2009.02.01 13:00 - "So many books, so little time"

This session was recovered from the autologger by Wol Euler. Adelene was the guardian, filling in for Wol who was filling in for Maxine, so I'm not sure who should comment this session!

  

Riddle Sideways: Hi Adelene

Adelene Dawner: hiyo

Riddle Sideways: Hi Jo

Adelene Dawner: I'm GoCing, but I need to do some work on the other screen, too

Riddle Sideways: wish I knew how to morph into big animal too

Adelene Dawner: 'lo Susi, Fa

Riddle Sideways: thank you

Riddle Sideways: Hi everybody

Fael Illyar: Hi Adele, Aisha, Riddle :)

Susi Alcott: hi Adelene, Riddle, Aisha, Fael

Aisha Heaney: hihi!

Adelene Dawner: The animals are in the second floor green section - if you need help figuring out how to use 'em, feel fre to track me down.

Susi Alcott: hi Scat

Riddle Sideways: can you be in two places at once now?

Fael Illyar: Hi Scat :)

Adelene Dawner: who, me?

Scathach Rhiadra: Hi Fael:)

Scathach Rhiadra: Hello all:)

Fael Illyar: Yes, just create an alt and you can :P

Riddle Sideways: I Hi Scath

Fael Illyar: Hi Artemisia :)

Riddle Sideways: line from a old song (firesign theater) "How can you be in two places at once, when you're nowhere at all"

Artemisia Svoboda: Hello Fael

Artemisia Svoboda: hi everyone

Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Artemisia

Susi Alcott: hi Artemisia

Riddle Sideways: Hi Artemisia

Fael Illyar: Has someone claimed the session yet?

Adelene Dawner: nope, but I'm GoCing

Riddle Sideways: it is ok to sit in the pool

Riddle Sideways: your clothes will dry

Riddle Sideways: so that is how that works

Fael Illyar: Yes :)

Fael Illyar: you click the recorder and then select claim :)

Fael Illyar: the plan is to make the recorder nag about it every few minutes once either me or Wol gets around to reorganizing the script.

Riddle Sideways: ha, I just heard a motorbike outside that sounded like your purring :)

Adelene Dawner: hehehe

Riddle Sideways: Sorry Fael, to have missing your birthday party.

Riddle Sideways: just got the notice

Riddle Sideways: hope many people came

Fael Illyar: Don't worry about it :) We can't always be everywhere.

Aisha Heaney: so what's the topic?

Fael Illyar: to the party I noticed about, somewhere over 15 in total.

Riddle Sideways: wow, nice party

Fael Illyar: if I include the party Corvi had for me the day before, over 20

Fael Illyar: didn't make a count that notes who were present at both

Fael Illyar was happily surprised with the number of people.

Scathach Rhiadra: :)

Riddle Sideways: Fael, I think you said awhile back that you had read the wheel of time series

Riddle Sideways: I am slowly going through them.

Fael Illyar: Yes, I have.

Fael Illyar: Hi Tarmel :)

Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Tarmel

Artemisia Svoboda: Hi Tarmel

Susi Alcott: hi Tarmel

Tarmel Udimo: hi all

Riddle Sideways: I am very pleased over a male author writting all the dergatory statements about how men act

Riddle Sideways: and how women have to watch out for their feelings

Fael Illyar: The woman roles in the book series are pretty well written :)

Riddle Sideways: and how much men gossip

Tarmel Udimo: which book are we talking about:-)

Fael Illyar: The Wheel of Time series

Riddle Sideways: beware it is like 11 books

Tarmel Udimo: a sci fi book?

Riddle Sideways: by Robert Jordan?

Fael Illyar: by Robert Jordan, who, unfortunately is now dead.

Scathach Rhiadra: is this SF or Fantasy?

Riddle Sideways: epic fantasy

Tarmel Udimo: love them... :-)

Scathach Rhiadra: ah, I thnik I read the 1st in the series

Riddle Sideways: tolkein-ish

Fael Illyar: better written I'd say though :

Riddle Sideways: more modernish written

Tarmel Udimo: while we are on the subject of books - riddle I have meaning to pass on the name of the book on time to you (keep forgetting)

Riddle Sideways: please do

Tarmel Udimo: its "A Seminar on Time" by AGE Blake

Fael Illyar: Ah, Riddle, was it you with whom I spoke of cycles?

Riddle Sideways: thanks

Fael Illyar: two weeks ago I think.

Riddle Sideways: prolly, I love cycles, spirals, etc.

Riddle Sideways: yes

Tarmel Udimo: Blake worked with JG Bennett on a book called "The Dramatic Universe"

Tarmel Udimo: they were 'spawned' by the work of first Gurdjieff and then Ouspensky

Tarmel Udimo: anyway see what you think, found it when cleaning out by books

Tarmel Udimo: too bad PaB doesn't have a lending book club....

Riddle Sideways: Thanks, I should wait til later to browse, but can't wait

Riddle Sideways: we have the library

Tarmel Udimo: ?

Riddle Sideways: no librarian

Riddle Sideways: no check out desk

Scathach Rhiadra: if they were online books we could always start a Google group for exchanging and discussing:)

Tarmel Udimo: yes - I was staying a friend 's place cat sitting and down the road they had a large bookshelf on the corner were people were dropping off books and picking up ones to read

Tarmel Udimo: it was fun

Riddle Sideways: couple days ago I was replacing bedside lamp

Riddle Sideways: had to move piles of books

Riddle Sideways: found 2 doxen with bookmarks

Riddle Sideways: not finished yet

Riddle Sideways: I had started another without finishing them

Riddle Sideways: SO MANY BOOKS... SO LITTLE TIME

Scathach Rhiadra: :))

Tarmel Udimo: grins

Tarmel Udimo: I had a period there where I couldn't read much...

Riddle Sideways: my wife has had that sweatshirt so long it is worn out

Tarmel Udimo: hahahahah

Riddle Sideways: why couldn't you read?

Tarmel Udimo: now thankfully I'm back to the avid reader state...

Tarmel Udimo: not sure, it was like I juts couldn't take in anymore info

Tarmel Udimo: my eyes would go all unfocused and the words were all jumbled up....

Tarmel Udimo: it became almost like an aversion to words...

Riddle Sideways: I have audible on my iPod for listening while driving

Riddle Sideways: and prolly fifty poscasts

Tarmel Udimo: yep that may be next

Tarmel Udimo: yikes

Riddle Sideways: don't want to waste the moments while driving/flying

Tarmel Udimo: no silences there - eh susi? :-)

Tarmel Udimo: (running joke with susi)

Riddle Sideways: agree, have to plan silence times

Tarmel Udimo: good point squee

Artemisia Svoboda: who is squee?

Riddle Sideways: squee was silent too long so I tickled

Artemisia Svoboda: Ah, hi Squee, now I see you

Artemisia Svoboda: and you always giggle?

Riddle Sideways: Moon seems tobe a major tickler

Adelene Dawner: mmhmm

Riddle Sideways: long ago there was a huge ferocious lion

Riddle Sideways: that got a thorn

Riddle Sideways: in its paw

Riddle Sideways: and a little mouse named squee

Riddle Sideways: removed it

Riddle Sideways: they were friends ever since

Tarmel Udimo: hehehehehe

Riddle Sideways: I miss telling those stories to my daugther

Tarmel Udimo: yes?

Tarmel Udimo: you can tell us instead :-)

Riddle Sideways: in this place we are writting the stories ourselves

Riddle Sideways: the main hero is Pema

Riddle Sideways: who sent out the word

Adelene Dawner: hah, don't let *him* hear you say that.

Riddle Sideways: that all should come chat

Tarmel Udimo: and be heard....

Riddle Sideways: it is a pretend book and we changed the names to protect ....

Riddle Sideways: somebody

Tarmel Udimo: grins

Riddle Sideways: One day while drinking tea a Storm came along

Tarmel Udimo: and?

Riddle Sideways: hey, I not the only one telling this

Riddle Sideways: imagine all the characters that have entered this story

Tarmel Udimo: yep its pretty big

Tarmel Udimo: we have a new visiter - Aisha

Tarmel Udimo: or perhaps and old freind of PaB

Adelene Dawner pokes Aisha: Wake up.

Aisha Heaney: we're here

Aisha Heaney: we're here we're here

Adelene Dawner: hehehe

Tarmel Udimo: ahhaha

Tarmel Udimo: nice coat

Aisha Heaney: :)

Aisha Heaney: we're awake :P hi!

Fael Illyar smiles.

Tarmel Udimo: an alaskan wolf?

Aisha Heaney: a wolf of sorts

Artemisia Svoboda: I've got to go back to RL

Aisha Heaney: this is the only av we were able to find on four legs.

Tarmel Udimo: nice to see you again twin :-)

Artemisia Svoboda: Same to you!

Scathach Rhiadra: bye Artemisia

Artemisia Svoboda: See you later, everyone!

Fael Illyar: Bye Artemisia :)

Riddle Sideways: bye bye

Artemisia Svoboda: bye bye

Riddle Sideways: purr howl

Tarmel Udimo: yep and purrrrrrr

Fael Illyar: Hello Samuel :)

Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Samuel

Samuel Okelly: hello every1 :)

Tarmel Udimo: hi samuel

Aisha Heaney: heh

Tarmel Udimo: that's okay....

Riddle Sideways: back, had to answer the oven timer and gong

Susi Alcott: hi Samuel

Riddle Sideways: In my country...

Riddle Sideways: we have a new ttradition

Tarmel Udimo: yes?

Riddle Sideways: once a year

Riddle Sideways: we get together and watch TV and drink beer and pretend we care about football

Riddle Sideways: we over-eat junk food

Riddle Sideways: we bet on point spreads

Riddle Sideways: I was thinking about it last night

Riddle Sideways: think of many millions of people

Riddle Sideways: all glued to watching the same tv show

Tarmel Udimo: hummm'

Riddle Sideways: all attention on that game

Riddle Sideways: all that mental energy spent on whether this will be a pass

Riddle Sideways: will itbe caught

Riddle Sideways: all eyes on the quarter back

Riddle Sideways: willing the players to move

Riddle Sideways: whispering under breath

Riddle Sideways: that a definsive end is getting too close to the quarterback

Riddle Sideways: then poof... a car commericial

Samuel Okelly: do you draw any conlclusions from such a combined collective group activity riddle?

Riddle Sideways: not sure

Riddle Sideways: if that many are focused

Riddle Sideways: and concentrating

Riddle Sideways: but on diferent results

Riddle Sideways: do we effect the game

Aisha Heaney: well that's the thing

Aisha Heaney: most people don't know how to use that magic

Riddle Sideways: many that is it

Riddle Sideways: maybe

Aisha Heaney: could it work? sure. but if you know how the magic works then its power is lost.

Tarmel Udimo: and thank goodness they don't

Riddle Sideways: not sure

Riddle Sideways: many things to think on

Samuel Okelly: please excuse me folks :) tc all :)

Riddle Sideways: bye

Scathach Rhiadra: bye

Adelene Dawner: cya, Samuel

Tarmel Udimo: bye samuel

Riddle Sideways: ummmm, who is GoC

Adelene Dawner: me

Riddle Sideways: ok

Riddle Sideways: worried it was me :)

Adelene Dawner: hehe

Scathach Rhiadra: :)

Tarmel Udimo: can you say more about magic aisha and its uses

Scathach Rhiadra: I have to head off now, bye all:)

Tarmel Udimo: bye scath

Tarmel Udimo: see you next time

Fael Illyar: Bye Scat :)

Aisha Heaney: :)

Riddle Sideways: Magic (and all other spellings) is a broad and deep subject that I don't want to miss.

Riddle Sideways: but have to leave soon

Riddle Sideways: so can we bring that up at the beginning of some hour?

Adelene Dawner is pretty sure Aisha will be here again ^.^

Tarmel Udimo: I would like that

Aisha Heaney: we will be here, when is the next meeting again?

Adelene Dawner: 7pm SLT

Adelene Dawner: 10, local

Riddle Sideways: tuesday 7am

Riddle Sideways: :))

Tarmel Udimo: monday 2;00pm

Aisha Heaney: lol

Adelene Dawner: You can always catch the log, Riddle

Tarmel Udimo: bye riddle

Aisha Heaney: you're always free to talk to us outside of pab

Fael Illyar smiles.

Fael Illyar: See you later Riddle :)

Riddle Sideways: thanks all, and I will think on football today

Riddle Sideways: bye

Tarmel Udimo: wish your howl went on longer aisha

Tarmel Udimo: hahahaha

Aisha Heaney: :P

Fael Illyar: Yes, it kind of feels like it'd fit better if it was longer :)

Tarmel Udimo: oh boy

Tarmel Udimo: ahhh sitting up, nice

Tarmel Udimo: everyone use :P what does that mean (dummie on the mat asks)

Aisha Heaney: stick your tongue out.

Adelene Dawner: sticking out toungue, Tarmel.

Aisha Heaney: then ask that again

Aisha Heaney: :)

Adelene Dawner: Aisha, wanna go meet Moon?

Aisha Heaney: sure!

Aisha Heaney: should i be a not-fourfooter?

Adelene Dawner: dun matter

Aisha Heaney: kk

Tarmel Udimo: moon's very special

Adelene Dawner: ^.^ mmhmm

Fael Illyar: He doesn't seem to be online though.

Tarmel Udimo: you will enjoy moon's company

Aisha Heaney: actually i think changing is in order.

Aisha Heaney: brb

Fael Illyar: Well, It's time to move elsewhere I guess :)

Fael Illyar: See you later Tarmel :)

Tarmel Udimo: yes I may go and see about land now, thanks for your help....

Susi Alcott: _/!\

Susi Alcott: see you Tarmel

Tarmel Udimo: bye susi