MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 652 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Braid: Pink Wand/Fetching/Barbara/Shin'a'in/Farming by Carolyn Taylor 2) Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pages by SLeeM-+AT+-aol.com 3) Re: Braiding, only $15. by David Snyder 4) Re: Repost: Top Ten List #6 by David Snyder 5) Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pages by Megan Stingl Hale 6) Re: Request for good wishes by Carolyn Taylor 7) re: Death by "Diana L. Heald" 8) Re: Help!!! by "Diana L. Heald" 9) Re: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 651 by Barbara G Jacob-Mcdowell 10) Re: Worst Way to Die was Re: Death by Shadow-Lover 11) Speaking of sheep was Re:Vrondi's sig/GM/DM/welcome/etc... by Shadow-Lover 12) Re: Request for good wishes by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 13) Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pages by hirschco-+AT+-ix.netcom.com (Farrin) 14) The Daily Braid by David Tiffany/Shawn Walker 15) Firebird A&M by Derek MacArthur 16) Braiding: Digests 638-642 by Glithoniel-+AT+-aol.com 17) Re: Request for good wishes by Derek MacArthur 18) Re: Firebird A&M by skarzin-+AT+-soonet.ca (Tony and Michele) 19) Braid by Lady Wintersong 20) Another Braid by Lady Wintersong 21) Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pa - Reply by Barbara Slater 22) Re: Braid by Carrie MacDonald 23) Rambling about names and horses by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 24) Re: Sadly puzzled... by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 25) Re: french braid! by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 26) Re: Worst Way to Die was Re: Death by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 96 10:41 PDT From: Carolyn Taylor To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk, ctaylor-+AT+-bmi.net Subject: Re: Braid: Pink Wand/Fetching/Barbara/Shin'a'in/Farming Message-ID: At 03:05 AM 7/2/96 +0100, Topaze Smoke wrote: There is a wonderful >Mexican song that says it perfectly. It is on Tish Hinojosa's "Aquella >Noche" album and the words to the chorus are: > >Tu que puedes, vuelvete / "You who can, come back," >Me dijo el rio llorando / The weeping river said to me. >Y los cerros que tanto quieres / "And the mountains that you love so much," >Me dijo / It told me, >Alla estan esperando / "Are waiting there." > >The first time I heard this song, I started to cry. I could hear the >mountains and fields of my home calling. The last year I was stuck in the Washington DC area I spent a lot of time listening to the Scottish folk song These Are My Mountains These are my mountains this is my glen ... These are my mountains And I'm coming home and I spent a good part of my trip across country to the other Washington listening to various performers singing it. It expressed so well my hunger for my home mountains. Carolyn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 14:01:42 -0400 From: SLeeM-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pages Message-ID: <960702140139_346588667-+AT+-emout14.mail.aol.com> AliFarr, I'm not trying to belittle your efforts, believe me. But Mekeal's so-called crossbreed was nothing of the sort. It was big and strong, but stupid and vicious. Remember the scene from Magic's Promise when Mekeal is trying to impress Van with that animal, and Van tells him straight out that the horse is nothing like a shinain battlesteed or saddle horse. If you want to breed intelligent horses, that fellow is not the place to start. No, wait, the descendants were intelligent, but it didn't come from Mekeal's stud. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 14:10:00 -0400 From: David Snyder To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braiding, only $15. Message-ID: <199607021810.OAA22890-+AT+-brickell.bridge.net> At 04:58 PM 7/2/96 +0100, you wrote: >Okay - what have I missed? These are what I came across after a quick look >at the last 6 months of digests (I do mean quick!). Would this be appropriate >for an FAQ? ********************************* You missed the fact that SG is also Sacred Ground! ******* Linda, you have all my best wishes for Paul, does he like/know Reiki, I could send him some, it's healing energy. ****** Wildfire, go for that webpage, sweetie, I'll come and play! ****** I cried at my grandmother's funeral, not for her, but for me. Funerals aren't for the dead, they're for the living, what do the dead care what happens to them, they're dead. The living are the ones who need the comfort. ****** Megan, welcome to the list, and I think the general consensus is that you have a pretty cool name. One of the people I love is named Megan, and she's pretty great, so I have a good connotation with that name. (I have bad Jennifer- and Amy-Karma. People with those names are pure poison to me. Anyone else have problems with one name over another?) Lady Thessaly " I used to be bad when I was a kid Goddess of Nomenclature but ever since then I have gone straight MKGC as I can prove by my record--33 arrests and Lady in Green no convictions." Big Jule, (Damon Runyon) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 14:10:08 -0400 From: David Snyder To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Repost: Top Ten List #6 Message-ID: <199607021810.OAA22911-+AT+-brickell.bridge.net> At 04:21 PM 7/2/96 +0100, you wrote: >>Jake >Just a mortal -- not a God ********************** The top ten list was brilliant, I really loved it, but I have just one thing to say about you renouncing your godhood. PPPPPPPTH!!!!! Actually, I'm vaguely insulted. And here I go through all this trouble to think up a name for you (actually, Queen 'Reesa did, but I agreed with her!) and you go and renounce it, that's it, the ceremony's off, I announce everyone Gods and Goddesses, I'm going to retire to my cave and sulk. So there, nyah. (the Jewish mother guilt thing totally failed to come off, but the spoiled 6 year old came out fine.) Lady Thessaly " I used to be bad when I was a kid Goddess of Nomenclature but ever since then I have gone straight MKGC as I can prove by my record--33 arrests and Lady in Green no convictions." Big Jule, (Damon Runyon) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 13:26:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Megan Stingl Hale To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pages Message-ID: Hello everyone --don't worry this is nice and short -- I know that you've all got alot of other mail to read! :) I just wanted to to thank all of you who welcomed me, that was a really nice warm fuzzy. I feel much more at home in this slightly odd world of skewed meetings and greetings, but as i wander in it the more familiar and homier it feels. and about my name and all, I think that I'll keep it. More i think about it i just can't really find anything else that suits me. Too picky for my own good I guess. :) maybe i'll ask lady thessaly for deification at some point, if she'll let me in. As of yet I'm not ready. --Megan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 96 10:49 PDT From: Carolyn Taylor To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk, ctaylor-+AT+-bmi.net Subject: Re: Request for good wishes Message-ID: At 06:20 AM 7/2/96 +0100, Bryant, Paul wrote: >Heyla everyone! > >I hereby admit that this is off topic. I am respectfully asking (forgive me >Auntie Mel if I am out of line here) for prayers and good wishes for my >husband, Paul. He goes into the hospital in 6 hours for back surgery and it >may be pretty bad. I'm hoping it won't obviously, but it can't hurt to >hedge the bets with some prayers and good wishes sent his way. >Linda B. >Linda & Paul Bryant >Too scared to think of anything funny! > > Linda My husband had surgery for a ruptured disk that had pinched off the nerve going down his leg, They removed the disk and fused two vertabra. He was out hiking and carrying a pack in 6 weeks. I'm sure your husband will do as well. Love Carolyn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 15:09:41 EST From: "Diana L. Heald" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: re: Death Message-ID: <2ED5A18373B-+AT+-ais.syr.edu> Esmeralda Evensbane writes > Hang on there a minute - I was fine about my Dad dying - he was sick, weary, > in pain - he'd had enough and he wanted to die. And die he did, at home, with > my mother, me and my sister all with him. It was dignified, and as positive a > death as I've come across. I was fine. > > Until the funeral. My mother and I had written the speech together with her > minister, the cousins had made it, I was coping - until they started to > trundle the coffin away behind that damned curtain. My Mum grabbed my hand, > and I was in trouble - that was my Daddy in there, my big strong Daddy who'd > always been there for me. But he wasn't anymore. I wasn't go to see him ever > again. > > I didn't cry because I was afraid - I cried for me, I cried for my Mum, I > cried 'cos I'd lost an important part of my life. If I was frightened of > anything, it was "How is my mum going to cope after 40 odd years of marriage > to being without him?" > > Anyhow I'm getting all teary again, so I'll hang up I just got back from my uncle's funeral. He was 78. He had one great granddaughter. The children were there and most of the grandchildren as well as my sister, my boys and me. My aunt and uncle had been married for 54 years. I loved him and will miss him (esp. after loosing my mother last year), but I was mostly worried about Martha. She had spent her life taking care of that man. Before I left, I could tell she would be alright. Her appearance changed the day after the funeral. We didn't weep for my uncle, we wept for ourselves. We'll miss him. Diana *********************************************************** Diana L. Heald Syracuse University Email: dlheald-+AT+-ais.syr.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 15:21:02 EST From: "Diana L. Heald" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Help!!! Message-ID: <2ED8AD76AA6-+AT+-ais.syr.edu> Michele writes > Can anybody give me some technical advice? Every time I try to download > anything, Netscape 1.0 shuts me down with a GPF. My server just gives me > this blank stare and says "Gee, I've heard that a lot of people are having > that problem." (Oh thanks loads.) I need help (lots), so please contact me > off-list, because I'm sure to need it explained to me as simply as possible > I hate to ask, but this group is my last hope. How much memory do you have? I was getting those until I upgraded my memory from 12 to 16 megs. Diana > > > *********************************************************** Diana L. Heald Syracuse University Email: dlheald-+AT+-ais.syr.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 17:58:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Barbara G Jacob-Mcdowell To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: MERCEDES-LACKEY digest 651 Message-ID: This is about a variety of things.... * someone asked where "Barkis is willin'." came from. It is a quotation from *David Copperfield*, by Charles Dickens, from the part where a carter named Barkis would give David a lift every week or fortnight or so back and forth between the place where he stayed and some friends. Barkis was in love with Pegotty, the maid, but was too shy to say so. He was willing to marry her--and did, thanks in part to David speaking on his behalf. * someone else a bit ago mentioned about Quasimodo being deafened by the bells of Notre Dame. Have you ever BEEN there? I was, with my family about 12 yrs. ago. You go up the north tower about halfway, and come out on top above the huge doors, on the same level as the gargoyles (great photo op). Then they steer tourists over to the south tower, where you have a choice of going either all the way to its top, out onto the roof and a fantastic view of Paris, or allllll the way down to the bottom and out into the courtyard. Going down was where I discovered that I was/am deathly afraid of narrow, dark, uneven, spiral stone stairs. There are little spindly metal railings, about 2 feet long, interspersed with LOOSE pieces of rope so thick you can't easily put your hands around them. A few places there is no light. I practically crawled down, with my hand on my dad's shoulder, terrified that either one of us would slip on those worn steps and just roll around and around and down down down.....I emerged trembling all over. It was horrible. So I am amazed at his agility, running up and down all day and night..... OB Misty: any possibility of elevators being developed by the Blues? --Barra ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 19:30:15 -0400 From: Shadow-Lover To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Worst Way to Die was Re: Death Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960702233015.00680744-+AT+-popd.ix.netcom.com> At 04:02 PM 7/1/96 +0100, you wrote: >Hmm. Fire is bad. Crushing is worse... I would never want to be crushed > That I think would be almost as painful as >fire. Actually, the only bad thing about fire is that it takes a while... After about 30 seconds your nerve endings are sufficiantly burnt and the pain goes away, but after that it's just a slow roasting process as your body dehydrates and your brain cells are damaged from the excessive body heat... If the smoke doesn't kill you first, you die of brain damage when the cells of the medulla oblongata cease to function... In other words, the excessive body heat kills your brain cells causing your heart to stop and your diaphram to quit working... I just don't want to be impaled... Or crushed for that matter... By water, fire, or my own hand... Let me go with dignity... - Shadow-Lover Hey! I'm already dead!! What am I worried about?? :) ************************-=E-mail-WDJPEJ-+AT+-ix.netcom.com=-*********************** * - Puritainism: The haunting fear that somebody, somewhere might be happy...* * * * - Very funny, Scotty... Now beam down my clothes... * * * * - Friends help you move... Real friends help you move bodies... * *******************************-=IRC: Hairenn=-******************************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 19:44:46 -0400 From: Shadow-Lover To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Speaking of sheep was Re:Vrondi's sig/GM/DM/welcome/etc... Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960702234446.00698ac8-+AT+-popd.ix.netcom.com> At 12:53 PM 7/2/96 +0100, you wrote: >on July 1, megan wrote: > >>Hello All! I am amazingly new to this list and so along with this I am >>(almost but not totally) hopelessly confused! Could someone please aqaint >>me with the details of the deification process and some toher basic >>occurences so that I know more about that is flurring all around me ! I'm >>excited about this and desperately wish to understand. >> --megan >>I've got to change this name of mine, horribly plain isn't it?! >> >>Welcome Megan! > >Nice to meet you:) The deification process is simple. If you have a yen >to be officially divine, decide what you want to be Goddess of, and then >apply to Lady Thess, our own Goddess of Nomenclature, and if your area of >interest is available, you too can be a Goddess! I would advise you to >stock up on sheep and chocolate, as Lady Thess is known to be very fond of >them. On the other hand, she may be all sheeped out, who knows? She is >working on a deification ceremony right now, and as far as I know, she's >still taking names. Yours by the way, is just fine! > >Michele > I almost forgot to tithe!!! *Shadow-Lover whips out a box of amaretto-chocolate dipped ghost-sheep...* Light as air, taste great, and have NO CALORIES OR FAT! Surgeon General's Warning: The FDA has not tested or approved the usage of Ghosts, Shades, or Shadows as a food-stuff... May cause posession, halucinations, or delierium... Use only at own risk... ************************-=E-mail-WDJPEJ-+AT+-ix.netcom.com=-*********************** * - Puritainism: The haunting fear that somebody, somewhere might be happy...* * * * - Very funny, Scotty... Now beam down my clothes... * * * * - Friends help you move... Real friends help you move bodies... * *******************************-=IRC: Hairenn=-******************************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 19:49:11 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Request for good wishes Message-ID: <960702194857_568823378-+AT+-emout09.mail.aol.com> > for prayers and good wishes for my >husband, Paul. He goes into the hospital in 6 hours for back surgery and it >may be pretty bad. I'm hoping it won't obviously, but it can't hurt to >hedge the bets with some prayers and good wishes sent his way. Well, good luck. I hope it goes(or went) well. He'll be in my prayers tonight. Whenever I think I have it bad, someone proves that I'm complaining. Well, since I don't complain much, it isn't so bad. I do have a sunburn though. Arrggh. I put on sunblock, yet my legs and back are all burned. My back in a nice crisscross because I have a suit with the professional straps. Grrr. obMisty- Has anyone ever complained of a sunburn in Velgarth? Lady Silvermoon LIG, Leader of the DDMF, Goddess of Sensitivity "May the moon light your path and guide you to your destiny." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 17:39:56 -0700 From: hirschco-+AT+-ix.netcom.com (Farrin) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pages Message-ID: <199607030039.RAA17255-+AT+-dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com> You wrote: > >AliFarr, >I'm not trying to belittle your efforts, believe me. But Mekeal's so-called >crossbreed was nothing of the sort. It was big and strong, but stupid and >vicious. Remember the scene from Magic's Promise when Mekeal is trying to >impress Van with that animal, and Van tells him straight out that the horse >is nothing like a shinain battlesteed or saddle horse. > >If you want to breed intelligent horses, that fellow is not the place to >start. No, wait, the descendants were intelligent, but it didn't come from >Mekeal's stud. > Ah, but perhaps I left out the key words: "As legend has it...." They have ended up with the name Kevron, and are located several hours ride from Forst Reach, ostensibly on land given to another Askevron black sheep to get her as far away from the family as possible - also 500 or 600 years ago - so it makes a wonderful yarn, not to mention prestige for (true or not) having Shin'a'in blood in your bloodstock! AliFarr ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 20:32:45 -0700 (PDT) From: David Tiffany/Shawn Walker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: The Daily Braid Message-ID: On Tue, 2 Jul 1996 dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl wrote: > Weell, how's about worst? The early bits of book 1 where Talia is on route to > whatever it's called - Haven??? with Rolan, and they stop off at some > waystation. There's a real kiddie book scene, which ends with her "snuggling > into her bed of sweet grass" or some such icky, yicky statement. I nearly gave > up at that point - thought I'd got a kids' book by mistake, Funny, I was over 30 when I read AotQ and it didn't strike me as being a childish scene-hang on a sec- Ok I'm back, reread it and still don't see it that way, just seems like the descrition of the end of a long, eventful (and wonderful) day to me. Of course I have been accused of impersonating a grown-up before this! QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNMMNVCXZLKJHGFDSAPOIUYTREWQQWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM >From hallett-+AT+-sprynet.com Tue Jul 2 20:15:07 1996 On Tue, 2 Jul 1996 hallett-+AT+-sprynet.com said: > about any companies in Oklahoma, but there's a pretty good one in > Oregon. Here's > some info: > Firebird Arts and Music Of Oregon, Inc. > P.O. Box 30268 > Portland, OR. 97294-3268 > 1-800-752-0494 > Do you think this should be part of the > Misty related FAQ somewhere, or are you only addressing questions more > specificly Misty-ish pertaining to her writings? When I joined the list this was in part two of the FAQ, isn't it still there? QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNMMNVCXZLKJHGFDSAPOIUYTREWQQWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM Also, Linda, I'll remember your husband in my prayers. Megan, you hav a pretty name wear it with pride. David Tiffany, Gad of tipos ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 00:54:45 -0400 From: Derek MacArthur To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Firebird A&M Message-ID: <31D9FD15.A31-+AT+-mint.net> Could someone please tell me what Firebird's addy is? Thanx in advance!! :) Also, whoever it was that sent the e-mail on how to snip, PLEASE resend it!! My oh-so-thoughtful husband (the REAL Derek) cleaned out all my saved email, and I don't even remember who sent it. If it helps any, I have an IBM PC, am using the Netscape program, and Windows95, and ppp (whatever that is) I wish I could have gotten as good a reception as the other newbies did! :( 'Sok, tho, I'll get over it. :) The as-yet Unnamed Goddess of Stupid Questions, Rachel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 01:01:39 -0400 From: Glithoniel-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Braiding: Digests 638-642 Message-ID: <960703010138_569041203-+AT+-emout19.mail.aol.com> Heyla All!!! Don't worry this isn't long. I just have a few things to add to general discussions. I apologize in advance for any misquotes and lack of snipped relevant text. Jake wrote: >If you mean _Arcanum 101_ then, along with _Triangle Park_, they are the two Di >Tregarde novels that TOR books are hesitating to print because of the >low volume of Di Tregard books they sell. There was also some mention of CFOS. (My TOR books have a serious case BTW. I really hate having to tape the blasted things on!) So why don't we all e-mail TOR as disgruntled Misty fans(We Want Di! We Want Di! And while you're at it BUY better glue!!!). The e-mail address is torbooks-+AT+-panix.com. You can also reach that e-mail address via their homepage(http://www.tor.com/index.html). On validity of religions(which began with the excellent argument by Cennydd) it all boils down to two major points: Religion is organized. Faith is personal. (Or maybe I'm oversimplifying?) Anyway, I've been following the topic with interest. Jake: I loved the Top Ten list!!!! Thanks for reposting it. Its scary to realize just how many of the categories I fit. On a similar vein, Vrondi wrote: >. . .when she turned around and said "Oh, Gods! you're driving me crazy!" >to someone, seeing as she wasn't pagan, was in fact Christian. Talk about getting >stared at. I tend to want to do the same thing(I to am a Christian) but visions of lightening bolts prevents me. I do have a tendency to want to use the Shaych in lieu of gay or homosexual since both of those words hold such negative connotations in general society. On Jun 26, Dass coined the phrase "a Jordanism". Pardon me while I gag loudly! Sorry, I just don't like the books. I did try. Now what would constitute a Mistyism(or should I spell that differently?)? On Jun 25, Megan Smith wrote: >The linkage in the web is through the Companions. *snip* Actually the Companions only provided the anchor point for Vanyel and the other three Herald-Mages who set up the web. The web is powered and linked by the heartstone that Vanyel created. It actually overlays the natural ley-line network in Valdemar, essentially making the Heralds one with the land. (textevd. _Magic's Price_ Daw paperback edition 1990 pp 66-69 although the entire working begins on p 63). And according to what I just re-read the only Companions involved were those bonded to the four Herald-Mages who were participating--I could be wrong. I just skimmed through to find what I needed. As to the Shadow-Lover domain arguement, especially concerning the song "Shadow-Lover", you could read 'shadows' as being a metaphor for the unknown. I never took the references literally. But then I LIKE dissecting poetry. One last thing: Lady Thess, I would to be named the Goddess of Tardiness, unless someone else has already claimed that title. If you've already performed the official investiture for the current list, then I can wait. (I'd probably be late for the ceremony anyway.) As tribute I offer (hmmm) an arbor of fragrant yellow jessamine and a blessed crystal breeze-chime that will never break.(although the flowers do bloom in November instead of April and the chimes never sound until after the breeze has stopped.) Good Night, Glith Come to me in the silence of the night; Come in the speaking silence of a dream; Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright As sunlight on a stream; >From "Echo" by Christina Rossetti " ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 01:24:29 -0400 From: Derek MacArthur To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Request for good wishes Message-ID: <31DA040D.459B-+AT+-mint.net> Linda and Paul, I'm new, but I would also like to send my good wishes. Hospital stuff isn't fun, but I'm sure he'll come out of it just fine! Luv-n-stuff :) The As yet Unnamed Mortal of Stupid Questions (I've decided not to be a Goddess- they're too common around here. :)) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 01:55:59 -0400 (EDT) From: skarzin-+AT+-soonet.ca (Tony and Michele) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Firebird A&M Message-ID: <199607030555.BAA11224-+AT+-victory.soonet.ca> on July 2, Rachel wrote: >Also, whoever it was that sent the e-mail on how to snip, PLEASE resend >it!! My oh-so-thoughtful husband (the REAL Derek) cleaned out all my >saved email, and I don't even remember who sent it. If it helps any, I >have an IBM PC, am using the Netscape program, and Windows95, and ppp >(whatever that is) I wish I could have gotten as good a reception as >the other newbies did! :( 'Sok, tho, I'll get over it. :) > >The as-yet Unnamed Goddess of Stupid Questions, >Rachel > Hi Rachel! Nice to meet you, and the REAL Derek (does he have an evil twin?). I wish I could help you with the snipping, but I use Eudora. Lady Thess presented me with the Magic Scissors, since til then I didn't snip anything! Now, however, they are honed to a razor-sharp edge, and I am up to my knees in edited messages! It really is nice to have you in the group, and I'm sorry if you felt a little left out. Michele ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:09:42 +0100 From: Lady Wintersong To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Braid Message-ID: <9607031009.AB00601-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> Heyla, I've just heard the CD Heralds, Harpers and Havoc and the first time I did, I thought it was definitely sub-standard. That was before I found that it grows on you. I like most songs on it now, even the tune of that silly Sheepsong. ############################################################################ Claris Smith said:>they wanted to prohibit abortion in ANY case, including >>rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother; to legalize discrimination >>against homosexual people; Gods! I can't believe that such narrow-minded people exist! It's impossible!!! ############################################################################# Cennydd said: > The first is the classic Dylan Thomas: >> >>"Do not go gently into that good night/Rage, rage, against the dying of >>the light." Be nice and tell me where that came from! It sounds so familiar but I can't place it! What I can say about death is summed up in my sig. I'd rather have a full and eventful life than have a dragging and boring life. Zha'hai'allav'a & "It's the soul afraid of dying, % That never learns to live." Lady Wintersong, Lady In Green & --- Elaine Paige Bonded of snowy owl Elayne and kyree Wyrra % "The Rose" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:33:18 +0100 From: Lady Wintersong To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Another Braid Message-ID: <9607031033.AA00816-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> Morgana siad: >>Stefan. :) Vanyel had prolly heard of many, but Stefan's proffesion was >>music, and plus he prolly heard plenty of -bad- songs from his fellow >>students... But if they were students at the Bardic Colllegium, then they would have 1 of the 3 Gifts so they wouldn't be that bad. ############################################################################## About drowning, ny opinion is that even if you breath deeply, it your nose and lings will feel terrible because that's how it feels when you've ot only a little water inside you. OUt of place, that is. ############################################################################ About Vrondi's sig., now that I look at it closely, it *does* look like a saxophone. Well, I always wondered why she would want to put a pipe in her sig. Zha'hai'allav'a & "It's the soul afraid of dying, % That never learns to live." Lady Wintersong, Lady In Green & --- Elaine Paige Bonded of snowy owl Elayne and kyree Wyrra % "The Rose" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 08:34:45 -0400 From: Barbara Slater To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid: Valdemar Farm/Surgery/ web pa - Reply Message-ID: Alifarr wrote: For the Herald persona I'm (still) working on, I invented "Kevrons" a breed of light horse suitable for the type of skirmishing Kero's mercenaries engage in, as well as being all around good riding horses. They are all grey, and supposedly get their intellegence from that cull/cross Shin'a'in stallion sold to Van's brother about 700 years ago. Come breed pretty horses with me anytime! My answer: As I understand it, the "Shin'a'nin stallion" Mekeal had gotten was anything but. How about if I have some kind of Clan ties that let me get some Shin'a'nin saddlebreds? I'm thinking of something built along the lines of a really good Morab; not a large horse, but smart, good-natured, and hardy, with lots of dense cannon bone and good tough feet. Small and swift, and usually blood bay with black points. One thing I have never understood...Tarma describes the battlesteeds as having more of a canine mentality than an equine one - IIRC, in BTS, she told Kerowyn they were more like dogs than horses. Now, I've grown up with dogs but not horses, and the only things I know about horsey psychology are from what I read in Marguerite Henry's books. Can some one tell me the difference between 'pack' mentality and 'herd' mentality? Is there a difference? Or was Misty pulling our legs? Barbara the sigless wonder Curator and Inmate of Frogmore Zoo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 07:47:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Carrie MacDonald To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Braid Message-ID: > Cennydd said: > The first is the classic Dylan Thomas: > >> > >>"Do not go gently into that good night/Rage, rage, against the dying of > >>the light." > > Be nice and tell me where that came from! It sounds so familiar but I can't > place it! > My lady Wintersong, I believe that if you have been going/seeing movies of late, as have I, you have heard that quote most often, such as in Dangerous Minds, and if you are lucky enough to see it ID4..... Morgana ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:25:08 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Rambling about names and horses Message-ID: <960703112503_569260761-+AT+-emout07.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 96-07-01 16:37:40 EDT, you write: ------------RYLISSIA------------------ >I'm asking: >Is there a similar list of Shin'a'nin (sp?) names? I'd like a Velgarthan >identity, and definitely love horses! If I can swing it, I'm going to >swap barnwork for riding lessons this summer. I've never really had a chance >to get ~used~ to being around horses before; y'know, the >way they look (I never knew horses had whiskers until I was 21!) and the size >of them, the way they move and react to things, the way >they sound (and smell)... Ah, fellow horselover! I've hung around with horses since I was 5, been riding for 5 years (hunt seat- that's my fav). I'm usually pretty good with names, 'specially feminine ones. If you want, I'll brainstorm a list and send you some. I love names and horses (4-H person! Run for your life! No! :-) ) I don't show much, I don't own a horse, but I have a good friend who owns a huge quarter horse named Somethin' Cosmic and he's a sweetheart even if he's not an Arab (my favorite breed, even if they aren't the best hunter horses. Though I rose an Arab/Thoroughbred cross once and he could jump just about anything). But I'm rambling. ObMisty- What kind of breeds of horses are in Velgarth? We only hear about the "Shin'a'in steeds", nags, and riding horses. But they never list breeds. I guessing there must be some sort of draft horses out there, and something like Thoroughbreds... Zhai'helleva -Windshadow Ydreen,Kanya, Mylahi, Syana **Do I stress you out? My sweater's on backwards and in-side out and you say How appropriate.** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:26:35 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Sadly puzzled... Message-ID: <960703112634_569260879-+AT+-emout19.mail.aol.com> ----------------------RYLISSIA---------------- In a message dated 96-07-02 04:11:07 EDT, you write: >Weell, how's about worst? The early bits of book 1 where Talia is on route to > >whatever it's called - Haven??? with Rolan, and they stop off at some >waystation. There's a real kiddie book scene, which ends with her "snuggling >into her bed of sweet grass" or some such icky, yicky statement. I nearly >gave >up at that point - thought I'd got a kids' book by mistake, I persevered, >luckily for me, and ML cranked up the age range she was aiming for (about 12 >in early book 1, adolescents by the end, and grown-ups by the end of book 3) >- >IMHO, IMHO, IMHO - don't get shirty if you're 10, and thought it was all >wonderful. I'm not, and at twenty whatever-I was when these first appeared, >book 1 struck me as a bit juevenile. I'm not 10 and not younger (think you figured that much out), but I'm not going to tell you my chronological age cause I'm not especially (sp) proud of it. Mental age- that's different. According to the SAT's, I'm about 4-5 years ahead of myself. Yeah, I noticed that in AotQ, pretty sickening. I'm working on a novel- got a pretty sweet perfect little girl line in there, but the main character (who's 14) actually thinks to herself- god that sounds disgustingly sweet. I liked AFlight and AFall a lot- AFall the most, even though Kris does die :~( . I think my fav. book is By the Sword cause I love the way Misty writes Kero. Kero's my favorite character (don't hit me, I like Talia and Van too.) Zhai'helleva -Windshadow Syana, Kanya, Mylahi, Ydreen **We all had delusions in our heads, we all had our minds made up for us, we all needed something to believe, so we did.** -Alanis Morisette: Forgiven ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:24:50 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: french braid! Message-ID: <960703112448_569260874-+AT+-emout18.mail.aol.com> -------------------RYLISSIA---------------- In a message dated 96-07-01 19:47:16 EDT, you write: > Otherwise.. I'll take my knives. As Windshadow, I don't have Fetching, and I hate using magic when I don't have to. I do, however, have a vast knowledge of herblore- little nice smelling poisons like incense that I've long grown immune to. (ended up in a coma twice doing this!). Add some wyrsa venom to someone's soup or food, give 'em raw meat and disguise it as cooked (I eat raw meat all the time). Knives are last resort. I know! I could take them into the Pelagirs, lead them straight into a tree that likes people- the taste of them, that is. (I have good relationships with trees cause I hardly ever use fires, and when I do, I use deadwood and dung. Don't cringe, it's not that bad). As Rylissia, I really don't eat raw meat, I don't eat any meat, I'm a vegetarian, but sometimes its fun to write as Windshadow. Zhai'helleva -Windshadow Syana, Ydreen, Mylahi, Kanya **Why are you so petrified of silence? Here, can you handle this? ***** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:26:31 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Worst Way to Die was Re: Death Message-ID: <960703112631_569260895-+AT+-emout12.mail.aol.com> ----------------RYLISSIA------------ In a message dated 96-07-02 19:38:42 EDT, you write: > I just don't want to be impaled... Or crushed for that matter... >By water, fire, or my own hand... Let me go with dignity... For the complete fun of it, think of stupid, undignified ways to die. Ie- slipping in the bathroom, banging your head on the toilet, getting a concussion and dying. Also- same as before, but you drown in the toilet. You live alone, and are eating dessert- jello. But you had a long day and fall asleep in your jello, so that you're smothered to death. Same as before, but eating soup and drown in it. Your 20 pound cat collapses your ribcage by sleeping on your chest (this almost happened to me- honestly). Mistaking cumadin (however it's spelled) for your vitamins. (Guys, this one's for you>. Be a hemophiliac, get a paper cut and bleed to death. Being extremely vain, so vain and rich that you have yourself sewed into your clothes so that there won't be any seams and creases. Getting shot, but no one can find a pair of scissors to stop the bleeding (this happened to someone. Really). Can you imagine the tombstones? Any other ideas? Zhai'helleva -Windshadow Syana, Mylahi, Kanya, Ydreen **You like snow but only if it's warm, you like rain but only if its dry.** ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 652 *********************************