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  2. Answers & Questions

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    A: It's the Battle of Breed's Hill. Not Bunker Hill. This will be on the exam' date=' you know.[/quote']

     

    Q: So, did Washington cross the Pacific or the Atlantic before joining Napoleon for the charge up Bunker Hill?

     

    A: The fun thing about revisionist history is that we can always change the answers so they get the scores we want.

     

    Doc

  6. Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

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    From tonight's D&D game.

     

    The cast:

    Grimvar, a Dwarven ranger.

    Garl, a halfling Rogue/Swashbuckler.

    Cyrandel, an elf Duskblade who has been wearing armor that makes his alignment tend toward evil.

    Saraphina, a Tielfling Rogue.

    Vanatu, a Human Cleric NPC.

     

    In combat, an opposing Elf casts a spell on Cyrandel that reduces his Intelligence and Charisma to 1.

     

    Garl tells him to stand *there* and hit *that* (pointing to a gnoll) with the thing in his hand.

     

    Cyrandel (OOC): Hey, there's nothing like Retarded Evil! *stab stab stab*

    GM: It goes down, what do you do next.

    Cyr: Retarded Evil, remember. *stab stab stab*

     

    Vanatu: Get up the stairs! Kill something.

    Cyr runs up the stairs and stops next to Garl.

    Vanatu: Not the halfling!

     

    The enemy spellcaster has holed up in an interior room. Grim hacks a hole in the wall with his urgosh and finds that it is dark inside. He calls the tiefling up to cast her darkness inside the room so the enemy can't see either.

     

    Sara: I cast darkness at the darkness.

     

     

    Garl picks the lock on a door during combat to try and sneak up behind an enemy. Because this is in combat, he neglects to check for traps. He sets off a lightning bolt trap, makes his evasion roll, and unlocks the door.

     

    Garl, to Vanatu: Don't touch that.

     

     

    Big bad on the other side of a magic mirror to Cyr, still feebleminded: Your village called...

     

    Big Bad: Do you have any idea what you have there?

    Cyr: No.

     

    Doc

  7. Answers & Questions

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    A- Sadly' date=' this is not one of those problems you can solve with the judicious application of enriched uranium.[/quote']

     

    Q: How do you handle a woman?

     

    A: Some people use their bare hands. Some prefer gloves. Others use special tools. But I like using the steam powered omni-vibrotron!

     

    Doc

  8. Answers & Questions

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    A: One must make allowances for the stupidity of people' date=' but not too many of them.[/quote']

     

    Q: Professor, aren't you violating the academic integrity of this institution by grading on a curve?

     

    A: It is not my responsibility to make sure that competent people don't make you look bad.

     

    Doc

  11. A Thread for Random Musings

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    I have been in two podcasts now. One podcast (Every Photo Tells...) used a story I submitted (Episode 24). The other one (Bird House Rules) is doing a multi-part series in connection with my blog. My voice is on the podcast talking about various iPad Twitter clients. All this happened in the last ten days.

     

    Doc

  13. Answers & Questions

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    A: And what are you going to do -- not have me crucified?

     

    Q: You're just too eager. Are you one of those loonies with a death wish?

     

    A: Tried to escape three times last night. Finally we had to nail him to the wall to keep him put. I admit we might have gotten a little carried away.

     

    Doc

  17. A Thread for Random Musings

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    Why do we keep sabotaging ourselves, again and again? "It won't work, so I won't try." But if you don't try, it definitely won't work. And what if it does work? How much are you willing to lose to failure? How much are you willing to risk for success?

     

    Doc

  22. Answers & Questions

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    A: And that is how you can tell whether the cat is mentally disturbed -- without breaking any furniture.

     

    Q: Did my cat just come through here at about 200 Miles per hour?

     

    A: Exactly! This is why I've attached the flux capacitor to Fluffy!

     

    Doc

  24. Musings on Random Musings

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    I agree about cravats (Have a repro of a Victorian Guide to the Cravat for Gentlemen hanging on my wall o'er yonder) and have even been seen in public in a jabot on more than on occasion (You really need the right outfit to pull them off. On my project list is making myself a leather Montrose doublet' date=' which requires on of the bloody things. They're not quite as silly if you're totted up in the right kit to go with them, and I'll take Scots Black-tie over normal formal wear any day of the week.[/quote']

     

    I should think that you should be able to use a lace cravat instead of a jabot. After all, a jabot is basically the clip-on version of the lace cravat. Once they didn't have to tie it anymore, they just got more ostentatious in how the jabot was decorated.

     

    Doc

  25. Musings on Random Musings

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    Ties were banned at my last place of employment. They are discouraged at my current place of employment, unless visiting an uptight east coast customer.

     

    Honestly, I can't even tie a necktie. I've tried.

     

    Cravats are neat, but you can't take off your jacket and leave the cravat on, it'd look silly. As opposed of course to jabots which look silly 24/7 unless you are also wearing a powdered wig and are on the grounds at the Ren Faire.

     

    Actually, you can take your jacket off while wearing a cravat. Either you have a vest (waistcoat) on with the ends of the cravat tucked into that, or you tuck the ends into your shirtfront to keep them contained. Or you let the ends dangle, if you think you can pull off the look. Another option is to simply tie the cravat in another knot that uses up more of the fabric and looks more like a bow tie if you expect to need to take your jacket off.

     

    And most Ren Faires are set before the powered wig set came into fashion.

     

    Doc

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