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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 18:54:44 GMT -5
I now can do this:
and this:
and this:
Thanks, Sue!
This is FUN!
Took all the glums away!
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 18:55:42 GMT -5
(and a Call to All S'Cubies) Someone mentioned the Highlander TV series, is that still on? Before I discovered Buffy, I thought that was the coolest TV show, and the only other time a TV show based on a movie was better than the movie it was based on.
Forgot also to mention I watch college football when tis the season. Go Seminoles!
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 18:56:29 GMT -5
Well, well, well... It looks as though Kathy and Dave are going to fit right in! Kathy is willing to admit to her Spike addiction quite readily, and Dave is willing to step into the breach with answers to innane grammar question. Excellent! *Doing the S'cubie dance* Hey guys, do ASCII codes work here? Let's give this a try... é should show as é. ¿Qué passa? If the first e accent aigue and the inverted question mark show up, then some non-standard symbols may be added using ASCII codes (or Alt-codes) just hold down the Alt key while typing in the number code. For a list of codes, go to: www.asciitable.com/And go for it! Watergal Edited By Watergal =^..^= at 4/19/2003 2:36:00 PM.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 18:57:55 GMT -5
If you've never seen the movie "Bring It On" is showing right now (1:38 CDT) on USA. Eliza Dushku and Kirsten Dunst doing the cheerleading competition thing.
Nan, Thanks--more info than I bargained for. Don't know the slightest thing about "blocking et al" even in Word. I may print out your posts and wait for my son to get home from college. But thanks for the funny pictures, just don't expect them from me anytime soon.
Hey, Shannon posted one pic of Spike in the basement, but it was a little fuzzy. Anybody found any more?
Sue P
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 18:58:58 GMT -5
As a fellow previous lurker, welcome!
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 18:59:46 GMT -5
Sorry, Sue (no I'm not) 4/19/2003 Nan Dibble Didn't mean to dazzle you with technology. Block, copy/cut and paste are handy things to know, and they're not at all hard. I'm sure your son can/will explain and show them to you much better than I can from here.
And the emoticons are real easy, too: just download and install the program from the website I gave, tell that program's options menu that the Message Board Type is HTML (so it will produce the right kind of emoticon codes for ScoopMe to read), then just click on whichever emoticon you want to insert and it will come into your post at the position of the cursor.
Nobody HAS to play with this, but I'm a bit of a technophile, and I find it a lot of fun!
Nan
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:00:51 GMT -5
Looky looky Nan.
Look what I can do:
OOooooooh, All I have to do is drag and drop! Nice stuff!
MWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! Oh the POWER!
Watergal
Edited By Watergal =^..^= at 4/19/2003 3:34:00 PM.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:01:47 GMT -5
What have you done!?!
Great story!
That's all I can say.
Watergal
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:02:14 GMT -5
Bravo! Bravo!
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:02:51 GMT -5
Just Whee! That's it. Oh, and I've been re-reading Exquisite Corpse and it's a seriously hilarious story (as far as it goes) with dead-on serious undertones from time to time. It's NC-17 (or should be) but I don't think any of us is really put off by a few anotomical terms if the writing is REALLY REALLY good and REALLY REALLY funny. And you haven't lived until you've seen Xander square off against an immense supernatural murderous red-furred Sasquatch while wearing a grass skirt and trying to wield an oversized double-barreled shotgun.
Whee! Fun for all! Come and play!
Nan
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:03:20 GMT -5
I forgot to add:
Re Xander in Exquisite Corpse: Recap all the business about the grass skirt, the Sasquatch, and the shotgun and add:
in the woods in the middle of the night while singing Tiptoe Through the Tulips with Spike calling insults from the invisible sidelines.
That's one heavy-duty funny tale.
Nan
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:03:55 GMT -5
I'd tell you about the REALLY funny part of that scene but I don't want to spoil the surprise. Some things, you gotta let people find out for themselves.
I think everybody who reads and likes that story should send the author an encouraging, nagging post telling her to get more of it posted like yesterday!
I already have.
Nan
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:04:54 GMT -5
( wanted to post it here as well to make sure Diane saw it)
I take a little break (12 hours) and the place EXPLODES!!!! Some 3 pages appeared in part 17, and 50 pages in part 18!
Lee, our debate will have to wait while I finish my essay. It's taking longer and is more difficult than I expected.
Thank you to everyone who had kind words to say about "The Last." Rob, I goofed and sent it off to Vlad without its epilogue which was, "In special thanks to Rob Sorensen for his wonderful story 'Truths,' which was my inspiration."
I'm only dropping in before returning to "Baby Steps to Redemption." But I'll check back.
BTW, if anyone has criticism of "The Last," don't hesitate. I'm not thin-skinned.
Diane
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:05:49 GMT -5
Lee, I like Nan's idea. It will help enormously if it's just us posting to each other.
I'm not so sure about the B/A vs. B/S topic, not because I don't think we could do it proud but only because it's been done SO MUCH! It's almost as bad as the AR. I'd like to take a more original approach.
If we're going off the S3 board, we don't even have to confine ourselves to Spike-related issues (Although they ARE the most fun.)
Or we could dissect an episode. Or take apart something like how Spike's perceived by the other Scoobies. I wouldn't mind delving into some Spike/Willow or Spike/Joyce (I think both of them really like[d] him.)
However, if you are really eager to fire this one up, I'll do a little research and join you.
Diane U
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Post by Dalton on Jul 29, 2003 19:06:32 GMT -5
I read and liked very much "The Secret Diary of Geek the Girl" by Rachel Anton (not to be confused with "Geek the Girl": the latter is a short story, her first fiction; the former--Diary of--is a substantial novelette). The premise is that on his way back from Africa, Spike inadvertently takes a left turn into Britain and while wandering around the countryside, runs into Willow undergoing magic detoxification. He can't keep himself from trying to help her, and she can't help being helped. Spike is like that. You can't beat him away with a stick when he's bent on doing annoying, infuriating Good. Excellent reading. The other short stories Willow/Spike friendship stories are OK but nowhere near as good as the polished novelette.
I must add that it's also on the allaboutspike website. I've been reading my way methodically through the authors' alphabet and finding much more good stuff than I'd expected. I also liked Sunday Girl (complete novelette) and its WIP sequel, but it's extremely violent--Drusilla, Spike, and Sunday (later the vamp from The Freshman) in NYC at the time Spike kills Nikki--and sexually explicit doesn't begin to describe what goes on in it. So I don't recommend it to anyone who's not extremely strong of stomach re torture and other unfun and games. The premise is pretty icky--the execution is excellent. I tend not to worry about the premise and get enthralled with the form, style, and construction--the craftsmanship of it all. I realize normal people don't do things that way.
Nan Dibble
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