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Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'
-    Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

Welcome to the message board for tadwilliams.com. All comments are welcome, whether kudos or brickbats. However, please bear in mind that Tad would like this to be a friendly, civil message board, at least in the relations between users. We reserve the right to remove postings, or even ban postings, from anyone who crosses the boundary of reasonable taste. Basically, you can argue vigorously with someone, but watch your language, okay? We have a lot of young readers as well as grown-ups, so please show them some respect.

But the main requirement here is: have fun.


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#526 2007-03-27 14:52:00

Jaime
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Tad wrote:

Yes, you can belch the Star Spangled Banner.  Cool.  How old are you, anyway?  13?

*sheepish*


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

-- Heinlein

 

#527 2007-03-27 16:16:00

Miiru
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Heh. Baaa...

I like hot food, but I'm not suicidal. It's just that since that curry, nothing over here has really seemed all that hot anymore. There are notable exceptions-- I'm not big on wasabi, but that's more the flavour than the hot (I don't like horseradish either, for the same reason) and there are some mexican dishes that get to me.

By and large, though, the usual American conception of 'hot' is, to me, just tasty.


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

 

#528 2007-03-28 14:00:00

rybolton
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Em wrote:

*glimpses Rybolton in the corner*

Now, don't you go killing any kitties!

Oops!  Sorry Snowball!

[ March 28, 2007: Message edited by: rybolton ]


"Even more sorry, I be, but he says tha canst not meet the queen today, because one of tha twain smells very, very wicked indeed."

 

#529 2007-03-28 21:56:00

Jendaiya
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Tad, one of the stories from Rite gave me nightmares yesterday.

So, if you were ever aiming for that, you've achieved it.

It wasn't a terribly horrifying thing, just unsettling enough to wake me up and haunt me for the day.

The story was The Writer's Child. I was trapped in a room with the Player King and he just looked at me and said, "You can never leave. You're a writer." Freaky.


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#530 2007-03-29 08:46:00

Ren
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From: Austin, Tx
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

10,000 words by tomorrow, GO!
*cracks whip*

I wish I could do that...get more writing done...8P


"You know, if you ate more comfort food you'd probably kill less people"
- Hurley, Lost

 

#531 2007-03-29 08:54:00

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
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Posts: 42281

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Ren wrote:

I wish I could do that...get more writing done...8P

[whispers]Turn off WoW for a day or two[/whispers]

*runs away before getting whacked with something*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#532 2007-03-29 09:43:00

Ren
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Shush heretic!


"You know, if you ate more comfort food you'd probably kill less people"
- Hurley, Lost

 

#533 2007-03-29 10:03:00

Em
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Ren wrote:

Shush heretic!

Not heretic ... Jiminy Cricket.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#534 2007-03-29 11:29:00

Em
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Ren wrote:

Shush heretic!

Actually, it was for totally selfish reasons. I've liked what you've written so far and want to read MORE!!!! *grins*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#535 2007-03-29 14:50:00

Tad
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Thanks, Jen.  As to the nightmare -- welcome to my world.  Except he always says, "You can never leave.  At least not until you finish the re-write."

But the rewrites NEVER END.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#536 2007-03-29 17:00:00

Em
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Kinda reminds me of a joke around the office - courier leaving with a filing for court with the attorney running after 'em yelling, but I want to change one more thing!

There's always another re-write.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#537 2007-03-29 21:16:00

Jendaiya
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Tad wrote:

Thanks, Jen.  As to the nightmare -- welcome to my world.  Except he always says, "You can never leave.  At least not until you finish the re-write."

But the rewrites NEVER END.

Well, at least I'm in good company. But I'll just go sit over in the corner until I feel like I deserve to be here.

Or until I get to the eternal re-writes. Whichever comes first.


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#538 2007-03-31 00:43:00

Tad
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From: California
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Ouch, I just stepped on something.  Ouch!

Oh, it's my own failure to post today and say hello to my online friends.  That's what I stepped on.

Take THIS, guilty conscience!


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#539 2007-03-31 09:30:00

Sahi
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*waves at Tad*

The hello has been duly received. :)

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#540 2007-03-31 16:10:00

Ren
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

[intercepts hello and runs off with it]

bwahahahahahaha!!!!

need a new hello anyway, will look good on the wall...8)


"You know, if you ate more comfort food you'd probably kill less people"
- Hurley, Lost

 

#541 2007-03-31 17:00:00

Em
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Posts: 42281

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*tackles the carrier of the "hello"*

*button hooks and runs towards the goal line*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#542 2007-03-31 17:16:00

Genisis X
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Em wrote:

*tackles the carrier of the "hello"*

*button hooks and runs towards the goal line*

*doesn't understand American football*

*changes the channel*

-X


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#543 2007-03-31 17:29:00

Jendaiya
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*grabs hockey stick*

*charges*


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#544 2007-03-31 17:32:00

Genisis X
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*readies six kilo cricket bat*

-X


Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#545 2007-03-31 17:48:00

Jendaiya
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*skids to a halt*

Okay. You wanna play it thata way? *evil grin*

*grabs her sword*


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#546 2007-03-31 18:11:00

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42281

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

*whilst Gen and Jen (grins) are facing off with each other, quietly tiptoes down field with the "hug"*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#547 2007-03-31 22:14:00

Miiru
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Game called on account of silly!


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

 

#548 2007-03-31 22:24:00

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42281

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Miiru wrote:

Game called on account of silly!

Ref calls "offside and holding" on Miiru.

Five yards!


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#549 2007-03-31 22:24:00

Em
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From: somewhere left of reality
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Posts: 42281

Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

... and your backside is in motion ...


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#550 2007-03-31 22:27:00

Miiru
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Re: DOGBLOG: Underwater Man vs. the Chihuahua of Doom

Are you saying I have a fat a-


Wait, family board.


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

 

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