Has a cousin who claims after the fact that he could have gotten whatever I bought cheaper

I know a guy like that, only he phrases it as "You got ripped off..." Friend of the family, and very nice as long as we don't talk about money. So I try not to.

pretty much a requirement in the SCA if you are going to do wars

The SCA is showing its age, though. Tents used to be Spartan things, now they're multi-room with real furniture. Aging backs like having support.

Hey, Bitches! I just got back from visiting the family (no internet!) and had to skip a bunch. I hope everyone is doing well.

And, Yay to Stephanie and Joe!! Congrats on the new wee one!

I've been up since 4:45 and came straight to work from the airport. I don't know why, tho. I'm gonna be useless all day.

I remember the early 80's with Tomorrow People and Black Beauty.

I know we've moved on, but I wanted to chime in and say that's what I meant as well. I don't know why I was figuring it was late 80's, but it was very much the "creepy British miniseries" era of Nickelodeon. Well, that and You Can't Do That on Television.

Anyone remember those creepy miniseries? Like the one about the eighth daughter of an eighth daughter, which I think involved gypsies, or the one where there was some mystery about Stonehenge (I think) and everyone in town said "Happy day" instead of, like, "Good day" or something?

And ita, yes, I meant the Tomorrow People show theme song, which is available in its entirety at that Web site you linked to. The original Tomorrow People, that is.

Really, John? I'm outta town this weekend, but I'll be back on Monday. Smithville is in Kansas City, basically.

Yeah, I even have a bed (viking slat bed). I was a sleep-on-a-roll-of blue-celfoam guy (which is handy because you can cut it up and pad armour with it in a pinch), but a friend gave me this one when he built a "camping" four-poster. I think, in general, the SCA is a bit more prosperous than it was when everyone was a student, so some people are indulging their Field of the Cloth of Gold fantasies when it comes to their camp setups. But the aching bones and backs are driving the furniture issue too, for sure.

ETA: Erin, cool, maybe we could email to see if we could meet while I'm in the area. The war is a fairly primitive kind of setup, but I can bring a celphone.

ChiKat, sometimes I am useless all day on 8-hours sleep. I think the fact that you showed up moves you out of the useless column.

Never having had cable growing up (never, ever for that matter -- we don't even have it now) all of this Nickelodeon talk sounds like this: weoirua-new;aoriuhabg!

War of the Lillies

I wanna war.

Living outside for 9 months on the Great Peace March has pretty much cured me of complaining about amenities. Don't get me wrong. I loves me some comfort, but tents, porta-potties, food lines, etc? I fear them not.

In fact, I'm something of a porta-john afficionado. The ones used for DC events are pretty damn nice, comparitively.

It's wonderful how a relatively brief period of 'deprivation' (in this case, completely voluntary) can show one just how much one can live without and still be quite happy.

my mom, sister and I usde to watch the Tomorrow people . It dissappeared off our tv. this made us sad.

One of the great memories of my childhood was the family vacation we took to Lake Ouachita. We rented a motor boat and headed ot to an island where we camped for a week. Totally primitive and no other people. It was great, even with the tent that my sister and I shared that was really not waterproof. Though I do wonder if I would enjoy it as much now.