L. Marcus

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . "Addicted" seems to cover it, then . . .

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread . . . This is how the loon was created. In the first days of the world, when Almighty G-d walked the earth, creating all living things, the Devil was there, too. Being true to his nature, when the Lord gave life and movement to insects, fish, birds, four-footed animals - well everything that walked, crawled, swam and flew - the Evil One felt jealous. He wanted to create things, too! And when he looked at all the things that Creator had made, he felt a particularly bad twinge of jealousy when he saw the birds of the sky. "Oho!", said the Cloven-Hoofed, "I'll show him that he's not the only one who can create such beauty!" So the Devil sits himself down on a riverbank, and takes a fistful of black clay, spits in it and starts to knead. It is tough going, because between you and me, the Devil isn't the most gifted, creatively speaking. But after many tries and failures, there, in his black hand, sits a bird, black and white, with a sharp beak and a glistening eyes. The Horned Man laughs in joy and launches the bird into the air, and it opens its wings and flies away. It was just then that the Devil noticed something wrong - he hadn't given the creature any legs! Swearing the worst lithany he knows (and, he being who he was, those lithanies are bad!) he grabs a couple of twigs and flings them after the bird. They stuck right at the back of the bird, and has stayed there ever since. So, boys and girls, that is how the Devil made the loon. Touch wood when you hear the cries of that bird, and when it flies over you, and never eat its flesh, because the Devil himself made it and cursed it.

Re: The cranky thread . . . I'm splendid, you're known to all . . . ! Cool!

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The trick is in the phrase "the time being." It could mean anything!

Re: Complicate the Person Above Egyptoid invented Absolute Zero. Too bad he forgot to get a patent.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Suuuure . . .

Re: The cranky thread

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Alive - Pearl Jam, Ten

Re: Read or Die... ***Might-Be Spoilers Ahead!!!*** . . . I don't know if that has ever been stated out loud, but there seems to be a conjecture of "yes" on that one . . . It's his/hers glasses Paper wears . . .

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread . . . You loon, you. Isn't that actually a fowl?

Re: Read or Die... I've only seen the OAV, and I like it.

Re: Daily Art Findings Roar.

Re: Complicate the Person Above Cancer should know, 'cuz Cancer was Scrappy.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I got Gaiman's Anansi Boys for Christmas. I had so high expectations of the book, I daredn't open it up. Until last friday. I needed something to read on the bus home, and I gathered my strenght and took that book with me. A wise thing to do. And I needen't have worried - Christ on a bike (to paraphrase a policeman in the book) it's fun!

Re: Review of Asian Bestiary Volume One . . . But that's not a legendary creature, surely?

Re: Complicate the Person Above Who invented gerbils?

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Would? - Alice In Chains, Dirt

Re: Wunderwaffen!!! - Secret German Warmachines of WW 2 You shoulda turned left at the Systems Discussion.

Re: Review of Asian Bestiary Volume One Yah. My wanted poster really shocked me.

Re: Wunderwaffen!!! - Secret German Warmachines of WW 2 . . . Not that I ever heard . . .

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER "Does Shrödinger's Cat make a sound"

Re: Musings on Random Musings "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens." -- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)

Re: Desktop Star Ships (Wallpapers?) Just don't make a habit out of it, okay?

Re: Is this android "anatomically correct"? Personality-wise I thought there was a huge difference. The animé Batou was a serious guy, worried about his boss, liking her in an almost (but not quite) Platonic way. The manga version was an immature almost-jerk.

Re: Is this android "anatomically correct"? . . . If i swung that way? Hmm . . . The animé Batou, maybe. The manga one - NO!