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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #570 on: 08 August 2011, 13:45:46 »
Quote from: GhostBear on 08 August 2011, 10:58:01
My wife's sentiments, exactly. Which means I won't be, either.
Too bad.  One more reason to wish I could have made it this year.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #571 on: 08 August 2011, 15:52:25 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 07 August 2011, 19:38:15
I am, although it's safe to say Melanie saw all she ever wanted to see of GenCon, and will not be returning.

Well, crap. I really enjoyed hanging out with her. I wish we'd had more time to do non-con stuff together...and that I hadn't locked her out of the hotel room and then fallen asleep. :-S
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #572 on: 08 August 2011, 16:09:36 »
Quote from: Frolicity on 08 August 2011, 15:52:25
Well, crap. I really enjoyed hanging out with her. I wish we'd had more time to do non-con stuff together...and that I hadn't locked her out of the hotel room and then fallen asleep. :-S

Aw, she liked you guys; I think, though, that with the wisdom of hindsight, GC was perhaps a bit of gilding the lily by that point. So if it's anyone's fault, it's mine, for letting my enthusiasm overwhelm my judgement. I know she was enthused about the possibility of visiting you guys in STL.

That's good, because I'm owed serious gelato at this point.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #573 on: 08 August 2011, 16:49:24 »
GelatoCon 1 next summer, then?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #574 on: 08 August 2011, 17:07:27 »
Gelato Con Caffe!
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #575 on: 08 August 2011, 17:07:54 »
It occurred to me on my drive home that Neko is the Woody Allen humor element of Team Davion. I think I am a combination of Sam Kinison and Dennis Leary.

What?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #576 on: 08 August 2011, 17:08:56 »
Quote from: GhostBear on 08 August 2011, 10:58:01
My wife's sentiments, exactly. Which means I won't be, either.

Sad news, though understandable. I shall lament.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #577 on: 08 August 2011, 17:09:14 »
Quote from: 97jedi on 08 August 2011, 17:07:54
It occurred to me on my drive home that Neko is the Woody Allen humor element of Team Davion. I think I am a combination of Sam Kinison and Dennis Leary.

What?

So you're the guy driving the pink Cadillac El Dorado?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #578 on: 08 August 2011, 17:17:04 »
Sweet Beelzebub, what the hell did I say or do in that car?  It's all a blur and you've got me scared.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #579 on: 08 August 2011, 17:32:54 »
I don't really see Neko as Woody Allen, but he reminds me a great deal of Wes Anderson's self-parody here.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #580 on: 08 August 2011, 17:35:36 »
Is there much coverage of the rioting in London in the US etc?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #581 on: 08 August 2011, 17:47:22 »
I thought every Wes Anderson film was ipso facto self-parody.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #582 on: 08 August 2011, 17:49:28 »
Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 08 August 2011, 17:35:36
Is there much coverage of the rioting in London in the US etc?

I don't know.  I tend to get my international news from the BBC and they're a bit of a biased source on that front for obvious reasons.  The AJC webpage has something on it, though.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #583 on: 08 August 2011, 17:58:12 »
Quote from: Moonsword on 08 August 2011, 17:49:28
I don't know.  I tend to get my international news from the BBC and they're a bit of a biased source on that front for obvious reasons.  The AJC webpage has something on it, though.

Oh, ok

the social media and local news are quite interesting on this: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=207192798388318292131.0004aa01af6748773e8f7&msa=0&ll=51.558503%2C-0.055275&spn=0.114195%2C0.298691

and

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9184207.UPDATE__Riots_spread_to_Colliers_Wood_shopping_centres/ - this is very close to my house!

Plus this which is, if nothing else, quite fun to read http://www.facebook.com/pages/Supporting-the-Met-Police-against-the-London-rioters/152937041453243?sk=wall&filter=2
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #584 on: 08 August 2011, 18:03:14 »
Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 08 August 2011, 17:35:36
Is there much coverage of the rioting in London in the US etc?

I've been following it, my smartphone pulls headlines on it pretty regularly.

I suppose The Smiths are getting pretty heavy airplay right now.

Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 08 August 2011, 17:47:22
I thought every Wes Anderson film was ipso facto self-parody.

Some more than others. The Royal Tenenbaums always seemed to me to be too real to be parody.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #585 on: 08 August 2011, 18:06:14 »
Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 08 August 2011, 16:49:24
GelatoCon 1 next summer, then?

Yessss!
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #586 on: 08 August 2011, 18:09:28 »
Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 08 August 2011, 16:09:36
I know she was enthused about the possibility of visiting you guys in STL.

That's good, because I'm owed serious gelato at this point.

You're welcome any time! And yes, we need to settle that debt with you. :)
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #587 on: 08 August 2011, 18:37:15 »
Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 08 August 2011, 17:58:12
the social media and local news are quite interesting on this: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=207192798388318292131.0004aa01af6748773e8f7&msa=0&ll=51.558503%2C-0.055275&spn=0.114195%2C0.298691
Dan,

I had no idea it was that widespread.  When I visited the Paris in '08 the riots a year or so before were poo pooed as a one or two street affair.  Stay safe my friend.
Quote from: GhostBear on 08 August 2011, 10:58:01
My wife's sentiments, exactly. Which means I won't be, either.
Ben, I read WoR this weekend:  good work!  I would think more work like that will drag you to more events.

S/F

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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #588 on: 08 August 2011, 19:43:17 »
I've been thinking next year those of us going to GenCon should try to arrange a meet-up.  I missed a lot of people because I just didn't know when/where I could find people.  I was left just trying to read namebadges for the most part.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #589 on: 08 August 2011, 20:00:10 »
When did this rioting start? I'm normally really up on current events, but with GenCon depriving me with sleep, I'm just now getting all caught up. I need to read about this S&P bit as well.
Klep: Good idea, running into at the CGL booth  was nice, but something a little less ad-hoc would be nice.
Also, Gelato is the ****.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #590 on: 08 August 2011, 20:11:12 »
Three days ago.  This BBC article seems to have a good discussion of what caused it.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #591 on: 08 August 2011, 20:23:12 »
As they used to say, "The issue is not the issue."
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #592 on: 08 August 2011, 20:27:43 »
I've kind of gotten that impression.  There's been a few things over at the BBC that suggest this the shooting was more in the nature of a spark than the underlying cause.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #593 on: 08 August 2011, 20:31:41 »
Quote from: Frolicity on 08 August 2011, 18:06:14
Yessss!
I'll wear my banana split costume.

Just kidding.

Or am I?
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #594 on: 08 August 2011, 21:56:38 »
Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 08 August 2011, 17:17:04
Sweet Beelzebub, what the hell did I say or do in that car?  It's all a blur and you've got me scared.

It was not intended as an insult! :)
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #595 on: 08 August 2011, 22:30:17 »
Please.  I've been killing spiders since I was thirty.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #596 on: 08 August 2011, 23:46:38 »
I-wait...


...no, even more disturbing is that I can say the same thing, and do so honestly.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #597 on: 08 August 2011, 23:57:44 »
Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 08 August 2011, 22:30:17
Please.  I've been killing spiders since I was thirty.

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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #598 on: 08 August 2011, 23:59:34 »
Ok, I've decided to have mercy on all the kibitzers here.  If you want to know what the heck we're talking about, put annie hall spider into a google box and watch the youtube clip that turns up first.
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Re: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur
« Reply #599 on: 09 August 2011, 17:55:14 »
Though I am loathe to do so, I kill spiders frequently. Mostly because they're too stupid to avoid falling into the sink from which they cannot escape, but also because they're damn toxic. They stay out of reach and/or sight, and we're good. Get too close? D-E-D. That's right, deed.
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