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- Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Live Music Shows
- Replies: 38
- Views: 29310
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Financial Bail Out
- Replies: 76
- Views: 62038
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:57 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Financial Bail Out
- Replies: 76
- Views: 62038
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Brian and Kevie go to Sacramento
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22694
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Financial Bail Out
- Replies: 76
- Views: 62038
Too much politics in that right now to make sense... Maybe they should wait after the election ? Or simply give the money to the tax payers... 8) Good idea. Let's see, roughly about 200 million tax payers over the age of 18, and not in prison etc. Let's just look at the 85 billion to bail out AIG (...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Financial Bail Out
- Replies: 76
- Views: 62038
Too much politics in that right now to make sense... Maybe they should wait after the election ? Or simply give the money to the tax payers... 8) Good idea. Let's see, roughly about 200 million tax payers over the age of 18, and not in prison etc. Let's just look at the 85 billion to bail out AIG (...
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Come gather round friends.....
- Replies: 31
- Views: 30352
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:25 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Movie Poster
- Replies: 58
- Views: 74856
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:27 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Movie Poster
- Replies: 58
- Views: 74856
Hey! You never returned the contract papers on use of that blinkey! That's stil MY property dammit! :twisted: :lol: Kidding! speaking of blinkies...... :( I don't know a damn thing about the film industry, so I won't try to enter into this debate in any significant way. But what I can say is that K...
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:02 am
- Forum: Fiction Links
- Topic: Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10924
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: related to post count....
- Replies: 57
- Views: 63387
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:15 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Dune Movie
- Replies: 29
- Views: 36250
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:01 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Paul of Dune excerpt
- Replies: 75
- Views: 100871
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:05 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Does any of this sound familiar?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8713
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:37 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Paul of Dune excerpt
- Replies: 75
- Views: 100871
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hey Birom, Hye Hippo!!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 99651
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:42 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: First PoD Review!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22498
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:35 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New Dune Movie
- Replies: 61
- Views: 66767
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:44 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New Dune Movie
- Replies: 61
- Views: 66767
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
You guys are still engaging Hyppo? Why? It's not like she has any relevance anymore. They're all damn stalkers, that's why. And the things they said in the PMs...even just the parts I could understand... :cry: Oh, and my dog eats little kittens for breakfast, maybe I'll do a lil' trip to Canada. :t...
- Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The metrosexuals are coming!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 22823
- Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
I'm at 15. Someone needs to compare notes. (Edit: SC, are we counting... those? If we aren't, I'm at 13, too.) 7. It's a powindah matter. You wouldn't understand. 8. You've been spending too much time at the selamlik lately, talking about the Ascendancy and the anticipated death/slavery of the rest...
- Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
So OK...did everybody get the Monday update? Hey! Why am I not getting these PMs! :cry: :cry: Simple: 1. You're short. 2. You're gray. 3. You have small pointy ears. 4. You smell funny. 5. You're nasty and do unsightly things with your hands in public. 6. Did I mention the smell? Dude, word: bath. ...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Obama
- Replies: 144
- Views: 210737
- Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:33 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Pre-DN Deleted Comment Archive
- Replies: 34
- Views: 38205
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Thu May 29, 2008 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
somebody do me a favor and go over to House Atreides and tell Hyppo I would very much like to see evidence in regards to my so-called promotion at Arakeen. Seriously, let's see it.......she can email me. I'm sure she has my email address. she brought it up in a post (on I site I'm not a member of--a...
- Thu May 29, 2008 3:29 pm
- Forum: Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)
- Topic: Mythology Forums
- Replies: 52
- Views: 45586
Hehe, damn, when did it happen? It crept up on me! :wink: Wasn't me!! Actually, I spent several million dollars on archaeology the last couple of years. Other installations are dumbfounded when they hear what my budget is. I'm good at squeezing money out of these fucking jarheads for stuff unrelate...
- Thu May 29, 2008 6:28 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
She's still repeating the lie that she had to close Arrakeen down to stop the spam and general disturbance, when in fact everyone had stopped posting there weeks before she closed it, with Nekhrun keeping everyone updated on Arrakeen Deathwatch. I just reread this again, and CL's right, I remember ...
- Thu May 29, 2008 6:26 am
- Forum: Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)
- Topic: Mythology Forums
- Replies: 52
- Views: 45586
Hehe, damn, when did it happen? It crept up on me! :wink: Wasn't me!! Actually, I spent several million dollars on archaeology the last couple of years. Other installations are dumbfounded when they hear what my budget is. I'm good at squeezing money out of these fucking jarheads for stuff unrelate...
- Wed May 28, 2008 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed May 28, 2008 8:48 pm
- Forum: Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)
- Topic: Mythology Forums
- Replies: 52
- Views: 45586
- Wed May 28, 2008 12:53 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: T4....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19629
- Wed May 28, 2008 12:49 pm
- Forum: Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)
- Topic: Mythology Forums
- Replies: 52
- Views: 45586
I also do work as a Human Osteologist and Zooarchaeologist. Bones and ancient animals? You got it. I identify human remains (and conduct analysis) as well as faunal material from prehistoric sites. I don't do much of that anymore because I'm a damn desk jockey bureaucrat now :cry: Now I contract it...
- Wed May 28, 2008 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Hehe. What a weekend I missed. Omphalos went ahead and ran her off, huh. Thanks a lot buddy, I didn't even get to moderate the shit out of her :cry: You never know. I may let her back on in two weeks. Now, what was that date again?????? :P :twisted: Hehe, she'll be back then. I owe her for not maki...
- Tue May 27, 2008 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Fri May 23, 2008 10:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Fri May 23, 2008 10:44 am
- Forum: Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)
- Topic: Mythology Forums
- Replies: 52
- Views: 45586
Not supposed to talk about it much but it has to do with the Minoans. And no, I am not. I am an expert on classical mythology and religion (basically ancient sociology). My second PHD is in more the archaeological field, however. I'm the guy that interprets the shit they find in the terms of how it...
- Thu May 22, 2008 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu May 22, 2008 11:00 am
- Forum: Bulfinch's Mythology (1881)
- Topic: Mythology Forums
- Replies: 52
- Views: 45586
- Tue May 20, 2008 9:00 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon May 19, 2008 3:27 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
Re: BUMP!
Guess who I heard from by mail today! Edric. Seems he's been busy working on an Orthodox Herbertarian version of the timeline..."purging" the new book references. Have just glanced through it so far, but it looks like he has included a lot more of the Dune appendix data than the Torkos or...
- Mon May 19, 2008 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Re: Hyppo BARES ALL. ... OF HER SOUL! EEW!
As for myself, I thought I'd found the perfect guy... completely compatible outlooks and interests in many areas, and I got along fine with his parents. But one night he swatted me and knocked my glasses off -- and that was the end. We're not a couple anymore, and never will be. It was just the one...
- Thu May 08, 2008 11:52 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Tue May 06, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
It's not the sticks she comes from that's the problem. It's the ones stuck up her bounteous bum. ;) (Let's be brutally honest, shall we? I think it's become pretty obvious that what she needs is a good bum-lovin' to straighten her out, someone to roger the ole gash but jolly. I've worked it out and...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:32 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Gholaforum
- Replies: 65
- Views: 98928
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:28 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Next time you exchange messages, say hello for me and tell her she can roll out of her crate and lick my 'rhoids any time she wants. :twisted: She's probably already read this. Anyway, I think our exchange is at an end... ...until she misses me again! :oops: On DN or email? I hadn't noticed too man...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:10 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
I'm a big stupid liar, who lies all the time. Every time I open my mouth to lie I normally fill it with a turkey leg or try to breathe. One thing I didn't lie about though was my signature! Thanks for all the Fuck You! offers gentlemen, I think I might roll out of my crate to take you up on them :w...
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: John Clute is a heretic
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14153
I loved HoD and Chapterhouse the first time I read them. Took me a couple of times to appreciate GEoD, but I certainly do now. I think Frank was still working out some of the details of things, especially the Tleilaxu, as he was writing. By Heretics, he has it all pretty much decided with details. T...
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:31 am
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Nekhrun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7623
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:05 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: MST3K
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5249
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:02 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica season 4 (may contain spoilers)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 62358
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:39 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
We had someone from mediteatro join Jacurutu yesterday. I asked them to post their story and pictures from their film so hopefully I'll never have a need to go back there. :P Cool! Who finally got hold of them and how (out of curiosity)? I dropped them messages at DN a long time ago. Alvaro just re...
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:16 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Sandchigger Tribute Movie Hits Big Time!!!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17715
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:54 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Sandchigger Tribute Movie Hits Big Time!!!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17715
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
I remember the day after I banned her sorry ass from here she showed up at Worm's after, like, months away and started posting in a thread I was active in. I took that as nothing more than a ham-handed attempt to goad either me or someone else from here into attacking her. She did it to me at DN to...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:25 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Apologies to William Carlos Williams
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8519
I knew Nekkie really wanted a blinkie, so I resisted the urge :D :wink: I agree that it's too bad that it came to this. I too wanted a natural progression of posts until the lucky post was made, but it soon became clear to me based on the last few hundred-milestones that pretty much anything in the...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:42 am
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Apologies to William Carlos Williams
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8519
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
But see, this is preceisely the problem people. Some of you are allowing Hyperthreading to wind you up. You're getting pissed off and that's exactly what she wants because she gets attention. The ultimate insult to her, the way to really hurt her, is for everyone to dimiss her and forget her. Ban h...
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:39 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:38 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Movie Poster
- Replies: 58
- Views: 74856
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:37 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Dune, by Frank Herbert - tanzeelat's review
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10977
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:34 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
No doubt this will result in a massive drop in hits to my blog, but I've put her name, email address and IP into the mod queue until she opens 'Keen up again. It's not that I'm tired of the squabbling (that's actually quite amusing and the good part); I'm tired of her fucking attitude. She can read...
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:47 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:42 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:33 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: The Garbage Wall
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12735
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:22 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: The Garbage Wall
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12735
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
We did stuff like that a lot at first too. I tell you what really screwed us up for a while was understanding how psionics worked. We also had a lot of trouble at first with timing, although we had it down in pretty quick order. I think we were all novices when we started, so it took some time. Psi...
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
Just to note, multi-class is old school, that's not new to 3rd edition. We were playing multi-class, and more importantly dual-class , in most of our games years before. I can't remember when we started dual-class, but I know it was before Dark Sun which used multi-class and dual class heavily. Mul...
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:10 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:40 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: RIP Gary Gygax
- Replies: 67
- Views: 68427
RIP Gary Gygax
Gary Gygax has died. The man primarily responsible for Dungeons and Dragons. Thanks Gary for helping me waste countless hours of my youth
- Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Dune Forum - www.jacurutu.com
- Replies: 66
- Views: 61351
I'm sure fantomas will be making a formal complaint against me soon, lol. I wonder if he just doesn't realize that he's a twit? Anyway, I think we're done arguing, if he can control himself. I apologize in advance for any troubles he may cause because I spanked him. :) Hehe, lucky bastard...got 'em...
- Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:31 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 58389
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:49 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Dune Forum - www.jacurutu.com
- Replies: 66
- Views: 61351
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Okee-dokee. Just don't break my blog, 'K? :cry: Congrats, by the way: http://www.hairyticksofdune.net/extimgs/300thcom_a.gif (Sorry, it's 3:00 AM and I'm shutting down—with random neuron firing—for the night and just copied the same basic idea I used for the 200th one. As soon as I'd finished and u...
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:06 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Dune Forum - www.jacurutu.com
- Replies: 66
- Views: 61351
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:51 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Hehe, now you're confusing me chigger. :D So she's back on your blog and stirring the pot again. Its just amazing to me that someone will continue to take that much abuse. She's incredibly dense. I've decided that she has a sexual attraction to arnoldo; has anyone noticed that she just keep bringing...
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:26 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Starship Troopers....III?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 37289
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:17 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Starship Troopers....III?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 37289
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:23 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 58389
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:15 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Wasnt there some Australian too, who never showed up. He had one of those creepy looking photos of Kynes from the minisereis as an avatar? That's Pardot Kynes over at Jacurutu, isn't it? My understanding was he was made an admin to run some game at 'Keen and because interest waned he basically resi...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:14 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Starship Troopers....III?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 37289
You want everyone to vote? Im sorry; maybe Im going off in left field here from the popular view, but that last thing I want is every stupid moron in this country to Get Out The Vote! I mean, why do we have to encourage people who know nothing and could care less to get out and fuck up the choices ...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:00 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:12 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Starship Troopers....III?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 37289
I liked the first one, there was something about it I can't quite put my finger on . I don't think I saw II, I may have rented it but it was obviously unmemorable. Not having seen that, I can't really say if another sequel is warranted. I'm guessing not though. I think it was the boobies. that sure...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:05 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica season 4 (may contain spoilers)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 62358
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
But she did say that she hopes we can all make peace someday. Is that not the very situation that was offered her when she joined here? That all went south REAL fast. Personally, I don't have much to argue with her about. The only thing that really bothered me to the point of action was her stubbor...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:56 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Dune Jihad Trilogy, by KJ Anderson & B Herbert
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8034
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886239
I'm about to read A Walk in the Woods by Bryson. My wife keeps insisting I read it.... A good book. I hiked the App. Trail when I was younger. It was every bit as rough as he notes it is. I'm jealous, that's something I have always wanted to do. At the risk of sounding like KJA ( :evil: don't even ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886239
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:53 am
- Forum: Fiction Links
- Topic: Life, The Universe, & Everything, by Douglas Adams
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5266
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Oh hell yeah! Count me in too, I have to see that!Nekhrun wrote:More importantly, you can't see any new posts on Arrakeen because there haven't been any for days now.
Also, Hey Omph! Give me a heads up on when you're going for your crash and burn over there. I want to make sure I don't miss anything.
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:05 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: New Dune Forum - www.jacurutu.com
- Replies: 66
- Views: 61351
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:50 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
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Well, just so everyone knows that hasn't gotten over to SC's blog yet. It was me that posted that bogus apology under her name. I thought someone had done the same thing as Omphalos, so I figured turnabout was fair play. I've come clean over there as well. I actually feel bad about it now after I sa...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:32 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Sandworms of Dune: Mastah B's review...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13072
I didn't even bother to mention the waterworms. That was so stupid and had been beaten to death on these boards, so I left it out. The Master of the Obvious here will say that it was plain fucking stupid. And incredibly inefficient. Apparently you have to kill the waterworms to get the ultra spice o...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:26 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Sandworms of Dune: Mastah B's review...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13072
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:50 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Sandworms of Dune: Mastah B's review...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13072
While I deplore your decision to continually subject yourself to such literary refuse, I applaud your stamina to endure it and I'm glad to hear you're finally done with it. I know, I'm a glutton for punishment. :oops: But thank god that is finally over.....I'll leave it in the capable hands of Sand...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:07 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Sandworms of Dune: Mastah B's review...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13072
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:03 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Sandworms of Dune: Mastah B's review...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13072
Sandworms of Dune: Mastah B's review...
When I first decided to write a short review of Sandworms, I was on a plane with my two children flying to the Midwest to see my family. I was about halfway through the “novel” when I noticed I had misplaced my bookmark. My daughter, seeing my conundrum, said “here daddy, you can use this” and proce...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Post your photo
- Replies: 138
- Views: 173606
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:12 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Dune Emoticons
- Replies: 23
- Views: 28000
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:27 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Which First: FH Books or the New Ones?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 50197
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:24 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Jacurutu - New Dune Forum Suggestions
- Replies: 58
- Views: 62754
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Post your photo
- Replies: 138
- Views: 173606
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:04 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Post your photo
- Replies: 138
- Views: 173606
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:02 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
Don't forget Hectate's kinetic spheres! A new application of an old trick with benwa balls? Well, OK, it's more commonly done with pingpong balls. So Sue me. ;) You just don't get the elevation with metal that you get with plastic. I got a set of those a few years ago for Xmas and on the box there ...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Jacurutu - New Dune Forum Suggestions
- Replies: 58
- Views: 62754
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886239
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:45 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11233
That's the cover for the hardcover I was talking about in the 2001 thread. Great review. I love this book. Btw, I'm still having formatting problems browsing your website with IE. The text of the top right menu are off (the almost look like strikethrough text with the background) and the credit bar...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:06 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: 2001: A Space Odyssey, by A.C. Clarke
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27834
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886239
Perhaps off topic, I read Ender's Game a month or two ago. I hadn't read it in years. For some reason, I just didn't like it as much as I did before. Maybe it was already knowing how it ended, but I had an incredibly difficult time suspending my disbelief. Although I realize its intended to some ext...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:35 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:07 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
1 A.G. = Appr. 13000 A.D. Foldspace Shipping Company takes the name Spacing Guild and monopolizes space commerce, transport and interplanetary banking. Beginning of the Guild calendar. Why no parenthetical citation? 10154 A.G. According to a secret pact with Elrood IX, the Bene Tleilax takes over c...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:05 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Dr Who and Torchwood
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13839
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:01 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
Id like to hear KJA's real explanation for all of this. Hoping for too much there, I'm afraid. And besides, why should he have to EXPLAIN anything? To you or anyone. He's the writer, dammit! NO ONE KNOWS HOW HARD ART IS! :twisted: Except maybe Eru's copy of Sadworms. And a conference table in Atlan...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:26 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:52 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:46 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 58389
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:30 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: What this is all about
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14609
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:42 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:31 am
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: What this is all about
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14609
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:13 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The Good Doctor's Dune Timeline
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34004
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:28 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:22 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Lost
- Replies: 30
- Views: 28657
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
She solved a mystery! Time for a Scooby Snack! And she would have got(ten) away with it if it wasn't for those pesky Dunenovels people! What a retard, calling Mandy's fanfic crappy. She was probably so excited with finding out who Mandy was and trying (and failing miserably as she is too thick to r...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:14 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The movies that are better than the books
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12500
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:28 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 58389
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
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lol.. she's reading every word in this thread. She is glued to her computer. Seriously Hyppo reading someone's private email is a breach of trust. There is no possible way for an email to hijack a board, you brainless fuckstick. I like you Mandy. You're a fine girl. What a gooood wife you would be ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Yes, we all offered to chip in to buy software and server space. Now we'll do it our way. Yeah, funny how memory can be so selective. I posted a link to that discussion on chigger's blog and resurfaced it on 'keen. I hope that jogs her memory...... Heh. :roll: She apologized after I pointed it out ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Yes, we all offered to chip in to buy software and server space. Now we'll do it our way. Yeah, funny how memory can be so selective. I posted a link to that discussion on chigger's blog and resurfaced it on 'keen. I hope that jogs her memory...... Heh. :roll: She apologized after I pointed it out ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:24 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Source of Cognitors and Cymeks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18684
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:12 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Giant worm
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6713
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:10 pm
- Forum: Fiction Links
- Topic: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11060
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 58389
I know they said kevlar. That's what I was laughing at, the idea of kevlar furniture. So silly. Hehe, she sure is prepared, isn't she? Kevlar in her furniture. Not to mention plasma guns, computers and teleporting equipment in safety deposit boxes :lol: I can't help but wonder, after she blasts the...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:51 pm
- Forum: Fiction Links
- Topic: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11060
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:08 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Jacurutu - New Dune Forum Suggestions
- Replies: 58
- Views: 62754
1) NO heavy handed moderation. As TPOG says, let adults be adults and work it out. 2) Let's keep the subforums to a minimum and have them well organized in a user-friendly manner. 3) I like the hidden forums idea; restricted to certain members. 4) I would like to see things organize somehow by topic...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:34 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
I'm waaaaay ahead of you on that last one CL. I'll be happy to copy some of the old, interesting threads over to whatever new forum we establish. Sounds like we have a good start on a plan. If we do it here, I really like the idea of the select usergroups with different permissions. Keep sections as...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:26 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Source of Cognitors and Cymeks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18684
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Bloody hell, another admin is trying to destroy a good dune forum again. What is it with people like Hymaintenance and Byron? It must be a power complex and they can't stand the thought of losing any of it. Yeah, yeah, I know you are reading this Hyppo , and I've complained publicly about your nazi,...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:18 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: "The Science of Dune"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9491
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: "The Science of Dune"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9491
Re: "The Science of Dune"
I keep putting off posting more on the book because I've skimmed most of the articles and now am having a hard time making myself go back and actually read through them. Some biochemist (who is not a native English speaker) styling himself "SandChiggerBug" has showed up on my blog and Hec...
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
Let Arrakeen die Freak??? Are you actually that fed up? I guess I'm just surprised because you have been somewhat neutral about it all (although, I'm certain you have had strong opinions in PMs and the like). Is there any reason why we aren't summarizing all of our complaints and sending it in an em...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:25 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34768
Out of all the things Ive said and done, who'd a thunk that one would get me in trouble? Sometimes I feel so low about that place. Its like I cant even log on without thinking about stirring up some crap. I gotta stop going there and stop being such an ass. No you don't :D I love it when you post s...
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:55 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34768
Out of all the things Ive said and done, who'd a thunk that one would get me in trouble? Sometimes I feel so low about that place. Its like I cant even log on without thinking about stirring up some crap. I gotta stop going there and stop being such an ass. No you don't :D I love it when you post s...
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:40 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
- Replies: 1144
- Views: 1448003
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:37 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 58389
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:08 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34768
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:57 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34768
Arnoldo bitched royally on DN about Nekhrun's posting of that link there, saying that it was offensive. He even quoted Byron's rules in large text. Then he gets interested in the site, found something that he liked that was honestly, probably more offensive than calling Brian a patriamoral corpse-f...
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:44 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34768
Speaking of Byron and DN, has anyone asked him why he hasn't been back to Arrakeen to discuss those things he claimed we didn't want to discuss? Has he gone on about it any more on DN? I really did not have him pegged for such a chicken shit. Well, he is a chicken shit. But he just posted something...
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:37 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: A Personal Record
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16999
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: The 22 Most Awful Moments in Science Fiction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 34768
Arnoldo bitched royally on DN about Nekhrun's posting of that link there, saying that it was offensive. He even quoted Byron's rules in large text. Then he gets interested in the site, found something that he liked that was honestly, probably more offensive than calling Brian a patriamoral corpse-f...
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:13 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: A Personal Record
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16999
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Heroes of Dune
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45812
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:58 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Heroes of Dune
- Replies: 41
- Views: 45812
I'm in for the duration. :twisted: Every time they drop drawers and squirt out another steaming pile, I'll be there to bite their pockmarked backsides. It's a nasty job, but somebody has to do it. Hehe, and you do it so well chigger! I think I'm out too; I'm not sure how much of my time I can waste...
I guess I can buy some intelligence. But I wont give up on stupid. They have to be stupid if they think real fans will sign off on their massacre of Dune. (Invoking Godwin's Law) Hitler was intelligent to blame everything on the Jews and run with it. He was at risk for pissing off a minority, but a...
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:56 am
- Forum: Reading Group Administrivia
- Topic: Dune Reading Group
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16033
Arnoldo disturbs me. He occasionally cites some pretty interesting-if irrelevant- ideas, and sometimes even seems to understand what he's talking about. Honestly, sometimes I think he's an OH in disguise, looking to discredit the HLP through pure reductio ad absurdum. Eh, I don't know. I think he i...
- Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:38 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
- Views: 1947249
- Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:37 am
- Forum: Reading Group Administrivia
- Topic: Dune Reading Group
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16033
Ditto on the great idea. :) (I've tried ignoring Awny—honest, I have!—but his stupidity just screams for someone to bash him. :( ) I'm not ignoring him anymore; my goal is to continue to make him look like an ass. That little twit is so annoying, and the sad thing is he only hurt's Byron's argument...