13 May 2008 @ 07:22 am

Shakespeare

Taken while eating my morning Fruity Pebbles

Your Score: Measure for Measure

You scored 31% = Tragic, 46% = Comic, 18% = Romantic, 53% = Historic

You are Measure for Measure. Originally classified as a comedy but now regarded amongst the "Problem Plays", Measure for Measure is a story of truth, justice, mercy, forgiveness, and humility. What your score tells us about you is that you are most likely an outgoing person, who believes in doing what is right. While you may sometimes abuse your power in certain situations, for the most part you are kind-hearted and sincere. Not that abusing your power is necessarily a bad thing. Remember, as the play tells us "some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." We just want to make sure you don't get too greedy for power and end up like that Macbeth guy!

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Oddly, this is one of his plays I do not know.

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11 May 2008 @ 02:22 pm

Wedding

The wedding of Duke Bardolph and

stargazer_jq was wonderful. The ceremony was very traditional. She looked radiant in her dress. He impressed us all when he ended his vows with Thus swear I. She made us all laugh when she had to ask the preatcher to repeat that line "to be my lawfully wedded husband" when she was saying her vows.

The weather held off to allow for a perfect outside wedding. The reception was lots of fun. I would call it laid back. It was great to see so many wonderful friends. It is always fun to see people dressed up in mundanes. It was an intersting mix. Lots of old Free Militia as was to be expected. So many SCA peers and nobles that you could not swing a cane without hitting one. And Sir Kaydian was swinging the cane. The teenage children were having a great time too. It also seems that I can only see Alaric and Noelle at weddings not events. It was a wonderful day to celebrate a great occasion.

Pictures are uploaded here

Tags: life, sca, wedding

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tired

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10 May 2008 @ 01:24 pm

Tire

The tire just needed a plug in it. $10.95 with tax. I have put it back on the van and the van. Yes, all by myself. It is now ready to go out and get

sgtgwn's mothers day present tomorrow: A new grill. She knows. She is going to help pick it out. It is better that way. Anyone reading this with suggestions, go right ahead and make them.

Now that I am no longer going to get dirty, it is time to clean up for the wedding.

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dirty

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10 May 2008 @ 01:20 pm

"Real" D&D Stats

I like this because it uses classic D&D stats that most of us are familiar with. I have to say that most of mine make sense on this to me.

You scored 11 Strength, 15 Constitution, and 11 Dexterity!

All stats are based on the original D&D system of 3-18. 3 being tragically weak and 18 being olympic level ability. Odds are you will be more towards the middle for most things (the middle being 10-11), as that is where most people should be. If you scored above 18 in any skill, I highly suggest you go back and read the directions closer. Especially if you scored above an 18 strength, you need to take the test over and only answer ONCE on the first page. Taken properly, it is not possible to get above an 18 on any stat.

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You scored 16 Intelligence, 10 Wisdom, and 16 Charisma!

All stats are based on the original D&D system of 3-18. 3 being tragically weak and 18 being olympic level ability. Odds are you will be more towards the middle for most things (the middle being 10-11), as that is where most people should be. If you scored above 18 in any skill, I highly suggest you go back and read the directions closer. Especially if you scored above an 18 intelligence, you need to take the test over and only answer ONCE on the first page. Taken properly, it is not possible to get above an 18 on any stat, unless you' over 70 years old.

I am open to suggestions for improving this test. Please message me if you think I am not taking something into account, or have any questions for how I calculated scores.

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08 May 2008 @ 09:24 pm

Comedy Survey

If you are bored give you opinion:

The Three Stooges are classic comedy.

I think that they are some of the funniest things ever done.

Niagra Falls anyone?

Tags: humor

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curious

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07 May 2008 @ 11:07 pm

Democratic Party

I was orginally a supporter of Hillary Clinton. When it came tim to vote in Illinois, because of the way the primary system works here, I split my vote between delegate for Clinton and Obama. Hillary would make a good president. Barack will make a good and exciting one that can energize the country. I love Hillary. It is not her turn. I think she would make a fine VP, though I doubt she would consider. She sort of was that once. So it is time for her step aside. I have no issue with her waiting until after the last primary on June 3rd. But then she needs to get out of the way and unify to beat McCain.

Barack Obama in 2008.

Tags: politics

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excited

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06 May 2008 @ 11:54 pm

Fighter Practice

I was off at practice tonight. Way off, IMO. I wore my jaguar suit because I saw an e-mail asking us to try to look nice as it was the TOH tournament. So I obliged (that should make

birchduck happy :) ) and wore the suit. For some reason it is always hotter at night after I have been at work all day.

sgtgintaras has come so far, he had me fresh and still did a solid job. I am so proud of that man. Then I fought OK with Nissan, but Sir Guerric had me for lunch and the other Clovenshield fighters held their own against me very well.

I was fighting one of the Clovenshield guys at the end of the night when my pole arm broke over his head. That pole was only about six years old. It had only been to about 15 wars and god knows how many fights. I hate making new weapons. Now I have to decide what to do.

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drained

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06 May 2008 @ 05:43 pm

AC

The AC in the office was at 81 today. It was great. Now for some reason someone is here to fix it. I did not think it was broken

Tags: life, work

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amused

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04 May 2008 @ 10:04 pm

Cardinals

The Cardinals just finished taking 2 out of 3 from the Cubs to sit 1.5 games in front of them in first place in the NL Central. While it is early in the season, it is very sweet.

Tags: baseball

Current Mood:

pleased

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04 May 2008 @ 09:57 pm

More from Baile

I forgot to note in my previous post that Terrae Finis own

ourflagiswhite won the novice tournament. Now he can only play with the big boys.

Pictures are uploaded now as well to the TF website

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04 May 2008 @ 02:31 pm

Lawn

I fought the lawn and I won. A bit over two hours of lawnmowing and the jungle is tamed. It was over six inches higher in spots where I had mowed vs where I was mowing. Plies of mulch have been created. It is a nice day out for it. Not quite nice enough to take the shirt off, which is the ideal way to mow the lawn, but still nice enough for a T-shirt only.

Where was this weather yesterday?

Tags: yard

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cheerful

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03 May 2008 @ 01:10 am

Baseball

The Cardinals beat the Cubs in extra innings tonight to move 1.5 games in first at this very early point of the season.

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pleased

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01 May 2008 @ 08:58 pm

Book Meme

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. ( Here is what you do )

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01 May 2008 @ 11:03 am

Early in the Season

One month into the baseball season and the St Louis Cardinals have the second most wins in the National League and are tied for the lead of the NL Central. All this with our best pitchers on the DL and due to come back this summer.

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impressed

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30 April 2008 @ 06:48 pm

Conferences

So tonight I am going to hang out with

mairegirlas she is up here for a library conference. Just finished having dinner with her and

so_zanie. They are finishing up the prep work. Those two are not my stereotype of librarians. This is another benefit of being up here for a while.

So if anyone else has buiness bringing them to the greater Chicago area in May let me know and we can get together if you are free during any week night.

Tags: life

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chipper

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29 April 2008 @ 11:08 pm

Fighter Practice

Another great practice. It will be hard to go back to Lochmorow practices after this. "Only" eight fighters this week to play with. I love practicing with Nissan. While I do not agree with his fighting style or his view of the game. I know where he stand and when the two of us go toe to toe each with two swords for 15 minutes, it is awesome. Gets the blood flowing.

Anton got his blade fixed. Now I have to await Baroness Keilly's quest.

It is fun fighting in Ayerton.

Tags: sca

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happy

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23 April 2008 @ 01:42 am

Chocolate

What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You

You are sweet, mellow, and easily satisfied.

You don't like anything too intense and dramatic.

Deep down, you're a kid at heart... and you're nostalgic for the past.

You are laid back and fairly easy to please.

All you need in life is your friends.

Sometimes you go along to get along... but you don't mind.

You love new adventures and activities. You enjoy living a full life, even if it is chaotic.

You feel lost when things are quiet. You rather not think... you prefer to just do!

The Chocolate Oracle

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21 April 2008 @ 10:34 pm

Wifi

This is really neat. I am typing this on the Florida turnpike. We have a 3G Verizon connection card connected to a wifi router. Both of the passengers in the car are on line. The speed is not great, but it is OK.

Technology is fun.

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geeky

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18 April 2008 @ 08:13 am

Earthquake

So there was an earthquake at 4:30 this morning that "that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop" but I slept through it. At least mostly. I do recall waking up looking at the clock that said nearly 5 and going back to sleep. My clock is set fast, so maybe I detected something.

But I mostly slept.

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17 April 2008 @ 11:56 pm

Martial Arts vs Sport

Tonight

chentzu and I had a long talk about martial arts versus sports. He stated that the SCA was just a sport. I argued that like any form of combat it can be that, but it can be more. Chen called anything with rules on the combat a sport, while agreeing that by having rules the SCA and groups like it let you train reflexes and speed that you could never otherwiese train.

I think the SCA is just as much a martial art as Karate. To that Chen said that Karate is now a sport. We then got into an easter vs western martial art debate where I said that despite the break, WMA is valid. We agreed the WMA had mostly degraded into fencing by the 18th century that was a pure sport

I think that SCA is a valid WMA. It is normally practied as a sport, but I think that some rise it above that.

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curious

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