Cambo I am from NZ. I have no idea of the release date here. I would have thought it would be out for sale in NZ by the time of the British edition, as that is the version of Runes and Revenant that I see in the shops. I got frustrated waiting so I had to press the buy button and pre-order mine on ...

Hah. [true story] A couple friends and I were going on a little trip. [navigator was gay]. We come to an 4 way stop. I say "Right, Left, or Straight?" He says "I don't care about your politics, and I'm not going straight. But we gotta go forward to get where we're going." It's e...

This just in: Roman Polanski expresses interest in making a feature film in NZ. Prime Minister John Key commits to lowering age of consent to 13.

On the use of the word "gay": You know what I don't like about my generation? How we call everything we don't like gay. "Man that test was so gay." "That's such a gay show." "You're gay" "No, you're gay!" "Am I gay?" :shifty: It's not homop...

On gender differences: Boy, the balance of power between the genders is really shown in puberty, isn't it? I mean, look at what happens: Girls get their period. Guys get wet dreams. Girls...get used to bleeding out of your vagina. Guys...free orgasms, limited time only! It ain't right! It just ain't...

On coming out of the closet: So I'm the at the age now where most of my gay high school friends have come out of the closet. I think it's a wonderful thing, but I have noticed that there's two basic types of closet dweller. The first guy, he's had one foot out the door since puberty, so when he fina...

Thought I'd share some my amateur stand up comedy routines. If anyone else has some comedic wiritings they'd like to share, feel free to post them here. If you're offended by swearing or sexual references, best not to read on. Enjoy!

Anyone from New Zealand around? Any idea when AATE hits our shores? Tragic irony that we are the first to see the official release date of anything but often the last to actually have access to it. I searched for NZ release dates on Google. Every site I clicked on came up with a review, which I quic...

Exhausted because I have been working on uni with very little sleep for five days straight, on top of my part time job. Relieved that my university work is finally over. Bruised and bloodied due to a recent bout of depression. Fortunate because I survived it. Excited because I have found a new commu...

Thank you for your welcome, Fire Daughter. I will certainly keep my eyes open for your mothers posts around the Watch. I look forward to getting to know her better. The Watch is shaping up to be a place of greater depth of spirit and emotion than I could have imagined. I feel honoured and priviledge...

Ouch. Transcendental philosophy is not to be dealt with drunk. I have unfortunate experience in this.

Fascinating topic on a wonderful practice. I've been trying to meditate for one hour a day for the past six months, haven't missed many. I agree with Syl that the more mystical schools can put off people not into mysticism/deep spirituality. Sad but true, because meditation will be of at least some ...

"Somewhere in the data-rock which enclosed Kevin's Watch, the blast of plot spoiler Despite shattered. Because it was a data packet, it was not a physical force; it did no physical damage...Out of the hot lines of wild unread plot details...an image formed. An image of a moderator. A moderator ...

And yes rd, I am very excited to see what resolutions Donaldson has in mind for the Last Chronicles. Way back when he wasn't even sure he was going to be writing them, he mentioned something about "acceptance." Considering the story's been in his head since he conceived the 2nd Chronicles,...

You're right Vraith, one of the most striking imbalancesin the Chronilces is that absolute evil is present in the Land- Lord Foul- but absolute good is not. The Creator would be the only character on the pure end of the good spectrum, but he is necessarily absent from the Land. I think the importanc...

I stand corrected, Vraith. Nihilism, in retrospect, doesn't in fact describe Linden's particular ailment. Perhaps relativism? At the start of the trilogy, she refuses to believe in absolute good and evil, though this doesn't last long and she soon is forced to acknowledge absolutes, at least in the ...

Orlion: Sounds very similar to via affirmativa. To apply the example, a contemplator using via affirmativa might envision and focus on the polygon, then when he felt he was ready move on to the circle within the polygon, expand the size of the polygon until it became a circle, etc. and hopefully thr...

Peter- Thanks! Jack- sacraments and relics play a huge role in Covenant. There's the Illearth Stone, and also the Seven Wards of Kevin's Lore, the Krill of Loric, orcrest and liannar, and the remnants of Drool Rockworm in WGW. Despair as a negative force of impotence- definitely. Apart from Covenant...

I know what you mean...kinda. I don't have twenty five years to look back on- I don't even have twenty five years- but I've read or re-read some Covenant material every year since I was seventeen. As my knowledge of the world has grown, so has the level of insight to be gained from the books. Atm I'...

Thanks Fist and Faith.