No, I've completely forgotten Hammer; do I want to be reminded?
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Aug 31, 2004 9:40:33 am PDT #1859 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2004 9:51:52 am PDT #1860 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I feel guilty for making the association from this conversation, but Betsy, do you remember Evie? What ever happened to her?
Kalshane - Aug 31, 2004 9:53:20 am PDT #1861 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Can drive to 4 other states in about an hour depending on traffic
Hey, I can drive to two other states in about an hour (well, one in about 5 minutes) It climbs to two to four for beyond that, though.
libkitty - Aug 31, 2004 9:54:13 am PDT #1862 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
You had me all happy and excited, Heather, with the AK, which is indeed Alaska. I think I am the only AK here, and I'm not in driving distance (ok, distance, but no road) to ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. I love it here, but wish visiting was easier, and mostly cheaper.
Daisy Jane - Aug 31, 2004 9:55:38 am PDT #1863 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have a friend from high school years who, last I heard, was up there.
Betsy HP - Aug 31, 2004 9:56:44 am PDT #1864 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I was rereading my last mail about her the other day. Deb hasn't heard from Evie's ex-husband again, but the last news was that she was not expected to recover any further than she already had. She was aphasic, paralyzed on the right side, and living in a nursing home in Virginia. The combination of the aphasia and of her preexisting deafness meant that they weren't sure how much communication was getting through. She also had significant short-term memory damage.
Tam - Aug 31, 2004 12:02:58 pm PDT #1865 of 10001
"...Singing their heads off, protected by the holy ghosts, flying in from the ocean, driving with their eyes closed." - Patty Griffin "Florida"
I-40 Road Construction Gnomes
Fantabulous! I'm in NC and the gnomes are busy here as well.
Sparky1 - Aug 31, 2004 1:01:05 pm PDT #1866 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My favorite Alaska story: A woman in my dorm moved to Alaska when she was a little girl and hated it -- so far away from grandma and grandpa, friends, etc. To comfort her, one of the stories her parents told her was that Alaska was the state Santa visited first. So, she got all the nice presents, and little boys and girls in the rest of the world got the squished ones from the bottom of his bag.
amych - Aug 31, 2004 1:02:40 pm PDT #1867 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The I-40 gnomes are in all places at all times (or, all places along I-40, anyway). They're evil that way.
libkitty - Aug 31, 2004 3:31:43 pm PDT #1868 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I have a friend from high school years who, last I heard, was up there.
Does she post here, Heather?
Love the story, Sparky. I'll have to send it to my friends in North Pole. I think that they would get a kick out of it.