Maybe I could rig up a scavenger hunt that would actually take them out of town for a few hours...

We came home late from my folks' last night and Deb said, "Oh, they can sleep in our bed."

Of course, children and dogs always gravitate to me because I'm the warmest.  So she had half a king-sized bed to herself, and I had two children and two dogs crammed onto my sie, sticking into me or climbing over me all night.  Slept like @#$%, needless to say.

Ah, well.  Happy Boxing Day, anyway!

Christmas is all about getting closer to your friends and relatives, even giving up 90% of your sleeping space, Lily always gravitates away from me, I think it's the snoring, or the smell, whichever.

Very Merry and totally beltated Christmas greets to you all.

I hope reptar got his usual christmas treat from Sherman.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays.

Hey Tad? Can you check out my Topic under the Writer's Place "Word Help" this is driving me absolutely batty and I figured if anyone would know the term I'm looking for it'd be you...course I may have the answer by the time you read this, but can't hurt to ask...8)

Originally posted by Tad:
[QB]We came home late from my folks' last night and Deb said, "Oh, they can sleep in our bed."

Of course, children and dogs always gravitate to me because I'm the warmest.  So she had half a king-sized bed to herself, and I had two children and two dogs crammed onto my sie, sticking into me or climbing over me all night.  Slept like @#$%, needless to say.

QB]

Ha, sounds like my house - the family bed!  Gotta love it.  Just bought Shadowmarch yesterday in the mad Boxing Day rush and found this site as a result.  I wanted to tell you Tad that I'm a middle age housewife from small town Canada(brrrr!) and I love your writing. I got into the Otherland series about 6 years ago and haven't stopped yet and I'm glad that you have not either. I am not going to look through the site yet, I want to finish Shadowmarch before I do that.  I now have to get busy and finish the 3 books I have on the go so I can give my full attention to it!  Take care and "hello" everyone!!!!

You might try sending an email to support@shadowmarch.com Jacek! They might be able to help you out.

Welcome Cookie!

Yalahii.

Thanks for the wishes, and happy to share the home with you and other friends.

Hi, Jacek and Cookie.  Welcome aboard!

Oh, and Stefan, we DO have NintenDogs -- just got it.  So far, they've made a beagle puppy named Daisy.  The real beagle is just as happy not to be molested.

Ren, I'll try to get over there after this, if you don't have an answer yet.

Nothing interesting to say.  Trying to work.  Will check back.

Excelsior!

xam wrote:

Tad:

Mary's brother - someone who plays video games more than anyone I know - was telling me about this cool idea for a video game, wherein it's kind of like GTA, but you can go anywhere and do anything you want. Basically, a game that reflects real life exactly; every town and city and forest mapped out exactly, the AI so advanced that all the people are basically real.

There is a series of games called Elder Scrolls (the newest chapter to be Oblivion) that is very close to this idea.  You can go wherever in the land.  Follow the storylines or don't.  NPC's respond and have daily routines that you can observe or interrupt.  You can eavesdrop on conversations.  It isn't completely "real life" but it is fairly close.  I would love to see a similar type world built around MS&T.

Heh - Kiema, Elder Scrolls III was my biggest time-sucker last year until I got World of Warcraft.  Now I'm impatiently waiting for Oblivion (which got pushed back to March), especially after hearing Sean Bean is the voice of the character you must ultimately rescue...

rowr.

Jaime, you've seen Equilibrium, haven't you?

Just sayin'. *wg*

Have just received a blow. ~snfl~ I'd thought it was Taye Diggs in H2G2, but 'tis not. Bummer. I *like* Taye.

He was born in Rottenchestah, you know.

It could have been so much better than it was, if they'd paid more attention to the story than the gun-fu cinematics.

Buttons?

*lapses into daydream visualizing all the buttons on Snape's outfit*