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I have been away from the watch for too long a time...but my personal situation made it so. A number of wierd things have occurred since I last posted.
1) I took a job in SE Wisconsin, having moved my entire family in so doing... whcih was an unqualified disaster. The job that is! It was hard on my family to move, which was exacerbated by the fact that the job sucked more than being flamed by Darth Revan (I assume he's still around!). I was working 50-60 hours a week for a City which did not live up to its stated obligations....so I got out. My family life for the year I was there suffered, but all is well in Gunslingerville.
2) My brother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. If any of you smoke, by holy hell... stop or die. He is in remission, but the reality is that he is 60% likely to die within a 3 years. I have been helping him with that quite a bit. He lives in Madison WI where I now work (back with the state).
I am pretty much the same. I love the prose and feel of SRD novels and stories, I find GWBush to be a general dumbass and drippy dick (I imagine even fiscally conservative Brinn finds Bush appalling by now), enjoy a good turn of the phrase, and partake of NFL, etc. I do now, however, have a far greater appreciation for family and friends.
I am back, but won't likely be an every day poster. We'll see!
What's the news on FATAL REVENANT? You might recall that I believe the title to suggest a triumvre. Roger (Covenant's "fatal revenant"), the Illearth Stone pieces, and perhaps Covenant himself. Danlo apperently has a corner on the market regarding FR goodies...is he sharing?
My Whereabouts! It has Been TOO LONG!
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Welcome back, Gunslinger. You were missed.
(please don't take offense, but I'm going to move this to The Summonsing)
(please don't take offense, but I'm going to move this to The Summonsing)
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Re: My Whereabouts! It has Been TOO LONG!
Welcome back.A Gunslinger wrote:Hello all.
I have been away from the watch for too long a time...but my personal situation made it so. A number of wierd things have occurred since I last posted.
1) I took a job in SE Wisconsin, having moved my entire family in so doing... whcih was an unqualified disaster. The job that is! It was hard on my family to move, which was exacerbated by the fact that the job sucked more than being flamed by Darth Revan (I assume he's still around!). I was working 50-60 hours a week for a City which did not live up to its stated obligations....so I got out. My family life for the year I was there suffered, but all is well in Gunslingerville.
2) My brother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. If any of you smoke, by holy hell... stop or die. He is in remission, but the reality is that he is 60% likely to die within a 3 years. I have been helping him with that quite a bit. He lives in Madison WI where I now work (back with the state).
I am pretty much the same. I love the prose and feel of SRD novels and stories, I find GWBush to be a general dumbass and drippy dick (I imagine even fiscally conservative Brinn finds Bush appalling by now), enjoy a good turn of the phrase, and partake of NFL, etc. I do now, however, have a far greater appreciation for family and friends.
I am back, but won't likely be an every day poster. We'll see!
What's the news on FATAL REVENANT? You might recall that I believe the title to suggest a triumvre. Roger (Covenant's "fatal revenant"), the Illearth Stone pieces, and perhaps Covenant himself. Danlo apperently has a corner on the market regarding FR goodies...is he sharing?
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Thanks Foul
Lord Foul wrote:Wow, thought I'd never see you again! Really, really missed you, Gunslinger. Always great to see old faces returning. Your posts were most entertaining and insightful.
I can understand a rough year (or however long you were gone). Keep up the good fight.
Thanks Foul.
Yeah it was a tough 16 months. But, and I hate to sound like such a damnable, tear soaking fanboy, when it got really tough, I reread the series, including Runes.
As I always, I learned something more about myself as I read the chronicles. ; which are really, at their base, a story about a man, his frailty and how he manages to turn that frailty into greatness... all the while with the greasy, nearly omnipotent thumb of despite holding him down.
After reading "Lord Mhoram's Victory" who amongst us could not believe they could conquer ANYTHING?
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BAck at ya.
duchess of malfi wrote:I'm sorry to hear that things have been so rough - but I am truly delighted to see you back! You have been missed!!!
Thanks a bundle!
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So true. It's amazing how so many of us (myself included) draw an almost spiritual comfort from reading and re-reading the Chrons, much like one would turn to the Bible, etc.A Gunslinger wrote: Yeah it was a tough 16 months. But, and I hate to sound like such a damnable, tear soaking fanboy, when it got really tough, I reread the series, including Runes.
As I always, I learned something more about myself as I read the chronicles. ; which are really, at their base, a story about a man, his frailty and how he manages to turn that frailty into greatness... all the while with the greasy, nearly omnipotent thumb of despite holding him down.
After reading "Lord Mhoram's Victory" who amongst us could not believe they could conquer ANYTHING?
There have been many times I've looked at TC with pity, with agreement, with self-righteous disgust--you name it, I've done it. And each time I felt like I was looking at myself, in the end--judging myself, not Thomas Covenant. The book definitely sears inside you (in a good way), if you're ever at a low point.
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Welcome! I'm unsure of exactly when you stopped posting, so am also unsure of if we met before then. If not, nice to make your acquaintance.A Gunslinger wrote:2) My brother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. If any of you smoke, by holy hell... stop or die. He is in remission, but the reality is that he is 60% likely to die within a 3 years. I have been helping him with that quite a bit. He lives in Madison WI where I now work (back with the state).
I wanted to say in regards to the above post that ITA with you 100%. My Daddy was diagnosed in 1986 with small oat cell lung cancer five years after I lost my Mom to breast cancer, and died within five months of the diagnosis. He never made it into remission.
I'll pray for your brother that medical treatment for this particulat version of the beast has come a long way.
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Hey Pal, Welcome Home.
Sorry about the rough go of things.
As for your speculation; I am disappointed in the admins fiscal policy, border security, and progress (or lack thereof) in Iraq. Although I am beginning to suspect that there may be no "winning" strategy for Iraq or the greater ME.
See you in the Tank.
Sorry about the rough go of things.
As for your speculation; I am disappointed in the admins fiscal policy, border security, and progress (or lack thereof) in Iraq. Although I am beginning to suspect that there may be no "winning" strategy for Iraq or the greater ME.
See you in the Tank.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
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