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#1 2006-06-02 17:10:00

Tad
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From: California
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The PENTAD

We are now officially celebrating our website's fifth birthday.  Let the mingling, schmoozing, and overindulgence begin!

(For those who missed it, we earlier found out that a five year period is called a "pentad".  Swear I didn't make that up.)

Belly up -- the bar's open, it's free, there are non-alcoholic drinks for those so inclined, and we've got food, too.

Me?  Champagne, of course.  It's not every day a guy's website turns five.  (And the little devil's never even been arrested or anything!  Well, never been convicted!  All charges dropped.  I'm so proud!)

"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#2 2006-06-02 17:25:00

Aan`allein
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From: The Netherlands - occasionally
Registered: 2001-06-04
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Re: The PENTAD

Yay! *parties*

I'm glad to have been here these past five years, Tad. Looking forward to what craziness the next five will bring. Given everyone here, I have no doubt it'll be craziness of a very interesting kind. *g*

*goes stock up at the bar* ^_^

Mozilla developer comment of the however long it'll be this time:
<Mossop> run for the hills!
<Boriss> i can't, i'm at a local maximum!

Just Imagine...

 

#3 2006-06-02 17:45:00

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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From: the lowlands
Registered: 2006-03-29
Posts: 10990

Re: The PENTAD

*sits in the corner and sips some champies*

Hmmm... a whole month of festivities...

*glees and does silly happy dance*

"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#4 2006-06-02 17:47:00

Wolfshade
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From: Princeton, NJ
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Posts: 3444
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Re: The PENTAD

Aan allein wrote:


I'm glad to have been here these past five years, Tad.

Me too.  To be serious for a minute (Ha!) this place has been a good sanity base for me while I struggle through the end of my studies.

"The rhythm is broken by continuous illumination, continuous darkness, or by decapitation." M.Morita and J.B.Best. The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 231: 273-282 (1984)

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#5 2006-06-02 19:42:00

Genisis X
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From: Canberra
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Posts: 12518
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Re: The PENTAD

*grabs a vodka*

ahhh... pentad...

*snicker*

-X

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#6 2006-06-02 19:45:00

ceywren
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Re: The PENTAD

*grabs a couple of bottles of baileys*

*grabs a bucket*

*grabs some milk*

this place really is perfect. *sniff*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#7 2006-06-02 20:32:00

cyan
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From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22846

Re: The PENTAD

*mingles*
*schmoozes*
*overindulges*
*drinks champagne*

Ah, what a life!

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

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#8 2006-06-02 20:44:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
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Posts: 9300
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Re: The PENTAD

And here I thought a Pentad was my favorite author's writing instrument. But I guess he ditched that years ago in favor of the PC's keyboard.

A toast to pentads!

Offline

 

#9 2006-06-02 20:49:00

ceywren
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Re: The PENTAD

mmmmmmmmtoast..... *munches*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#10 2006-06-02 21:11:00

Jaime
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From: Wilmington, NC
Registered: 2001-06-01
Posts: 11443

Re: The PENTAD

*pours a liberal dose of Hpnotiq into her cranberry juice*

*kicks back with sunglasses and reminisces*

Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.

-- Heinlein

 

#11 2006-06-02 23:05:00

ElderTurtle
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From: Lexington, KY USA
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 5974
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Re: The PENTAD

Tad wrote:

(For those who missed it, we earlier found out that a five year period is called a "pentad".  Swear I didn't make that up.)

<gasps with shock and horror>

Not a "pentad!"  Don't pen Tad up in some sort of enclosure!  Set him free!  Free! 

<smashes the lock on the pen>

Fly Tad!  Fly like the turtles!  Flee!  I'll cover you!  Nothing shall distra--

Ooo!

Shiny thing!

<wanders away>

[ June 02, 2006: Message edited by: John Hepner ]

Irony: God gave the turtle a drag coefficient of 0.3

"All limits are self imposed." -- Icarus

 

#12 2006-06-03 00:10:00

shadowsandice
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: 2001-05-31
Posts: 17298
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Re: The PENTAD

John Hepner wrote:



<gasps with shock and horror>

Not a "pentad!"  Don't pen Tad up in some soft of enclosure! 

Soft?

Tee hee hee!

I eat bean cake to mark Smarch New Year.

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#13 2006-06-03 00:17:00

ElderTurtle
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From: Lexington, KY USA
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Posts: 5974
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Re: The PENTAD

Sir Tessa wrote:

Soft?

Tahnks.  I missd taht tipo.

<nids ... relorks>

Irony: God gave the turtle a drag coefficient of 0.3

"All limits are self imposed." -- Icarus

 

#14 2006-06-03 02:21:00

Ruby
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From: Krautland
Registered: 2005-11-09
Posts: 266
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Re: The PENTAD

*settles at the bar* do we have hot chocolate? I need a hot chocolat!


*burns tongoue on hot chocolate* oh, I missed that.

Dream on.

 

#15 2006-06-03 04:43:00

Miiru
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Re: The PENTAD

John!

~tacklehug~ Hi, you. :) Am glad you've come to schmooze with us for the glorious Pentad-month.

It's the fifth anniversary of the Real #5's website. Good round numbers, those are.

Ted Kennedy in a speedo is just another sign of the coming apocalypse.
-wiked

 

#16 2006-06-03 12:19:00

Tad
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From: California
Registered: 2001-05-30
Posts: 6981
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Re: The PENTAD

Wow, a turtle sighting.  Cool.

"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#17 2006-06-03 14:15:00

ArcticSwan360
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From: Minnesota
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Posts: 1075
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Re: The PENTAD

Everytime somebody mentions turtles, it makes me want to watch TMNT.

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#18 2006-06-03 16:19:00

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42304

Re: The PENTAD

*hands Stefan a pizza*

"Ho, Ho," says the Keeper of the Beat. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#19 2006-06-03 16:55:00

Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
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From: the lowlands
Registered: 2006-03-29
Posts: 10990

Re: The PENTAD

*hopes Stefan is talking about the early years of TMNT*

*has a grudge against all...uhm...most remakes*

Where is Inspector Gadget??? And what are those weird robotty type beings???

"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend you life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don't like doing... which is stupid."
~ Alan Watts

 

#20 2006-06-03 18:16:00

ceywren
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Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
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Re: The PENTAD

we've had lots of turtle sightings in the mint recently. i think it's a sign that none of you hang out with us enough. it's because you don't love us, isn't it? *sob*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#21 2006-06-03 18:21:00

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42304

Re: The PENTAD

Not love us!? pish-posh. Must be caused by something else - global warming, perhaps?

"Ho, Ho," says the Keeper of the Beat. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#22 2006-06-03 18:33:00

ceywren
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From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
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Re: The PENTAD

either that or the government. *nod*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#23 2006-06-03 18:35:00

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42304

Re: The PENTAD

Isn't the global warming responsible for the government ... strike that ... reverse it!

"Ho, Ho," says the Keeper of the Beat. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#24 2006-06-03 18:38:00

ceywren
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Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
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Re: The PENTAD

i dunno...they're prolly in it together.

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#25 2006-06-04 01:36:00

Ruby
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From: Krautland
Registered: 2005-11-09
Posts: 266
Website

Re: The PENTAD

and I thought islamic fundamentalism was responsible for global worming.

I wish there was just a bit more global worming: we've only something about 10 or 15°c here (and i'm not living in polar regions). And that in June (Sommer were are you hiding?)

Dream on.

 

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