbowDragon> We've missed you the last few Sundays, KK
[17:02] <KK> What's the latest word on Wrengl?
[17:02] <JastaElf> Not yet, Katherine.
[17:02] <kirienne> how is remodeling going Katherine?
[17:02] <JastaElf> No bulletin today
[17:02] <Mistyck> as of yesterday she was still in ICU
[17:02] <KK> Work progresses.
[17:02] <Bynw> hiyas KK
[17:02] <kirienne> what has happened to Pat?
[17:02] <Mistyck> but talking to the nurses and doctors
[17:02] <the_Bee> what happened??
[17:03] <RainbowDragon> How is your writing progressing, Katherine?
[17:03] <KK> This weekend, we filled an entire large dumpster (the
size of a car) with builders' debris. Yay!
[17:03] <Sedina> Pat's doing better, but the hospital staff is still
having to work hard to keep her sugar levels within exceptable ranges.
[17:03] <KK> Not much writing the past week or so, though I'm raring
to get back to it.
[17:03] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I sent Wrengl a get-well e-card.
[17:04] <KK> While dealing with builders, I figured out a better way
to do a scene I'd drafted.
[17:04] <Mistyck>
[17:04] <kirienne> cool KK
[17:04] <KK> Jasta, how are you doing?
[17:04] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Inspiration comes from the unlikliest
places! :-)
[17:04] <Duck> if they aid in the planning process then you need a
troupe of engineers on hand katherine
[17:05] <JastaElf> I'm... hanging in there, KK. Meds are being
adjusted, and... sad to say, the bleeding has come back. :-(
[17:05] <KK> Amen.
[17:05] <KK> Drat!
[17:05] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:05] <DeryniBot> Martine has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:05] <kirienne> darn
[17:05] <Mistyck> hi Martine
[17:05] <KK> What's the long-term prognosis?
[17:05] <kirienne> hi Martine
[17:05] <Martine> Hi all! Huggles!
[17:05] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Martine.
[17:05] <Bynw> its martine!
[17:05] <KK> Hi, Martine!
[17:05] * the_Bee sends heling woodgies to jasta and wrengl
[17:05] <Martine> Hi katherine! Long time no see!
[17:05] <JastaElf> They haven't said yet; I have an appt. this week
with the docs.
[17:05] <Duck> hello martini
[17:06] <the_Bee> hi martine
[17:06] <Martine> Hi Duck! :-)
[17:06] * Sedina huggles Jasta
[17:06] <Martine> Hi Bee!
[17:06] <Sedina> hi, Martine
[17:06] <KK> And how is Brian doing?
[17:06] <Martine> Did you get to see Jasper this morning, Jasta?
[17:06] <JastaElf> He's doing GREAT! Did I tell you he made the
Dean's List last semester?
[17:06] * dianna has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:06] <DeryniBot> Welcome to #Deryni_Destinations dianna
[17:06] <KK> Wow!
[17:06] * kirienne sends Duncan to Jasta's, and Morgan to Pat's sides
Nigel accompanies Duncan, to make Jasta smile
[17:06] <Mistyck> cool, Jasta!
[17:06] <Mistyck> hi Dianna
[17:06] <Martine> Good for him!
[17:06] <the_Bee> Jasper made the dean's list???
[17:06] <dianna> good evening all
[17:06] <JastaElf> LOL! Yeah right, at horsie school...
[17:06] <kirienne> that's great about Jaspar Jasta
[17:07] <JastaElf> No, Brian, my son. :-)
[17:07] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Dianna. Haven't seen you before.
[17:07] <kirienne> oh, even better
[17:07] <JastaElf> Jasper has been seeing a trainer though and has had
a dramatic turnaround in behaviour.
[17:07] <KK> Is he (Jasper) being broken to saddle yet? He's got to
be old enough.
[17:07] <JastaElf> He's already been broken to ride, KK.
[17:07] <Sedina> hi, dianna
[17:07] <dianna> been here a few weeks, off and on, nice to meet you,
cat..
[17:07] <KK> Aha! And have you ridden him?
[17:07] <JastaElf> The trainer has ridden him several times already.
*sob* and never told me til after... I wasn't even there to see!
[17:07] <RainbowDragon> Hi, dianna
[17:08] <JastaElf> No, since the back injury in December riding has
been out of the question. :-(
[17:08] <dianna> HI Sedina..how are you?
[17:08] <dianna> hi RD
[17:08] <JastaElf> Couldn't even walk to get out there to SEE him
ridden. But the doc thinks I'll be able to ride come April
[17:08] <KK> Sob. When do you think the back will be good enough?
[17:08] <RainbowDragon> back injury? oh yuck
[17:08] <Sedina> doing all right, dianna...taking a break from card
making to chat with everyone
[17:08] <JastaElf> Hopefully it'll be my Easter prezzie to myself.
[17:08] <KK> Sounds good!
[17:08] <Martine> So we all have to send healing huggles to Jasta and
Pat. :-)
[17:08] <dianna> Sedina, that is good, it is nice to chat sometimes
[17:08] <kirienne> that would be a good Easter prezzie
[17:09] <JastaElf> :-) I felt like such a prat tho: torn between joy
that he could be ridden, and sorrow that I wasn't there to see.
Sigh...
[17:09] <KK> Martine, how's your riding coming? And John's? He made
a good start here in Ireland.
[17:09] <Bynw> its very good to have the JastaElf back in the chat :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> yes it is!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Aww, you guys are the greatest....
[17:09] <kirienne> yep
[17:09] <Martine> He sure did! John survived a 6-hour trail ride in
30-degree F weather before Christmas in western NJ. :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> wow!
[17:09] <kirienne> wow, good for John
[17:09] <KK> Wow!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Martine, how're your skiing muscles this
morning/afternoon?
[17:09] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Bynw, Thanks for putting my stats on the
map. :-)
[17:10] <Martine> My riding is coming along well, too. I was upgraded
to a higher-level instructor and grouped with two other students, so I
get to ride for a full hour now.
[17:10] <kirienne> great
[17:10] <KK> Excellent!
[17:10] <Duck> martine and her riding crop inspiress confidence in her
students?
[17:10] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL!
[17:10] <Martine> My new instructor has me working mainly with the
stable slug (I'm one of the few who MIGHT get him to canter) and
another joy of a mare who responds to things you don't even know
you're doing.
[17:10] <kirienne> LOL Duck
[17:10] <Martine> Confidence? It's fear, Duck. FEAR! <g>
[17:11] <kirienne> LOL
[17:11] <Martine> Have you managed to get on a horse yet, Katherine?
[17:11] <JastaElf> So were you sore this AM after all that skiing
yesterday, Martine?
[17:11] <Bynw> you're welcome CW
[17:11] <Duck> aah so that is the reason why you are an instructor and
i am not
[17:11] <Martine> Owie, Jasta. But not as owie as John is! And he
wasn't the one skiing moguls <g>
[17:11] <JastaElf> Oh, poor John!!
[17:11] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Martin, is that mare Deryni? :-D
[17:11] <JastaElf> He clearly didn't take tylenol before bed...
[17:11] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:11] <KK> Duck, did Nancy ever tell you that I wasn't able to open
your resume file, which is why I haven't been able to call those Irish
job possibilities for you?
[17:12] * kirienne tells Kelson to give Martine a *good* massage after
chat
[17:12] <Martine> It was funny, too. I wasn't sore from skiing, but
from carrying the darn boot bag all the way back to the car!!
[17:12] <Martine> If Brite (the mare) isn't Deryni, she must have at
least been trained by one!
[17:12] <Duck> yes she did katherine and i have been a bit busy to
follow up on any of it
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[17:12] <DeryniBot> cherie has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:12] <cherie> Hi everyone
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> hi, cherie
[17:12] <Mistyck> hi Cherie
[17:12] <JastaElf> Hi Cherie
[17:12] <cherie> Hello KK
[17:12] <Martine> Kirienne, I like the way you think! ;-)
[17:12] <the_Bee> hi cherie
[17:12] <KK> OK, resend the info when you can and I'll try to call on
the posts.
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Cherie.
[17:13] <kirienne> hi cherie
[17:13] <Martine> And no, Jasta, John didn't take Tylenol last night
;-)
[17:13] <Sedina> hi, cherie
[17:13] <Martine> Hi Cherie
[17:13] <cherie> just got in from horseback riding:)
[17:13] <kirienne> anything for a friend Martine :-)
[17:13] <Martine> Oooooooo! :-)
[17:13] <Martine> How was the ride?
[17:13] <cherie> awesome!
[17:13] <KK> And Mistyck, how is the adorable Ryan?
[17:13] <The_Cat_Whisperer> KK, I sent you an email. Did you get it?
[17:14] <Martine> KK, how's Holybrooke coming along?
[17:14] <KK> Dunno. When did you send it?
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> The 18th.
[17:14] <dianna> KK, how are you doing?
[17:14] <KK> I'll have to check, CW.
[17:15] <KK> We hope that the window guy will start this week.
[17:15] <Martine> Excellent!
[17:15] <Martine> When he's done with your house, can you send him
over here? We have four windows that need replacing... <g>
[17:15] <Martine> Hi Dianna
[17:15] <KK> Meanwhile, we have two of the three holes drilled through
the 30+ inch-thick walls for plumbing. And most of the plastering is
now done.
[17:16] <Martine> So it's starting to look like a livable wing again
then.
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> How much more needs to be done to the place,
Katherine?
[17:16] <dianna> KK....I really enjoyed reading about your
ghosts...too cool
[17:16] <KK> There are definitely rooms out there!
[17:16] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:16] <Mistyck> Katherine: Ryan's doing great! He's skating again
and doing well in school
[17:16] <JastaElf> Shiral sent me her trip diary... the ghosts stayed
away from her while she was there
[17:17] <dianna> no fair, if I ever go to Ireland, AND a castle, I had
BETTER see some ghosts!!!!!
[17:17] <Martine> You're doing better than we are, then. All we've
managed so far is to dig up the basement slab only to discover that
water is leaching through our foundation. We MIGHT have a new bathroom
in 2006 at this rate!
[17:17] <KK> Plaster the lobby and utility area, the lower stairwell,
build the little boiler houue in the outer lobby; second fix on
electrical and plumbing.
[17:17] <Duck> and an underground spa now martine?
[17:17] <Martine> Jasta, I told Shiral she just had to promise the
ghosts CHOCOLATE next time <g>
[17:17] <RainbowDragon> Maybe ghosts are afraid of Shirals! :-)
[17:17] <Martine> A rather cold and muddy one, yes, Duck!
[17:17] <KK> Oh, and the kitchen came; now sitting in boxes in the
drawing room. Appliances are still on hold at the warehouse, but we
bought and paid for them on St. Stephen's Day.
[17:18] <dianna> martine ..mud pit, hummmmmm
[17:18] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:18] <Martine> So things are moving along rather nicely!
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! I think ghosts would LIKE choccies...
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Can ghosts eat?
[17:18] * dianna thinks jasta likes chocolate as much as I do
[17:18] <Martine> I only got to see the stair lady ghost myself when I
was there.
[17:18] <JastaElf> Warehoused since St. Stephen's, KK??
Jeepers--isn't that Dec.26??
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! I do indeed, Dianna!
[17:19] <KK> Yep. With luck, the wing will be ready for habitation in
May/June.
[17:19] * JastaElf reaches for a cordialed cherry
[17:19] <dianna> cat, sure they can....i think
[17:19] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:19] * Martine offers fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies
around the room
[17:19] <KK> Yep. But that's when the big sales are--and we knew what
we needed.
[17:19] <dianna> ty martine
[17:19] <cherie> oooh thanks martine:)
[17:19] <kirienne> oooh more choc chip cookies
[17:19] * JastaElf hands around dishes of Breyers' choc chip ice
cream, and the bowl of hot fudge
[17:20] <Martine> Now I just have to figure out how to telecommute
from Ireland so I can rent that wing.... ;-)
[17:20] <KK> Yum!
[17:20] <Martine> Did you say HOT fudge?
[17:20] <kirienne> LOL Martine
[17:20] * Martine salivates
[17:20] <Bynw> LOL Martine
[17:20] <dianna> martine...LOL
[17:20] * the_Bee thanks jasta and happily digs in
[17:20] <cherie> great way to end a day now if only I had stopped at
the store on my way home.
[17:20] <JastaElf> I said HOT fudge, dark, rich and luscious,
Martine....
[17:20] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sets out cups of hot chocolate*
[17:20] <cherie> oh then again if I had I would not be her yet
[17:20] * Martine moves from salivate to full-out drool
[17:21] <dianna> has anyone seen the Mel Gibson movie , The passion,
yet?
[17:21] <cherie> *here
[17:21] <cherie> not yet
[17:21] <Martine> Jasta - trade Godiva liqueur for some of that hot
fudge?
[17:21] <Bynw> Tika is gonna see it next weekend
[17:21] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL, Martine!
[17:21] <dianna> was gonna see it today, but it keeps selling out
[17:21] <JastaElf> You dobn't have to, Martine, But you have a deal...
[17:21] <cherie> A co-workers mom did and said it was really good
[17:21] <dianna> kahlua is great on ice cream...
[17:21] * JastaElf snatches the Godiva and pours a BUNCH OF SMALL CUPS
TO PASS AROUND. :-)
[17:21] <Bynw> a lot of the local churches have bought up all the
tickets around here
[17:21] <KK> I plan to see it.
[17:21] <cherie> I am going to wait and rent it
[17:21] <Martine> I think I'm going to wait until it comes out on
video. Local theater now wants $9.50 per ticket.
[17:22] <kirienne> I haven't seen it, don't think I could handle the
intensity of it, I nearly faint at having my blood drawn for tests
[17:22] <dianna> ick, way too high for a movie, I will see it next
weekend, maybe things will calm down
[17:22] <Martine> I didn't think you could turn down Godiva liqueur,
Jasta. ;-)
[17:22] <JastaElf> LOL! Nope!
[17:22] <cherie> Oscars is tonight
[17:22] <kirienne> godiva, yummmm
[17:22] <dianna> I can't imagine it will be any bloodier than say, the
gladiator, or braveheart
[17:22] <Martine> I paid $9.50 for Return of the King, and it was
worth every penny. There aren't many other movies worth that.
[17:23] <cherie> yeaah
[17:23] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Maybe you should get a note from your
doctor before seeing "The Passion". =8-0
[17:23] <cherie> Been to see it 4 times Martine
[17:23] * JastaElf LOVED ROTK... except not enough Legolas....
[17:23] <Martine> LOL! There's never enough Legolas! ;-)
[17:23] <JastaElf> Amen! :-)
[17:23] <kirienne> I still have not seen ythe ending of Braveheart, I
held my coat over my eyes adn ears at certain times of that
[17:23] <cherie> yes but he was there more than in the book
[17:23] <Martine> Did you see Pirates of the Caribbean, Jasta?
[17:23] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:23] <JastaElf> Oh YES! *drool*
[17:23] <Martine> LOL!
[17:23] <cherie> braveheart was not so bad. The patriot was really
bloody though
[17:23] <dianna> kirienne, the only thing that bothers me os the
spinning scenes, yick
[17:23] * kirienne agrees with Jasta, m\needed way more Mirkwood
Princling in it
[17:24] <KK> Pirates was cool.
[17:24] <cherie> Pirates was very cool
[17:24] <Martine> It was a heck of a lot of fun! Isn't Johnny Depp up
for best actor for that movie?
[17:24] <cherie> he is]
[17:24] <dianna> haven't seen pirates, can't stand Johnny Depp
[17:24] <KK> He did a hell of a job.
[17:24] <cherie> He better get it too
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[17:24] <DeryniBot> Raven uses a Transfer Portal to join the chat in
#Deryni_Destinations
[17:24] <cherie> hi raven
[17:24] <Sedina> hi, Raven
[17:24] <Martine> Agreed!
[17:24] <JastaElf> Hi Raven!
[17:24] <Raven> *waves* hi
[17:24] <Bynw> hiyas Raven
[17:24] <Martine> Hi Raven!
[17:24] <dianna> hi Raven
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> HI, Raven
[17:24] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Raven.
[17:24] <cherie> if he does it will be the first time someone got it
for a comedy
[17:25] <kirienne> hi Raven
[17:25] * Raven falls backwards
[17:25] <JastaElf> Orlando Bloom was marvelous in Pirates. Eminently
, err, huggable. Yeah, that's the word. :-)
[17:25] <the_Bee> my video rental place has 5 for $10 on fridays. I'm
trying to think of 5 movies I <really> want to see
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Quoth the Raven, "Never more"?
[17:25] <dianna> I liked Cuba Gooding Jr in RADIO
[17:25] <Martine> Just "huggable", Jasta?
[17:25] <Raven> *blinks* talk about greeting
[17:25] <cherie> Orli is gonna be a BIG ster
[17:25] <kirienne> Captain Jack Sparrow is the best pirate captain
ever as far as I am concerned
[17:25] <Raven> RD: yup.
[17:25] <cherie> yeah
[17:26] <Martine> A big star who is VERY easy on the eyes.
[17:26] <cherie> LOL very
[17:26] <kirienne> yes, he was huggable, I think of him as Legoals in
disguise playing at being a corsssssair tough
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL! I can't say other words with KK in the room,
Martine. She thinks I'm sweet. :-)
[17:26] * JastaElf ducks from KK's reach...
[17:26] <Sedina> lol
[17:26] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:26] <Bynw> LOL
[17:26] <Martine> ROTFL!!!! Gotcha! ;-)
[17:26] <KK> Huh?
[17:26] <dianna> are we talking about JOHNNY DEPP?? UGH
[17:26] <cherie> no Orlando bloom
[17:26] <Sedina> I would think that after all this time, she would
know you better than that, Jasta
[17:26] <Bynw> JastaElf, I think KK knows all about how you really are
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL! Yeah probably....
[17:26] <KK> Ah, but Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, now....
[17:26] <dianna> whew, thought for a second youall had gone bonkers
[17:27] <JastaElf> Oh I loved Johnny as Jack.
[17:27] <Martine> I'm not a Johnny Depp fan, but I still thought he
was wonderful in Pirates.
[17:27] <cherie> Johny was so funny as Jack
[17:27] <Martine> He sure was!
[17:27] <kirienne> that was the first time I had ever seen Johnny
[17:27] <KK> Well, I recently reread a certain story by Jasta, written
for Nancy's birthday last year. Whew!
[17:27] <Martine> LOL!
[17:27] <Martine> Written by Jasta? Surely it cannot be!
[17:27] <dianna> you wanna see a funny movie, with hunks in it, watch
hollywood homicide
[17:27] <cherie> I need to rewrite mine before April
[17:27] <Mistyck> hi Raven
[17:28] <JastaElf> LOL! Ummm... which one was that, KK? I have no
brain today...
[17:28] <cherie> nah I am not into hunks I just love great adventures
[17:28] <JastaElf> Was that Nigel and Meraude in the labyrinth? <g>
[17:28] <KK> The one about the Queen of Torenth and her new lover....
[17:28] <Martine> Wasn't that Melissa's?
[17:28] <Martine> Or am I confused?
[17:28] <JastaElf> That wasn't me.... <blush>
[17:28] <cherie> My doggie wants to know what Im doin not paying
atention to her
[17:29] <KK> Oh, I'm confused too, then. But they're both cut from
the same cloth, where such things are concerned. ;-)
[17:29] <Martine> Hee hee!
[17:29] <JastaElf> LOL! Well yeah...
[17:29] <Bynw> lol
[17:29] <KK> I don't think it actually has an author name on the copy
I have.
[17:29] <kirienne> my brain is not working too good today either
[17:30] <cherie> Mines not too bad, notice no rent-a-fingers so far
[17:30] <KK> No, we all pretty muich seem to have our own fingers
tonight.
[17:30] <KK> much
[17:30] <JastaElf> :-) More's the pity in my case. Fumbling through
the evening....
[17:30] <kirienne> I was glad my team teacher taught our Sunday school
kids mostly by herself, I just handed out the coloring sheets and kept
reminding them that all eyes needed to be on her during the story
[17:31] <Martine> Huh, Kirienne? You mean brains are supposed to work?
[17:31] <kirienne> that's what I've been told anyway Martine
[17:31] <JastaElf> We had the Great Litany at our church this AM... I
got to chant. :-) Was hard kneeling there for ten minutes,
singing... but it was Cool!! :-)
[17:31] <KK> Incidentally, we're having really cold weather here.
There was ice in the shadows here today that never did melt.
[17:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> It looks like KK's using rented fingers.
:-D
[17:31] * Bynw looks at the calendar and sees only 9 more days until
his bday which he shares with a few others
[17:31] <cherie> it's beautiful here
[17:31] <kirienne> cool Jasta, that must have been so moving
[17:31] <JastaElf> Probably not a good time to tell you it was 65 and
sunny here today... after all the cold we've had....
[17:32] * ethan has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:32] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
ethan
[17:32] <JastaElf> It was, very, kirienne.
[17:32] <Martine> So come visit us here, Katherine. It's going to be
close to 60F tomorrow. :-)
[17:32] <JastaElf> Hi ethan!
[17:32] <the_Bee> hi ethan
[17:32] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[17:32] <ethan> Hello all
[17:32] <cherie> yeah
[17:32] <kirienne> we've had 60 here too
[17:32] <kirienne> hi Ethan
[17:32] <cherie> Hey come ride horses with me kk
[17:32] * Sedina is jealous of 60 degree weather
[17:32] <KK> At least the great rains haven't started yet.
[17:32] <KK> Cherie, what kind of horses do you have?
[17:32] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan.
[17:32] <Martine> I'm hoping we don't have a repeat of last year's
great rains.
[17:32] <Martine> Hi Ethan
[17:33] <cherie> An Appaloosa and a standardbred
[17:33] <ethan> Hello again
[17:33] <KK> I hope our stay away until we have windows.
[17:33] <kirienne> LOL
[17:33] <Martine> Yes, they do help keep the wet out when they're
working properly.
[17:33] <kirienne> so do I Katherine
[17:33] <JastaElf> Or you can come ride Shires with me, KK--or at
least I'll watch and take pics... :-)
[17:33] <JastaElf> Hey--you could ride JASPER! The trainer tells me
he is every bti as good as we'd hoped....
[17:33] <cherie> I always wanted to try riding a draft
[17:33] <KK> I had a riding teacher who rode an Appy named Happy. He
was brown with a white blanket.
[17:34] <JastaElf> Come on down to Virginia, cherie. These Shires are
wonderful!
[17:34] <cherie> Mine is a red lepord
[17:34] <KK> A very nice, steady horse. And my second horse was half
standardbred.
[17:34] <Sedina> I used to have an appy when I was growing up
[17:34] <Martine> Happy the Appy. I love that!
[17:34] <cherie> Oh wow I live in PA
[17:34] <JastaElf> (Tho my Jasper is a AQH/Connemara cross...)
[17:34] <JastaElf> DAYTRIP! :-)
[17:34] <cherie> !yeah!
[17:34] <Martine> Cherie, drafts are a lot of fun to ride. Once you're
legs are stretched out properly. :-)
[17:34] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:34] <cherie> lol
[17:34] <ethan> I ride a Missouri foxtrotter
[17:34] <cherie> I imagine you get bowlegged prety fast
[17:34] <JastaElf> You can ride dear Tristy--he is SUCH a GREAT ride!
[17:35] <cherie> cool
[17:35] <Martine> I ride whatever anyone will let me mount up ;-D
[17:35] <KK> I've heard of foxtrotters. What kind of gait do they
have? Comfy?
[17:35] <JastaElf> Come on down anyone, any time!
[17:35] <cherie> I am on vacation the end of the month
[17:35] <ethan> Like a rocking chair
[17:35] <cherie> cool
[17:35] <cherie> foxtrotters are way smooth
[17:35] <KK> Like a Walking horse?
[17:35] <The_Cat_Whisperer> We had rain earlier in the week, but it's
shorts weather now. Keep in mind that mind that what Idahoans call
shorts weather may differ from others' opinions. :-D
[17:35] <ethan> no bounce in the trot at all
[17:35] * the_Bee wishes she could ride
[17:35] <kirienne> LOL CW
[17:36] <KK> I could get used to that! :-)
[17:36] <cherie> more like a paso I'd think
[17:36] <ethan> verrry smooth
[17:36] <cherie> I never rode on but I've seen them work
[17:36] <KK> Sigh. Maybe some day I'll start riding again.
[17:36] <Martine> LOl, Cat! My husband was actually outside today in a
t-shirt. Not that you'd want to stay out that long in a t-shirt, but
the fact he could do it without freezing his tail off was a big step
in the warm direction. :-)
[17:36] <JastaElf> Wow, we've got lots of riders today! :-)
[17:36] <cherie> Equine affaire comming up!
[17:36] <cherie> yeah
[17:36] <JastaElf> Sounds good to me....
[17:37] <Martine> We'll just have to return to Ireland, KK, kidnap
you, and tie you to a saddle. ;-)
[17:37] <ethan> If you've never ridden one try it if you get a chance
[17:37] <cherie> Can't wait to be surrounded by horses and horse
people in Col;umbus
[17:37] <Martine> I got my new Equestrian Vacations brochure today.
They have a picture of the guide we had last summer for the Galway
tour.
[17:37] <Duck> oh no the zippers sisters and their accomplices are
trying for a second kk kidnappping
[17:37] <KK> BTW, I WILL be at WorldCon in Boston, courtesty of Gray
Ghost Press.
[17:37] <JastaElf> I'll be there KK!
[17:37] <cherie> neat
[17:37] <Bynw> when is WorldCon?
[17:37] <KK> Labor Day weekend.
[17:38] <the_Bee> wonderful, KK!
[17:38] <the_Bee> who's the GOH?
[17:38] <Bynw> dont think i'll make that ... i'll be recovering from
GenCon still
[17:38] <KK> Dunno.
[17:38] <Martine> I'll be there too! Boston is too close to pass up.
[17:38] <ethan> any chance of a Northwest US visit Katherine
[17:38] <cherie> too far for me this year
[17:39] <KK> Only if a con invites me.
[17:39] <the_Bee> if I go I'll rent a hotel room this time. I missed
too much at Arisia :-(
[17:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, we''l have to see what we can do!
[17:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> we'll
[17:39] <ethan> yes we will!!!
[17:39] <Duck> my friend bob is a con(vict) if he invites you to oz
will ya come?
[17:39] <JastaElf> Room party at Jasta's place.... :-)
[17:40] <Martine> Alright!
[17:40] * kirienne wishes she would win the lottery soon so she could
attend
[17:40] <Martine> I'll bring the Godiva. Just let me know if it should
be solid, liquid, or both!
[17:40] * Bynw thinks KK should have a book signing tour of the US and
come to Iowa during it
[17:40] <KK> Depends on when it is, Duck.
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Darn rental fingers!
[17:40] <cherie>
[17:40] * kirienne wishes she would win lottery soon so she could go
to cons
[17:41] * cherie whishes for all her bills to go away so she could go
to cons
[17:41] <KK> I thnk I'll be rooming with Olympia.
[17:41] * the_Bee will settle for PCH sweepstakes
[17:42] * cherie wants a pizza
[17:42] * ethan wishes he could win the lottery so he could buy a
large ranch, lots of horses so he could invite katherine to come ride
for a week
[17:42] <Martine> I'll settle for the "We'll redecorate your home for
free" sweepstakes. ;-)
[17:42] <cherie> just get yourself on that home makeover show
[17:43] <kirienne> I would like that too, but the apt owner/manager
would not let them do any painting
[17:43] <dianna> Katherine, if you come to Iowa, you gotta come to
Missouri!!!
[17:43] <JastaElf> I would love that, cherie!
[17:43] <cherie> me too
[17:43] <Martine> Although the money I'm saving by swapping the "cat
sleep and drool on dry-clean-only comforter" for "cat sleep and drool
on machine-washable duvet" is doing wonders. <g>
[17:43] <cherie> my house looks awful on the outside
[17:43] <KK> It would be fun, Dianna.
[17:43] <kirienne> Bee, PCH sends me e-mails to open attachments to
win, I can't ever open any of their attachments, so I can't win
[17:43] <KK> Speaking of Iowa, has anyone heard from Barticus? Is he
still in Iraq?
[17:43] <Sedina> I still find it funny that Arwen drools, Martine.
Myah would positively be horrified if she drooled. *lol*
[17:44] <Bynw> I havent heard from him... he is probably still in Iraq
[17:44] <the_Bee> i thought bart was in kosovo?
[17:44] <cherie> yeah how undignified for an elf
[17:44] <kirienne> LOL Sedina
[17:44] <Bynw> or where ever he was sent
[17:44] <Martine> Arwen only drools when she smells shrimp, or she's
dreaming. And you'll never actually see her do it. But a day or two
later, there's a distinct drool ring on the coverlet <g>
[17:44] <Mistyck> I heard from Barticus a few weeks ago, he's in
Bosnia
[17:44] <KK> OK, Kosovo. Somewhere over there where it's dangerous.
Hope he's ok.
[17:44] <JastaElf> My Thrandy would never drool. Emit high-pitched
little mews from a huge old body, yes... but NEVER drool. <g>
[17:44] <Martine> LOL! Arwen does that, too!
[17:44] <cherie> thraduile?
[17:44] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:45] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Maybe Arwen dreams of shrimp! :-D
[17:45] <kirienne> nope, I can't imagine the King of Mirkwood drooling
<g>
[17:45] <Martine> Here comes massive boxy longer-than-my-forearm
cat...... and her mews sound more like "brrrrrrrrrrrrraaaah!"
[17:45] <Mistyck> he probably doesn't have internet access. Although
he has managed to email me at my .mil addy
[17:45] <JastaElf> Yes, Cherie, he's the Kitten-King of Mirkwood. :-)
[17:45] <Sedina> Sounds like Thrandy and Sadie are related in the meow
sense.
[17:45] <cherie> Arwen dreams of Arragorn and I'd drool too
[17:45] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:45] <cherie> Thought so Misty
[17:45] <kirienne> LOL
[17:45] <cherie> Legolass's father
[17:45] <JastaElf> yup!
[17:45] <KK> Edgar has just come in to tell me k
[17:46] <ethan> Mistyck, did you get my recipe?
[17:46] <Martine> LOL! So it's not shrimp after all!
[17:46] <cherie> nope
[17:46] <cherie> it's ranger
[17:46] <Martine> Give Edgar a scritch for me :-) He's my favorite
Holybrooke kitty.
[17:46] <Mistyck> yes Ethan...sounds really good!
[17:46] <KK> tell me it's time to go to bed. We had three on the bed
last night, not counting humans.
[17:46] <kirienne> LOL
[17:46] <Mistyck> lol
[17:46] <Martine> Oh my!
[17:46] <JastaElf> A Three-Cat Night! Is that like a Three Dog Night?
[17:46] <Martine> John and I have trouble finding room for ourselves
with just ONE. What do you do?
[17:46] <cherie> most elven lass'e cant resist a scruffy Dunedaine
[17:46] <JastaElf> THIS Elven lass can.... <snicker>
[17:47] <the_Bee> have you ever had a 5-cat night, KK?
[17:47] <cherie> I always have a one dog/one cat night
[17:47] <kirienne> I am torn between my love for the Ranger, and
Prince of Miiiirkwood
[17:47] <JastaElf> I have those every night, Bee. Tilly, Max, Kidlet,
Nikki and Thrandy! On a full-size futon, no less.
[17:47] <Martine> Arwen has this habit of picking either JOhn or I,
then stretching full length between our legs. Which effectively means
whomever she chooses can't move!
[17:47] <ethan> no cats in my house, just big slobberpaws doggy
[17:47] <JastaElf> Nah, it's the Elf all the way for me, kirienne.
:-)
[17:48] <cherie> Persoanlly I'm very fond of a heroic gardener
[17:48] <KK> Something like. Jessicat has now taken to sleeping on
the foot of the bed on Scott's side, ever since he shot Gus with the
God-gun for chasing her. Scott is now her hero and protector.
[17:48] <Martine> ROTFL!!!!!!
[17:48] <Sedina> lol
[17:48] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:48] <KK> Jasta, do they ALL sleep with you?
[17:48] <JastaElf> KK, what's a God-gun?
[17:49] <cherie> just guessin, squirt gun
[17:49] <JastaElf> Yes, they often do for at least part of the night,
KK! :-)
[17:49] <KK> one of those squirt bottles.
[17:49] <JastaElf> Thrandy is a pillow gog too...
[17:49] <JastaElf> hog, I meant.
[17:49] <kirienne> well, kings must have their comforts afterall
[17:49] <cherie> my dog likes to snuggle under the covers
[17:49] <KK> Now all he has to do is make the sssst-ssst-ssst sound,
and Gus hunkers down and stops whatever he's doing. That cat learns
fast!
[17:49] <Sedina> lol
[17:49] <kirienne> LOL
[17:49] <Martine> Smart kitty.
[17:49] <dianna> i have 5 indoor kitties, 3 outside, one HUGe dog
inside, all the inside ike to sleep with people
[17:50] <the_Bee> does he sleep on the bed?
[17:50] <JastaElf> LOL! Scott is such hot ticket, I swear....
[17:50] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Jasta, I know what you mean; my cat Tina
is too.
[17:50] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:50] <JastaElf> I couldn't live without animals. Just couldn't do
it.
[17:50] <the_Bee> tina is a hot ticket?
[17:51] <KK> The usual combo is Jessicat, Edgar, and sometimes Gus
and/or Matilda. And occasionally Nicholas is in there too--though
usually only three or so at any one time.
[17:51] <Martine> I don't know how I lived for so long without a
kitty.
[17:51] <cherie> I tried it didn't work
[17:51] <JastaElf> No, a pillow hog. :-) I think....
[17:51] <Bynw> scott is cool but i knew that anyway ... since he's
dead smack in the middle of pisces
[17:51] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Tina Turner? According to some. :-D
[17:51] <KK> On that note, folks, I think I'd better sign off. It's
getting late on this side of the world.
[17:52] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[17:52] <KK> Hope to talk to ya next week.
[17:52] <Bynw> night nigh KK {{{ }}}
[17:52] <Martine> Give all the fur children a scritch.
[17:52] <KK> Take care, all.
[17:52] <Sedina> huggles, Katherine. Sleep well
[17:52] <dianna> katherine, nice to talk to you again, have a great
week
[17:52] <cherie> night kk
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine!
[17:52] <Raven> night KK
[17:52] <the_Bee> nighters, KK. glad you could make it
[17:52] * cherie hugs
[17:52] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[17:52] <JastaElf> Night Katherine! Schlaf gut!
[17:52] <ethan> Good night Katherine
[17:52] <Mistyck> thanks for stopping by!
[17:52] <Duck> cheers katherine
[17:52] <kirienne> hugggggsss Katherine, thanks for dropping in to
chat...good luck with writing and have a great week
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> gooten nobben
[17:52] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good-night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:52] <JastaElf> Hugs to Scott!
[17:52] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'night, Katherine.
[17:52] * KK Quit
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[17:12] <DeryniBot> KK joins the Lodge of #Deryni_Destinations under
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[17:12] <Debbie-VB> Is that the one starring Jackman, christophle?
[17:12] <Mistyck> hi KK
[17:12] <Sedina> hi, Katherine
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Harvey
[17:12] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:12] <christophle> Hi Katherine
[17:12] <cherie> hi KK
[17:12] <KK> Hello, all. Is that really Wrengl back with us?
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Katherine!
[17:12] <Bynw> Hiyas {{{ Katherine }}}
[17:12] * the_Bee offers a carrot to 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> Yes, its Wrengl. Live and in person :-)
[17:13] <Harvey> What's up, doc?
[17:13] <the_Bee> glad you made it, KK
[17:13] <Mistyck> yes it is Katherine
[17:13] <KK> Yippie!
[17:13] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Yes, Wrengl is back :-)
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> How was your last couple weeks, KK?
[17:13] <cherie> KK I sent a story for the Zine, hope you like it.
[17:13] <KK> Hectic. A little writing done, but mostly building
stuff.
[17:14] <Mistyck> glad to hear about the writing
[17:14] <Sedina> and how go the renovations?
[17:14] <Mistyck> how goes the building?
[17:14] <the_Bee> how much more building?
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> are you <still> building *giggle*
[17:14] <RainbowDragon> Good you got some writing done :-)
[17:14] <KK> We're currently being slowed by lack of windows.
[17:14] <Mistyck>
[17:14] <cherie> which version would you like?
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL!
[17:14] <christophle> Katherine, how was Scotts Birthday?
[17:14] <Bynw> http://www.psionics.net/webcam/ (open up a new
browser window if you are using the java chat)
[17:14] <KK> I did get four little windows to the glazer, and should
have them back sort of mid-week.
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[17:15] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
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[17:15] <Mistyck> hi Dennis
[17:15] <Sedina> hi, Dennis
[17:15] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Dennis
[17:15] <Dennis> Hi!
[17:15] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, dennis
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> Hi Dennis
[17:15] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:15] <christophle> hi ya
[17:15] <Wrengl> hi dennis
[17:15] <Wrengl> hellow harvey
[17:15] * Wrengl looks up and smiles at the six foot invisible rabbit
[17:15] <cherie> hi dennis
[17:15] <KK> Scott's birthday was nice, if quiet. We had a couple of
nice steaks and just watched TV. But we'd had house guests the week
before, so were restauranted out.
[17:16] <Harvey> Hi, Wrengl.
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> KK - how far into CM2 are you.... or are you
just outlining right now?
[17:16] <KK> Scott is now awaiting cataract surgery tomorrow
afternoon; is in hospital right now.
[17:16] <Mistyck> nice quiet evenings are good too
[17:16] <the_Bee> what are you writing, KK? director's cut of DC?
[17:16] <Mistyck> ughh!
[17:16] <KK> I'm about 3 chapters + prologue in.
[17:16] * Mistyck sends get well soon woodgies to Scott
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> good!
[17:16] * Debbie-VB sends scott some anti-cataract woodgies
[17:16] <cherie> argh puppy needs to pee BRB
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[17:16] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
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[17:16] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Successful surgery woodgies to Scott
[17:17] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[17:17] <Wrengl> hi ethan
[17:17] * Bynw sends get well and healing woodgies to his bday buddy
scott
[17:17] * the_Bee sends Scott visionary woodgies
[17:17] <ethan> hello everyone
[17:17] <christophle> hi ethan
[17:17] <Sedina> hi, ethan
[17:17] <Debbie-VB> Hi Ethan
[17:17] <the_Bee> hello ethan
[17:17] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan
[17:17] <ethan> thanks for the warm welcome
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[17:17] * Sedina tackle pounces Jasta
[17:17] <Mistyck> hi Jasta!
[17:17] <Dennis> Hi Jasta!
[17:17] * Wrengl sends Scott healing woodgies
[17:17] <cherie> hi ethan
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[17:18] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Jasta!
[17:18] <Wrengl> hi jasta
[17:18] <KK> He was not a happy bunny about having to check in
mid-afternoon today; but they need him first thing in the AM for blood
work, EKG, and chest x-ray, to prep for surgery.
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Jasta
[17:18] <Mistyck> wb Annie
[17:18] <JastaElf> Hi y'all! Sorry I'm late!
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> Jasta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
runrunrunrunrunpouncetacklehug
[17:18] <the_Bee> Jasta!{{{huggles}}}
[17:18] <Annie> darn wireless networks
[17:18] <RainbowDragon> are they cataracts on both eyes?
[17:18] <christophle> how long is he in for, KK?
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! Can I take it y'all are glad to see me??
[17:18] <KK> Hello, Jasta!
[17:18] <Wrengl> will they wake him up at 5 AM for that stuff?
[17:18] <the_Bee> frog, Annie
[17:18] <Bynw> JASTA!!!!
[17:18] <KK> jUST THE RIGHT EYE, FOR NOW.
[17:18] <JastaElf> Hi KK!!! {{{hugs}}}
[17:18] <ethan> hi Jasta
[17:18] <Tika> heya KK and Jasta
[17:18] <KK> hit the cap lock; sorry.
[17:19] <JastaElf> Oh dear-- Scott's going in for cataract surgery??
[17:19] <christophle> so two days max?
[17:19] <the_Bee> which is the wrong eye?
[17:19] * JastaElf sends healing & hugs to Scott
[17:19] <KK> 7 AM or so, but he does get to eat breakfast, since it's
an afternoon surgery list and he's the last one on the list.
[17:19] <KK> Scott is IN for cataract surgery.
[17:19] <Mistyck> that's at least a good thing
[17:19] * ethan sends best wishes and prayers to Scott
[17:19] <Sedina> being able to eat is a good thing
[17:20] <cherie> eating is good.... umm who is scott?
[17:20] <KK> They were going to feed him supper at 5 PM, which is
waaaay too early; so he was going to send out for a pizza later on.
[17:20] <JastaElf> May it all go well and his recovery time be swift!
[17:20] <the_Bee> KK's husband
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> Scott is Mr. katherine Kurtz *giggle*
[17:20] <KK> He gets released Tuesday.
[17:20] <cherie> Ahh well hope it goes well KK
[17:20] <Wrengl> they fed me early the one day i was in a regular room
[17:20] <Sedina> best wishes to him, Katherine...
[17:20] <cherie> Sir KK
[17:20] <Bynw> its Major Sir Mr Katherine Kurtz, Baron
[17:21] <Debbie-VB> oooooooooooooooooo
[17:21] <christophle> yep, best wishes to Scott, KK
[17:21] <the_Bee> AKA Scott MacMillan
[17:21] <KK> I expect it will be fine. His surgeon is also the
surgeon who operated on the opthalmologist's son.
[17:21] <Wrengl> in icu and in the er transitional room we were fed
around 6 or later for dinner
[17:21] <Wrengl> ah
[17:21] <cherie> My hubby never got dinner in the hospital.
[17:21] <Wrengl> that is a good recommendation
[17:21] <Debbie-VB> well, most people in ICU are getting their dinner
intraveniously
[17:21] <Wrengl> this is true
[17:21] <cherie> yeah
[17:21] <KK> As I recall, from when I was in years ago, you get a
snack if supper is way early.
[17:22] <Wrengl> i drove them nuts especially after i was off most of
the iv drugs
[17:22] <JastaElf> And of course it AIN'T haute cuisine....
[17:22] <Wrengl> kept popping the monitor leads
[17:22] <Debbie-VB> What are hospital rates like in Ireland katherine?
[17:22] <KK> But at least he'll be able to see clearly again, once
this is over.
[17:22] <christophle> and if you are in icu, you dont tend to konw you
are being fed!
[17:22] <KK> Dunno; it's all covered by our medical insurance.
[17:22] <Mistyck> very true KK
[17:22] <Wrengl> lol christophle
[17:22] <cherie> My Father in law had cateract surgury and it was
amazing what he could see afterward
[17:22] <Wrengl> i was the most lucid person in icu most of the time
[17:23] <Mistyck> and seeing clearly is a verra good thing indeed
[17:23] <Wrengl> yes it is
[17:23] <KK> I expect you were a breath of fresh air for the staff,
Wrengl.
[17:23] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:23] <cherie> It makes reading much easier
[17:23] <KK> Definitely.
[17:23] <the_Bee> My ex-boos is a lifelong vegetarian, and the
hospital kept trying to feed her beef or chicken bouillon
[17:23] * Laura has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:23] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is Laura
[17:23] <Mistyck> hi Laura
[17:23] <Laura> hey there
[17:23] <Tika> wow Laura!
[17:23] <Wrengl> hi laura
[17:23] <JastaElf> Hi Laura!
[17:23] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Laura
[17:23] <cherie> Hi8 laura
[17:23] <christophle> hi ya
[17:23] <the_Bee> hello laura
[17:23] * Tika gives {{{ Laura }}} a GREAT BIG HUG!!!
[17:23] <KK> Hi, Laura.
[17:24] <Bynw> Hi Laura
[17:24] <ethan> hi laura
[17:24] <Annie> hi, Laura
[17:24] <Dennis> Hi Laura.
[17:24] <Wrengl> yeah well i could talk to them lucidly and ask
questions about what they were doing to me
[17:24] <Debbie-VB> Hi Laura
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Laura
[17:24] <Mistyck> it's been a while Laura!
[17:24] <Sedina> Hi Laura!!
[17:24] <Laura> a couple of weeks
[17:25] <Laura> good to see you here Pat
[17:25] <Wrengl> thanks
[17:25] <Laura> glad you are feeling better
[17:25] <KK> Speaking of our military contingent, has anyone heard
anything from Barticis?
[17:25] <Mistyck> nope...
[17:25] <Wrengl> and thank you all for the prayers and good thoughts
[17:25] <KK> Barticus.
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> not for a long while
[17:25] <Mistyck> I don't think he's had internet or email access
[17:25] <Laura> nothing, I sent him greetings from the group a while
back, but got no response back from him
[17:25] <Mistyck> last I heard from him was in January
[17:25] <KK> I just hope he's ok. How would we know if he wasn't?
[17:26] * Bynw hasnt heard from his fellow Iowegian
[17:26] <cherie> KK we were wondering what coins they use in Gwynedd
[17:26] <Mistyck> hmmn...nothing much going on in Bosnia though
[17:26] <KK> Ack, don't get me started on the coins! The crew
designing the role playing game were driving me crazy several months
ago. I've left it all in their hands.
[17:26] <Mistyck> I've got email addy for one of his uncles...if we
hear something happened in Bosnia, I guess we can find out via his
uncle if he's ok
[17:27] <cherie> lol ok
[17:27] <KK> Ah, then at least we do have a family connection to keep
tabs on him.
[17:27] <Mistyck> yep
[17:27] <Debbie-VB> So wait until Ann gets in nect time and hit her
with the question Cherie
[17:27] <KK> Ann is in Las Vegas at a gaming convention this weekend,
I believe.
[17:27] <KK> Along with Olympia.
[17:27] <cherie> oh well ok I think it was really someone elses
question I just remembered it
[17:27] * Dov has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:27] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet Dov
[17:28] <Annie> if there's an Ann here - should I use a different
nick?
[17:28] <Mistyck> wb Dov
[17:28] <the_Bee> WB Dov
[17:28] <Bynw> yep ann and nancy are at GAMA
[17:28] <ethan> hi Dov
[17:28] <Mistyck> no, Annie, she uses Ghostgames
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> Ann usually uses ghostgames Annie
[17:28] <Dennis> Hi Dov!
[17:28] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Dov
[17:28] <cherie> wb dov
[17:28] <KK> Ann uses greyghost, so you're ok--and welcome.
[17:28] <Annie> great, thanks
[17:28] <KK> ghostgames, right.
[17:28] <Dov> Hi. Guess KK didn't show.
[17:28] <Mistyck> Katherine: I just took over the Adept series and
some of the Deryni books to Dov
[17:28] <Annie> thanks KK - first timer, keeping quiet (mostly)
[17:28] <Mistyck> she's Here
[17:29] <Bynw> LOL Dov, KK is right there!
[17:29] <Debbie-VB> But I do apologise, i sort of unintentionally
borrowed your name for a character in my very first attempt at deryni
fanfic
[17:29] <KK> I'm here. Hello, Dov.
[17:29] <cherie> Annie you know who KK is though right?
[17:29] <Annie> sure thing!
[17:29] <Dov> Oops. Hi, Katherine.
[17:29] <Mistyck> Dov: you started reading the books yet?
[17:29] <cherie> LOL DOV!
[17:29] <Dov> Not just yet, but I will soon.
[17:29] <Mistyck> you'll love them!
[17:29] <KK> No problem. I masquerade as KK.
[17:30] <christophle> lol
[17:30] <Wrengl> wb dov
[17:30] <Annie> been Deryni fan for longer than I care to recall, but
only just rediscovered them
[17:30] <KK> Glad you did!
[17:30] <cherie> Well glad you found us:)
[17:30] <christophle> know how you feel, annie
[17:30] <Annie> and this internet thingy has happened in the meantime!
[17:30] <Mistyck> and now I have another Houstonian Deryni chatter to
chat with
[17:31] <KK> Ah, the Texas enclave! :-)
[17:31] * cherie wipes pizza sauce off fingers and smiles at Annie
[17:31] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:31] <Dov> Dov happens to be my Hebrew name, so I was tickled to
read about Lord Dov in Deryni Archives.
[17:31] * Debbie-VB so hopes that someday there will be another
Vancouver deryni fan
[17:31] <Mistyck> we include Leslie in our little circle since she's
near Beaumont
[17:31] * Bynw needs more Iowan's
[17:31] <Annie> I'm in UK, so propping eyelids open and trying not to
think about work tomorrow
[17:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I'm the lonely Idahoan
[17:31] <KK> So, recruit, VB!
[17:31] <KK> Idaho?!
[17:31] <cherie> Pennsylvania here]
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> I'm so trying katherine
[17:32] <Mistyck> we've got Dallas and Austin chatters also
[17:32] <KK> Where in Idaho, and why?
[17:32] <JastaElf> I'm part of the Virginia contingent myself....
[17:32] <the_Bee> Massachusetts here
[17:32] <ethan> And I would be the Oregonian one
[17:32] <Mistyck> Jasta and Harvey are the DC contingent
[17:32] <Wrengl> i am the lone brooklyn, NY person
[17:32] <Dennis> 'm in Massawhoosits too.
[17:32] <Annie> Torn between recruiting and not ever lending books
since High Deryni failed to return about 10 years ago ;-(
[17:32] <KK> Wow, we've got quite a spread. This would not have been
possible ten years ago.
[17:32] <JastaElf> Where is MA, Dennis?
[17:32] <Mistyck> but you got 2 in NJ Pat
[17:32] <Wrengl> who masquerades as Corgula sometimes
[17:32] <Dennis> Near Boston, Jasta.
[17:32] <Wrengl> true enough mistyck
[17:33] <the_Bee> Ghostgames is Mass too
[17:33] <JastaElf> North? Or what? I was born in Melrose, grew up in
Reading...
[17:33] * JastaElf is homesick as all git-out....
[17:33] <Mistyck> and Sam is in PA
[17:33] <Dennis> I have friends in Reading. I'm living in Somerville.
[17:33] * Debbie-VB comforts Jasta
[17:33] <Laura> just talked to Barts uncle, Bart is doing well and is
in Kosovo at present
[17:33] <JastaElf> Co-ool!!
[17:33] <Mistyck> cool, Laura! Thanks!
[17:33] <Sedina> very good to hear, Laura. Thanks
[17:33] <Wrengl> cool laura
[17:33] <KK> Great! Thanks, Laura!
[17:33] <Dennis> I'm homesick, too. I was born and raised in New
York.
[17:33] <Wrengl> thanks laura
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> thanks Laura
[17:33] <JastaElf> Thanks VB!
[17:34] * RainbowDragon gives Laura a big hug
[17:34] <Dennis> Thanks, Laura.
[17:34] <Laura> if anyone wants his e-mail address to send greetings,
they gave that to me
[17:34] <Wrengl> we are hoping to have a small getogether at WorldCon
in Boston this year, Dennis
[17:34] * JastaElf absolutely refuses to mention Red Sox and
Pinstripes now that she knows Dennis is from NY... :-)
[17:34] <the_Bee> born in winthrop, raised in weymouth, now living in
Charlestown section of Boston, near the USS Constitution--"Old
Ironsides"
[17:34] <RainbowDragon> Does he have e-mail access?
[17:34] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Meridian, Idaho--NOT Mississippi! Why is
because my father moved the family here when I was 6
[17:35] <Dennis> Cool. It looks like I'll be able to afford to go to
WorldCon, as I've finally got steady work again.
[17:35] <Laura> *(e-mail addy deleted to protect Bart from spammers -
RD)
[17:35] <Wrengl> good dennis
[17:35] <Mistyck> awesmome Dennis
[17:35] <Mistyck> and thanks Laura...I have it at Ellington, but not
at home
[17:35] <Dennis> Thanks.
[17:35] <Sedina> thanks, Laura
[17:35] <Wrengl> i was also wondering if any deryni fen want to do a
float for the first night parade
[17:35] <Sedina> congrats, Dennis
[17:35] <cherie> I got a long look at that ship while stuck on a
bridge in the Bid Dig mess
[17:35] * JastaElf Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:35] <KK> Cool! Let's all bombard Bart with greeting from
stateside!
[17:35] * the_Bee Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:35] <Wrengl> i have a wagon we could decorate
[17:36] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:36] <Sedina> I like that plan, KK
[17:36] <Mistyck> ughh...bad Peer!
[17:36] <Bynw> ack 2 mind-rips ... BAD PEER
[17:36] <Mistyck> sounds great Pat, count me in
[17:36] <Laura> his cousin thought that he would like that
[17:36] <Wrengl> and i might even be able to get some mardi gras beads
to throw into the crowd
[17:36] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *pokes Peer with Klingon pain stick*
[17:36] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateful of petrified purple
peeps
[17:37] <Wrengl> we would need someone to dress a doll up as baby
kelson
[17:37] * cherie drops peer into the crack of doom
[17:37] <KK> Ooooh, I'd forgotten about Klingon pain sticks.
[17:37] * JastaElf has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:37] <DeryniBot> JastaElf has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters
the chat with it on a leash
[17:37] <Sedina> wb, Jasta
[17:37] <Wrengl> i do not have any dolls
[17:37] <Wrengl> wb jasta
[17:37] <JastaElf> Thanks! :-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> I can see if I can round up a doll, Pat
[17:37] <RainbowDragon> welcome back JastaElf
[17:37] <Dennis> Welcome back, Jasta.
[17:37] <Mistyck> wb Jasta
[17:37] <ethan> wb Jasta
[17:37] <JastaElf> I done been peered.... ;-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> yep
[17:37] <JastaElf> But it got better! :-)
[17:37] * Wrengl reaches into her ammunition chest, removes an eel and
beats peer soundly with it
[17:37] <Tika> yup you done been
[17:38] <Mistyck> and Peer was duly admonished for it!
[17:38] <KK> You could stuff one of Thumper's costumes and pretend it
was a doll.
[17:38] <JastaElf> LOL! Excellent!
[17:38] <Wrengl> lol katherine
[17:38] <Debbie-VB> Don't worry Jasta, Peer was thouroiughly chastized
for his actions
[17:38] <JastaElf> Excellent, VB
[17:38] <KK> Tell me, Wrengl, why do you keep eels in an annumition
chest?
[17:39] * Debbie-VB rubs her eyes, even she cannot believe that last
typo
[17:39] <Wrengl> kathi has to hope for some overtime or else she
cannot attend all of worldcon
[17:39] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:39] <cherie> where else would one keep eels
[17:39] <Dennis> I suggest we give Peer a jolt of the Agonizer from
"Mirror, Mirror."
[17:39] <Wrengl> seemed like the logical place to keep them
[17:39] <KK> LOL
[17:39] <Sedina> lol
[17:39] <Mistyck> so how is Chapter 4 going KK?
[17:39] <RainbowDragon> ammo chest filled with salt water, no doubt
[17:39] <cherie> I keep mine in the trunk
[17:39] <Wrengl> yup rd
[17:40] <KK> Actually, I would've thought an aquarium, but what do I
know about eels?
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Eels in am Ammunition Chest is a good name
for a rock band!
[17:40] <Annie> mine lived in an old sink
[17:40] <Wrengl> lol cw
[17:40] <KK> ditto
[17:40] <Annie> seriously, had a pet eel when I was about 5
[17:40] <JastaElf> My eels live in someone else's house. Yuck. :-)
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> there was a rock band called the eels
[17:40] <Wrengl> would not know rock band names
[17:40] <christophle> they eat 'em, jellied. in London
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Annie, was the eel your starter pet?
[17:40] <Wrengl> never been a rock fan
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[17:41] <DeryniBot> Welcome to #Deryni_Destinations crabclaw
[17:41] <Annie> yeah, what does that say about me?
[17:41] <cherie> rocks are noo very cuddly
[17:41] <cherie> eels either
[17:41] <Dennis> Several friends of mine have a running joke with the
"good name for a rock band."
[17:41] <Wrengl> hello crabclaw
[17:41] <crabclaw> heya
[17:41] <Sedina> hi, crabclaw
[17:41] <Annie> caught in on holiday in Scotland and brought it home
in a bucket
[17:41] <JastaElf> Hi crabclaw
[17:41] <Wrengl> lol dennis
[17:41] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Welcome, Crabclaw
[17:41] <KK> I suppose the eels are a relic from the days when we
would thwack miscreants with all manner of fishes. Monkfish were my
fish of choice.
[17:41] <cherie> hi crabclaw
[17:41] <Dennis> Hi Crabclaw.
[17:41] <Annie> did well till my dad overwintered it in the coal
cellar
[17:41] <Sedina> now if I were going to bring anything home from
Scotland, I don't think that an eel would be it
[17:42] <cherie> anyone else sensing a theme here?
[17:42] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:42] <Wrengl> lol
[17:42] * Debbie-VB envisions a version of the "fish-slapping dance"
[17:42] <KK> It would be in a kilt, Sedina!
[17:42] <Wrengl> lol debbie
[17:42] <christophle> mmmmmm.... bit fishy
[17:42] <Bynw> kim would bring home a scot sans kilt
[17:42] * the_Bee has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:42] <DeryniBot> the_Bee joins the Lodge of #Deryni_Destinations
under the guidence of the Worshipful Master
[17:42] * Mistyck plans on bringing things other than eels from
Scotland next year
[17:42] <Mistyck> wb Bee
[17:42] <Bynw> wb Bee
[17:42] <JastaElf> WB Bee!
[17:42] <ethan> wb Bee
[17:42] <Wrengl> wb bee
[17:42] <Sedina> pbbbt, Bynw
[17:42] <cherie> wb bee
[17:42] <Annie> where in Scotland, Mistyck?
[17:42] <Sedina> wb, Bee
[17:42] <Dennis> Welcome back, Bee.
[17:42] <Mistyck> Glasgow next Summer for the WorldCon
[17:42] <the_Bee> I was wondering why everyone had suddenly gone
silent!
[17:42] <KK> VB, I read you loud and clear.
[17:42] <Wrengl> hopefully smoked salmon from scotland next year
[17:43] <Annie> I'm going there!
[17:43] <Bynw> i love you too Sedina :-)
[17:43] <KK> It will be awesome. Scotland is awesome.
[17:43] <Sedina> and KK, I don't know if an eel in a kilt would even
entice me enough to bring it home
[17:43] <Wrengl> looking forward to it
[17:43] <Mistyck> KK will be there too
[17:43] <Annie> not been to a con for about a hundred and fifty years
- looking forward to it
[17:43] * Sedina wants to go to Scotland
[17:43] <Annie> family are from Mull, KK
[17:43] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL, Sedina! How would it stay on, any
way?
[17:43] <Debbie-VB> I'd love to see scotland someday, and definitly
Ireland
[17:44] <KK> Sedina, there are far more interesting things to be found
in kilts.
[17:44] * JastaElf wishes she could go ANYwhere. :-(
[17:44] <Mistyck> I'm doing England/Scotland and hopefully Ireland
next year
[17:44] <RainbowDragon> Annie: you look good for a 150 year old :-)
[17:44] <Sedina> that's my thought exactly, KK
[17:44] <KK> lol
[17:44] <Annie> aw shucks
[17:44] <Wrengl> lol
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> I know that feeling annie. Last year was my very
first con
[17:44] <christophle> but can they be eel sized?
[17:44] <Mistyck> now that would be interesting to make them that
small
[17:44] <KK> Depends on the eel.
[17:44] * cherie is going to columbus OH to be surrounded by horsies
in two weeks thats as far as she's going.
[17:45] <christophle> lol
[17:45] <Wrengl> hum, it would be difficult for an eel to wear the
Great Kilt, me thinks
[17:45] <Laura> Nessie in a kilt...now there's an interesting visual
[17:45] * JastaElf imagines eel-sized things in kilts and shakes her
head to clear the image....
[17:45] <christophle> conga?
[17:45] <Annie> oh no, I've really started something here
[17:45] <the_Bee> you need a verra small kilt or a verra large eel
[17:45] <KK> LOL, Jasta!
[17:45] <Annie> so much for standing quietly by the wall ;-)
[17:45] <christophle> a dancing eel in a kilt!
[17:45] <Wrengl> lol
[17:45] <cherie> not possible annie:)
[17:45] <Wrengl> what an image
[17:45] * Dov much prefers shortbread.
[17:45] <Mistyck> yep Annie
[17:45] <Bynw> LOL Jasta, a bit of TMI
[17:46] * Debbie-VB wouldn't mind seeing Viggo in a kilt
[17:46] <Mistyck> welcome to our chatroom
[17:46] <JastaElf> Shortbread in a kilt, Dov???
[17:46] <cherie> mmmmmm Vigo.;P
[17:46] <Wrengl> lol jasta
[17:46] <Annie> Viggo in a kilt sounds good to me
[17:46] <Dov> No kilt.
[17:46] <Annie> lol
[17:46] <the_Bee> Nessie is Scottish, why shouldn't s/he wear a kilt?
Urquart tartan maybe?
[17:46] <Mistyck> ooh, that sounds even better...Viggo sans Kilt
[17:46] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Me too, Annie ;-)
[17:46] <Laura> BTW, Happy St Pat's day to all a few days early
[17:46] <cherie> nah needs to be some mysttery left
[17:47] <Dennis> Thanks, Laura. And to you, too.
[17:47] <Mistyck> Same to you Laura
[17:47] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I agree, Cherie
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> St. Pat's day is not one of my faves, ever since a
close friend died of cancer on that day
[17:47] <cherie> Besides I only love him for his horse
[17:47] <KK> It's apt to be a rainy St. Patrick's Day here.
[17:47] <Wrengl> same to you laura
[17:47] * JastaElf hugs VB
[17:48] <RainbowDragon> Do they do anything special on St Pat's day
there, KK?
[17:48] <Mistyck> they already turned the Chicago river green...
[17:48] <Wrengl> rain and snow predicted for St. Pat's Day here
[17:48] <Sedina> huggles, VB
[17:48] <Debbie-VB> thanks Jasta. I still miss her, after 3 yrs.
[17:48] <Mistyck> ughh to all not having a good St Pat's day
[17:48] <Wrengl> huggles vb
[17:48] <KK> It's gotten to be more and more of a spectacle. It's out
national holiday, after all.
[17:48] <Mistyck> huggles, VB
[17:48] <Sedina> it's actually supposed to be fairly nice here for St.
Pat's...of course, it is March, the forecast could change before then
[17:48] <Dov> How's the renovation going, KK?
[17:48] <cherie> My husband died 5 years ago march 24 so I'm not a big
fan either
[17:48] <Dennis> The Charles is green, but I don't think it's for St.
Patrick's.
[17:48] <JastaElf> National holidays can be good things,. They can
also be... excessive.
[17:48] <Wrengl> we often get a blizzard for st pat's day
[17:49] * JastaElf thinks rhapsodically of the Charles.... :-)
[17:49] <KK> We had snow last week, but it didn't stick down here.
But there was snow up on the hills.
[17:49] <Tika> we're getting one tomorrow, Wrengl... should be at your
location just in time
[17:49] <crabclaw> when is pat's day?
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> but I understand that green guinness is more
prevalent in the Us then it is in ireland
[17:49] * cherie tries to pronounce rhapsodically in her head and
can't
[17:49] <the_Bee> March 17
[17:49] * Wrengl remembers one town in mass that routed the parade
past 97 bars
[17:49] <KK> Yes, we don't do silly things like that.
[17:49] <crabclaw> oh yea
[17:49] <Sedina> snow and rain just doesn't sound a good combination,
KK, considering that you're still lacking windows
[17:49] <KK> Wednesday, March 17.
[17:49] <crabclaw> next wednesday -- good
[17:49] <Dennis> LOL! That's a lotta bars.
[17:50] <christophle> well, guys. Gotta go, Iv'e been up since 7:30
and I've worked all day, and I'm ready for bed. ( it's now 23:50hrs).
see you all again.
[17:50] <Dennis> Bye!
[17:50] <JastaElf> Schlaf wohl, christophle!
[17:50] <cherie> bye chris
[17:50] <RainbowDragon> KK: you ought to post some pics of the castle
on the website
[17:50] <Sedina> good night, Christophle
[17:50] <Mistyck> have a good nite christophle
[17:50] <Wrengl> i think it went past every bar in town
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> nighters christophile
[17:50] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'Night, Chris
[17:50] <Bynw> night christophle
[17:50] <the_Bee> nighters Christophle
[17:50] <Annie> night night
[17:50] <KK> We've got plastic up, but it keeps blowing loose. We had
gale force winds last week, with the snow.
[17:50] <cherie> yeah KK piccies please!
[17:50] <Wrengl> night christophle
[17:50] <ethan> good night Chris
[17:50] <Dennis> That's gotta be a pretty big town.
[17:50] * christophle steps on to the portal and disappears
[17:50] <christophle> c u all.
[17:50] * christophle Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[17:50] <Sedina> brr, KK
[17:51] <JastaElf> Sounds like lively weather, KK!
[17:51] <Mistyck> hope you had the fires going
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> BTW, katherine, I finished my very first try at
fan-fic, and submitted it to Julianne.
[17:51] <cherie> and I thought having no heat was a problem
[17:51] <Sedina> It sounds like we've got better weather in ND than
you've got there right now
[17:51] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:51] <RainbowDragon> hopefully you have functioning fireplaces
[17:51] <KK> Yep, but I've got to order oil tomorrow. Must have
before Wednesday.
[17:51] <the_Bee> are darkover 2003 pics on the web yet? what address
[17:51] <cherie> How much is Oil there KK?
[17:51] <KK> We have two presently functioning fireplaces--three,
actually--but lots of radiators.
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> thats good
[17:52] <cherie> Mine was $1.60 this week
[17:52] <KK> It costs us around E450 for 1200 litres, which is about
$500-$550; not sure what the exchange is right now.
[17:53] <cherie> sound similar to here then
[17:53] <The_Cat_Whisperer> They are, Bee.
www.deryni.net/darkover03.html
[17:53] <cherie> too much money in any land
[17:53] <KK> And our petrol is 90p per litre, which is around $4.00
per gallon.
[17:53] <ethan> ouch
[17:53] <the_Bee> thanks CW
[17:53] <cherie> WOW! And I though $1.62 was bad
[17:53] <JastaElf> Owww... that's painful pricing!
[17:54] <KK> Yep. You'll understand why I don't have a lot of
patience for Mercans wingeing about gas prices. We've been paying
this for years.
[17:54] <cherie> That's like time to get the horse and catr out
[17:54] <Mistyck> Katherine: Any word on a Deryni Tales 2 or Templar
Anthos 4?
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> Mercans?
[17:54] <cherie> Americans
[17:54] <Annie> must have gone up recently KK - that's similar to ours
and inlaws used to drive to Republic from NI to fill up as it was a
lot cheaper
[17:54] <JastaElf> Amis. Americans.
[17:54] <KK> Not yet. And I haven't pushed, because I'm too far
behind on the current book.
[17:54] <the_Bee> americans
[17:54] <Mistyck> ahh, ok
[17:55] <Laura> I think Mercans are whiny Americans
[17:55] <Dov> Will this one give more details on "The Green Tower?"
[17:55] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> I see
[17:55] <Mistyck> yep yep
[17:55] <cherie> Well considering what I have too live on I'll just
keep on whining thanks
[17:55] * JastaElf admits, tho, that she read "Mercians" for "Mercans"
at first... :-)
[17:55] <JastaElf> Been thinking of King Arthur too much. ;-)
[17:55] <Wrengl> i believe gasoline is about 3 a gallon on the west
coast
[17:55] <Mistyck> lol
[17:55] <KK> Nope. Picks up when Alaric is nearly three, and Kenneth
is about to be made Earl of Lendour for life.
[17:55] <Wrengl> 2 on the east
[17:55] * crabclaw Quit
[17:56] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Or is it WINEY, Laura?
[17:56] <Mistyck> it's about $1.50 here
[17:56] <Laura> lol
[17:56] <Wrengl> it is the 1.799 a gallon for heating oil that gets us
[17:56] <Laura> could be
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> I'm so waiting for
[17:56] <Mistyck> yikes Pat!
[17:56] <the_Bee> winey in Napa Valley
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> childe Morgan
[17:56] <Dov> OK, thanks.
[17:56] <ethan> it's about 1.85 here on the north coast
[17:56] <cherie> Can't wait to read it KK
[17:56] <Dennis> I guess Donal's not long for the new book, then.
[17:57] * JastaElf sobs... she likes Donal....
[17:57] <KK> And if I hope to finish it, I'd better knock off for
tonight and go to bed, since it's nearly pumpkin time here.
[17:57] <Wrengl> especially when you live in an uninsallated stone
house
[17:57] <Wrengl> think castle
[17:57] <Mistyck> ok, g'nite KK and have a great week next week
[17:57] <Wrengl> night katherine
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Goodnight Katherine
[17:57] <Bynw> night KK
[17:57] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by!
[17:57] <the_Bee> even if he is a manipulator?
[17:57] <Wrengl> and thank you for all the prayers
[17:57] <cherie> night KK nice to see you this week
[17:57] <JastaElf> Well, rest well KK and please let Scott know we're
praying for him
[17:57] <KK> We're insulated. Sort of. At least in the wing.
[17:57] <Dennis> Night, KK! Have a good week!
[17:57] <Wrengl> it was a near thing
[17:57] <Annie> I won't be far behind you - night
[17:57] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine. Thank you for stopping
by :-)
[17:57] <ethan> Good Night Katherine
[17:57] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'night, KK
[17:57] <Dov> Glad to meet you. Tbanks for stopping by.
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Sleep sweet, and have a terrific week
[17:57] <Dennis> And best wishes to Scott!
[17:57] <Sedina> good night, Katherine...thanks for stopping. Good
writing and best wishes to Scott
[17:58] <Wrengl> night annie
[17:58] <the_Bee> Have a goood week, KK. Best wishes to Scott
[17:58] <KK> Nighters to you all.
[17:58] <Debbie-VB> and I'll keep scott in my prayers
[17:58] <Wrengl> best wishes for scott
[17:58] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.

[16:29] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:29] <Mistyck> hi Katherine
[16:29] <Bynw> Hiyas Katherine!
[16:29] <Shiral1> Hello Katherine!
[16:29] <TerryOBrien> Good evening, Katherine!
[16:29] <Shiral1> Long time no see
[16:29] <Shiral1> =o)
[16:29] <JastaElf> Evening, your Excellency! :-)
[16:29] <KK> Hello, all.
[16:29] <the_Bee> hi KK glad you could make it
[16:30] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[16:30] <KK> Somehow, it seems appropriate that, even as we mourn the
passing of Isadora Kitty, we welcome Mistyck as a new Cat Mommy.
[16:30] * Dov bows to Countess Bevin
[16:30] <KK> Rita, she's adorable.
[16:31] <JastaElf> Well, I'm glad we're commemorating Isadora tho.
What a grand and pretty girl...
[16:31] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[16:31] <Mistyck> yes, I think it was rather interesting I got a phone
call yesterday about the kitten giveaway I'd called about 2 weeks ago
[16:31] <Wrengl> howdy jasta
[16:31] <JastaElf> Ah, Pat's back!
[16:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> greetings from IDAHO, not Iowa, Indiana,
Illinois, South Dakota, Arizona, Oklahoma, or Ireland!
[16:31] * Annie has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:31] <DeryniBot> Welcome Annie to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:31] <Mistyck> thanks Katherine
[16:31] <Shiral1> Hi Annie
[16:31] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Annie
[16:31] <Annie> hiya all
[16:31] <Wrengl> i have been peeling shrimp for a scampi for dinner
[16:31] * JastaElf begs at Wrengl for some of that shrimp...
[16:31] <KK> Don't let Martine's kitty know.
[16:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Annie
[16:32] <Shiral1> Mmmm, sure sounds good. When's dinner, Pat?
[16:32] * Wrengl hands jasta a plate of shrimp scampi with whole wheat
spaghetti
[16:32] <Annie> I've been sitting for ages thinking it was dead quiet
tonight and I'd been dumped off ages ago :-(
[16:32] <the_Bee> is the scamp named thumper or madam?
[16:32] <JastaElf> Give me mine before you put the garlic on tho...
[16:32] <Wrengl> wb annie
[16:32] <Shiral1> How has your week been, Katherine?
[16:32] <KK> I'll take her garlic.
[16:32] <JastaElf> LOL!
[16:32] <Wrengl> jasta, my laptop arrived!
[16:32] <Mistyck> hi Annie
[16:32] <Annie> thanx dunno when I lost you!
[16:32] * JastaElf gives KK all my garlic forever
[16:32] <Wrengl> lol
[16:32] <KK> Actually got half a dozen pages written this week, in
between building duties.
[16:32] <JastaElf> What'd you get, Pat?
[16:33] <Shiral1> Excellent news
[16:33] <Mistyck> cool, Katherine!
[16:33] <Wrengl> garlic is good for you jasta
[16:33] <RainbowDragon> Good news, KK
[16:33] <Mistyck> yep yep
[16:33] <Wrengl> a compaq presario
[16:33] * the_Bee wonders if katherine and scott are infested with
vampires
[16:33] <KK> Ah, that's what my laptop is.
[16:33] <Shiral1> Do you have new windows, KK?
[16:33] * Olympia has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:33] <DeryniBot> Hey Olympia - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:33] <JastaElf> I know it is, wrengl, but if I do anything more
than a teensy bit I keel over and can't breathe. :-)
[16:33] <Mistyck> hi Nancy!
[16:33] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL at bee!
[16:33] <JastaElf> Hi Olympia!
[16:33] <Olympia> Hi ther all
[16:33] <Shiral1> Hi Olympia
[16:33] <Olympia> uh there
[16:33] <Wrengl> ah
[16:33] <KK> Holybrooke does look like it should have vampires. We've
had bats, in the past.
[16:33] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Olympia
[16:33] <Mistyck> yes it does!
[16:33] <Annie> hi Olympia
[16:33] <Olympia> Only cute vamps please
[16:33] <Wrengl> allergies are yucky, especially food ones
[16:34] <Olympia> Like Frank Langella when he was young
[16:34] <Olympia> ok even now
[16:34] <Wrengl> hi olympia
[16:34] <the_Bee> glad you made it, Olympia
[16:34] <Olympia> or Rufus Sewell
[16:34] <Mistyck> very true...we can't have anything happen to KK and
Scott
[16:34] <Shiral1> Well, Katherine, I didn't want to SAY anything while
I was there, but I did keep a bit of garlic on hand =o)
[16:34] <JastaElf> Oh yeah, Olympia, you said it!
[16:34] <Olympia> The vamps won't get them
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[16:34] <DeryniBot> Welcome ethan to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:34] <Wrengl> Nick Knight is a cute vampire
[16:34] * JastaElf drools over young Langella pics
[16:34] <Olympia> The Baron 'n Baroness are under my protection
[16:34] <Shiral1> Hooray for Rufus!
[16:34] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[16:34] <KK> Yay, Olympia. And Sharon, are you feeling less feak and
weeble?
[16:34] <Wrengl> hi ethan
[16:34] <JastaElf> Uh. No, fraid not. :-(
[16:34] <TerryOBrien> I didn't think Holybrooke to be that gothic,
Katherine. Needs a tower to be gothic enough for vampires.
[16:34] <the_Bee> hello ethan
[16:34] <ethan> hi everybody
[16:34] <JastaElf> In fact feeling rather like crap tonight, I fear.
[16:34] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan!
[16:34] <Annie> hi ethan
[16:35] <Olympia> Bah. Vamps like their comfort no cold drafty
towers
[16:35] <Mistyck> that's right
[16:35] <RainbowDragon> Hi, ethan
[16:35] <KK> But, we've got big gothic windows and a dark, spooky
great hall....
[16:35] <Dov> Please, bats are cute, vampires are manipulating
monsters.
[16:35] <Wrengl> that's not nice jasta
[16:35] <Olympia> eek! Bats bite
[16:35] <ethan> Hello, hello and hello
[16:35] <JastaElf> If I have to be a vampire I wanna be one at KK's
house... :-)
[16:35] <KK> And we're now referring to the space above the landing
room as the tower suite.
[16:35] <Mistyck> lol!
[16:35] <Olympia> (I'm going to try to log on again through the other
MIRC - Bynw if I invoke your name will it work better?)
[16:35] <Olympia> be right back... I hope
[16:36] <Bynw> LOL
[16:36] * Olympia Quit
[16:36] <Mistyck> uh oh, definitely time for some cute and good
vampires, kinda like the Templars in Scott's books
[16:36] <KK> Is that an unsubtle hint?
[16:36] <Shiral1> Cute Vampires??? can't see it, myself
[16:36] <Wrengl> i'll still take Nick
[16:36] <Mistyck> lol
[16:36] <TerryOBrien> How can a great hall be spooky with those four
big stained glass windows? I thought it was bright and majestic.
[16:36] <Mistyck> it really wasn't Katherine, but it would be nice to
read book 3 :-D
[16:36] <Shiral1> It is, but it is still a bit spooky, too
[16:37] <the_Bee> anyone recall a tv show called "Forever Knight"? a
good vampire police officer
[16:37] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, any luck finding KK fans in Oregon?
[16:37] <Mistyck> yep
[16:37] <ethan> yeah
[16:37] <JastaElf> Bee that was a great show.
[16:37] <Dov> Yes, bee.
[16:37] <Wrengl> yeah
[16:37] <ethan> still looking and trying to convert new ones
[16:37] <Wrengl> that is who i was referring to Bee
[16:37] <KK> Terry, you must've been here on a sunny day.
[16:37] <Wrengl> Nick Knight
[16:37] * Nancy has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:37] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Nancy
[16:37] <TerryOBrien> I remember it. I used Nick for a RP game once,
and got thanked by the player because he was such a great fan of the
show.
[16:37] <Nancy> AHA
[16:37] <Shiral1> Hello Nancy.=o)
[16:37] <Mistyck> wb Nancy
[16:37] <Annie> Hi Nancy
[16:38] <Dov> Raeburn and Hubert McInnis are monstrous enough for me.
[16:38] <the_Bee> warner brothers, nancy
[16:38] <RainbowDragon> LOL, see Nancy's greeting :-)
[16:38] <ethan> hi Nancy
[16:38] <Wrengl> wb nancy
[16:38] <TerryOBrien> I think it was pretty sunny then. I take it,
then, that the character of the hall changes when the sun goes down?
[16:38] <Nancy> So, hello everyone! Long time no see - hugs to all
[16:38] <JastaElf> Hi Nancy!
[16:38] <KK> Absolutely.
[16:38] * Bynw hugs Nancy back
[16:38] * Shiral1 sets out a tea tray
[16:39] <Nancy> Gentle hugs to Jasta 'n Shiral
[16:39] * ethan remebers his manners and humbly says good evening
Katherine
[16:39] * Wrengl hugs nancy
[16:39] * Shiral sets out a better one
[16:39] * JastaElf puts out the chocolate chip ice cream and sundae
fixin's.
[16:39] <Shiral1> Both of me hug you back, Nancy
[16:39] <JastaElf> :-) Thanks Nancy!
[16:39] * Mistyck is hoping Nancy will be in Houston one of these days
[16:39] * KK helps herself to the chocolate chip ice cream!
[16:39] <Wrengl> i just noticed you have a doppleganger, shiral
[16:39] <Nancy> Sadly, no time soon, I'm afraid.
[16:39] <Mistyck> ;(
[16:40] <Nancy> I'm going to New Hampshire for Easter, tho
[16:40] * Dov sets out a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a big
pitcher of milk.
[16:40] <Mistyck> not even if I tempt you with homemade Indian food?
[16:40] <Shiral1> I'm beside myself, Pat =o)
[16:40] <Nancy> (and hi to everyone I haven't met before)
[16:40] <Nancy> I wish, Rita, but no time!
[16:40] * RainbowDragon sings to Shiral - "Are you cLonesome
tonight..."
[16:40] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[16:40] <JastaElf> LOL RD!
[16:40] <Annie> hi Nancy, don't think we've met - I'm a newbie
[16:40] * Debbie-VB has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:40] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Debbie-VB
[16:40] * Bynw makes sure there is plenty of Pepsi and other pop
(soda) for others
[16:40] <Wrengl> lol rd
[16:40] <Bynw> Hiyas VB
[16:40] * Mistyck puts out a plateful of Baklava and a plateful of
Carrot Halva
[16:40] <Shiral1> Hi VB
[16:40] <Nancy> Wrengl dear, sooo nice to see you!!!! Diet Coke
for me please
[16:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, debbie
[16:40] <KK> So, Rita, is Evaine helping you type tonight, or is she
zonked out, as kittens are wont to do?
[16:40] <Mistyck> hi Debbie
[16:40] <Nancy> Hi Annie and Ethan
[16:40] <Wrengl> hi vb
[16:40] <Debbie-VB> Hi all
[16:41] * Annie likes baklava - yum
[16:41] <KK> Hi, VB!
[16:41] <Mistyck> she helped me type earlier, now she's zonked under
my chair
[16:41] <the_Bee> hiya Debbie!
[16:41] * ethan sets out a plate of fry bread and honey
[16:41] <Nancy> Talking about asthma, you all should have seen me 'n
the gimpy-yet-again Miss Ann in Las Vegas!
[16:41] <KK> That's kittens for you.
[16:41] <Nancy> We had enough stuff in our hotel room to open a small
pharmacy!
[16:41] <JastaElf> What happened to Ann??
[16:41] <KK> What happened to Ms. Gimp?
[16:41] <Annie> oh oh, have I gone again?
[16:41] * Wrengl takes some fry bread and uses her sugar free honey on
it
[16:41] <Annie> no, that's ok!
[16:41] <Nancy> Oh the usual - time for a convention/trade show and
the horse fell on her
[16:41] <JastaElf> OUCH!!
[16:42] <Nancy> So she had a crutch and I played lady in waiting
[16:42] <Shiral1> It's getting to be a thing, for Ann
[16:42] <KK> Good Lord, that woman has the worst luck with equines....
[16:42] <Wrengl> yow!
[16:42] <Dov> *sigh*
[16:42] <Bynw> Annie, a different Ann ... goes by the nick of
Ghostgames in chat
[16:42] <Wrengl> how is she nancy
[16:42] * KK wonders how one can have suger-free honey....
[16:42] <Nancy> There was this wee little patch of ice... and the
horse slipped and went down... on her ankle
[16:42] <JastaElf> I'm gonna send her a Breyer horse and tell her to
have it symbolically fall on her. Maybe that'll break the curse. :-)
[16:42] <Bynw> sugar free honey??
[16:42] <Annie> ok, not had a horse fall on me, so I figured it wasn't
me
[16:42] * Debbie-VB winces in sympathetic pain for ann
[16:42] <Nancy> I have a plan to break the curse
[16:42] <Bynw> is that POSSIBLE?
[16:42] <Nancy> Katherine, Jim is having surgery tomorrow, speaking of
curses.
[16:42] <Wrengl> yes, bynw
[16:43] <Nancy> Yes it is possible
[16:43] <KK> Shoulder?
[16:43] <Shiral1> I've had a horse step on my foot, but not FALL on me
[16:43] <Wrengl> it is a syrup that tastes like honey but has no sugar
in it
[16:43] <The_Cat_Whisperer> What's your plan, Nancy?
[16:43] <JastaElf> What's the plan for breaking the curse, Nancy?
[16:43] <Annie> had a taxi run over my foot
[16:43] <Nancy> I have Torenthi powers - no leg - he fell at an SCA
event at night, tore the tendon from the patella
[16:43] * JastaElf sends Jim best wishes for his surgery
[16:43] <Shiral1> Poor Jim is in Bad shape. I've told him not to break
anything above the waist
[16:43] <Nancy> eeek! Annie!
[16:43] <KK> Ow!
[16:43] <JastaElf> Ouch, poor Jim!!!
[16:43] <the_Bee> Nancy: hope Jin's surgery goes well
[16:43] <Wrengl> healing woodgies to jim
[16:43] <Nancy> So he's in a cast on the right leg and a brace on the
left. But there's good news, Susan (his wife) is going to be on Food
TV Network!
[16:44] <Shiral1> He and I chatted on AIM last week. A trip to the
bathroom is a major hike for him.
[16:44] <Mistyck> owww about Ann and Annie
[16:44] <KK> Ouch, Annie. My mother had the same thing happen to her
several years ago--plain car rather than a tazi.
[16:44] <Annie> waiting to cross - mounted the kerb. All hubby could
say was "did you get his number" as I hopped around and swore a lot
[16:44] <Nancy> Yeah, it was pretty pathetic last Friday night - a
bunch of us took treats 'n dinner to them
[16:44] <Mistyck> Ryan let Chance down, so, got busy with Evaine in my
arms
[16:44] <Wrengl> what is she on food tv?
[16:44] <Wrengl> what show?
[16:45] * Debbie-VB wonders if that show will make it into the
canadian food network
[16:45] <Nancy> She is being interviewed on a show about people who do
cooking (can't remember the name) - she will be talking about the
history of cornish pasties (that's passss-tees - the food)
[16:45] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sends healing woodgies to Jim*
[16:45] <Nancy> people as in non-pro's
[16:45] <Wrengl> oh neat!
[16:45] <Shiral1> Become a pro, lose your person status???
[16:45] * JastaElf drools at the mention of pasties... I love those!!
[16:45] <Nancy> LOL! Well, Susan is a FANTASTIC cook!
[16:45] <Debbie-VB> so do I Jasta
[16:46] <Wrengl> i want to make some of them
[16:46] <Nancy> (as is Jim - his specialty is desserts)
[16:46] <Wrengl> may even do so for darkover this year
[16:46] <Shiral1> We've GOT to get that man back on his feet, then =o)
[16:46] <JastaElf> I have a grand receipt for pasties.
[16:46] <Wrengl> share?
[16:46] <Nancy> Well, he is creating a sigil for me and then once we
have the graphics all worked out, I'll post it on my website.
[16:46] <Wrengl> neat
[16:46] <JastaElf> Coolness!
[16:47] <Debbie-VB> I'd love that recipe Jasta (hint,hint)
[16:47] <Dov> Wrengl, can you eat dates?
[16:47] <Wrengl> me too
[16:47] <Shiral1> Cool, Nancy
[16:47] <Shiral1> =o)
[16:47] <Wrengl> yes i can dov
[16:47] <Wrengl> like 2 and a half!
[16:47] <Mistyck> Debbie, I don't think you know yet, but I am now a
member of the "Owned by her cat" family
[16:47] <JastaElf> VB, I'll dig it up tonight and send it. What's
your e-mail?
[16:47] <the_Bee> especially if they're verra handsome
[16:47] <Wrengl> or i can and do use them in baking
[16:47] <Dov> Because I know you can make syrup from them.
[16:47] <RainbowDragon> KK, did you ever come up with that recipe page
for Deryni Destinations?
[16:47] * KK Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[16:47] <Nancy> Steve Kenson's partner Christopher (who is a
shaman/healer) talked to us about it. Chris is AWESOME and told us
very funny stories about the bi-annual New Age national trade show.
Makes s/f cons look normal!
[16:47] <Mistyck> eek
[16:47] <Bynw> ack!
[16:48] <Shiral1> NOO!!!!
[16:48] <ethan> omg not KK
[16:48] <JastaElf> Oh no, Peer strikes back!
[16:48] <JastaElf> Thanks VB!
[16:48] <Shiral1> I finally get into chat when she's here. DAMN peer!
[16:48] <Nancy> Reaching for the riding crop and heading for the Peer
[16:48] * Wrengl reaches into her ammunition chest, removes an eel and
beats peer soundly with it
[16:48] <Nancy> (and not in a good way)
[16:48] * Mistyck forcefeeds double doses of merasha to Peer and then
handcuffs him and hauls him off to jail
[16:48] * the_Bee rallies her swarm to go after peer in full force
[16:48] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateload of fresh purple peeps
(Wrong season for petrified ones)
[16:48] <Nancy> Ooo petrified peeps! yummmm
[16:48] * Wrengl removes the bullwhip from her belt, pulls her
Indiana Jones fedora down firmly on her head, then whips peer from one
end of the room to the next
[16:48] * ethan orders peer to be keelhauled
[16:48] <TerryOBrien> SF Cons ARE normal when compared to most any
other convention.
[16:49] <JastaElf> VB have you ever put a peep on a paper plate and
nuked it in a microwave? VERY funny results... :-)
[16:49] <Wrengl> indeed they are
[16:49] <Nancy> LOL
[16:49] <Annie> ever done microwave s'mores? They are funny too.
[16:49] <Mistyck> here she comes again
[16:49] <Debbie-VB> I usually use them as a topping for hot chocolate
[16:49] <Nancy> Chris told us there are people who come up and say
"Would you like me to heal the hole in your aura?" - normal response
"Gosh thanks but I worked really hard to put it there!)
[16:49] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:49] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:49] <Mistyck> welcome back Katherine
[16:49] * KIK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:49] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here KIK
[16:49] <Annie> wb KK
[16:49] <Shiral1> Hello again, Katherine
[16:49] <RainbowDragon> welcome back, KK
[16:49] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *dribbles tuna juice on Peer and whispers
to her feline minions, who come and give Peer a real licking*
[16:49] <Nancy> offers Katherine a soft velvet cushion
[16:49] <Mistyck> Peer has been dutifully chastisted now
[16:50] <ethan> yippeee
[16:50] <TerryOBrien> Just ask hotel management how they deal with
Shriners or LEO conventions. I have it on good authority that they
prefer SF cons to a lot of other conventions.
[16:50] <Wrengl> wb kk
[16:50] <Bynw> wb KK and KIK
[16:50] * ethan does a happy dance
[16:50] <Shiral1> I wish I remembered if I had a question for you
today, KK
[16:50] <the_Bee> peer has been severely chastised
[16:50] <Nancy> I'll bet, Terry. Esp LEOs!
[16:50] <KIK> Well, that was exciting. I installed a fire wall today,
and I don't think it likes chat.
[16:50] <Shiral1> But my mind is a little bit blank
[16:50] <Nancy> (and for those who don't know that's Law Enforcement
Officers)
[16:50] <Shiral1> Hey, Katherine, now YOU have a twin, too! =o)
[16:51] <Shiral> Congratulations from Us both =o)
[16:51] <Wrengl> i had that problem with chat and my firewall
katherine
[16:51] <KIK> I'm not sure how that happened, but they're both me.
[16:51] <the_Bee> i was triplets once
[16:51] <Debbie-VB> which firewall did you use Katherine?
[16:51] <Bynw> 2 is better than none
[16:51] <Nancy> Katherine, I was at the GAMA trade show (Game
Manufacturers) and this guy walks up to the table and I look at his
name tag and the name is so familiar... it was Andrew's squire Steen
but much older!!!
[16:51] <KIK> I downloaded the Norton one for a free trial.
[16:51] <Bynw> norton=evil
[16:52] <TerryOBrien> The New Orleans WorldCon was nestled between a
Baptist Missions conference and a national Narcotics Officers
convnetion. Just looking at the other attendees, I knew the hotels
were just asking for trouble.
[16:52] <Nancy> McAfee worse and their techs are IDIOTS
[16:52] <KIK> Well, that's what my antivirus softward is, so it seemed
logical.
[16:52] <Wrengl> i have nortan
[16:52] <ethan> nah Bynw Norton = temperamental
[16:52] <Bynw> zone alarm
[16:52] <Mistyck> hey, now, when ya'll talk about LEOs and Narcotics
Officers, I resemble those comments!
[16:52] <Nancy> I spent over an hour with McAfee yesterday - had to
tell my sad tale THREE TIMES -
[16:52] <JastaElf> Terry, I would have loved to be there just out of
principle! LOL!
[16:52] <Debbie-VB> well bynw, the anti-virus is pretty good. it
recently caught about 10 virii trying to get into my computer
[16:52] <Bynw> well i dont like anything by norton, its all bloatware
[16:52] <TerryOBrien> I use AVG Anti-virus software. Had Norton for
over a decade, finally gave up on Norton when I went to Windows XP.
[16:52] <Nancy> Hey, Rita, one of my dearest friends in a ret Colonel
AND an LEO but a whole convention of 'em?
[16:53] <Nancy> I have AVG and Norton and ZA
[16:53] <Nancy> One condom good - three better!
[16:53] <the_Bee> AVG and Stopsign
[16:53] <Shiral1> yes, but can one move with three? =o)
[16:53] <Wrengl> millenium pholcon was in same convention center as a
baptist group
[16:53] <Bynw> TerryOBrien, i use AVG for antivirus and zone alarm for
a firewall ... have for years
[16:53] <TerryOBrien> Jasta: pound for pound, person for person, the
missions conference was even more overweight than fandom.
[16:53] <Nancy> and Spybot
[16:53] <Mistyck> I've been to several conventions...they can be fun
if you can relate to them
[16:53] <KIK> I suppose I really need a lesson on what one is actually
supposed to do.
[16:53] <Mistyck> Zone Alarm for a free firewall, excellent
[16:53] <Nancy> missions?
[16:53] <KIK> I just know one should have one.
[16:53] <JastaElf> LOL! All those church suppers, Terry!
[16:53] <Nancy> Ahhh there is Martine
[16:53] <Nancy> Yeah well ZA HATES EQ
[16:53] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:53] <DeryniBot> Hey Martine - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:54] <Shiral1> Hi Martine
[16:54] <Nancy> Hello, dear
[16:54] <Annie> hi Martine
[16:54] <Martine> Hi all ! Huggles!
[16:54] <KIK> Hello, Martine!
[16:54] <TerryOBrien> AVG, ZoneAlarm, Spybot and Add-Aware
[16:54] <JastaElf> Hi Martine!!!!
[16:54] <Martine> Hi Katherine! :-)
[16:54] <Bynw> hiyas tesseract castle designer
[16:54] <ethan> Hi Martine1
[16:54] <Nancy> Oh and I have Ad-Aware too
[16:54] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Martine
[16:54] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Martine - look, two KK's!
[16:54] <Wrengl> best/funniest con was a STrek con with a Jewish
wedding in the hotel
[16:54] <KIK> Me and my evil twin.
[16:54] <JastaElf> LOL, Wrengl!
[16:54] <Bynw> i have a spybot seek and destroy
[16:54] <Debbie-VB> I've used ZA pro for a while now. I've had no
problems with it, and it seems to get along very well with norton
[16:54] <Wrengl> it and the masquerade ended at the same time
[16:54] <Martine> My Goodness! Someone finally succeeded in cloning
her!
[16:54] <TerryOBrien> Its a Transfer Portal error. Just like the Star
Trek episode.
[16:54] <Wrengl> talk about culture shock
[16:54] <Nancy> heh - I remember your evil twin - she wore a red
wig...
[16:54] <Dov> Please tell, wrengl.
[16:55] <Shiral1> Okay, KK and KIK, ONE Of you needs to write =o)
[16:55] <KIK> LOL! Long long ago and far away.
[16:55] <the_Bee> KIK: I thought YOU were the evel twin! ;o)
[16:55] <Martine> A Tale of Two KKs
[16:55] <Mistyck> hi Martine!
[16:55] <Annie> I'm sure you're trying to get a new record for
chatters, but isn't this cheating somewhat? ;-)
[16:55] <Nancy> Martine Melissa and I have had NO evil affect on
Katherine, nope not us.
[16:55] <TerryOBrien> Wrengl, we has a Bar Mitvah scheduled at a
Windycon several years ago. Then there was the softball tournament in
the same hotel as one MediaWest.
[16:55] <Wrengl> hi martine
[16:55] <Martine> Us? Not us. Never. <Mwah ha ha ha ha>
[16:55] * JastaElf reads Nancy's comment and snickers
[16:55] <Shiral1> Moi? Evil???
[16:55] <Shiral1> Heavens no
[16:55] <Mistyck> no way!
[16:56] <Wrengl> oh i remember that mediawest terry
[16:56] <Mistyck> not Nancy and Shiral!
[16:56] <Shiral> No no! Not us!
[16:56] <Martine> Shiral's never evil. No more than I am, at least <g>
[16:56] <Nancy> Anyhow, it's all Sedina's fault. She's the one who is
truly evil ::always nominate the one who isn't here!::
[16:56] <Wrengl> do you still go there?
[16:56] <Debbie-VB> Shiral is a good little girlie
[16:56] <TerryOBrien> Do you still do MW, Wrengl?
[16:56] <Nancy> And I am a Very Good Girl
[16:56] <Shiral1> And alas, both of us will soon have to shuffle off
[16:56] <Wrengl> i have not made it in years
[16:56] <Shiral1> LOL Nancy!
[16:56] <JastaElf> I LOVED mediawestcon.
[16:56] <Shiral1> Of COURSE you are!!
[16:56] * Martine raises her hand and seconds Nancy re: Sedina
[16:56] <Mistyck> heehee
[16:56] * JastaElf pouts to see Shiral preparing to depart...
[16:56] <Mistyck> poor Sedina!
[16:56] <Wrengl> not since someone stole Hern Lord of the Beers from
outside our room
[16:56] <Bynw> yes sedina is evil
[16:56] * Martine pouts too
[16:56] <Debbie-VB> have a good day shiral
[16:57] * Bynw will agree to that
[16:57] <Martine> I didn't even get to tackle-huggle Shiral yet.
[16:57] <Shiral1> I'm sorry all
[16:57] <Dov> take care, shiral
[16:57] <Shiral1> Next weekend, I won't have to work
[16:57] <Bynw> take care sis
[16:57] <JastaElf> Have a good day Shiral, and know we're all thinking
of you and Isadora! Praying for you both too.
[16:57] <Wrengl> we ran Cheers Mediawest - room party open to all for
the entire con
[16:57] <Martine> Huggles, Shiral!
[16:57] <KIK> Nighters, Shiral. Or Nooners, on your side of the
world.
[16:57] <Shiral1> I'm awfully tired of Sunday work!
[16:57] <Nancy> Much love, Shiral {{hug}}
[16:57] <ethan> Nite Nite Shiral
[16:57] <Annie> bye Shiral
[16:57] <Mistyck> nite Shiral
[16:57] * JastaElf huggles Shiral and drinks a toast to Isadora
[16:57] <Nancy> It's 3pm actually
[16:57] <Mistyck> take care
[16:57] <Wrengl> night shiral
[16:57] * Shiral1 waves farewell to all and steps on her transfer
portal
[16:57] <Shiral1> Night all!
[16:57] <KIK> Three-ers?
[16:57] <JastaElf> Night!
[16:57] * Martine pours a round of Baileys or Godiva in honor of Izzy
[16:57] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Bye, Shiral
[16:57] <Wrengl> terry Lori is a friend of ours
[16:57] <Shiral1> Bye KK and KIK <G>
[16:57] <Nancy> LOL! Time for a little something
[16:57] * Shiral1 Quit (Quit: Disconnecting)
[16:57] <the_Bee> huugle for shiral and scritches for PAn
[16:58] <Shiral> And now, Good bye from Me, too!
[16:58] <Wrengl> since before MediaWest existed
[16:58] <the_Bee> goodnight katherines
[16:58] <Martine> LOL, Shiral!
[16:58] <Wrengl> night shiral
[16:58] <Wrengl> take care
[16:58] <JastaElf> Bye Shiral 2! :-)
[16:58] <Wrengl> huggles to pan
[16:58] * JastaElf sends kitty hugs to pan also
[16:58] * Samuel has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:58] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Samuel
[16:58] * Shiral waves farewell again and says it's the REAL shiral
signing off, now
[16:58] <JastaElf> Hi Samuel!
[16:58] <TerryOBrien> I've been attending MW for about 20 years now.
I've gotten to know Lori and Gordon a little.
[16:58] <Martine> Oh my. Twins spawning everywhere.
[16:58] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Sam
[16:58] <KIK> Hello, Sam!
[16:58] <Wrengl> hi sam
[16:58] <JastaElf> Night hon!
[16:58] <Shiral> Don't know who that imposter was!
[16:58] <Nancy> So other than Katherine, Ann (Ghostgames), and Miss
Martini, who else will be at Worldcon in Boston?
[16:58] <Martine> Hi Sam!
[16:58] <Samuel> Hello All
[16:58] <Annie> hi Samuel
[16:59] <JastaElf> Nancy, I will be there!
[16:59] <Nancy> Hola, Samuel
[16:59] <Wrengl> me
[16:59] <Nancy> Kewl!
[16:59] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, sam
[16:59] <Wrengl> hopefully kathi
[16:59] <Shiral> Night Jasta, Katherine, Nancy, Martine etc etc! I'll
be back again
[16:59] <Dov> Hi Samuel
[16:59] * Shiral has left #Deryni_Destinations
[16:59] <JastaElf> Getting a room and having a party! :-)
[16:59] <Mistyck> hi Sam
[16:59] <ethan> Hi Sam
[16:59] <the_Bee> I hope so. deciding if I can afford worldcon AND
darkover
[16:59] <Mistyck> Nancy, I'm planning on being there
[16:59] * Debbie-VB pouts, I'm not even going to be able to make it to
Darkover this year
[16:59] <Wrengl> my friend Juanita Salicrup who introduced me to the
Deryni lo these many years ago
[16:59] <Martine> I really hope Pan stays around a bit. He's been
really sick too, even though he's responding well to medication.
[16:59] <Wrengl> well worldcon is close to you bee
[16:59] <The_Cat_Whisperer> The Katherines are leaving?
[16:59] <Nancy> I don't think I can make it to Darkover either - not
sure - that part of the year is a tad confoozled at the moment
[17:00] <Bynw> Nancy, are you gonna be at GenCon?
[17:00] <JastaElf> Oh, Martine, you're so right... if she lost Pan
right after, that would be SO devastating!!
[17:00] <Nancy> YES
[17:00] <Wrengl> coming to worldcon nancy?
[17:00] <Mistyck> awww, we have to have Nancy at Darkover!
[17:00] <Bynw> Ok, we will definately meet up then at some point
[17:00] <Nancy> Yes to Gencon (definitely) and yes to Worldcon
(definitely) - Origins is up in the air
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> it's going to take my bank account at least two
years to recover from my first one.
[17:00] <Martine> It wasn't long ago that it was Pan who was touch and
go, and Izzy was just fine. if Pan takes a turn for the worse, poor
Melissa will be a real mess.
[17:00] <Mistyck> yes, Martine...I'm definitely praying for both
Shiral and Pan
[17:01] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:01] <JastaElf> Shiral told me yesterday that Pan's responding well
to his meds tho
[17:01] * Bynw will just find the 7th Sea weirdo's
[17:01] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sends healing woodgies to Pan*
[17:01] <Martine> She told me the same. He better KEEP responding. ;-)
[17:01] <JastaElf> That's for sure.
[17:01] <Wrengl> she toldd me that also
[17:01] <Nancy> I still think Melissa should move to the East Coast
near Ann - we have been talking about this (mostly as a fantasy) about
all of us getting farms - but Ann has to have the cows - I am not
doing milk extrusion from them!
[17:01] <JastaElf> But I'm sure God will send just the right needy
kitty to her soon. :-)
[17:01] <TerryOBrien> I have to hit Origins and Gencon this year, but
I may have to support WorldCon instead of attending. Want to vote for
site selection.
[17:02] <Martine> LOL, Nancy!
[17:02] <Mistyck> I just feel a bit guilty about getting Evaine
yesterday...hope Pan gets well soon
[17:02] * the_Bee broadcasts Healing woodgies to all cats, dogs,
horses andother beloved fur-folk
[17:02] <Martine> I'll move up and play with the horsies <g>
[17:02] <JastaElf> Ann's in Massachusetts, isn't she?
[17:02] <Martine> How's Evaine doing, Mistyck?
[17:02] <Nancy> Yes, Jasta
[17:02] <JastaElf> If she is, I'm SO there....
[17:02] <JastaElf> Woo-HOOO! :-)
[17:02] <KIK> She should get a pair of kittens. They'll be company
for one another, and give Pan a new lease on life.
[17:02] <Wrengl> yes jasta she is in MA
[17:02] * JastaElf is FROM Mass. ....
[17:02] <Nancy> I keep thinking about a big enclave of farms - but
MINE will NOT have cows.
[17:02] <JastaElf> Coolies!
[17:02] <Wrengl> true KIK
[17:02] <Nancy> or chickens or sheep. Just one horse for the buggy
[17:02] <Martine> I think her landlord is a problem with that,
katherine. No new pets allowed in the building.
[17:02] <JastaElf> I'll buy into the enclave, Nancy!
[17:02] <Wrengl> she got isadora and pan at the same time
[17:03] <Martine> They changed the pet rules, darn them.
[17:03] <Debbie-VB> I so know hot that feels
[17:03] <KIK> THen she needs to move!
[17:03] <Martine> Agreed!
[17:03] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:03] <Martine> I know the perfect kitty at my city shelter, too...
[17:03] <Nancy> See, if Melissa goes East, she can work with Ann...
and have lotsa pets.
[17:03] <Mistyck> Martine, she's fine, she's sleeping on the computer
desk right now
[17:03] <JastaElf> LOL! Perfect!
[17:03] <Wrengl> yes
[17:03] <Martine> The one John won't let me have now, but at least he
FINALLY told me why! ANd he's right, darn evil man.
[17:03] <Wrengl> she could even have the golden one
[17:04] <the_Bee> Melissa was talking about getting a new kitten
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> artine. My building doesn't allow pets. they
used to and there are several fur-kids living here from long-time
tenants, but Me? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[17:04] <Nancy> No pets for me - allergic to cats and no time to care
for a puppy
[17:04] <Wrengl> fish?
[17:04] <the_Bee> no pets allowed her either [
[17:04] <Annie> house rabbit?
[17:04] <Wrengl> catfish are fun to watch
[17:04] <Nancy> GEH no fish.
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> it's kind of hard to pet a fish though
[17:04] <Nancy> no fish. no fish.
[17:04] <Martine> LOL! Two fish! Name them "Sushi" and "Fillet"! <g>
[17:04] <Wrengl> true
[17:04] <Nancy> no birds. no fish.
[17:05] <Mistyck> lol
[17:05] <JastaElf> How about one f those butt-ugly hairless Sphinx
cats, Nancy?
[17:05] <Wrengl> lol martine
[17:05] <Nancy> (ex husband had fish - remember, Katherine?)
[17:05] <Nancy> No cats.
[17:05] <Wrengl> or sushi and sashimi
[17:05] <Nancy> I can barely take care of myself!
[17:05] <Samuel> I'd like a couple birds. A falcon and an Owl.
[17:05] <Nancy> No birds.
[17:05] <Mistyck> lol
[17:05] <JastaElf> Oh Sam, I'm there with you on that!
[17:05] <KIK> Yuck! Nancy and I know someone who has a pair of
those--though I don't think she's ever seen them.
[17:05] <Nancy> I did see a lovely garden adornment today. A beautiful
Chinese bowl with two METAL koi in it!
[17:05] <Mistyck> Nancy doesn't want her birds repeating her words to
anyone else!
[17:06] <Nancy> Nope. Nancy is afraid of birds.
[17:06] <Nancy> and snakes.
[17:06] <Wrengl> lol
[17:06] <Martine> Would this be in the Frontgate catalog, nancy? DID I
MISS THAT???
[17:06] <Annie> and rabbits?
[17:06] <Wrengl> no snakes here
[17:06] <Nancy> Uh yes you did, Martine
[17:06] <Nancy> NO RABBITS. they are mean!
[17:06] <Annie> what about rabbits?
[17:06] <Wrengl> made kathi give hers away and it died
[17:06] <Wrengl> she has not let me forget that either
[17:06] <Martine> LOL, Pat. We seem to have acquired two snakes this
morning! They moved in to our side stairs.
[17:06] <Dov> I know they're beautiful, Samuel, but birds of prey are
a huge responsibility.
[17:06] * Debbie-VB has absolutely no fear of snakes, except the
venomous kind
[17:06] <Mistyck> eek, Martine!
[17:06] <Annie> yup, we had a rabbit and it gave the german shepherd a
rotten life
[17:06] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Cute kitty, Martine. Looks like mine
[17:06] <Samuel> Oh, if I had my birds.... I'd almost have to have a
rabbit or two....
[17:07] <Wrengl> i agree with Indiana Jones on snakes
[17:07] <Martine> It's not that bad, Mistyck. I grew up with LOTS of
snakes in the yard. I just pick 'em up and move them when I need to.
[17:07] <Nancy> Bah. Don't want a pet of anything that might appear on
my plate. Which is why any cow I owe would have to be named Hamburger
[17:07] <Nancy> or Rib Eye
[17:07] <Nancy> or TriTip
[17:07] <Martine> LOL, Nancy!
[17:07] <Martine> Mignon
[17:07] <JastaElf> LOL, ancy! I agree...
[17:07] <the_Bee> potroast
[17:07] <Samuel> Dov: birds of prey take a 4 year aprintiship course
under a master falconer and a federal lisence that costa about $500
[17:07] <TerryOBrien> I don't mind snakes. Just don't care for
anything with more than the limit of four legs.
[17:07] <Martine> Stewie
[17:07] <JastaElf> Can't eat a whole fish either, don't want my food
watching me.
[17:07] <Wrengl> lol
[17:07] <Mistyck> I hate snakes
[17:08] <TerryOBrien> Seafood excepted, of course.
[17:08] <Nancy> Me neither, Jasta.
[17:08] <Samuel> I've been looking into getting the lisence for about
15 years.
[17:08] <the_Bee> jasta: I feel the wame way
[17:08] * Mistyck doesn't like fish period
[17:08] <Debbie-VB> LOL Jasta.
[17:08] <Nancy> That's the nice thing about tofu. It never talked in a
former life.
[17:08] <Martine> Agreed, Jasta. At least chop off the head and tail
before I see it!
[17:08] <Mistyck> very true
[17:08] <JastaElf> LOL, Nancy!!
[17:08] <Dov> That's exactly what I had in mind, Samuel.
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[17:08] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Kiri`
[17:08] <Mistyck> hi Kiri
[17:08] <JastaElf> Hi Kiri!
[17:08] <Annie> Hi Kiri
[17:08] <Nancy> Hi Kiri
[17:08] <ethan> Hi Kiri!!
[17:08] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Kiri`
[17:08] <Debbie-VB> Hi Kiri
[17:08] <Kiri`> hello *waves*
[17:08] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Kiri'
[17:08] <Samuel> I just don't have the time or land to care for a pet
(any pet) right now.
[17:08] <Martine> Did somebody say..... Chocolate???
[17:08] <KIK> Kiri! Haven't seen yo here in a while.
[17:09] <Bynw> Hi Kiri`
[17:09] <Kiri`> Katherine - no.. been dealing with my back and a
crabby laptop =)
[17:09] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sets out mugs of hot chocolate*
[17:09] <JastaElf> Oh dear! How's the back?
[17:09] <Martine> Omigosh! The shelter has a new calico! Melissa will
just need to get TWO new cats now. After she moves! <g>
[17:09] <Kiri`> Melissa is moving?
[17:09] <Mistyck> yes, she needs a Calico
[17:09] <Nancy> Sorry to hear about the laptop too. (I had a hard
drive crash last week - must be going around)
[17:09] <JastaElf> LOL! Now we just need to find her a job out
there...
[17:09] <Nancy> No, I keep saying that she should move to
Massachusetts
[17:09] <Martine> No, Kiri. We just think she needs to.
[17:10] <Martine> ;-)
[17:10] <JastaElf> We want to get Melissa to move East, yes.
[17:10] <Kiri`> Jasta - it's a long story. i had an epidural this
week that didn't go the way anyone planned.
[17:10] <JastaElf> Oh dear, hon!!! {{{huggles}}}
[17:10] <Kiri`> oh I want Melissa to stay.
[17:10] * Debbie-VB keeps thinking she should move closer to all of
you
[17:10] * the_Bee offers kiri a slice of gluten-free cake and ginger
ice cream
[17:10] <Nancy> eek! Kiri!
[17:10] <Mistyck> oh Kiri, huggles!
[17:10] <JastaElf> Then you move out here too!
[17:10] <Kiri`> and my motherboard died.
[17:10] <JastaElf> Oh uck...
[17:10] <Kiri`> that got replaced tuesday..
[17:10] <KIK> Poor Kiri!
[17:10] <KIK> BRB
[17:10] <Kiri`> so i'm just sorta starting to get things back together
[17:10] <Martine> Oh, fun!
[17:11] <Nancy> OK as soon as Jim has recuperated from surgery, he's
gotta get that sigil done so that we can all share it!
[17:11] <Kiri`> yes.. and to make it all nice.. my radiator needs
replacing.. so that's #3.. right? *crosses fingers*
[17:11] <Mistyck> cool, Nancy
[17:11] <the_Bee> huggls and healing woodgies, kiri
[17:11] <Nancy> We'll make it our healing sigil
[17:11] <Kiri`> I happen to have an extra Kitty..
[17:11] <Mistyck> Kiri, did you get my email?
[17:11] <Kiri`> I might part with to a Melissa type home. course
when she's ready..
[17:12] <Kiri`> mist - no. I .. erm wait *thinks* new calico
kitten?
[17:12] <JastaElf> She's still in a lot of pain about Isadora, but
she's not adverse to the concept.
[17:12] <Mistyck> yep yep
[17:12] <the_Bee> she needs time to grieve first
[17:12] <JastaElf> Definitely.
[17:12] <Kiri`> definately. I'll let her know when she's had time to
get over izzy.
[17:12] <Mistyck> yes, grieving is important for both Melissa and Pan
[17:12] <Debbie-VB> well Izzy is probably waiting right now at the
rainbow bridge
[17:12] * Kiri` is still upset over hearing about Izzy.
[17:12] <JastaElf> :-) With all our beloved departed cats...
[17:13] <JastaElf> Who probably tell tales to each other about us....
;-)
[17:13] <Kiri`> and dogs.. and rabbits horses.. erm.. frogs.
[17:13] <Martine> And my old parakeet.
[17:13] <Annie> and eels
[17:13] <ethan> woould that be cattails
[17:13] <Nancy> geh. no eels
[17:13] <Martine> I wonder if all the goldfish we all killed as kids
are waiting UNDER the bridge? <g>
[17:13] <Debbie-VB> EELS!?!?!?
[17:13] <Mistyck> and even fishes we accidently over-fed
[17:13] <Annie> on second thoughts lets not go there again
[17:13] <Nancy> I killed a turtle - who knew you couldn't use crayolas
on its back?
[17:13] <Kiri`> eels.. now there's one you don't hear everyday.
[17:13] <Annie> yes, I had a pet eel when I was about 5 (no, that's
going there again, isn't it)
[17:13] <Kiri`> i have a funny turtle story.
[17:13] <Martine> nancy! You colored a TURTLE?
[17:14] <Nancy> Well the shell was so bare...
[17:14] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:14] <Kiri`> oh poor turtle
[17:14] <Mistyck> I *CAN* see little Nancy doing that though!
[17:14] <the_Bee> they used to have painted turtles when i was a child
[17:14] <KIK> Augustus id now hlping me type.
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> what colour did you make it?
[17:14] <the_Bee> hello gus!
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> Hi Gus-cat
[17:14] <Martine> LOL! Hi Gus!
[17:14] <Mistyck> hi Gus
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> i used to put doll clothes on kittens
[17:15] <Martine> Oh well. My dad killed my parakeet by painting the
room it was kept in and laying new carpet. Without moving the
parakeet. Whoops!
[17:15] <Samuel> coloring a turtle..... that ranks right up there
with playing witht he honey jar..... and I can start seeing the story
already.....
[17:15] <the_Bee> my sister put lipstick on her tomcat
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> Our family cat used to get dressed quite regularly
too
[17:15] <Nancy> omigod, Martine!
[17:15] <Mistyck> big whoops!
[17:15] <Annie> my dad killed my eel
[17:15] <Nancy> Oi! the eel again
[17:15] <Martine> Little itty bitty Martine wondered why Snowball was
lying so still on the bottom of his cage the next day! <g>
[17:16] <Annie> sorry ;-)
[17:16] <Nancy> Alright time to change the entire subject
[17:16] <Kiri`> I had a terra cotta turtle in the bushes by my mom's
back door (for keys) and her landlord decided to make a patio
without telling anyone. I stopped by and opened the back door to find
this pit with him in it. I asked him. "where's my turtle?" he got
this look of utter horror.. cause he'd just finihsed using one of
those ground digger thingy to dig about 4 feet down.
[17:16] <Kiri`> it was priceless
[17:16] <Nancy>
[17:16] <KIK> Gus has discovered that vases of cut flowers are fun to
rub up against. And he has this lethal tail. I've averted disaaster
several times in the past few days.
[17:16] <ethan> CW, have you found any supporters for a NW convention?
[17:16] <KIK> h
[17:17] <Martine> LOL! Have Arwen and Gus been sharing tips lately?
[17:17] <Kiri`> Ann.. i think you'd better tell us about the eel.
[17:17] <Martine> They're up to the same tricks.
[17:17] <Annie> caught it on holiday in Scotland, brought home in a
bucket in the boot (trunk)
[17:18] <Kiri`> k
[17:18] <Annie> lived in an old sink, dad killed it by trying to
overwinter it in the coal cellar
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, I know 1 other KK fan in Idaho
[17:18] <Kiri`> oh poor eel
[17:18] <Mistyck> Evaine has already discovered how to knock off the
remote from the table...I think she watched Chance do it with his tail
[17:18] <Martine> Whoops. Gotta watch for dads and odd pets.
[17:18] * Ghostgames has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:18] <DeryniBot> Hey Ghostgames - Welcome to the Deryni
Destinations chat!
[17:18] <Mistyck> hi Ann
[17:18] <Martine> Hi Ann!
[17:19] <Nancy> Aha! there she is, crutch 'n all
[17:19] <Debbie-VB> Hi Ann
[17:19] <Bynw> Hi Ann
[17:19] <TerryOBrien> Hiya Ann!
[17:19] <Martine> How's your ankle doing?
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Nah, no crutch, not anymore. :-)
[17:19] <the_Bee> chance: dog?
[17:19] <Mistyck> how are you doing?
[17:19] <KK> OK, what's this about horses falling on you?!
[17:19] <Mistyck> yes Bee
[17:19] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ann
[17:19] <JastaElf> Hi Ann!
[17:19] <ethan> Hi Ann
[17:19] <Ghostgames> er, well, it seems to be a semi-annual thing...
:-)
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Either they fall on me, or I fall off them...
[17:19] <Mistyck> lol
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Sometimes both at the same time...
[17:19] <Martine> LOL! Break the cycle, silly!
[17:19] <Mistyck> good to hear about no crutches though
[17:19] <Kiri`> the Semi-Annual Horse fall..
[17:19] <Nancy> hmph. Not after you get a copy of the healing sigil!
(right after Jim has surgery, of course!)
[17:19] <Annie> lol
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> by any chance have you somehow displeased Equus?
[17:20] <ethan> CW, I've found 2 but neither is computorially
connected
[17:20] <the_Bee> we had a dog and cat when i was young. the kity
used to suck on the dog's teats
[17:20] <KK> I had one fall on my foot once, but the Western saddle
saved me from serious damage.
[17:20] <Martine> Ouch!
[17:20] <Ghostgames> y'know, I was painting the hallway (still fixing
the TERRIBLE job the "professional" painters did last August), and
something told me to log on... were you guys talking about me?!?
[17:20] * Andy_Hock is on IRC
[17:20] <Nancy> Um, there WAS than unfortunate incident with the rope,
Katherine..
[17:20] <the_Bee> yes
[17:20] <TerryOBrien> Say Ann, I finally have the awards video from
Origins back from being digitized. If you mail me your address, I'll
send you a copy, once I get it massaged down to an acceptable
performance.
[17:20] <Mistyck> Actually, Chance has been an angel around
Evaine...he won't even walk really close to her
[17:20] <Nancy> Me? talking about you? nuh-uh not me
[17:20] <KK> Er, that too.
[17:20] <Martine> We were talking about Worldcon and such. :-)
[17:20] <Martine> Rope?
[17:20] <Nancy> Yep.
[17:20] <Martine> Do tell <grin>
[17:20] <Nancy> NOt THAT kind of rope, Martine!
[17:20] <Nancy> sheesh
[17:21] * ethan has had several horses fall on, under and around him
in the past
[17:21] * Martine thwacks Nancy... BAD girl
[17:21] * JastaElf had a horse sit on her once when she was younger...
:-)
[17:21] <Ghostgames> Terry: my husband'll be happy to hear that!
What's your email addy?
[17:21] <Nancy> *I* tell you, I'm a GOOD girl!
[17:21] <TerryOBrien> (e-mail addy deleted to discourage spamming -
RD)
[17:21] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, how did you break the cycle?
[17:21] <ethan> retired from the rodeo
[17:21] <Mistyck> lol
[17:21] <Mistyck> that's one way of doing it
[17:21] <Martine> Uh-huh. You got your halo off the East Vetzsikian
black market, just like me Nancy.
[17:22] * JastaElf looks about innocently, fairly glowing with
sweetness and light.
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> My biggest problem is getting the resolution
right, so it doesn't look like its a bad dub.
[17:22] <Kiri`> Jasta - not buying it..
[17:22] * Debbie-VB .oO( staed away from horsies?)
[17:22] <Ghostgames> About WorldCon: Steve Jackson will be there, too.
Katherine: I made him promise to try to play in one of our Deryni
adventures. I thought about letting him play some of the villains with
you, and then thought better of it -- with "Evil Stevie" to bounce
ideas off of, the two of you would be even more unstoppable than you
and Martine were!
[17:22] <Bynw> i'm not buying that one ata ll Jasta ...
[17:22] * JastaElf hides her halo and collar, blushing and yet
grinning...
[17:22] <Ghostgames> With the exception of horse accidents, I /learn/
from my mistakes! <gr>
[17:22] <Martine> Thank goodness no horses have fallen on me yet. I
just fall off them! :-P
[17:22] <Mistyck> very true, Ann
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> Its a UNIX box. I've had problems with it, but
I've had it for so long that I really don't want to change it.
[17:22] <JastaElf> LOL! Aww, gee, guys, I'm just a sweet l'il ol'
kiddo...
[17:22] <KK> LOL. Steve and I <would> make a dangerous combo.
[17:22] <Nancy> Hey, Ann - I never heard from him.
[17:22] <ethan> lol
[17:23] <Wrengl> hi ghostgamess the stranger
[17:23] <Nancy> Katherine, Steve loved the Deryni map.
[17:23] * Martine examines Jasta and finds an odd switch under her
stole. It has a label... "Sweetness and light switch. On/off"
[17:23] <KK> Oh, good.
[17:23] <Mistyck> awesome
[17:23] <JastaElf> LOL, Martine!
[17:23] <JastaElf> You caught me....
[17:23] <Mistyck> sounds like WorldCon's gonna be a blast!
[17:23] <Martine> :-D
[17:23] <Nancy> Yep it is
[17:24] <The_Cat_Whisperer> g2g. Take care, all!
[17:24] <Wrengl> i think it will be
[17:24] <Nancy> par-tay time!
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> Bye, CW
[17:24] * Bynw wishes he could be at worldcon
[17:24] <Martine> I hope they have Starbucks within walking distance
of the WorldCon hotel!
[17:24] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:24] <Nancy> Bye, CW
[17:24] * Debbie-VB thought she was the only one with a
battery-powered halo
[17:24] <the_Bee> be well, Cat
[17:24] <Mistyck> yep yep
[17:24] <ethan> bye bye Cat Whisperer
[17:24] <JastaElf> Night CW!
[17:24] <Wrengl> byw cw
[17:24] <Nancy> It's all connected, Martine
[17:24] <Annie> bye CW
[17:24] <Martine> Then NOTHING will stop us - not even sleep!
[17:24] <Dov> Take care, CW and happy holidays!
[17:24] <Martine> By cw!
[17:24] <KK> I took one of mine to the laminator's, to be cut in half
and put back together with a hinge in the middle, but the guy let
about 2 inches of "hinge"--so he's cut it again and is relaminating.
Hopefully, this will work.
[17:24] <Wrengl> wait until you see me race around in a scooter
[17:24] <Kiri`> night cw
[17:24] <Wrengl> dangerous at every speed!
[17:24] <Martine> LOL!
[17:25] <Ghostgames> I need to laminate a couple, too, for better
hardiness on the convention rounds...
[17:25] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:25] <Martine> "LOOK OUT!!!! I HEAR PAT AROUND THE CORNER!!!"
[17:25] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:25] <Mistyck> heehee
[17:25] <Wrengl> lol
[17:25] <KK> Didn't know you were scooting these days, Wrengl.
[17:25] <Martine> I'm planning on framing mine and hanging it in my
home office :-)
[17:25] <Wrengl> actually i have only run one person over
[17:25] <Ghostgames> Glad to see you mobile again, Pat!
[17:25] <Kiri`> where is worldcon?
[17:25] <Martine> Boston
[17:25] <Nancy> Will you still have to be scooting at Worldcon? in
Boston, Kiri
[17:25] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *steps onto her Transfer Portal and
disappears in a swirl of cat hair*
[17:25] <Ghostgames> Boston, Labor Day Weekend.
[17:25] <Wrengl> judith conly kept getting it from me
[17:25] * The_Cat_Whisperer Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[17:26] <Ghostgames> Next year it's in Scotland. I have /got/ to go!
:-)
[17:26] <Martine> <drool>
[17:26] <Nancy> I am definitely going to Glasgow!
[17:26] <Annie> I'll be at that one!
[17:26] * Mistyck will be there too, Ann
[17:26] <Nancy> and then to a conference in London
[17:26] <KK> Scott and I will be at that one!
[17:26] <Martine> Ann, let's say next year we both go and follow with
the Highlands trail ride?
[17:26] <Wrengl> we would like to go to glasgow also
[17:26] <JastaElf> I may have to try and plan for that one...
[17:26] <Ghostgames> Hey, Martine, wanna combine it with another horse
trek?
[17:26] <Annie> yay, then I'd get to meet lots of you!
[17:26] <Martine> YES! <g>
[17:26] <JastaElf> Oh, KK, if I can get there can I come riding too??
I promise not to fall off!!
[17:26] <Mistyck> I have to make a stop in North England first though
[17:26] <Ghostgames> er, great minds think alike! :-)
[17:26] <Wrengl> no boston, jasta?
[17:26] <Annie> woo hoo
[17:26] <Nancy> After we make Ann a tabard with the Great Muckin'
Healing Sigil on it!
[17:26] <JastaElf> I'll be in Boston, Pat.
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> I would love to someday do the Britan and Ireland
[17:27] <Wrengl> goody
[17:27] <Annie> Ghostgames, you ok with me being Annie on here - I can
be more creative if you'd prefer
[17:27] <Wrengl> have not decided which day to have the Rampant Lion
Party
[17:27] <Ghostgames> Katherine: there's a bookstore/gamestore in
Cambridge that would /love/ to have us run a Deryni Adventure and have
you do a booksigning sometime before or after WorldCon. I'll email you
the details if you think you can extend your stay a few days.
[17:27] <Samuel> I'd need to be in Scottland/Ireland/England for a
month or more if I ever get out of the US again.....
[17:27] <Annie> Cambridge UK?
[17:27] <Martine> Here we go.
http://www.equestrianvacations.com/horseback_riding_vacations/robroy.htm
[17:27] <Annie> or Cambridge not UK?
[17:28] <KK> Sure, Ghostgames.
[17:28] <JastaElf> Cambridge Mass.
[17:28] <Dov> I'm going to be in Scottsdale, AZ next week until after
Passover.
[17:28] <Nancy> Hm, if you extend your stay, let me know 'cuz there's
that whole going to Ireland thing...
[17:28] <Annie> darn, I'm only 20 miles away from Cambridge UK
[17:28] <JastaElf> Where Hahvahd University is... :-)
[17:28] <Nancy> Ooo Dov! Nice this time of year.
[17:28] <Mistyck> yep yep Nancy
[17:28] <KK> We'll coonrdinate it all, Nancy.
[17:28] <Annie> bit further from Cambridge MA!
[17:28] <JastaElf> yup
[17:28] <Ghostgames> Annie's fine, only my family calls me that. And a
certain professor from many decades ago who insisted on calling me
that at 2am (he had odd hours and wouldn't look at the clock before
calling me up to talk about the latest data entry work I was doing for
him)...
[17:29] <Nancy> I think I get home from New Hampshire in time for 2nd
Night
[17:29] <Dov> <nod> we look forward to it all year.
[17:29] <Ghostgames> Cambridge MA.
[17:29] <Nancy> oh wait. doh. Passover is BEFORE Easter this year.
Sheesh
[17:29] <JastaElf> Ghostgames, we decided just before you logged on to
all buy farms around your place and start an Enclave. :-)
[17:29] <Nancy> But not too close, Ann.
[17:29] <Nancy>
[17:29] <Ghostgames> Haven't found "our place" yet, though.
[17:29] <Mistyck> and move Melissa there too
[17:30] <Nancy> I told them about the "plan" - wherein YOU have the
cows.
[17:30] <JastaElf> But no cows on Nancy's place.
[17:30] <Martine> MMMMMmoooooo ;-)
[17:30] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:30] <Nancy> See we can't drive to Ann's - we have to do the whole
Jane Austen walking thing
[17:30] <Ghostgames> I may have a couple of jerseys...
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> could I join the enclave Jasta? even if I am so
not a farm-girl?
[17:30] <Ghostgames> Or maybe Swiss Browns.
[17:30] <Nancy> bah. milk extruders
[17:30] <KK> Who needs cows on a farm? It can be a horse farm.
[17:30] * Annie would like you to keep donkeys. She likes donkeys
[17:30] <Ghostgames> But beware, I'm just as likely to have a couple
of elephants.
[17:30] <Samuel> Hey all.... I know where there's a 115 acre farm for
sale.... Why don't we all chip in on that?
[17:30] <Ghostgames> Too small.
[17:30] <Martine> That's what I'll have. Of course, for the first year
or two I'd be a clueless horse farm owner! <G>
[17:30] <JastaElf> Don't need to be countrified VB, just crazed like
the rest of us. :-)
[17:30] <Nancy> See we all have to have our own farms but within
walking or buggy distance
[17:31] <Nancy> I'm going to write 'n make quilts
[17:31] <Ghostgames> It needs to be big enough to have its own 100acre
woods (complete with Heffalump Hollow and Wol's Nest) as well as
plenty of pasture for the horses.
[17:31] <Martine> I'll ride from house to house.
[17:31] <JastaElf> And we could breed between farms to keep the gene
pool diverse. :-)
[17:31] <Wrengl> can have a couple of sheep to mow the lawn
[17:31] <Martine> Perfect! LOL@
[17:31] <Annie> and donkeys, don't forget the donkeys
[17:31] <JastaElf> My spread will be called Eryn Lasgalen and have
woods and waterfalls. :-)
[17:31] <KK> Annie, are you really in the UK?
[17:31] <Nancy> I keep hearing Miss Trotwood "Donkeys, Janet!
Donkeys!"
[17:31] <Annie> yes KK
[17:31] <Nancy> Jasta, did I tell you I met Elijah Wood?
[17:31] <Annie> just about propping my eyes open!
[17:31] <KK> :-) That explains the donkeys.
[17:31] <Martine> Mine will be called Brenwell, and have horses of all
sizes.
[17:32] <JastaElf> No, Nancy, you didn't! Is he as nice and funny as
he seems on TV?
[17:32] <KK> Cool, Nancy. What's he like?
[17:32] <Ghostgames> We have to have it all in place well before 2012,
though. That's when the Incan calendar ends (or is it the Aztec
calendar), so Paul thinks there'll be an alien invasion. We'll need to
be self-sufficient, able to survive without modern conveniences...
[17:32] <Nancy> Charming, short, HUGE eyes, gorgeous skin
[17:32] <JastaElf> Fine by me, GG! :-)
[17:32] <Debbie-VB> did they really computer enhance his eyes?
[17:32] <JastaElf> Oh, sounds nice, Nancy...
[17:32] <ethan> It's the Mayan calendar
[17:32] <Martine> By 2012? We'd better get working!
[17:32] <the_Bee> for anyone who needs it the url for worldcon boston
is http://www.noreascon.org/
[17:33] <Nancy> Not very much. I mean his eyes are Very Large and Very
Blue and he is sooo nice.
[17:33] <JastaElf> I'm glad he's nice in person too.
[17:33] <JastaElf> Where did you meet him?
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> I find it hard to believe that he was only 17 when
he started doing the LOTR
[17:33] <Mistyck> Ann: I worry about 2012 myself!
[17:33] * Annie is still trying to work out why being in the UK
explains the donkeys
[17:33] <Ghostgames> The first time Nancy described him to me via IM,
I could practically hear her drooling from the other side of the
country, even though she swears she's not interested in him in That
Way. ;-)
[17:33] <Nancy> In the local Togo's ordering sandwiches the day after
the Academy Awards
[17:33] <KK> Re donkeys, you North Americans should understand that we
in the Isles like donkeys, especially as company for horses. And
there are wonderful farms for retired and rescued donkeys.
[17:34] <Kiri`> well I need to go.. I just stopped in to say hello.
*waves*
[17:34] <Kiri`> see you all soon!
[17:34] <Annie> so donkeys are not a big US thing, then?
[17:34] <Nancy> Nope I'm not. It was just so cool meeting him. He's
NOT my type. I like Sam
[17:34] <Ghostgames> I'd actually like a mule, too. :-)
[17:34] <Martine> Huggles, Kiri!
[17:34] <Annie> what about Eeyore?
[17:34] <Nancy> Feel better, Kiri
[17:34] <JastaElf> Bye Kiri! Hope your back feels a LOT better WAY
soon!
[17:34] <Mistyck> night Kiri
[17:34] * Kiri` has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> Kiri, will my story be up on airsid soon?
[17:34] <ethan> Ghostgames, the Mayans predict the world will end on
Dec 12 2012
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> ack too late
[17:34] <Nancy> So, Green Leaf Woods, Jasta?
[17:34] <Martine> Not Lothlorien?
[17:34] <Ghostgames> Ah, yes, the Mayans. Paul keeps it all straight
so I don't have to. :-)
[17:35] <Annie> no need to buy Christmas presents that year then
[17:35] <JastaElf> Yup! I'm a huge King Thranduil fan. :-)
[17:35] <JastaElf> Well, and Legolas, too... ;-)
[17:35] <Nancy> Really? ::blink blink:: I had no idea... ::ducking::
[17:35] <Annie> and Nigel
[17:35] <Martine> Or how about Carthmoor Meadows Farm? <g>
[17:35] <Samuel> ethan: not quite acurate..... The calander just ends
that year. there is an implied "end of the world" prediction
[17:35] <Debbie-VB> jasta, you juat want to get at his son ;-)
[17:35] <JastaElf> Nah. I like Celeborn, but Lothlorien is a little
too Land of the Lotus-Eaters for me. ;-)
[17:35] <ethan> sorry, thanks Sam
[17:35] <JastaElf> LOL! Nancy, there you go again. :-)
[17:35] <Mistyck> ooh, big hurdle overcome...I let Chance back in the
house and Evaine hissed at him but has settled back down on the
computer desk!
[17:35] <Nancy> Bah Celeborn - BORIAS!
[17:35] <Samuel> but there is nothing (that I've ever heard of) to say
that that will happen
[17:36] <JastaElf> Oh, the house will be called Carthmoor House. And
have walls and stuff. :-)
[17:36] <KK> Walls are good.
[17:36] <Nancy> Good 'cuz um there's snow there ya know
[17:36] <Annie> walls are good
[17:36] <Martine> <chuckle> Yes, walls are helpful!
[17:36] <JastaElf> Well, let's just say Marton Czokas! *drool*
[17:36] <Annie> so is a roof
[17:36] <Samuel> If you've heard otherwise, I'd like to know.
[17:36] <Martine> Just don't forget the roof on top. Or to cut a door
in a wall <g>
[17:36] <JastaElf> Well, I means walls you could walk on, you sillies.
:-) You know, crenellated.
[17:36] <KK> We have some of those.
[17:36] <Debbie-VB> . If you have walls and a roof, you might as well
go all the way and get a floor too
[17:36] <JastaElf> I know...
[17:36] <Mistyck> I like those...always have
[17:37] <Nancy> LOL! Ok let's see... so it's Minas Carthmoor in the
Green Leaf Woods
[17:37] <Annie> lol
[17:37] <JastaElf> Serious Holybrooke envy. <g>
[17:37] <JastaElf> Nancy, I like that idea!!!
[17:37] <Nancy>
[17:37] <JastaElf> Minas Carthmoor....
[17:37] <Martine> Okay. That's it. Gotta go back to Holybrooke to walk
the walls this time! And of course to see the finished renovations.
:-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> yeah,, good idea
[17:37] <Nancy> when licenses collide <grin>
[17:37] <JastaElf> Has a RING to it... ;-)
[17:37] * Martine groans
[17:37] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:37] <Nancy> Yes, yes it does...
[17:37] <KK> Speaking of renovations, we have the small windows back
in on the ground floor, and the arches above.
[17:37] <JastaElf> Coolness!
[17:37] * Mistyck wonders with so many of us going next year if we can
get some cheaper airline rates
[17:37] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:38] <Mistyck> awesome1
[17:38] <Nancy> Probably not 'cuz we're all coming from different
places and Ann and Martine can drive
[17:38] <Mistyck> true
[17:38] <KK> You should have seen me with brown paper, up on a ladder,
trying to make a template for the arch, which is like a section of
funnel.
[17:38] <Dov> Great! windows are so helpful.
[17:38] <the_Bee> Question: what's part of the castle roof where
guards patrol called?
[17:38] <Martine> How long did it take, katherine?
[17:38] <KK> We ended up formint it by tacking narrow laths to the two
edges, then laying expanded metal mesh over that, and plastering.
They look great.
[17:39] <Martine> It would take me a whole day to get it right!
[17:39] <Mistyck> battlements
[17:39] * Debbie-VB squirms a little. She is so not good on ladders
[17:39] <JastaElf> the sally port, Bee? No wait, that's on a fort...
[17:39] <Martine> Awesome!
[17:39] <the_Bee> thaanks mistyck
[17:39] <Nancy> My friend Sharon (Cohen) is coming to Worldcon with me
as well.
[17:39] <the_Bee> behind the crenellated walls
[17:39] <Mistyck> ooh, neat Nancy!
[17:40] <KK> Just realized it's nearly 1 AM here, guys, since we went
on daylight savings today. (I know, you go next weekend.)
[17:40] <Nancy> She is great - and a brilliant culinary historian, and
needlewoman, and phenomenal cool.
[17:40] <Nancy> cook
[17:40] <Mistyck> I will be bringing Ryan to Boston
[17:40] <Annie> yeah, that's why I'm drooping too
[17:40] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine, thanks for stopping by
[17:40] <ethan> Katherine, have you posted any pictures of your
renovations - like before and after
[17:40] <the_Bee> I have GOT to register for worldcon
[17:40] <KK> Not yet, but I will.
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> Well sleep sweet Katherine, and have a terrific
week.
[17:40] <Dov> take care, Katherine.
[17:40] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine! Good night!
[17:40] <Mistyck> have a great week Katherine
[17:40] <Nancy> Good bye, my friend. Love to Scott and the menagerie
[17:41] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine
[17:41] <Annie> won't be here next w/e guys over in Ireland with the
inlaws
[17:41] <ethan> thanks, good night Katherine
[17:41] <Annie> see you in fortnight
[17:41] <the_Bee> huggles to KK, Scott and the kitties
[17:41] <KK> Nighters to all. And scritches to little Evaine. And to
all the other critters. And hugs to the humans.
[17:41] <JastaElf> Night KK! Have a great week!
[17:41] <Annie> goodnight KK
[17:41] * Dov does NOT like daylight savings time.
[17:41] <Mistyck> thanks KK
[17:41] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in
a shower of green sparkles.
[17:41] * Debbie-VB gratefully accepts a hug from Katherine
[17:41] <Wrengl> night katherine
[17:41] <JastaElf> I agree, Dov. I like farm hours...
[17:41] * KK Quit

[17:43] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:43] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:43] <Bynw> KK !
[17:43] <Mistyck> hiyas KK
[17:43] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine!
[17:43] <martine> Hi katherine!
[17:43] <kirienne> hi Katherine
[17:43] <Shiral> Hello Katherine!
[17:43] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:43] <KK> Hello, folks.
[17:44] <RainbowDragon> How are things?
[17:44] <martine> How's Scrappy?
[17:44] <KK> Scrappy report: She's hobbling around quite well, all
things considered.
[17:44] <Mistyck> how was you're week and how's Scrappy?
[17:44] <Shiral> Good, I'm glad to hear it
[17:44] <kirienne> wonderful to hear KK
[17:44] <martine> Yay Scrappy!
[17:44] <Sedina> that's good to hear, Katherine!
[17:44] <KK> She did not have a broken femor; but she has 3 cracks in
the pelvis around the joint.
[17:44] <Shiral> How's your back holding up, Katherine? <G>
[17:44] <martine> Have you done your daily ten reps of dog lifting
training yet?
[17:44] <KK> None of it is shifting, so surgery has been averted, God
willing.
[17:44] <JastaElf> I'm so glad it wasn't worse!
[17:45] <Shiral> Me too!
[17:45] <martine> Hurray!
[17:45] <kirienne> yay!
[17:45] <KK> We use a sling under her back end to help her get up the
stairs at night--sort of a suspension crutch. Not too bad on my back
at all, think goodness.
[17:45] <Shiral> Excellent. My sister used to do that with her dog
[17:45] <JastaElf> Ouch nevertheless....
[17:45] <kirienne> that's good
[17:46] <martine> Is she behaving herself and not trying to overuse
her back legs?
[17:46] <martine> (Unlike my silly cat)
[17:46] <KK> thank goodnessShe gets more mobile every day. And the
vet allowed us to double up on the original meds, so she's pretty
comfortable. No longer falls over when she tries to pee.
[17:46] <JastaElf> Oh dear! Poor Scrappy....
[17:46] <martine> Now that would be a sight!
[17:46] <martine> Poor puppy.
[17:46] <Sedina> I'm telling you, Martine...Arwen and Sadie are
somehow related
[17:46] <Shiral> I'll bet Scrappy is relieved by this too
[17:47] <KK> She's a trooper. We rigged a ramp on the front steps,
and she quickly learned to use it on request.
[17:47] <Shiral> Umm...In more ways than one <G>
[17:47] <martine> How old is Sadie anyway, Kim? <g>
[17:47] <Sedina> um, 4ish, we think
[17:47] <Shiral> Smart girl, Scrappy
[17:47] <KK> I think she's enjoying the extra attention, and that
helps balance out the discomfort.
[17:48] <martine> We think Arwen's 6, so they can't be litter mates.
There's gotta be shared genetic material somewhere!
[17:48] <Shiral> Never heard of a dog that didn't love extra
attention.
[17:48] <Shiral> Or a cat, either
[17:48] <martine> She's eating it up, Katherine, and teaching classes
in it!
[17:48] <KK> Scrappy is always starved for it.
[17:48] <Sedina> Martine - the only thing is that Sadie can't pull off
the princess pose...
[17:48] <Sedina> attention is always a good thing...
[17:48] <kirienne> LOL Sedina
[17:48] <martine> Scrappy? Naw.... I don't remember any "Love me pet
me rub my belly.... you're my bestest new friend!"
[17:48] <Shiral> Yes, she did love her tummy rubs
[17:49] <KK> Still does.
[17:49] <Shiral> Oh yes <G>
[17:49] <KK> Anyway, it's been quite a week at Holybrooke.
[17:49] <martine> Sedina - Arwen actually is VERY graceful when
squirrels and birds aren't involved!
[17:49] <Shiral> No other disasters, I hope?
[17:49] <martine> What else happened?
[17:49] <KK> We got the mirror doors for my dressing room, and the
guys built the base for it Friday.
[17:49] <martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:49] <Shiral> Excellent
[17:50] <kirienne> that's exciting
[17:50] <KK> I painted the couple of walls that still needed it, and
they'll probably finish with the doors tomorrow.
[17:50] <Sedina> Martine - I can't quite say that about Sadie...
[17:50] <JastaElf> Cool!
[17:50] <kirienne> ooohhh, that will be sooo nice
[17:50] <Sedina> Very cool
[17:50] <KK> Then, a bit more paint touch-up--inevitable with
builders--and I'll need to get a carpet remnant for the floor.
[17:50] <martine> Or laser pointers. She looks hysterical running
after a laser pointer, because her limbs thrust out at all angles
trying to catch it while she's dashing at top speed!
[17:51] <Sedina> Sadie just chases her tail
[17:51] <Ghostgames> On the remodeling topic, Paul and I finally got
living room furniture! (The workmen left last August.)
[17:51] <Shiral> House projects seem to have two paces. Slow and
lightning speed
[17:51] <JastaElf> YAY! Furniture is good....
[17:51] <kirienne> LOLl Ann
[17:51] <Shiral> Good, Ann!
[17:51] <KK> Oh. Sadness to report. Our swallows came back about two
days ago, and tonight we found one dead in the front fuest bathroom.
Not eaten, just dead. Unsure who was responsible, but I'm very sad
about it.
[17:51] <Sedina> Furniture is always a good thing, Ann
[17:51] <Ghostgames> Two big chairs, two big ottomans, a sleeper-sofa,
all upholstered in blue denim.
[17:51] <JastaElf> Martine, my kitties ADORE the mysterious laser
pointer....
[17:51] <martine> Poor swallow. :-(
[17:51] <Ghostgames> Sorry to hear that, Katherine. :-/
[17:52] <kirienne> new furniture is ALWAYS fun
[17:52] <martine> Hooray, Ann! How does the new room look?
[17:52] <kirienne> oooh, that is sad KK
[17:52] <Shiral> It's so much more comfortable than sitting on the
floor
[17:52] <Ghostgames> Well, right now it's got Paul's computer
furniture (for the upstairs office) taking up a big chunk of it. ;-)
[17:52] <Ghostgames> (He's building his own furniture.)
[17:52] <Shiral> That's the trouble with cats. They are little
predators
[17:52] <KK> When I looked out on the porch tonight, the other one
wasn't there either. And there'd already been some other feathers on
the bedroom floor, that didn't belong to the one later found in the
bathroom. I hope the cats didn't get both of them.
[17:52] <Ghostgames> We still have a lot of work to do in the living
room, but at least we have the plasma screen TV and comfy furniture.
[17:52] <Shiral> Isadora was a hunter in her time
[17:53] <Mistyck> ick
[17:53] <martine> How's the plasma screen working out?
[17:53] <kirienne> poor birdies
[17:53] <martine> Has Paul been able to turn it off yet? <G>
[17:53] <kirienne> LOL
[17:53] <Mistyck> Evaine just loves to run into and out of boxes
[17:54] <Mistyck> and bite and scratch me!
[17:54] <kirienne> ouch Mistyck
[17:54] <Ghostgames> It's lovely, especially in hi-def.
[17:54] * martine drools
[17:54] <Mistyck> well, it's the kitten phase...
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> and bully the dog
[17:54] <Shiral> Yes, Cats do have pointy ends
[17:54] <Mistyck> that too, RD
[17:54] <martine> Unless you clip them :-)
[17:54] <Shiral> But I established the "no Bites" rule VERY early in
my cat's lives
[17:55] <Shiral> Besides hurting, cat bites can be dangerous
[17:55] <KK> Anyway, from dog-hauling, and painting, and treks to B&Q
for the mirror doors, and treks to various other suppliers, I'm
pooped. But I wanted to let you know about Scrappy's progress.
[17:55] <Mistyck> I'm doing my best, Shiral, but it's still early
[17:55] <Mistyck> ick, KK!
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> any writing progress?
[17:55] <Shiral> Hooray, I hope things calm down a little in the
coming week, Katherine
[17:55] <martine> Give Scrappy lots of huggle scritches!!
[17:55] <kirienne> we're glad to heat the scrappy report, and the KK
report
[17:55] <Mistyck> hope next week's better for you
[17:55] <Sedina> thank you for that, Katherine!
[17:55] <JastaElf> Thanks for the report, KK! Glad she's doing well!
[17:55] <Shiral> And gentle pats
[17:55] <Ghostgames> Glad to hear she's going to be okay!
[17:55] <Bynw> good to hear :-)
[17:55] <KK> I will, indeed. Hope to have writing progress to report
next week.
[17:56] <Shiral> Thank you for dropping by, even in your fatigued
state
[17:56] <martine> Katherine - put on your seat belt the next time you
check e-mail. There's actually a new piece of Rhemuth Castle waiting.
[17:56] <Bynw> whooo hoooo
[17:56] <kirienne> yippeee
[17:56] <Mistyck> woohoo!
[17:56] <Shiral> Wheeeee!
[17:56] <KK> Hurrah!
[17:56] <Sedina> whoo-hoo!
[17:56] <martine> And it smells a bit like horses <g>
[17:56] <KK> I'll check that now, before I head off to bed.
[17:56] <Sedina> lol
[17:56] <Shiral> Just tell Oswald to look BOTH ways before he crosses
any streets <G>
[17:56] <JastaElf> Even better!!!!
[17:56] <Mistyck> lol
[17:56] <Ghostgames> It figures you'd finish the stables first. ;-)
[17:56] <Shiral> Scrappy, too
[17:56] * JastaElf likes the smell of horses...
[17:56] <Shiral> Excellent on the stables, Martine <G>
[17:57] <martine> What makes you say that, Ann? <bg>
[17:57] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in
a shower of green sparkles.
[17:57] <martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[17:57] <JastaElf> Night KK!
[17:57] <Sedina> good night, Katherine!
[17:57] <kirienne> night and huggles KK
[17:57] <Mistyck> thanks for stopping by KK :-D we always appreciate
your visits!
[17:57] <KK> Nighters.
[17:57] * KK Quit

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[14:38] *** KK sets mode: +q KK
[14:38] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[14:38] <Mistyck> hi KK
[14:38] <Annie> hi KK
[14:38] <elaine> True, Shiral
[14:38] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine, good evening to you!
[14:38] <KK> Hi, guys!
[14:38] <Mistyck> how are you today?
[14:38] <KK> OK.
[14:38] <Shiral> Hello Katherine!
[14:39] <KK> Hi, Shiral.
[14:39] <Shiral> Hooray, I'm at home and you came on a day I can chat!=o)
=o) =o)
[14:39] <elaine> Hi Katherine
[14:39] <KK> And you obviously have power again.
[14:39] <Shiral> Yes, thank goodness
[14:39] <Dov> Hi KK
[14:39] <JastaElf> Katherine, how's the Major doing in surgical recovery?
[14:40] <KK> Hello, Dov. And hello to the couple of new names.
[14:40] <Mistyck> did you have a good Easter Katherine?
[14:40] <Shiral> Oh my, did Scott have surgery?
[14:40] <KK> Scott's doing fine.
[14:40] <Dov> Finished them all
[14:40] <KK> Cataract.
[14:40] <Shiral> I'm way behind the curve
[14:40] <Mistyck> cool, Dov
[14:40] <JastaElf> How's his sight doing?
[14:40] <KK> Sight is fine. He's got another 2 weeks before he gets his
final sign-off and can get his new reading glasses.
[14:41] <JastaElf> Wow, that's wonderful news! I'm so relieved!!
[14:41] <Mistyck> me too!
[14:41] <KK> On the less happy front, we nealy lost Scrappy yesterday.
[14:41] <Mistyck> oh no!
[14:41] <Shiral> Congratulations to Scott. Okay, I DID hear about the
cataract surgery, I was just wondering if he'd had some new surgery I had
not heard about
[14:41] <JastaElf> Oh no! What happened?
[14:41] <KK> A woman hit her. ran over her in the car park next door.
[14:41] <Shiral> ACK!?
[14:41] <JastaElf> Oh God!!
[14:41] <Mistyck> awww!
[14:41] <Shiral> Oh no, I'm so sorry, Katherine
[14:42] <Shiral> Will she be okay?
[14:42] <Dov> Aack!\
[14:42] <KK> They thought at first that she'd broken a hind
leg--mid-femur--but this morning's x-rays show a cracked pelvis.
[14:42] <RainbowDragon> Greeting, Katherine!
[14:42] *** JM has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[14:42] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here JM
[14:42] <Shiral> Ouch,
[14:42] <Mistyck> ouch!
[14:42] <Shiral> Hi JIM
[14:42] <Shiral> JM, too
[14:42] <Mistyck> hi JM
[14:42] <JastaElf> Oh the poor baby... is she still in hospital?
[14:42] <Annie> hi JM
[14:42] <elaine> Ouch indeed
[14:43] <KK> We have to collect her in the AM from the emergency vet and
take her to her own vet, where they'll decide what to do next.
[14:43] <JM> Hi all
[14:43] <RainbowDragon> Sorry for the delay was hanging a few shirts from
the dryer
[14:43] <KK> Hi, RD.
[14:43] <Shiral> BRB
[14:43] <Annie> is this your cat, KK?
[14:44] <KK> The orthopedic surgeon on the team will have to decide whether
it needs to be stapled or whether they can just immobilize her for the
couple of weeks it will take to knit.
[14:44] <KK> Fortunately, dogs heal pretty fast.
[14:44] <Shiral> Back
[14:44] <KK> Dog--Bassador.
[14:44] <Shiral> A very sweet dog, too
[14:44] <Annie> sorry - not up to speed on your pets yet
[14:45] <Shiral> Annie, think Lotsa cats and two dogs =o)
[14:45] <KK> The stupid cow who hit her was arguing with her kids and not
paying attention to her driving.
[14:45] <KK> At least she came and told us.
[14:45] <Mistyck> ick!
[14:45] <Mistyck> true
[14:45] <JastaElf> Thank god she told you!!
[14:45] <Shiral> An object lesson in keeping one's mind on one's driving
[14:45] <JastaElf> But still, how stupid can a person BE?? Driving requires
attention!!
[14:45] <Mistyck> definitely!
[14:45] <Shiral> And yes, at least she did the honorable thing
[14:45] <KK> Yep. And Scrappy is not exactly a small dog; just short. ;-)
[14:45] <Shiral> In telling you
[14:46] <Annie> kids are so distracting - should be put in the boot (trunk)
[14:46] <KK> The truly honorable thing will be if she agrees to pay the vet
bill.
[14:46] <KK> Harumph.
[14:46] <Shiral> Well.. yes
[14:46] <JastaElf> LOL! Annie, I agree... some husbands, too
[14:46] <Annie> lol jasta
[14:46] <JastaElf> Yes, KK, I agree with that too. She'd darned well
better....
[14:46] <elaine> Kids can also be a four letter word.
[14:46] <Shiral> Now Jasta, it could be very embarrassing if the cops
stopped you <G>
[14:46] <Shiral> I hope she DOES
[14:46] * JastaElf glances toward spousal unit and smiles with teeth bared
[14:46] <JM> Wait a minute nothing wrong with husbands though cell phones
should be put there
[14:46] <KK> Anyway, all 5 cats are fine. And we finished the first room
this week. We now have our new laundry room uyp and running.
[14:47] <JastaElf> Husbands can be a four letter word too. ;-)
[14:47] <Shiral> Definitely cell phones
[14:47] <JastaElf> Hooray for the laundry room!
[14:47] <Shiral> Excellent, KK
[14:47] <Shiral> Husb.... doesn't quite work, Jasta =o)
[14:47] <JastaElf> Sorry JM, I don't mean all males blanket-like. <g>
[14:47] <Shiral> Unless you mean the olde English spelling
[14:47] <JastaElf> I can think of a word that would fit MINE, Shiral... ;-)
[14:47] <JastaElf> LOL!
[14:47] <Shiral> MOre than one, I'll bet
[14:47] <JM> Not a problem just had to defend us husbands
[14:47] <KK> We can now strip out the old laundry room, put in new floor and
dry wall on one side, then move clothes racks into there while we redecorate
the bedroom where they presently reside.
[14:48] <JastaElf> :-) Some of you are superlative. JM, Bynw, Scott...
others I'm sure!
[14:48] <Shiral> Glad to hear that progress is being made
[14:48] <JastaElf> What will go in place of the old laundry room, KK?
[14:48] <Shiral> Dare we ask about Childe Morgan?
[14:49] <JastaElf> Childe Morgan goes into the old laundry?? Woo...
playroom for little Ducal persons... :-)
[14:49] <KK> New dressing room for Scott, which will also be linen and
cleaning storage, and suitcases and such.
[14:49] <Dov> I love the SCA, but you've cured me of any fantasies about
owning a real castle.
[14:49] <JastaElf> Ah! Then a playroom for BIG baronial persons!
[14:49] <Shiral> Kelric does the laundry... Now THERE's a recipe for
disaster
[14:49] <JM> Soap bubbles everywhere, can see it now
[14:49] <JastaElf> LOL!
[14:49] <KK> Got a bit done on the book, but not nearly as much as I'd
hoped. But we got the velux window into the attic level. Wow, what a
difference!
[14:50] <JastaElf> Bright light... :-)
[14:50] <Shiral> Well, perhaps one or two Barons would have preferred a nice
little flat, but storage could be a problem =o)
[14:50] <KK> Yes! Utterly transforms it.
[14:50] <JastaElf> Is it a utilitarian wondow, or a big pretty one?
[14:50] <JastaElf> window even... darn rental fingers...
[14:50] <KK> Big, a bit more than a square meter.
[14:50] <JastaElf> Excellent!!
[14:50] <Shiral> Yes, that WOULD make a difference
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[14:50] <DeryniBot> Welcome Kryss to all things Katherine Kurtz
[14:51] <Mistyck> hi Kryss
[14:51] <JastaElf> Hi Kryss
[14:51] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Kryss
[14:51] <Shiral> Hello KRyss
[14:51] <Annie> hi Kryss
[14:51] <JM> Hi Kryss
[14:51] <Kryss> hiya all
[14:51] <KK> Yep, we can now decorate that entire floor of the flat.
[14:51] <Shiral> Cool!
[14:51] <JastaElf> coolies!!
[14:51] <KK> Woo-hoo, another new name!
[14:51] <Mistyck> KK: Kryss is Mak's daughter
[14:51] <JastaElf> So Kryss, where's Mom? :-)
[14:51] <KK> Ah. Next generation!
[14:52] <Kryss> playing with her newly put in stereo for her car
[14:52] <Mistyck> Kryss: you guys still having email problems?
[14:52] <JastaElf> Deryni: the Next Generation!
[14:52] <Annie> working on my next generation, but 6 is a bit young yet!
[14:52] <KK> Yep.
[14:52] <JastaElf> LOL!
[14:52] <Annie> she's up to Narnia
[14:52] <Mistyck> and Kryss...how are you doing?
[14:52] <Kryss> umm..not that i know of, but i've been home for liek a day,
so i dont' really have a clue
[14:52] * Shiral says Pan is here to say hello to Katherine and all chatters
[14:52] <Annie> Gwynedd may take a little longer
[14:52] <KK> Mistyck, now is little Evaine doing?
[14:52] <JastaElf> Shiral, how's Pan feeling?
[14:52] <Shiral> Build her up slowly, Annie =o) Narnia is a good series
[14:53] <Mistyck> she's gotten used to Chance and is running up and down
everything!
[14:53] <Kryss> I'm tired, and jet laged, but good otherwise
[14:53] <Shiral> Pan is becoming a very spoiled cat. =o_
[14:53] <Shiral> =o)
[14:53] <JastaElf> LOL! Well, he should do!@
[14:53] <Mistyck> home for leave Kryss?
[14:53] <KK> Many spoiled cats in this crew!
[14:53] <Shiral> I've changed his diet and now his OLD food is no longer
good enough for him
[14:53] <Mistyck> how is he doing Shiral?
[14:53] <Annie> 2 spoiled cats thisaway
[14:53] <JastaElf> :-) Mine are not spoiled. (Jasta watches her nose
grow...)
[14:54] <Shiral> But he's put on weight and his coat is nicely glossy, so I
say it's worth it
[14:54] <JM> and grow
[14:54] <Kryss> no, actually, i was chaptered..for some stuff they found out
about in highschool...
[14:54] <Kryss> and they wouldn't elet me out of it
[14:54] <Mistyck> ahh, OK, Kryss
[14:54] <JastaElf> Well... we're glad you're home in any case.
[14:54] <Mistyck> Evaine has gotten very bold...she actually goes and stands
under Chance now!
[14:54] <Shiral> HE continues to respond well to his kitty meds, except when
I have to poke the pills down his gullet
[14:54] <KK> Yeah, when you've only got 1, it doesn't seem so extravagant to
feed the singleton the very best food.
[14:54] <KK> Me, I'd go broke feeding 5 on the expensive stuff!
[14:54] <Shiral> Nope =o)
[14:55] <JastaElf> LOL! And Pan of course deserves the best!
[14:55] <JastaElf> me too. KK
[14:55] <Shiral> On Ann's recommendation, I got this fancy kind of cat food
from Sojourner farms
[14:55] <Shiral> If I had five cats, it would be a VERY different story
[14:55] <JM> We have four
[14:55] <Laura> two is enough for me
[14:55] * Mistyck has one of everything...one kid, one cat and one dog
[14:55] <JastaElf> I should send you some glyconutrients for him, Shiral--a
little ambrotose powder snuck into his food, he'll be like a kitten in days!
[14:55] <Shiral> Later this spring there will be two cats, again
[14:56] <Shiral> He's been batting around his catnip dreidl now and then
[14:56] <JastaElf> "A Great Cat Happens Here"?? :-)
[14:56] <Shiral> And he "Helps" me while I make the bed in the morning
[14:56] <KK> Mine free-feed on Go-Cat crunchies, and I stock up on Whiskas
pouches when they're on sale; intersperse those with a variety of lesser
brands.
[14:57] <Annie> one of mine had her life saved by Iams so they only get that
[14:57] <KK> Edgar likes to help make the bed, too.
[14:57] <Dov> good one, JE
[14:57] <Shiral> LOL, Jasta
[14:57] <KK> We tried that, but they really didn't like it.
[14:57] <JastaElf> My cats prefer we not make the beds, and lay on them all
morning to prevent same. ;-)
[14:57] <Shiral> ANd Nicholas and Jessicat just like to SLEEP in the beds.
=o)
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[14:57] <DeryniBot> Welcome kirienne to all things Katherine Kurtz
[14:57] <JastaElf> SUCH indignance when we move them.... ;-)
[14:57] <Laura> Mine has helped "make the bed" very wet twice in two months.
Declawing is looking like a great option
[14:57] <Shiral> Hello Kirienne
[14:57] <Mistyck> hi Kirienne
[14:57] <KK> Yep.
[14:57] <kirienne> hi everyone
[14:58] <JastaElf> Hi kirienne!
[14:58] <Annie> hi Kirienne
[14:58] <elaine> Hi Kirienne
[14:58] <KK> Or a thicker mattress pad.
[14:58] <RainbowDragon> Hi, kirienne
[14:58] <Shiral> I have to admit, I do not miss the way Isadora would pee on
my pillows
[14:58] <JM> One of ours truely believes the corner of the bed where my feet
go belongs to her and gets very upset when I try and put my feet on the bed
[14:58] <kirienne> LOL Shiral
[14:58] <Annie> Jessie seems to have died in the middle of the carpet
[14:58] <JM> Hi Kirienne
[14:59] <KK> Figuratively, I trust?
[14:59] <Annie> she can make herself about a yard square and a quarter of an
inch thick. How do cats do that?
[14:59] <Shiral> LOL
[14:59] <JastaElf> Special Feline Magick, Annie\
[14:59] <Shiral> FLat Cat Syndrome
[14:59] <Dov> LOL
[14:59] <Laura> not pee, we have a water bed
[15:00] <Shiral> Wow, that could be very expensive, Laura
[15:00] <Laura> and we already tried the thicker mattress pad, he just
clawed it aside
[15:00] <Mistyck> yikes!
[15:00] <JastaElf> That's a determined kitty...
[15:00] <KK> Why does he do that, then?
[15:00] <kirienne> annie, maybe she likes pretending to be a carpet, she's
jus tplaying pretend
[15:00] <Shiral> Kitty kicks?
[15:01] <Laura> He gets my husband up in the morning by pouncing on and
attacking his toes. I guess he just gets carried away and decides if the
feet are gone he may as well get the mattress
[15:01] <Mistyck> Chance decided since everyone is talking about Kitties, he
needs some attention too!
[15:01] <KK> Get the thicker pad but with well-fitted sides. That should
keep it in place.
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[15:01] <DeryniBot> Welcome Debbie-VB to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:01] <JastaElf> Hi VB!
[15:01] <kirienne> hi debbie
[15:01] <Shiral> OR else put the cat out at night =o)
[15:02] <Annie> hi Debbie
[15:02] <Shiral> Hello VB
[15:02] <Dov> Hi Debbie
[15:02] <KK> Hi, VB.
[15:02] <JM> Hi VB
[15:02] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Debbie
[15:02] <Debbie-VB> Hi all
[15:02] <Debbie-VB> and a slightly late happy easter to you
[15:02] <Laura> Craig refuses to even let kitty out because our last kitty
got killed by a car
[15:02] <Mistyck> hi Debbie
[15:02] <JastaElf> You're still within the octave, VB. :-)
[15:02] <Shiral> Happy late easter, Debbie
[15:02] <Shiral> Laura, how about just keeping the kitty in the house but
outside the bedroom?
[15:02] <KK> BTW, on a totally different subject--did you guys get the same
photo I did, of Barticus in Afghanistan?
[15:03] <JastaElf> In fact I think you have til Pentecost to say Happy
Easter. :-)
[15:03] <Shiral> No,
[15:03] <RainbowDragon> nope
[15:03] <JastaElf> I didn't get it, KK
[15:03] <Mistyck> Kosovo, but I think so
[15:03] <kirienne> yep Debbie, it was mentioned in church today that we get
to celebrate Easter for 7 weeks
[15:03] <JastaElf> yup!
[15:03] <Debbie-VB> I got no piccies from Bart :~(
[15:03] <KK> He was looking cool in his BDU.
[15:03] <Shiral> WE hid 20 easter eggs, and found 19
[15:03] <Mistyck> yep!
[15:03] <RainbowDragon> maybe you could send it out to a few of us, KK?
[15:04] <JastaElf> Guess he doesn't love us. Sigh... :-)
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[15:04] <JM> Sounds like our house Shiral
[15:04] <KK> I'll give it a try. It's a big file.
[15:04] <RainbowDragon> ah
[15:04] <Shiral> OR maybe he doesn't have our e-mail addies handy where he
is
[15:04] <Laura> Yep, I got the pic
[15:04] <JastaElf> We had a nice, if wet Easter; today we did "experimental
liturgy." ;-)
[15:05] <KK> That's likely.
[15:05] <Mistyck> I'm glad he's doing alright. When they said there was
fighting with the US MIlitary in Kosovo last week I was a bit worried
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[15:05] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here babayaga
[15:05] <JastaElf> Guess somebody decided to give "Low Sunday" a bigger
meaning... ;-)
[15:05] <Debbie-VB> ???experimental litrugy???
[15:05] <KK> At least he isn't in Iraq.
[15:05] <Shiral> How experimental IS experimental liturgy?
[15:05] <JastaElf> Hi babayaga!
[15:05] <Shiral> Hi Babayaga
[15:05] <Mistyck> very true, Katherine!
[15:05] <RainbowDragon> Hi, babayaga
[15:05] <babayaga> Ohayoo!
[15:05] <kirienne> hi Babayaga
[15:05] <KK> Was this at St. Dunstan's?
[15:05] <JastaElf> experimental liturgy is a tool of the Devil. Well, and
of "proactive" vestries... ;-)
[15:05] <Annie> hi Babayaga
[15:05] <Mistyck> hi Babayaga, I really like your stories!
[15:05] <Shiral> Yeah, Iraq is a good place NOT to be
[15:05] <JastaElf> Yes, KK. It was... horrible. <shudder>
[15:05] <babayaga> thnx!
[15:06] <JM> Hi Babayaga
[15:06] <Shiral> Not much fun to listen to?
[15:06] <KK> Shiral, I think I'll send the file to you, and you can forward
it on to the list folk who know him.
[15:06] <Mistyck> Katherine: Kendall has started a forum for writers on
Bardsquill and Babayaga posted a martial arts Deryni fanfic
[15:06] <Shiral> Okay, KK
[15:06] <Annie> Babayaga - r u ok with me copying them to read on good old
fashioned paper? I can't read properly on screens!
[15:06] <KK> Ah.
[15:06] <JastaElf> Instead of "The Word of the Lord" after the readings, we
said "Listen to what the Spirit is telling us." Congregation stared at me
like I was on drugs.
[15:06] <KK> Yuck.
[15:07] <JastaElf> Yeah, pretty much what I said. <g>
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[15:07] <DeryniBot> Welcome Wrengl to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:07] <Debbie-VB> We use that in my church frequently
[15:07] <Mistyck> hi Pat
[15:07] <kirienne> Yuck Jasta,
[15:07] <JastaElf> Hi Wrgnel!!
[15:07] <Shiral> In a congregation, there's always the risk that everyone
will hear something a little different from the SPirit
[15:07] <Annie> hi Wrengl
[15:07] <Wrengl> evening katherine
[15:07] <Shiral> Hello Pat
[15:07] <JastaElf> LOL! True enough, Shiral!
[15:07] <KK> Actually, that's better than most experiments, but stll--Word
of the Lord is so nice.
[15:07] <JM> Hi Pat
[15:07] <Wrengl> hi shiral, rd, annie
[15:07] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Wrengl
[15:07] * kirienne wants to hear the Word of God, called just that, the Word
of God
[15:07] <JastaElf> Yes, and people know how to respond to that!! :-)
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[15:07] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here Nancy
[15:07] <KK> Hi, Wrengl. How're you feeling?
[15:07] <JastaElf> Good point, kirienne!
[15:07] <Wrengl> hello debbie, babayaga, dov, elaine
[15:07] <Shiral> Hi Nancy
[15:07] <Mistyck> hiyas Nancy
[15:07] <JastaElf> Hi Nancy!!
[15:07] <Debbie-VB> Hi Pat
[15:07] <Nancy> Hello all!
[15:08] <Annie> hi Nancy
[15:08] <Wrengl> howdy nancy, mistyck, laura, kryss,
[15:08] <Dov> Hi Nancy
[15:08] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Nancy
[15:08] <kirienne> hi Pat
[15:08] <JM> Hi nancy
[15:08] <Wrengl> hi jasta, jm, kirienne
[15:08] <Kryss> Hola Wrengl
[15:08] <KK> Hello, Nancy!
[15:08] <Wrengl> i am doing much better katherine
[15:08] <Wrengl> beginning to walk half a mile a day
[15:08] <kirienne> great pat
[15:08] <JastaElf> Yay! Good news, that, Wrengl!@
[15:08] <Shiral> My choir director used to have us try singing in half
tones, and by the time we got to quarter tones, we were all singing in
slightly different keys
[15:08] <Wrengl> and the sugars are well under control
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[15:08] <DeryniBot> Hey the_Bee - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[15:08] <Annie> ooh KK, do you take place names from real places? Cos I
live about 15 miles from Saint Neots!
[15:08] <Shiral> Hello Bee
[15:08] <Mistyck> hi Bee
[15:08] <Annie> hi Bee
[15:09] <Wrengl> hi bee
[15:09] <Shiral> Cool, ANnie!
[15:09] <kirienne> hi Bee
[15:09] <JastaElf> Lucky Annie... watch out for anti-Deryni clergy tho!
[15:09] <Debbie-VB> Buzz Bee
[15:09] <babayaga> Annie: it's okay to make a hard copy
[15:09] <Shiral> Definitely
[15:09] <KK> I steal some names, yes.
[15:09] <the_Bee> buzz-buzz, y'all. And hello Katherine
[15:09] <Annie> but watch out for dishy dukes!
[15:09] <KK> I've actually been to St. Neot's.
[15:09] <Shiral> Especially dishy Torenthi Dukes =o)
[15:09] <Annie> cool, thanks Babayaga
[15:09] * Shiral winks at Nancy
[15:09] <JastaElf> LOL!
[15:09] <Nancy> Katherine, John wants to know how is the weather in the
Emerald Isle?
[15:10] <Debbie-VB> or corinth dukes
[15:10] <Nancy> I am ceding over my share of DTDs to Shiral
[15:10] <Annie> St Neots Cambridgeshire?
[15:10] <kirienne> yep, I much prefer the Coroth Dukes
[15:10] <Shiral> Wow, all of them?
[15:10] <Shiral> Where will I put them all?
[15:10] <Nancy> Yep, Shiral - all of them
[15:10] <Shiral> That's quite a zoo. Hope they don't mind eating cat food
[15:10] <Mistyck> lol Shiral!
[15:10] <kirienne> Shiral, I'm sure you'll find a place
[15:10] <KK> It's been rainy, with intermittent sunshine--and still pretty
cool. Of course, April is like that.
[15:11] <Debbie-VB> I did mean coroth, not corinth. Two totally difrferent
places
[15:11] <Shiral> Daffodils out yet, Katherine?
[15:11] <Dov> I would like to know...when you used the name "Lord Dov," how
early could you document it?
[15:11] <Shiral> Actually, he would be the Duke of Corwyn
[15:11] * JastaElf loves daffodils...
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[15:11] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here Tika
[15:11] <Nancy> It POURED here yesterday - they had to close the opening day
of the Ren Faire early!!!!
[15:11] <Mistyck> hiyas Tika
[15:11] <Shiral> Coroth is the capital of Corwyn
[15:11] <Annie> hi Tika
[15:11] <Nancy> Hey Tika!!!
[15:11] <Shiral> Hi Tika!!
[15:11] <Tika> hello all
[15:11] <KK> Daffs out and in the process of leaving.
[15:12] <Shiral> They never last long enough
[15:12] <kirienne> yep, that's right Shiral, I just get all confuzzled at
the mere thought of him <g>
[15:12] <Shiral> Easy to do, Kirienne
[15:12] <kirienne> hi Tika
[15:12] * JastaElf tackle-huggles Tika
[15:12] <Tika> weeeee!
[15:12] <Shiral> =o)
[15:12] <Debbie-VB> I just get confuzzled. Period.
[15:12] * Tika is tackle-huggled
[15:12] <Tika> how are things on your side of the pond, KK?
[15:12] * Shiral helps Tika and Jasta back on their feet
[15:12] <KK> Dov is actually Hebrew, I think--and I have no idea how early
it would have appeared in Western Europe.
[15:12] <Tika> whew, thanks Shiral!
[15:13] <JastaElf> Thanks, Shiral... :-)
[15:13] <Dov> It's my hebrew name <g> and I think its first usage is 18th
cent.
[15:13] <KK> I just liked it. :-)
[15:13] <Mistyck> on an interesting sidenote, KK, I found out that my maiden
name "Rami" is both a Hebrew word as well as a common Arab Palestinian last
name as well as a rather common Israeli first name!
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[15:13] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here Bynw
[15:13] <Dov> As do I :-)
[15:14] <Wrengl> hi bynw
[15:14] <JastaElf> Hi Bynw!!
[15:14] <Annie> hi Bynw
[15:14] <kirienne> hi bynw
[15:14] <JM> Hi Bynw
[15:14] <Shiral> Hiyas Bynw
[15:14] <the_Bee> hiya bynw
[15:14] <Shiral> =o)
[15:14] <Nancy> Dov means bear
[15:14] <Mistyck> hi Bynw
[15:14] <JastaElf> Nice to have two computers connected to the net... eh
Bynw & Tika? :-)
[15:14] <Nancy> HI Bynw
[15:14] <KK> Hello, Bynw!
[15:14] <Kryss> hi bynw
[15:14] <Bynw> Hiyas all!
[15:14] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Bynw
[15:14] <Debbie-VB> Hi Bynw
[15:14] * Bynw sends hugs around the channel
[15:14] <Wrengl> hello tika
[15:14] <Shiral> That way you don't have to fight over the computer, any
more =o)
[15:14] <Laura> hey there bynw and Tika, did you get my mind greeting as I
passed through Des Moines last Saturday?
[15:14] * Debbie-VB gratefully accepts a hug
[15:14] <KK> I got the Zone Alarm program to work by uninstalling it and
then re downloading it. Works just fine now. Thanks!
[15:15] <Bynw> cool
[15:15] <Nancy> Yeah, Katherine!
[15:15] <Tika> LOL Laura
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[15:15] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here TheCatWhisperer
[15:15] <Mistyck> awesome!
[15:15] <Tika> last Sat we were in MN getting candle supplies
[15:15] * Shiral snaps her fingers and produces a fully stocked tea table,
complete with mint chip ice cream and chocolate sauce for those who might
want it
[15:15] <Mistyck> hi CW
[15:15] <Dov> That's right, Nancy. I want my SCA device to include a bear or
bear's head.
[15:15] <Shiral> Hi CW
[15:15] <Tika> out of range I guess LOL
[15:15] <kirienne> hi CW
[15:15] <Bynw> we missed it Laura ... we werent home
[15:15] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, everyone
[15:15] <Laura> ah, that explains why I couldnt reach you
[15:15] <Nancy> Very cool! what kingdom, Dov
[15:15] <JastaElf> Hi CW!
[15:15] <Tika> hehehe
[15:15] <Bynw> but since you are only in NE ... come on over sometime
[15:15] <Dov> Ansteorra
[15:16] <Tika> yeah! you'll have to come to the grand opening of our candle
store next month
[15:16] <Nancy> Ahhh well hi there y'all <Caid here>
[15:16] <Nancy> Oooo Tika!
[15:16] <Annie> Bynw, is it my imagination or is this new Java whoosit more
stable than the last whoosit? I don't seem to get dumped off nearly so
often now (famous last words)
[15:16] <JastaElf> Atlantia, here....
[15:16] <Shiral> A candle store?
[15:16] <Tika> yep! I put the deposit down on it Tuesday
[15:16] * Tika does a happy joy dance
[15:16] <Nancy> Katherine is transplanted from Caid
[15:16] <kirienne> wow, tiak, that's cool your own candle store
[15:16] <Nancy> a real storefront 'n everything?
[15:16] <Bynw> Annie, the new java chat is MUCH better than the one we were
using previously
[15:16] <babayaga> I'll have to try the java interface; xchat makes me :-(
[15:16] * Annie waits to be dumped off by the new whoosit
[15:16] <Laura> cool Tika
[15:16] * Debbie-VB would love to see Bynw and Tioka's candle store
[15:17] <Tika> it's actually going to be a "soy store" with more than just
candles - a real storefront yes indeedy!
[15:17] <KK> Oooh, Annie, dangerous words! Peer will hear!
[15:17] <Nancy> I got a bottle of REAL maple syrup when I was in Maine for
Easter... I'm afraid to try it
[15:17] <Shiral> Need, Tika
[15:17] <Tika> I'll take lotsa pictures Debbie trust me
[15:17] <Bynw> dont be calling Peer Annie ... he WILL hear and come
[15:17] <Shiral> Nancy, Maple syrup rarely attacks =o)
[15:17] <Laura> I am not so sure this is more stable. The only names
showing on my list are the ones that came in after KK
[15:17] <JM> Never challenge PEER
[15:17] <KK> Afraid? Whyever would you be afraid. Real maple surple is
wonderful!
[15:17] <Nancy> hmph tell that to my hips
[15:17] <Tika> hey they are right about peer - I cursed and taunted him the
other day and he did have his revenge on me
[15:17] <Shiral> Oh. you mean attack in THAT way
[15:17] <Nancy> It was a gift because all I've ever had is Mrs.
Butterworth's
[15:18] <Shiral> Oh wow, a different substance all together
[15:18] * Annie likes to live dangerously
[15:18] <Mistyck> lol Annie!
[15:18] <Tika> obviously!
[15:18] <elaine> I don't think that Mrs B's and real maple syrup can be
mentioned in the same sentence together.
[15:18] <KK> You'll love it!
[15:18] <Tika> you and Mistyck should get along well
[15:18] * Tika ducks
[15:18] <Nancy> That's what I'm afraid of
[15:18] <Mistyck> heehee, Tika!
[15:18] <KK> Yummy over ice cream, too.
[15:18] <Annie> life on the edge - that's what I say
[15:18] <Nancy> Yep vanilla
[15:18] <Tika> syrup on ice cream?!?!
[15:18] <the_Bee> nothing beats real maple syrup. Of course, I'm prejudiced
in favor of the Vermont kind
[15:18] <Wrengl> nancy the real thing is often less sweet than the pancake
syrup stuff
[15:18] <Debbie-VB> well, acting and Keanu Reeves are sometimes mentioned in
the same sentance
[15:18] <Laura> Mrs Butterworth is like cubic zirconium compared to a
diamond
[15:18] <KK> Oh, yes!
[15:18] <Shiral> Yummy on everything
[15:19] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, KK. Greetings from Idaho! ;-)
[15:19] <Wrengl> much better tasting also
[15:19] <Nancy> Ah Keanu Reeves the man with a range of 2-1/2 expressions!
[15:19] <Annie> have you tried ice cream with blackcurrant liquer (can't
spell it) on it?
[15:19] <Wrengl> hi cw
[15:19] <KK> Hi, Whisperer!
[15:19] <elaine> But are acting, Keanu and maple syrup ever in the same
sentence?
[15:19] <Nancy> who pat, real maple syrup or Keanu Reeves?
[15:19] <Dov> Maple syrup on REAL vanilla ice cream...a true luxury.
[15:19] <Shiral> Okay, maybe not yummy on Spinach
[15:19] <Wrengl> real maple syrup
[15:19] <Shiral> I hope not, Elaine
[15:19] <Annie> liqueur?
[15:19] <elaine>
[15:19] <Nancy> I have some berry sauce from Sedina - I can't remember the
type but it's native to N Dakota
[15:19] <Annie> you know what I mean!
[15:19] <Debbie-VB> Dov, that totally made me drool
[15:19] <Shiral> Juneberries
[15:20] <KK> How about vanilla ice cream with Lemoncello (sp?) liqueur?
Yum!
[15:20] * Dov grins
[15:20] <Nancy> Yeah those.
[15:20] * Bynw will just take strawberry ice cream by itself
[15:20] <Shiral> I think I've got some Limoncello in the deep recesses of my
fridge...
[15:20] <TheCatWhisperer> Are there also Julyberries and Augustberries?
[15:20] <Laura> mmmmmmm lemoncello liqueur MMMMMMM
[15:20] <Tika> LOL
[15:20] * Bynw will also have a glass of pepsi to go with it of course
[15:20] <KK> Try it on ice cream. Yum!
[15:20] <kirienne> all this talk of ice cream reminds me that I need to get
more when I go to the store tonight
[15:20] <Annie> or Baileys on ice cream
[15:20] <Nancy> YUCK Pepsi YUCK
[15:20] <Shiral> Ah, well, the ice cream is the problem
[15:20] <Annie> very sweet and sickly
[15:20] <kirienne> yep, Annie, that is my favorite
[15:20] * JastaElf is getting hungry...
[15:21] <elaine> Mmm Baileys.....
[15:21] <Nancy> Diet Coke rules!
[15:21] <Shiral> I try to keep that OUT of my freezer
[15:21] <Tika> Nancy, I wholeheartedly agree.... but I live with an addict

[15:21] <Nancy> Lime flavored
[15:21] <Laura> yes, Baileys is very good on ice cream as well
[15:21] <Tika> hey I haven't tried the Lime yet
[15:21] <Nancy> gack a Pepsi addict??? no wonder he's so pale!
[15:21] <Tika> sounds good tho
[15:21] <Tika> ROFL
[15:21] <Shiral> LOL
[15:21] <Annie> lime coke?
[15:21] <Tika> but it adds to the Hugo look
[15:21] <Nancy> LIme flavored diet coke
[15:21] <Bynw> that and no sun either ... sunlight=bad
[15:21] <Annie> got lemon over here - not lime
[15:21] <Shiral> Can't quite picture it, myself.
[15:21] <Laura> the lime coke is good
[15:22] <KK> Yep, lemon just arrived. Have you tried it, Annie?
[15:22] <Nancy> the problem with lemon is that the recipe for California is
AWFUL - the one in Hong Kong is AWESOME - go figure
[15:22] <Shiral> Tika, have you noticed if Bynw's eye teeth come to a fine
point??
[15:22] <the_Bee> Classic Coke for me, thank you
[15:22] <Annie> like the lemon diet coke
[15:22] <Tika> um, yes Shiral and I have the scars to prove it
[15:22] <Nancy> Yeah and he gets this weird stare sometimes...
[15:22] <Debbie-VB> Lime coke? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
[15:22] <Tika> hehehehe
[15:22] <Shiral> LOL
[15:22] <JM> Well it is time to go light the Bar-B-Q pit and start cooking.
All this talk of food has got to me. That and hungry kids. You all have a
good week
[15:22] <Shiral> =o)
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[15:22] <Debbie-VB> Nighters JM
[15:22] <JastaElf> Wow he's fast...
[15:22] <Nancy> BBQ did someone say BBQ? yummmmm
[15:22] <Tika> we have a neighbor grilling out right now - I am envious
[15:22] <kirienne> wow, started to type good by to jm but he was already
gone
[15:22] <KK> You guys are making me hungry too.
[15:22] <Shiral> I wonder if any of my newly adopted Torenthi Dukes can
manage a bbq
[15:23] <Nancy> I ate at the Texas Roadhouse in Methuen, MA - omigod was it
good!
[15:23] <babayaga> Darn, it looks like I have to go--grocery shopping calls.
I did get chapt 4 posted just now.
[15:23] <Nancy> I did fine on the diet until I fell into the bucket o'
peanuts
[15:23] <JastaElf> OH!! Nancy, I've eaten there...
[15:23] * JastaElf drools...
[15:23] <Nancy> It was sooooo good
[15:23] <Mistyck> cool, Babayaga!
[15:23] * Bynw sneaks over to the grill and brings it inside
[15:23] <Annie> lol we were all out in the garden other day - first decent
day - and DD said I do like us all being out in the garden together it's
like a BBQ with no sausages
[15:23] <Tika> any Texas Roadhouse is good
[15:23] <Dov> when it gets really hot, add some lime sherbet to good, cold
seltzer--very refreshing.
[15:23] <Shiral> We just have Armadillo Willy's out here in CA
[15:23] <Tika> LOL
[15:23] <Tika> what a name
[15:23] <KK> We went to a new restaurant last Saturday for our anniversary
and it was awesome. I had probably the best duck I've ever eaten.
[15:23] <Nancy> Yum, Dov - heh but then I *like* Maneschewitz
[15:23] <Shiral> Yes, but pretty good bbq
[15:24] <Tika> you ate Duck?!?!
[15:24] <Tika> ack!
[15:24] <Shiral> Happy Belated Anniversary, KK
[15:24] <Nancy> eek! your anniversary!!! eek! bad nancy
[15:24] <Debbie-VB> how was it prepared KK?
[15:24] * Bynw notes that Nancy didnt remember KK's anniv
[15:24] <Dov> <grin>
[15:24] <kirienne> yes, KK happy anniversary
[15:24] <Nancy> yeah and I was in the wedding! bad Nancy
[15:24] <Mistyck> no wonder Duck hasn't been around this week!
[15:24] <the_Bee> and many more of them
[15:24] <Shiral> OOps! Nancy.....
[15:24] <Shiral> <G>
[15:24] <Nancy> Donald has been out in Geraldton doing field work
[15:24] <Dov> absolutely, Happy aniversary
[15:24] <Laura> poor duck
[15:25] <TheCatWhisperer> LOL, Mistyck!
[15:25] <Nancy> It was such a beautiful wedding!!!!!
[15:25] <Shiral> Haven't heard from him in ages =o(
[15:25] <Mistyck> happy Anniversary Katherine and Scott!
[15:25] <KK> Pan-sauted, and with a bit of orange in the sauce. Scrummy!
[15:25] <RainbowDragon> Was your anniversary on saturday or sunday, KK?
[15:25] <Shiral> Well of course! Think of the people involved, Nancy =o)
[15:25] <JastaElf> Sounds wonderful, KK
[15:25] * Bynw would think someone IN a wedding would remember it ...
[15:25] <Shiral> A pan sauteed wedding???
[15:25] <Debbie-VB> Happy anniversary to Katherine and Scott
[15:25] <Shiral> Oh right. DUck.....
[15:25] <Laura> keep up Shiral ;-)
[15:25] * Tika tries to tilt the conversation back uphill
[15:26] <KK> It was actually Friday the 9th, but that was also Good Friday,
so good restaurants were difficult to find open.
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[15:26] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here martine
[15:26] <Shiral> Hi Martine, Huggles
[15:26] <Tika> oh thank heavens
[15:26] <kirienne> hi Martine
[15:26] <JastaElf> Hi Martine!!!!\
[15:26] <Tika> martine is here
[15:26] <RainbowDragon> ahhh
[15:26] <Bynw> uphill ? this chat has KK, Nancy and JastaElf in it
[15:26] <Mistyck> hiyas Martine!
[15:26] <martine> Hi all! Huggles!
[15:26] <Debbie-VB> Hi Martine
[15:26] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, Martine
[15:26] <Shiral> This chat is doing just fine
[15:26] <RainbowDragon> How many years may I ask?
[15:26] <Shiral> Duncan
[15:26] <JastaElf> LOL, Bynw!
[15:26] <KK> Hoo-hoo, it's Martine!
[15:26] <Laura> The 9th was my daughters 19th B-day. I am feeling old now
[15:26] <Nancy> Excuuuuse me, Bynw! I am nice to YOU!!! --pout
[15:26] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention
Duncan McLain?"
[15:26] <KK> 21
[15:26] <Bynw> hiyas mistress of the tesseract
[15:26] <Nancy> Hey Martine!!!
[15:26] <Shiral> That's a good milestone
[15:26] * Dov has never splurged on a duck, but chicken with an orange sauce
is not so bad either.
[15:26] <martine> Straight in from spring cleaning the yard. I'm pooped! <g>
[15:26] <Bynw> I know you are Nancy :-)
[15:26] * the_Bee offers Martine's steed (Stoirm?) a choice of hands
[15:26] <Shiral> You're marriage is now old enough for a drink at the pub
[15:27] <JastaElf> I can always remember their anniv. because it's the same
day that Lee was forced to surrender to Grant in 1865... *sob!*
[15:27] <martine> Stoirm picks the right hand, Bee!
[15:27] <Nancy> 21 years? no way!!!!!
[15:27] <JastaElf> Glad to have a happier reason to remember...
[15:27] <Shiral> Now there's a happy reminder
[15:27] <Nancy> that's impossible, Katherine! You're like 24 years old!
[15:27] <RainbowDragon> WOW
[15:27] * Tika observes a moment of silence
[15:27] <TheCatWhisperer> My parents' anniversary is May 9. It's always on
or close to Mother's Day.
[15:27] <Tika> ((knowing what Jasta means))
[15:27] * Bynw does too ... he likes General Lee
[15:27] <Wrengl> hi martine
[15:27] <martine> Katherine, is it your anniversary?
[15:27] <KK> It was, on the 9th.
[15:27] <martine> Happy anniversary!
[15:27] <Wrengl> i was replacing herbs that did not survive the winter
[15:28] <Wrengl> happy anniversary katherine
[15:28] <Annie> m
[15:28] <Annie> oops
[15:28] <JastaElf> Aww, thanks Tika! And Bynw! And Wrengl!
[15:28] <Tika> hey Wrengl how are you doing lately dear?
[15:28] <Wrengl> much better
[15:28] <Annie> Jessie has now poured herself onto the sofa, so guess who is
sitting on the floor
[15:28] <Wrengl> back still has sore muscles but am walking more
[15:28] <martine> Whoo hoo!
[15:28] <KK> Good for you!
[15:29] <TheCatWhisperer> :-)
[15:29] <Debbie-VB> walking is good exercise for you pat
[15:29] <Wrengl> indeed
[15:29] <Wrengl> but my back muscles were bothering me so much i was not
walking
[15:29] <Debbie-VB> Does thumper accomapny you on your walks?
[15:29] <Wrengl> not yet
[15:30] <Wrengl> i have to take a shedding blade to him before he will be
fit to be seen in public
[15:30] <Tika> and Kathi and the meow mafia are well, yes?
[15:30] <Wrengl> he looks like a molting camel right now
[15:30] <KK> Gold must be getting big.
[15:30] <Tika> ROFL
[15:30] <Wrengl> yup
[15:30] <Shiral> Ah yes, shedding season
[15:30] <Wrengl> kathi has a JOB!
[15:30] <Nancy> Yeah!
[15:30] <KK> Ours have started.
[15:30] <Shiral> Everything you own covered with a fine film of FUR
[15:30] <the_Bee> good for her!
[15:30] <Wrengl> yup
[15:30] <Tika> yay!
[15:30] <kirienne> cool,
[15:30] <Wrengl> she is working for the state court system
[15:30] <Mistyck> cool!
[15:30] <Wrengl> in Family Court
[15:30] <Nancy> Just like "Judging Amy"!
[15:30] <KK> Doing what?
[15:30] <JastaElf> I went out and groomed Jasper last weekend... I think he
shed enough to make another colt. <g>
[15:31] <kirienne> I hope it's one that she likes
[15:31] <Wrengl> Clerical work
[15:31] <Debbie-VB> good for Kathi
[15:31] <Shiral> Oh yeah
[15:31] <KK> Good for her!
[15:31] <kirienne> and they treat her nicely
[15:31] <martine> How's Jasper doing?
[15:31] <Shiral> After you've been shed upon by a horse, a cat doesn't seem
so bad =o)
[15:31] <TheCatWhisperer> Congrats to Kathi :-)
[15:31] <Wrengl> she fills in the forms necessary when people are in for
child support payment changes
[15:31] <Tika> LOL Shiral
[15:31] <martine> LOL, Shiral!
[15:31] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[15:31] <KK> This is true. My former horse used to look like a teddy bear
in the winter--and spring shadding was amazing.
[15:31] <Shiral> I'd come home from the stable, and I'D be a chestnut
[15:31] <martine> I went home from the stable wearing my mount last week. I
expect to do the same tomorrow!
[15:32] <kirienne> LOL
[15:32] <Nancy> Well *I* did not go anywhere near a horse, thank you very
much!
[15:32] <martine> Especially since it may hit 90 degrees tomorrow. Ugh!
[15:32] <Shiral> Martine lives for the future =o)
[15:32] * kirienne did not realize that horses shed
[15:32] * Bynw refills his glass of PEPSI
[15:32] <JastaElf> Jasper is doing GREAT! He's even taller now (pushing 17
hands) and the vet thinks he will end up grey with black points, black mane
and tail. Which is JUST what I'd hoped for!! -)
[15:32] <Shiral> Oh lord, do they ever, Kirienne
[15:32] <Nancy> Silly Bynw
[15:32] <Kryss> horses shed?
[15:32] <martine> Awesome!!
[15:32] <Shiral> COol, Jasta!
[15:32] <JastaElf> Horses shed like anything. <g>
[15:32] <Nancy> Yes horses shed
[15:32] * Tika slays Bynw for using colors
[15:32] <KK> 90 degrees? In April?!
[15:32] <martine> Horses shed WORSE than cats!
[15:32] <Nancy> esp those wee little ponies
[15:32] <Shiral> Think, they're large, fur bearing mammals
[15:32] <Tika> it was 87 here today
[15:32] <Tika> in IOWA
[15:33] <Tika> geez
[15:33] <Shiral> And in the spring it all comes off!
[15:33] <martine> I know! I don't believe it either, katherine!
[15:33] <Nancy> it was barely 70 here in L.A.!
[15:33] <martine> Especially since three days ago it was still chilly.
[15:33] <Debbie-VB> is 17 hands big for a horsie?
[15:33] <Shiral> It's cold and grey, here
[15:33] <JastaElf> It was in the high 70s here today
[15:33] <KK> 27 hands?! In a half-Connemara?!
[15:33] <Annie> the Pepsi thing works better in this new one too!
[15:33] <Shiral> 17 hands is a pretty good size
[15:33] <JastaElf> Yes, 17 hands in a half-pony. Gotta love it...
[15:33] <Mistyck> it's in the 70s here in Houston
[15:33] <martine> 17 hands is a darn big horse!
[15:33] <Shiral> for that matter so is 16 hands
[15:33] <Kryss> good stuff..makes sense
[15:33] <kirienne> it is just barely 70's here today, we had sprinkles as i
was in the plant store buying new plants for the patio
[15:33] <Shiral> I think Mama's genes took over in Jasper
[15:33] <JastaElf> 17 hands = 17x4 inches at the shoulders.
[15:33] <KK> 16 is no small horse.
[15:33] <Nancy> We had a HUGE rainstorm yesterday
[15:33] <JastaElf> LOL! I think so too!
[15:34] <Annie> it absolutely hissed it down here!
[15:34] <Wrengl> a full sized horse is a BIG animal
[15:34] <Shiral> Yes
[15:34] <Nancy> what size was that retired German jumper who willed me to
slip off his back, Katherine? He was like 50 hands right?
[15:34] <Wrengl> especially when you fall on your head from one
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[15:34] <Shiral> Even when they're NOT 17 hands high
[15:34] <kirienne> ack, Peer did find us
[15:34] <Debbie-VB> so a little under 6 ft tall at the shoulder?
[15:34] <JastaElf> LOL Nancy! 50 hands would indeed be huge...
[15:34] <Annie> ha! Missed me!!!
[15:34] <Shiral> That's a long way to fall yes yes
[15:34] * kirienne throws one of Morgan's daggers at Peer
[15:34] <martine> 50 hands! LOL!
[15:35] <Tika> a trojan horse for sure
[15:35] <KK> 17 hands is already a long way to fall off.
[15:35] <JastaElf> yup, and I'm only 5'4". We look right silly together.
<g>
[15:35] <Shiral> At that height you'd have to use the ladder
[15:35] <Wrengl> lol jasta
[15:35] <TheCatWhisperer> *pokes Peer wit a Klingon pain stick*
[15:35] <Nancy> it was AWFUL. Damn horse. it was a teeny tiny little saddle
for my not so tiny posterior
[15:35] <Shiral> Use the mounting block, Jasta
[15:35] <kirienne> LOL Jasta, I do hope you get to ride Jasper soon
[15:35] <martine> It's an even longer way when a 17-18 hander BUCKS you up
in the air before you fall off! <g>
[15:35] <Debbie-VB> 50 hands would be one of them there oliphants
[15:35] <JastaElf> Me too. Doc says with the back injury and the neck
thing, I can't ride til May 15 or later. <grrr>
[15:35] <Shiral> That's a small apartment building
[15:35] <Nancy> the horse was eating. then the horse was not eating. It
moved. I wasn't read. I fell off backwards and landed on my back.
[15:35] <Shiral> ARRGGH>>>>
[15:35] <KK> Nancy, I think it was sort of 16-ish, actually.
[15:35] <Wrengl> i don't remember how i landed on the ground
[15:36] <Shiral> owie, Nancy
[15:36] <Nancy> then Miss Katherine made me get BACK ON the horse
[15:36] <Wrengl> but that was freshman year in college
[15:36] <martine> Miss Katherine is very smart :-)
[15:36] <Shiral> Katherine can be tough =o)
[15:36] <KK> How else were you going to get back to the barn?
[15:36] <Laura> It his 95 here in Omaha on Thursday
[15:36] <Wrengl> and the instructor told me he had never seen a worse rider
[15:36] <Shiral> LOL
[15:36] <Nancy> Hmph, a car would have been nice.
[15:36] <Wrengl> that was the end of riding for me
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[15:36] <DeryniBot> Welcome Xavier99 to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:36] <Debbie-VB> The instructor hasn't seen me yet pat
[15:36] <kirienne> LOL Pat
[15:36] <Tika> Laura, and we could still have snow!
[15:36] <JastaElf> Good of KK to do that. When I fell off years ago, no one
made me do that. Took be 18 years to go back to a barn... :-(
[15:36] <Nancy> I bruised my lung and everything. and THEN I got the flu
when I got home.
[15:36] <Annie> hi Xavier
[15:36] <TheCatWhisperer> Welcome, Xavier99
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[15:37] <Laura> yes, I know...sigh!!
[15:37] <martine> So it was generally a good experience, Nancy?
[15:37] <Nancy> Ok so who is going to Worldcon in Boston over Labor Day
[15:37] <Debbie-VB> well that was fast
[15:37] <Shiral> I don't think we're the 98 people Xavier was looking for
[15:37] * martine ducks
[15:37] <Wrengl> oh i got back on a couple of weeks later
[15:37] <martine> I'm going!
[15:37] <Annie> I never got the hang of horses : I was always coming down as
they were going up
[15:37] <Shiral> ALas, probably not me
[15:37] <martine> And John's bailing :-P
[15:37] <Wrengl> then he told me in front of the class that i was terrible
[15:37] <kirienne> If I were to win the lottery soon, i could go to worldcon
[15:37] <Laura> that wasnt nice
[15:37] <KK> John isn't coming?
[15:37] <Annie> and the meeting in the middle hurt
[15:37] <Wrengl> i am nancy
[15:37] <Nancy> I"m going and my friend the other Sharon will be there and
my friends Brian and Marlene, and Carl Cipra (Conrad) and Steve Kenson and
Chris Penczak and Katherine and we're gonna have a party!!!!!
[15:37] <Tika> alas I will probably bail from everything this year unless
our Custodes monk decides to return from Texas...
[15:37] <KK> :-(
[15:37] <Wrengl> kathi may or may nto
[15:38] <martine> John won't be able to get the time off work around Labor
Day, because he doesn't have the seniority. And he doesn't want to drive up
and back by himself.
[15:38] * Bynw will be a GenCon
[15:38] <Nancy> Boo! My John will be there on Friday & Sat
[15:38] <KK> Ah, well.
[15:38] <Wrengl> and Juanita Salicrup is coming Katherine
[15:38] <Nancy> I'm going to Gencon too
[15:38] * Bynw will attempt to be at Darkover
[15:38] <Debbie-VB> I won't be at any con :~(
[15:38] <Tika> dag nabbit
[15:38] * Mistyck will be at WorldCon
[15:38] <JastaElf> I can't wait, Nancy, it sounds like fun!
[15:38] <Annie> how many days till WorldCon 2005?
[15:38] <Laura> so bynw, how does one become a GenCon
[15:39] <Nancy> Oooo I'm going to THAT one!
[15:39] <Bynw> thats AT silly Laura
[15:39] <Wrengl> we hope to go in 2005
[15:39] <Laura> hehehee
[15:39] <Mistyck> me too, Nancy...I'm saving up for it already!
[15:39] <KK> Wish I were, but I have this book to finish!
[15:39] <martine> Darn inconvenient books! <g>
[15:39] <Tika> nononono that's a GOOD thing!
[15:39] <kirienne> LOL KK
[15:39] <Mistyck> no!!!! We want the new book!
[15:39] <Nancy> http://gencon.com/indyhome.aspx?file=indy
[15:39] * Bynw will be first in line at the local theater next year to buy
tickets for opening showing at midnight for Star Wars Epsiode 3
[15:39] <Shiral> No, no, we WANT the new book
[15:39] <Laura> no no Martina, we want that book
[15:40] <kirienne> yes, we want the book
[15:40] <Nancy> which book?
[15:40] <KK> And right now, I need to sign off. We went to a dinner dance
last night, with a really cool swing band--lots of Glen Miller--and we
didn't get to bed until 3-ish.
[15:40] <Tika> we are all agreed on this, methinks
[15:40] <Mistyck> Childe Morgan
[15:40] * martine sheilds herself from an onslaught of books
[15:40] <martine> Sounds like you had a great time!
[15:40] <Wrengl> night katherine
[15:40] <Mistyck> have a great week Katherine
[15:40] <JastaElf> Oh! Glenn Millar and dancing... I'm SO jealous!! :-)
[15:40] <martine> Huggles, and good night!
[15:40] <Annie> night KK
[15:40] <Mistyck> good night
[15:40] <Laura> g'nite KK
[15:40] <Shiral> Night, KK Huggles!
[15:40] <JastaElf> Good night KK!
[15:40] <Tika> niters KK!
[15:40] <kirienne> night night Katherine, hugggles and have a great week
[15:40] <Shiral> Thanks for stopping by
[15:40] <Nancy> Good night, my dear Katherine - love to Scooter!
[15:40] <TheCatWhisperer> G,night, Katherine
[15:40] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine
[15:40] <Bynw> have a good night Katherine and happy belated anniv to you
and Scott
[15:40] <Dov> Tha nks for coming by, Katherinbe!
[15:40] <elaine> g
[15:40] <Wrengl> thanks for coming katherine
[15:40] <KK> Nighters, guys. Shiral, I'll send you thata picture.
[15:40] <elaine> g'night, too.
[15:40] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Katherine
[15:40] <Shiral> Love and healing woodgies to Scrappy, too!
[15:40] <Shiral> THanks, KK
[15:40] <Kryss> Night KAtherine
[15:40] * RainbowDragon handcuffs a writing muse to KK!
[15:40] * Wrengl hands katherine a pigs' ear from thumper
[15:40] <martine> Scrappy? What happened to Scrappy?
[15:41] <Debbie-VB> Sleep Sweet and have a terrific week
[15:41] <Nancy> What's wrong with my dog Scrappy???
[15:41] * Shiral sends KK extensive writing woodgies
[15:41] <KK> Yep. We have to pick her up at 7 AM to transfer her back to
her own vet.
[15:41] <martine> What happened?
[15:41] <Mistyck> some stupid distracted lady ran her over
[15:41] <Nancy> omigod
[15:41] <martine> ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[15:41] <Wrengl> nuts
[15:41] <Wrengl> healing woodgies to scrappy
[15:41] <martine> How's she doing? Poor puppy!!!
[15:41] <JastaElf> She'd better pay the bill.... Grrr...
[15:42] * Mistyck will say special prayers for Scrappy
[15:42] <Shiral> Better pay the bill yes
[15:42] <TheCatWhisperer> *sends healing woodgies to Scrappy*
[15:42] <KK> Hit by a car in the riding school car park. She's going to be
ok, but fractured her pelvis. They don't know yet whether it will require
surgery.
[15:42] * kirienne will pray for scrappy too
[15:42] <Nancy> I will light a candle for my puppy!
[15:42] <Shiral> I hope she won't require surgery
[15:42] <KK> Good nigiht to all.
[15:42] <martine> I'm so glad she's going to be okay! Poor sweet Scrappy!
[15:42] <Wrengl> poor puppy
[15:42] <Shiral> Night, Katherine
[15:42] <Kryss> awww..
[15:42] * Shiral sends Rhys to Scrappy
[15:42] <martine> Good night, Katherine. Love and kisses for Scrappy!
[15:42] <Nancy> I'm afraid I must away as well - talk to you all soon and I
hope everyone has a GREAT and very safe week!
[15:43] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[15:43] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a
shower of green sparkles.
[15:43] <Shiral> Bye, Nancy, Huggles
[15:43] <JastaElf> Night Nancy!
[15:43] <Wrengl> night nancy
[15:43] <Annie> bye Nancy
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[18:21] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[18:21] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[18:21] <Mistyck> hi KK
[18:21] <Mistyck> how goes it?
[18:21] <RainbowDragon> Hi, KK!
[18:21] <MikeSmith> evening.
[18:22] * Bynw has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[18:22] <DeryniBot> Hey Bynw - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[18:22] <RainbowDragon> How is everything, Katherine?
[18:22] <KK> Ah, I see that others are doing what I was just
doing--talking to their moms.
[18:22] <RainbowDragon> How is your mom?
[18:22] <Mistyck> did you have a good conv?
[18:23] <KK> Just fine. I just drained the batttery on the phone
talking to my stepmother and my dad in Fla.
[18:23] <Mistyck> Happy Mother's Day
[18:23] <Mistyck> did Cameron call?
[18:23] <RainbowDragon> Happy Mother's Day
[18:23] <KK> I still need to call my mom in SF, but have to let the
battery recover for a bit.
[18:23] <KK> Talked to Scott's mom earlier today.
[18:23] <RainbowDragon> Did you do anything special today?
[18:23] <Mistyck> wow...lots calls eh?
[18:24] <RainbowDragon> for yourself, I mean
[18:24] <KK> Nope. It isn't Mother's Day over here. It was about 6
weeks ago.
[18:24] <RainbowDragon> I see
[18:24] <Mistyck> ahh
[18:24] <Duck> hello kk didn't see you arrive
[18:24] <Mistyck> how was your week?
[18:24] <KK> This means that I have to pay attention and buy Mother's
Day cards way early, or there are none when I actually need them.
[18:25] <KK> Hello, Duck!
[18:25] <RainbowDragon> we need a Scrappy, writing and construction
update
[18:25] <Rebecka> hi
[18:25] <Rebecka> sorry i brought brian the blaster, the 'coin' from
nino's party and i wanted to show him the photo album
[18:25] <KK> Scrappy is doing brilliantly. Hardly limping at all.
Goes back to the vet for a check tomorrow, but she (the vet) will be
amazed.
[18:26] <RainbowDragon> Thats great!
[18:26] <Bynw> Hi KK :-)
[18:26] <KK> Am in the process of moving into my very nearly finished
dressing room. (just needs a carpet.)
[18:26] <RainbowDragon> good good
[18:26] <KK> I also tried on almost everything I own, and set aside a
huge pile to give away. Closet is much tidier now.
[18:27] <RainbowDragon> I need to do that too
[18:27] <KK> Have been working on the DC polish, as that's easier to
pick up and put down than the Childe book.
[18:27] <RainbowDragon> How far along are you in DC?
[18:27] <KK> We have a white tie dinner Friday night, so trying on was
a drastic necessity.
[18:27] <RainbowDragon> ahhh
[18:28] <KK> Oh. DC. About chapter 4, I think.
[18:28] <RainbowDragon> okay
[18:28] <RainbowDragon> and how far in CM?
[18:28] <KK> Not nearly far enough.
[18:28] <RainbowDragon> okay :-)
[18:29] <KK> But I did actually finish the rough draft of another
chapter earlier in the week.
[18:29] <RainbowDragon> I'm anxiously awaiting both of them
[18:30] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:30] <KK> Kenneth is now Earl of Lendour, and knighted two Lendour
squires in the king's presence.
[18:30] <RainbowDragon> progress is a very good thing!
[18:30] <Mistyck> when does CM have to be to the Editor?
[18:30] <KK> And on that note, and because I really still do have to
call my mom, I'd better boogie.
[18:31] <Mistyck> have a great week!
[18:31] <Duck> does he do a terrible speech - friends, gwyneddians and
countrymen lendour ears
[18:31] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by
[18:31] <KK> I had hoped to finish it before WorldCon, but I don't
think that's going to happen.
[18:31] <Mistyck>
[18:31] <RainbowDragon> Have a good evening, Katherine
[18:31] <Mistyck> well, good luck with everything Katherine
[18:31] <KK> Good night, Duck!
[18:31] <Duck> cheers katherine
[18:31] <MikeSmith> good night
[18:31] <Rebecka> later
[18:31] <RainbowDragon> Thanks for stopping by
[18:31] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine, sleep well when you do
[18:31] <KK> And good night to you all.
[18:31] <Mistyck> and say Hi to Scott
[18:31] <Bynw> night
[18:31] <Mistyck> and for Scrappy a "job well done" keep getting well!
[18:32] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodbye, and disappears in a
shower of green sparkles.
[18:32] * KK Quit
[18:32] * KK has left IRC

[17:52] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!

[17:52] <Mistyck> hiyas kk

[17:52] <Samuel> hello kk

[17:52] <Sedina> hi Katherine

[17:52] <Shiral> Hello Katherine

[17:52] <Annie> hi kk

[17:52] <Shiral> =o)

[17:52] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine

[17:52] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine

[17:53] <TheCatWhisperer> hi, kk

[17:53] <the_Bee> hello kk

[17:53] <KK> Hello, Folks.

[17:53] <jp> hi KK, How is your father?

[17:53] <Martine> Hi Katherine! Huggles!

[17:53] <Debbie-VB> hi katherine huggles

[17:53] <ethan> hi katherine!!

[17:53] <HackerX> lo kk

[17:53] <kirienne> no, I have been to the star trek musem thing with
my pastor, he spent more time playing with all the interactive things
than the youth group did, LOL

[17:53] <DeryniBot> Welcome cherie to all things Katherine Kurtz

[17:53] <Mistyck> wb Cherie

[17:53] <JastaElf> wb cherie!

[17:53] <Shiral> hello cherie wb <g>

[17:53] <KK> My father is home and doing fine; just tires quickly, but
that's normal.

[17:53] <kirienne> hi Katherine

[17:53] <Mistyck> that's good news, Katherine

[17:53] <JastaElf> thank God he's OK though! :-)

[17:53] <Shiral> Glad to hear he's doing well

[17:53] <cherie> I head KK was here so had to come back

[17:53] <Debbie-VB> terrific news Katherine

[17:53] <cherie> suliad kk

[17:53] <kirienne> wonderful news KK

[17:53] <Martine> That's great, Katherine!

[17:53] <jp> Great news

[17:54] <Sedina> that's wonderful, Katherine

[17:54] <KK> I see that all our newest cat-mommies are here, too.

[17:54] <ethan> wonderful KK

[17:54] <Shiral> How are YOU doing, Katherine?

[17:54] <Wrengl> hi katherine

[17:54] <Martine> Yup! jl;eak

[17:54] <Shiral> yes

[17:54] <KK> That was Rowena?

[17:54] <Martine> And... lol... tonight so is the new cat! <g>

[17:54] <Martine> She's learning to chat.

[17:54] <Sedina> lol and to prove it, Rowena says hi

[17:54] <Shiral> Although my fur child is napping at present

[17:54] <the_Bee> was that from rowena?

[17:54] <JastaElf> Will Cesca be joining us, Shiral, or are you at
work?

[17:54] <Martine> The yup was me. The rest was her comment :-)

[17:54] <Shiral> I'm at home

[17:54] <Shiral> But Cesca is napping

[17:54] <JastaElf> cool!

[17:54] <Debbie-VB> don't you recognise high cattish when you see it
Bee?

[17:54] <JastaElf> Ah...

[17:54] <Shiral> She's more interested in paintbrushes, anyway

[17:55] <KK> Mistyck, how is Evaine?

[17:55] <JastaElf> lol! "cats who paint..."

[17:55] <Wrengl> lol shiral

[17:55] <Shiral> She likes to gnaw on the ends

[17:55] <Martine> It's funny. Rowena's developing a knack for saying
"hi" just as people come in the room!

[17:55] <Shiral> Although she has walked over my keyboard more than
once

[17:55] <RainbowDragon> I can't believe it! Shiral is at home when KK
is here

[17:55] <KK> Must be related to Gus. He bites the ends of pens when
one is trying to write.

[17:55] <Shiral> It's pretty amazing!

[17:55] <jp> I think both times Rowena spake she said eak, so she's
learning mouse early

[17:55] * Shiral nails the chatroom door shut

[17:55] <Martine> lol, jp!

[17:56] <Martine> Well, Rowena's about 3-4 and was a stray a year ago,
so I HOPE she learned mouse a lot earlier!

[17:56] <Mistyck> Evaine is napping on my dining table

[17:56] <Shiral> Cesca is a mighty and fearsome hunter of small flying
insects

[17:56] <Wrengl> frankie the golden one likes the table

[17:56] <JastaElf> She can have my cicadas, Shiral....

[17:56] <Wrengl> i do not like him on the table

[17:56] <Mistyck> she chased Chance around all day, so I think she's
tired

[17:56] <Shiral> I'll bet she can, Jasta =o)

[17:57] <KK> They think Rowena is that old? I would've guessed her for
younger.

[17:57] <Sedina> And you were trying to get me to take Frankie, Pat?
*lol*

[17:57] <Wrengl> lol

[17:57] <Mistyck> well, my table is a bit of a mess right now, so I'm
letting her be there

[17:57] <Wrengl> it is that sedina

[17:57] <Martine> From her teeth, the vet was guessing 3-5, but likely
around 4 or so. She's a tiny little full-grown cat.

[17:57] <KK> Ah, so the cicadas are out in force where you are, eh?

[17:57] <TheCatWhisperer> Shiral, can I borrow Cesca to hunt the
Mormon crickets?

[17:57] <Shiral> Sure

[17:57] <Wrengl> or he will join Nermel (SP) in Abu Dabi

[17:57] <Martine> She's even been a mommy, just like Arwen :-)

[17:58] <Debbie-VB> ?Mormon Crickets?

[17:58] <JastaElf> Katherine: they're everywhere. and we hatesss them,
Precioussss...

[17:58] <Shiral> But how do you know they're specifically Mormon
Crickets?? <G>

[17:58] <Sedina> lol Pat...but Nermel always came back

[17:58] <Martine> LOL, Jasta! Come up and visit. No cicadas here!

[17:58] <Shiral> KK, how goes the house, (and the book)?

[17:58] <KK> I'd guessed you'd get a full share, Jasta. LOL

[17:58] <Wrengl> probably no one would keep him there

[17:58] <Debbie-VB> They have several wives

[17:58] <jp> They have more than one cricket wife?

[17:58] <Wrengl> they are not yet out here, jasta

[17:58] <Shiral> Ahah. So they don't build little temples, then

[17:58] <KK> Do they eat them or something?

[17:59] <Debbie-VB> come to Vancouver. It is not cicada country

[17:59] <Martine> Awww! I was all set to go visit the cricket temples.

[17:59] <JastaElf> Oh, we've got the little perishers everywhere,
Katherine. Bumbling about in their erratic flight and making a heck of
a lot of noise

[17:59] <the_Bee> who eats what?

[17:59] <cherie> if only we can figure a way to make cheap fuel out of
them

[17:59] <Shiral> No cicadas here, either

[17:59] <Sedina> or in ND either

[17:59] <Wrengl> the morman cricket temple choir?

[17:59] <Shiral> lol

[17:59] <KK> The Mormon crickets eat their wives....?

[17:59] <the_Bee> they even made the evening news

[17:59] <Mistyck> rofl Pat

[17:59] <Martine> lol! "creak creak creak creeak cri cri
creaaaakkk!!!!"

[17:59] <Mistyck> lol kk

[18:00] <Debbie-VB> But Vancouver's got one advantage over your area
shiral

[18:00] <the_Bee> usually it's the wife who eats the husband

[18:00] <Shiral> True, Debbie

[18:00] <KK> That's what I always thought--but maybe Mormon crickets
are different.

[18:00] <Martine> No wonder they have to group up on husbands. They're
lowering the population! ;-)

[18:00] <TheCatWhisperer> Mormom crickets are called that because they
were pests to the Mormons who settled in Utah

[18:00] <kirienne> lol

[18:00] <the_Bee> and the seagull came and ate the crickets

[18:01] <Wrengl> i was just being silly cw

[18:01] <the_Bee> gulls

[18:01] <KK> Are they realy crickets, or are they cicadas? Or locusts?

[18:01] <ethan> I'll loan you some seagulls, CW

[18:01] <Wrengl> more than one gull

[18:01] <Wrengl> i thought they were locusts

[18:01] <KK> Do the seagulls eat cicadas?

[18:01] <DeryniBot> Welcome Dov to all things Katherine Kurtz

[18:01] <Martine> seagulls will eat anything.

[18:01] <Wrengl> hi dov

[18:01] <Shiral> Hello Dov

[18:01] <Sedina> hi Dov

[18:01] <kirienne> hi dov

[18:01] <ethan> yes they will

[18:01] <Debbie-VB> seagulls will eat anything

[18:01] <Mistyck> hiyas Dov

[18:01] <Wrengl> don't know katherine

[18:01] <Dov> Hi. lost track of time

[18:01] <Martine> hi Dov

[18:01] <Annie> hi Dov

[18:01] <jp> Hi, dov

[18:01] <Wrengl> but gulls seem to eat everything else!

[18:01] <the_Bee> if they eat one insect, i imagine they'd eat others

[18:01] <Shiral> The Cicadas would be a Seagul feast

[18:01] <ethan> hi Dov

[18:02] <Sedina> Martine - I'm suddenly thinking of a certain group of
seagulls when we were at the beach

[18:02] <Shiral> Seagull, that is

[18:02] <KK> I read somewhere that the number of cicadas that will
emerge will exceed the weight of every human on the planet. can that
be right?

[18:02] <TheCatWhisperer> Mormon crickets are really grasshoppers

[18:02] <Martine> LOL, Sedina! This wouldn't be the horde that tried
to move in on our lunch, would it? <g>

[18:02] <the_Bee> isn't there a statue of a seagull in salt lake city?

[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Sedina, would those seagulls all be saying "Mine,
mine, mine"

[18:02] <Wrengl> k cw

[18:02] <ethan> ah, but you wouldn't want to be around when they
finished eating them

[18:02] <jp> Unless it was a male seagull, in which case the cicadas
would eat it.

[18:02] <Sedina> The horde that circled us

[18:02] <cherie> it's true KK

[18:03] <KK> Yike! The mind boggles.

[18:03] <Shiral> I generally avoid both bugs and gulls

[18:03] <Dov> or "Mate, mate, mate" in an Aussie accent

[18:03] <Wrengl> lol

[18:03] <Martine> Debbie, NJ shore seagulls speak a different
language. "Food! Food food food food food!"

[18:03] <kirienne> yikes, i hope those bugs do not find their way here

[18:03] <Martine> rotfl, dov!

[18:03] <Wrengl> so do brooklyn gulls

[18:03] <Shiral> Me too, Kirienne

[18:03] <KK> I'm glad I've always managed to be not in the cicada
areas at the time they're doing their thing.

[18:03] <Sedina> We were eating and they literally surrounded us and
we're going to let us move! It was funny and freaky at the same time

[18:03] <Wrengl> they are an east of the mississippi insect kirienne

[18:04] <Shiral> Suddenly, the west coast seems like a very good idea
=o)

[18:04] <Martine> It sort of felt like Hitchcock's "The Birds"

[18:04] <KK> And only within a fairly narrow north-south band, too, I
beliee.

[18:04] <kirienne> oh my!

[18:04] <Samuel> I've never minded the cicadas...... I don't
understand everyone's aversion to them.

[18:04] <Dov> Some seagulls are scavengers, others hunters, some are
both

[18:04] <the_Bee> all you have to wory about is earthquakes

[18:04] <Wrengl> until the level 10.5 earthquake comes!

[18:04] <Shiral> Lucky Jasta gets to be in the middle of it

[18:04] <Shiral> Well, yes

[18:04] <Shiral> But at least we don't have tornadoes

[18:04] <ethan> volcanoes too

[18:04] <Martine> I'll take cicadas over the chance that my living
room will be in my neighbor's house tomorrow morning ;-)

[18:05] <Wrengl> i agree martine

[18:05] <kirienne> lol

[18:05] <Shiral> After this episode, they'll be gone for another 17
years

[18:05] <Shiral> =o)

[18:05] <KK> Yeah. I think that Barticus is maybe lucky to be in
Kosovo, where there are no tornadoes.

[18:05] <Dov> Around the seashore you may have a lot who like to mooch
off people's leftovers.

[18:05] <TheCatWhisperer> We had a funnel cloud Friday night.
Fortunately, it didn't touch down

[18:05] <Debbie-VB> That won't happen Martine. the Neighbor's house
also moves

[18:05] <KK> BTW, Mistyck, have you heard from him recently?

[18:05] <Dov> creepy, CW

[18:05] <Mistyck> not lately, Katherine

[18:06] <TheCatWhisperer> Tornadoes in Idaho are rare

[18:06] <Martine> I don't miss tornados, but I sure miss good
midwestern-style thunderstorms.

[18:06] <KK> Bynw and Tika are sort of in tornado country, too, aren't
they?

[18:06] <Mistyck> same for New Mexico, very rare

[18:06] <Sedina> yes they are

[18:06] <Martine> They are.

[18:06] <Mistyck> yes they are

[18:06] <RainbowDragon> Mistyck: have you heard from christophle?

[18:06] * babayaga has known 3 tornados in 3 states

[18:06] <Mistyck> no rd

[18:06] <cherie> we have great T-storms here

[18:06] <Mistyck> not yet

[18:06] * Debbie-VB totally digs grumblestorms

[18:07] <Sedina> Martine - you would have loved it. After I got
offline with you last night, we had a great thunderstorm here.

[18:07] <Martine> I remember babysitting my sister as a kid when one
went over our house. Ever tried to tear a five-year-old away from her
He-Man and She-Ra cartoons and carry her, kicking biting and
screaming, to the basement? <g>

[18:07] <TheCatWhisperer> But I suppose a swarm of Mormon crickets is
like a tornado

[18:07] <Shiral> I've been caught in the middle of a thunder and
lightning storm in the Sierras

[18:07] <Martine> Oooo! I'm jealous, Kim!

[18:07] <Dov> T-storms are awesome, from a respectful distance

[18:07] <KK> I agree, Dov.

[18:07] <Martine> We only get little rumbles here. It's pathetic.

[18:07] <Mistyck> yep and so are hurricanes

[18:07] <KK> I rather like thunder, actually.

[18:08] <Martine> me too!

[18:08] <kirienne> so do I

[18:08] <babayaga> I've ridden bike under a mesocyclone in OK, with
the radar and weather cars going by in a long line ...

[18:08] <Martine> The kind that rattles the whole house :-)

[18:08] <ethan> me too

[18:08] <Shiral> I like thunder when I'm not getting rained on at the
same time

[18:08] <Sedina> lots of thunder and lightning last night...the girls
were both in the window watching

[18:08] <Mistyck> hehe

[18:08] <Debbie-VB> well twisters are also awesome from a respectful
distance

[18:08] <Shiral> Last September in Italy, there was a great BIG
thunderstorm the day my party was in Assisi

[18:08] <jp> I've got to run so one quick question for ya KK, When is
the paperback of ITKS due out?

[18:09] <ethan> seems to be the year for twisters

[18:09] * Dov saw a funnel cloud once, gave me the shivers

[18:09] <KK> Sometime in the summer, I would guess. So is the DR
rerelease.

[18:09] <Mistyck> we had one near Ellington earlier this month

[18:09] <Martine> I saw five once on the horizon driving through
Texas. Yow.

[18:09] <Debbie-VB> Paperbacks usually follow about a year after
hardbound

[18:09] * Shiral rubs her little hands together in anticipation=o)

[18:09] <Shiral> I want to see the new DR!

[18:09] <KK> July.

[18:09] <cherie> me too!

[18:09] <cherie> yay

[18:09] * kirienne makes room on her bookshelf

[18:10] * Shiral crosses another day off her calendar

[18:10] <ethan> Washington St usually only gets one a year. They've
had six in the last month

[18:10] <cherie> is there much change?

[18:10] <KK> You'll all grump at the cover, though.

[18:10] <Annie> any chance of it in the UK, or am I shipping from the
US again, KK?

[18:10] <the_Bee> ??

[18:10] <Mistyck> same as before?

[18:10] <Shiral> They're not using the cover on the website?

[18:10] <Debbie-VB> i'm already bugging chapters to get dr in asap.
they took a onth to get king's service in!!!!!

[18:11] <Debbie-VB> Month

[18:11] <KK> I think it's the one on the website; it's just that they
went to press without incorporating the copious notes I sent about
what was wrong with it.

[18:11] <RainbowDragon> Which cover? For the new DR?

[18:11] <KK> Yep.

[18:11] <Shiral> Rats

[18:11] <Martine> I liked the cover art displayed on Amazon better
than the last edition with Kelson looking like an Italian fop! <g>

[18:11] <Martine> Ack, Katherine!

[18:11] <Shiral> Too bad about the notes

[18:12] <Shiral> Rather discouraging

[18:12] <Dov> Is that the one with the "drathon" on the cover?

[18:12] <Debbie-VB> At least White Dwarf will get it in at the right
time

[18:12] <KK> I think the responsible editor had a death in the family,
and the notes hadn't been incorporated, and it had to go to press
before e/he got back. So at least it's understandable.

[18:12] <JastaElf> Ah... yes.

[18:12] <JastaElf> regrettable, but understandable.

[18:12] <Shiral> Indeed

[18:12] <Mistyck> yes

[18:13] <Dov> Alas

[18:13] <Mistyck> but it's too bad

[18:13] <ethan> I'm a bit confused, DR?

[18:13] <Annie> cool jp!

[18:13] <Mistyck> Deryni Rising

[18:13] <JastaElf> Deryni Rising

[18:13] <Martine> Well, we can *pretend* St. George's is Romanesque if
we don't look TOO closely at the art <g>

[18:13] <Shiral> Any writing in the past week, KK? Or has it been a
"house" week

[18:13] <Debbie-VB> The re-issue of Katherine first book Deryni
Risisng

[18:13] <jp> night all

[18:13] <the_Bee> Deryni Rising. director's cut of KK's first novel

[18:13] <Shiral> bye, jp

[18:13] <ethan> oh sorry missed the acronym

[18:13] <JastaElf> night jp!

[18:13] <kirienne> night jp

[18:13] * jp has left #Deryni_Destinations

[18:13] <Martine> bye jp

[18:13] <Dov> night jp

[18:13] <JastaElf> wow he's fast

[18:13] <TheCatWhisperer> g'night, jp

[18:14] * KK Quit (User has been mind-ripped)

[18:14] <Mistyck> ick

[18:14] <Martine> ack!

[18:14] <Sedina> ack

[18:14] <Shiral> ack no!!

[18:14] <Mistyck> very bad peer

[18:14] <ethan> aaaaccckkk

[18:14] <Martine> There went the rest of the Deryni series....

[18:14] <JastaElf> eeeek!

[18:14] <Debbie-VB> Peer Got Katherine!

[18:14] <Shiral> The Cicadas got her!

[18:14] <ethan> spank peer

[18:14] <cherie>

[18:14] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations

[18:14] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!

[18:14] <Mistyck> wb Katherine

[18:14] <cherie> bad bad bad peer

[18:14] <TheCatWhisperer> Debbie, I told you not to metion purple
peeps!

[18:14] <Martine> wb Katherine

[18:14] <Sedina> wb Katherine

[18:14] <JastaElf> wb katherine

[18:14] <RainbowDragon> welcome back, KK

[18:14] <Shiral> wb, kk

[18:14] <cherie> wb kk

[18:14] <KK> ak! peered!

[18:14] <ethan> pounce him, trounce him, pick him up and bounce him

[18:14] <the_Bee> ?me gathers her horde michaeline bees and swarms
after Peer

[18:14] <RainbowDragon> any writing this week?

[18:14] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a platful of Petrified purple
Peeps

[18:14] <Shiral> We blame it on the cicadas

[18:15] <JastaElf> lol!

[18:15] <KK> Writing? Surely you jest.

[18:15] <Mistyck> lol

[18:15] * kirienne throws one of Morgan's daggers at peer

[18:15] <Shiral> Oops sorry

[18:15] <Mistyck> too busy with the house?

[18:15] * cherie ties the one ring to peer and tosses it into the
crack of doom

[18:15] <Martine> What's the house up to now?

[18:15] <KK> But we did see our windows being made, and my dressing
room got finished.

[18:15] <Martine> Whoo hoo!

[18:15] <Mistyck> cool!

[18:15] <TheCatWhisperer> I blame the Peering on the Mormon crickets

[18:15] <kirienne> that's great

[18:15] <Debbie-VB> Dressing rooms are good

[18:15] <Wrengl> that is good

[18:15] <the_Bee> so no more running around undressed?

[18:15] <KK> We had hordes of electrocians doing second fix, though
they didn't finish it.

[18:16] <KK> No more living our of boxes and piles of clothes.

[18:16] <Wrengl> when do they return

[18:16] <Shiral> That's always nice =o)

[18:16] <Sedina> that has to be a nice feeling

[18:16] <Shiral> To have closet space again

[18:16] <Martine> Whoo hoo! :-)

[18:16] <KK> The mirrored closet doors are not kind, however; they
make me very aware of the need for diet.

[18:16] <Mistyck> just ignore them!

[18:16] <TheCatWhisperer> Diet is die with a t

[18:16] <Martine> LOL! Mirrors are most cruel that way.

[18:16] <Debbie-VB> mirrors are seldome kind to me either katherine

[18:17] <Wrengl> turn a blind eye towards them

[18:17] <cherie> mirrors are just honest is all

[18:17] <Shiral> Mirrors can be devastating enemies

[18:17] <KK> Can't igore them; they're on two whole sides of the room.

[18:17] <Martine> Not necessarily, CW. I've found WeightWatchers to be
fairly simple. They even allow chocolate ice cream!

[18:17] <Shiral> No, that makes it kind of hard to miss

[18:17] <ethan> paint over them?

[18:17] <KK> But at least I can see what I'm picking out to wear now.

[18:17] <Martine> This is always a good thing :-)

[18:17] <Shiral> Always helpful

[18:17] <Mistyck> definitely

[18:18] <Martine> It's always embarrassing to find you've paired the
brown socks with black pants again. <g>

[18:18] <Shiral> I mean, the polka dots with the plaids... it just
didn't help....

[18:18] <Martine> LOL! Melissa, I think we're sharing a brain!

[18:18] <TheCatWhisperer> Whose "brilliant" idea was it to have
mirrors on 2 whole sides of the room?

[18:18] <Shiral> And you're hogging it again, Martine!

[18:18] <the_Bee> i just look for something relatively clean

[18:18] <Martine> Just TRY and get it back! <g>

[18:18] <JastaElf> Someone skinny, CW. :-)

[18:18] <ethan> me too Bee

[18:18] <Shiral> Fine, so you don't want any more Shiralfic?

[18:19] <Sedina> Martine and Shiral - it's likely a good thing that I
didn't say what I was thinking as well.

[18:19] <Martine> Oh no! We're splitting the brain three ways now!

[18:19] <kirienne> heee heeeheee

[18:19] <KK> Well, we've got Norman the Tiler coming in the AM to do
the bathroom on the top floor of the flat, so I'd better sign off and
hit the hay.

[18:19] <Debbie-VB> Are the mirrors on opposite walls or adjacent
walls?

[18:19] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!

[18:19] <JastaElf> Norman the Tiler... sounds medieval!

[18:19] <Mistyck> have a great night Katherine and thanks for stopping
by

[18:19] <the_Bee> nighters KK

[18:19] <Shiral> Bye, Katherine, huggles

[18:19] <Martine> And if you get a chance, give me some feedback on
the castle stuff I sent :-)

[18:19] <kirienne> night night Katherine, have a good week, thanks for
coming to chat

[18:19] <Sedina> huggles, Katherine....hope that you have a wonderful
week

[18:19] <kirienne> huggggles

[18:19] <Annie> night Katherine

[18:19] <JastaElf> Bye Katherine

[18:20] <KK> I'm getting very tired of this building project, so it's
a good thing we're starting to finish rooms so I can see what it's all
been for.

[18:20] <ethan> Good night Katherine thanks for visiting

[18:20] <Shiral> A productive and literary week, too

[18:20] <Debbie-VB> Sleep sweet Katherine, and have a terrirfic week

[18:20] <TheCatWhisperer> G'night, Katherine

[18:20] <cherie> night kk

[18:20] <KK> Will do, Martine.

[18:20] <JastaElf> many blessings your excellency :-)

[18:20] <Dov> take care kk

[18:20] <cherie> night again everyone else

[18:20] <Martine> It's only been thirty years or so, Katherine. Can't
imagine why it's getting tiring <g>

[18:20] <Shiral> Night, Cherie

[18:20] * cherie Quit (Quit: I am going, I am leaving, now, Goodbye!
Don't say I didn't warn you...unless of course I really didn't:)

[18:20] <Shiral> yes

[18:20] <Martine> Or twenty years. Whoops :-/

[18:21] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good-night, blows kisses,
and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.

[18:21] <Martine> I can add and subtract. Really. When I'm not
splitting a brain three ways.

[18:21] <Shiral> We need our Deryni fixes. Hard to concentrate on
writing with hammering and banging all over the house

[18:21] <JastaElf> Ooo, green sparklies!! :-)

[18:21] <Shiral> They tickle!

[18:21] <JastaElf> :-)

[18:21] <Shiral> Night, Katherine

[18:21] <ethan> love those green sparkles

[18:21] <Martine> Huggles!

[18:21] * KK (~kkurtz@*.ts521.cwt.esat.net) Quit