staying in a haunted hotel on Halloween and going to a seance conducted by an illusionist/escape artist is a pretty unique opportunity, right?
Jinkies!
Angel: You know, I killed my actual dad. It was one of the first things I did when I became a vampire. Wesley: I hardly see how that's the same situation. Angel: Yeah. I didn't really think that one through.
'Lineage'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Oct 12, 2012 10:48:57 am PDT #25450 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2012 10:50:53 am PDT #25451 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The people who should have handed over servers to us first thing this morning are not answering the phone or e-mails. Of course the servers weren't delivered. You don't hide from people you don't owe shit to.
MY DEADLINE DOES NOT FUCKING MOVE. WHY IS YOURS ELASTIC???
The entirety of my last email, and then I'm going to pee and then take a lunch break:
We’re running out of both time and resources. I have an immovable deadline to get these servers tested and deployed. If there’s a reason we can’t get them today, please tell me so I can at least start planning around the collapse of my critical path.
Connie Neil - Oct 12, 2012 10:51:05 am PDT #25452 of 30001
brillig
How would one celebrate the exploration of Africa without being accused of racism?
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 10:52:40 am PDT #25453 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
BUT WHAT DO ALL YOUR GEARS CONNECT TO????
PFFFFT. THE GEARS DO NOT CONNECT TO ANYTHING, THEY SYMBOLIZE THE GENIUS AND MAD SCIENCE SKILLZ OF THE WEARER. Or something.
But Steampunkish middle-grade fantasy novels are still cool, right?
Absolutely! There's a LOT about steampunk that I like, especially in reading material. But the people who are organizing/attending steampunk events sometimes make me want to edge away while saying "I'm not with them". Of course, I'm only on the fringes of the steampunk movement, which is why I'm always the person moderating the Goth vs. Steampunk: subculture relatives panel.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 10:53:15 am PDT #25454 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
staying in a haunted hotel on Halloween and going to a seance conducted by an illusionist/escape artist is a pretty unique opportunity, right?
You must go. You MUST. And then tell me all about it.
Jesse - Oct 12, 2012 10:55:54 am PDT #25455 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
To be honest, it wouldn't bother me as much as it does if everyone doing it quit trying to put on a British accent.
OMG.
hippocampus - Oct 12, 2012 10:57:42 am PDT #25456 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
But Steampunkish middle-grade fantasy novels are still cool, right?
I have read the middle-grade fantasy in question and I say yes, without a doubt. Still cool.
The books (not yours) that seem to be created using some sort of matrix of profitability where YA + (Steampunk - whimsy) + LOTS AND LOTS OF COGS WITH SCIENCE THAT MAKES NO SENSE? nsm ... ahem.
Consuela - Oct 12, 2012 11:00:29 am PDT #25457 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
How would one celebrate the exploration of Africa without being accused of racism?
Well, Africa was hardly unknown to the people who lived there. Which is rather the problem with celebrating explorations and discoveries. The Native Americans knew very well where they were when Columbus arrived: he in fact was the one who was lost!
Calli - Oct 12, 2012 11:02:42 am PDT #25458 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, I'd go with "Explorer." You could reference historical figures such as Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon [link] Matthew Henson (African American, may have been the first person to reach the geographic north pole in 1909--Edwardian's still ok, right?) [link] or Nain Singh Rawat [link]
They're all male, though. The female explorers I've found from around that period have been pretty much European/American.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2012 11:10:24 am PDT #25459 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I will, but I suspect that the people behind the event really REALLY want to wear pith helmets and feel like they're the heroes in a Rider Haggard novel.
I'd suggest Oswald Bastable again, but but I suspect the people you are talking ab out would totally miss the point, assuming they knew who Bastable was in the first place.