The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

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[17:47] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here KK
[17:47] <Bynw> Katherine! :-)
[17:47] <jp> that one, Whosh! straight over my head
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[17:47] <JM> Hi Katherine
[17:47] <Sedina> hi Katherine! Long time no see
[17:47] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:47] <jp> hi kk
[17:47] <Dov> welcome, Katherine
[17:47] <ethan> hi katherine!!!
[17:47] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[17:47] <KK> Hello, folks.
[17:47] <the_Bee> KK! good to see you {{huggles}}
[17:48] <babayaga> hi
[17:48] <RainbowDragon> How are things in your part of the world?
[17:48] <jp> what news from castle Kurtz?
[17:48] <KK> Slow but steady progress on the house.
[17:48] <Sedina> that's good news
[17:48] <KK> And Scrappy is doing well.
[17:48] <Dov> glad to hear it
[17:49] <JM> Very good
[17:49] <kirienne> that is sooo good to hear
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> Good for Scrappy
[17:49] <Sedina> that's great
[17:49] <Rebecka> hi
[17:49] <KK> And my father had quadruple bypass surgery a week ago
Friday, and is now home, doing well.
[17:49] <jp> finaly got out from under Scoobies shadow
[17:49] <kirienne> that is even more wonderful KK
[17:49] <JM> It is amazing how fast they get a person home now- very
good to hear
[17:49] <ethan> very good news about your father
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> Healing woodgies to your father Katherine
[17:50] <Sedina> oh goodness, Katherine, sorry to hear that he needed
to surgery, but I'm glad that he's doing well now
[17:50] <KK> Yep, it was a complete surprise, but at least they were
able to take care of it on a non-emergency basis.
[17:50] <jp> Four bypasses, thats almost an intersection!
[17:50] <kirienne> that's good
[17:50] <Mistyck> hi Katherine
[17:50] <KK> I thought that was sort of the max, but I've now heard of
<eight>!
[17:50] <the_Bee> sounds like a traffic jam! Glad he's doing well
[17:51] <Sedina> my grandfather had a quintuple bypass when I was in
8th grade
[17:51] <KK> Yeah, I need to talk to him today, so can't stay on long
here.
[17:51] <RainbowDragon> How goes the writing?
[17:51] <the_Bee> btw. KK, Martine is awaiting castle feedback
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> any news on the book front?
[17:51] <KK> I assume you guys have mostly heard that Shiral now has a
new kitty companion to join Pan.
[17:52] <the_Bee> no!
[17:52] <Sedina> Little Cesca is so cute!
[17:52] <kirienne> no, I hadn't heard. That's great
[17:52] <Rebecka> cool
[17:52] <KK> Writing has been on the back burner for the past two
weeks, alas.
[17:52] <Debbie-VB> I can imagine
[17:52] <jp> other things to think about!
[17:52] <Rebecka> that's understandable
[17:52] <Sedina> I'd say that it's quite understandable
[17:52] <KK> Yep.
[17:52] <Bynw> well thats understandable with your dad though KK :-)
[17:53] <kirienne> it sure is
[17:53] <Mistyck> I'm glad he's doing well, Katherine
[17:53] <jp> May I ask how old he is?
[17:53] <KK> Yep. Need to go, then, and ring before it gets too late.
He's 79.
[17:53] <Debbie-VB> I am too, and he is now in my prayers
[17:53] <RainbowDragon> Any more remodeling being done or is that on
hold?
[17:53] <KK> No, that's ongoing.
[17:53] <RainbowDragon> okay
[17:54] <Duck> hello katherine, i was away looking for coffee
[17:54] <Mistyck> have a good week Katherine and thanks for stopping
by
[17:54] <KK> I get my new dressing room carpet this week, and we may
get the first windows in upstairs.
[17:54] <ethan> take care KK
[17:54] <Sedina> Take care, Katherine. Thoughts and prayers for your
dad and your family through all of this.
[17:54] <Debbie-VB> windows are good things
[17:54] <JM> Have a good week Katherine and hope he continues to
improve
[17:54] <the_Bee> get well woodgies to your dad
[17:54] <KK> I'll try to drop in for longer next week.
[17:54] <Bynw> take care KK see ya next week hopfully :-)
[17:54] <kirienne> have a good week KK, thanks for coming. I'll be
praying for verra quick recovery time for you dad
[17:54] <Dov> stay well Katherine, best regards to your dad
[17:54] <Sedina> we will look forward to it
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> Bye, Katherine
[17:54] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:55] <Debbie-VB> Thanks for dropping in Katherine. Sleep sweet and
have a terrific week
[17:55] <Rebecka> later
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[15:13] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[15:13] <Sedina> hi Katherine
[15:13] <Rebecka> hi
[15:13] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[15:13] <Wrengl> hello Lady Katherine
[15:13] <KK> Hello, Guys.
[15:13] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[15:13] <TerryOBrien> Good evening, Katherine
[15:13] <Shiral> Hello Katherine
[15:13] <KK> Apologies for being absent last week.
[15:13] <Dov> hello katherine
[15:13] <Shiral> =o0
[15:13] <kirienne> I don't have the theatrical edition of TTT, so I will
have to now go back and get that...I waited for the extended edition of that
one
[15:13] <the_Bee> good evening, Katherine
[15:13] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[15:13] <Shiral> Nice to see you here
[15:14] <RainbowDragon> How was your week, KK?
[15:14] <Wrengl> how is your dan?
[15:14] <Mistyck> Hi Katherine
[15:14] <Wrengl> and scrappy?
[15:14] <Wrengl> and the house?
[15:14] <the_Bee> who's Dan?
[15:14] <KK> We decided at the last minute (on Thursday) to go to Scotland
on Friday, coming back Monday, as that was a 3-day weekend here, and the
builders were already off.
[15:14] <Wrengl> and writing?
[15:14] <Wrengl> meant how is your dad
[15:14] <Wrengl> chilly fingers
[15:14] <KK> My dad is fine; Scrappy is fine.
[15:14] <Rebecka> that's good
[15:14] <Shiral> And the universe according to Katherine, you forgot to ask
that one, Pat
[15:14] <Wrengl> good
[15:15] <kirienne> Did you have a good time in Scotland?
[15:15] <Wrengl> lol bee
[15:15] <Dov> glad to hear it
[15:15] <Sedina> where all did you go in Scotland?
[15:15] <Wrengl> meant lol shiral
[15:15] <Shiral> Glad that all two foots and four foots are recuperating wel
[15:15] <KK> In Scotland, worked with DTH on the proposal for the Adept
prequel, which is taking shape.
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[15:15] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Martine
[15:15] <Shiral> Your fingers must REALLY be chilly
[15:15] <KK> Title will be Hunting by Gaslight.
[15:15] <kirienne> hi Martine
[15:15] <Shiral> Hi Martine!
[15:15] <Sedina> hi Martine
[15:15] <Wrengl> hi martine
[15:15] <Martine> hi! huggles all!
[15:15] <Shiral> COOOL!!
[15:15] <Rebecka> that's good on the adept prequel...
[15:15] <Wrengl> nifty katherine
[15:15] * Dov grins at that
[15:16] <TerryOBrien> Good news about the Adept prequel.
[15:16] <Rebecka> i miss adam
[15:16] <Wrengl> is that instead of adept 6?
[15:16] <KK> No contract yet, of course, but my agent has indicated that Ace
is open to the idea.
[15:16] <Wrengl> oh good
[15:16] <Debbie-VB> That's good news Katherine. of course any news about
your books is good news
[15:16] <KK> Set in the 1880's.
[15:16] <Wrengl> us adept fans are waiting brethlessly
[15:16] <Rebecka> yes we are
[15:16] <Shiral> A marvelous era =o)
[15:16] <kirienne> hopefully the contract will come soon
[15:16] <Dov> even so
[15:16] <Shiral> Any relatives of Adam's in it?
[15:16] <Mistyck> yep yep
[15:16] <KK> DTH has been teaching the gothic novel at St. Andrews, so is up
to speed on that period.
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[15:17] <DeryniBot> Hey Ghostgames - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[15:17] <Mistyck> cool!
[15:17] <Rebecka> that's cool
[15:17] <Shiral> Hello Ann
[15:17] <Mistyck> hi Ann
[15:17] <Sedina> hi Ann
[15:17] <Wrengl> hi ann
[15:17] <Debbie-VB> hi ann
[15:17] <kirienne> hi Ann
[15:17] <Martine> hi ann!
[15:17] <TerryOBrien> Hiya Ann.
[15:17] <Rebecka> hi
[15:17] <Mistyck> hi Martine, you snuck in on me!
[15:17] <Dov> hi
[15:17] <Wrengl> lol mistyck
[15:17] <Ghostgames> hi, all!
[15:18] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Martine
[15:18] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Ghostgames
[15:18] <TerryOBrien> Ann, have you had a chance to look at the DVD I sent?
[15:18] <the_Bee> speaking of the Adept, I have a question: Since John
Graham's only son (only child?) died in Lammas Night, how could he have a
great-grandaughter in the Templar Treasure?
[15:18] <Mistyck> Ann: how goes the Atlas and Deryni Adventures?
[15:18] <Martine> Katherine - when I sent you the general castle layout, I
completely forgot Ann had to rotate it on the city map! :-P
[15:18] <Shiral> Any inspiration for Childe Morgan arise from the Scottish
trip, Katherine?
[15:18] <Martine> The library now faces south instead of west into the
stable yard <sheepish grin>
[15:18] <KK> Got the tile in the upstairs bathroom in the flat done this
week. Hopefully, windows willcome this week.
[15:18] <Wrengl> a daughter bee
[15:18] <Martine> Whoo hoo! Construction progresses :-)
[15:18] <kirienne> we had the last day of regular Sunday school today, I
gave the kids a party...it made my day to have one of the youngest boys cry
because he wasn't going to see "Miss Geri" during the summer program
[15:19] <Shiral> ALWAYS a good thing
[15:19] <the_Bee> never mentioned before?
[15:19] <Wrengl> possible bee
[15:19] <KK> Martine, send me the revised plan please.
[15:19] <Ghostgames> Terry: Yes, thanks! Boy, was I nervous! I'm glad you
didn't pan the camera to catch me going down the aisle to the podium or back
again to my seat (I almost fainted going back to my seat!). :-)
[15:19] <Rebecka> i have to find my adept books so i can reread
them...although right now that's hard as brian is making new book cases
[15:19] <KK> I'm in the process of reviewing Chapter 2 of the gaming book.
[15:20] <Wrengl> if she were not germaine to the story in lammas night
[15:20] <Martine> I will when I've got it figured out. The only way to make
the library face west into the yard is to put it in the gatehouse.
[15:20] <Mistyck> cool, kk!
[15:20] <TerryOBrien> Ann, there wasn't enough light in the audience to even
think about getting shots there.
[15:21] * the_Bee is surprised. LN mentioned at least one other character
who didn't appear: Michael's brother Peter
[15:21] <kirienne> glad to hear gaming book is coming along nicely
[15:21] <Rebecka> yes
[15:21] <Wrengl> but i believe that was to explain his absence
[15:21] * Mistyck would really like to see the gaming book done
[15:21] <Shiral> Nancy just sent me chapter four
[15:21] <Wrengl> else he would have been there
[15:21] <TerryOBrien> Maybe this year, however. I'm talking with Nicole
about changing the environment for the awards show this year.
[15:21] <Dov> now that's interesting
[15:22] * Debbie-VB is waiting eagerly for the gaming book even if she
seldome does RPGs anymore
[15:22] <KK> granddaughter by a step-child, Bee.
[15:22] <Wrengl> ah
[15:22] <Wrengl> thanks katherine
[15:22] <kirienne> same here Debbie...I have no one here to game with, none
of my friends do any of that
[15:23] <TerryOBrien> Here, I've got plenty of gaming friends, but no Deryni
fans among them.
[15:23] <Shiral> I've only played the game at Darkover
[15:23] <Wrengl> so have i shiral
[15:23] <Debbie-VB> I did enjoy doing that bit of role-playing at Darkover
last fall
[15:23] <Martine> Ditto
[15:23] <KK> Oh. Good news re Augustus. His biopsy results came back
negative for any of the nasty stuff, and his swollen gland has gone back to
normal.
[15:23] <the_Bee> then why wouldn't they need to explain Gray's daughter's
absense? Assuming she was raised in the old faith, I'd expect her to be
part of the group
[15:23] <Wrengl> but not from lack of trying
[15:23] <Martine> Excellent, Katherine! I'm so glad to hear that.
[15:23] <Shiral> Hooray! Glad Gus is okay, Katherine
[15:23] <kirienne> that si sooo good to hear about Gus KK
[15:23] <Shiral> he's much too young for serious health problems
[15:23] <Debbie-VB> Good for gus-cat
[15:23] <Wrengl> glad to hear that katherine
[15:23] <KK> So we think it was probably swollen from a transient infection
somewhere else in his body, that responded to the antibiotics and just took
a few weeks to disspate from the swollen gland.
[15:24] <Wrengl> be she could be part of another group
[15:24] <Shiral> Cesca sends Gus a whisker rub
[15:24] <TerryOBrien> She could have been too young at the time. Or sent
away for safety.
[15:24] <the_Bee> OOps. gues it pays to read before writing. thanks, KK
[15:24] <Wrengl> lol bee
[15:25] <Martine> I'd send Rowena's greetings to Gus, too, but based on her
meeting with Arwen, Rowena greetings consist of both forepaws flying! <g>
[15:25] <Wrengl> lol
[15:25] <Rebecka> heh
[15:25] <kirienne> Bee, I have trouble with that too, I have to look at the
keyboard to type, then miss any new things others ahve typed
[15:25] <Mistyck> good for Gus-cat!
[15:25] <Ghostgames> Good news about Gus, glad to hear it!
[15:25] <KK> Rowena has reason to greet other cats with her claws.
Over-friendliness might have cost her that lost eye.
[15:25] <Shiral> Cesca says striped cats must stick together
[15:25] <Wrengl> hooligan says to tell arwen he has not had time to fullfill
the contract, martine
[15:26] <the_Bee> Am I correct that the Earl of Selwyn in Adept TT is Peter
Jordan?
[15:26] <kirienne> LOL Martine...so i take it their meeting was less than
cordial?
[15:26] <KK> Yes, Bee.
[15:26] <Martine> It's possible, Katherine. My vet thinks she was born that
way or lost it as a very young kitten. She may have had a bad early cat
meeting!
[15:26] <Martine> Kirienne, Arwen hissed and growled. Rowena lunged with
both forepaws. It ended with yowling and squealing in the basement.
[15:26] <KK> Born without one eye?!
[15:27] <Ghostgames> I'm dealing with a horse lameness (Zephyr, my young
horse) and an old horse who, after getting his hock injected for arthritis,
is feeling young again -- to the point of almost being a pain! I jumped him
in a lesson (over cross country fences! woo-hoo!) last night, and he was so
happy to be jumping again that he landed bucking after every one!
[15:27] <Martine> ouch, ann!
[15:27] <Shiral> Yikes
[15:27] <Shiral> Although I'm glad the shot was beneficial
[15:27] <Rebecka> ow
[15:27] <KK> Yikes. I have that!
[15:27] <Debbie-VB> You definitly do not need a buck right after a jump
[15:27] <KK> The bucking while landing.
[15:27] <Martine> Katherine, from the way her eye socket developed and
filled in, my vet thinks she didn't have an eye very long and spent most of
her growth stage without it.
[15:27] <kirienne> yikes Ann
[15:28] <KK> Hmm. Might have been an early infection, when she was very
tiny.
[15:28] <Martine> Could have been. She also may have had bad interactions
with cats who saw her as a one-eyed easy target.
[15:28] <Ghostgames> The saddle fits Shazaam well (which is why I use it on
him) but it's not very comfortable. Add some bucks and some less than
stellar riding on my part and I'm um, a little bit bruised where you
definitely don't want any bruising...
[15:28] <KK> Hate, not have--bucking while landing.
[15:28] <Mistyck> ick!
[15:28] <Shiral> Ouch, Ann
[15:28] <Martine> LOL, Ann! Did you forget your seat saver?
[15:28] <Rebecka> whoops
[15:29] <Shiral> I WAS wondering, Katherine =o)
[15:29] * Debbie-VB sends Ann some anti-bruse woodgies
[15:29] <kirienne> oh ann, ouch !!!
[15:29] <Shiral> You don't seem like the bucking type
[15:29] <Martine> Buck on landing can be hard to sit sometimes.
[15:30] <Shiral> Sometimes, just plain landing can be hard to sit
[15:30] <Mistyck> yep
[15:30] <KK> I don't like bucking at any time.
[15:30] <Ghostgames> I was laughing so hard it didn't matter. :-) It was SO
good to feel him feeling that good again (I stopped riding him regularly 4
years ago when I hit my top weight because he was feeling old and I was
feeling fat...). And it was REALLY good to actually being enjoying
jumping -- dunno why (maybe all that riding in Ireland!) but I wasn't very
nervous at all! Jumping's FUN when you're not spending all your energy
/making/ yourself point the horse at every jump while your stomach roils in
protest....
[15:30] <Martine> LOL! Especially on my stable's greenest horse. He tends to
jump sideways <g>
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[15:30] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Olympia
[15:30] <Shiral> Hello, Olympia
[15:30] <Debbie-VB> well you all would know more about that then I would.
I've been on horse-back exactly once
[15:30] <Olympia> Greetings!
[15:30] <Rebecka> hi
[15:30] <KK> hee-hee! nancy!
[15:30] <the_Bee> hi Olympia
[15:31] <kirienne> hi Nancy
[15:31] <Martine> Jumping's a LOT of fun when you don't have to worry about
yourself OR the horse <g>
[15:31] <Mistyck> hiyas Nancy
[15:31] <Wrengl> hi nancy
[15:31] <Martine> hi nancy!
[15:31] <Olympia> Oooo! Katherine! I saw Gabrielle yesterday and her three
kids - all grown up!
[15:31] <Sedina> hi Nancy
[15:31] <the_Bee> has a horse ever cleared a jump sideways?
[15:31] <Shiral> Not intentionally
[15:31] <Olympia> And Kathy (Jessica Llyrindi) and Fran, and Arabella
[15:31] <KK> Argh! I guess they would be. Does that make us old-er? ;-)
[15:31] <Wrengl> not at all
[15:32] <Olympia> and Aurelia showed up in a pale yellow QUIANA dress that
used to be yours <grin>
[15:32] <Martine> Bee, Midnight approaches on a perpendicular path. He just
manages to somehow move SIDEWAYS while in mid-air. Don't ask me how. We
haven't figured it out yet!
[15:32] <Wrengl> we stood still while they grew up
[15:32] <Olympia> Hi everyone! We had an "Old Timers Tourney" here in Caid
yesterday
[15:32] <KK> Arabella? Cool. How's she doing?
[15:32] <Olympia> And Morven 'n Charles armed up and fought!
[15:32] <Olympia> Arabella, Kristin 'n Robear all live in this sort of
ranch/farm
[15:32] <kirienne> bet that was fun Nancy
[15:32] <KK> I'll bet Morven hasn't change at all, other than to get greyer.
[15:32] <Olympia> we had a candlelight Harry Potter quest for the revel
[15:33] <Ghostgames> Martine -- I gave my seat saver to Karen who needed it
more due to some difficulties she's been having recently... Come to think of
it, she decided to use her sheepskin seat saver for the jumping lesson (we
trucked the horses to a group lesson), so my gel "Tush Cush" was available,
I'll definitely use it next time!
[15:33] <TerryOBrien> Martine, it sounds like you horse is trying to high
jump the hurdle.
[15:33] <Olympia> Terry looks pretty much the same. Richard (my ex) was
there
[15:33] <Shiral> What, did you have to search for the Goblet of Fire?
[15:33] <KK> Arabella lives with them? Cool. Is Ximena still around?
[15:33] <Dov> wow arabella! don't know names, but i love the sca
[15:33] <Martine> Terry, I try not to ride Midnight too much. There've been
a few times when I've barely stuck the landing!
[15:33] <Olympia> and I saw peacocks 'n chickens 'n emus 'n a donkey 'n
horses 'n dogs 'n cats - it was VERY rustic. No both Piers and Ximena are
gone from us.
[15:34] <Olympia> Let's see what else - oh yeah - I'll be in the Barony of
Stonemarche (Salem, NH) for about four months
[15:34] <KK> Ah. I knew about Piers; hadn't heard that Ximena had passed
on.
[15:34] <KK> (Sorry, guys. This is SCA catch-up.)
[15:34] <Martine> And Nancy, if you don't come down here for sushi, you can
bet I'll be up there knocking on your door!
[15:34] <Rebecka> no prob
[15:34] <Mistyck> it's cool, KK..
[15:35] <Olympia> I think she did - I'll ask Gabrielle - you should see her
kids!!!!! (yep - sorry - Katherine 'n I got um sorta way back on this)
[15:35] <Shiral> You'll be knocking the door DOWN, Martine <G>
[15:35] <Dov> not aproblem, katherine
[15:35] * Mistyck has been getting involved in the SCA recently
[15:35] <Olympia> Heh! John and I are driving from L.A. to Salem the week of
July 18th - with a stop in Canton, Ohio!!!
[15:35] <Shiral> Possibly with a battering ram
[15:35] <kirienne> tis ok KK, one of my dearest friends who lives in Yakima
WA is in SCA, she tells me about things. i find it all very interesting
[15:35] <the_Bee> KK & Nancy: Which ones have 2 legs and which have 4?
[15:35] <Mistyck> Dov introduced me to the local Houston Chapter last month
[15:35] <Shiral> What's in Canton Ohio?
[15:35] <Rebecka> i'm used to it..as i have two members of the D'mer
household show up on my doorstep every once in a while...
[15:35] <Ghostgames> KK (and Nancy and Martine and anyone else coming to
Boston for World Con) -- we have GOT to set aside a day before or after the
convention to go to the Lord of the Rings exhibit that will be at the Museum
of Science!
[15:35] <Olympia> gasp!
[15:35] <Olympia> what's in canton,oh!
[15:36] <Olympia> The Football Hall of Fame!
[15:36] <KK> That's a definite yes, Ann.
[15:36] <Shiral> Okay, well, I know NOTHING about Football
[15:36] <Martine> Absolutely, Ann!
[15:36] <Martine> And we've gotta figure it out quick so I can request the
time off work before and/or after.
[15:36] <Olympia> Conrad will be at Worldcon too
[15:36] <Debbie-VB> OOoooooo that dso sounds like it would be totally
interesting Ann. wonder if it will get to our big science museam?
[15:36] * kirienne is jealuou of those getting to see the LOTR exhibit, and
getting to go to worldcon
[15:36] <KK> I can do it before or after, so long as I know which.
[15:37] <the_Bee> all I need to know is my tram won the superbowl ;o)
[15:37] <the_Bee> my team too
[15:37] <Martine> Eek! I've got to reserve my WorldCon ticket!
[15:37] <Shiral> That's a talented tram, bee <G>
[15:37] <the_Bee> me too
[15:37] <KK> But you're staying with us at Ann's, though, right, so we can
have out slumber party?!
[15:37] <Olympia> Oh and when we come back to CA, it turns out that Morven
is a big hockey fan (who knew?)
[15:38] <Olympia> So John 'n he will be hockey buddies
[15:38] <KK> Amazing.
[15:38] <Olympia> Sherri doesn't let him smoke his pipe in the house so he's
been relegated to a converted room in the garage.
[15:38] <KK> Are you keeping your apartment, or getting a new one once the
two of you move back?
[15:38] <Martine> Absolutely, Katherine! :-)
[15:38] <Martine> My John will stay home with the kitties and his referee
whistle.
[15:38] <Olympia> I'm leaving this vale of woe (with the horrible downstairs
neighbor and the high rent) and we will find somewhere new when we return,
possibly in Camarillo or Carlsbad
[15:39] <Sedina> and his water gun, Martine?
[15:39] <KK> Ah. Excellent.
[15:39] <Martine> and especially the water gun <g>
[15:39] <Shiral> Poor Arwen and Rowena <G>
[15:39] <Olympia> Assuming we survive the road trip, we'll be in NH for
about 4 months while I get a house full of 40 yrs o' stuff ready to sell!
[15:39] <Sedina> that's great, Nancy...you'll have to remember to keep us
up-to-date on your address
[15:40] <Shiral> Definitely
[15:40] <kirienne> from the sounds of it, poor John
[15:40] <Olympia> Oh, I'm ALWAYS reachable via the internet
[15:40] <Sedina> well, yes, but it's hard to send cards through the internet

[15:40] * Debbie-VB wonders if she has nancy's e-mail
[15:40] <Olympia> I told my friends here it will be like nothing has changed

[15:40] <Olympia>
[15:40] <Martine> John's having a great time playing "mercenary", Kirienne.
[15:40] <KK> We call it the God-gun here at Holybrooke, because the cats
don't know where the water comes from, so it must be God.
[15:40] <Olympia> Mercenary?
[15:40] <kirienne> LOL, well that's good at least
[15:41] <Olympia> ahhh the god gun - katherine is deadly with that
[15:41] <Rebecka> heh
[15:41] <Sedina> lol water guns don't work with my cats
[15:41] <Martine> I forgot about that, Katherine! That's a great name for
John's gun, because he got one of those big huge super soakers that require
a mop for cleanup :-P
[15:41] <Shiral> Don't let a God gun fall into Torenthi hands...
[15:41] <Ghostgames> Shadow completely ignored the super soaker that we
soaked half the kitchen with in our last attempt to discourage him from
getting up on the counters.
[15:41] <KK> Gus practically turned himself inside-out the first time Scott
had to zap him.
[15:41] <Olympia> It's not unlike watching Hermione cast a spell
[15:41] <Rebecka> they don't work with the furball or the purrball
either..yana on the other hand...
[15:41] <Martine> rotfl, katherine!
[15:41] <Mistyck> I will have to try that with Evaine
[15:42] <Sedina> lol Katherine
[15:42] <Mistyck> she hates water
[15:42] <Martine> They don't work on Arwen either. Her fur's too think.
Rowena's a different story. She thinks John is a wet demon from hell now <g>
[15:42] <Olympia> roflmao
[15:42] <KK> We actually use one of those spritzer bottles with the nozzle
turned to a tight stream.
[15:42] <Rebecka> heh
[15:42] <Martine> too thick, too
[15:42] <Mistyck> she even thinks twice when thirsty
[15:42] <the_Bee> thinking fur? smart cat!
[15:42] <Shiral> LOL
[15:42] * Dov chuckles
[15:42] <Martine> She is smart enough to be scary, Bee <grin>
[15:42] <Martine> Rowena on the other hand.... :-P
[15:42] <Shiral> It's funny, Pan has picked up the habit of patting the
surface of the water in his water dish from Cesca
[15:42] <Rebecka> yana loves water guns and the water hose...being out in
the rain on the other hand...
[15:42] <Shiral> He NEVER used to do that
[15:42] <Martine> ./;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
[15:43] <Martine> Sorry. Guess Rowena objected to my calling her "not as
smart as Arwen" <g>
[15:43] <KK> Was that Rowena's comment?
[15:43] <Shiral> LOL
[15:43] <Rebecka> heh
[15:43] <Olympia> In answer to a question asked a bit ago, no we didn't
quest for the Goblet of Fire; we were doing our final exams at the Hogwarts
Adult Night School
[15:43] <Sedina> I'm still half expecting to be taking a bath and end up
with a Bueller in the tub with me
[15:43] <Shiral> Wow, she used the SEMICOLON too. She must be furious
[15:43] <Olympia> Geh, Kim - wet cat!
[15:43] <Martine> AND she hit the enter key!
[15:43] <Shiral> Oh, okay, Nancy
[15:44] <KK> lol, olympia.
[15:44] <kirienne> LOL Nancy, sounds like a very fun time
[15:44] <Shiral> Remedial Spells?
[15:44] <Olympia> It was AWESOME - we had these little battery operated
"candles" and we had five "exam's
[15:44] * Martine pictures Nancy in a remedial flying broomstick lesson
[15:44] <Sedina> lol
[15:44] <Rebecka> heh
[15:44] <Olympia> ha ha ha /thwak oops sorry Miss Martine
[15:44] <Shiral> Hang on tight
[15:44] <Debbie-VB> I had a kitty-cat who loved to play with my toes while I
was bathing. She ended up wet a few times, which she did NOT appreciate in
the least thankyouverymuch
[15:44] <Martine> ow!
[15:44] <Olympia> And the horses (real horses) were all decked out - one was
a unicorn!
[15:44] <Dov> eek
[15:45] <Shiral> Cool
[15:45] <KK> So, what kines of questions did they ask on the exams?
[15:45] <Dov> impressive
[15:45] <KK> kinds of questions--not cows.
[15:45] <Shiral> Magical cows would be a bit much
[15:45] <Olympia> oh the first test was to identify the Fumets of Mythical
Creatures
[15:45] <Olympia> (fumets = poop)
[15:45] <Olympia> So...
[15:45] <Shiral> LOL
[15:45] <Martine> I was all aflutter waiting for bovine questions
[15:45] <Olympia> There were jars 'n boxes of stuff - like chocolate bits
(Brownie poop)
[15:45] <Martine> lol!
[15:45] <Olympia> and goldfish crackers (mermaid poop)
[15:45] <Wrengl> indeed ann
[15:45] <Dov> lol
[15:46] <Sedina> lol
[15:46] <Rebecka> heh
[15:46] <Shiral> LOL
[15:46] <Olympia> I will NEVER be able to eat goldfish crackers again!
[15:46] <Wrengl> i have my handicap scooter all rented already and paid for
[15:46] <Debbie-VB> rotfl!
[15:46] <Martine> lmao!!!
[15:46] <KK> rotflmao
[15:46] <Shiral> Nor will I
[15:46] <Rebecka> hee hee
[15:46] <Olympia> We have Morven 'n Amina to thank for those!
[15:46] <KK> Might have known.
[15:46] <Olympia> (The Terry and Sherri we were talking about)
[15:46] <KK> Soulds like it's getting more like the old days already.
[15:46] <kirienne> that is sooo funny, well did you get good marks on your
exams?
[15:46] <Olympia> Oh and we got majorly stumped - there was a jar of
jewels - we thought it was dragon poop but it was gnome poop
[15:47] <Martine> gnome?
[15:47] <Rebecka> heh]
[15:47] <Martine> Why gnome?
[15:47] <Olympia> There were ashes (phoenix poop but we thought the charcoal
was) - 'cuz dragons don't actually EAT jewels - don't ask
[15:47] <KK> They're the ones who guard riches.
[15:47] <Olympia> yep
[15:47] <TerryOBrien> I would love to stay and chat, but I need to go get
dinner.
[15:47] <the_Bee> rocks. they eat them
[15:47] <Shiral> Bye, Terry
[15:47] <KK> Night, Terry.
[15:47] <TerryOBrien> Good night, all.
[15:47] <Martine> bye Terry
[15:47] <kirienne> see ya Terry
[15:47] <the_Bee> seeya terry
[15:47] <Rebecka> later
[15:47] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Terry
[15:47] <Dov> night terry
[15:47] <Shiral> Must have been some INTERESTING discussions
[15:47] <Olympia> So the next station was Spells (Jessica had that) - mind
you this is all -- bye Terry! - out in the country so it was lit by stars 'n
candles
[15:47] <RainbowDragon> Bye, Terry
[15:48] <Wrengl> night terry
[15:48] <Olympia> and little tents full of cool stuff
[15:48] <Sedina> bye Terry
[15:48] <Mistyck> g'nite Terry
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[15:48] <Olympia> We had to match spells names with pictures from the movie
which appeared on a "magic box"
[15:48] <Olympia> and we got chocolate afterwards to fortify us
[15:48] <Olympia> which was a BAD thing 'cuz the next test was Potions
[15:48] <KK> That sounds like a good part.
[15:48] <kirienne> lol
[15:48] <the_Bee> are you sure it wasn't brownie poop?
[15:48] <Martine> Potions??? <lol>
[15:48] <Rebecka> heh
[15:48] <Wrengl> lol
[15:49] <Olympia> Four bottles and we had to ID what was in them. THAT was
very embarassing. Yes I'm sure 'cuz it was in BIG chunks <grin>
[15:49] <Martine> I'll take Mexican potions for $500!
[15:49] <Shiral> I'm giving up brownies for a while, I think...
[15:49] <Sedina> this is sounding like it was a riot
[15:49] <Debbie-VB> Sounds like a good time was had by all
[15:49] <Rebecka> yes it does
[15:49] <KK> So, what <was> in the bottoles?
[15:49] <Olympia> Sigh I really goofed on this one. The first one had no
smell or taste...
[15:49] <Olympia> I thought it was um cooking oil.
[15:49] <KK> bottles, even. Rented fingers tonight.
[15:49] <Olympia> It was water
[15:49] <kirienne> lol
[15:49] <the_Bee> water?
[15:49] <Wrengl> lol
[15:49] <Olympia> The second we thought was vinegar; it was lemon juice
[15:50] <Olympia> The third was raspberry flavoring
[15:50] <Shiral> Snape will be SOO disappointed, Nancy. You're his star
pupil
[15:50] <Wrengl> not verrA good were ya?
[15:50] <Olympia> actually i was awful at this one
[15:50] <Martine> I guess all that poop tasting destroyed your taste buds!
<g>
[15:50] <KK> Guess you flunked Potions.
[15:50] <Wrengl> lol
[15:50] <Shiral> At least they weren't your o.w.l's
[15:50] <kirienne> did that mean you had to have detention with Snape?
[15:50] <Rebecka> heh
[15:50] <Debbie-VB> well those two are a bit closer toeach other then oil
and dihydrogen monoxide are
[15:50] <Wrengl> true enough
[15:50] <Olympia> The fourth was weird - tinted blue, faint taste - it was
brown sugar dissolved in water!
[15:50] <Shiral> LOL
[15:50] <Olympia> So we have two tests left... we got to Myths & Legends -
[15:51] <Olympia> Oh Katherine yuo should have seen Charles of Dublin all
done up like a wizard and we had to tell a story or recite a poem or whoo
hoo sing! Got FULL marks on THAT one!
[15:51] <Olympia> (Oh Cristobal 'n Larry say hi too)
[15:51] <Olympia> The final exam was a mini-live chess game - we were given
a Queen, 2 rooks and 2 pawns.
[15:52] <Olympia> Thank heaven we had Master Aldred with us - he's a chess
genius so we scored serious major points in that - mate in 6 moves
[15:52] <Rebecka> cool
[15:52] <Olympia> and (we were Hufflepuff) we won the House Cup!
[15:52] <Olympia> and ... get this ... we got WANDS! and Feathers!
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[15:52] <Shiral> I'd have flunked chess
[15:52] <DeryniBot> Welcome jp to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:52] <kirienne> congratulations
[15:52] <Shiral> Hello JP
[15:52] <jp> hi
[15:52] <Wrengl> hi jp
[15:52] <kirienne> hi jp
[15:52] <Olympia> and chocolate frogs!
[15:52] <Sedina> you and me both, Shiral
[15:52] <KK> That sound like it was soooo cool!
[15:52] <RainbowDragon> Hi, jp
[15:52] <Wrengl> neato nancy
[15:52] <Rebecka> hi
[15:52] * kirienne has never played chess in her life
[15:52] <Sedina> that sounds so fun, Nancy
[15:52] <Shiral> Congratulations, Hufflepuffs
[15:53] <Rebecka> chess is fun...
[15:53] <Dov> when you took a piece, did the piece get to fight back?
[15:53] <Olympia> It was a Robear 'n Kristin production of course - so it
was amazing
[15:53] <Olympia> Well not exactly, Dov, but the opponent pieces sure talked
a lot!!!!
[15:53] <kirienne> rotfl
[15:53] <Wrengl> i usually get beaten like grant at cold harbor when i play
chess
[15:53] <Dov> *grin*
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[15:53] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Bynw
[15:53] <Olympia> My apprentice (in the SCA) was in Slytherin - she and
another girl in Slytherin tied for first place individual and got Bertie
Botts Beans
[15:53] <Shiral> Hello, Bynw
[15:53] <Wrengl> hi bynw
[15:53] <kirienne> hi Bynw
[15:53] <Debbie-VB> I'm not a very good chess player either pat
[15:53] <Rebecka> hi
[15:54] <Bynw> Hiyas all
[15:54] <Martine> hi bynw!
[15:54] <Sedina> hi, Bynw
[15:54] <KK> That is so clever! Wish I could have been there!
[15:54] <Olympia> I'm ok at chess until the mid-game and then I go brain
dead. Backgammon is my game.
[15:54] <Martine> Say, Bynw.... can I borrow your tesseract again? <G>
[15:54] <Rebecka> it's been so long since i've played that i'm very rusty
[15:54] <Ghostgames> brb -- doggies are hungry
[15:54] <Debbie-VB> Hi bynw
[15:54] <Olympia> Beat my ex husband 100 games in a row and he hasn't played
since
[15:54] <Martine> I've never been good at chess :-P
[15:54] <Shiral> LOL
[15:54] <Martine> Alright Nancy!
[15:54] <RainbowDragon> hi, bynw
[15:54] <Wrengl> lol nancy
[15:54] <kirienne> way to go Nancy
[15:54] <Olympia> And of course I had to remind him of it yesterday <grin>
[15:54] <Shiral> I hope for John's sake that he's good at chess <G>
[15:54] <Debbie-VB> Good on you Nancy
[15:54] <kirienne> hee hee heee
[15:54] <Shiral> Or has a more resilient spirit
[15:54] <Olympia> Oh, Katherine - Thin Robert was there too
[15:54] <KK> Heh heh.
[15:54] <Wrengl> of course you did
[15:55] <Bynw> sure Martine
[15:55] <Olympia> Hm, John is VERY resilient. He's a New Englander
[15:55] <Shiral> Good point
[15:55] <Martine> Awesome, Bynw! Thanks!
[15:55] <KK> It really was an old-timer's event, wasn't it?
[15:55] <jp> the trick s to let them win one every now and then Olympia
[15:55] * Martine goes back to her task of relocating the royal library...
[15:55] <Wrengl> lol martine
[15:55] <Rebecka> be right back want to make sure yana didn't leave the door
open to downstairs for the furball and purrball to come down here
[15:55] <Olympia> bah! never, jp
[15:55] <Wrengl> btw i think i have decided to have a party on sat at
worldcon
[15:55] <Olympia> I am a horrible loser and a worse winner - ask Katherine
[15:56] * Shiral makes note never play chess with Nancy
[15:56] <KK> She does not lie. ;-)
[15:56] <Wrengl> only problem is before or after the hugos, which i don't
attend
[15:56] * the_Bee passes around flagons of nut brown to toast the victors
[15:56] <Olympia> Cool, Pat! but I have a question and please forgive me for
being a weenie but will there be smoking in the room?
[15:56] <jp> from the grind them into the dirt school of winning?
[15:56] <Olympia> Oh yeah, JP - big time
[15:56] <Olympia> Sun sign is Cancer but it's with Leo Rising
[15:57] <Rebecka> back..silly puppy..i go to close the door, she goes
upstairs before i close it..
[15:57] <Martine> Nancy - remind me to only play *cooperative* computer
games with you! <g>
[15:57] <Bynw> Martine, you playing in the idle rpg again tonight?
[15:57] <Olympia> One of the reasons I didn't pursue a fighting career in
the SCA is that I have THE worst rhinohide ever! I know the opponent has hit
me but ha ha! it was a glance
[15:57] <Rebecka> brian is trying to figure out if he wants to go into the
costume contest.
[15:57] <Debbie-VB> I much prefer co-operative computer games too Martine
[15:58] <Olympia> "idle rpg"?
[15:58] <the_Bee> cancer sun, Leo rising--sun in 12th house of charity,
mysticism, hospitals and secret enemies
[15:58] <Martine> Ack! Bynw, I just noticed that my login script to dump me
in the rpg channel didn't save. What's the channel name again?
[15:58] <jp> ?
[15:58] <Olympia> heh! Is that you, Bee?
[15:58] <Shiral> Olympia, I hope you're happy. I'm having to feed a Legion
of Torenthi Dukes and Counts
[15:58] <Martine> Or better yet - the URL for the page that tells me how to
log into it?
[15:58] <Olympia> Yeah and you hate it, Shiral dear
[15:58] <Bynw> martine #idlerpg
[15:58] <Shiral> Well, they're ALWAYS hungry
[15:58] <Debbie-VB> well you will insist on bringing them over shiral
[15:58] <Olympia> Wot's an Idlerpg
[15:59] <Olympia> They're like that, Shiral. I recommend chocolate
[15:59] <Martine> And Shiral, I'll bet you HATE how they always insist on
dressing in leather <g>
[15:59] <Olympia> lots and lots of chocolate
[15:59] <Olympia> and those puffy white shirts
[15:59] <the_Bee> no, it's whoever Nancy was describing
[15:59] <Bynw> Olympia, see the PM
[15:59] <Shiral> It gets a little crowded is all
[15:59] <Shiral> They all think my castle is too dinky and they're right
[15:59] <Olympia> heh! that would be me I was describing - better check my
12th House!
[15:59] <Debbie-VB> isa that not an RPG created by a former Python?
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[15:59] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Duck
[15:59] <Olympia> get a bigger bed, Shiral
[15:59] <Bynw> hi Duck
[15:59] <Shiral> Hello Donald!
[15:59] <kirienne> hi Duck
[15:59] <Rebecka> hi
[15:59] <Duck> hello people
[15:59] <KK> Hello, Duck.
[15:59] <Olympia> Greetings, Donald!
[16:00] <Dov> hi duck
[16:00] <jp> hi duck
[16:00] <Shiral> Heh, actually, I DID just get a new bed <G>
[16:00] <Sedina> hi duck
[16:00] <Olympia> Ooooo with four posters 'n satin sheets?
[16:00] <Shiral> It's wonderful after years of twanging springs
[16:00] <Shiral> Not quite
[16:00] <Debbie-VB> Dyck g'Quack
[16:00] <Shiral> But it's MUCH more comfortable than the old one
[16:00] <Olympia> How goes it over there, Donald?
[16:00] <Shiral> Just plain cotton sheets, though
[16:00] <the_Bee> g'day duck!
[16:00] <Martine> hi duck!
[16:00] <Olympia> I trust that's high count Egyptian cotton!
[16:00] <KK> But bedknobs?
[16:01] <Dov> btw i hear Donald Duck turned 70 this week
[16:01] <Shiral> Oh, of course <G>
[16:01] <KK> Canopy?
[16:01] <Shiral> Umm, just a metal frame, box springs and mattress
[16:01] <Martine> Canopied curtained beds rule :-D
[16:01] <Wrengl> i can have no smoking during the party
[16:01] <Olympia> Ok I'm tempted to say metal frames can be fun but I'd
better not
[16:01] <Shiral> It's not terribly grand, but it IS comfy
[16:01] <jp> I've already eaten thank's KK
[16:01] * kirienne wishes she had a canopy bed with the fancy bed curtains
[16:01] <Wrengl> but kathy and juanita will be smoking other tiems
[16:01] <Shiral> I thank you for your restraint, Olympia. <EG>
[16:02] <Wrengl> we can probably be in hall also since it is party block
[16:02] <Olympia> If there's smoking in the room, Pat, I have to decline --
and my apologies -- but the lungs have a Not So Good reaction
[16:02] <jp> oh, canopy!
[16:02] * Debbie-VB asks innocently "why are metal frames more fun nancy?"
[16:02] <KK> Our lungs are definitely sisters!
[16:02] <Martine> Innocently my foot.
[16:02] <Olympia> (Nancy takes Debbie into the corner and explains it to
her...)
[16:02] <Martine> Make them triplet lungs. Asthma doesn't like smoke.
[16:02] <Shiral> LOL
[16:03] <Olympia> "And then you..."
[16:03] <Wrengl> hi duck
[16:03] <Olympia> "and if he does...."
[16:03] <Sedina> add me into that mix...my asthma has gotten far worse than
it used to be
[16:03] <Shiral> LOL
[16:03] <Sedina> lol
[16:03] <Debbie-VB> I've no6t liked the smell of tobacco smoke since I quit
about 4½ yrs ago
[16:03] <kirienne> nope, I have trouble when the neighbors in apt comples
that have fireplaces use them
[16:03] <Olympia> "Extra pillows are good too..."
[16:03] <Rebecka> heh
[16:03] <KK> Mine is greatly improved, as of my most recent asthma check.
They even reduced the strength of my inhaler.
[16:03] <Shiral> "At strategic points...."
[16:04] <Debbie-VB> conga-rats katherine
[16:04] <Rebecka> that's good
[16:04] <Duck> otherwise i'm sure pat will have some gas masks available -
she tends to have just about everything else packed into the car
[16:04] <Shiral> Not having quite so much construction dust around the house
must help, Katherine
[16:04] <Wrengl> sounds like no one will come to the party then
[16:04] <Martine> Awesome, Katherine! :-)
[16:04] <Wrengl> ;
[16:04] <Olympia> Yeah, Katherine! I suspect that 4 months or so in NH will
help mine - just being there for 10 days helped a lot
[16:04] <Wrengl>
[16:04] <Sedina> I wish that were my case, Katherine, but I went from not
having to use an inhaler (for the last 4 years) to having to be attached to
mine again.
[16:04] <Debbie-VB> very good news, especially tha part of less meds
[16:04] <KK> Ah, yes.
[16:04] <Wrengl> guess i will just cancel the idea
[16:04] <Olympia> Pat, what if we can find another room?
[16:04] <KK> :-( Sedina.
[16:04] <jp> think it was a reaction to all that adolecent testosterone at
Gencon last year KK?
[16:04] <Wrengl> that would work nancy
[16:04] <Ghostgames> back
[16:05] <Shiral> Bring food, and party in a non-smoking room
[16:05] <Wrengl> for darkover i will have two rooms
[16:05] <KK> No, it was the dust before I came.
[16:05] <Wrengl> but i could not afford it for worldcon
[16:05] <Sedina> I'm just hoping that it's temporary and that once this
<nasty> case of bronchitis has finally given up its grip on me, I'll be able
to go back to my relatively carefree breathing
[16:05] <Shiral> Someone will be staying in a non-smoking room, Pat
[16:05] <Olympia> The other thing we could do is fine a nearby eatery that
will give us a big table so we can carouse
[16:05] <the_Bee> I plan to request non-smoking...
[16:06] <Olympia> I hear tell the are some pretty fyne places in Boston
[16:06] * Debbie-VB sends Sedina some anti-bronchitis woodgies
[16:06] <Rebecka> i know that brian and i will, but..we'll have the puppy
with us, which means a crate in the room...and if brian goes into the
costume contest..there goes that thing called room altogether..
[16:06] <Wrengl> but only the sheraton has a party block bee
[16:06] <Wrengl> and they are full
[16:06] <Shiral> A lot more than in Timmonium
[16:07] <KK> But you do pretty quiet parties, Wrengl. Are no parties at all
allowed in the non-party hotels?
[16:07] <jp> KK, is there a pope in the deryni universe?
[16:07] <Olympia> No, just no Noisy Spill Into the Halls Door Open parties
[16:07] <Wrengl> no parties at all in the marriot
[16:08] * Debbie-VB remebers a little gblt party at darkover
[16:08] <Olympia> They can't keep you from having people in your room as
long as you are quiet
[16:08] <KK> There might be, far far away. But Gwynedd is more collegial,
like the Anglican communion.
[16:08] <Wrengl> even a quiet party is too noisy for a quiet block
[16:08] <Shiral> PRetend it's a Fratri Silentii party?
[16:08] <Olympia> lol
[16:08] <Wrengl> that is true nancy
[16:08] <Rebecka> heh
[16:08] <KK> Now, there's a thought.
[16:09] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[16:09] <Olympia> Of course with all that food who has a chance to talk!
[16:09] <Ghostgames> I like the idea of going out to one of the many fine
eat-and-hang-out venues in the area...
[16:09] <Shiral> They were party guys, but it was pretty hard to tell
because they never talked
[16:09] * jp note to self, swat up on Anglican communion
[16:09] * Duck "hello yes reception i heard a mouse squeak five doors down
its too loud they must be having a party"
[16:09] <Wrengl> that sounds like a good idea
[16:09] <Dov> Katherine, have you ever constructed a map that extends as far
as the Holy Land?
[16:09] <Olympia> lol! a point to donald
[16:09] <Wrengl> lol duck
[16:09] <Shiral> Communicate through semaphore flags
[16:09] <KK> Think Episcopalian, JP.
[16:09] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[16:09] <KK> no, dov.
[16:09] <Olympia> (Nancy hears the word "map" and dives into the bunker)
[16:10] <Wrengl> a restaurant would work also
[16:10] <Olympia> or wave chocolate covered chips at each other
[16:10] <Wrengl> as long as it was not overly expensive
[16:10] <KK> An eatery sounds better all the time.
[16:10] <Sedina> I can certainly supply the chippers
[16:10] <Shiral> Pass notes?
[16:10] <KK> Do they make chippers with dark chocolate?
[16:10] <the_Bee> sign language?
[16:10] <Dov> relax, olympia, i was just curious
[16:10] <Wrengl> you are not allowed at any deryni party kim without
chippers
[16:10] <Sedina> Katherine - yes they do
[16:10] * Shiral wishes she could go to Worldcon
[16:11] <Sedina> they also make white choc. and diabetic chippers
[16:11] <Martine> ack! chippers! help!
[16:11] <kirienne> that's about right Duck. i recall one year at Media West,
the front desk rang my room to tell us that a person in the next room was
upset over the nornal talking that goes on with more than 1 person in the
room, They heard us as they passed by our open door and complained
[16:11] <Sedina> or rather, sugar-free for diabetics
[16:11] <Olympia> Melissa, do you think you will make it to Darkover?
[16:11] <Shiral> I really don't know, Nancy
[16:11] <Olympia>
[16:11] <Wrengl> even the sugar free are good
[16:11] <Sedina> Pat - Widman's has gotten to recognize me for all the times
I've gone in to get chippers
[16:12] <Olympia> lol!
[16:12] <Shiral> We'll be closed on Sundays starting in July, which means
I'll be able to chat more freely, but it will blow something of a hole in my
budget
[16:12] <Wrengl> lol sedina
[16:12] <Rebecka> the benigans over by the Boston Park Plaza is decent..
[16:12] <KK> Do they have ice cream?
[16:12] <Martine> Ack, Shiral! Budget holes are not good.
[16:12] <Wrengl> how far is it from the sheraton, rebecka
[16:12] <Shiral> Tell me about it
[16:12] <Debbie-VB> I'm sort of planning to get back for Darkover 05
[16:12] <Rebecka> not sure on that though
[16:12] <Olympia> Ok let's see... here's the Melissa Needs a Book Contract
candle...
[16:12] <RainbowDragon> whats a chipper?
[16:13] <KK> We need chocolate chip ice cream!
[16:13] <Wrengl> and if in walking distance are they handicap accessable
[16:13] <Olympia> and the Kim 'n Katherine's No Smoke Healing Lung candle
[16:13] <Martine> Chocolate-covered potatoe ships, RD
[16:13] <Sedina> RD - choc. covered potato chip
[16:13] <Olympia> oh darkover '05 - definitely
[16:13] <Shiral> Melissa needs sugar daddy, or a genie in a lamp
[16:13] <Wrengl> both kathi and i will have scooters
[16:13] <Sedina> lol Shiral
[16:13] <Bynw> candles? SOY candles ... no soot :-) from Tika
[16:13] <the_Bee> several restaurants in Back Bay. Are you looking for
fancy or pub?
[16:13] <Martine> I'm sure we'll manage to find ice cream in Boston. I
remember sharing a certain white chocolate death cake at Arisia ;-)
[16:13] <Shiral> Or boringly, a new, better paying job
[16:13] <Olympia> pub
[16:13] <KK> yum!
[16:13] <Wrengl> pub
[16:13] <Shiral> Nonsense, Ice cream is banned in BOston <G>
[16:14] <Olympia> noooo Melissa! you must do the daily affirmation thing
(I'm not kidding) and wish for the BEST
[16:14] <Duck> definitely pub
[16:14] * kirienne needs the same genie in the lamp...or money to suddenly
fall from the sky into her hands, if she is ever to attend DarkOver
[16:14] <Rebecka> pub sounds good
[16:14] <Shiral> Yes dear, but at the moment, I also seem to be going
through chapters of RPG game <G>
[16:14] <Ghostgames> there's an icecream war brewing in the boston area...
[16:14] <the_Bee> shall I do website research?
[16:14] <Olympia> Are you serious, Ann?
[16:14] <Wrengl> really ann?
[16:14] <Shiral> Some of these chapters seem....familiar, somehow <G>
[16:14] <Olympia> Ah well yes, St. Melissa... I know her...
[16:14] <Olympia> and I praise her daily
[16:14] <KK> Ann will be able to suss out the best ice cream emporium. :-)
[16:15] * Wrengl thinks she better bring extra insulin
[16:15] <Ghostgames> Three high-end specialty ice cream chains are moving
into the area, and intend to give Ben & Jerries and Green Mountain Creamery
and Baskin Robbins runs for their money...
[16:15] <Shiral> Whimper....
[16:15] <the_Bee> contest every year, + public TV's ice cream fest
[16:15] * Wrengl thinks not much chance of finding sugar free icecream
[16:15] <jp> The Icecream Suday masacre
[16:15] <Olympia> wrong, pat
[16:15] <Ghostgames> ooh, yes, free ice cream all day long. :-)
[16:15] <Olympia> Baskin Robbins has sugar free
[16:15] <Rebecka> i think TCBY does too
[16:15] <KK> Free ice cream all day long?! Heaven!
[16:15] <Dov> it exists, but ki haven't ever tried it
[16:16] <Martine> LOL! Good thing Ive lost 12 pounds. I'm going to gain it
all back Labor Day weekend in ice cream tastings!
[16:16] <Shiral> I agree, KK
[16:16] <Debbie-VB> The ice-cream biz is almost a cutthroat as the fresh
pasta biz was here in BC
[16:16] <Wrengl> ben and jerrys SF is pretty tasteless
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[16:16] <Shiral> Martine, you still have june, july and august to go
[16:16] <Wrengl> BR does have some good ones
[16:16] <Bynw> ack
[16:16] <Shiral> NOOO
[16:16] <Rebecka> whoops
[16:16] * Shiral swats peer
[16:16] <kirienne> yikes, bad bad peer
[16:16] <KK> Oh, no! They killed Nancy!
[16:16] <Debbie-VB> bad peer!!!!
[16:16] <Ghostgames> Actually, there may be a $10 charge to enter the ice
cream fest, but it's a charity event...
[16:16] <Sedina> that is not allowed!
[16:16] * kirienne throws one of Morgan's daggers at peer
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[16:16] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Olympia
[16:16] * the_Bee stings peer whare the sun don't shine
[16:16] * Wrengl reaches into her ammunition chest, removes an eel and beats
peer soundly with it
[16:16] * 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
[16:16] <Sedina> wb Nancy
[16:17] <Shiral> Ten dollars for all you can eat ice cream is NOT bad
[16:17] <Rebecka> hi
[16:17] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateful of petrified purple peeps
[16:17] <Wrengl> rehi nancy
[16:17] <Olympia> eek what hapened?
[16:17] <Rebecka> no it isn't
[16:17] <Shiral> WB, Olympia
[16:17] <Rebecka> you got bounced around by peer
[16:17] <Olympia> grrrrr
[16:17] <KK> You wuz peered!
[16:17] <jp> Nancy, dead and loving it
[16:17] <Shiral> He has been punished
[16:17] <Olympia> Taking out my Ducal Wrath on the the Peer
[16:17] <Martine> Ack! I don't need all-you-can-eat ice cream! Nooooooo!!!!
Well, maybe if Katherine and Ann share so it doesn't REALLy count ;-)
[16:17] <Wrengl> lol
[16:17] <Sedina> lol
[16:17] <Martine> And Nancy too when she's recovered from her peering.
[16:17] <KK> We'll take out all the calories before it passes our lips.
[16:17] <Olympia> no one needs ayce ice cream deer
[16:18] <Olympia> dear doh
[16:18] <Debbie-VB> Speaking of which, Dracula, Dead and loving it is coming
out on DVD at the end of june
[16:18] <Shiral> They'll just make sure you don't get any ice cream, Martine
[16:18] <Martine> That'll work, Shiral! <laugh>
[16:18] <jp> a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
[16:18] <Shiral> YOu can watch and drool
[16:18] <Martine> Of course, I much prefer Katherine's plan to remove all
calories first.
[16:18] <Shiral> That will work
[16:18] <Olympia> ::checking my spell book for that
[16:18] <Rebecka> brian and I are planning to walk around the commons at
some point while we are up there
[16:18] <Shiral> Katherine is SO selfless <G>
[16:18] <Ghostgames> Don't worry, Martine, now that I've lost weight I have
incentive to keep it off... Shazaam really doesn't mind carrying me now!
[16:18] <Martine> More liek a moment on the lips, the next five months on
Weight Watchers :-P
[16:18] <kirienne> the remove all calories spell
[16:18] <kirienne> I must learn that one
[16:18] <Martine> Quick! Nancy, you gotta find it!
[16:19] <Shiral> I thought that was the FORBIDDEN spell!
[16:19] <Olympia> mwwwwaaaha
[16:19] <Martine> Awesome, Ann! And I fit into my green & gold silk Darkover
dress again :-)
[16:19] <KK> On that dismal note, of caloric awfulness, I'd better check
out, as it's now midnight here.
[16:19] <jp> Didn't Camber try that spell?
[16:19] <Duck> or you could take young grommett for a run every morning,
noon and night
[16:19] <Olympia> wwwwaaaah Katherine!!!
[16:19] <KK> All too soon, the builders will be here--hopefully with
windows!
[16:19] <Olympia> love to Mr. Scott
[16:19] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[16:19] <Sedina> windows are always good things to have
[16:19] <Dov> thanks for coming by, katherine'
[16:19] <Shiral> Good night, Katherine, hope all goes well with the windows
and the writing
[16:20] <jp> night kkkkkkkkkk
[16:20] <Shiral> Thanks for coming <G>
[16:20] <kirienne> night night Katherine, huggles and have a great week
[16:20] <Ghostgames> Good night, Katherine!
[16:20] <Rebecka> night
[16:20] <Sedina> good night, Katherine
[16:20] <Duck> cheers katherine
[16:20] <Shiral> Huggles
[16:20] <KK> Nighters and huggles to all.
[16:20] <Debbie-VB> Goodnight Lady katherine. sleep Sweet, and have a
terrific week
[16:20] <Shiral> WWW
[16:20] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a
shower of green sparkles.
[16:20] <Bynw> night kk
[16:20] <RainbowDragon> bye, kk!
[16:20] <the_Bee> huggles and nighters, Katherine. Good Health woodgies to
Gus and the other kitties
[16:20] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{{{{{{Katherine}}}}}}}}}
[16:20] <Shiral> Good health woodgies to ALL at Holybrooke
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[17:16] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[17:16] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here KK
[17:16] <Mistyck> hi kk
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> Hello Katherine!
[17:16] <Lady_Marian>
[17:16] <Annie> hi kk
[17:16] <Debbie-VB> which movies did you catch terry
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:16] <Sedina> well, since I don't have a choice about being here, I
might as well enjoy the view tonight
[17:16] <TerryOBrien> And to catch movies. I still haven't seen Harry
Potter or Shrek. Going to see Spidey tonight.
[17:16] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> hpatpoa is great!
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> Happy fourth of july
[17:16] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine....and hello also from Bynw and Teek.
They're here in my hospital room with me
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> I haven't seen Shrek or Spidey yet
[17:17] <TerryOBrien> Saw Hellboy and Van Helsing. Trying to remember
the other movie we saw this summer.
[17:17] <RainbowDragon> How has your last few weeks been, KK?
[17:17] <Lady_Marian> My cat gave me a dirty look when I wouldn't let
her out last night because of the thunderstorm...
[17:17] <KK> Hi, there. Got sidetracked for a moment there, wasn't
sure I was going to be able to get in.
[17:18] <RainbowDragon> uh oh
[17:18] <Sedina> well, I'm glad that you're here....
[17:18] <Mistyck> yes! :-d
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> I too am pleased to see you again
[17:18] <KK> Sedina! You're here!
[17:18] <KK> How are you feeling?
[17:18] <TerryOBrien> Hello Katherine
[17:18] <KK> Hi, Terry.
[17:19] <Sedina> I'm only here because Chris and Donna came up to
visit and they brought up their laptop so that I could actually chat
from my bed for a bit
[17:19] <KK> Well, that was very sweet of them. And fortunately, they
have the Technology!
[17:19] <Mistyck> modern technology is just so wonderful!
[17:19] <TerryOBrien> Sedina: are you using a dial-up connection, or
does the hospital have an Internet link?
[17:19] <Sedina> I'm feeling fairly well today...a little groggy right
now though because of the benadryl that they gave me to help stave off
any possible reaction to the two units of blood that I just received
[17:20] <KK> yuck! poor baby!
[17:20] <Annie> Sedina I've missed all this - what's wrong?
[17:20] <KK> She's in the hospital. :-(
[17:20] <Wrengl> evening Lady Katherine
[17:20] <KK> Wrengl, hello!
[17:21] <Sedina> Terry - if I were to be downstairs in the library,
I'd have a t1 line, but up here in my room, I'm on dialup. Thankfully
Donna's dialup is pretty quick. I'm just happy to be able to chat
from my bed
[17:21] <Mistyck>
[17:21] <KK> When do you think they'll let you go home?
[17:22] <Sedina> annie - I've been in the hospital for the last 3
weeks....finally got the official diagnosis the other day that the
cause of all my problems is that my Hodgkin's lymphoma as relapsed
[17:22] <Wrengl> hi annie
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> Interesting. Didn't think the rooms would have a
connection, but you never know these days.
[17:22] <Sedina> Right now, it's looking like Thursday
[17:22] <KK> Well, that's better than....indefinitely.
[17:22] <Wrengl> indeed it is
[17:22] * Debbie-VB doubles up on her prayers for sedina.
[17:22] <Annie> oooh Sedina (((hugs)))
[17:22] <Sedina> They need to replace my temporary central line with a
more permanent Hickman catheter... but I should still be out of here
this week
[17:23] <Mistyck> that's good news Sedina
[17:23] <Sedina> Terry - I'm at Mayo clinic.....they have everything
here.
[17:23] <KK> I'm so glad they finally let you have a shower, too.
Clean hair is so great!
[17:23] <Wrengl> kk thumper says hi to Scrappy and the rest of the
Holybrook gang
[17:23] <KK> My furry folk all say hello back.
[17:23] <Wrengl>
[17:24] <Debbie-VB> including several jars of Hellman's?
[17:24] <Sedina> Terry - I'm at Mayo clinic.....they have everything
here.
[17:24] <KK> And I hear that Shiral's little TK now has his/her eyes
open.
[17:24] <Sedina> that's not what I meant to do
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> KK: how goes construction and writing?
[17:24] <Wrengl> so she said
[17:24] <Sedina> not used to typing on a laptop
[17:24] <TerryOBrien> Every time I hear about the Mayo clinic, I keep
thinking of sandwiches.
[17:24] <Wrengl> laptops take getting used to sedina
[17:24] <Wrengl> o am now working on mine instead of the desktop
[17:24] <Wrengl> lol terry
[17:25] <KK> Actually, today I've been working on updating my
Braveheart lecture. Scott and I got a short-notice lecture gig on
another cruise ship, leaving Thursday for a week.
[17:25] <Sedina> what I was trying to say was that they took off the
last of my bandages so that when I shower again later tonight, I won't
be having to worry at all about having to keep bandages dry
[17:25] <Wrengl> that is i am not o am
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> I hear touch typists have a rough time with
laptops
[17:25] <Wrengl> indeed rd
[17:25] <KK> The keys are closer together; makes typos easy.
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Braveheart lecture? What is that all about?
[17:25] <TerryOBrien> Sounds like a lot of fun, Katherine.
[17:25] <Mistyck> yeah, the keys are too close together
[17:25] <Wrengl> and i have a natural keyboard instead of a standard
one on the desktop
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> Where is this cruise going Katherine?
[17:26] <KK> It's one of the lectures I do. Braveheart's Legacy: It's
a Scottish Independence Thing.
[17:26] <Lady_Marian> Nifty.
[17:26] <Sedina> my biggest problem with the laptop is that the
placement of keys like "delete", "home" and "end" throw me off
[17:26] <KK> I'll also do my one on the Ghosts of Holybrooke.
[17:26] <KK> Scott is doing Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, and Basic
Heraldry
[17:27] <TerryOBrien> IS this a themed cruise?
[17:27] * Debbie-VB wishes she could be there to hear the lectures
[17:27] <Sedina> btw, Chris and Donna are vicarious taking part in
this chat....they're reading over my shoulder. (Though Donna is
concentrating more on the crispy m&m's right now)
[17:27] <KK> Cruise leaves from Dover, goes to Guernsey, Invergordon,
Edinburgh, the Shetland Islands, and down to Dublin.
[17:27] <KK> It actually goes on to Waterford and then Rouen, but
we're getting off in Dublin; can't spare the extra time.
[17:28] <KK> We're Destination Speakers.
[17:28] <Lady_Marian> neat...
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> It will be nice to get away from the construction
for a while though
[17:28] * Sedina wants to be able to be on that cruise
[17:28] <KK> The ship is the Crystal Symphony, which we've not been on
before.
[17:28] <TerryOBrien> DO you speak on the boat or at a location on
shore?
[17:28] <KK> On the ship. We're passengers who sing for our supper.
:-)
[17:29] <Sedina> lol
[17:29] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:29] <KK> This will be the third time we've done this, on 3
different ships. Great fun!
[17:29] <Annie> wow sounds like a great cruise to be on!
[17:29] <KK> And then I'm doing the Atlantic crossing on the QM2 with
my mother in October.
[17:29] <Lady_Marian> If I ever come into money, I'd certainly enjoy
something like that!
[17:29] <KK> Fortunately, she's paying for that one.
[17:29] * Sedina tries to contemplate how to make a break from Mayo so
that she can be a stowaway on the cruise
[17:30] <Wrengl> sedina, kathi says hi
[17:30] <Lady_Marian> Is that how you're getting over here for
Darkover, KK?
[17:30] <Lady_Marian>
[17:30] <KK> hi, kathi!
[17:30] <Sedina> tell her hi back from me!
[17:30] <KK> No. Darkover is later in the year. I have 3 US trips
between now and the end of the year.
[17:31] * Wrengl envies you doing the QM2 crossing
[17:31] <Lady_Marian> Ah....
[17:31] <Wrengl> she is one massive ship!
[17:31] <TerryOBrien> I hate to run, but I'm meeting friends to see
Spidey tonight and I need to get dinner before hand. *sigh*
[17:31] <KK> In between all this flitting, I have to get some serious
writing done. Laptop goes on both cruises.
[17:31] <Lady_Marian> Well, I've got my membership saved up... just
saving for my daughters now!
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> sounds like you are going to be a busy girl
katherine
[17:31] <KK> Night, Terry.
[17:31] * Wrengl saw her docked and has also seen her going under the
Verranzano Narrows Bridge
[17:31] <Sedina> KK - Bynw suggests that you pull rank and mention
that you're a baroness
[17:31] <Sedina> bye Terry
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> nighters Terry
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> When Erin found that Tamora Pierce was a guest
at Darkover she begged to attend.
[17:32] <Annie> bye Terry
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> Night Terry
[17:32] <TerryOBrien> Good night folks. (Serious envy on the cruise
gig.)
[17:32] * TerryOBrien has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:32] <KK> I'll try to bring pictures for Darkover.
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> So I'll have my 15-year-old in tow...
[17:32] <Mistyck> that'd be awesome, Katherine!
[17:33] * Debbie-VB pouts. she won't be at darkover this year
[17:33] <Annie> you think you've got problems - I've got my 6yo (will
be nearly 8 by then) at Worldcon next year!
[17:33] <Lady_Marian> As soon as DR arrives in my local bookstore, I'm
giving it to Erin to read... She's the same age I was when I first
read it.
[17:33] <Annie> I'm just hoping there's a really good kid's thread
[17:33] <Wrengl> lady marian, coming to darkover?
[17:34] <KK> I got my first author copy of DR in the post this week.
It looks good, other than being inaccurate on the cover.
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> I stopped going to worldcons after Orlando in
92... I had a four year old and a two year old and I just couldn't
hack it
[17:34] <Wrengl> annie, worldcon usually has children's programming,
though
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> Are the covers ever accurate?
[17:34] <Mistyck> oh, while I have everyone here...poll
question.,..should I bring Samosas again???
[17:34] <Wrengl> yes
[17:34] <KK> Sometimes they're worse than others--or better than
others.
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> I'm going to get some more of that Woodlea
Bakery Cheesecake on my way into town....
[17:34] <Annie> any good fantasy recommendations for a 6yo advanced
reader (reading age about 12, but maturity age def 6/7)
[17:34] <Wrengl> lady marian, the Rampant Lion Pub will be in two
rooms again this year
[17:34] <Annie> (while I'm here )
[17:34] <Sedina> the samosas were yummy
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> *nod*
[17:35] <Wrengl> the main one is non smoking
[17:35] <Lady_Marian> Oh, good!
[17:35] * Sedina will be contributing chippers again...of course
[17:35] <Lady_Marian> I'll pick up two cheese cakes then, one for each
room
[17:35] <Annie> don't suppose the samosas will travel as far as
Glasgow, Mystyck?
[17:35] <Mistyck> they can, Annie
[17:35] <Wrengl> usually people are in the main one, unless they need
to smoke
[17:35] <Annie> :d
[17:35] <Mistyck> I froze them before taking them to DC
[17:35] <KK> Enough of the food! I got a new electronic scale, and
I've been soooo good--but the cruise will put a few pounds back on.
:-(
[17:36] <RainbowDragon> A lot of places won't be distributing the new
DR until Tuesday
[17:36] <Lady_Marian> I'd offer my oatmeal pecan cookies but my kids
eat them as fast as bake them!
[17:36] <Wrengl> and the food is all in the main room
[17:36] * Olympia has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:36] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Olympia
[17:36] <Mistyck> her comes
[17:36] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Olympia
[17:36] <Olympia> yo kim
[17:36] <KK> Olympia!
[17:36] * Annie thinks oatmeal pecan cookies sound yummy
[17:36] <Lady_Marian> hello!
[17:36] <Mistyck> Hiyas Nancy
[17:36] * Debbie-VB sends katherine some anti-calorie woodgies
[17:36] <Olympia> And Katherine!
[17:36] <Olympia> and everyone
[17:36] <KK> You made it just in time. I'm fading, but I'll stick
around a while longer. :-)
[17:37] <Sedina> Katherine - try being weighed every danged day... At
least I can blame it on water weight
[17:37] * Sedina tackles nancy
[17:37] <Annie> I lost loads last year but it's creeping back on again
- need to be good through the summer holidays
[17:37] <Lady_Marian> My kids are being too quiet.... afk for a
moment...
[17:37] <Olympia> Ahhh the fresh smell of strawberries! <g>
[17:37] * Sedina is happy to say that she's back down another pound
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> KK: how goes the progress on CM2?
[17:38] <KK> Ah, fresh strawberries 'n cream! The roadside vendors
are out in full force right now; strawberries are scrumptious, but
I've bene resisting.
[17:38] <Olympia> Even at your heaviest, Kim dear, it will take a wee
bit more to tackle me I'm afraid...
[17:38] <KK> Don't ask, RD.
[17:38] <Sedina> I'm at 192 right now....that's definitely the largest
that I have ever been..
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> uh-oh.....
[17:38] <Mistyck> Sedina, you don't need to lose any more weight!
[17:38] <Olympia> WOW! How cool to have the weight number start with a
1!
[17:38] <Lady_Marian> Back... all kids accounted for...
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> when kids are quiet, Watch Out!
[17:39] <Lady_Marian> In the interest of not being lynched I won't
mention my weight...
[17:39] <Olympia> Once I get to New Hampshire, life is gonna get a lot
more religious in the weight dept
[17:39] <Sedina> the worst was when I was first weighed in here at
Mayo and was a massive 205. I actually weighed more than my dad...now
if that's not depressing
[17:39] <Wrengl> hi nancy
[17:39] <Olympia> hi pat!
[17:39] <KK> The nice/grim thing about an electronic scale is that it
tells you exactly; you don't have to move back and forth on the scale
to try to get a steady reading.
[17:39] <Olympia> Ok, changing the subject from weight... <grin>
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> I know that feeling I too weigh a leetle more then
I should
[17:40] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:40] <Wrengl> well if you can manage to make some and keep them
away from the kids, those cookies sound yummy
[17:40] <Lady_Marian> Oh, I had a cool thing happen today!
[17:40] <KK> Yes?
[17:40] <Mistyck> yes they do, Annie
[17:40] <Sedina> Marian - I am by far nowhere near my normal weight at
this point....which is why I love Martine in her thoughtfulness. She
sent me really soft, comfy cotton jammies that I've been living in
since I first got them
[17:40] <Lady_Marian> I have been writing a Harry Potter fanfic for my
teenager... and I posted a chapter this afternoon to Fanfiction.net
[17:40] <Olympia> Those are the Barney jammies, right?
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> And about two minutes after I posted it, I got
an email from one of the readers thanking me for updating.
[17:41] <KK> Barney jammies. The mind boggles.
[17:41] <Sedina> sorry...no purple in the package. And you just get
the barney wedding dress bit out of that mind of yours too
[17:41] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> It was quite an ego boost!
[17:41] <Olympia> Well I'm saving the Barney fabric for her wedding
dress. Way to go, Lady M!
[17:41] <KK> Congrats, Lady M.
[17:41] <Mistyck> I'll bet!
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> They didn't yell at me for leaving it at a
cliffhanger either!
[17:41] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:42] <Debbie-VB> conga-rats LM
[17:42] <Lady_Marian> *grinnin fit to bust*
[17:42] <Olympia> I think with a bouquet of lovely purple flowers and
"I Love You, You Love Me" as the processional...
[17:42] <Wrengl> congrats lady m
[17:42] <KK> I think one of the cats Has Something downstairs.
[17:42] <Lady_Marian> Now if only I can get the muse to cooperate on
my original piece I've been struggling with...
[17:42] <Mistyck> oooh..that would be hiliarious, Nancy!
[17:42] <Olympia> Uh oh - "Something" sounds... ominous
[17:42] <Sedina> Nancy - Chris and Donna both think that it's scary
that you're planning your own wedding right now...and they suggest
that it would likely be safest to not let you plan mine
[17:42] <Sedina> congrats, Marian!
[17:43] <Olympia> Why is it scary that I'm planning my own wedding? As
Katherine will tell you, I didn't have a real one the first time
[17:43] <KK> We had bats in the house 4 nights running last week, but
I think they came in a window that was temporarily without one panel.
All four were hooshed out safely.
[17:43] * Sedina is suddenly thinking that it's a very, very good
thing that the wedding will have to be small
[17:43] * Debbie-VB is still waiting for her first one
[17:43] <KK> That is true. She deserves a really great one, this
time!
[17:43] <Olympia> Bats IN the house? as in flying around IN the
house??? okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
[17:43] <Sedina> yes, but you're the one who is thinking of barney in
the first place
[17:43] <Olympia> Oh, Katherine I'll send you a picture of Richard
taken two weeks ago...
[17:44] <Mistyck> well, with that house, it woudn't be right without
bats coming in every now and then!
[17:44] <KK> Yep, three times inour bedroom and once in my office.
[17:44] <babayaga> bats are good luck
[17:44] <KK> You just open the window and wait for them to fly out.
[17:44] <Olympia> My dear Sedina, I wasn't thinking of Barney for
ME... I think we're going to wear something 1880s-ish
[17:44] <Olympia> No, Katherine, YOU open the window - I duck under
the bed
[17:44] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:44] <Olympia> and scream
[17:44] <Lady_Marian> Oooh sounds nice! I lvoe period wedding gowns
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> so who's getting the Barney wedding dress?
[17:44] <Olympia> sounds something like "omigod it's a bat get it out
of here"
[17:44] <Lady_Marian> Mine was sort of a semi-prairie gown done in
white satin
[17:45] <Olympia> Kim is getting the Barney wedding dress.
[17:45] <Sedina> and yet I keep having to remind you that there will
be no barney element to my wedding
[17:45] <KK> Believe me, the bat wants to get out!
[17:45] <Mistyck> don't worry Sedina, I'll bring white dye
[17:45] <Olympia> Heh... so you say, Sedina dear, so you say...
[17:45] <Olympia> And back to my question... why is it scary that I'm
having a wedding???
[17:45] <Debbie-VB> BTW, that image is going to be in my nightmares
for years now I'm afraid
[17:45] * Wrengl Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:45] <Sedina> I don't even know when my wedding will actually be
able take place
[17:45] <Mistyck> ick...poor Pat!
[17:46] <Mistyck> or in what Country, eh???
[17:46] <Olympia> in the u.s.
[17:46] <KK> I can picture you in something out of Emma, or Pride &
Prejudice, or the like.... :-)
[17:46] <Olympia> Unless we all go to Ireland and have a mass wedding
there
[17:46] <Mistyck> yep
[17:46] <Mistyck> she'd look good in it
[17:46] * RainbowDragon grins evilly while picturing Sedina in a
purple wedding dress complete with a Barney head :-)
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[17:46] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Samuel
[17:46] <Samuel> hello all
[17:46] <Mistyck> hiyas Sam
[17:46] <Debbie-VB> Hi sam
[17:46] <KK> hello, sam!
[17:46] <Olympia> That would be Kim in Regency, not me - I'd look like
more like Mrs. Bennett than Miss Bennett right now
[17:47] <Olympia> hi, sam
[17:47] <Sedina> I would like to have a very small outdoor wedding,
but it's all going to be dependant upon when the governments finally
decide that Cole and i actually can get married. Just because I want
it outside, my luck will have us getting the ok during winter
[17:47] <KK> How about Victorian, then?
[17:47] <Sedina> hi Sam
[17:47] <Olympia> 1880 - bustle dress for me - or Chinese
[17:47] <KK> Sedina, I've been meaning to ask. Why is the government
interested in your wedding?
[17:48] <Olympia> What do you mean, the governments? Since when does a
govt get to say that someone can get married?
[17:48] <Olympia> (katherine - gmta)
[17:48] <Olympia> ok grammar on that last post was wonky.. I meant
"gets a say in when someone..."
[17:48] <KK> Obviously the question everyone is asking. We all wait
breathlesly....
[17:49] <Olympia> Cole is Canadian, you are American - there's a
problem with this?
[17:49] <Mistyck> yep
[17:49] <KK> She is composing an answer.
[17:49] <Olympia> ahhhh
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[17:49] * Wrengl sets mode: +o Wrengl
[17:49] <DeryniBot> Welcome Wrengl to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:49] <Mistyck> I was wondering also
[17:49] <Mistyck> wb Pat
[17:49] <Wrengl> hi sam
[17:49] <KK> Why is there a problem with this?
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> wb pat
[17:49] <Olympia> hya pat
[17:49] <Annie> wb Wrengl
[17:49] <Wrengl> my venison loins just came off the grill
[17:49] <babayaga> Wrengl--I got peer for you elsewhere
[17:49] <Olympia> you're eating bambi?
[17:49] <Wrengl> so i think i am going to eat
[17:49] <Mistyck> last I heard, there wasn't a problem marrying a
Canadian
[17:49] <Wrengl> we love venison
[17:50] <KK> yum!
[17:50] <Sedina> Katherine - it has to do with the fact that simply
because everything else between the US and Canada isn't as highly
regulated...for some reason they've decided to make it a massive
headache when trying to get jobs across the border or to get married
to someone from across the border
[17:50] <Wrengl> i made a marinade with hoisin sauce
[17:50] <Sedina> wb Pat
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> The marrage isn't a big problem but trying to get
him into the states can be
[17:50] <KK> Work permits I can understand, but weddings?
[17:50] <Wrengl> and boiled the remaining marinade for sauce
[17:51] <Olympia> But if he's Canadian and you get married in Ireland,
doesn't that solve everything? <grin>
[17:51] <Wrengl> but after the wedding one of them will have to cross
the border to live and work
[17:51] <KK> Alas, probably not.
[17:51] <Sedina> unfortunately not
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> Canada isn't exactly in the USA's god books right
now
[17:51] <KK> That was to Olympia.
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> good
[17:51] <Olympia> If it didn't mean a massive troop movement, we'd get
married at Worldcon!
[17:51] <babayaga> lol, come to Massachusetts, we can probably work
something out
[17:52] <Wrengl> lol
[17:52] <Olympia> I mean Katherine will be there and Conrad will be
there ...
[17:52] <Sedina> the whole thing is the open border policy...they have
to have some way to control the immigration between the two countries
[17:52] <KK> Why?
[17:52] <Sedina> lol babayaga
[17:52] <Sedina> why what, Katherine?
[17:53] <Olympia> Ok - we ALL emigrate to Ireland
[17:53] <Wrengl> that would have been neat nancy
[17:53] <Olympia> and become Katherine's tenant farmers
[17:53] <Wrengl> lol
[17:53] <Wrengl> sounds like fun
[17:53] <KK> Why do they have to control the immigration btwn the two
countries?
[17:53] <Olympia> Because both govts are silly.
[17:53] <Lady_Marian> You don't want me to farm... I have a black
thumb!
[17:53] <Samuel> I don't do farming or gardening. Can I be the
resident tech-geek instead?
[17:53] <KK> That's true. But aren't all governments silly?
[17:53] <Debbie-VB> So do I Lady M. We can do other things though
[17:53] <Olympia> Lady M, how good are you at extracting liquid
protein? Katherine, do you have goats or sheep?
[17:54] <Sedina> lol Actually, if Cole were to claim his Australian
citizenship (which would royally screw things up for him in general
right now), we would be able to get married whenever. We'd just have
to have it validated by the embassy.
[17:54] <Olympia> Aha! you guys can spin and weave.
[17:54] <KK> No goats or sheep.
[17:54] <Olympia> Cole is Australian?
[17:54] <KK> We have horses--and deer in the area, and foxes, and of
course cats and dogs.
[17:54] <Olympia> I'm so confused... I thought he was Winnipegian
[17:54] * Mistyck didn't know that either!
[17:54] <Wrengl> dinner tonight includes my first zuchini and pepper
[17:54] <Olympia> Aha! ok - grooming horses
[17:54] <Wrengl> tomatoes to harvest tomorrow
[17:54] <Sedina> he's got dual citizenship...his mother is Australian,
but he only claims his Canadian citizenship
[17:54] <Mistyck> ahh
[17:55] <Debbie-VB> I could probably learn to groom horsies
[17:55] <KK> But he could claim his Australian?
[17:55] <Mistyck> was he born there?
[17:55] <KK> Would that make it easier for him to live and work in the
US?
[17:55] <Olympia> It's easy, Deb... trust me. I can't ride worth horse
poop but I'm great at brushing 'em
[17:55] <Mistyck> that would make it easier
[17:55] <Wrengl> lol nancy
[17:55] <Annie> dozing off again chaps! Off to bed for me after a
hectic weekend. Hope to see you next week!
[17:55] <Sedina> theoretically, yes...but it would make his life right
now a living hell
[17:55] <Annie> night all
[17:55] <Sedina> good night, Annie
[17:55] <Mistyck> sleep well, Annie
[17:55] <Olympia> Do NOT laugh, Pat! Ask Katherine. She is a witness
to my slipping off the back of a standing horse.
[17:55] <Olympia> Night, Annie
[17:56] <Wrengl> night annie
[17:56] * Annie Quit
[17:56] <Wrengl> oh
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> Only thing is , with ireland being so strictly a
Cathoilic country, would a nice quiet TG be allowed in?
[17:56] <KK> I think it was actually moving.
[17:56] <Olympia> tg?
[17:56] <Sedina> that's definitely a story that I think will have to
be shared!
[17:56] <KK> Or maybe it rippled its back to get rid of a fly.
[17:56] <Wrengl> i was thrown on my head when taking lessons, doing a
trail ride
[17:56] <Olympia> Well yes it was sort of moving. As in it had taken
one step forward.
[17:56] <Mistyck> Olympia: you're not the only one who'd fall off a
standing horse
[17:56] * Mistyck would too!
[17:57] <Olympia> Ireland isn't restrictive about people moving there,
are they, Katherine?
[17:57] <Sedina> I miss horse back riding
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> In my one and only riding lesson, I managed to
stay on when a bee stung the horse's nose!
[17:57] <KK> Well, yes.
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Transgendered person nancy
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> But then next week I found I was preggers and
the doc told me I couldn't continue my lessons
[17:57] <Olympia> Which reminds me, I may have a lovely young lady to
introduce to you - a young archaeologist friend of mine who is coming
over there for a 1-year program.
[17:57] <KK> And restrictive about work permits.
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> I haven't had a chance to learn since!
[17:58] <KK> You can give her my contact info.
[17:58] <Olympia> Debbie, I don't think you have to register being TG,
do you? I mean, you're a girl. I think they're way more concerned
about how you will earn a living.
[17:58] <KK> We've even got some archaeological contacts.
[17:58] <Debbie-VB> The catholic church is not really supportive about
girls like me
[17:58] <Olympia> Thanks - her name is Meghan and I have already
warned her to keep her lizard brain (limbic system) under control 'cuz
she's VERY romantic... and those men... well... not safe when you're
21 and romantic.
[17:59] <KK> Even on our artist's exemptions, we had to prove that we
wouldn't be a burden on the State.
[17:59] <Olympia> Bah, that's the Catholic Church, not Ireland and not
God!
[17:59] <Olympia> God only cares what's in your heart, dear, not your
chromosomes.
[17:59] <KK> The RC Church no longer has the stranglehold it once had
here.
[18:00] <Mistyck> that's good
[18:00] <Olympia> John and I are hoping to make a trip over while
we're in NH
[18:00] <Debbie-VB> That's good
[18:01] <Olympia> Let's see... so it would be the Tenant Farmers and
Writers Enclave of Gwynedd, eh?
[18:01] <Olympia> we write, we groom horses, we bake cookies.
[18:01] <Olympia> oh and we shoo bats out of the baronial estate.
[18:01] <Debbie-VB> One good thing about living in Ireland is, I'd not
be all that far from where my ancesters were
[18:02] <Olympia> Although I will happily waive my bat-shooing duties
to someone in exchange for someone's share of stable-mucking.
[18:02] <KK> Guys, I'm really fading here. Gotta hit the sack.
[18:02] <Mistyck> have a great night Katherine
[18:02] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, KK
[18:02] <KK> I have a tiler coming in the AM, and also more window
guys.
[18:02] <babayaga> sayonara
[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Thanks for droping in Katherine
[18:02] <Olympia> Sleep well ... and I'll tap the screen for a Bat
Begone spell
[18:02] <Mistyck> and thank you for stopping by!
[18:02] <KK> Plus, I have to get my lecture notes finished.
[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Sleep Sweet, and have a terrific cruise
[18:02] <KK> Won't be here next week as I'll be at sea.
[18:02] <Mistyck>
[18:03] <Olympia> ::urp:: have a lovely time!
[18:03] <Mistyck> have fun on the trip!
[18:03] <Debbie-VB> I'll be with you in spirit
[18:03] <KK> But I'll be back in two weeks, hopefully with news of
upstairs windows successfully installed!
[18:03] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:04] <KK> Nighters, all!
[18:04] <Sedina> thanks for stopping, Katherine....I'm so glad that I
actually got to make chat <and> have you here for it. I will
definitely be giving out extra huggles to Chris and Donna for letting
me use their laptop to do this. Talk about a highlight for my day
[18:04] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{huggles}}}}}}}}}
[18:05] <Mistyck> Sedina....it wasn't a coincidence you know
[18:05] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, swooshes her
wand in Sedina's direction, and disappears in a shower of green
sparkles.
[18:05] <Mistyck> sleep well Katherine!
[18:05] <Sedina> Bynw and Tika send their farewells as well
[18:06] * KK Quit

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[16:58] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[16:58] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:58] <Sedina> hi kirienne
[16:58] <Mistyck> hiyas kk
[16:58] <Sedina> hi Katherine
[16:58] <jp> hello
[16:58] <Shiral> Hello Katherine =o)
[16:58] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[16:58] <KK> hello, gang!
[16:58] <the_Bee> good to see you, KK
[16:58] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Katherine
[16:58] <Shiral> Indeed
[16:58] <Wrengl> evening Lady Katherine
[16:58] <Wrengl> how goes it
[16:58] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine!
[16:58] <KK> Sedina, delighted to see you here tonight!
[16:58] <Shiral> Between my schedule and yours, I was wondering if
we'd ever coincide here, again =o)
[16:58] <Bynw> hiyas kk
[16:58] <Dov> Greetings Katherine
[16:59] <Sedina> I'm glad to be here...even if I am kind of in a
sleepy haze from all my meds
[16:59] <KK> Last week I had a horrendous cold, and felt like sh*t,
alas.
[16:59] <RainbowDragon> oh my!
[16:59] <Wrengl> hi sedina
[16:59] <Shiral> Sorry to hear about the cold, KK
[16:59] <kirienne> Hi Sedina, it is soooo good to see you here
[16:59] <RainbowDragon> How did the cruises go?
[16:59] <Wrengl> hope you are feeling better katherine
[16:59] <jp> sh*t only makes it worse, try asprin
[16:59] <KK> It's mostly gone now; just a bit of coughing as I hack
out all the gunk that accumulated.
[16:59] <Shiral> lol
[16:59] * Dov sends a ticket to Adama and Ximena so they can visit
Sedina
[16:59] <Bynw> i hope you are feeling better now at least
[17:00] <KK> A virus thing, probably picked up on the cruise.
[17:00] <TheCatWhisperer> lol@jp
[17:00] <kirienne> cold gunk is no fun
[17:00] <Dov> yuch
[17:00] <Shiral> Adama and Ximena, is there something they're trying
to tell us about their union??
[17:00] <Shiral> See? cruises are dangerous to your health
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[17:00] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here ambush
[17:00] <the_Bee> we'll try to keep worldcon boston crud-free
[17:00] <Shiral> Hello Ambush
[17:00] <KK> Yep. All those alien germs.
[17:00] <ambush> Hey shiral
[17:00] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Ambush
[17:00] <Dov> ack
[17:00] <kirienne> hi ambush
[17:00] <Wrengl> hi ambush
[17:00] <RainbowDragon> hi, ambush
[17:00] <the_Bee> hi Ambush
[17:00] <Shiral> Wow, aliens too. It must have been some cruise!
[17:00] <jp> Hi, ambush
[17:01] <KK> Ambush. That's a new name to me.
[17:01] <ambush> Hey wrengl....everybody...KK
[17:01] <ambush> Yes, it is
[17:01] <TheCatWhisperer> lol, shiral!
[17:01] <the_Bee> Ambush: Tika's son and Bynw's stepson
[17:01] <ambush> I happen to be tika's son
[17:01] <KK> ah!
[17:01] * jp abduction cruises
[17:01] <Shiral> All we get at Cons are people DRESSED as aliens
[17:01] <KK> Well, welcome.
[17:01] <ambush> Thank you
[17:01] <ambush> I also happen to be an avid fan
[17:02] <Shiral> Ambush is a sensible son
[17:02] <TheCatWhisperer> :-)
[17:02] <ambush> Most of the time
[17:02] <babayaga> Shiral: how do you know they're not actual aliens,
in disguise?
[17:02] <the_Bee> like Victor/Victoria?
[17:02] <Shiral> Well, there are some theories that it's better not to
test too hard, babayaga
[17:02] <jp> Aliens, at a con, get outa here
[17:02] <babayaga> lol
[17:03] <Dov> btw, KK, i finally made it to a coronation (Ansteorra)
[17:03] <KK> I just rewatched Ben In Black II last night. Aliens can
hide out in remarkable ways.
[17:03] * TheCatWhisperer flashes on "v"
[17:03] <jp> they just look like aliens cos of all the acne
[17:03] <Wrengl> indeed than can
[17:03] <KK> Cool, Dov. I always liked coronations.
[17:03] <ambush> Lol.....that was a great movie
[17:03] <Wrengl> they can that is
[17:04] <ambush> How's life kk?
[17:04] <TheCatWhisperer> Rented fingers, KK?
[17:04] <Shiral> Ben in Black might not be a bad experience, though.
Depending on which Ben one is talking about
[17:04] <KK> Yep.
[17:04] <ambush> lol
[17:04] <KK> Hmmm, possibly so.
[17:04] <the_Bee> Franklin or Affleck?
[17:04] <KK> And how is little Nina?
[17:04] <jp> big ben
[17:04] <Shiral> Little Nina is considerably larger than formerly, and
frickin' adorable
[17:05] <KK> Ya forget, between adult cats, what fun kittens can be.
[17:05] <Shiral> Her little ears are now standing up, and I think
maybe her Papa might have been a Maine Coon
[17:05] <Shiral> She's showing long haired tendencies
[17:05] <ambush> You should see Neko...
[17:05] <KK> Awwwww.
[17:05] <Sedina> kittens can also be quite the handful though
[17:05] <Shiral> I've noticed this, Sedina
[17:05] <Shiral> This morning, I had to rescue Nina from behind my
book case
[17:05] <KK> And Neko is the new Bynw/Tika kittie, right?
[17:05] <Sedina> she likes that book case
[17:05] <ambush> yep
[17:05] <TheCatWhisperer> Cesca must be a long hair carrier
[17:05] * the_Bee wishes her apartment building allowed pets
[17:06] <Wrengl> poor bee
[17:06] <Wrengl> i have three kittens you could have
[17:06] <Shiral> Well, I've always had cats, but my landlord doesn't
know I've now got three
[17:06] <Shiral> I'm in no rush to mention this, either
[17:06] <Wrengl> and not even including Frankie who is being sent to
Abu Dhabi
[17:06] <ambush> Neko....5 in the morning....bare feet....sharp kitten
claws....not a good combination
[17:06] <kirienne> sneaky shiral :-)
[17:06] <jp> Awwwwwwww
[17:07] <kirienne> yikes ambush..not a good combination at any time
[17:07] <ambush> very true
[17:07] <Shiral> Neko thought your name was a command, Ambush
[17:07] <KK> Nina's just little. And sadly, at Pan's age, he won't be
with you forever. Edgar is definitely slowing down. Sniff.
[17:07] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[17:07] <TheCatWhisperer> Been there, done that, Ambush!
[17:07] <Shiral> No, Pan won't be with me for long
[17:07] <Sedina> I'm just happy that Sadie hasn't decided to try to
perch on me when I'm sleeping. With all my blood thinners, I'd look
like someone who's been abused if she did that
[17:07] <Wrengl> so did you get any writing done katherine or just
spent week recuperating
[17:07] <Shiral> But I don't think he's going to check out of the
Hotel de Vie any time soon
[17:08] <the_Bee> which one likes the bookcase, Sedina?
[17:08] <Shiral> He's even engaging in chasing games with Francesca
all over the apartment every evening
[17:08] <Shiral> Most of the time, it's Cesca's idea.
[17:08] <Wrengl> lol
[17:08] <KK> Recuperating and cleaning things out. Last Sunday night
I didn't sleep at all, what with coughing for neraly 8 hours straight.
[17:08] <Sedina> Bee - it's Shiral's kitten that likes the bookcase
[17:08] <Shiral> But they happily demolish grocery bags together
[17:08] <kirienne> that's good that he's still running and chasing
Shiral
[17:08] <Shiral> Ack, sounds miserable, KK
[17:09] <Wrengl> that is miserable katherine
[17:09] * ambush has a cat at home that knows how to surf the net....
[17:09] <Sedina> Katherine - believe me, I can completely relate to
that.
[17:09] <KK> Kittens do give an elderly cat a new lease on life; so
Pan could be with you for quite a while.
[17:09] <Wrengl> not good ambush
[17:09] <Shiral> He eats well and sleeps
[17:09] <Sedina> my cat Myah likes to play games online
[17:09] <Wrengl> well that is good
[17:09] <Shiral> Although the other day, Unka Pan gave Nina a hiss and
a swat when she woke him up
[17:10] <ambush> It is when you have unlimited internet
[17:10] <jp> don't worry KK you should be getting some money for meds
from the copies of Deryni Rising i sold
[17:10] <ambush> wrnegl
[17:10] <KK> One has to teach these younglings proper cat manners.
Pan is senior cat, after all, and deserves respect for his dignity.
[17:10] <Shiral> Yes, been enjoying the new edition of DR, Katherine
=o)
[17:11] <Shiral> Cesca leaped onto the bed with the Feline version of
"don't you swat my little angel!"
[17:11] <kirienne> LOL Shiral, that's cute
[17:11] <ambush> I myself have been enjoying my first reading of Quest
for Saint Camber
[17:11] <KK> It's a nice looking book, even if the cover is
inaccurate.
[17:11] <Shiral> It's nice to have a hardcover copy at last
[17:11] <Sedina> I got several people interested in the book while I
was in the hospital...
[17:11] <ambush> Funny about the cats shiral
[17:11] <KK> Well, it was long enough in coming--but better late than
never.
[17:11] <Sedina> my thoughts exactly, Shrial
[17:11] <Sedina> er, Shiral
[17:11] <Shiral> Excellent, Sedina
[17:11] <jp> couldn't see much change, though it did seem slightly
more adult in tone
[17:12] <the_Bee> must order in time for worldcon
[17:12] * babayaga nods in respect of the awesome power of the Rewrite
[17:12] <KK> Just a wee polish.... You weren't supposed to be able to
notice much difference. If it ain't broke, don't fix it; just clean
it up a bit. :-)
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> KK: I thought you were gonna make the stenrect
an illusion in this version
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> or was I mistaken?
[17:13] <jp> glad he's still in
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> I liked the stenrect too
[17:13] <KK> No, I decided to do the new intro, to put it in
perspective of the time it was written. My editor wasn't expecting
that, and she was thrilled with it.
[17:14] <Shiral> Good =o)
[17:14] <RainbowDragon> ah, okay
[17:14] * jp my original nick was crawler, sigh
[17:14] <babayaga> :-D for thrilling editors
[17:14] <ambush> hey Rd.....didn't notice you
[17:14] * RainbowDragon waves to ambush
[17:14] * ambush waves back
[17:14] * ambush has nostalgic memories of their last conversation
[17:15] * jp tidal waves at ambush and rd
[17:15] <ambush> lol
[17:15] <RainbowDragon> lol
[17:15] * TheCatWhisperer waves to Ethan, wherever he is
[17:15] <Shiral> But there will be a new chapter at the start of DC,
KK?
[17:15] <RainbowDragon> I'm anxious to see the added bit to Deryni
Checkmate
[17:15] <kirienne> so am I
[17:15] <Shiral> JP, watch that tidal wave, we're all sopping =o)
[17:15] <KK> Yes.
[17:15] <jp> Ooops
[17:16] * Shiral lies in wait to pounce on the new chapter....
[17:16] <KK> More a bridging intro/narrative.
[17:16] * TheCatWhisperer passes out towels
[17:16] * the_Bee gets out her surfboard and rides the tidal wave
[17:16] <ambush> I have no clue about the rewrites...someone mind
explaining that beyond that kk here switched editors?
[17:16] <the_Bee> she'd re=doing her first trilogy
[17:16] <KK> It was just a polish. I wrote that first book more than
30 years ago, and was still inventing the genre.
[17:17] <Shiral> I have a lot of affection for DR
[17:17] <Shiral> Got me hooked, and I've never looked back
[17:17] <jp> all the main characters are now Chinese ambush
[17:17] <the_Bee> Yes. The young woman who wrote DR v.1 couldn't have
done that wet dream in QSC
[17:17] <Mistyck> hiyas Ambush
[17:17] <Shiral> lol
[17:17] <jp> it's a growth market
[17:17] <kirienne> It got me hooked too
[17:18] <TheCatWhisperer> Same here
[17:18] <KK> And her devotion led her to scan it for me, sweet thing.
Othersie I would've had to retype the whole thing.
[17:18] * Shiral blushes
[17:18] <Shiral> Fortunately, I now have a shiny new copy to replace
the copy that gave its life for the scanner =o)
[17:18] <Dov> Vivat Shiral!
[17:18] * kirienne gives Shiral a gold medal for doing all that
scanning
[17:18] <KK> LOL, Bee. I very much doubt it.
[17:19] <Shiral> It was an entertaining task as it turned out, Bee
[17:19] * jp dirty kk
[17:19] <Shiral> Oops Kirienne
[17:19] <the_Bee> Nigel got me hooked on DR. I didn't know there was a
sequel till I saw DC at B&N
[17:19] <KK> Gus is now biting my knuckles and helping me type. So if
worse typos than usual sneak in, you know who to blame.
[17:19] <Shiral> Gus is a very Paws On type of cat
[17:19] <kirienne> silly guscat
[17:19] <KK> Absolutely. And he's a licker.
[17:19] <ambush> lol
[17:20] <KK> And a chin-nibbler.
[17:20] <jp> Paws-on Type, ha-ha
[17:20] <Mistyck> lol@KK...gussiecats are 'sposed to do that!
[17:20] <Sedina> Myah was doing to that to me my first two days home
too....she was rather insistent that after being gone for 6 weeks, I
should be scritching her instead of being on the computer
[17:20] <Shiral> Well.... I wasn't going to mention the more intimate
details, Katherine =o)
[17:20] <Dov> <g>
[17:20] <Shiral> And so she should, Sedina <G>
[17:20] <Sedina> Shiral - she's much better now that Sadie is back too
[17:21] <Dov> cats do seem to have the urge to communicate with the
world
[17:21] <KK> Tomorrow is a bank holiday, which means we won't have
builders, so I hope to finally get back to the book!
[17:21] <Shiral> She wanted to get that Hospitally smell off you, and
get you licked back into shape
[17:21] <Shiral> hooray, kk <g>
[17:21] <Sedina> well, I did get a nice sandpaper tongue bath
[17:21] <Wrengl> that is good
[17:21] <TheCatWhisperer> lol@shiral
[17:21] <Wrengl> i have been trying to write everyday katherine
[17:21] <jp> Is that Childe Morgan?
[17:21] <Wrengl> i am about finished chapter 10
[17:21] <KK> Speaking of builders, we now have upstairs windows. And
on Friday, the paper went up in the back guest bedroom. Gorgeous.
[17:21] <Shiral> cool!
[17:22] <Wrengl> which is double what you read lo these many years ago
[17:22] <the_Bee> describe!
[17:22] <ambush> I should be getting a good tonue lashing from the
Maine Coon who has taken over my room when i get back
[17:22] <Wrengl> congrats katherine
[17:22] <KK> Oh, and I got a new(er) car Wednesday: 2002 Honda.
[17:22] <Wrengl> lol ambush
[17:22] <Shiral> Excellent, KK
[17:22] <Shiral> This has been quite a week for you
[17:22] <Shiral> What color Honda?
[17:22] <ambush> New-ish cars are always good
[17:22] <Wrengl> new car is good katherine
[17:22] <KK> Volcano red.
[17:22] <Wrengl> ah
[17:22] <ambush> nice
[17:23] <Shiral> Oh wow! =o) A Haldane Scarlet car!
[17:23] <KK> 5-door hatchback, all electric everything, air--the
works.
[17:23] <ambush> rofl
[17:23] <TheCatWhisperer> :-)
[17:23] <Wrengl> sounds nice
[17:23] <KK> And a very good price. And 7700 miles from new, one
non-smoker lady owner.
[17:23] <kirienne> ooohhh, KK sounds like a really fun car
[17:23] <KK> At 7700 miles, a Honda is barely broken in.
[17:23] <Wrengl> we just got things done on car for trip to boston
[17:23] <the_Bee> WOW! Watch out for the coppers. They say red cards
get ticketed more often than any other color
[17:23] <Shiral> Sounds like you got a bargain
[17:23] <KK> It's probably the best car I've ever owned.
[17:24] <Shiral> Well, you deserve it. =o)
[17:24] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:24] <kirienne> that's great Kk. you deserver to have fun things
like that
[17:24] * Shiral lays safety spells on the new car
[17:24] * jp seconds that
[17:24] <KK> The black one had to be retired by October; wouldn't have
passed its next inspection without spending more on it than it was
worth. A 1989, so it had given good service. I have it to one of our
builders, who will fix it up for his wife.
[17:25] <Shiral> Just in case you run into any Lyfangs, or Caradots,
you understand
[17:25] * kirienne puts a spell on it so the police will not ticket it
[17:25] <TheCatWhisperer> My car has that something special called no
one in their right mind would steal it :-D
[17:25] <jp> a volvo?
[17:26] <jp> skoda?
[17:26] <Shiral> So, does it have a CD player, Katherine?
[17:26] <KK> Yes. And central locking.
[17:26] <KK> sunroof.
[17:26] <Shiral> Too cool =o)
[17:26] <TheCatWhisperer> a dodge aries. btw, i'm a libra
[17:26] <jp> leo!
[17:26] <Shiral> CD players are one of the most sensible luxury
features, I think =o)
[17:27] <the_Bee> Aries
[17:27] <KK> It sits up higher, and you sit up straighter. Very
comfortable.
[17:27] <Mistyck> KK, I just had to have the engine replaced on my 97,
so I understand how that goes
[17:27] <TheCatWhisperer> So, is the car compatible with me?
[17:27] <Sedina> Right before I ended up in the hospital, we got a new
Alero.
[17:27] <KK> But it's the same width as the older one, even if a few
inches longer, and handles very well.
[17:27] <Wrengl> good
[17:27] <Mistyck> luckily, I have friends who got me an engine for
$400 and so for less than a $1000 including a rental car for 3 weeks,
I got my car fixed
[17:27] <Sedina> Hondas are very good cars
[17:27] <Shiral> After the way my old car handled, I've really loved
driving my Honda
[17:27] <the_Bee> opposites attract, CW
[17:28] <jp> grin
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[17:28] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here rhedd1
[17:28] <Wrengl> hi rhedd1
[17:28] <Mistyck> hiyas again rhedd1
[17:28] <Mistyck> wb!
[17:28] <Wrengl> welcome back
[17:28] <Sedina> hi rhedd1
[17:28] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, Rheddl
[17:28] <the_Bee> hi rhedd1
[17:28] <Shiral> hi rhedd
[17:28] <Shiral> Rhedd1, that is
[17:28] <kirienne> hi rheddl
[17:28] <rhedd1> hello everyone!
[17:28] <Mistyck> Katherine, Rhedd is a long time fan and a new
chatter
[17:28] <jp> rheddl or not, here i come
[17:28] <KK> Mistyck, that sounds something like the deal we got on
Scott's current car. It's a 92 Opel, but very low mileage, and we got
it for an excellent price.
[17:28] <Wrengl> first day and you managed to run into katherine!
[17:28] <Wrengl>
[17:29] <Shiral> That's quite an accomplishment
[17:29] <KK> Welcome, Rhedd1.
[17:29] <rhedd1> it's a pleasure!
[17:29] <TheCatWhisperer> g2g
[17:29] <Shiral> bye, cw
[17:29] <Sedina> bye, cw
[17:29] <the_Bee> cya, cw
[17:29] <jp> g2g too
[17:29] <Shiral> bye, jp
[17:29] <Sedina> bye, jp
[17:29] <kirienne> by cw
[17:29] * jp has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:29] <the_Bee> bye jp
[17:29] <KK> Nighters, CW.
[17:29] <Mistyck> night cw and jp
[17:29] <KK> er, jp.
[17:30] <KK> Too late.
[17:30] <Mistyck> yeah, same here!
[17:30] <Shiral> He was fast
[17:30] * TheCatWhisperer steps onto her Portal and disappears in a
cloud of cat hair
[17:30] <ambush> cya cw
[17:30] <kirienne> I missed jp too
[17:30] * TheCatWhisperer Quit
[17:30] <Shiral> So... has Alaric advanced beyond age two, Katherine>
[17:30] * RainbowDragon listens intently
[17:30] * ambush follows suit
[17:31] <KK> Well, Scott's just gotten home, so I gotta go. I still
fold early with the remnants of this cold.
[17:31] <KK> See you next week, I hope.
[17:31] <ambush> cya kk
[17:31] <babayaga> bye kk
[17:31] <ambush> nice talking with you
[17:31] <Mistyck> Katherine, when I called the dealership they said it
would cost me $4,000 to get it fixed and the internet said they'd sell
an engine for $850 plus shipping which was almost another $500
[17:31] <kirienne> night KK and get completely well soon...happy
writting
[17:31] <Shiral> Bye, KK, recover fast, and come back, pleaaase <G>
[17:31] <RainbowDragon> Have a good night, Katherine
[17:31] <Mistyck> so, I got very lucky
[17:31] <KK> Not yet, Shiral, though he's nudging three now.
[17:31] <kirienne> huggles
[17:31] <Sedina> good night, Katherine...hope you feel well soon
[17:31] <Dov> Take care, Katherine
[17:31] <KK> Nighters, all.
[17:31] * Shiral sends Katherine irresistable writing woodgies
[17:31] <the_Bee> be well, Katherine. Huggles to you and Scott, and
skritches to the kitties
[17:31] <Shiral> Happy driving, KK!
[17:31] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine and take care of your self
[17:32] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:32] <ambush> bye kk!
[17:32] <Mistyck> sleep well and have a great week!
[17:32] <Shiral> Congratulations on the new car, and ditch that cold
[17:32] <RainbowDragon> Quick recovery to you!
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[16:34] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[16:34] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:34] <Shiral> Oh I hope so, Mak
[16:34] <Mistyck> hi KK
[16:34] <Krysta> lol
[16:34] <Mak> hi, kk
[16:34] <jp> kk, hi
[16:34] <Mistyck> how are you?
[16:34] <Krysta> hi kk
[16:34] <Shiral> Hello Katherine! =o)
[16:34] <Dov> hi katherine
[16:34] <KK> Hi, guys.
[16:34] <KK> Mak, how are the kittens?
[16:34] <Mak> They are adorably wonderful!
[16:34] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine
[16:35] * jp shock at kk early arival
[16:35] <Mistyck> hehehe
[16:35] <Mak> Getting bigger and faster every day!
[16:35] * Shiral agrees with jp
[16:35] <KK> I saw the pics yesterday; adorable, indeed!
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[16:35] <DeryniBot> Welcome ethan to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:35] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[16:35] <KK> They are really lucky.
[16:35] <Shiral> Hello Ethan
[16:35] <Mak> Hi, Ethan
[16:35] <KK> Hi, Jasta.
[16:35] <ethan> Hello everyone
[16:35] <JastaElf> How's it going over in Ireland?
[16:35] <the_Bee> hi kk
[16:35] <KK> And Shiral, how is Nina?
[16:35] <jp> hi ethan
[16:35] <Mak> Yes, they are! With her so close to delivery when the
girls found her, I shudder to think...
[16:36] <Shiral> Nina is scampering around, being adorable
[16:36] <KK> I just cannot imagine how anyone could put her into a tub
like that. If it had capsized, she wouldn've drowned.
[16:36] <Shiral> She has a tiny little cold, but it's not slowing her
down, much
[16:36] <KK> would've
[16:36] <Krysta> feeding time for the little kittens
[16:36] <Mak> Someone with no heart at all
[16:36] <Shiral> Thank goodness for Jasmine's sake, it didn't
[16:36] <Tika> heya KK
[16:36] <Shiral> That wretched person deserves to be sent to sea in a
sieve!
[16:36] <KK> Hi, Tika. And how is your new addition?
[16:37] <JastaElf> Anyone who would put ANY animal, much less a preggy
one, into a container and toss them into a river should be whipped.
:-(
[16:37] <Tika> he's officially been labeled a terrorist
[16:37] <KK> Or worse.
[16:37] <Shiral> At very least
[16:37] <Mak> At the very least, Jasta
[16:37] <Shiral> gmta, mak
[16:37] <Mak> yes!
[16:37] <KK> And how is Mistyck's kitten?
[16:37] <Shiral> I was thinking more along the lines of bamboo slivers
under the finger nails, but a whipping will do
[16:37] <Tika> I think Neko is now in his adolescent stage, testing
his limits every moment of the day...
[16:38] <Mak> We could do both...
[16:38] <Tika> we will fix that soon, tho
[16:38] <KK> How old is Neko now?
[16:38] <Shiral> Neko the Terrorist--it has a certain ring
[16:38] <the_Bee> snip-snip, Tika?
[16:38] <Tika> almost 4 months
[16:38] * Dov sends out karma vibes to the torturer/terrorist
[16:38] <Mak> Indeed, it does
[16:38] <Tika> yes bee.. "fix" being the operative (heh) word
[16:39] <Shiral> Neko has no idea what he's in for.
[16:39] <Shiral> Of course, neither does Nina
[16:39] <Tika> muhahaha
[16:39] <Mak> Neko is lucky- the boys have it so much easier....
[16:39] <Mak> And it looks like we have 5 girls in this litter!
[16:39] <Shiral> oh wow!
[16:39] <Tika> wow
[16:39] <the_Bee> is there a minimum age reccommendation for fixing?
[16:39] <Tika> a kitten machine
[16:39] * jp I've heard of people adopting elephants and gorilas, can
i adopt some of your cats? I'll send some kitty litter and you send me
a photo and regular updates
[16:39] <Shiral> How have your cats been, KK?
[16:39] <Tika> I believe it's 6 months
[16:40] <Mak> It can be done as young as 6-8 weeks
[16:40] <KK> Yeah. Over here, though, they go in through the flank
instead of the tummy; less stress on the incision, and they heal
faster.
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[16:40] <DeryniBot> Welcome kirienne to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:40] <KK> 5 girls. Yike!
[16:40] <Tika> probably depends on the vet too
[16:40] <kirienne> hi everyone
[16:40] <Mak> Hi, kirienne
[16:40] <ethan> hi Kirienne
[16:40] <jp> hi, kiri
[16:40] <Krysta> ih kirienne
[16:40] <Krysta> *hi
[16:40] <JastaElf> Hi kirienne!
[16:40] <the_Bee> hi Kirienne
[16:40] <KK> But it leaves a hole in their furs for several months;
more noticeable than a tummy-shave.
[16:41] <Shiral> Hi Kirienne
[16:41] * the_Bee sets out plate of chocolate chip cookies and plate
of ginger snaps
[16:41] <Mak> But less stressful would be worth it, certainly
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[16:41] <DeryniBot> Welcome TheCatWhisperer to all things Katherine
Kurtz
[16:41] <ethan> hi cw!!!
[16:41] <Shiral> Cesca's fur is finally growing back
[16:41] <Shiral> hi cw
[16:41] <Mak> hi, cw
[16:41] <jp> hi cat
[16:42] <TheCatWhisperer> hi
[16:42] * kirienne sets put bottles of Fianna Red
[16:42] <the_Bee> imho fast healing trumps appearance
[16:42] <Mak> I agree, Bee
[16:42] <TheCatWhisperer> What's this about Cesca's fur?
[16:42] <Shiral> Where she was shaved for her C-section, Beee
[16:42] * kirienne can't type today...looks like bad rental fingers
[16:42] <KK> Growing back, after her C-section.
[16:42] <jp> Shiral has had a transplant
[16:43] * Tika hands out cucumber melon fragranced votive candles
[16:43] <Shiral> It's very soft and velvety right now
[16:43] <kirienne> glad to hear Cesca is getting fur back, Shiral
[16:43] * Dov sets out toasted pita wedges and raita (yogurt dip)
[16:43] <jp> onto the palms of her hands
[16:43] <Mak> Ooh, thanks, Tika!
[16:43] <TheCatWhisperer> Ethan! :-) Glad you could make it
[16:43] <the_Bee> Did you have the vet neutr her at the same time,
Shiral?
[16:43] <Shiral> yes, bee
[16:43] <ethan> me too thanks
[16:43] <Shiral> NO more kittens for miss Cesca
[16:43] <KK> Smart vet.
[16:44] <Mistyck> I think she's in her first heat, Katherine
[16:44] <Mistyck> she's meowing like crazy
[16:44] <the_Bee> smart Shiral
[16:44] <Shiral> Nice fellow
[16:44] <Shiral> His name is Doctor Mell <G>
[16:44] <ethan> Good to see you here too Cat
[16:44] <Shiral> I'm getting quite a lot of insight into the Feline
life cycle this year
[16:44] <Shiral> =o)
[16:44] <kirienne> lol
[16:44] <Mistyck> hehe
[16:45] <KK> Time for the snip, then, Mistyck.
[16:45] <Mistyck> yep
[16:45] <Mistyck> next month!
[16:45] <Mistyck> I had major expenses on car repairs this month!
[16:45] <Shiral> Pan and Cesca have vigorous chase-races all over the
apartment on a daily basis
[16:45] <Mak> I have to bring Max for his annual vet exam this week
(Jasmine goes in next) but I am bringing pictures. My vet and her
assts would never forgive me if I didn't!
[16:45] <Shiral> And a nightly one, too
[16:45] <Mistyck> hehe
[16:45] <Tika> Neko and Marnin's dog, Peaches, have those daily....at
around 5:30 AM
[16:46] <Mak> Not the best time, Tika
[16:46] <Mak> Have you told them that?
[16:46] <Tika> it sounds vaguely like a herd of elephants running
through the house
[16:46] <Shiral> I was awakened by galloping paws on Friday morning
about that time
[16:46] <TheCatWhisperer> When you have cats, who needs TV?! :-)
[16:46] <Tika> yes... they don't seem to understand the concept of
time for some odd reason
[16:46] <Mistyck> normally, Evaine does kamakaze runs on Chance who
ignores her and keeps waddling away
[16:46] <kirienne> well Shiral, at least they like each other enough
to play together
[16:46] <Shiral> Get them little wrist watches, Tika <G>
[16:46] <KK> Gus just jumped up on my lap.
[16:46] <Mistyck> hehe
[16:47] * Shiral reaches through KK's computer screen to give Gus an
ear Scritch
[16:47] <Mistyck> kitties are supposed to do that!
[16:47] <Mak> the paws say hi! to gus
[16:47] <Shiral> How has everything been at HOlybrooke, Katherine?
[16:47] <KK> Yes, but now he'll try to eat my rings and fingers.
[16:47] <jp> a herd of elephants? How big is neko?
[16:47] <Tika> Neko is partial to toes
[16:47] <Krysta> sure i got up and the kitty stole my seat
[16:47] <Mistyck> Evaine is finally quiet for now so I won't tell
Gus-Cat is around!
[16:47] <Shiral> That could get painful
[16:47] <Dov> oh they probably understand time, tika, they just
operate on animal standard time
[16:47] <Tika> and feet
[16:47] <the_Bee> When we were kids my sister's cat decided she wanted
to raise her offspring in the pantry rag drawer. Mom lined a box with
rags, put the kitten in, and shut the drawer. Mama Tinkerbell took
the kitten out of the box and tried to stuff it into the closed
drawer.
[16:47] <Mak> Until the kittens start roaring about, mine are too fat
and lazy to wake us that early
[16:48] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[16:48] <Mak> The dog is another story
[16:48] <KK> Busy. Scott's mom arrived on Monday, we got carpets into
two rooms (including hers) just before she arrived, we had no power to
the sockets upstairs last weekend--which is why I wasn't here
lastweek....
[16:48] <Shiral> Irish Electricity
[16:48] <ethan> hi Wrengl
[16:48] <Dov> oog
[16:48] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Jasta, my muse
[16:48] <Mak> Ick- no power is no fun
[16:48] <Krysta> In the way, you mean dear? or, lets go i'm ready!
[16:49] <Wrengl> hi catwhispera
[16:49] <Wrengl> hello dov
[16:49] <Wrengl> hi ethan
[16:49] <Wrengl> hi kirienne
[16:49] <KK> Nope, weird circuit breaker. The ele trician had to come
and sort it out on Mondyay.
[16:49] <Shiral> Jasta is checking on family dinner
[16:49] <Dov> hi wrengl and je
[16:49] <Mak> Getting me out of bed far too early, Kryss!
[16:49] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Wrengl
[16:49] <Wrengl> lol mak
[16:49] <Shiral> Our temporary library almost had an electric fire
last weekend
[16:49] <Wrengl> i should be peeling peppers right now
[16:49] <Shiral> Peel Peppers later!
[16:49] <Wrengl> i roasted most of the half bushel we picked yesterday
[16:49] <TheCatWhisperer> yum!
[16:49] <kirienne> yikes Shiral...that would have been horrid, all
those books...
[16:49] <Mak> Oh, yeah- if barking in my ear doesn't work, he just
whacks the bed around!
[16:50] <KK> How many of you are coming to WorldCon?
[16:50] <Wrengl> lol
[16:50] <Shiral> Oh yes, very bad scene, Kirienne
[16:50] <Mak> Ah, we are going to be doing that in a few weeks, Pat
[16:50] <Krysta> oh that malfuction
[16:50] <Wrengl> spook has disvoered that walking on the lap top
results in her getting fed
[16:50] <Shiral> I mean, we're all tired of working with the
limitations of that building, but not to the point of burning it down!
[16:50] <Wrengl> we went picking yesterday
[16:50] <Wrengl> 50 pounds of peaches and nectarines
[16:50] * Mistyck can't make it...gotta work
[16:50] <Wrengl> 8 or apples
[16:50] <Mak> I can't make WorldCon- we will be in PA that weekend
[16:50] <Wrengl> half bushel of onions and peppers
[16:51] <Shiral> I will be in CA that weekend
[16:51] <Shiral> Alas
[16:51] <KK> I don't think we're even going to have many MIchaelines.
[16:51] <Wrengl> shiral
[16:51] <Wrengl> but hopefully we will see you at darkover
[16:51] <kirienne> I wish I were going to worldCon...but unless the
needed money for any trips, cons etc falls from the sky, i'm stuck at
home
[16:51] <Shiral> Do a mini Mass?
[16:51] * jp can't make it, in another country, oops
[16:51] * Mistyck will be at Darkover, come hell or high water!
[16:51] <Dov> where did you go picking, wrengl?
[16:51] <ethan> I'm in the same boat as Kirienne
[16:51] <Shiral> If I win the lottery between now and then, I'll try
[16:51] <Mak> We ordered New Mexico greens for the chilis, Pat
[16:51] <Wrengl> lol
[16:52] <KK> Ooooh can't do peppers of any kind.
[16:52] * Shiral wonders if she dare asks if any writing happened this
past week....
[16:52] <KK> I wish....
[16:52] <jp> are you going to be at Worldcon 2005 KK?
[16:52] <Mak> Gotta have the "good stuff" for World's, y'know!
[16:52] <the_Bee> I have my noreascon membership, but no hotel room.
I need to check my type of membership
[16:52] <Shiral> I guess that answers that
[16:52] <KK> Yep, wouldn't miss it! Practically in our back yard.
[16:52] <Shiral> Noisy neighbors <G>
[16:53] <Shiral> All running around in costumes in your back yard...
[16:53] <Mak> That's what is disappointing about this year- it IS
practically in my backyard, but just bad timing!
[16:53] <jp> Will try and make it to that one
[16:53] <the_Bee> Pat and Kathi picked a peck of unpeeled peppers
[16:53] <Shiral> Not in My backyard, unless it includes the entire
continent <G>
[16:53] <TheCatWhisperer> lol, bee!
[16:54] <Krysta> Catch you all later, I'm leaving for a bit
[16:54] <Shiral> Bye, Krysta
[16:54] <jp> cya
[16:54] <ethan> bye Krysta
[16:54] <Mak> Bye, Kryss- but I'll see you sooner!
[16:54] <Dov> where is it this year, in angle-land?
[16:54] <kirienne> bye krysta
[16:54] <TheCatWhisperer> mtfbwy, krysta
[16:54] <KK> Boston; in Glasgow next year.
[16:55] * Mistyck will be there come hell or high water also!
[16:55] * Krysta has quit IRC
[16:55] <Mistyck> trying to save up for it already
[16:55] <Shiral> After Cesca's C-Section, I really didn't want to have
to hit Mom up for Worldcon funds
[16:55] <Dov> ok, new angle-land.
[16:55] <Shiral> Interesting Angle
[16:55] * jp Glasgow, scotch whiskey, kilts, the skirl of the pipes
etc
[16:55] <TheCatWhisperer> lol!
[16:56] <KK> LOL, yep. And Ann and Martine and I are going to have a
slumber party at Ann's, instead of staying at one of the hotels.
[16:56] <Mistyck>
[16:56] <Mak> Hey, CW- Kryss wants to know: mtfbwy?
[16:56] <Dov> or Englaloande
[16:56] <Shiral> Party extra hardy
[16:56] <TheCatWhisperer> May the Force be with you
[16:56] <Wrengl> indeed
[16:56] <Mak> Ok, Got it now!
[16:56] <Wrengl> that should be fun kk
[16:56] <Mak> *it
[16:56] <KK> BTW - what do we hear from Sedina this week? How's she
doing?
[16:56] * RainbowDragon has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:56] * RainbowDragon sets mode: +q RainbowDragon
[16:56] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here RainbowDragon
[16:56] <Wrengl> evening rd
[16:56] <Mak> And she says, with you, too
[16:56] <Shiral> hi rd
[16:56] <kirienne> that sounds verra fun KK
[16:56] <RainbowDragon> Hi all
[16:56] <Mak> hi, rd
[16:57] <jp> hi rd
[16:57] <Wrengl> she's doing okay
[16:57] <Tika> heya RD
[16:57] <ethan> hi rd
[16:57] <RainbowDragon> KK beat me here!
[16:57] <Shiral> I haven't heard much, but then i
[16:57] * Debbie-VB has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:57] <DeryniBot> Hey Debbie-VB - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:57] <TheCatWhisperer> hi rd
[16:57] <Shiral> I've been offline a lot this week
[16:57] <Mak> Hi, Debbie
[16:57] <Shiral> Hi Debbie
[16:57] <Wrengl> spoke to her on AIM several times
[16:57] <ethan> Hi Debbie
[16:57] <Debbie-VB> Hi everybody
[16:57] <kirienne> hi Debbie
[16:57] <Wrengl> hi debbie
[16:57] <KK> hi, vb.
[16:57] <jp> Debbie, hi
[16:57] <the_Bee> hi Deb
[16:57] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Debbie
[16:57] <Shiral> Family is in town-- all four Houles together at once
doesn't happen very often
[16:57] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine. How long have you been
here?
[16:57] <KK> About 20 min?
[16:57] <Wrengl> spoke to her here one night, when i was looking for
dnd help
[16:58] <Shiral> I'm taking a break from family to chat.
[16:58] <RainbowDragon> Jasta is here too!
[16:58] <Wrengl> to sedina that is
[16:58] <the_Bee> hope it's a Houling success, Shiral
[16:58] <Shiral> I was thinking "Oh, Katherine may not make it this
week....
[16:58] <Mistyck> hi rd
[16:58] <Mistyck> KK: Kim's doing pretty good for now
[16:58] <JastaElf> Hi RD, I'm here between running back and forth to
get dinner on the table
[16:58] <RainbowDragon> Hiyas, Mistyck
[16:58] <KK> No, I missed last week, so I wanted to be here tonight,
if only for a little while.
[16:58] <Shiral> It's been fun, we either boff each other with
styrofoam noodles in the pool, or we sit, eat and watch the Olympics
[16:58] <ethan> I am very glad KK is here on my first trip back
[16:59] <Mak> Sounds like a good gathering of the clan, Shiral!
[16:59] <Debbie-VB> and I missed the week before. was marching with
my church in the vancouver Pride parade
[16:59] <Shiral> I'm glad you made it, KK <G>
[16:59] <KK> We missed the first half of the opening, but I understand
it was awesome.
[16:59] <kirienne> that's nice shiral...glad you are having a nice
family visit
[16:59] <TheCatWhisperer> it was!
[16:59] <Shiral> Although I will bring a propitiating gift of
chocolate chip cookies with me
[16:59] <Mak> I missed the whole thing- had to catch up with pictures
the next day
[16:59] <Wrengl> it was awesome
[16:59] <Shiral> I missed the first half, too
[16:59] <jp> best Olympic opening EVER
[16:59] <Shiral> But they did a great job
[17:00] <Wrengl> we saw the Iraqis beat costa rica in soccer
[17:00] <Shiral> The nations came in according to the Greek Alphabet--
it was hard to know whether we were close to the end or not!
[17:01] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:01] <TheCatWhisperer> But nice touch :-)
[17:01] <RainbowDragon> KK: since I missed it earlier, how is castle
construction and book writing going?
[17:01] <Shiral> It was very colorful, and they had great fireworks
[17:01] <KK> I liked the outfits the women were wearing, who carried
the country signs; reminded me of Mycenean vases.
[17:01] <kirienne> I missed the whole thing. I've been working 10 and
1- 1/2 days for the past week or so, too tired to watch tv
[17:01] <JastaElf> I hear you there kirienne. Saw pics tho
[17:01] <Shiral> They were neat costumes
[17:01] * JastaElf has spent too much time in the car driving back and
forth to New England...
[17:02] <Shiral> WE actually had a small fireworks display on my mom's
birthday last Wednesday
[17:02] <KK> Kitchen is now fitted, tiler does the kitchen tile
tomorrow; also the second bathroom. Carpets in two rooms in the main
house, including "your" bedroom, Shiral.
[17:02] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:02] <DeryniBot> Welcome Martine to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:02] <Wrengl> hi martine
[17:02] <Shiral> My brother had saved them from Fourth of July
[17:02] <JastaElf> Hi martine!
[17:02] <Shiral> Hi Martine
[17:02] <Martine> hi all! huggles!
[17:02] <Mak> Hi, Martine
[17:02] <ethan> Hi Martine
[17:02] <Martine> Katherine! Hi! Long time no chat :-)
[17:02] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Martine
[17:02] <jp> martine, my little chickadee
[17:02] <KK> Hi, Martine! How're your felines?
[17:02] <kirienne> the past 4 work days, I was the last one on our
side of the building..to leave
[17:02] <kirienne> hi Martine
[17:02] <Shiral> He had a little platform for them, and set the
platform afloat on the pool
[17:03] <Martine> They've almost negotiated a cease-fire, if not an
actual treaty :-)
[17:03] <Mak> Chickadee? Martine? Hmmm- wouldn't be my first
thought.....
[17:03] <KK> Good news, then.
[17:03] <Martine> lol, mak!
[17:03] * the_Bee buzzes hello to Martine and her 2-and-4-4-legged
companions
[17:03] <Shiral> So you won't have to build a wall through your house,
that's good, Martine <G>
[17:03] <Mak> But then it wouldn't be for me, either!!!
[17:03] <Martine> I bought Rowena a Panic Mouse toy, which has a motor
that swishes a fur lure around. It also has a 15-minute timer to play
Rowena to death so she's too tired to harrass Arwen! <g>
[17:03] <Martine> LOl, Shiral! Nope, no walls here.
[17:04] <JastaElf> IBB shortly, gotta put dinner on the table....
[17:04] <Shiral> Partitioning property can be SUCH a pain!
[17:04] <Mak> That's the plan, Martine- exhaust the kitty!
[17:04] <kirienne> lol martine
[17:04] <KK> LOL, Martine. That sounds like a good toy!
[17:04] <Shiral> I've got one. Izzy and Pan were not greatly amused
[17:04] <Martine> I held off for a long time because it costs $30, but
turns out to be the best $30 I've spent on her so far
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> Martine, that sounds totally evil, (speaking as a
cat you understand)
[17:04] <Shiral> Nina might be, though
[17:04] <Mak> That should have been: exhaust the kitty into
submission!
[17:04] <RainbowDragon> Jasta, the trick is to eat early on Sunday
like I do :-)
[17:05] <Martine> lol you've got it mak!
[17:05] <Martine> Shiral, hae you tried it on Cesca & Nina?
[17:05] <JastaElf> LOL! Nice work if I could get it, RD... back in a
sec!~
[17:05] <Shiral> Not yet
[17:05] <Debbie-VB> or move to the we(s)t coast so you can chat at 3
PM
[17:05] <Martine> And how are the kittens all around?
[17:05] <Shiral> No hurricanes on this coast <G>
[17:05] <Mak> Mine are adroable!
[17:05] <jp> best way to exhaust a kitty, give it a flat roof and a
sunny afternoon
[17:05] <Mak> As is Momma Cat
[17:05] <Shiral> Nina got a mass admiration session from my mom,
brother, sister and sister in law this morning
[17:06] <KK> Jasmine is one lucky kitty.
[17:06] <Martine> Sounds like Nina's being well socialized :-)
[17:06] <Mak> We have a steady stream of Kitten Admirers here....
[17:06] <Martine> And Jasmine is indeed a very lucky and now
well-loved kitty :-)
[17:06] <Shiral> She rose to the occasion like a star, but Cesca was a
little nervous about all the big feet near her baby
[17:06] <KK> Any reservations for parents?
[17:06] <Mak> She has taken very well to being loved that's for sure
[17:06] <Shiral> Then she stopped fussing when my sister picked her up
and paid some attention to her
[17:07] <Martine> Love is all that sweet kitty needed - for her and
her kittens!
[17:07] <Mistyck> hiyas Martine!
[17:07] <Shiral> Love, food and safety, those are the big ones
[17:07] <Martine> hi mistyck!
[17:07] <Mak> Yes, indeed
[17:07] <Debbie-VB> doh't forget admiration
[17:07] <Wrengl> katherine, turns out we have about 2 dozen
kittenfish, not 6 or 7
[17:07] <Shiral> Never hurt a cat yet, Admiration
[17:07] <Martine> LOL! And servants. All cats need servants
[17:07] <Wrengl>
[17:07] <KK> Staff.
[17:08] <Mak> Oh, there are always more than you think, Pat!
[17:08] <Shiral> A full time devoted staff, yes
[17:08] <Debbie-VB> that's what humans are for
[17:08] <Martine> lol
[17:08] <TheCatWhisperer> KK, you missed the Catsicle story
[17:08] <jp> keep them away from curriosity
[17:08] <Wrengl> well that is it since we changed the tank
[17:08] <Martine> Has anyone heard from Kim? I know she's at the
family farm, but it sounded like she was determined to dial in to
chat.
[17:08] <Mak> And I've got to go- being called to kitchen duty!
[17:08] <Shiral> I haven't, but then I've been offline most of the
weekend
[17:08] <Wrengl> have not seen her today
[17:08] <KK> Catsicle? Kittenfish?
[17:08] <Shiral> lol
[17:08] <kirienne> see ya Mak
[17:08] <KK> Nighters, Mak.
[17:09] <Wrengl> yesterday we were in NJ picking fruits and veggies so
was not on line
[17:09] <jp> see ya Mak
[17:09] <Shiral> bye mak
[17:09] <Martine> bye mak!
[17:09] <Mak> Night to all and Huggles, too!
[17:09] <ethan> bye Mak
[17:09] <Martine> Huggles to you and extra huggles for the kitties
[17:09] <the_Bee> bye Mak
[17:09] <Shiral> How inconvenient of Kitchen duty
[17:09] <Mistyck> g'nite Mak
[17:09] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{huggles}}}}}}}}}}}} Mak
[17:09] <Wrengl> out catfish had babies last week katherine
[17:09] <Shiral> Huggles for all four foots, Mak
[17:09] <Dov> take care mak
[17:09] <Wrengl> catfish babies = kittenfish
[17:09] <KK> ah.
[17:09] <Mak> Well, I think I get to make drinks....
[17:09] * Mak Quit
[17:09] <TheCatWhisperer> A cat I had a long time ago got in the
freezer
[17:09] <Martine> For a moment I thought you had another litter or two
of fur-children, Pat! And that they'd decided to go for a swim
[17:10] <the_Bee> catsicle: CW found her cat in the freezer
[17:10] <Dov> eek
[17:10] <Wrengl> well we had another litter last month, martine
[17:10] <Shiral> More than once, I recall
[17:10] <KK> Very quickly, I hope.
[17:10] <jp> i knew cats were cool but...........
[17:10] <Martine> oh my! more kittens!
[17:10] <Dov> what part of nj, wrengl?
[17:10] <Shiral> I know, it's kind of taking it to extremes
[17:10] <Wrengl> another three martine
[17:10] * Debbie-VB wishes she could have a kitty
[17:10] <Wrengl> led by dora the explorer
[17:11] <Shiral> I've decided three is my limit
[17:11] <Martine> LOL! Sounds like one very rambunctious kitty!
[17:11] <Wrengl> that we may have a home for but husband thinks he
they are too old in early 60s for a kitten
[17:11] <KK> Three is a good number.
[17:11] <TheCatWhisperer> Don't worry, I got the cat out while she was
still alive
[17:11] <Wrengl> afraid it will outlive them
[17:11] <Shiral> It is
[17:11] <Martine> I know what you mean. TWo is my limit. in our small
space Though I almost changed my mind yesterday when I met a whole
gaggle of kittens for adoption at the pet store :-P
[17:11] <Shiral> Although it's rather amazing that even a kitten as
small as Nina can feel as big as a water buffalo when I'm sharing my
bed with her and two adult cats
[17:12] <Wrengl> others are spot (mostly white face with spot in the
white) and whitely (white face)
[17:12] <KK> I suspect John might draw the line there.
[17:12] <Wrengl> tabbies
[17:12] <Martine> lol, shiral!
[17:12] <kirienne> lol martine
[17:12] <Shiral> Martine, you've GOT to stop coming home with more
kittens!
[17:12] <Martine> And yes, Katherine, John would absolutely draw the
line!
[17:12] <Wrengl> lol
[17:12] <Martine> LOL! but I've never come home with ANY kittens. Just
full-grown cats! <g>
[17:12] <Shiral> Well, you'd miss John at first, but you'd get used to
it.....
[17:12] <Martine> lmao!!!
[17:12] <Martine> No, two is more than enough. A third would give poor
Arwen a full-fledged nervous breakdown.
[17:13] <jp> cats like elephants and buffalo, what do you guys feed
them?
[17:13] <Shiral> You've got him nicely softened up, after all
[17:13] <Shiral> Just tell him "One cat leads to another, darling..."
[17:13] <Wrengl> lol
[17:13] * Dov chuckles
[17:13] <Martine> LOL! And then I turn into the cat lady :-P
[17:13] <Wrengl> tell him to think of cats as tribbles
[17:13] <Shiral> Hey, i't not so bad! I'm already the cat lady...
[17:13] <Dov> :-d
[17:13] <Wrengl> you have a ways to go to catch up to us, martine
[17:13] <Debbie-VB> realllly independant tribbles
[17:14] <kirienne> LOL, that would really make poor John draw th eline
[17:14] <Mistyck> oh, no! the trouble with tribbles!!!!!!
[17:14] <Martine> You're talking to someone who has lots of family
that believe in large cat herds <grin>
[17:14] <the_Bee> that'll reallllly scare him!
[17:14] <Wrengl> tee hee
[17:14] <KK> Yes, born pregnant, as I recall. (Are Cesca and Jasmine
tribbles, perhaps?)
[17:14] <Martine> Take my aunt & uncle. They're "down" to 15 now.
Though at least they live on an old farm property, and the cats live
outside.
[17:14] <Shiral> WEll, I suppose you can wait a little while before
adding a third cat, Martine <G>
[17:14] <Shiral> Cesca must be a tribble, yes
[17:14] <Shiral> <g>
[17:15] <Shiral> My brother David's cat's name actually IS tribble
[17:15] <Shiral> Tribble, rather
[17:15] <Martine> lol!
[17:15] <KK> Cool.
[17:15] <Shiral> She's about six months old, and very round, and she's
a calico kitten
[17:15] <Martine> Rowena's nickname is turning out to be "Furbrain".
She's even starting to respond to it.
[17:15] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> awwwwwwwwwwwwwww she sounds cute
[17:15] * kirienne thinks Martine needs farm property..she could have
many kitties, and a horese or two, an dcould go riding by just walking
out her back door
[17:16] <KK> Cameron used to call one of his cats Fuzz-Wit.
[17:16] <Shiral> Jaye, my sister in law says David goes around the
house saying "She's so CUTE!"
[17:16] <Martine> Oooo! I like the way you think, Kirienne!
[17:16] <Shiral> Riding not to hound but to cat <G>
[17:16] <Martine> And yes, the same aunt and uncle used to have a
horse on their property :-)
[17:16] <Shiral> You could have a horse and a cat hunting pack <G>
[17:16] <Martine> Living in the barn with the umpteen-gazillion cats
(over 30 when the horse was alive)
[17:16] <Dov> lol
[17:17] <Martine> Fizz-wit! I love it!
[17:17] <Martine> Or Fuzz-wit. Silly fingers
[17:17] * jp "The wondeful thing about Tribbles, is tribbles are
wonderful things, Their heads are made out of Tribble, their tails are
made of the same thing, their Tribble, Tribble Tribble, funfunfunfun,
about the most wonderful thing about Tribbles is there's one trillion
and one."
[17:17] <KK> Actually, it may have been Fizz-Wit. They're both good
names.
[17:17] <Shiral> I've called my cats Fuzz-Butt, but very rarey
Fuzz-Wit
[17:17] <KK> lol, jp.
[17:18] <TheCatWhisperer> ditto!
[17:18] <Martine> lol jp!
[17:18] <ethan> we call my dog the 'galloping goofball'
[17:18] <Shiral> <Giggle>
[17:18] <Martine> Arwen's nickname is "Furball" because she's forever
getting them. So we have Furball & Furbrain :-)
[17:18] <kirienne> lol
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> doesn't that describe most dogs?
[17:18] <ethan> possibly
[17:19] <Martine> qwe3f weweq; qweasdaq234rfc
[17:19] <Shiral> Hi Rowena
[17:19] <Martine> How'd you guess? <g>
[17:19] <Debbie-VB> Hi kitty
[17:19] <KK> Rowena makes her presence known.
[17:19] <Wrengl> evening lady rowena
[17:19] <Shiral> Just feline Intuition
[17:19] <TheCatWhisperer> Murv was definitely a galloping goofball
[17:20] <KK> Gotta sign off now, gang. It's getting late over here.
[17:20] <Shiral> Bye, Katherine
[17:20] <Martine> Okay. Huggles!
[17:20] <Dov> stay well katherine
[17:20] <kirienne> nighters and huggles KK, have a great week
[17:20] <Shiral> Have a good week, scritch all cats for us
[17:20] <TheCatWhisperer> night, kk
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> Nighters KK, and thanks for stopping by
[17:20] <Martine> See ya soon! :-D
[17:20] <Mistyck> g'nite KK
[17:20] <Shiral> Indeed
[17:20] <ethan> It was so nice to see you here Katherine
[17:20] <KK> See you next week, barring another circuit breaker
fiasco.
[17:20] <Mistyck> have a great week!
[17:20] <the_Bee> glad you made it, KK! have a good week
[17:20] <Shiral> Write Woman, Write!
[17:20] <RainbowDragon> Have a good evening, Katherine! I'm glad I got
here before ya left.
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> sleep sweet, and have a terrific week
[17:20] <jp> Time for this Tribble to hit the sack, may be some time
till you see me again. trying to sell the house and go traveling ,
night KK
[17:21] <KK> Nighters, all.
[17:21] <JastaElf> back, and night KK! Sorry I didn't have a chance
to chat much.
[17:21] * jp has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:21] <Shiral> I should go be sociable with my family now
[17:21] <Shiral> I've kept them waiting several hours already
[17:21] <kirienne> night Shiral
[17:21] <ethan> good nite all leaving
[17:21] <Shiral> But I wanted to come to chat just in case... <G>
[17:21] <kirienne> huggles
[17:21] <Wrengl> night shiral
[17:21] <TheCatWhisperer> Murv was a wire-haired pointing griffon
[17:21] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
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[16:11] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[16:11] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[16:11] * TerryOBrien is back
[16:11] <jp> hi kk
[16:11] <Mistyck> hiyas Katherine!
[16:11] <TerryOBrien> Hello Katherine!
[16:11] <Najjah> Just met Katherine 2 weeks ago at Worldcon
62/Noreascon 4
[16:11] <Debbie-VB> I'm glad I managed to get in here, My main
computerator is sick, and I had to use this older one which nobody
wants or it would have been sold a long time ago
[16:11] <KK> hi, ang!
[16:11] <KK> Gang
[16:11] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[16:12] <Mistyck> hey, ANG to me means Air National Guard!
[16:12] <babayaga> hi kk
[16:12] <Mistyck> ooh-rah!
[16:12] <Bynw> KK!
[16:12] <Mistyck> cool, Najjah
[16:12] * Bynw huggles Katherine
[16:12] <KK> No Guard here.
[16:12] <Mistyck> lol!
[16:12] <Mistyck> how was the Con?
[16:12] <Debbie-VB> How was worldcon?
[16:12] <KK> Good. Good panels. Good gaming. We killed the goat.
[16:13] <jp> Whats the word Katherine, any con crud to complain about
[16:13] * TerryOBrien is disappointed he couldn't make WorldCon this
year.
[16:13] <Najjah> And burned down an abbey...
[16:13] <KK> No con crud at this end, though Ann and Mancy and Martine
all had it.
[16:13] <Mistyck> yes, I heard the goat finally met the maker!
[16:13] * jp death to goats
[16:13] <KK> But it was a nice goat....
[16:13] <Mistyck> so did Pat and Kathi
[16:13] * jp life to goats
[16:13] <Mistyck> it was!
[16:13] <Debbie-VB> is this the same goat that ate the ring at
Darkover?
[16:13] <Mistyck> I kept the sucker alive, even though I fed it
laxatives!
[16:13] <KK> I guess I escaped because I'd had my crud 6 weeks before.
[16:14] <Bynw> cant get concrud at the con Psionics.Net will be
putting on in March
[16:14] <KK> That's the one.
[16:14] <Mistyck> lol!
[16:14] <KK> Ann found out that goats have 4 stomachs, and once
something goes into the first one, it doesn't move on.
[16:14] <TerryOBrien> Must be the same one we saved at GenCon last
year. (Was it last year already?)
[16:14] <Mistyck> yeppers, Terry!
[16:14] <jp> A goat ate the ring? Tolkien never mentioned that
[16:14] <Mistyck> yep!
[16:14] <Mistyck> lol, jp
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[16:14] <DeryniBot> Welcome Kelos_al-Hazar to all things Katherine
Kurtz
[16:14] <Mistyck> so how was the trip back home, Katherine?
[16:14] <Debbie-VB> not that ring Terry
[16:14] <Mistyck> hiyas Kelos
[16:15] <KK> Trip back was fine.
[16:15] <Mistyck> good!
[16:15] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Greetings to everyone...
[16:15] <Debbie-VB> hi kelos
[16:15] <jp> back at ya Kelos
[16:15] <KK> And we've just had 2 days of filming here.
[16:15] <Najjah> Greetings, Kelos
[16:15] <Debbie-VB> Filming???
[16:15] <Mistyck> I spent an awesome week disguised as a
conference/training at a lakeside resort in Dallas
[16:15] <jp> do tell kk
[16:15] <TerryOBrien> Filming what?
[16:15] <Mistyck> oooh...filming?
[16:15] <KK> A TV movie that used us as a location.
[16:16] <Mistyck> cool!
[16:16] <Mistyck> american or bbc?
[16:16] * jp Camber of Culdi episode one?
[16:16] <KK> ITV/Granada Television.
[16:16] <Debbie-VB> i wish jp
[16:16] <Mistyck> ooh, coool
[16:16] <KK> A 1930 murder-mystery called Malice Aforethought.
[16:16] <Najjah> I concur with jp's wish
[16:16] <Debbie-VB> so it could show up on either US opr BBC
[16:17] <Bynw> Psionics.Net will be hosting an Online Game Convention,
the 3rd full weekend in March 2005. Details as they are made
available are posted at www.psionics.net/chat/events.html
[16:17] <KK> Starring no one you've probably ever heard of.
[16:17] <jp> itv, thats uk tv
[16:17] <KK> yep
[16:17] <Debbie-VB> we get a lot of ITV stuff here in North america
[16:17] <jp> does the ghost have a part?
[16:18] <Mistyck> Katherine, I've got most of the edits done on
"Jesse's Wedding" except for the ending...I'll try to make that less
rushed/hurried this week....
[16:18] * Debbie-VB makes a note to keep an eye open for the movie
[16:18] <KK> Ghosts made no appearances.
[16:18] <Mistyck> I took it with me to Dallas, but, a speedboat and
fun kinda got in the way :-D
[16:18] <Mistyck> on the ghosties
[16:18] <TerryOBrien> I keep hoping that they film an episode of
Doctor Who there.
[16:19] <KK> Anyway, we're back to usual schedule tomorrow.
[16:19] <Mistyck> that's good!
[16:19] <jp> Dr Who, back on our screens next year
[16:19] <Mistyck> woohoo!
[16:19] <babayaga> Mistyck: Then you'll get back to reading? (hint,
hint)
[16:20] <Mistyck> yep!
[16:20] <TerryOBrien> Hppe there isn't a problem getting the episodes
over here.
[16:20] <babayaga> :-)
[16:20] <babayaga> KK: do you mind if I ask a writing question?
[16:21] <KK> Ask away.
[16:21] <jp> I hope thay do a better job than the last lot with
Sylvester Mccoy
[16:21] <babayaga> now, don't run screaming from the room, please--but
synopsis writing? Do you have any tips?
[16:21] <babayaga> I find the novel was much, much easier!
[16:21] <KK> It's written in the present tense--and try to keep it
zingy.
[16:22] <KK> But also, keep it short. It isn't the novel, though you
should certainly cover all the key action.
[16:22] <babayaga> I was trying to find examples on-line, and haven't
met with much success ...
[16:22] <babayaga> right, 5 pages double spaced is what I'm seeing
[16:22] * Debbie-VB .oo(use every 25th word?)
[16:23] <KK> Another word for a synopsis might be a concept, or a
proposal, if you plan to use it to sell a book.
[16:23] <KK> For the whole book? That doesn't sound excessive, as
long as it keeps moving along.
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[16:23] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Rhianyn
[16:23] <jp> Isn't the synopsis for DR in DM or DA?
[16:24] <babayaga> I looked at the one in Deryni archives--but that's
longer, it seems, than what publishers are looking for
[16:24] <Mistyck> hiyas Rhianyn
[16:24] <Rhianyn> greets
[16:24] <KK> That's what they wanted in those days. Nowadays, they
want less.
[16:24] <babayaga> I see
[16:24] <jp> If in doubt, dumb down
[16:25] <KK> No, don't dumb. But keep it brisk and brief, so long as
you don't lost the gist of the story.
[16:25] <KK> lose
[16:25] <babayaga> what I have so far is 2 - 3 paragraphs of world
overview, then introduce the main characters and conflicts, then
outline of the action
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[16:25] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here the_Bee
[16:25] <Mistyck> hi Bee
[16:25] <jp> hibee
[16:25] <Mistyck> sounds good Baba
[16:25] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Tolkien got to sell Lord of the Rings without
much of this sort of weirdness...:sigh:
[16:25] <babayaga> Mistyck: it's sure a struggle, tho!
[16:26] <KK> Sounds aout right, especially if you can do all that in 5
pages.
[16:26] <Mistyck> i know!
[16:26] <Mistyck> it's hard!
[16:26] <babayaga> okay, Thanks KK
[16:26] <babayaga> domo arigato!
[16:26] <jp> What news on Childe Morgan?
[16:26] <babayaga> sorry, that should be domo arigato gozaimasu
[16:27] <KK> You might break it out into sections: a paragraph each on
the world, the characters (this might be 2 or 3), and one for the
conflicts; then a final paragraph on the action.
[16:27] * jp who's been reading shogun?
[16:27] <babayaga> hmm
[16:27] <babayaga> jp: writing ...
[16:27] <KK> Tolkien couldn't get a publisher at first. It took time,
even then.
[16:27] <Debbie-VB> I thopught she was quoting Queen
[16:27] <Rhianyn> synopsizing is the worst :/
[16:27] <Mistyck> Domo Arrigato was Styx not Queen
[16:28] <babayaga> and the less polite form ...
[16:28] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Specifically, the song "Mr. Roboto".
[16:28] <Mistyck> yeppers, Kelos!
[16:28] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Very good album in total, too...one of the
rare "story" albums that actually workd.
[16:28] <Debbie-VB> sorry Rita. I'm not that up on that that side of
the music biz. My taste runs more towards the New Age
[16:29] <Mistyck> lol!
[16:29] * Mistyck saw sting last night
[16:29] <Mistyck> and Annie Lennox
[16:29] <jp> Name dropper
[16:29] * Debbie-VB is slightly jealous
[16:29] <Rhianyn> I love her voice
[16:30] <Mistyck> but the concert from last month, Deep Purple was the
coolest! NASA gave the Band the recovered autographed CDs from the
Columbia crash...all the astronauts had autographed them
[16:30] * Kelos_al-Hazar missed an opp to see KISS and Poison in
concert, 'cause he didn't know where the Verizon Music Center was....

[16:30] <Bynw> KK, barticus is back in Iowa ... he was here last
sunday ... maybe he will be on today
[16:30] * the_Bee thought Sting was a group till he guest-starred on
"Ally McBeal."
[16:31] <Mistyck> Ian Gillan had tears in his eyes and his voice was
all choked up as he thanked the guy from NASA
[16:31] <KK> cool!
[16:31] <Mistyck> Sting was the lead singer for "Police"
[16:31] * Bynw is at the mall selling candles and chatting too
[16:31] <Debbie-VB> last concert I saw was the one time Mike Oldfield
played North america
[16:31] <TerryOBrien> Only groups I ever saw was Hawkwind at
Conspiracy in 1987, and Chicago and the Beach Boys in a double bill
here locally on my birthday a couple of years ago.
[16:31] <Kelos_al-Hazar> How on Earth did CDs survive the crash?
[16:31] <KK> Are you selling lots of candles, Bynw?
[16:32] <Mistyck> don't know Kelos, but they survived!
[16:32] <jp> I saw P.J. Harvey the other night
[16:32] <Bynw> not as much as i would like but it will pick up the
more fall moves in
[16:32] <KK> Lots of things survived the crash, actually.
[16:32] <TerryOBrien> I missed a chance to see Jethro Tull in concert
because I was too young at the time (14).
[16:32] <Mistyck> yeah...some cloth patches made it back intact too
[16:32] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Freaky.
[16:33] <KK> This is not my kind of music, so it doesn't bother me
that I've never gone to one of their concerts.
[16:33] <Bynw> last concert i was at was Rush Vapor Trails tour
[16:33] <Najjah> My last concert was Pat Benatar, lovely voice
[16:33] <KK> Closest I came was a concert performace of Jesus Christ
Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl. But it did make me pay attention to
Andrew Lloyd Weber!
[16:33] <jp> Pat Bebatar?
[16:34] <Mistyck> Katherine, they played one of Deep Purple's songs
"Space Trucking" as their wake up music on the Friday before they
headed home...it was one of the astronaut's fav band (Kalpana, the
Indian woman)
[16:34] <Mistyck> Benatar
[16:34] <Najjah> Yes, Pat Benatar
[16:34] <Mistyck> she's awesome!
[16:34] <Mistyck> saw her last year
[16:34] <Bynw> i saw pat benatar live ... i think she is better
recorded than live ... i'm glad it was a free concert ... i would have
been disappointed if i paid money for it
[16:34] <Mistyck> and she saluted all the troops
[16:34] * jp blast from the past o-meter factor 10
[16:34] <Mistyck> Bynw, last year she did an awesome job live in a
small concert hall
[16:35] <Mistyck> she dedicated a song to the 9/11 survivors and the
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
[16:35] <Mistyck> Andrew Lloyd Weber is awesome!
[16:35] <TerryOBrien> She was a guest on Charmed a season or two ago.
She and her husband still look like born rockers.
[16:36] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Please be in prayer; friend of mine's been
remobilised to Iraq...
[16:36] <Bynw> you can see pics of the mall from our cart in center
court on my webcam, www.psionics.net/webcam/ its from a couple of
weeks ago ..
[16:36] <Najjah> Do you know where in Iraq your friend is going?
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[16:36] <DeryniBot> Hey Barticus - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:36] <Bynw> speak of the devil :-)
[16:36] <Najjah> I got to spend 10 months over there, courtesy of the
Army National Guard
[16:37] <Mistyck> hiyas Bart!
[16:37] <the_Bee> hi Barticus
[16:37] <TerryOBrien> My cousin (by marriage) just got back from Irag.
LT Colonel in charge of security at Grisson AFB.
[16:37] <Barticus> howdy all
[16:37] * Debbie-VB sends prayers for the safety of Kelos's friend
[16:37] <Mistyck> welcome back officially!
[16:37] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Asked for specifically by name...no, I don't,
but he's Marine Military Police...
[16:37] <Bynw> Hiyas Barticus!
[16:37] <jp> I watched some of a program the other day about the new
building thats going up at ground zero
[16:37] <Mistyck> Kelos, most locations are classified
[16:37] <Barticus> howdy kk
[16:37] <Mistyck> but, I'll keep him in my prayers
[16:37] <KK> Barticus! Welcome home to the warrior!
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[16:37] * Shiral sets mode: +o Shiral
[16:37] <DeryniBot> Hey Shiral - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:37] <Bynw> hi Sis
[16:37] <Barticus> thanks
[16:37] <Shiral> Hi all
[16:37] <Debbie-VB> Hi shiral
[16:37] <KK> hey, shiral!
[16:37] <Shiral> Hey, Katherine's here! Hi Katherine <G>
[16:37] <Barticus> howdy shiral
[16:37] <jp> Wsa that you in italy Barticus?
[16:37] <KK> How is Nina?
[16:38] <Mistyck> Najjah, I'm Air Guard
[16:38] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Mistyck: I know. I don't know where he's
going...other than to Iraq, and did not ask.
[16:38] <the_Bee> howdy shiral
[16:38] <Mistyck> so I understand
[16:38] <Mistyck> hiyas Shiral!
[16:38] <Shiral> Nina is larger than formerly, and is convinced I
possess the Ankles of Evil
[16:38] <Barticus> nope I don't think so
[16:38] <Kelos_al-Hazar> He'll be gone a year...
[16:38] <Shiral> Hi Bart! How are you?
[16:38] <Debbie-VB> He may not be able to tell yopu where in Iraq he's
going
[16:38] <Kelos_al-Hazar> That's why I didn't ask... ROFL
[16:38] <Barticus> just great glad to be home
[16:38] <Shiral> Wouldn't you know it, KK's here and I was late. =o)
[16:38] <jp> so long as its away from the bullets and bombs
[16:38] <KK> Now, as she discovers that you leg makes a good
substitute for a tree, and starts climbing it....
[16:39] <Najjah> Understand the not being able to tell someone the
destination, didn't even tell my lovely wife Debbie the precise
location where I was
[16:39] <Shiral> This isn't a problem when I'm in long pants, but it's
been HOT here
[16:39] <KK> I hope you had absolutely NO adventures, Barticus!
[16:39] <Shiral> And my knees are covered with tiny scratches
[16:39] <Barticus> thankfully I did not
[16:39] <Shiral> Who is going to Iraq??
[16:39] <Barticus> nore do I want to
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[16:40] <DeryniBot> Welcome Annie to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:40] <Shiral> hi annie
[16:40] <Debbie-VB> hi annie
[16:40] <jp> Hi annie
[16:40] <Annie> hi all
[16:40] <KK> Bart, do you think it's now better where you were, than
when you first went?
[16:40] <Rhianyn> kittens seem to have poison tipped toenails
[16:40] <Barticus> howdy annie
[16:40] <Barticus> definitely
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[16:40] <DeryniBot> Hey Dov - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[16:40] <Shiral> They have SHARP toenails, and they dig in painfully
[16:40] <Shiral> hi dov
[16:40] <Annie> hi folks - you haven't forgotten me then
[16:40] <jp> Hi dov
[16:40] <Barticus> they seemed to be starting stand on their own
[16:40] <Annie> hi Dov
[16:40] <Dov> hi everyone
[16:41] <Barticus> howdy dov
[16:41] <KK> That's excellent news! Long may it continue.
[16:41] <Rhianyn> Try getting through a house of seven cats in a beads
fringed skirt
[16:41] <Shiral> Well, welcome home, Bart
[16:41] <Mistyck> hi Annie and Dov
[16:41] <Bynw> Hi Dov, Annie
[16:41] <jp> As the only other brit here i can't afford to forget you
Annie
[16:41] <Annie> lol jp
[16:41] * Dov waves to everyone
[16:41] <KK> Rhianyn, do you have a death wish?!
[16:41] <Shiral> THanks, I think I'll forgo that experience, Rhianyn
[16:41] <Barticus> thanks:+)
[16:41] <Debbie-VB> Oooooo, major playtime
[16:41] <Shiral> I'm already the walking Kitten Wounded
[16:42] <Mistyck> hey, I had to tell a Brit to go shoot himself where
the sun don't shine yesterday at the concert!
[16:42] <Shiral> ALthough Nina is presently napping on my bed, looking
cute and harmless
[16:42] <jp> For why
[16:42] <KK> What do we hear about Mak's kittens/ Has there been a
recent website update?
[16:42] <Shiral> Not that I'm aware of
[16:42] <Bynw> Neko is gonna go see the Vet tomorrow and get some
"attitude adjustments"
[16:42] <Mistyck> he decided he was going to put on a heavy cockney
accent to defend him standing in a fire walkway, so I put on mine!
[16:42] <Shiral> We need to ask her, I think
[16:42] <Barticus> you got a cat while I was gone Bynw?
[16:43] <Bynw> yup bart
[16:43] <Shiral> She's probably overrun in lively baby cats
[16:43] <Bynw> there are some pics of him, not recent on my cam page
in the gallery
[16:43] <jp> Those bloody brits!
[16:43] <Barticus> awesome,you defintely needed to get one
[16:43] <KK> Bart, did you hear about Mak's FIVE kittens, plus the
rescued mom?
[16:43] <Debbie-VB> what kind of attitude adjustments? the babe asks
innocently
[16:43] <Barticus> no I did not
[16:44] <Barticus> it is nice to hear that some countries take care of
their animals
[16:44] <Bynw> basic round of shots (like distemper and the rest that
he needs) and getting his male impulses stopped
[16:45] <Shiral> A friend of Mak's daughters rescued a VERY pregnant
female cat from a river where the poor cat had been put to see in a
tupperware bowl with a little hole cut in the lid
[16:45] <KK> Mom cat's name is Jasmine, and she was rescued from a
Tupper tub afloat in a stream or river, and ready to pop kittens.
Mak's daughter rescued her and brought her home, and the second night
she gave birth. They're adirable grey tigerrs.
[16:45] <Rhianyn> thats called being teutered
[16:45] <Barticus> " cringes"
[16:45] <Shiral> Very cute little babies
[16:45] <Shiral> And evidently mama weathered her experience, okay
[16:45] <Shiral> But we all agreed whoever did that to the poor cat
needs severe punishment
[16:45] <Barticus> wow
[16:46] <Shiral> The kind of punishment normally given to Peer, around
here
[16:46] <KK> That would be about right.
[16:46] <Shiral> So......Katherine, any writing? she asks, in a wee
tiny voice
[16:46] * jp Imagines Dick Van Dyke as the chap from Mary Poppins
going up against The American Military
[16:46] <KK> Actually, some. But on the proposal for Hunting by
Gaslight, rather than Childe---though that's next up.
[16:46] <TerryOBrien> JP That would be Bert (or Bertie).
[16:47] <Barticus> that would be an interesting sight
[16:47] * Shiral sends KK irresistable writing Woodgies
[16:47] <Bynw> Psionics.Net IRC Network's 1st Annual Online Game
Convention - 7 March 18th-20th 2005 - 4 "The only gaming con you can
go to in your underwear" Detials @
http://www.psionics.net/chat/events.html
[16:47] * the_Bee imagines the American military going up against mary
Poppins
[16:47] <Shiral> Although the news about Hunting By Gaslight is
encouraging
[16:47] <jp> Hunting by Gaslight?
[16:47] <Debbie-VB> and hunting by gaslight is...?
[16:47] <Barticus> hunting by gaslight?
[16:47] <KK> Prequel to the Adept books, set in the late 1870s.
[16:47] <Bynw> WHOOOT
[16:47] <Bynw> sounds good to me
[16:47] <Barticus> aw cool
[16:47] <Shiral> I think Bart approves <G>
[16:48] <TerryOBrien> The ancestor of Sinclair?
[16:48] <Annie> not read the Adept books, not found any this side of
the pond
[16:48] <Najjah> I'm interested in teh Hunting by Gaslight as well
[16:48] <Bynw> or Sinclair himself in a previous incarnation
[16:48] * Debbie-VB makes a note to keep an eye out fdor that book too
[16:48] <Dov> my approval too
[16:48] <jp> I have some in stock Annie
[16:48] <Barticus> I've been waiting for another adept book
[16:48] <KK> Annie, who's taken over from Andromedabooks? Or, you
could order them from Amazon.com.
[16:48] * Shiral breaks out the tea table, complete with sandwiches
and cakes and tea for all
[16:49] <Annie> they are deffo next on my list KK!
[16:49] <Rhianyn> I've been waiting to find out more about Pippa but I
suppose this will be before her time
[16:49] <Debbie-VB> and amazon even has a UK branch
[16:49] <Mistyck> ooh...pre 20th Century Adepts!
[16:49] <Mistyck> I love it!
[16:49] <Annie> I ended up getting most Deryni ones shipped from the
US
[16:49] * Shiral wants to hear more about Alaric's little green shoes
[16:49] <Barticus> little green shoes?
[16:49] <KK> Yep, my extended DVDs of the first 2 LOTR films are en
route from them.
[16:49] <Debbie-VB> I know, because I ordered a DVD through them
that's not available in North america
[16:50] * Shiral also wants the extended Return of the King DVD
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[16:50] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here kirienne
[16:50] <Shiral> Hi Kirienne
[16:50] <Debbie-VB> Dec 14th shiral
[16:50] <Annie> lol Debbie - stuff whizzing in both directions then!
[16:50] <kirienne> hi everyone
[16:50] <Shiral> I know, I just want it NOW
[16:50] <Annie> hi Kirienne
[16:50] <the_Bee> hi kirienne
[16:50] <KK> At Ann's, we watched the two Easter eggs from the
extended sets. Hilarious!
[16:50] <Mistyck> hi Kirienne
[16:50] <Barticus> I bought alot of stuff from amazon while in
Kosovo(including deryni rising) took about 2 weeks]
[16:50] <Shiral> I never seem able to catch the easter eggs
[16:51] <Barticus> howdy kirienne
[16:51] <kirienne> good to see you back Barticus
[16:51] <Barticus> thanks
[16:51] <Najjah> Just looking on Amazon.com, looked like most of the
Adept books were available
[16:51] * the_Bee sets out platters of mint chocolate chip cookies and
gingersnaps
[16:51] <Mistyck> Najjah, are you in the Boston area?
[16:51] <Rhianyn> Public apols if I've ignored anyones private
messages, I just figured out how to send them
[16:51] * kirienne sets out the bottles of Fianna Red
[16:52] <Debbie-VB> in the extended versions, put in the 1st disc and
select scene selections. Go to the end of the scenes and press down.
a ring will appear and click enter
[16:52] * the_Bee adds sparkling Vezaire and Fianna Blue
[16:52] <jp> thay left an easter egg off the UK version of fellowship,
thought we brits couldn't handle it?
[16:52] * Bynw Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[16:52] * Bynw has left IRC
[16:52] <kirienne> aaaccckkkk, peer got Bynw
[16:52] <Shiral> I've survived NOT having seen them this long, though,
So I suppose I'm good for a little longer
[16:52] * kirienne shoots an arrow at peer
[16:52] <KK> Oh, no! Bynw's own peer got him!
[16:52] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateful of petrified purple
peeps
[16:52] <Barticus> mind ripped!
[16:52] <the_Bee> Easter Eggs in Middle Earth?
[16:52] * Kelos_al-Hazar throws the lever that drops the floor out
from under Peer...
[16:53] <KK> Extra scenes, Bee.
[16:53] <Najjah> No, I am from Dayton, Ohio. My wife Debbie and I
visited Boston for the Worldcon/Noreascon. Debbie went to meet Terry
Pratchett, I went to meet Katherine. Got to meet KK, play a little
Deryine Adventure with her as well.
[16:53] <Shiral> Yes, they hid them in Mount Doom. It's not your
granny's easter egg hunt
[16:53] <Shiral> As you have to avoid Orcs to get the Eggs
[16:53] * the_Bee leads her swarm up peer's wazoo, stinging all the
way
[16:53] <KK> Aha! Now I know who you are, Najjah!
[16:53] * Shiral sulks at having had to miss Worldcon
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[16:53] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Duck
[16:54] * Najjah Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[16:54] <Shiral> Oh dear
[16:54] <the_Bee> quackeroo, duck!
[16:54] <Shiral> Shouldn't have even mentioned Peer
[16:54] <Barticus> howdy duck
[16:54] <Duck> hello people
[16:54] <kirienne> oh my...Peer is being rather nasty today
[16:54] <KK> Yike, being unmasked got him peered!
[16:54] * jp pokes peers swollen red wazoo after bee's done her worst
[16:54] * Shiral takes Peer hanggliding
[16:54] <Debbie-VB> donald!!!!!!!!! {{{{huggles}}}}
[16:54] <Shiral> G'Day, Donald
[16:54] * kirienne shoots another arrow at peer
[16:54] <Barticus> takes peer driving in kosovo
[16:54] <KK> G'day, Donald!
[16:54] <kirienne> hi Duck
[16:55] <KK> Good on ya, Barticus!
[16:55] <Shiral> Bart, you're so cruel to Peer <G>
[16:55] <Mistyck> hiyas Donald
[16:55] <Mistyck> yes, poor Najjah!
[16:55] <Mistyck> he's military too!
[16:55] <Mistyck> hopefully he'll be back in a few
[16:55] <Barticus> well i have to share some of my pain somehow
[16:55] <KK> Yep, a captain.
[16:55] <Shiral> Good point
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[16:56] <DeryniBot> Hey Bynw - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:56] <Barticus> i have real good vaction spot for peer
[16:56] <Shiral> wb, bro
[16:56] <the_Bee> Are Kosovo drivers *that* bad?
[16:56] <Annie> wb Bynw
[16:56] <Bynw> thanks
[16:56] <Barticus> c'mere peer
[16:57] <kirienne> we are getting thunder at the moment, so if I
suddenly disappear, it's gotten worse
[16:57] <KK> Remnants of Ivan?
[16:57] <TerryOBrien> The only thunder around here is my stomach
saying its dinner time.
[16:57] <Shiral> Nina was staring out my bedroom window, this morning.
She's never seen rain before
[16:57] <Bynw> had to process a credit card there
[16:57] <Barticus> yes they are they make iowa drivers look like
little old ladies in vw bugs
[16:57] * Kelos_al-Hazar survived ivan...
[16:57] <kirienne> I wouldn't think it would come all the way to
California, but you never know
[16:57] <babayaga> we had our Ivan leftovers yesterday
[16:57] <Shiral> My brother and sister-in-law survived both Frances
and Ivan
[16:57] <Debbie-VB> We had a grumble-storm here earlier
[16:57] <Rhianyn> ohhh, Ivan did terrible things to my cousins place

[16:58] <Annie> I have rellies in Grenada - don't know how they fared,
though
[16:58] <KK> My dad got a bit of rain from Frances, but both the
others missed him totally.
[16:58] <Shiral> Frances passed just to their east, and was at
tropical storm stage, then. And Ivan very luckily passed to their west
[16:58] <kirienne> that's good KK
[16:58] <Rhianyn> you're getting thunder in Cali?
[16:58] <Shiral> Ivan was one lousy Hurricane
[16:58] <Shiral> Not thunder, but it did rain, this morning
[16:58] <jp> Well, gotta go, have to prepare for Fantasycon next
weekend. Some of the UK's big names and upcoming talent and litle old
me selling their books
[16:58] <kirienne> yep, it's not as rare as folks think
[16:58] <Shiral> Cleared the air nicely, actually
[16:59] <Debbie-VB> no hurricane is that good shiral
[16:59] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Ivan the Terrible had lightning near the
eye...
[16:59] <Shiral> bye jp
[16:59] <the_Bee> seeya jp
[16:59] <Annie> where is fantasycon jp?
[16:59] <kirienne> see ya jp
[16:59] <Rhianyn> wow been bright and warm in my corner of SoCal
[16:59] * Najjah has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:59] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Najjah
[16:59] <TerryOBrien> see ya jp
[16:59] <the_Bee> wb najjah
[16:59] <KK> Ah, he's back!
[16:59] <Barticus> well all have to make this a short visit, have to
accompany my brother to Wally world(walmart)
[16:59] <Najjah> Yes, I blipped out somehow
[16:59] <KK> Good to see you safely home, Barticus!
[16:59] <Rhianyn> my condolences Bart
[16:59] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Wal-Mart = Wallet-World...
[16:59] <Debbie-VB> need a guide Bart?
[16:59] <Shiral> My brother was here last month, and he and I argued
over whether earthquakes or hurricanes were worse
[16:59] <jp> walsall, Quality Hotel, just off junction 10
[16:59] <Barticus> its nice to see everybody again,
[17:00] <Shiral> On friday morning, I asked him if he STILL liked
Hurricanes better. =o)
[17:00] <Barticus> no thanks
[17:00] <Rhianyn> hurricanes
[17:00] <Barticus> see all later
[17:00] <the_Bee> depends which you're having at the moment
[17:00] <Barticus> bye
[17:00] <Annie> out of the UK con loop - need to get back into it
[17:00] <Shiral> wb, najjah
[17:00] <kirienne> night Bart
[17:00] <KK> Til next time.
[17:00] <Shiral> ]bye bart!
[17:00] <Annie> night
[17:00] <jp> 24th to 26th
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> nighters Bart
[17:00] <Rhianyn> quakes are her and gone before you know it
[17:00] <Barticus> is gone in explosion of maskhed potatoes
[17:00] <jp> bye all
[17:00] * jp has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:00] <Najjah> ttfn
[17:00] * Barticus Quit
[17:00] <Shiral> Yes, although at least with hurricanes, you do get
some warning
[17:01] <Rhianyn> hurricanes you have all that fearful anticipation
[17:01] <Shiral> Earthquakes can hit with NO warning
[17:01] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Unless you listen to the animals...they know
when one's coming...
[17:01] <Dov> chinese proverb: people are not killed by earthquakes
but by their possessions
[17:01] <kirienne> lol
[17:01] <Rhianyn> my other half was terrified about quakes before he
moved here
[17:01] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Same for hurricanes and typhoons...
[17:01] <Shiral> Hunh, My cats didn't say word one about the Loma
Prieta quake!
[17:02] <Rhianyn> he's slept through all we've had since then
[17:02] <Duck> they just wanted to surprise you shiral
[17:02] <Mistyck> wb Captain Najjah!
[17:02] <KK> Well, I need to get going, guys. We had several looooong
days, with the film crew here, and we're still catching up. Plus,
they'll be back tomorrow to finish dismantling.
[17:02] * Najjah Quit
[17:02] <Debbie-VB> they didn't even blame you for it shiral?
[17:02] <Mistyck> ick
[17:02] <Shiral> Film crew?
[17:02] <Mistyck> g'nite KK
[17:02] <babayaga> bye KK, thanks for the help
[17:02] <Dov> film crew???
[17:02] <Shiral> Awwwwwww
[17:02] <Bynw> night kk
[17:02] <KK> Oh, and I got to ride a biiiig cherry picker up to look
at our roofs.
[17:02] <Shiral> Going already =o(
[17:02] <Annie> film crew?
[17:02] <kirienne> night KK, it was good to see you
[17:02] <TerryOBrien> Night, Katherine.
[17:02] <Mistyck> have a great week Katherine
[17:02] <Duck> cheers katherine
[17:02] <Shiral> yes, do please come back next week!
[17:02] <kirienne> hugggles KK
[17:02] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Katherine. sleep sweet, and have a
terrific week
[17:02] <Rhianyn> niters
[17:02] <Dov> good night katherine
[17:02] <KK> It had a big searchlight on it, and you'd have thought we
were looking for terrorists or something. It was cool!
[17:02] <Shiral> Want to hear more about the film thingie
[17:02] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Sleep well, Lady Katherine...
[17:03] <the_Bee> have a good week katherine
[17:03] <Dov> sta well
[17:03] <Shiral> Write, Katherine, write......
[17:03] <Dov> stay even
[17:03] <KK> I took pictures. I'll send a few.
[17:03] <Annie> night Katherine
[17:03] <KK> But not tonight. They're still in the camera.
[17:03] <Shiral> Have a good night, and don't be a stranger. =o)
[17:03] <KK> Hugs to all, and scritches to the assorted felines.
[17:03] * Debbie-VB looks forward to seeing some piccies
[17:03] <Mistyck> scritches to the fab five too, Katherine
[17:04] * Shiral says Nina swats at your finger <G>
[17:04] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:04] <Shiral> Bye, Katherine!
[17:04] <Bynw> night kk
[17:04] * KK Quit

[17:00] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:00] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[17:00] <Mistyck> hiyas kk
[17:00] <TheCatWhisperer> hi kk
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> I told him to pass the word around. I need all
the hugs I can get
[17:00] <Bynw> {{{ Katherine }}}
[17:00] <Tika> hey hey KK
[17:00] <Shiral> hello katherine!
[17:00] <Ghostgames> vbbbbbbbbbbff344444444444
[17:00] <Sedina> hi Katherine
[17:00] <the_Bee> Glad you're here, KK
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[17:00] <Rhianyn> greetings
[17:00] <KK> Aha! You guys are here!
[17:00] <Ghostgames> (kitten speak...)
[17:00] <Olympia> Perfect timing! We were just talking about hugging!
ok most of us were I think that was Ann's cats saying hi
[17:00] <Ghostgames> Hi, Katherine!
[17:00] <Shiral> Yes, we are
[17:00] <Shiral> lol, ann
[17:00] <Wrengl> hi katherine!
[17:01] <Ghostgames> I've given them some food, they should be busy
(and off computer keyboards) for a while.
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[17:01] <DeryniBot> Hey Martine - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[17:01] <Wrengl> i missed you last couple of times
[17:01] <Ghostgames> hi, martine!
[17:01] <Wrengl> hi martine
[17:01] <Bynw> mine is on the top of my monitor
[17:01] <Shiral> Hi Martine
[17:01] <Martine> Hi all! Long time no see :-)
[17:01] <Tika> heh, Neko has now migrated to his butt warmer (Bynw's
monitor)
[17:01] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Martine
[17:01] <Olympia> Ahhhh Miss martine as well!
[17:01] <Shiral> Mine is napping on the bed
[17:01] <Sedina> Hi Martine
[17:01] <Bynw> hiyas mistress of the tesseract!
[17:01] <Martine> Cats? I've got one on my feet at the moment :-)
[17:01] <Martine> lol hi bynw
[17:01] <KK> I know. Your name was on the screen, but you were off
doing other things.
[17:01] <Wrengl> hi rhianyn
[17:01] <Wrengl> hi tika
[17:01] <Shiral> As far as I'm concerned, the four footed residents
are going to have to wait for their suppers
[17:02] <Olympia> Hello there, Katherine ::hug::
[17:02] <Rhianyn> mine are all piled on the bed in one big fuzz heap
[17:02] <Martine> Katherine! <huggles>
[17:02] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:02] <Olympia> Hey, Martine - I bit the bullet and got the 1 gig -
how many slots do you have?
[17:02] <KK> Greetings to all.
[17:02] <Martine> Ooooo! I'm jealous, Nancy!
[17:02] <Mistyck> how are you doing Katherine?
[17:02] <Martine> I've got two slots, both full at the moment.
[17:02] <TheCatWhisperer> For once the chat isn't dekatherinated
[17:02] <Olympia> Ok if you had four I would bring you 2 256 sticks
[17:02] <Martine> Oh well. Thanks for the offer!
[17:02] <Olympia> ::giggles at CW::
[17:02] <Shiral> Our Katherine intake was getting low!
[17:03] <Martine> They do need to be 400 MHz for my box :-)
[17:03] <Tika> pronounced Kathereen?
[17:03] <Olympia> ::passes Katherine the Kahlua chocolate chip
brownies frosted with chocolate ganache
[17:03] <Wrengl> both times i was fixing dinner
[17:03] <Tika> OMG
[17:03] <Martine> oooo! yum!
[17:03] <Wrengl> which is ready
[17:03] <KK> It wasn't for want of me trying for the past two
weeks--and with a duff desktop computer, at that. I even tried last
week with the laptop.
[17:03] <Shiral> That'll keep you buzzing
[17:03] <TheCatWhisperer> lol@shiral!
[17:03] <Martine> How's the desktop coming along?
[17:03] <KK> (Olympia, that's evil!)
[17:03] <the_Bee> KK, will we get to know Bronwyn better in the 2nd
and 3rd Childe Morgan books?
[17:04] <Shiral> And Duncan?
[17:04] <Shiral> =o)
[17:04] <KK> The desktop is mostly fixed--something went in the
registry, but my computer guru fixed it.
[17:04] <KK> It still isn't entirely right, though, so it will have to
go back to him this week.
[17:04] <Martine> Uh oh. Dastardly registry conundrums are evil.
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> Having computerator problems too Katherine? I'm
currently working with my old half-a-beast, because my good one is in
an advanced state of non-functionality
[17:04] <KK> Bee, no on 2, yes on 3.
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[17:05] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here kirienne
[17:05] <Shiral> Hello, Kirienne
[17:05] <Sedina> hi kirienne
[17:05] <kirienne> Hi Everyone
[17:05] <Mistyck> hi kirienne
[17:05] * TheCatWhisperer sends the guru computer fixing woodgies
[17:05] <Rhianyn> personally I've developed an interest in Oisian
Adair tho I dont think I spelled it right
[17:05] <kirienne> yeah!!!!! hi katherine
[17:05] * Shiral sends Guru fixing woodgies
[17:05] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi Kirienne
[17:05] <Martine> Hi Kirienne
[17:05] <KK> Yep, he's got a lot of potential.
[17:05] * Tika wonders if the guru wears a turban
[17:05] <Shiral> I'm interested in Khoren Vastouni, myself
[17:06] <the_Bee> or a loincloth
[17:06] <Tika> hehe
[17:06] <Rhianyn> I want his R'Kassan creams
[17:06] <Shiral> Or both
[17:06] <KK> No, but he's half-German and half-Irish, and also keeps
Annie McCaffrey up and running.
[17:06] <Martine> Turban and loincloth? <g>
[17:06] <Tika> I have an image of an aged Indian man with a turban and
loincloth sitting at a computer chanting
[17:06] <RainbowDragon> How has the writing been going? Or did it come
to a halt with the technical difficulties?
[17:06] <KK> It's his pro bono work for the SF industry.
[17:06] <Mistyck> lol
[17:06] <KK> Halt in a big way. My editor is not going to be a happy
camper.
[17:06] <Martine> Uh oh.
[17:06] <Tika> that's nice of him!
[17:06] <Shiral> Now I have a vision of Oisin Adair sitting in front
of a computer! I think I'm confused
[17:07] <kirienne> have you been having computer troubles KK?
[17:07] <KK> Two different chaps.
[17:07] <Shiral> Exactly
[17:07] <Shiral> Microsoft doesn't run right in Gwynedd
[17:07] <Martine> You couldn't whip out the old pencil & paper when
the computer went down, huh? Too much stuff locked in it?
[17:07] <KK> Yep, desktop crashed in a big way; would't even boot to
try to read the hard drive. But it got better, thanks to the amazing
Dieter.
[17:07] <Martine> lol shiral!
[17:07] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Microsoft doesn't run right anywhere.
[17:08] <Debbie-VB> Micro$oft doesn't run most places
[17:08] <Rhianyn> does it run right anywhere?
[17:08] <kirienne> yikes...I hope nothing got lost forever KK
[17:08] <Rhianyn> right even
[17:08] <Olympia> Runs just fine here in NH
[17:08] <KK> Nothing lost, thank God.
[17:08] <Martine> And here in NJ too :-)
[17:08] <Shiral> thank goodness!!!
[17:08] <Martine> weffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
[17:08] <Bynw> runs fine in Iowa and in TX where my server is located
[17:08] <Rhianyn> I will be sooo glad to type with two hands again :/
[17:08] <Shiral> It's hard to run anything when there are no computers
<G>
[17:08] <the_Bee> occasionally misbehaves in MA
[17:09] <Martine> Sorry. I was suddenly and forcefully "catted" there.
Guess Rowena got tired of my smelly feet.
[17:09] <Shiral> lol
[17:09] <Olympia> Hm... ann, sounds like Bee's computer need clicker
training!
[17:09] <Mistyck> lol
[17:09] <Shiral> Was she hissing at us, Martine??
[17:09] <Debbie-VB> why only one handed typing rhianyn?
[17:09] <Ghostgames> (The grey kitten has discovered that if he
presses the button on the answering machine the machine makes noise --
what fun!)
[17:09] <the_Bee> lol
[17:09] <Martine> LOL Rowena? Never. She only looks for scritches,
play, and rubbings.
[17:09] <kirienne> lol
[17:09] <Olympia> i love that grey kitten
[17:09] <Martine> lol oh no, ann!
[17:09] <Sedina> lol
[17:09] <Shiral> Nina thinks toilet flushing is deeply cool!
[17:09] <Mistyck> Katherine, I'm going to be co-writing songs for an
up and coming country-rock band!
[17:10] <Ghostgames> It's hard to find a reward that's motivating for
a computer...
[17:10] <Ghostgames> brb (out of water)...
[17:10] <Martine> Rowena has just discovered my hooded sweatshirt has
string ties. Yikes.
[17:10] <KK> So the temporary strays that you weren't going to even
think about keeping are wiggling their way into your heart, eh?
[17:10] <the_Bee> try threats
[17:10] <Debbie-VB> that's way cool rita
[17:10] <Mistyck> thanks
[17:10] <the_Bee> for the computer, that is
[17:10] <Shiral> Amazing how kittens do that
[17:10] <TheCatWhisperer> Congrats, Mistyck!
[17:10] <Mistyck> thanks
[17:10] <Shiral> I realized Nina wasn't going ANYWHERE when she was
about 4 days old =o)
[17:10] <Martine> You wouldn't know anything about that, would you
Shiral? <g>
[17:10] <Shiral> nope
[17:10] <Mistyck> or you Martine...
[17:10] <kirienne> that's cool Mistyck
[17:10] <KK> Been there, done that.
[17:10] <Shiral> I'm hard harted and closed-minded
[17:11] <Bynw> i hope this band thing doesnt take you away from us
like it did Carolyn
[17:11] <Martine> Well, I've had adult cats worm their way into my
heart in about 2.2 seconds flat... ;-)
[17:11] * Mistyck was very surprised they liked my lyrics
[17:11] <Mistyck> I hope not, Bynw
[17:11] <KK> Sounds like Sasha the Visitor Cat. Scott also feeds him.
He'd love to move in, but none of our critters ike him.
[17:11] <the_Bee> my building is no pets allowed
[17:12] <Bynw> my brother writes song lyrics ... has written over
1,000 songs but doesnt want to sell them since he has had a band of
his own and wants to go that route
[17:12] <KK> they don't like him, either.
[17:12] <Shiral> Pan has been swearing at the girls, lately
[17:12] <Debbie-VB> same with my building Bee. otherwise, I'd have a
couple of furkids
[17:12] <Shiral> But he realizes they're not likely to leave at this
point
[17:12] <TheCatWhisperer> Mistyck, I'm not surprised they liked your
lyrics. I guess I had a premonition
[17:12] <Rhianyn> we've had a Visitor cat for 5 years now
[17:12] <Martine> Hey, nothing to worry about. Rowena and Arwen still
scuffle. The only time there's a guaranteed truce is feeding time.
[17:12] <kirienne> lol
[17:13] <Sedina> my girls are not exactly impressed with the fact that
now they have to put up with <another> interloper..... Little Mr.
Mose, Keely's adorable white kitty with bright green eyes
[17:13] <Mistyck> that's great Bynw...it's usually better that way
[17:13] <Shiral> Sedina, at first I read that as "Little Mr. NOSE"
[17:13] <Olympia> so did i!
[17:13] <Ghostgames> They're still temporary. They finally got their
first vaccinations and blood tests back last week, so I've begun to
advertise them in earnest.
[17:13] <Mistyck> but since I have no intentions of forming a band, it
seemed like a good idea
[17:13] <Sedina> oh, he's got a nose on him too...especially if he
thinks food is involved
[17:14] <kirienne> lol sedina
[17:14] <Mistyck> lol
[17:14] <TheCatWhisperer> Typical cat!
[17:14] <Shiral> Ann has stronger will power than I do =o)
[17:14] <Shiral> Where kittens are concerned, anyway
[17:14] <Ghostgames> I already have 3 cats, which is the perfect
number. ;-)
[17:14] <Martine> Keep sending gray fur pictures to Olympia and you
might have a home for one! <g>
[17:14] <Olympia> Not when it involves chocolate, she doesn't!
[17:14] <Shiral> It would be nice if the kittens could be adopted
together
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> I saw the cutest kitten in a pet store yesterday.
It had a spotted coat
[17:14] <Rhianyn> I'm a big mush when it comes to cats
[17:14] <Olympia> ouch! mommmmm, Ann pinched me!
[17:14] <Rhianyn> hence the six
[17:14] <Shiral> lol
[17:14] <KK> Ann lies. She has one full-time cat, one part-time cat,
and one ghost.
[17:14] <Ghostgames> I'm hoping that my friend Karen will adopt the
grey kitten (she's expressed an interest) -- that way I can see him
whenever I'm visiting my horses.
[17:15] <Ghostgames> ;-)
[17:15] <Martine> lol! very true, katherine!
[17:15] * Mistyck had a really weird and clear dream a couple of weeks
ago that she is turning into lyrics.
[17:15] <Ghostgames> You got to pet the ghost, Katherine!
[17:15] <Martine> Although the part-time decided I was a very comfy
sleeping partner ;-)
[17:15] <Olympia> If I were staying here in NH *I'd* adopt the grey
furball
[17:15] <Olympia> soooo cute - the quintessential KITTEN
[17:15] <KK> Yep, not only saw her, but got to touch her!
[17:15] <Olympia> oooooooooooooooooooo
[17:15] <Mistyck> When I woke up and started writing it all down at
1:41 AM I thought about you KK and how the Deryni world got started
[17:15] <RainbowDragon> Mistyck is turning into lyrics? How amazing!
[17:15] <Martine> Katherine is a cat goddess to let Dana *touch* her!
[17:15] <TheCatWhisperer> Once I had a vivdream and woke up with a
poem in my head
[17:16] <Shiral> lol, rd!
[17:16] <KK> Kittens can be moved across country, Nancy.
[17:16] <Mistyck> lol rd
[17:16] <Ghostgames> I may have trouble finding a home for the black
one, she doesn't photograph very well. But as her coat grows out,
she's silvering -- silver star on her chest, frosting on the inside of
her legs and on her belly.
[17:16] <kirienne> just buy one of those traveling kitty cage things
Nancy
[17:16] <TheCatWhisperer> vivid
[17:16] <Olympia> Not when we're renting a no pets house - hey
Katherine, remember how Kathleen used to say that she made a pact with
ever kitten she had not to turn into a cat and they all reneged?
[17:16] <Martine> Ooooo! Cutie black kitten :-)
[17:16] <Shiral> Ann, I can only say I'm glad to be ON THIS side of
the country <G>
[17:17] <Olympia> Back, Martine, Back!
[17:17] <Shiral> Feeding three cats is all I can do =o)
[17:17] <Martine> Hey, I'm not taking any more cats in. Poor Arwen
would drop dead of a heart attack.
[17:17] <Ghostgames> Nah, Melissa, you already have the perfect
number, too. :-)
[17:17] <Shiral> Nevertheless, Adoption Woodgies for the black kitten
on the way
[17:17] <Ghostgames> But Martine, you're one short!
[17:17] <Shiral> i know, ann <g>
[17:17] <Martine> lol!
[17:17] <Shiral> And Pan will hand in his notice if I bring in any
MORE kittens
[17:17] <Olympia> I'm the same way with pets that I am with children -
auntie but not mom
[17:17] <Martine> I've already got Arwen on pheramone "prozac" with
just one partner! <G>
[17:17] <Shiral> I've seen that Look in his eyes, lately
[17:17] <Olympia> although that grey one...
[17:18] <KK> lol
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> the grey one is sort of the model for that Warner
Brothers kitten Pussyfoot?
[17:19] <Shiral> So,did little Alaric get into any trouble before the
great Computer disasters, Katherine?
[17:19] <the_Bee> KK, I hope I wasn't too pushy at Noreascon
[17:19] <Martine> Does Alaric have a fondness for honey, perhaps? ;-)
[17:19] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:19] <Shiral> Or for anything that makes a complete mess?
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Anyone who hasn't seen the black and grey kittens
yet may do so here: http://www.animal-companions.com/kittens.html
[17:19] <Mistyck> molasses
[17:19] <Ghostgames> I'll be updating the website again this week --
with movies.:-)
[17:19] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:20] <RainbowDragon> I'd like a glimpse of Kelson as a toddler too
[17:20] <KK> No trouble. He's about to be officialy Named, and to be
imprinted with his instructions for eventually helping Brion to his
powers.
[17:20] <Martine> Ann, most of the kitten pictures are broken links.
:-(
[17:20] <Shiral> Much coolness =o)
[17:20] <kirienne> cool.....
[17:20] <Martine> cool!
[17:20] <Shiral> We finally find out something about that naming
ceremony!
[17:20] <Mistyck> yep
[17:20] <Shiral> I've been curious about that for YEARS!!
[17:20] * Bynw doesnt watch many online movies and such since his main
media player is always in use broadcasting on Psionics.Net Radio
[17:22] <Sedina> now Bynw, would that happen to be a bit of a plug?

[17:22] <RainbowDragon> At what age are they officially named, KK?
[17:22] <Shiral> Kittens, or Alaric, RD?
[17:22] <kirienne> lol
[17:22] <Bynw> moi plug something? never :-)
[17:22] <Sedina> nah, I didn't think so
[17:23] <Martine> lol
[17:23] <Shiral> Not Bynw, surely!
[17:23] <Martine> So who's coming to Darkover this year?
[17:23] * Sedina wants to....really, really badly
[17:23] <TheCatWhisperer> Kittens are officially named whenever their
humans think of good names for them
[17:23] <RainbowDragon> Alaric, I meant
[17:23] <kirienne> not I, unfortunately
[17:23] <Olympia> I am, Martine, as you know
[17:23] <KK> He's 4.
[17:23] <Mistyck> I'm going to try, but work schedule doesn't look
good
[17:23] <Shiral> I know, RD, being very naughting
[17:23] * Bynw smiles and see's 10 days til the 3rd anniversary mark
[17:23] <Debbie-VB> I wish I was, but my bank accounts havn't
recovered from last year yet
[17:23] <Martine> I'll have my digital video camera there for you,
Kim. I'll make you a Darkover DVD!
[17:23] <the_Bee> not me. one conventin is all my budget can handle
[17:23] <Shiral> I know, I wish you could come, Sedina =o(
[17:24] <Olympia> Heh and I'm gonna be Da Narrator, right martine?
[17:24] <Martine> Of course you are!
[17:24] <Sedina> If my procedure were scheduled for one week later
than they are, I probably would go
[17:24] <Sedina> even if I ended up having to spend a large portion of
the time in my room resting
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> Wasn't Alaric 6 or 7 in "Swords"?
[17:24] <KK> I'll be arriving Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 PM.
[17:25] <Martine> Next year, Sedina. Definitely next year!
[17:25] <Olympia> Well we'll be sure to bring you every moment, Kim,
complete with interviews!
[17:25] <Shiral> Absolutely
[17:25] <Martine> I'll be coming Friday lunchtime as usual - unless
Olympia's plane is late.
[17:25] <Debbie-VB> Procedure? Does that mean you are getting the
transplant Kim?
[17:25] <Shiral> I'll be there
[17:25] <Olympia> My plane will NOT be late
[17:25] <Martine> lol
[17:25] <Shiral> WIth Ann's kind, kind help!
[17:26] <Sedina> Yes, Debbie....I officially got the date for when
we'll begin the testing and all the other "stuff" that needs to be
done before the actual transplant
[17:26] <KK> He's 13 in Swords.
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
[17:26] <Sedina> As it stands, I should be getting a transplant for
Christmas this year
[17:26] <RainbowDragon> ahhh, thanks, KK
[17:26] <kirienne> wonderful news Sedina
[17:26] <Martine> Best Christmas gift ever!
[17:26] <Olympia> Wayyyyy cool, Miss Kim!
[17:26] <the_Bee> 6 and 7
[17:26] <Rhianyn> bright Yule indeed

[17:26] -PsionicBlast- FYI - Katherine Kurtz, NYTimes best selling
author of the Deryni series is in her chatroom #Deryni_Destinations

[17:26] <Mistyck> great news Kim
[17:26] <Shiral> The Christmas present that really DOES "keep on
giving!"
[17:26] <Shiral> <g>
[17:27] <KK> Defiitely a great Christmas presemt.
[17:27] * dEvilGirL has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:27] <DeryniBot> Welcome dEvilGirL to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:27] <Mistyck> hi devilgirl
[17:27] <dEvilGirL> hello
[17:27] <kirienne> hi devilgirl
[17:27] <the_Bee> hi devilgirl
[17:27] * Shiral huggles Kim long distance
[17:27] <Martine> Hi devilgirl
[17:27] <Olympia> Hi there dEvilGirl
[17:27] <dEvilGirL> wow, what a polite channel
[17:27] * dEvilGirL hugs everyone
[17:27] <TheCatWhisperer> hi
[17:27] <the_Bee> welcome to the Deryni chat, devilgirl
[17:27] <Sedina> it will be a very nice Christmas present...especially
if it means that it will help me start feeling human again
[17:27] <Shiral> Hi devilgirl
[17:27] <Mistyck> ((((dEvilGirL)))))
[17:27] <Sedina> hi devilgirl
[17:27] <Martine> Human is good!
[17:27] <Shiral> We hope so, Sedina!
[17:28] <Martine> Paragon City superhero is better ;-)
[17:28] * Bynw would rather feel Deryni than Human
[17:28] * Turbo has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:28] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Turbo
[17:28] <Martine> Steph's really been missing you in game, Kim!
[17:28] <Mistyck> hi Turbo
[17:28] <kirienne> Sedina, I'll send prayers up that by Christmas day,
you are feeling your old self
[17:28] <Turbo> 'lo
[17:28] <Sedina> lol I'm sure that I'll have plenty of time to work
on the Paragon City Superhero part too
[17:28] <TheCatWhisperer> Welcome Turbo
[17:28] <Shiral> hi turbo
[17:28] <kirienne> hi turbo
[17:28] <Olympia> hi turbo
[17:28] <Sedina> kirienne - it won't be for quite a while after
Christmas before I'll start feeling like myself
[17:28] <Turbo> Hello all =)
[17:29] <Martine> hi Turbo
[17:29] <Sedina> that will just be when I get the transplant....I'll
still have a long road ahead of me after that
[17:29] <Shiral> Well, it's a start, Sedina
[17:29] <dEvilGirL> i don't know the book series... what's it about?
this is where you tell me to look at the topic and click a link isn't
it?
[17:29] <kirienne> well, wishful thinking couldn't hurt
[17:29] <Debbie-VB> Kim I too will be praying that everything is a
complete success
[17:29] <the_Bee> rurbo and devilgirl, have you met Katherine?
[17:29] <the_Bee> turbo too
[17:29] <Sedina> hi turbo
[17:29] <Martine> Prayers for feeling like your old self around April
or so :-)
[17:29] <Turbo> Nope. I have read "Wings of Pegasus" though
[17:29] <Sedina> yeah, that will be more like it, Martine
[17:29] <Martine> At least in time to spend another Memorial Day
weekend in New York? <g>
[17:29] <KK> Absolutely. After all, you have a wedding to get ready
for!
[17:29] <Olympia> John says hi by the way (he's waving to Martine,
Katherine, and Ann) - he's not coming with me to Darkover
[17:29] * jp has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:29] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here jp
[17:29] <Shiral> hello jp
[17:29] <Mistyck> hi jp
[17:29] <Martine> hi, nancy's john!
[17:30] <jp> hi jp
[17:30] <TheCatWhisperer> hi jp
[17:30] <Bynw> hiyas jp
[17:30] <Sedina> lol Knowing you, I wouldn't put it past you to
arrange that
[17:30] <Martine> hi jp
[17:30] <kirienne> hi jp
[17:30] <Shiral> Hello Nancy's John!
[17:30] <Martine> Who..... me? :-D
[17:30] <Sedina> hi jp
[17:30] <jp> hi all
[17:30] * Shiral waves back
[17:30] <KK> Huggles to Nancy's John.
[17:30] <Rhianyn> lol Nancy's john might not be the best form of
address
[17:30] <Ghostgames> hi, john!
[17:30] <Sedina> hi Nancy's John
[17:30] <Olympia> Hi JP! ooops sorry - My John as opposed to
martine's john - he says hi back, Shiral and thanks you for keeping an
eye on the boys! ROFLMAO, Rhianyn
[17:30] <Mistyck> lol Rhianyn!
[17:30] <kirienne> yes, hi to Nancy's John
[17:30] <Martine> Rhianyn, it started to distinguish him from my John
:-)
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> I never even thought of that one Rhianyn
[17:31] <Olympia> Hey Kim he sends MEGA big SuperHero hugs to ya
[17:31] <Shiral> it's a fun job, john, but somebody's got to do it!
[17:31] <Martine> And yes, it gets rather amusing <g>
[17:31] <Sedina> tell him thanks and huggles back
[17:31] <Olympia> I could refer to him as "Jean-Christophe" (his SCA
name) but then it would be JC and well you know...
[17:31] <Shiral> lol
[17:31] <Tika> lol
[17:31] <Martine> He might get a god complex? <g>
[17:31] <Mistyck> lol
[17:31] * Debbie-VB giggles
[17:31] <kirienne> lol
[17:31] <Olympia> although he IS Catholic and has one uncle who is a
priest and one who is a brother in a monastery
[17:31] <Rhianyn> well, as a Jonni I may be a bit sensitive to john
misnomers
[17:31] <Shiral> Or feel slightly Messainic
[17:31] <jp> What Is going on here
[17:31] <Olympia> these French-Canadians take that vey seriously!!!!
[17:32] <Olympia> Hey Rhianyn, Albra was very pleased to hear we had
met
[17:32] <Rhianyn> I miss Albra
[17:32] <Olympia> me too!!!!!!
[17:32] <Olympia> oops! eek! one uncle is a monsignior!! eeek!
[17:33] <Wrengl> late am i but the mistresses of the rampant lion will
be at darkover
[17:33] <Martine> LOL! you demoted his uncle, Nancy? <g>
[17:33] <Wrengl> it was touch and go for awhile though
[17:33] <Tika> and the crowd goes wild, Pat!
[17:33] * jp wrengl becomes yoda
[17:33] <Shiral> devilgirl, KK is Katherine Kurtz, the author of the
Deryni fantasy series. http://www.deryni.net is her website
[17:33] <Mistyck> you getting one room or a suite this time Pat?
[17:33] <Olympia> John is VERY down to earth - as Ann, Katherine, and
Martine will attest. No I didn't - he's retired apparently
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> Oh-oh, sounds like Pat's been possesed by the
spirit of yoda
[17:33] <Shiral> Excellent, Pat
[17:33] <Wrengl> do you have plans for thanksgiving day, katherine?
[17:34] <KK> Waiting for word from Sharon.
[17:34] <Rhianyn> once a monsinor, always a monsignor?
[17:34] * Kelos_al-Hazar sighs, for he will be working a yard sale on
TGiving Day.
[17:34] <Bynw> Oh Sharon will have ya over for dinner KK ... just drop
in and say Hi
[17:34] <Shiral> I didn't know priests COULD retire. I thought it was
a lifetime gig
[17:34] <Wrengl> we have two rooms again this year mistyck
[17:34] <Mistyck> cool
[17:34] <Rhianyn> I'll be a Nationals on Tgiving
[17:34] <Martine> They're allowed eventually, Shiral.
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> they do retire, but don't stop being priests
[17:34] <Martine> Either when they're too doddering or annoy the
superiors too many times <g>
[17:34] <Rhianyn> first time in ages away from my familyt
[17:34] * kirienne wishes she had won the lottery soshe could attend
darkover
[17:34] <Shiral> True
[17:35] <Wrengl> they are always a priest but they can retire from
active duty so to speak
[17:35] <Shiral> It's just that the priests in Gwynedd seem to die
before they retire. =o)
[17:35] <Olympia> John says they are still priests and can do all that
priest stuff but they aren't responsible for running a parish
[17:35] <Olympia> esp. the Deryni ones1
[17:35] <Shiral> That does explain things, yes
[17:35] <KK> It's a matter of getting a ride over. And since she's
working nowadays, I'm not sure she can pick me up from BWI, as has
been our usual MO. Anybody else arriving Wednesday, or living in the
area?
[17:35] <Bynw> Harvey lives in the area IIRC
[17:35] <Tika> There was a monsignor at a church I did a craft show
for last month who had that parish from 1920-1970 (wow!)
[17:35] <Shiral> There are those blue vans at the airport
[17:35] <Olympia> Pat has a non-smoking room, bless her!
[17:36] <Sedina> yes, he lives in Wheaton
[17:36] <Shiral> indeed!
[17:36] <Olympia> John says, yep retired, lives in Florida
[17:36] <TheCatWhisperer> It's been fun, but I gotta run
[17:36] <Olympia> bye cw
[17:36] <Martine> yay pat! thank you!
[17:36] <Bynw> cya cw
[17:36] <Sedina> bye, cw
[17:36] <Debbie-VB> nighters CW
[17:36] <the_Bee> bye cw
[17:36] <Martine> Bye cw
[17:36] <Shiral> bye, cw
[17:36] <jp> bye
[17:36] <Tika> cya cw
[17:36] <KK> Nighters, CW.
[17:36] <Rhianyn> bye
[17:36] <Wrengl> we arrive wednesday afternoon
[17:36] <kirienne> bye cw
[17:36] <Wrengl> cya cw
[17:37] <KK> Aha! Well, we'll work something out in the next 10 days.
[17:37] <Wrengl> it worked out well last year
[17:37] * TheCatWhisperer sweeps the cat hair off her Portal, steps
onto it and disappears in a shower of turquoise sparkles
[17:37] <Olympia> Now I'm thinking about those kahlua brownies... hm
maybe I could use the No Pudge Fudge stuff (not kidding - that's the
name and they make the mix here in NH and you add yogurt and they are
AWESOME)
[17:37] <Shiral> Late Thursday night, for me
[17:37] <Ghostgames> Melissa and I get in late on Thursday (on
separate flights).
[17:37] <Mistyck> Harvey probably can pick you up
[17:37] * TheCatWhisperer Quit
[17:37] <Martine> I get that here, Olympia. It's awesome stuff!
[17:37] <Olympia> Friday for me 'n Martine via Starbucks
[17:37] <Ghostgames> I'll have a rental car, if anyone else is
arriving Thursday night.
[17:37] <Wrengl> let me see what kathi has to say, depends on
unloading the car!
[17:37] <Ghostgames> (bwi)
[17:37] <Olympia> Look on the box, Martine. Product of NH
[17:37] <kirienne> they have no pudge brownie mix here in CA too
[17:37] <Martine> Whoo hoo! Egg nog latte!
[17:37] <Shiral> Most excellent
[17:37] <Martine> I know it's made in NH, but I can get it here :-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> if I make it there, I'll have a vehicle also
[17:37] <Olympia> That's wehre I found it fisrt, kirienne -
[17:38] * dEvilGirL Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:38] <Mistyck> ick
[17:38] <Rhianyn> *sigh* Cotton just came thru here at 90 mph
dragging a KFC container :/
[17:38] <the_Bee> bad peer!
[17:38] <Olympia> roflmao
[17:38] <jp> not as evil as peer
[17:38] <Ghostgames> (ann wonders if there's any such thing as goat
yogurt so she could try a No Pudge Fudge brownie...)
[17:38] <Mistyck> nope
[17:38] * Shiral takes Peer hanggliding
[17:38] <KK> lol, Rhianyn!
[17:38] <Martine> There's soy yogurt, Ann. Can you have that?
[17:38] <Debbie-VB> A full one or an empty one Rhianyn?
[17:38] <Shiral> I've seen goat yogurt at healthfood stores
[17:38] * the_Bee leads her swarm up peer's wazoo, stinging all the
way
[17:38] <Rhianyn> I'm sure its empty now
[17:38] <Olympia> sorry - I know chicken bones are an issue - didn't
mean to bleat with laughter
[17:39] * kirienne throws one of her own daggers at Peer
[17:39] <Rhianyn> and under the bed, his treasure lair
[17:39] <Martine> lol
[17:39] <Sedina> lol
[17:39] <Olympia> http://www.nopudge.com/
[17:39] <Mistyck> Ann, I can teach you how to make goat-milk yogurt
[17:39] <KK> Ann, is your exclusion diet working on the allergy
problem?
[17:39] <Martine> And I'm just about melting. Rowena's giving me a
kitty hug, one paw wrapped around each shoulder, and nuzzling my chin
with her head.
[17:39] <Ghostgames> I am seeing an increase in energy and
concentration, thank goodness!
[17:39] <Rhianyn> no bones, it's the bean container
[17:39] <jp> awwww
[17:39] <Martine> Alright, Ann!
[17:39] <Mistyck> Indians make home-made yogurt all the time
[17:40] <Wrengl> if you do not go to sharon's perhaps you can join us
in the search for thanksgiving dinner, katherine
[17:40] <Shiral> You're a soft touch, Martine!
[17:40] <Ghostgames> I have good days and bad days, and the good days
are getting more numerous. :-)
[17:40] <the_Bee> Awwwwwwwww
[17:40] <Tika> yay!
[17:40] <Olympia> Hey guys - that wonderful prime rib place serves
t-giving dinner
[17:40] <Shiral> Excellent, Ann
[17:40] <Martine> Yeah, well, it's how she won me over at the adoption
event where I met her. She knows how to pull my strings! <g>
[17:40] <Mistyck> good to hear that Ann
[17:40] <Rhianyn> oooh prime rib
[17:40] <Wrengl> which place is that olympia?
[17:40] <Wrengl> the steak and ale
[17:40] <KK> Yes, Nancy! I was about to mention that. I remember it
fondly!
[17:40] <Rhianyn> better than turkey any day
[17:40] <Ghostgames> gotta go feed the dogs before they break down the
door to the kitten room. brb
[17:40] <Mistyck> oh I remember that place
[17:40] <Olympia> you know - the one we all went to for dinner... let
me get the name
[17:40] <the_Bee> You guys are making me envious
[17:40] <Shiral> The steak and Ale?
[17:40] <Olympia> aha!
[17:41] <Olympia> that one
[17:41] <KK> Ann means it, too. Her dogs are BIG!
[17:41] <Mistyck> no, the bbq place
[17:41] * jp ribs-r-us
[17:41] <Martine> lol yes they are!
[17:41] <Shiral> lol
[17:41] <Wrengl> that is a possibility
[17:41] <Martine> And when they're both in your lap, boy, you're not
going anywhere!
[17:41] <Shiral> A little bigger, and she'd have house ponies
[17:41] <Sedina> we've eaten at the Steak and Ale often in the past
for Thanksgiving
[17:41] <Wrengl> we found an italian place last year but it was not
that good for the price
[17:41] <Mistyck> no, it wasn't
[17:41] <Mistyck> the BBQ place in 02 was better
[17:41] <Bynw> yeah
[17:41] <Shiral> Steak and Ale is also convenient to the Holiday inn
[17:41] <Rhianyn> what kind of dogs?
[17:41] <Mistyck> true
[17:42] <Wrengl> we have no problem with spending money but want good
food for our money
[17:42] <Shiral> Yeah
[17:42] * Mistyck is going to work like crazy next week so she can be
at Darkover
[17:42] <Martine> ditto, pat!
[17:42] <Shiral> Expensive mediocre food is very discouraging
[17:42] <KK> LOL. Yesterday, when I was going out the drive, the
girls from the riding school were putting two ponies in the paddock by
the drive. One was normal Shetland size, the other was only about 36"
high.
[17:42] <Martine> Dog ponies!
[17:42] <KK> I asked them if it was a pony or a large dog, and they
laughed.
[17:42] <Olympia> It's TECHNICALLY within walking distance. I know cuz
I walked back with Donald after the dinner and my nose got cold and he
gave me his muffler which was :;achoo:: wool!
[17:42] <Mistyck> you guys are getting me too excited!
[17:42] <Wrengl> lol
[17:42] <Sedina> lol
[17:42] <Wrengl> yes it is walking distance
[17:42] <Wrengl> but we have a car
[17:42] <KK> There is a Rotweiler at the stable who is almost as
big--and he's still growing.
[17:43] <Wrengl> and it will be unloaded by then!
[17:43] <Tika> unfortunately we aren't making it to Darkover...
holding out hopes for Arisia though, since Sam wants to have our
birthday party together this year if possible (it's a big one for him)
[17:43] <Shiral> LOL re ponies/vs dogs
[17:43] <Wrengl> we have another table this year to bring
[17:43] <Rhianyn> my friend breeds mini horse and her Danes are bigger

[17:43] <Wrengl> and are bringing a roast turkey
[17:43] <Mistyck> and if I am there, I have a car that seats 5
[17:43] <Shiral> awwwww. tika!!! =o(
[17:43] <Shiral> I wanted to see you there
[17:43] <Wrengl> you will be missed tika
[17:43] <Mistyck> aww Teeks!
[17:44] <Mistyck> yes you will!
[17:44] * Bynw wanted to see both of us there again too
[17:44] <Wrengl> we will remember you when we cut THE fruitcake
[17:44] <Tika> so did I - not in the cards though
[17:44] <Tika> hehehe Wrengl
[17:44] <Shiral> I'll just stick with pussycats
[17:44] <Mistyck>
[17:44] * Debbie-VB sits back while all the lucky ones are planning
for darkover, but she WILL be coming back
[17:44] <Shiral> House ponies are hard in a tiny apartment <G>
[17:44] <Wrengl> indeed they are shiral
[17:44] <Shiral> Sometimes, even cats are
[17:45] <jp> cats the size of ponies?
[17:45] <Wrengl> we also have a microwave as well as the toaster oven
this year
[17:45] <Rhianyn> lol our house is small but we still fiy the 6 cats
and two dogs
[17:45] <Wrengl> no dogs though
[17:45] <Shiral> god forbid, jp!!!!
[17:45] <Shiral> <g>
[17:45] * kirienne pouts since she cannot go to darkover, but hopes
she may get some writting done
[17:45] <Martine> Arwen's nearly the size of a tiny pony. And she's
not an overweight cat!
[17:45] <Rhianyn> compny may have to sleep on the porch tho
[17:45] <Wrengl> frankie is a 4 megaton kitten
[17:45] <Wrengl> and no fat on him
[17:45] <Shiral> lol
[17:46] <Martine> lol
[17:46] <Tika> Neko is growing into one... we call him a catten
[17:46] <Sedina> you should see Bueller, if you doubt how large cats
can get. Keely actually refers to him as her shetland pony of a cat
[17:46] <Olympia> Steak & Ale (410) 252-6800 and yes they are open on
t'giving and taking reservations - I just called
[17:46] <Rhianyn> I have two cats bigger than my parents foofoo dog
[17:46] <Shiral> If not thanksgiving, we could eat there en masse on
Saturday night
[17:46] <Olympia> I'm going to Maine for Thanksgiving - hopefully
there will be a little snow - we just had a lovely first snow of the
season and I took an entire roll of film!
[17:46] <Wrengl> lol
[17:46] <Mistyck> Evaine is a small cat
[17:46] <Martine> Arwen only weights 10 pounds, but she's 19 inches
long from collar to the base of her tail.
[17:47] <Shiral> lol
[17:47] <RainbowDragon> foofoo dog?
[17:47] <Olympia> ooooooooooooooo yes yes yes, shiral
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> that's a new breed RD
[17:47] <Martine> Yes, shiral! Me votes Saturday!
[17:47] <KK> Well, guys, it's getting late on this side of the
Atlantic. Gotta go, but I'll see you next week--and some of you at
Darkover!
[17:47] <Olympia> hey, katherine! we're finally gonna get a lady
knight in caid!
[17:47] <Shiral> I think Nina will be a big cat. SHe has HUGE paws for
her size
[17:47] <Olympia> Home grown 'n everything!
[17:47] <Shiral> Huggles, Katherine
[17:47] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[17:47] <Mistyck> foofoo dogs are also known as esb dogs
[17:47] <Rhianyn> foofoo dogs are small and foppy and usually fluffy

[17:47] <Shiral> Hope the computer behaves better
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Katherine, and thanks for dropping by
[17:47] <kirienne> nighters and huggles KK
[17:47] * Shiral sends KK a raft of writing woodgies
[17:47] <kirienne> and even
[17:47] <Tika> niters KK
[17:47] <jp> night kk
[17:47] <Wrengl> night katherine
[17:47] <KK> what?! a lady knight? who?
[17:47] <Shiral> Good to see you again!
[17:47] <the_Bee> Good to see you, Katherine. Have a good week
[17:47] <Mistyck> g'nite KK and have a great week
[17:47] <Rhianyn> niters
[17:47] <Sedina> good night, Katherine...it was good to get to see you
[17:48] <Wrengl> glad to speak to you
[17:48] <Debbie-VB> sleep sweet, and have a terrific week
[17:48] <Mistyck> hope they fix up your computer
[17:48] <Shiral> lol
[17:48] <Bynw> night KK have a good night!
[17:48] <Wrengl> have a good week
[17:48] <Olympia> I have this image of a tiny little raft with a bunch
of little woodgies paddling like crazeee
[17:48] <kirienne> have a great week KK
[17:48] <Shiral> Thanks for popping by
[17:48] <Wrengl> hope you can get some writing done
[17:48] <Shiral> lol, olympia
[17:48] <Mistyck> roflmao nancy!
[17:48] <Martine> rotfl, olympia!
[17:48] <Wrengl> rotfl nancy
[17:48] <Shiral> Luckily, they're good at rowing
[17:48] <Olympia> Bye bye, katherine - see you soon
[17:48] <Ghostgames> nmmmmmmmm m
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssx
[17:48] <Ghostgames> bye, kk!
[17:48] <KK> Olympia! What lady knight?!
[17:48] <Martine> Hi kittens!
[17:48] <Shiral> But I'd booked them on the Queen Mary 2
[17:48] <Tika> hi Ann's kitties!
[17:49] <Wrengl> hi kittens
[17:49] <Shiral> Cesca
[17:49] <Olympia> Her name is Kolfinna Kottr - I'll send you a URL!
And as his final act as king, Brand knelt down and proposed to his
Queen Nuala - I missed a GREAT Coronation!
[17:49] <Wrengl> dora is off someplace and not on the keyboard this
evening
[17:49] <Shiral> s saying it's HIGH time I got off my but and fed her
[17:49] <Ghostgames> About my dogs: anyone who wants to see a couple
of pictures can see them here (scroll down a bit):
http://www.animal-companions.com/clicker.html
[17:49] <jp> Great crested Woodgies or the lesser spotted veriety?
[17:49] <Shiral> lol
[17:49] <RainbowDragon> See you next week if your computer cooperates
:-)
[17:49] <Martine> Very big, floppy, sweet dogs :-)
[17:49] <Shiral> indeed
[17:49] <Olympia> Well i suspect it's time for me to feed that guy
sitting at the computer next to me, seeing as he fixed lunch!
[17:49] <KK> Wow! I look forward to it. And what a great Coronation
that must have been!
[17:50] <Shiral> lol
[17:50] <Olympia> giant hugs to all of you!! thanks for the good
laughs!!!!
[17:50] <kirienne> Nancy, that must have been sooo fun to see
[17:50] <Martine> lol nancy!
[17:50] <Shiral> John is very patient, Nancy
[17:50] <Rhianyn> ooh do you do clicker training?
[17:50] <Shiral> Huggles
[17:50] <Olympia> omigod he's a saint
[17:50] <KK> (Will she wear a dress for her knighting, the way Marry
of Uffington did?
[17:50] <Mistyck> g'nite Nancy
[17:50] <Mistyck> take care
[17:50] <Olympia> he puts up with me - I think she will!
[17:50] <Shiral> Night, Nancy
[17:50] <Olympia> kolfinna is awesome
[17:50] <kirienne> night nad huggles Nancy
[17:50] <Shiral> John will wear a dress???
[17:50] <Tika> LOL
[17:50] <Olympia> no, Kolfinna!
[17:50] <Shiral> Oh, no, the Lady Knight...
[17:50] <Olympia> silly shiral
[17:50] <Shiral> =o)
[17:50] <Wrengl> lol
[17:50] <kirienne> I wish these rental fingers worked better
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> Why not Shiral?
[17:50] <jp> every man wants too
[17:50] <Shiral> I wouldn't be as much fun if I were sober!
[17:51] <KK> I look forward to a full report at Darkover!
[17:51] <Ghostgames> Rhianyn: yup, sure do, about to start on the
kittens. :-)
[17:51] <Olympia> I live to serve, Your Excellency! <grin>
[17:51] <jp> wear a dress that is
[17:51] <Wrengl> darkover should be fun
[17:51] <KK> And on that note....
[17:51] <Shiral> We all do, Nancy
[17:51] <Olympia> Alright... where ARE those silly purple crystals...
ahhh here they are!
[17:51] * Olympia Quit
[17:51] <Shiral> Good night, Katherine
[17:51] <Shiral> Sleep well and write well
[17:51] <kirienne> I need to get busy adn sew up some t-tunics
[17:51] <the_Bee> nighter kk
[17:51] <Martine> I need to go as well. Gotta work on the novel!
[17:51] <KK> ?me steps onto her Portal, waves good night, blows
kisses, and disappeare in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:51] <Shiral> I need to um..... take care off urgent business
[17:51] <Martine> bye Katherine!
[17:51] <kirienne> night kk
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{{{{{Katherine}}}}}}}}}}}}
[17:51] <RainbowDragon> Live long and prosper, KK
[17:51] <Shiral> Bye, Katherine
[17:51] <Martine> lol cats, shiral?
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> :-)
[17:52] <Ghostgames> Time for me to try to reclaim some of my office
from the kittens -- they got into the recycle bin today and have been
having great fun with the newspaper.
[17:52] <Wrengl> bye katherine
[17:52] <Shiral> Yuppers, Martine
[17:52] <Shiral> brb
[17:52] <Martine> Might need to get dinner as well. Details.
[17:52] <Wrengl> see you at darkover is not before
[17:52] <Martine> Huggles all!
[17:52] <Shiral> lol, ann
[17:52] <Shiral> I know that feeling!
[17:52] <Ghostgames> 'night, all!
[17:52] <jp> KK seems to be lurking
[17:52] <Shiral> Reluctant to leave us
[17:52] * Bynw has to run an errand will bbab
[17:52] * Shiral gives KK a brownie for the road
[17:52] <kirienne> well, I must be off as well. I have to return two
tops to Target. I bought them this morning and did not try them on
until I got home, the sleeve ends about 5 inches beyond my fingertips
[17:53] <Wrengl> i will email you if we think we can pick you up
[17:53] <Shiral> Bye, Kirienne
[17:53] <RainbowDragon> saying her private goodbyes, perhaps
[17:53] * Ghostgames (Quit: Ghostgames mounts her ghostly steed and
rides off into the night.)
[17:53] <kirienne> see everyone next week
[17:53] * Martine mounts her favorite steed, Stoirm, and bolts out the
castle gate
[17:53] * Martine Quit (Quit: Trillian
(http://www.ceruleanstudios.com) )
[17:53] <Wrengl> by martine
[17:53] * Bynw is now known as Bynw[away]
[17:53] * Wrengl waves at ann's retreating back
[17:53] * kirienne climbs into the Rhafallia and tries to work on her
Kelric story
[17:53] * kirienne Quit
[17:54] * Wrengl needs to get apples into oven to bake
[17:54] <jp> did i miss any big news?
[17:54] <Mistyck> it's getting quiet in here
[17:54] <Rhianyn> I'm off as well, bye all
[17:54] <Shiral> Not this week, JP
[17:54] <Shiral> Bye, Rhianyn
[17:54] <Mistyck> bye Rhianyn
[17:54] <Shiral> brb
[17:54] <the_Bee> bye all departing chatters
[17:54] <jp> night rhianyn
[17:54] * RainbowDragon puts a ward on the portal - no more leaving!
[17:54] * Rhianyn Quit
[17:54] <Mistyck> lol
[17:54] <Kelos_al-Hazar> G'Night everyone. Back is so not cooperating.
:sighs:
[17:54] <Wrengl> lol rd
[17:55] * Kelos_al-Hazar Quit (Quit: May Blessings Be Unto Thee And
All Who Call Thee "Friend" in Truth!)
[17:55] <Wrengl> night kelos
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[17:55] <DeryniBot> Hey dEvilGirL - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[17:55] <Mistyck> wb dg
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> rather weak warding, I must say ... *blush*
[17:55] * dEvilGirL grumbles about her modem
[17:55] <dEvilGirL> hello everyone
[17:55] <the_Bee> welcome back, devilgirl
[17:55] <dEvilGirL> you can spare me the welcome backs though, i know
you love me
[17:55] <dEvilGirL> what did i miss?
[17:55] <jp> I've got to get this turning up too late or too early
thing sorted out
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[17:37] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[17:37] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[17:37] <Mistyck> hi Katherine!
[17:37] <Shiral> Hello, Katherine
[17:37] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK :-)
[17:37] <the_Bee> Hi KK! glad you made it
[17:37] <KK> Hello, all.
[17:37] <Shiral> We're an intimate group, today
[17:38] <Mistyck> yeppers!
[17:38] <KK> Sure looks like it.
[17:38] <Mistyck> small group but very friendly!
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> small numbers but quality folk
[17:38] <Mistyck> gmta rd!
[17:38] <Shiral> How has your week been, Katherine
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> How did your week go, KK?
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[17:38] <DeryniBot> Hey Raven - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
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[17:39] <DeryniBot> Welcome Martine to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:39] <Shiral> RD, you're repeating us all
[17:39] <KK> Another major computer crash. A new hard drive is on
order.
[17:39] <Mistyck> hiyas Raven and Martine
[17:39] <Shiral> Hi Martine
[17:39] <RainbowDragon> How goes the writing?
[17:39] <Martine> hi all! huggles!
[17:39] <Raven> hi
[17:39] <Shiral> oh no!!!
[17:39] <Shiral> Any writing lost???
[17:39] <Martine> Not another one?
[17:39] <the_Bee> you need a computer preservation spell, Katherine
[17:39] <KK> Not lost; just temporarily unobtainable.
[17:40] <Martine> LOL or it's time to dig out those ward cubes stashed
in a drawer's back corner :-D
[17:40] <Shiral> That's no fun, though
[17:40] <RainbowDragon> I hope you have everything backed up to a disc
[17:40] <KK> My computer guru has a magic disk that finds bad
sectors--and I had 4.
[17:40] <Mistyck> ick!
[17:40] <Shiral> Ouch
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[17:40] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here babayaga
[17:41] <Mistyck> get one of those portable 256mb drives that fits on
key chains
[17:41] <Ghostgames> Not fun.
[17:41] <KK> No, everything was NOT backed up--but it isn't lost. I
just have to wait for the new hard drive.
[17:41] <Shiral> You really DO need a new hard drive!
[17:41] <Mistyck> hiyas babayaga
[17:41] <babayaga> hi all
[17:41] <KK> Realistically, I should be back on line right after I
return from Darkover.
[17:41] <Shiral> I hope all will be intact when it arrives
[17:41] <Mistyck> yep
[17:41] <KK> Meanwhile, it's the laptop and fiddly keyboard for me.
[17:41] <Mistyck>
[17:41] * Shiral sets computer wards around Katherine's machine
[17:41] <babayaga> and itty bitty screen?
[17:41] <Martine> I hate laptop keyboards :-P
[17:42] <KK> And itty bitty screen.
[17:42] <Martine> Although you should be able to plug your big monitor
and keyboard into the laptop. That's what I do at work.
[17:42] <Shiral> Better than nothing, though
[17:42] * babayaga hates itty bitty laptop screens!
[17:42] <Mistyck> agreed Shiral!
[17:42] <Shiral> We're glad you came even with less than perfect
circumstances
[17:42] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:42] <RainbowDragon> yes we are
[17:42] <KK> I do now know how to hook the laptop up to my regular
monitor and keyobard, but lack the splitter cable to plug them into.
I'll get one in Baltimore.
[17:43] <the_Bee> anyone have word on the DA Zines?
[17:43] <Martine> LOL Katherine, are we going shopping again? I better
stock up the bank account! <evil grin>
[17:43] <Mistyck> won't be ready for Darkover Bee
[17:43] <Ghostgames> I owe Julianne a Deryni adventure. :-/
[17:43] <Shiral> Other than that, how did you like the Play, Mrs
Lincoln? (Meaning, did you have an okay week otherwise?)
[17:43] <KK> And there's now a new cordless mouse that plugs nto a
charger when not in use. No more batteries! I'll get one of those,
too!
[17:44] <Shiral> Sounds like a shopping trip, Martine =o)
[17:44] <Martine> I wonder if Timonium has an Ann Taylor Loft near the
CompUSA!
[17:44] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:44] <Wrengl> howdy martine
[17:44] <RainbowDragon> Mistyck, I forget... will you have a story in
this zine?
[17:44] <Martine> hi pat!
[17:44] <Wrengl> hi babayaga
[17:44] <KK> I have not had the ability to edit the submissions yet,
because they're all in the dead computer except for 2.
[17:44] <Ghostgames> Ooh, I still have a coupon for Ann Taylor loft...
[17:44] <babayaga> hi Wrengl
[17:44] <Martine> My second story is probably one of those two.
Julianne just sent it back to me a few days ago.
[17:44] <Shiral> Well.... we'll try to be patient, KK. Since we must!
=o)
[17:45] <KK> I did edit one of them while I waited for the diagnostics
to grind their way through. But Julianne wilol not be a happy
camp-er.
[17:45] <Mistyck> possible, RD...I have cleaned up most of what KK and
Julianne wanted...just need to double-check for unseen references now
[17:45] <Martine> lol ann! we need to go shopping!
[17:45] <RainbowDragon> Hi, babayaga - when did you sneak in?
[17:45] <babayaga> hi RD--just doing the ninja thing
[17:45] <Martine> Lots of changes, Katherine?
[17:45] <Martine> Or just not happy because of the delay?
[17:45] <KK> Mostly just the delay--I hope. I've not even given the
missing stories a first reading.
[17:46] <Shiral> I know Julianne realizes Real Life has hit you over
the head with this, KK
[17:46] * Annie Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:46] <Mistyck> yep...she said as much in the newsgroup
[17:46] <Shiral> ack
[17:46] <Martine> She does. She even told me not to rush reading
through her edits on my second story.
[17:46] <Shiral> Poor Annie
[17:46] <Mistyck> same here Martine...
[17:46] * the_Bee leads her swarm up peer's wazoo, stinging all the
way
[17:46] <KK> Far worse will be tomorrow, when I have to call my editor
and explain why Childe Morgan will not make its end of January
deadline.
[17:46] <Mistyck> ick!!!!
[17:46] <KK> This means it will not be out in 2005. Bu it can't be
helped.
[17:46] <Shiral> hugs, kk
[17:47] <Martine> Huggles on that call!
[17:47] <Mistyck> ((((((Katherine)))))))
[17:47] <Ghostgames> We'll just have to get some Deryni Adventure Game
products out in 2005 to give the fans something to read. ;-)
[17:47] <Shiral> "The Computer ate my novel...Honest!"
[17:47] <Wrengl> not a good day to look forward to katherine
[17:47] <KK> it did! it did!
[17:47] <Wrengl> indeed ann
[17:47] <Shiral> Mondays can be brutal!
[17:47] <Wrengl> tee hee
[17:47] <Martine> It wasn't the dogs or cats eating this time! Really!
[17:47] <babayaga> yeah, but then they'll say, "where are your
triple-redundant backups?'
[17:48] <Shiral> The cats weren't all that interested, actually.. <G>
[17:48] <Martine> Ann & Katherine - looks like there's an Ann Taylor
Loft in Towson :-D
[17:48] <KK> uh-oh!
[17:48] <Shiral> Yeah...
[17:48] <the_Bee> if it's not about them, cats don't want to know
about it
[17:48] <Shiral> I do have a cat who's a paper chewer, though
[17:49] <Martine> LOL me too. Rowena.
[17:49] <Shiral> But he's never tried to eat a whole book
[17:49] <the_Bee> we had a dog thatdigested the newspaper
[17:49] <KK> Edgar tries to bury papers when he wants attention.
[17:49] <Shiral> I have various paperbacks that look as if they've
been attacked by the Vamp Cat
[17:49] <Martine> Rowena just climbs up your leg and headbutts when
she wants attention. Or knocks things off desks and nightstands.
[17:49] <Shiral> Nina's newest decorating craze is "the Feng Shui of
ripped up toilet paper"
[17:50] <Martine> lol
[17:50] <KK> lol!
[17:50] <Martine> Just wait until she graduates to catalogs!
[17:50] <Ghostgames> blech. The Ann Taylor Loft savings card was only
valid September 7 - October 31.
[17:50] <Martine> Rowena reacts to catalog ink like catnip.
[17:50] <Martine> Ann, I have an e-mail coupon for 20% off! :-D
[17:50] <Ghostgames> I'll bring it anyway just in case I can
sweet-talk the clerk into accepting it (or issuing a new one)... :-)
[17:50] <Shiral> The other morning I saw a VERY purposeful kitten
trotting out of the bathroom, trailing a wedding dressesque wad of tP
behind her
[17:50] <Martine> rotfl!!!
[17:50] <Ghostgames> :-)
[17:51] <KK> tee-hee!
[17:51] <Shiral> Last week, it was paper napkins
[17:51] <the_Bee> rotfl
[17:51] <Mistyck> Evaine likes to eat paper and plastic
[17:51] <Shiral> Anything that can be shredded and strewn over the
carpet has instant kitten appeal
[17:51] <Mistyck> she's also figured out how to get into her food bag
[17:51] <Ghostgames> I have to be really careful opening the door to
the kitten room -- they've had a taste of "freedom" (some exploration
in the rest of the house) and want more!
[17:52] <Wrengl> dora the explorer gets into everything
[17:52] <Martine> uh oh!
[17:52] <KK> So, kittens are still with you, eh?
[17:52] <Ghostgames> I was also hoping to have found homes for them by
now...
[17:52] <Shiral> Let the little rascals get any ideas, an it's all
over
[17:52] <Martine> All our cat food is stored in rugged plastic
containers. Rowena has proven she can chew through any bag and gorge
herself.
[17:52] <KK> What do the other cats think of them?
[17:53] <Ghostgames> My friend Karen, who was interested in the grey
kitten, has had pneumonia for several weeks -- not a good time to
introduce a kitten powerhouse into her life.
[17:53] <Mistyck> Martine, Evaine paws around and opens the danged bag
which is usually clipped with three of those big potato chip bag
clippers
[17:53] <Martine> Rowena just chews a hole right through.
[17:53] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:54] <Ghostgames> Our friends Liz and Kevin are interested in the
black kitten, but they're afraid their dog Harry will be, too... a bit
too much! Apparently he lunges at any cat or squirrel he sees...
[17:54] <Martine> whoops!
[17:54] <KK> Tilly has just jumped up on my lap.
[17:54] <Ghostgames> Shadow thinks they just get in the way (of him
going to eat their food, that is).
[17:54] <the_Bee> hi Tilly!
[17:54] <Martine> I think Tilly and Rowena share a brain :-)
[17:54] * Shiral gives tilly an ear scritch
[17:54] <Martine> lol ann!
[17:54] <Ghostgames> Fox /just/ figured out there were cats on the
other side of the door today... I heard him spitting and hissing and
then he ran past me and back down into the basement with his tail like
a bottle brush.
[17:54] <KK> So, what time are people arriving at Darkover?
[17:55] <Shiral> Pan was trying to flirt with Cesca yesterday morning,
but she just looked bored
[17:55] <Martine> I'm picking up Nancy and we're both arriving around
lunchtime on Friday.
[17:55] <Ghostgames> Dana hasn't had any encounters with them (not
even near encounters through the crack under the office door).
[17:55] <Shiral> "For goodness sake, cool your jets, gramps..."
[17:55] <Martine> rotfl, shiral!
[17:55] <Shiral> Late Thursday night, for Ann and Me
[17:55] <Ghostgames> Melissa and I will be arriving around midnight
Thursday.
[17:55] <the_Bee> no darkover here. worldcon was all my budget could
handle
[17:56] <Mistyck> I really wish I could be there, but, there's a good
possibility I have to work on Friday
[17:56] <Mistyck> and I definitely have to be work early on Monday
[17:56] <KK> I'm in Wednesday afternoon; available for Thanksgiving
dinner with Wrengl & co--at the Charred Rib, maybe?
[17:57] <Martine> I've got Monday off, so I'm staying through then.
[17:57] <KK> And right now, it's late in Ireland and my bed is calling
me. Also cats.
[17:57] <babayaga> night kk
[17:57] <Raven> *waves good night to KK*
[17:57] <Mistyck> have a great week and safe travels Katherine
[17:57] <the_Bee> you can ignore bed, but not cats
[17:57] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine! See you Friday!
[17:57] <Shiral> Thanks for coming tonight, KK <G>
[17:57] <Shiral> See you probably Friday Morning
[17:57] <the_Bee> have a good week, KK
[17:58] <Shiral> Tell your Laptop to behave itself
[17:58] <Shiral> =o)
[17:58] <Martine> Ann, I just e-mailed you the Loft coupon.
[17:58] <KK> I'll see many of you at Darkover--and the rest of you in
two weeks, same bat-time, same bat-channel.
[17:58] <Shiral> lol
[17:58] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight and good luck with your computer
problems
[17:58] <the_Bee> we'll be here
[17:58] <Mistyck> have a great time!
[17:58] <Shiral> She means it about the bats, too....
[17:58] <KK> Nighters!
[17:58] <Shiral> bye, kk
[17:58] <Martine> bye!
[17:58] <Shiral> Have a good week in the meantime
[17:59] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in
a shower of green sparkles.
[17:59] <Shiral> Courage tomorrow
[17:59] * KK Quit

[16:45] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:45] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[16:45] <DeryniBot> KK has taken the Oaths and has become a member of
the Knights Templars
[16:45] <Debbie-VB> My Dad's Martin, and my Mom was Beverley
[16:45] <BevinKB> Bevin Frasier of Sterling!!!
[16:45] <jp> kk
[16:45] <jm> hi kk
[16:45] <Bynw> {{{ KATHERINE }}}
[16:45] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[16:45] <Sedina> Hi Katherine
[16:45] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[16:45] <the_Bee> Hi Katherine!
[16:45] * BevinKB jumps onto kk's lap
[16:45] <BevinKB> Hello, Bevin!
[16:45] <Shiral> Hello Katherine
[16:45] <KK> Hello, all.
[16:45] <TerryOBrien> Hello Katherine!
[16:45] <Dov> greetings Katherine
[16:46] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:46] <DeryniBot> Martine has taken the Oaths and has become a member
of the Knights Templars
[16:46] <KK> Is that Bevin in Texas?!
[16:46] <Nerak> KK, I believe that you know BevinKB, but you last saw
here at 20th year
[16:46] <Sedina> Hi Martine
[16:46] <kirienne> hi Martine
[16:46] <Martine> hi all! huggles!
[16:46] <BevinKB> Nope
[16:46] <jm> Hi Martine
[16:46] <BevinKB> Bevin of Nashville!
[16:46] <Bynw> hiyas Martine, mistress of Tesseracts
[16:46] <BevinKB> Mistress Nerak's Bevin!
[16:46] <Martine> lol bynw!
[16:46] <KK> OK. Didn't know there was yet another one. :-)
[16:46] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine!
[16:46] <BevinKB> you knew that, like 18 years ago
[16:46] <KK> AH, you <are> the Bevin I was thinking of! Welcome!
[16:47] <Nerak> Yep, it's the little one, she's 18 now
[16:47] <KK> Helolo, Nerak!
[16:47] <KK> Nah, can't be 18!
[16:47] <BevinKB> yes I am 18
[16:47] <Nerak> Hello my lovely, I was hoping Sir Starhelm could get on
[16:47] <Shiral> She must be glad to see you, since you got an 'Helolo"
[16:47] <KK> wow!
[16:47] <BevinKB> lol
[16:48] <BevinKB> at 6 months I was almost mistaken as the newborn
Princess of the West
[16:48] <Nerak> Goes to Pennsic every year, terror of Horde hill
[16:48] * BevinKB pinky to mouth
[16:48] <BevinKB> mwahaha!
[16:48] <KK> Hello Martine and Shiral and Sedina and--and--
[16:48] * BevinKB is the Leader of the Iron Butterfly Guild
[16:48] <Martine> lol hi katherine!
[16:49] * jp methinks someone's been to evil doctor school
[16:49] <Martine> I should have your bookends and FileMaker cd off to
you this week, now that I can haul my butt out of bed :-D
[16:49] * BevinKB floats around happily
[16:49] <KK> Martine, has the evil flu had you down?
[16:49] <kirienne> did you get the con crud too Martine? Shiral said
she had it
[16:49] <Martine> Not the flu, luckily. But the most evil, nasty cold
I've ever had.
[16:50] <RainbowDragon> How is your computer doing now, KK? Is it doing
any better?
[16:50] * Sedina reminds Martine to remember to be sending something
her way as well
[16:50] <Martine> one of those where you WANT the flu, because then at
least you don't feel guilty for not "bucking it up, it's just a cold"
<g>
[16:50] <KK> So far--knock on wood--my flu shot is protecting me!
[16:50] <Martine> LOL yeah, got the tape on my desk, Sedina!
[16:50] * Shiral sends extra blocking power to KK's flu Shot
[16:50] <Martine> Whoo hoo! Good news
[16:50] * BevinKB backs off and let KK stink in her reality
[16:50] <Shiral> Don't drink when you watch it, Sedina =o)
[16:51] <kirienne> I got my Flu shot just before thanksgiving, so
hopefully I will be spared the nasty flu too
[16:51] <Sedina> Yes, so I've been warned
[16:51] <Martine> Or at least erect your spillage/snortage wards
[16:51] <Sedina> However, with you all, that was kind of a given
[16:51] * Shiral winces, as her kitten climbs her, making full use of
her claws
[16:51] <KK> I'm still on the laptop. My computer guru has been down
with the flu, and hadn't received our order as of Thursday. I'll check
again tomorrow.
[16:51] <RainbowDragon> ahh, okay
[16:51] <Shiral> It's the curse of the computer Gods, obviously
[16:51] <the_Bee> my puter seems to be suffering from selective amnesia
[16:51] <Shiral> Time to burn incence before an altar built of old
CPU's
[16:52] * RainbowDragon has laptop envy for all those with laptop pc's
[16:52] <Shiral> Tell me about it, RD
[16:52] <Martine> We have a few boxes to donate to that altar in my
basement
[16:52] <KK> Yep. But I did get two chapters of the DC polish done
today--the first real work I've done in weeks.
[16:52] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[16:52] * Bynw is using an old 98 puter since his XP one has crashed
[16:52] <Nerak> I have quite a few in my attic, but they still work, do
they count?
[16:52] <Shiral> At Darkover, I was the only person in the room NOT
typing on a Laptop while Ann, Nancy and Martine were all clicking away
[16:52] <kirienne> Huzzzzzaaaahhhh! for chapter polishing
[16:52] <Martine> What? Bynw, how did you manage to crash an XP puter?
[16:52] <Sedina> Yeah....they were chatting with me!
[16:52] <Shiral> Excellent, on the writing, KK
[16:52] <RainbowDragon> Great news, KK!
[16:53] <KK> Sedina, how are you doing?
[16:53] <Martine> Yeah, but Shiral, mine isn't really mine. It belongs
to my company and has absolutely nothing fun on it!
[16:53] <jp> What news on release date for DC and Childe Morgan?
[16:53] <Shiral> I had to satisfy the urge by typing on the bedspread.
It just WASN'T the same
[16:53] <Martine> lmao!!!
[16:53] <Dov> vivat kk!
[16:53] <Martine> I let you borrow my laptop for a bit!
[16:53] <Shiral> It looked pretty cool to ME, Martine!
[16:53] <Sedina> KK - I'm doing all right, I guess. I call in tonight
to find out if I can start the cell collection tomorrow
[16:53] <Shiral> True, you did
[16:53] <kirienne> lol shiral
[16:53] <KK> DC will be first, next autumn; Childe after that.
[16:53] <Shiral> And I borrowed Ann's to
[16:53] <Shiral> too
[16:53] <Dov> dc?
[16:53] <Shiral> Deryni Checkmate
[16:53] <Martine> Deryni Checkmate
[16:54] <KK> We switched their order, because I'm so woefully behind.
[16:54] <Dov> ok new edition
[16:54] <Martine> Oh geez, Rowena's gotten her mane all matted again.
Sigh. I swear, I'm gonna shave her.
[16:54] <Shiral> Remodeling an old house can be VERY distracting for
authors
[16:54] <jp> I've seen your behind and it's far from woefull
[16:54] <Ghostgames> Huh, I wonder how Nancy's doing? Since the rest of
us have been coughing and hacking and blowing our noses for 2 weeks...
[16:54] <Nerak> New House?
[16:54] <Martine> Nancy's been ill, too
[16:54] <Shiral> Con Crud really hit us hard
[16:55] <KK> Yes, Shiral, but we got a new bedroom corridor floor last
week--and the outside windows are very nearly done.
[16:55] <Nerak> Last time I heard from you, you'd just found the door
to the furnace
[16:55] <Shiral> Not that the results aren't nice, of course, KK =o)
[16:55] <KK> That goes waaaaay back, Nerak. We don't even have that
furnace anymore. :-)
[16:55] <jm> Well just thought I was going to have a quiet evening for
a change. Got to run. In case I don't make it next week hope you all
have a good holliday season.
[16:55] <Martine> ooooo! new floor!
[16:55] * jm Quit
[16:55] <Shiral> But it's hard to keep BOTH projects on track at once
[16:55] <Nerak> And the cold spot near the Christmas Tree
[16:55] <Martine> bye jm!
[16:55] <Martine> Missed him
[16:55] <kirienne> see ya jm
[16:56] <KK> Nancy shipped off her CPUs yesterday, and the movers come
tomorrow, I believe--and they go Tuesday?
[16:56] <kirienne> we all missed him, he's too quick
[16:56] <Sedina> yup, they fly out on Tuesday
[16:56] <Martine> Yup, Tuesday.
[16:56] <Shiral> That's what I heard, but Nancy's been all but
invisible
[16:56] <jp> JM short for just missed
[16:56] <Martine> lol
[16:56] <Shiral> They're right on Schedule
[16:56] <Shiral> For the move, anyway
[16:56] <KK> She <had> to be invisible right now; computers are gone,
except maybe for her laptop.
[16:57] <Shiral> That makes it a wee bit hard to chat, yes =o)
[16:57] <Martine> She must have her laptop, because she's logged into
Messenger. She's not paying attention, but she's logged in :-)
[16:57] <kirienne> I've forgotten, where is Nancy moving to?
[16:57] <KK> la
[16:57] <Shiral> The bedspread just doesn't work, electronically
[16:57] <RainbowDragon> To anyone interested, the Zipper Sisters have a
new column on the site now. I need to check for other updates too.
[16:57] <Sedina> Whoo hoo.....I get to start my stem cell collection
tomorrow!
[16:57] <Shiral> Hooray, Sedina!
[16:57] <Martine> Wireless connection down on the bedspread?
[16:57] <Dov> yay sedina!
[16:57] <kirienne> Yippppieeeee, Sedina. I pray it will all go well
[16:57] <KK> Yahoo! Go, stem cells!
[16:57] <Debbie-VB> I'm glad to hear it Kim
[16:57] * Martine ducks from pun punishers
[16:57] <Shiral> it's very wireless, martine <g>
[16:58] <Martine> Woo hoo! Congrats, Sedina!
[16:58] <the_Bee> I bet you'll be glad to get it done, sedina
[16:58] <Shiral> And very unresponsive
[16:58] <Sedina> Now here's to hoping that it doesn't take too many
days to collect all the cells that they need
[16:58] <kirienne> lol
[16:58] <Nerak> My electric blanket isn't wireless....
[16:58] <Martine> Monitor doesn't work.
[16:58] <the_Bee> Pat, how are yu doing?
[16:58] <KK> Shiral, how is pegleg Pan?
[16:58] <Shiral> Good thing too, or the cats would be using my bedtop
computer all the time
[16:58] <Ghostgames> May your blood be filled with stem cells. :-)
[16:58] <Shiral> He's getting around pretty well on his leg now.
[16:58] <Shiral> And his appetite is better
[16:58] <Martine> pad pad pad thump pad pad pad thump <g>
[16:58] <kirienne> wha thappened to Pan?
[16:58] <Shiral> But he can't quite make it up on the bed without help,
although he can manage the couch
[16:58] <the_Bee> what happened to Pan?
[16:58] <Sedina> When I'm home, I have a wireless blanket....my cat
Sadie. And if I'm really lucky, I get Myah in bed with me too
[16:59] <Shiral> Pan and I had an unfortunate collision in the kitchen
[16:59] <Nerak> Had a kitten like that, used his splint to beat the
heck out of his littermates
[16:59] <Martine> lol
[16:59] <Sedina> lol
[16:59] <Ghostgames> I'm still looking for homes for the 2 kittens we
found in the garage... Thanksgiving got in the way, nobody wanted to
take on a new kitten in such a busy season.
[16:59] <Dov> pan
[16:59] <Shiral> I stepped backward at just the wrong moment, not
realizing he was behind me. As a result, he's in a cast until
mid-January
[16:59] <Shiral> But it's a very festive, Haldane scarlet bandage this
week in honor of the season
[17:00] <Bynw> i've got 1 already Ghostgames, and he's a handfull
[17:00] <jp> Yowl
[17:00] <Shiral> He looks like a Haldane kitty!
[17:00] <Nerak> SH*T happens, no fault charged to your karma
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> can i assume that pan is not really talking to you
right now?
[17:00] <KK> Poor Black ande Grey, Ann. You may have to keep them. ;-)
[17:00] <kirienne> poor Pan, I bet you have been spoiling him rotten
though since then
[17:00] <Shiral> Well, he's forgiven me, Debbie
[17:00] <Shiral> After all, it was an accident, and nobody else feeds
him
[17:00] <Shiral> And yes, he's spoiled rotten, now
[17:00] <Ghostgames> I haven't broken this to Paul yet, but I really
want to keep the black kitten. She's turning into quite the dainty
little lady, all black with silver frosting on her chest, belly, and
legs.
[17:01] <Martine> I think the feeding part has more to do with it than
the accident part! <g>
[17:01] <BevinKB> lol
[17:01] <Martine> Awwww, how cute!
[17:01] <Martine> And the little gray one is just the cutest little cat
I've ever seen.
[17:01] <Bynw> sounds very cute Ann
[17:01] <KK> Go, Black Kitten! Keep making those kitten eyes at her!
[17:01] <Debbie-VB> Ann, she sounds like a lovely kitty
[17:01] <Shiral> Oh dear, Ann... I think you may have just acquired two
more cats <G>
[17:01] <Shiral> amen!
[17:01] <BevinKB> lol, go puss in boots!
[17:01] <KK> Yep.
[17:01] <kirienne> Ann, that kittie sounds really cute, hope you get to
keep her
[17:01] <Ghostgames> That'll make the household even between boys and
girls (me, Brandy the dog, Dana the cat, Unnamed Black Kitten versus
Paul, Nico the dog, Fox the cat, and Shadow the
five-bricks-in-a-cat-suit).
[17:01] <RainbowDragon> Bynw, how is your kitten doing?
[17:01] <Shiral> But the Black kitten does sound lovely
[17:02] <Nerak> I knew our most recent kitten would work in when it
walked under the Dalmation
[17:02] <Martine> rotfl, ann. shadow's not quite that big!
[17:02] <Nerak> To see what the dog was eating
[17:02] <Shiral> Just FOUR bricks, maybe
[17:02] <BevinKB> speaking of cats, my family most recent addition is
our Aragorn
[17:02] <Bynw> d20 game system writeup on cats and their powers:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fools/20030401c
[17:02] <Ghostgames> He is now... He's been sneaking into the kitten
room and eating their leftovers.
[17:02] <Debbie-VB> ???five bricks in a cat suit?
[17:02] <kirienne> lol
[17:02] <Martine> lol! poor kittens!
[17:02] <Shiral> Cesca is also rather round
[17:02] <KK> big cat.
[17:02] <Bynw> RD, he's a terrorist and likes to attack everything and
has gotten REALLY BIG
[17:02] <Shiral> As she finishes Pan's meals after he's had enough
[17:02] <Ghostgames> Katherine remarked that Shadow was 4 bricks in a
cat suit when she was visiting in September. :-)
[17:02] <RainbowDragon> heh heh heh
[17:03] <BevinKB> when Nerak meant, Dalmatian, she meant Dal/Blue
Heeler monster beside a brave kitten
[17:03] <Shiral> Neko The Terror Kitten
[17:03] <Shiral> Nina is still busily decorating with toilet Paper
[17:03] <KK> We have one of those, too. His name is Nicholas, and he's
red.
[17:03] <Nerak> Ah, the red terror
[17:03] <Martine> Arwen and Rowena are making progress. There have been
brief moments of polite ignorance, and once or twice even friendly nose
sniffing!
[17:03] <Shiral> nicholas is a lovely cat
[17:03] <Shiral> =o)
[17:03] <kirienne> maybe Nina wants her own show on the decorating
channel
[17:03] <Ghostgames> I'm hoping to find a home with children for the
grey kitten, so he'll likely end up named Mittens (double paws), Socks,
or Boots (white markings).
[17:03] <Shiral> Very sweet, and sociable
[17:03] * jp built like a brick cathouse
[17:04] <Martine> Of course, I'm holding Rowena FIRMLY for the nose
sniffing, or Arwen wouldn't dare get close.
[17:04] <BevinKB> or a Tux cat: Erik de Phantom ^_^

[17:04] -PsionicBlast- Katherine Kurtz, NYT best selling author of the
Deryni Series, Templar Series and co-author of the Adept series is in
her weekly chat #Deryni_Destinations

[17:04] <KK> There's hope, Martine.
[17:04] <Martine> There is. By the time both are too old to bother
chasing/running, they might actually get along <g>
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[17:04] <DeryniBot> Turbo has taken the Oaths and has become a member
of the Knights Templars
[17:05] <BevinKB> hiya, Turbo
[17:05] <kirienne> hi turbo
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[17:05] <DeryniBot> Blade has taken the Oaths and has become a member
of the Knights Templars
[17:05] <the_Bee> hi turbo
[17:05] <Turbo> O.o wha? What oath?
[17:05] <Shiral> Pan was very grumpy around the girls when he got back
from the Vet visit on Friday Morning
[17:05] <RainbowDragon> Hi, the_Bee
[17:05] <Shiral> Then he stomped off to hide in the closet for a few
hours
[17:05] <BevinKB> lol, it's just a random greeting
[17:05] <BevinKB> I came in following a Lher Cat
[17:05] <RainbowDragon> 20 chatters! Woo hoo!
[17:05] <Dov> welcome turbo (reference to Temple and the Stone or
Templar Treasure)
[17:05] <Shiral> We're hot, today
[17:05] <BevinKB> full chat! full house!
[17:06] <Nerak> At Ansteprra Argent this year, I ran into a gentleman
in a Michaeline tabbard!
[17:06] <Turbo> I came, cause the blast told me to -_-
[17:06] <KK> We've had even more in the past. This could get really
intersting.
[17:06] <RainbowDragon> heh heh heh
[17:06] * Turbo can't go against the blast
[17:06] <Dov> neat nerak!
[17:06] <Bynw> i think our channel record is like 30 something
[17:06] <BevinKB> cool
[17:06] <Debbie-VB> sorry I've not been saying much, just got off the
phone with one of my brothers
[17:06] <jp> More chatters, more chatters
[17:07] <kirienne> it's ok Debbie, we all understand
[17:07] <RainbowDragon> 31 users on 1/12/03
[17:07] <Sedina> no need to apologize, Debbie
[17:07] <Nerak> When I asked about the tabbard he said "Nerak, you made
it!"
[17:07] <BevinKB> lol
[17:07] <Shiral> All we need in here now is Santa
[17:07] <KK> How had he gotten it?
[17:07] <BevinKB> that's because you wore the knit dress you made YEARS
ago!
[17:08] <Martine> ooo! yes! santa!
[17:08] <Nerak> He was one of the ones you authorized for Aggie Con
[17:08] <KK> ah.
[17:08] <jp> what is Santa's nick?
[17:08] <RainbowDragon> Yes, how did he get or make the tabard?
[17:08] <Martine> And Rudolph, so all of those with con crud can
compare with him for brightest nose! <g>
[17:08] * BevinKB falls down laughting
[17:08] <Shiral> There was was a dyslexic Satan worshipper who sold
his soul to Santa
[17:08] <kirienne> lol
[17:08] <Nerak> I made tabbards for six knights to escort KK at a con.
[17:08] <Shiral> Now he makes great toys in the frozen north
[17:08] <Martine> lol shiral!
[17:09] <Dov> oh btw nerak thank you for loaning your old Warthaven
comics to the library. I got such a kick out of seeing them all
[17:09] <BevinKB> Child: Mommy? Is Saint Nickolas, Santa Claus's
alternate persona?
[17:09] <Martine> Not quite what the guy was expecting, huh?
[17:09] <Shiral> Well... no
[17:09] <Martine> Wanted a desert vacation, and got an igloo instead.
[17:09] <Shiral> it's so gosh darn wholesome, too
[17:09] <BevinKB> old, old Warthaven quip
[17:09] <Martine> NO demons with pitchforks.
[17:10] <the_Bee> Warthaven?
[17:10] <Shiral> But a lot of little people in green with pointy ears
[17:10] <Dov> SCA comic strip
[17:10] <Martine> No boiling oil or bubbling tar. What sort of place is
this?
[17:10] <BevinKB> I was in one of Lrd. William Blackfox's comics, also
my brother
[17:10] <jp> In the paper today, forensics people have done a facial
reconstruction of Saint Nickolas
[17:10] <Dov> ooh great honor
[17:10] <Shiral> He has low elf-esteem
[17:10] <BevinKB> artoris emerius: born in the sca!!
[17:10] <KK> We saw that! Handsome gentleman, eh?
[17:10] <Martine> Which paper is it? I haven't seen that.
[17:10] <jp> I thought so
[17:10] <Nerak> Anyone got the URL for Santa
[17:11] <BevinKB> try a Google on it
[17:11] <Debbie-VB> I wonder if that will get over to this side of the
pond
[17:11] <jp> The Sunday Times
[17:11] <Shiral> Never seen it
[17:11] <KK> The Sunday TImes, ofr London--but I expect that the Sunday
magazines are a chain.
[17:11] <Nerak> Oh, the Times, that explains everything
[17:11] <Debbie-VB> I don't know what santa's URL is, but his
snail-mail postalcode is H0H 0H0
[17:12] <BevinKB> lol
[17:12] <Nerak> KK - I lost touch with you when our house burned, still

[17:12] <the_Bee> lol
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> lol, Debbie
[17:12] <KK> That looks about right, for over here or up there.
[17:12] <Ghostgames> brb -- time to feed doggies & hubbie
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> feed hubby first now
[17:13] <Debbie-VB> I'm serious RD. the North pole is considered to be
a part of Canada, and he has his own canadian postal code
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> ahhh, I see
[17:13] <Shiral> I hope Hubbie gets to eat at the table, at least!
[17:13] <jp> Amondson wasn't Canadian was he?
[17:13] <Nerak> Oh, so the US postal deparment can forward all that
stuff to Canada?
[17:14] <Shiral> lol, debbie
[17:14] <Martine> Found the St. Nick article on the web, no picture :-(
[17:14] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:14] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:14] <Shiral> Oh dear
[17:14] <Shiral> A double whammy! =o(
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[17:14] <DeryniBot> Adam Sinclair welcomes his newest member of the
Hunt ... BevinKB
[17:14] <RainbowDragon> ack! a double whammy
[17:14] <BevinKB> grr
[17:14] <Shiral> wb
[17:14] <Sedina> wb
[17:14] <BevinKB> thanks
[17:14] <Shiral> You're repeating again, RD <G>
[17:14] <the_Bee> the Peer raders have struck again
[17:14] <KK> Mother and daughter in one fell swoop. Peer is cold!
[17:14] <jp> Andrew and George?
[17:14] * RainbowDragon chuckles when he sees he echoed Shiral
[17:14] <Shiral> tee hee
[17:15] <kirienne> yikes....I can hardly believe Peer is being so
naughty , with Christmas right around the corner
[17:15] * Dov sends a caradot after Peer
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[17:15] <DeryniBot> Welcome Nerak to #Deryni_Destinations - The virtual
home of Katherine Kurtz
[17:15] <Sedina> wb
[17:15] * the_Bee leads her swarm up peer's wazoo, stinging all the way
[17:15] <Martine> wb
[17:15] <KK> Peer will get lumps of coal inhis stocking.
[17:15] * Shiral sets out mugs of Peppermint Hot Chocolate for all who
want some
[17:15] * kirienne slashes at peer with her sword
[17:15] <Dov> yummy shiral
[17:15] <Nerak> I just got knocked off for a message from the server
[17:15] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:15] <Martine> Any peppermint starbucks mochas?
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[17:15] <DeryniBot> Welcome BevinKB to #Deryni_Destinations - The
virtual home of Katherine Kurtz
[17:15] <Shiral> Poor Bevin is having problems
[17:15] <BevinKB> sheesh!
[17:15] <kirienne> yummm, Shiral, thanks
[17:15] <Shiral> Okay, okay, Martine!
[17:15] <RainbowDragon> Shiral, I have the gift of postcognition ;-)
[17:15] * the_Bee toast Shiral with peppermint hot chocolate
[17:15] <BevinKB> lol
[17:16] * Shiral produces a peppermint mocha for Martine
[17:16] * Debbie-VB gratefully accepts a mug of Peppermint hot
chocolate
[17:16] * Martine grins at shiral
[17:16] <Martine> You're the best!
[17:16] <Shiral> I know <G>
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[17:16] <DeryniBot> Welcome [ThiefDeath] to your appointment on the
Camberian Council
[17:16] <KK> Peppermint mocha is yum!
[17:16] <Shiral> December is a good month for that
[17:16] * jp "You better watch out you better not cry you better be
good i'm telling you why, KK is coming to town........
[17:16] <Shiral> You'll be getting another supply KK <G>
[17:16] <Mistyck> hiyas Katherine!
[17:16] <the_Bee> hello thiefDeath
[17:16] * kirienne sets out a plate of chocolate chip cookies
[17:16] <[ThiefDeath]> hi
[17:16] <KK> :-)
[17:16] <BevinKB> yay!
[17:16] <Shiral> It just may come with the Three Kings
[17:16] <Martine> Peppermint mocha and egg nog are the two best
December beverages. Period <g>
[17:16] * Mistyck just got back from the store...sorry
[17:17] <BevinKB> so does butter
[17:17] <BevinKB> Butter is a beverage
[17:17] <KK> Hi, Mistyck.
[17:17] * Shiral shivers Eggnog and coffee in one cub...ack
[17:17] <Mistyck> I guess you found the Lamb Biryani I set out for you,
KK
[17:17] <Martine> Plain egg nog, Shiral. Not mixed with coffee.
[17:17] <Mistyck> Happy Holidays and sorry I couldn't make it to
Darkover this year
[17:17] <Mistyck> Ryan says Hi also
[17:17] <Shiral> Oh, well THAT's a different story!!
[17:18] <Martine> Home made egg nog, with a small splash of rum ;-)
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> you don't mix eggnog with coffee, you mix it with
rum or branny
[17:18] * Shiral likes just ordinary eggon
[17:18] <KK> Real egg nog is yummy--but not adulterated with alcoholic
stuff--yuck!
[17:18] <Shiral> eggnog
[17:18] <Bynw> hey why isn't ryan on himself Mistyck
[17:18] <the_Bee> Mistyck, how's your songwriting gig going?
[17:18] <Shiral> jeez, fingers siezing up
[17:18] <Sedina> I can't say that I've ever been a fan of egg nog.
I'll still with the peppermint hot chocolate
[17:18] <Shiral> Seizing, too
[17:18] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:18] <KK> My problem tomight, in addition to the rented fingers, is
the 7/8 size keyboard on this laptop. Grrr!
[17:18] <Shiral> Stick with it, Sedina It's tasty =o)
[17:18] * Bynw doesnt like eggnog, never has
[17:18] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:19] <Martine> Egg nog (real, or real good store bought) can be
blamed for putting three extra pounds on my hips every December!
[17:19] <kirienne> Sedina, I don't like eggnog either
[17:19] <Shiral> So far, I've managed to avoid buying any eggnog
[17:19] <the_Bee> Peer has a grudge against that family!
[17:19] <Shiral> Will not guarantee that will continue to be the case
[17:19] * Bynw will just continue to drink Pepsi year round
[17:19] <Sedina> You can't do that this year, Martine, you've sent me
all your old jeans and pants
[17:19] <Martine> You may just have never tasted good egg nog. There's
a LOT of really BAD store-bought egg nog floating around.
[17:19] * kirienne throws a dagger at peer
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[17:19] <Mistyck> Bee, last night I played one of my songs in front of
50 people!
[17:19] <KK> I do't much care for store-bought eggnog; home-made is
best!
[17:19] <Shiral> So KK.... What IS a hot posset? I've been meaning to
ask
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[17:19] <DeryniBot> BevinKB has taken the Oaths and has become a member
of the Knights Templars
[17:19] <Mistyck> wb
[17:19] <Martine> LOL Sedina, that's true! And soon I won't have old
sweaters, either.
[17:20] <BevinKB> I knew the chat hasn't progressed!
[17:20] <Shiral> wb, bevin kb
[17:20] <jp> Bevin and Nerak will have no brains left by the end of the
evening
[17:20] <Martine> Home made is definitely best!
[17:20] <kirienne> cool Mistyck
[17:20] <the_Bee> rehi bevinkb
[17:20] <BevinKB> lol
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> homemade anything is usually better
[17:20] <BevinKB> brb, nerak may need help
[17:20] <Shiral> Oh yes, Homemade IS best
[17:20] <Mistyck> thanks, Kirienne
[17:20] <Shiral> But Bud's eggnog is VERY good
[17:20] <Shiral> if you don't have time to make it yourself
[17:20] <KK> I think possets can vary, depending on what's available.
In general, it's hot, usually has egg, milk, maybe some whisky, some
sugar--stuff like that.
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[17:21] <DeryniBot> Welcome Nerak to #Deryni_Destinations - The virtual
home of Katherine Kurtz
[17:21] <Shiral> mmmmm!! no wonder everyone seems to like them in the
books
[17:21] <Nerak> Daughter resurrected my connection
[17:21] <Shiral> hot eggnog!
[17:21] * BevinKB sighs
[17:21] <the_Bee> wb Nerak
[17:21] <Bynw> hot chocolate with lots of marshmellows on the other
hand is very yummy
[17:21] <Martine> Southern Comfort brand egg nog (without alcohol,
actually) is the best store-bought version around here.
[17:21] <Shiral> wb, nerak
[17:21] <Martine> I'll take some posset!
[17:21] <Nerak> * BevinKB left out rolling her eyes...
[17:21] <KK> Daughters can be very useful; also nieces, of which I have
a super one.
[17:21] <Shiral> Buds may be a West Coast thing
[17:21] <jp> Eggnog, a very American thing, What are the basics of
eggnoginess
[17:22] <Shiral> I think they're based in SF
[17:22] <BevinKB> lol
[17:22] <Shiral> The marriage of Egg and NOg
[17:22] <jp> !
[17:22] <Nerak> I thought egg-nog was pre-colonial
[17:22] <Mistyck> wb Nerak and Bevin
[17:22] <Shiral> I think it is
[17:22] <BevinKB> thankies
[17:22] <KK> Egg, milk, sugar, booze.
[17:23] <the_Bee> I thought Nog was living on Deep Space 9
[17:23] <Nerak> I haven't figured out boiled custard
[17:23] <BevinKB> lol
[17:23] <BevinKB> posset = spiced bedtime tea
[17:23] <Shiral> I think possets can vary, depending on what's
available. In general, it's hot, usually has egg, milk, maybe some
whisky, some sugar--stuff like that.
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[17:23] * Bynw hears Tika coming home from the candle shop
[17:23] <BevinKB> I was reading Macbeth in school
[17:23] <Dov> yes, egg milk sugar and liquor (brandy or whisky)
[17:23] <Shiral> In essence, hot eggnog
[17:23] <Debbie-VB> don't you mean "that Scottish play"?
[17:24] <jp> It must have rebelled like the colonies
[17:24] <BevinKB> only actors are not allowed to directly say macbeth
[17:24] <BevinKB> I'm not in any play at this time, so it's safe to say
[17:24] <KK> Yes, it's considered bad luck, like throwing a hat onto a
bed.
[17:24] <BevinKB> mwahaha
[17:24] <BevinKB> by the prick of my thumbs, something wicked this way
comes!
[17:24] <Mistyck> ahh...I never knew that...Learnt something new today

[17:24] <Shiral> Oy, they only NOW tell me it's bad luck to throw hats
on beds???
[17:24] <Nerak> Hats on the bed I don't mind, it's the helms that
bother me
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> wouldn't the alcohol curdle the milk?
[17:25] <BevinKB> lol
[17:25] <Mistyck> lol Nerak!
[17:25] <Martine> lol nerak
[17:25] <the_Bee> not if you drink it before it curdles
[17:25] <kirienne> lol nerak
[17:25] <Sedina> If tossing a hat onto the bed is bad luck, I'm really
in trouble since I'm forever doing that now that I wear hats all the
time
[17:25] <Nerak> And spurs IN bed
[17:25] <Martine> Helms tend to clatter when you roll over in your
sleep.
[17:25] <KK> Oh, no, just gives it a nice flavour. Amaretto would also
be nice, I suspect.
[17:25] <jp> gotta go
[17:25] <Debbie-VB> No RD, there are several mistures of alcohol in
milk
[17:25] <Shiral> yeah, the blankets keep snagging on the horns!
[17:25] * jp has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:25] <BevinKB> especially on a waterbed
[17:25] <Nerak> Frangelica - sigh
[17:25] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> mixtures
[17:26] <Mistyck> I can see how spurs on a waterbed would be a BIG
problem!
[17:26] <Martine> Egg nog recipe -
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_4923,00.html
[17:26] <Nerak> What horns? He's not a Viking
[17:26] <Shiral> Of course, it does matter when you add the alcohol
[17:26] <BevinKB> lol
[17:26] <Shiral> Oops sorry
[17:26] <BevinKB> s'ok
[17:26] <Shiral> But helms do have some sharp, rough edges
[17:26] <Nerak> And chainmail NEVER warms up properly
[17:26] <Shiral> I'll take your word for that
[17:27] <Martine> Chain mail also gets really lumpy.,
[17:27] <Shiral> Not recommended for night time wear, no
[17:27] <Debbie-VB> even chain-mail bikinis?
[17:27] <kirienne> and rusts when it rains
[17:27] <Nerak> Leaves interesting bruises
[17:27] <BevinKB> ew! heck no!
[17:27] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:27] <Wrengl> hello martine
[17:27] <Martine> hi wrengl!
[17:27] <KK> Hi, Pat. How're you mending?
[17:27] <BevinKB> Cahin-Mail bikini is never period
[17:27] * Turbo has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:27] * Dov sometimes treats a sore throat with hot tea and drambuie
(liqueur from the isle of skye)
[17:27] <kirienne> Hi Pat......I hope you are feeling better. Are you
home now?
[17:27] <Shiral> Well, if Araxie ever WORE a chain mail bikini, I
expect it would wake Kelson up considerably
[17:28] <Martine> The very thought of a mail bikini makes me cringe in
pain.
[17:28] <BevinKB> teen Kelson?
[17:28] <Shiral> kelson at any age
[17:28] <Martine> lol shiral!
[17:28] <BevinKB> lol
[17:28] <Ghostgames> back -- and, Shiral, we're sitting on the
couch/chairs in the livingroom eating while Paul watches his Jimmy
Neutron DVDs. :-)
[17:28] <Nerak> Chainmail does tend to get caught in the hair
[17:28] <Shiral> Excellent, Ann
[17:28] <BevinKB> not unless it's been lined in fur
[17:28] <Martine> And pinch.
[17:28] <Shiral> Ouch
[17:28] <Shiral> And heavy
[17:28] <TerryOBrien> IT really depends on how fine the chain is.
[17:28] <BevinKB> like a layer of rabbit fur then the chainmail
[17:28] <Shiral> ANd these days, you wouldn't want to wear it for
travel
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[17:29] <DeryniBot> Tika has taken the Oaths and has become a member of
the Knights Templars
[17:29] <Nerak> Travel OK, just not on an airplane
[17:29] * Tika waves hello
[17:29] <Shiral> Hi Tika =o)
[17:29] <Martine> LOL no, you'd be likely to set off the entire airport
alarm system with mail.
[17:29] <Debbie-VB> hi teeks
[17:29] <Sedina> hi tika
[17:29] <the_Bee> hi Tika
[17:29] <BevinKB> you would want to wear the mail directly on the skin
[17:29] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Tika
[17:29] <kirienne> hi Tika, how goes the candle selling?
[17:29] <KK> Nerak, linking that thought with chainmail bikinis makes
me cringe--but you meant to do that, didn't you? ;-)
[17:29] * Bynw huggles the stuffing out of Tika
[17:29] <Tika> can't...breathe...
[17:29] <Dov> unless you're traveling through central park :-D
[17:29] <BevinKB> Nerak never done that
[17:29] <BevinKB> she knows better
[17:29] <Nerak> Who, innocent little me,???
[17:29] <Shiral> Tika, are you ready to illuminate your town for
Christmas, with all your candles? =o)
[17:29] <Dov> but sir trudy did
[17:30] * BevinKB holds up a halo above Nerak
[17:30] <Dov> old sca story
[17:30] * RainbowDragon carefully puts the stuffing back into Tika
[17:30] * Tika turns a pretty shade of blue
[17:30] <KK> BTW, Nerak, I understand that Caid is to get its first
lady knight soon.
[17:30] * Bynw lets go of Tika
[17:30] <Shiral> Ooo, look Sedina. Nerak got her halo in the same place
YOU did!
[17:30] <Martine> hi tika!
[17:30] <Tika> *gasp* thank you
[17:30] <Tika>
[17:30] <BevinKB> it's as bad as wearing fur or bone tails
[17:30] <Martine> Shiral, is that Abu Dhabi or East Vesztika?
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> Halos-R-us?
[17:30] <Tika> candles are good, not as hectic as last year but that's
okay by me
[17:31] <Nerak> Wonderful, A lady Knight in Caid, I sorta wish Meridies
had got his first Master at Arms with himself
[17:31] <Shiral> East Veskitza <G>
[17:31] <BevinKB> lol
[17:31] <Sedina> I happen to like my stainless steel halo, thank you
[17:31] <Tika> LOL Sedina
[17:31] <Shiral> Of course you do
[17:31] <Shiral> =o)
[17:31] <Martine> It's very lovely on you.
[17:31] <Shiral> it's only a little bit bent!
[17:31] <Bynw> those stainless steel ones balance on horns better
[17:31] <Tika> do we need to bring some polish for it?
[17:31] <kirienne> lol
[17:31] <Tika> shine it up a bit..
[17:31] <Shiral> And they don't rust easily
[17:31] <Mistyck> hiyas Tika!
[17:32] <Tika> howdy to all
[17:32] <Mistyck> that's the best part of Stainless Steel and Non-Stick
Halos
[17:32] <Shiral> How's the candle business, Tika?
[17:32] <Sedina> the big problem I have now is that I no longer have
hair that I can use to hide the horns
[17:32] <Shiral> Oops, sorry I see you've already answered that
[17:32] <Tika> it's good thanks
[17:32] <Tika> now until Christmas will be hectic
[17:32] <Tika> but not terribly so
[17:32] <Martine> Brb. Gotta get empty dinner plate out of cat reach
[17:32] <Nerak> You could go to cons as a Reverend Mother from Dune
[17:32] <Tika> tomorrow's our last day off until year end, I'm afraid
[17:32] <Shiral> That's retail Christmas, for ya
[17:33] <RainbowDragon> I think Tika should say that the candle
business WAXES and wanes
[17:33] <Tika> so we are putting it to good use
[17:33] <kirienne> you'll have horn hiding hair before you know it,
when do your chemo treatments end?
[17:33] <Tika> BOOOOO!
[17:33] * RainbowDragon runs and hides
[17:33] * Shiral swats rd
[17:33] <BevinKB> cha, mom helped a cancer patient with costuming
[17:33] <Shiral> bad rd!!!
[17:33] <RainbowDragon> lol
[17:33] * Tika decides to drive south tonight and slay RainbowDragon on
gp
[17:33] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:33] <Shiral> lol
[17:33] <BevinKB> oh!!!!
[17:33] <Tika> hehehe
[17:33] <BevinKB> bad rd!
[17:33] <Bynw> lol
[17:33] <Dov> or a Revved-Up Mother from Doon (National Lampoon
version)
[17:33] <KK> Eyana bat-David did a wonderful Minbari lady after her
chemo.
[17:33] <Sedina> I'm done with the typical chemo treatments though I
will have a round of chemo to kill of my bone marrow (for the
transplant)
[17:33] <Shiral> You can run, but you can't hide, RD!
[17:33] <RainbowDragon> lol
[17:34] <RainbowDragon> you're probably right
[17:34] <Martine> back
[17:34] <Wrengl> i am mending, thank you all
[17:34] <kirienne> good
[17:34] <Wrengl> stitches come out tuesday!
[17:34] <Shiral> Good to hear, Pat
[17:34] <Nerak> Ny friend wound battery power blinking lights into her
hickman catheter and went as a borg
[17:34] <Shiral> ON both counts
[17:34] <Tika> yay, stitches out is good!
[17:34] <KK> Excellent!
[17:34] <Shiral> lol!
[17:34] <Dov> lol nerak
[17:34] <Wrengl> hi tika
[17:34] <Sedina> lol Nerak
[17:34] <Tika> LOL Nerak
[17:34] <BevinKB> yep, nicely done
[17:34] <Martine> lol that's great, nerak!
[17:34] <the_Bee> what does [chattername in brackets] signify?
[17:35] <Shiral> Cancer with a sense of humor
[17:35] <Sedina> I should do that for Christmas....and I have two
catheters now: my hickman and my murhurker
[17:35] <Bynw> that the person put their name in brackets Bee
[17:35] <Shiral> And you're Sedina of Borg, after all =o)
[17:35] <Shiral> Now you look the part
[17:35] <Martine> You are assimilated
[17:35] <Nerak> Right time of year to find battery powered lights
[17:35] <Shiral> Resistance is futile
[17:35] <Sedina> I haven't been Sedina of Borg for a long time, but yes

[17:35] <Tika> bwahahaha
[17:35] <BevinKB> Dysletic of Borg: Prepare to have your @$$ laminated
[17:36] <Debbie-VB> We Are windows of borg. your computer has already
been assimilated.
[17:36] * Shiral is now known as Shiral_Of_Borg
[17:36] <Shiral_Of_Borg> I have been assimilated..
[17:36] <Martine> lol
[17:36] <the_Bee> I wonder if [ThiefDeath] is enjoying him/herself
[17:36] <Martine> Is she going for me next?
[17:36] <kirienne> heee heeee heee
[17:36] * Shiral_Of_Borg eyes martine
[17:36] <Martine> aaaaaaauuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
[17:36] * Martine is now known as Martine_of_Borg
[17:36] * BevinKB fears being assimulated, she doesn't need to be a
Borg again
[17:36] <Sedina> Wow...talk about a flashback. My borg days were when I
first started coming here. *lol*
[17:36] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Cool! All I had to do was look at her!
[17:37] <Nerak> No worry, bevinKB, you're on a MAC
[17:37] <Martine_of_Borg> Well, now that I'm Borged, do I at least get
to drive the cube?
[17:37] <Shiral_Of_Borg> yes
[17:37] <BevinKB> I get shotgun!
[17:37] <Bynw> a clan MacUser eh
[17:37] <Martine_of_Borg> Awesome!
[17:37] <Shiral_Of_Borg> TO Starbucks of Borg
[17:37] * Martine_of_Borg revs up the cube's engines
[17:37] <BevinKB> lol
[17:37] <Nerak> Victor of Borg
[17:37] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Must assimilate peppermint mocha...
[17:37] <Martine_of_Borg> Borg peppermint mochas for the whole.....
assimilation.... colony.... whatever.
[17:37] <Shiral_Of_Borg> hive, i think
[17:38] <kirienne> lol
[17:38] <Bynw> its the collective
[17:38] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:38] * Martine_of_Borg points the cube at Starbucks and punches teh
green "go" button
[17:38] <BevinKB> mmmm, mocha!
[17:38] <Martine_of_Borg> Um..... whoops. Wrong direction.
[17:38] <Martine_of_Borg> Which side of the cube is front, anyway?
[17:38] <Nerak> Victor plays piano very oddly and tells obscure jokes
in strange dialects
[17:38] <Sedina> I hope you don't have to parallel park that thing
[17:38] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Yeah, you got the gear shift in "Sideways!"
[17:38] <Martine_of_Borg> oh! that's it!
[17:38] <KK> And then there's Lucretia of Borg....
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> martine, don't worry. Any way you go now you
<wsill> be heading towards a starbucks
[17:39] * Martine_of_Borg adjusts the gear shift, repoints the cube at
Starbucks, and hits the green "Go" button
[17:39] <Shiral_Of_Borg> YEah, It's such a pain to have to park the
Cube at Starbucks!
[17:39] <Nerak> I am so not having any of her eggnog
[17:39] <Martine_of_Borg> lol, debbie!
[17:39] <Wrengl> lol
[17:39] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Even if it isn't the one you THOUGHT you
wanted!
[17:39] <KK> lol, Nerak.
[17:39] <Nerak> I feel a filk to "Brogia Orgy" coming on
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[17:39] <DeryniBot> Starhelhm has taken the Oaths and has become a
member of the Knights Templars
[17:39] <Shiral_Of_Borg> THey just opened one within walking distance
of my apartment. The treachery!
[17:39] <Wrengl> hello starhelm
[17:39] <Nerak> Yes, he's finally here!!
[17:39] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Hello Starhelm
[17:40] <KK> Starhelm! Huggles!
[17:40] <Martine_of_Borg> How evilly assimilative of them, Shiral!
[17:40] <Starhelhm> Respectful Greetings and Salutations.
[17:40] <BevinKB> dad!
[17:40] <Martine_of_Borg> Hi Starhelhm
[17:40] <Sedina> hello Starhelm
[17:40] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Don't worry, we won't assimilate you...yet
[17:40] <BevinKB> family reunion!
[17:40] <Starhelhm> << Bows low to the knee >> Well Met KK.
[17:40] <Nerak> Starhelm is just back from Iraq.
[17:40] <Shiral_Of_Borg> Welcome home, Starhelm
[17:40] <Martine_of_Borg> welcome home!!!!!!!!
[17:40] <Starhelhm> And boy are my arms tired. . . . .
[17:40] <Martine_of_Borg> lol
[17:40] <Sedina> lol
[17:41] * Martine_of_Borg is now known as Martine
[17:41] <BevinKB> dad got giddy when KK put on his spurs ;-)
[17:41] <Shiral_Of_Borg> At least you came home with all the original
equipment!
[17:41] * Shiral_Of_Borg is now known as Shiral
[17:41] <kirienne> hi starhelm, welcome home
[17:41] <Shiral> whew, all that conformity is tiring
[17:41] <Starhelhm> Thank you all.
[17:41] <KK> Wow, welcome home, Starhelm! Are you back for good?
[17:41] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:41] <Mistyck> Welcome Starhelhm!
[17:41] <BevinKB> brb
[17:41] * Nerak has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:41] <DeryniBot> Nerak has taken the Oaths and has become a member
of the Knights Templars
[17:41] <kirienne> starhelm, thanks for your service
[17:41] <Wrengl> wb nerak
[17:41] <Starhelhm> Not sure. The unit is demobilizing. They may keep
some of us on for another six months to a year.
[17:41] <Shiral> wb, nerak
[17:42] <Dov> ok kk--last night the theme at the stargate yule revel
was a temporary truce between cosimo i di medici and filippo strozzi
[17:42] <BevinKB> back
[17:42] <Dov> unfortunately i missed all the really good role playing
[17:42] <Nerak> Suspect poison in everything
[17:42] <Martine> Sort of like Kiev
[17:42] <Starhelhm> I'll second the poison bit.
[17:42] <Mistyck> ick Starhelhm, are you Army Reserves?
[17:42] <Shiral> Well, that's good for the dieters at the feast I
guess, Dov =o)
[17:42] <BevinKB> yesh
[17:42] <Shiral> You wouldn't dare overindulge!
[17:42] <Starhelhm> No, Air Force Reserves. Just in a critical career
field. Air Transportation.
[17:43] <Wrengl> ah
[17:43] <Mistyck> ahh, i'm tx ang
[17:43] <KK> Keep us posted, especially if you have to go back!
[17:43] <Dov> no, no assassination games, just verbal duello
[17:43] <Mistyck> luckily, I didn't have to go anywhere for my year of
mobilization
[17:43] <Mistyck> yes please
[17:44] <Starhelhm> Will do so, but don't anticipate being sent back
out.
[17:44] <KK> yay!
[17:44] <Dov> and the subtlety was a horse's head
[17:44] <Mistyck> what's your AFSC? Starhelhm if you don't mind me
asking
[17:44] <Shiral> Wow...
[17:44] <BevinKB> ...
[17:45] <Nerak> What's with the extra "H"? sleepy?
[17:45] <Debbie-VB> He can tell you mistyck, but then he has to kill
you
[17:45] <KK> Well, thank you after the fact, Starhelm. We've had
several of our folk over there.
[17:45] <BevinKB> dad, did you make a typo?
[17:45] <Starhelhm> Yeah, it would have been an abvious if they had
used the other end of the horse. . .
[17:45] <Dov> :-)
[17:46] <Wrengl> lol
[17:46] <Nerak> Love, you missed the chainmail bikini discussion..
[17:46] <Shiral> Not exactly a scenic dish at the feast
[17:46] <BevinKB> well.. someone *did* use a dead, retired horse's head
for Godfather
[17:46] <Martine> With or without chainmail bikinis
[17:46] <Nerak> Ah, horse hed subtley, made of 'red velvet' cake with
white icing?
[17:47] <Dov> think so...and the presenters sang a parody of "The
Boar's Head"
[17:47] <Shiral> lol
[17:47] <the_Bee> horse or reindeer? red and white are sants's colors
[17:47] <KK> Refresh my memory....where is Stargate?
[17:48] <Dov> houston tx
[17:48] <Nerak> Saw it once done with a lamb shaped cake mold and
cocoanut icing....ewwwww
[17:48] <BevinKB> remember the map cake in Warthaven? 'and I'll have a
piece of [insert city name here]!'
[17:48] <KK> That's what I thought. But Nerak & co. are in....?
[17:48] <the_Bee> Sci=Fi channel
[17:48] <Nerak> You know KK small town just outside the XXth year site?
[17:49] <Dov> sorry...got to yield the computer now
[17:49] <Martine> bye dov
[17:49] <Sedina> take care, Dov
[17:49] <kirienne> bye Dov
[17:49] <Mistyck> take care Dov
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> later dov
[17:49] <Bynw> cya dov
[17:49] <Mistyck> I'll email ya soon
[17:49] <Nerak> We moved to New Orleans when I got married, moved to
Nashville after the housefire
[17:49] <the_Bee> shalom Dov
[17:49] * Dov steps onto his transfer portal and vanishes
[17:49] <Shiral> bye, dov
[17:49] * Dov Quit
[17:49] <RainbowDragon> You'll only get my computer when you pry it
from my cold, dead fingers!
[17:49] <Nerak> And tonight Starhelm is in Little Rock with the Air
force
[17:49] <Martine> lol, rd!
[17:50] <Shiral> mine too, rd
[17:50] <Martine> Mine three!
[17:50] <Bynw> ditto
[17:50] <Martine> Well, the work laptop you can take. The Dell XPS is
MINE! All mine! Mwah ha ha ha ha!
[17:50] <Shiral> But we're really not possessive at all
[17:50] <BevinKB> cha
[17:50] <KK> ah. so are you and bevin in nashville or texas now?
[17:50] <BevinKB> that's why my family has their own comps
[17:50] <BevinKB> Nashville, currently
[17:50] * Bynw takes Martine's work laptop and fdisks it to use
[17:50] <Mistyck> Nashville is a neat town
[17:51] <Nerak> Nashville, have house. Arthur is 21 and in shcool part
time, work part time
[17:51] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:51] <Martine> Thanks, Bynw! Now they'll order me a nice new HP
nc6000 to replace it :-D
[17:51] <Shiral> Nerak is having a bad night...
[17:51] <kirienne> Peer is really naughty today
[17:51] <Mistyck> ick
[17:51] <Bynw> anytime Martine :-)
[17:51] <KK> Andre Norton lives just outside Nashville, in
Murfreesboro.
[17:51] <Shiral> And you can feed it coffee, Martine =o)
[17:51] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> peer's got it in for them today
[17:51] <Martine> lol not this one, shiral!
[17:51] <Bynw> peer has it out for Nerak and Bevin tonight
[17:51] * Mistyck handcuffs Peer and hauls him off to jail where he is
force-fed large doses of Merasha
[17:52] <Shiral> Peer is being nasty
[17:52] <Mistyck> very nasty
[17:52] <Martine> Oh, Bynw, I should warn you. That particular laptop
doesn't get along well with coffee.
[17:52] * Shiral takes Peer Hang gliding with emphasis on the Hang
[17:52] * BevinKB has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:52] <DeryniBot> Welcome BevinKB to your appointment on the
Camberian Council
[17:52] <kirienne> wb
[17:52] <BevinKB> grr
[17:52] <Bynw> thats OK, i dont get along with coffee Martine
[17:52] <Martine> wb
[17:52] <BevinKB> thanks
[17:52] * the_Bee stings peer up the wazoo
[17:52] <Shiral> Don't feed it Pepsi Either, Bynw
[17:52] <Shiral> =o)
[17:52] <BevinKB> lol
[17:52] <Martine> No Pepsi either!
[17:52] <Shiral> OR even Peppermint hot chocolate
[17:52] <BevinKB> that's cool, I go Coke Cola anyway
[17:53] <Martine> Poor laptop's a year old. On day three it needed all
but one of its internal components replaced after the accidental
addition of my morning coffee :-P
[17:53] <BevinKB> owie
[17:53] <Debbie-VB> well all, I'm afraid I'm going to have to be going
[17:53] <Wrengl> yikes martine
[17:53] * Nerak has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:53] <DeryniBot> Welcome Nerak to your appointment on the Camberian
Council
[17:53] <Wrengl> it should not have been drinking
[17:53] <Shiral> Bye, Debbie. {huggles}
[17:53] <Wrengl> wb nerak
[17:53] <kirienne> night Debbie, hugggles
[17:53] <RainbowDragon> Bye, Debbie
[17:53] <the_Bee> be well, Debbie
[17:53] <Sedina> huggles, Debbie
[17:53] <Martine> That was fun explaining it to the boss, after I'd
begged for a laptop for five months! <laugh>
[17:53] <Wrengl> by debbie
[17:53] <Martine> bye debbie!
[17:53] <BevinKB> all it needs is some chips and motor oil
[17:53] <Bynw> i guess it didnt like that coffee
[17:53] <Shiral> wb, nerak
[17:53] <Nerak> locked up again, it did
[17:53] <Martine> Caffeine didn't make it run faster, no.
[17:54] <Debbie-VB> thanks all for your prayers.
[17:54] <Martine> wb Nerak
[17:54] <Mistyck> wb Nerak and Bevin
[17:54] <Shiral> Or run at all
[17:54] <KK> Nighters, Debbie.
[17:54] * Ryan has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:54] <DeryniBot> Welcome Ryan to #Deryni_Destinations - The virtual
home of Katherine Kurtz
[17:54] <Mistyck> g'nite Debbie
[17:54] <Wrengl> hi ryan
[17:54] <Bynw> night debbie
[17:54] <Mistyck> hiyas Ryan
[17:54] <Shiral> Tough timing, Debbie
[17:54] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:54] <kirienne> hi Ryan
[17:54] <Martine> If it hadn't been mine, it would have been kinda neat
hearing the motherboard sizzle to death amplified by the sound module.
[17:54] <Mistyck> and KK, lookie who's here!
[17:54] <Martine> hi ryan
[17:54] <Shiral> lol, martine
[17:54] <Bynw> huggles and sorry to hear about your loss
[17:54] * BevinKB has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:54] <DeryniBot> Adam Sinclair welcomes his newest member of the
Hunt ... BevinKB
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Ryan - meet KK
[17:55] <BevinKB> grr!!!
[17:55] <KK> Hello, Ryan! How's the ice?
[17:55] <Shiral> hi ryan
[17:55] <Ryan> hi all
[17:55] <Wrengl> wb bevin
[17:55] <TerryOBrien> I'm going to have to go get dinner, myself. (I'm
hungry!)
[17:55] <Mistyck> he's met KK already, RD
[17:55] <Shiral> wbbbbbbbbbbbb, bevin
[17:55] <Wrengl> night terry
[17:55] <Bynw> cya Terry
[17:55] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> ahhh
[17:55] <Shiral> bye, terry!
[17:55] <kirienne> see ya terry
[17:55] <KK> Night, Terry.
[17:55] * Debbie-VB blows kisses to everybody who wants one
[17:55] * TerryOBrien has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:55] <BevinKB> not again...
[17:55] <kirienne> bad bad peer!!!
[17:55] <Shiral> There is an evil spirit at work in Peer today
[17:55] <Bynw> you having some sort of difficulty there Bevin?
[17:55] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:55] * kirienne throws sevral daggers at Peer
[17:55] <BevinKB> I don't wanna be Peer-pressured into quitting!
[17:55] <Shiral> Throw Peer some raw meat, or something!
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> belated goodbye to Terry
[17:55] <Sedina> hi ryan
[17:56] <Shiral> OR intimidate Peer with a Viking wwarrior
[17:56] <Ryan> hi
[17:56] <Martine>
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[17:56] <Wrengl> ?
[17:56] <Sedina> Hi Rowena
[17:56] <Shiral> lol, bevin
[17:56] <Martine> Um.... I think in cat speak that's "hi"
[17:56] * Nerak has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:56] <DeryniBot> Welcome Nerak to #Deryni_Destinations - The virtual
home of Katherine Kurtz
[17:56] <BevinKB> it's been a while e sincI'v echatted on an IRC
[17:56] <the_Bee> hi rowena
[17:56] <RainbowDragon> kitty alert!
[17:56] <KK> That must be Rowena--or Arwen.
[17:56] <Ryan> lol
[17:56] <Martine> wb Nerak
[17:56] <Shiral> Hi Rowena
[17:56] <Martine> It's Rowena <laugh>
[17:56] <Mistyck> wb Bevin and Nerak
[17:56] * Debbie-VB Quit (Quit: Debbie steps on the potal and vanishes
in a cloud of pink sparklies )
[17:56] <Sedina> Arwen wouldn't dare to go up to the attic where the
computers are
[17:56] <Shiral> I thought Martine was just giving us the sound of a
coffee drenched laptop dying
[17:56] * Bynw thinks everyone needs to chat on IRC as often as
possible
[17:56] <Martine> She's ventured up here once or twice when Rowena's in
the basement.
[17:56] <Nerak> Drat, it must be raining somewhere in Meridies, the
system's full of glitches
[17:57] <Shiral> Really, Bynw =o)
[17:57] * Sedina has had many conversations with Rowena
[17:57] <Martine> ARwen's getting braver.
[17:57] <Ryan> brb
[17:57] <Martine> lol shiral!
[17:57] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:57] <Bynw> IRC is your friend
[17:57] <kirienne> aaccckkkk! again, the poor dears
[17:57] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[17:57] * BevinKB has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:57] <DeryniBot> Following a Lehr Cat BevinKB enters the chat.
[17:57] <Shiral> Nina doesn't like walking on the keyboard, much
[17:57] <Bynw> they are sharing a connection
[17:57] <KK> Peer <really> hates poor Nerak and Bevin!
[17:57] <BevinKB> bad peer!
[17:57] * Nerak has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:57] <DeryniBot> Welcome Nerak to your appointment on the Camberian
Council
[17:57] <Bynw> so you folks sharing a connection too arent you
[17:57] <Shiral> WB, for the moment
[17:58] <BevinKB> I think I should install that IRC program
[17:58] <Martine> Rowena just hits it now when she stretches in her
sleep. She's learned not to walk on it - the keyboard drawer MOVES and
DISAPPEARS under the desk.
[17:58] <BevinKB> yeah, ethernet
[17:58] <Bynw> mac or windows
[17:58] <Nerak> Yep, we have the house wired for computers, port in
every bedroom
[17:58] <Martine> wb again
[17:58] <BevinKB> mac
[17:58] <BevinKB> strictly Mac Users
[17:58] <Sedina> I've been trying to break Sadie of the habit of
walking across my keyboard....all it takes is a can of compressed air.
I don't even have to use it. If I just put my hand on it, she runs the
other way
[17:58] <kirienne> lol
[17:58] <KK> Awww, poor kitty!
[17:58] <Tika> LOL poor Sadie
[17:58] <Shiral> I'm being STARED at by cats, but am pretending I don't
know it's time for Kitty Supper
[17:58] <Mistyck> wb you two
[17:58] <BevinKB> not taking chances on a spray bottle?
[17:58] <Bynw> ircle and snak are the 2 most popular irc clients for
the mac
[17:59] <Martine> lol shiral
[17:59] <Tika> terrorized by the can of air!
[17:59] <Nerak> I use a mist bottle on the cats, and my son
[17:59] <Bynw> both are shareware
[17:59] <Ryan> im back
[17:59] <Sedina> Sadie likes water
[17:59] <Shiral> So do Cesca and Nina
[17:59] <Martine> Water wouldn't make it through the fur of either of
my cats.
[17:59] <Bynw> Neko doesnt care for water sprayed at him
[17:59] <Sedina> she sticks her head under the faucet, so a little
squirt from a spray bottle wouldn't phase her
[17:59] <Shiral> They're fascinated by my morning Toilette
[17:59] <BevinKB> your cats like water on their fur?
[17:59] <Shiral> yes
[17:59] <Martine> And considering Rowena jumps in the shower with me if
I don't give her enough morning attention! <laugh>
[17:59] <Nerak> Add a couple of drops of floral perfume to the water,
son hates it!
[18:00] <Shiral> Nina SITS in the sink, just after it's been drained
[18:00] <BevinKB> so Aero is not on the cats sdie
[18:00] <KK> Ack, guys. It's fast approaching midnight over here, and
Scott needs to check his e-mail, so I'd better bid you goodnight.
[18:00] * BevinKB Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[18:00] <Martine> huggles, kk!
[18:00] <Mistyck> Evaine hates water too...she nearly clawed me to
death when I had to give her a bath last week
[18:00] <Shiral> Night, Katherine, thanks for joining us
[18:00] * Nerak Quit
[18:00] <Tika> niters KK
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[18:00] <DeryniBot> Welcome Nerak to your appointment on the Camberian
Council
[18:00] <Shiral> I hope you get your computer back this week
[18:00] <Sedina> have a good night, KK. Good luck with getting your
computer back
[18:00] <the_Bee> nighters KK. have a good week
[18:00] <kirienne> night night Katherine, huggles, good writting
[18:00] <Bynw> Ok ... Tell Scott he needs to finish the vampire boosk
[18:00] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine, take care and have a great week
[18:00] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine - see you next week?
[18:00] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by
[18:00] <Nerak> Night Mistress
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[18:00] <DeryniBot> Adam Sinclair welcomes his newest member of the
Hunt ... BevinKB
[18:01] <KK> I'll try to get back next Sunday night. Huggles to all,
and prayers to those who need them.
[18:01] <Mistyck> wb Bevin
[18:01] <Ghostgames> Goodnight, Katherine!
[18:01] <Shiral> Stay well, Katherine!
[18:01] <BevinKB> nig, tkk!
[18:01] <Shiral> Write, woman, write!
[18:01] <Ghostgames> I'm glad you escaped the con crud. :-)
[18:01] <Mistyck> yeppers!
[18:01] <Mistyck> www
[18:01] <Martine> I should go, too. I left poor John stringing lights
on the tree.
[18:01] <BevinKB> see kk. see kk write. write kk, write!
[18:01] <Mistyck> take care and have a great night Martine
[18:01] <Ryan> night katherine
[18:01] <kirienne> see ya Martine, huggles
[18:01] <BevinKB> now I can tell wether or now I've been booted
[18:01] <Mistyck> hehe, Bevin, I like that
[18:01] <Shiral> Night, Katherine, and night Martine
[18:01] <Martine> bye all!
[18:01] <Ghostgames> I'm in danger of spilling stew on my keyboard so I
should probably concentrate on my dinner.
[18:01] <BevinKB> thankies
[18:01] <Shiral> Night, Ann
[18:01] * KK steps onto her Portal, blows kisses goodnight, and
disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[18:02] <Martine> LOL sounds like a plan, Ann!
[18:02] * Nerak Quit (User has been mind-ripped )
[18:02] <Mistyck> night Ann, have a great night
[18:02] * Martine Quit (Quit: Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com)
)
[18:02] <BevinKB> okies, I'm outta here
[18:02] <Sedina> take care, Ann
[18:02] <BevinKB> nice chatting with y'all
[18:02] <Ghostgames> night, all!
[18:02] * KK Quit

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[17:42] <DeryniBot> Adam Sinclair welcomes his newest member of the
Hunt ... KK
[17:42] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:42] <babayaga> hi kk
[17:42] <Dov> greetings kk
[17:42] <TheCatWhisperer> hi, kk
[17:42] <RainbowDragon> Welcome home!
[17:42] <KK> Hello, folks.
[17:43] <Dov> how's everyone at holyoke?
[17:43] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:43] <Bynw> hiyas again Katherine :-)
[17:43] <the_Bee> hi kk! glad you made it
[17:43] * RainbowDragon changes topic to 'Official Chat of Katherine
Kurtz - Welcome back, KK!'
[17:43] <KK> My appearance here tonight is courtesy of Bynw, who talked
me through fixing my mirc installation--after I'd defanged my Norton
Internet Security firewall.
[17:43] <babayaga> yay Bynw !
[17:43] <KK> All is well. We've finished a couple more rooms since I
last was here.
[17:44] <Wrengl> good
[17:44] <Wrengl> did you have a good holiday, oh so long ago
[17:44] <KK> We should have the flat about finished by the end of next
week, save for installation of the carpets. It's that close.
[17:44] <Wrengl> good
[17:45] <Wrengl> any writing over the past month and a half?
[17:45] <the_Bee> what color have you chosen for the carpets?
[17:45] <KK> Had a good holiday. Cameron was home for 10 days, and
managed not to crash any of the cars or "fix" my computer this time.
:-) He even installed Mozilla Firefox for me.
[17:46] <Wrengl> good
[17:46] <Wrengl>
[17:46] <Tika> hey that *is* good news
[17:46] <TheCatWhisperer> yay cameron!
[17:46] <babayaga> yay for Firefox
[17:46] <KK> They'll be a neutral beige/oatmeal color throughout,
though there's tile on the ground floor and in the two baths, and
marmoleum in the kitchen.
[17:47] <Wrengl> marmoleum?
[17:47] <the_Bee> marmalade linoleum?
[17:47] <KK> We had a 65 foot cherry picker here on Wednesday to
hopefully open up the chimney in the sitting room and put a second flue
in the one that has the one for the boiler.
[17:47] <KK> Failed in the first task, but succeeded in the second.
[17:47] <TheCatWhisperer> Linoleum that looks like marble?
[17:48] <KK> It's a super linoleum--not vinyl--that wears like mad, and
can look like marble. It's often used in supermarkets and hospitals
and schools and airports and such; very durable.
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[17:49] <DeryniBot> Following a Lehr Cat Temprus enters the chat.
[17:49] <the_Bee> hi temprus
[17:49] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Temprus
[17:49] <Dov> welcome temprus
[17:49] <Temprus> greets
[17:49] <KK> We've also salvaged two of the original fireplace inserts
from the house, that were leaning in a corner in the derelict dining
room. They cleaned up beautifully.
[17:49] * TheCatWhisperer takes the kitten off her shoulder and greets
Temprus
[17:50] <Dov> lovely
[17:50] <KK> Oooo, kitten!
[17:51] <Tika> our latest "kitten" (Neko) now weighs over 10 pounds...
and he's about 8 months old
[17:51] <Bynw> kittens are nice ....
[17:51] <KK> Is this one of the rescuees?
[17:51] <Bynw> but Neko is more of a catten
[17:51] <Tika> true, he's a big boy
[17:51] <Tika> and I think I hear Marnin fussing at him
[17:52] <Tika> most likely for paws on the dining room table
[17:52] <KK> Our half-time catten is now about 3/4-time. Sasha is now
often to be found snoozing in the basket in the kitchen, next to the
radiator.
[17:52] <the_Bee> smart cat
[17:52] <Tika> Neko is a teenager, testing his limits
[17:52] <KK> One of these days, we're going to find him upstairs on the
bed, having run the gauntlet past the dogs.
[17:53] <Tika> heh
[17:53] <KK> A very pretty, sweet-natured cat; white with grey tiger
patches and a very fine muzzle--and a squeaky, raspy meow.
[17:54] <KK> The other critters do not like him, but he's persistent.
[17:54] <KK> and big.
[17:54] * Tika notes that Sedina was here not long ago at all
[17:54] <Tika> She may be going home soon!
[17:54] <KK> We think he's coming two. Gus and Tillie are coming
three, and Nicholas and Jessie are coming five.
[17:55] <KK> Ooooh, Sedina was here? Great!
[17:55] <Bynw> yep
[17:55] <Bynw> heard about the coaster gift too hehehe
[17:55] <Tika> LOL
[17:55] <KK> I take it, then, that the transplant is still holding its
own.
[17:55] <KK> LOL, yes, I think she liked it!
[17:55] <Tika> yep, she said hopefully next chat she will be back home
[17:55] <the_Bee> the cell transplant seems to be working. she also
told us about the kilt coaster you sent her
[17:56] <KK> I saw that in a shop in Edinburgh and knew I had to send
her one.
[17:56] <Tika> which was great fun to discuss
[17:56] <the_Bee> she left the sticker on his derriere formodesty's
sake
[17:57] <KK> They had place mats, too, but I figured the coaster would
travel better, and she could set a mug on it, or a glass or bottle of
water....or just drool on it. ;-)
[17:57] <TheCatWhisperer> lol!
[17:57] <KK> Well, it's a very nice derriere.
[17:57] <Bynw> the latter most likely
[17:58] <KK> I think they also had mugs.
[17:58] <Tika> oh a mug would be fun if the kilt went away when filled
with a hot beverage
[17:58] <Tika> ahem, did I speak out loud?
[17:59] <babayaga> yes, you did
[17:59] <KK> LOL, Tika, you're wicked! But it <would> be fun.
[17:59] <TheCatWhisperer> yes
[17:59] <Tika> tee hee
[17:59] <Bynw> yes she is very wicked
[17:59] <Tika> I am angelic, see? O:)
[17:59] <TheCatWhisperer> who? me?!
[18:00] <KK> Speaking of wicked, have we heard from Nancy or Martine?
[18:00] <TheCatWhisperer> Tika, is that rust I see on your halo?
[18:00] <Tika> oh speaking of angelic, I came across Mother Angelica's
cable tv show last night channel surfing - she's a nifty old nun
[18:00] <Tika> and funny
[18:01] <Temprus> yeah
[18:01] <RainbowDragon> I haven't seen or heard from Martine or Nancy
lately
[18:01] <KK> We don't know about her over here.
[18:01] <Tika> I think I saw Nancy and Martine both on AIM over the
past week but didn't chat with them directly
[18:02] <KK> I expect that Nancy and John are still settling in after
their move.
[18:02] <KK> They're supposed to be working on final copy for the
Deryni role-playing game.
[18:03] * Tika crosses fingers and toes
[18:03] * Bynw is still waiting for that
[18:03] <KK> Speaking of Deryni, I turned in the polished Deryni
Checkmate last week--and have seen the cover art, which is quite nice.
[18:03] <Tika> yay!
[18:03] <Temprus> no fair, I can only cross all my fingers :p
[18:03] <Bynw> cools
[18:03] <Tika> do we have a release date?
[18:03] <KK> Same artist who did the first one and ITKS.
[18:03] <KK> Autumn.
[18:03] <Dov> nice
[18:04] <the_Bee> what scene?
[18:04] <KK> And this weekend, I have mined away on my desk and have
cleared the decks to resume work on Childe Morgan this week--at last!
[18:04] <the_Bee> yay!
[18:04] <Dov> huzzah!
[18:04] <Bynw> whoooot
[18:04] * Tika does a happy-joy dance
[18:05] <RainbowDragon> Hooray!
[18:05] <KK> The scene where Duncan gazes into the shiral crystal in
Alaric's tower room, with Morgan looking on--and Loris materializing
above the crystal.
[18:05] <Temprus> sweet
[18:05] <the_Bee> Loris? Sweet?
[18:05] <Bynw> remind that Scott of yours that there is a 3rd vampire
knights of the blood book overdue :-)
[18:05] <Bynw> ah that will be a cool cover
[18:06] <KK> I honestly don't think he's ever going to write it. But
he's got several cracker ideas for screenplays--which, if I can just
chain him to his computer.....
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[18:07] <DeryniBot> Following a Lehr Cat Samuel enters the chat.
[18:07] <KK> BTW, I treated myself to a flat screen monitor just before
Christmas, and Scott inherited my old one--so we're both happy campers.
[18:07] <Samuel> hello all
[18:07] <the_Bee> hi Samuel
[18:07] <Bynw> as for loris ... i hope he looks like that bishop from
ladyhawke ... that's how i've always pictured him anyway
[18:07] <KK> hello, sam!
[18:07] <Dov> wow
[18:07] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, Samuel
[18:07] <Bynw> hi sam
[18:07] <RainbowDragon> I just saw on the newsgroup where Shiral said
she wouldn't be here tonight
[18:07] <Dov> hi samuel
[18:07] <RainbowDragon> [Quoting] Thanks so much for the birthday
wishes and the GREAT birthday present, RD! With my luck, KK will
probably make it into the chatroom today, since I'm up in Washington
state, chilling out with my uncle, aunt and cousins and the children of
cousins. Literally chilling, as it's raining very hard here on
Bainbridge Island, and it's trying hard to turn into snow. Having a
great time, and tell KK hello, if she does come to chat today. [End
quote]
[18:07] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Sam
[18:08] <Tika> yay, Sam!
[18:08] <Samuel> I didn't do it! He did it all on his own.
[18:08] <Tika> we have you on videotape
[18:08] <RainbowDragon> Long time no see, Sam
[18:08] <Tika>
[18:08] <KK> It sounds like Shiral is having a fine birthday bash!
[18:09] <RainbowDragon> yes it does
[18:09] <Tika> well since Marnin fixed supper I suppose we should go
eat it...
[18:09] <Bynw> i think so before it gets cold
[18:09] <Samuel> Tika: that was my evil twin....... Or am I the evil
twin and you taped the good twin?
[18:09] * Bynw is now known as bynw-getting-supper
[18:09] <Tika> Sam - nice try
[18:09] <Tika> hehehe
[18:09] <Tika> bbl
[18:09] * Tika is now known as Tika_away
[18:10] <KK> Well, I think I need to check out too, as it's past
pumpkin time and I need to get back on the book tomorrow.
[18:10] <Dov> thanks for stopping by kk
[18:10] <the_Bee> Nighters, Katherine
[18:10] <TheCatWhisperer> night, kk
[18:10] <Temprus> seeya
[18:10] <RainbowDragon> It was great seeing you again, KK
[18:10] <babayaga> night kk
[18:10] <Samuel> g'night KK
[18:10] <the_Bee> come again
[18:10] <RainbowDragon> I'm glad you are back in action
[18:10] <KK> But I will try to make regular Sunday night appearances
now that my computer's defanged. :-)
[18:11] <RainbowDragon> Have a good evening
[18:11] <the_Bee> btw, is Edgar OK?
[18:11] <KK> Again, it's all thanks to Bynw.
[18:12] <KK> (Did you guys know that there's a way you can turn control
of your computer over to someone else, and they can come in remotely,
and see what's on your screen, and fix whatever the problem is? It's
an XP feature, apparently.
[18:12] <KK> Anyway, that's what Bynw used. Really cool feature.
[18:12] <RainbowDragon> A rather useful one at times, apparently :-)
[18:12] <Samuel> KK: yea. It can be a dangerous feature too.
[18:12] <Dov> fascinating--if a little scary
[18:13] <RainbowDragon> But Bynw is trustworthy if a little odd...
[18:13] * RainbowDragon ducks and runs
[18:14] <Dov> see you all next week, Deo volente
[18:14] <KK> Believe me, I wouldn't hand over the helm to anyone I
didn't trust. And it's only for a set amount of time, and you can stop
it at any time--and can see exactly what's being done. No sabotage by
stealth possible.
[18:14] <KK> NIghters, Dov.
[18:14] * Dov has left #Deryni_Destinations
[18:14] <TheCatWhisperer> Night, Dov
[18:14] <KK> Anyway, I'd best be off. Take care, all. And see you
next week.
[18:15] <Samuel> ACK!!! I've been studying too hard..... I actualy
understand what Deo volente means.
[18:15] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight!
[18:15] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in
a shower of green sparkles.
[18:15] <Samuel> g'night KK
[18:15] * KK Quit
[18:15] * KK has left IRC