Dec 2009 Archive, part b

I'm in, but you might have to wait until Sunday or Monday to get it back. I've got Housework, Quality Relationship Time, and Making Cookies scheduled for the next couple of days.

(Incidentally, if anyone is interested in aforementioned cookies, I'm considering selling them for pocket cash. Drop me a line if you might be interested. They're really good... >.> )

~Neshomeh (exswyzie14 [AT] yahoo [DOT] com)

*delurks on command*

Definitely archive -- we don't want to lose the basis of Canon, and we want all the parts of it that can be found.

As for editing, sure, go for it. I trust you know how to do it with care toward the original meaning and spirit of it all.

And yes to awesomeness, but we already knew that.

...I'd vote yes to both. In my opinion, editing can't hurt unless it changes the original meaning of the text. Also, when I do get time to read it, having everything in one place would be nice. =)

'Cause I KNOW some of you haven't said anything yet. I hope it's not because you don't care.

I'll wait another couple of days.

~Neshomeh

I haven't seen The Dark Elf either, so a complete archive would be very helpful. As fro editing TOS, if it's olny little things, then I think it's a good idea.

I've only read the stories on Miss Cam's site. Liiinks! Liiinks for a des-per-ate MAUDLIIIIIN! Sorry.

Very much in favour of both ideas, and if I can be of help on the editing front, you know where to find me :)

Yes to archiving! I didn't even know that Miss Cam was missing a story! Ah, the apocrypha of the PPC. :) Yes, also, on the question of editing TOS. With your innate awesomeness, I'd say that we can trust you to do it in a way that is respectful to the original canon.

I'd be happy to help however I can. :) Just let me know what I can do.

Firstly, yes, I think archiving TOS is definitely a good idea.

Secondly, I won't object, but I think it would be a rather large time-killer that you could spend writing new stuff...

And third, yes, you're awesome. However, the large images on your page make my slow internet connection cry.

So, to answer the questions in the reiterative order:
Yes
If You Feel Like It
Definitely

As long as it's the punctuation and none of the actual writing (grammar included) that's changed.

The only caution I'd advise is making sure that you use the exact same punctuating style as Jay and Acacia did, but I'm sure you've already thought of that.

That said, I didn't know that there were chapters missing from those two sites. Now I want to read them!

Let me also add: OF COURSE YOU'RE AWESOME. JUST LOOK AT THAT SITE!

Oh, and I finally have access to all my files again, so I'll toss you an email right now with everything that I saved in case there's something that was missed.

Wow. That site looks really nice. I like all the cool links that look like books.

I would have to say yes to archiving the OS because it's always good to have a back up copy and I'd also have to say yes to editing, just as long as it doesn't change very much in the OS at all. Like you said, the minor things.

(And yes, you are totally awesome. :D)

I'd say, yes on archiving TOS; if it's incomplete, it would certainly be better to have a full archive. Yes on editing as well, as long as it's nothing that could change meaning.

Archive the OS = Yes, especially to get those missing stories together again for the first time.

Edit the OS = Yes, since that's usually the first thing anyone sees, it should be more presentable regarding readability.

Neshomeh is most definitely awesome.

I don't know much about coding, so I unfortunately can't help with that.

This is the third time I've had a beloved canon that's been woefully in need of editing.

BagEnders was awesome, but it has some technical errors and the odd hiccup that a beta would have caught. The Shoebox Project is awesome, but same again plus a couple of Americanisms. I like being a fan of such things, but I'd rather be a fan of something that's clearly had a beta and been edited to standard English standards. I feel it reflects on all of us badly when we try to be a community that upholds all standards of good writing, yet our canon material fails in any way on that front. So my vote would be yes, clean up the OS, if you're archiving it on your own site.

Also, yes, might as well archive it. Who knows when it may disappear? It'd be handy to have the record. If someone ever had the space, it'd be awesome to have all PPC missions on one site, but that's just a pipe dream, I fear.

Yes, Neshomeh is awesome.

Well, if both lists are incomplete it would be good to have a third archive for the OS, a place where it can be complete.

As for making minor edits in spelling and punctuation, I think you can do that. It's not like you would change the meaning of sentences with those edits (and thus possibly compromise the intention of the original authors).

And I think you deserve a yes on the last question too.

well, that's okay. the PPC does i think have a rehabilitition department, i think. if not.. it could be made.

Hello and welcome to the PPC Posting Board! Here, have a chocolate bar.

Have a C70 assault shotgun.

You can kill the Sue and replace her in just FIVE MINUTES with the NEW SOFTNOSE 3000!

*turns off cheesy advert*

The thing about alleys is you can't get out of them to escape the maddened bouncing Maudlin who shall now HUGGETH THEE! You have not been warned. *hugs* So, anyhoo, welcome to the Board. Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't be needing it here. Here's a coconut; it's as big as yer head.

I guess I should throw in something, too. How does a nice bar of chocolate sound?

~Xanthia B.

Help yourself to a venomous arthropod from the cage.

Have an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks not only eggs but author wraiths and those pesky spambots. Use it for good and not much evil.

Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy the ride.

Have a Realistic Plastic Fern. Makes a great distraction in the right circumstances.

Believe me, there's a use for it. *acts mysterious*

Welcome to the PPC! Here's a set of daggers from the Raven Armory and a bottle of bleeprin (to start you off).

Here, have a mutated strawberry. Don't worry if it grows legs and wanders off, you can still eat it if you catch it.

*pokes ceremonially*

Welcome! Since the PPC sort of does re-make badfic in the process of writing missions, I think you'll enjoy yourself here. {= )

Now, the obligatory Bag o' Links!

First and foremost, the Original Series. If you haven't read it yet, you should.

Second, the PPC Wiki, where you will find the answers to all most some of your questions. See especially the pages in the PPC Intro Pages menu at the left.

Third, for your browsing needs, there's the Complete List of PPC Fiction, which probably isn't really complete, but it's close enough.

And that's about it, I think. If I've forgotten anything, I'm sure someone else will fill it in. {= )

~Neshomeh

Hello! Here, have a Pidgin! They're quite useful incase your Universal Translator kicks out! And welcome to the board!

Our wiki is supposed to be more-or-less comprehensive on all agreed information. Take a look at the Bleeprin article. To me knowledge, no, I think not, but you may end up erasing more of your memory than you intended.

Have some ice cream to go with all that cake. It can be any flavour you want.

*adds some birthday lembas to the pile of cake*

Jeeze, I'm terrible at these things. Um... well, here are some cookies to go with the cake. Technically they are Christmas cookies, but that's okay.

*lays out platter of Nutmeg Logs, Cream Wafers, and Spritz, because those are the only ones she knows how to make so far*

~Neshomeh

*sings* Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy BIRTH-

*glass shatters*

*flinch* Uh... Anyway. I think I'll have a little of that cake now. Good luck getting used to your new age! Have fun with that wisdom thing. It never quite did it for me, but maybe you'll have more luck. ;)

*hugs and hugs and hugs*

Hope it's a good one!

*gives you lots of shinies and chocolate*

Happy Birthday! Here's a Sue-proofed shield from the Raven Armory! (As in, the shield cannot be Sueified and it can be held over one's face to block out the sight of Sparklypoo.)

I give you wisdom, and steal the cake. However, Wisdom (TM) currently comes in the form of Convenient Cake, so you won't notice ;P

Uh...okay...I don't know where to start.

I think I'll start with my name first. KillerPiplup at your service. Just hoping I can keep my sanit-Wait, yeah, already lost it.

I'm a writer who likes Pokemon but will read the occasional LOTR (alright, I got introduced way of Secret Life of Dolls) and LOVES Ash Ketchum (*pant* Ash...).

I'd also like to be an agent. 'Kay, that went out wrong.

Sorry, I'm just...nervous. You guys are legendary, you know.

welcome to the ppc. and oh? andho bad are they?

Have an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks not only eggs but author wraiths and those pesky spambots, too. Use it for good and not much evil.

Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy the ride.

Welcome to the PPC! It's always awesome to have more people who want to help in our battle against the badfic.

As a gift of welcome, please accept this bag of pebbles and this Random Shiny Object.

Wow, Hogan's Heroes? I know anything can be targeted by Suethors, but it somehow never occurred to me that badfic could exist for Hogan's Heroes. It's probably Sargeant Schulz's fault somehow.

Anyway, welcome to the board!

Hey, welcome to the Board! Have some chocolate, and good luck PPCing!

Have it eat every Sue it encounters, and videotape the results!

Welcome to the Board! Please deposit your sanity in the provide receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't be needing it here. Here also are some coconuts- a luvverly bunch. Mind the quicksand.
-Mad Maudlin

Welcome to the PPC! Here's a flamer-proof shield from the Raven Armory! I don't know the fandom, but good luck!

The way the board works, we can't actually delete posts -- just ignore them until they fall off the Internet.

I have an additional link for you: Hogan's Match It's the only PPC mission into Hogan's Heroes so far. I hope you enjoy.

HH fandom isn't very keen on PPC missions. Perhaps you realise this and that's why you are using an alias. Though I personally don't see why you can't use a different name in different places.

Have an M90909 Javelin. Magnetically accelerated 14.5 mm AP-DS-FS rounds that has a max effective range of 7 km and can punch through 20 cm of tank armor at 5 km.
Enjoy hunting!

If so, you get a special "KIWI PPC" sticker in addition to your gift, which is... sawdust. I seem to have a lot of that lately.

Anyway, it sounds like you already have a good idea of what's going on, and I see you've been given The Links, so I'll just add that you can't actually horsewhip the author (sad, but true), and will have to settle for her OCs, if there are any.

That said, welcome! :)

*rummages through armoury* Sounds like this fic is Hogan's Heroes, yeah? Which would make it WWII? So the P-90 is out. Here, have an MP44. I tihnk that's right, yeah?

I comes bearing links. *drags out Big Bag O' Links and digs through it*

First off is the link to the Wiki, a veritable fount of information for a newbie to read through. Especially helpful for you if you want to write missions would be the page on Permission (note the capital P).

I would advise against reading any Legendary Badfic, unless you are of strong mind and stomach. Even the summaries have been known to give those of weaker constitution nightmares.

For your reading pleasure, not knowing what you have already managed to find, I have several links for you. The Original Series (not to be confused with Star Trek) is a good place to start, as the PPC did many aeons ago. What do you mean I'm exaggerating? The Department of Geographical Aberrations is another interesting place to visit, if you have the time and inclination. Also by hS is the Tangled Webs site, which contains backstory for the PPC as an organisation. If you would rather visit the Floaters, then July's site is the place you need to be. And last, but most definitely not least, Response Centre 45 is where Trojie and Pads' missions are archived.

Hope you enjoy your stay here. Please deposit your sanity into the container offered to you by another Boarder; you won't be needing it here.

Nice to see you got the next part up, and I can't WAAIT fro this squick-fest to be slain!

The ONLY thing I do sorta like about it are the cute animal versions of the characters, but the Bad Biology turns me off. (Seriously, even *I* know that's not how the body works!)

As for Sakura-bunny (Cheri, is it?), maybe you could give her some highlights (what goes well with pink?), or maybe style her hair differently, I dunno.

I think they're right.

Ooh! Ooh! Dye her hair/fur blue! Or something...

This gender confusion with Naruto is really getting to me. It makes my brain hurt.

I think I might draw that last scene with Sakura and Drake... 's cute. Just for fun I started MSTing this, too. I might put it up on my DA or something, if that's okay with you. (I avoided using jokes you already used). Of course, I'd have to wait til my mom lets me have my sites back so I don't have to access them via proxy site.(Currently I'm typing this from a school computer.)

Ooh... Cherry... I made a cherry joke in my own MST. Heh.

As for the Sues... rip them apart. Please. I can't stand what they've done to Sasuke-kun. KILL THEM ALL!

I just read both parts. DEAR SWEET MOTHER OF LOGIC. My brain is a LOBSTER flibble wheep please insert cheese?

GAH.

... Excuse me. *leaves room; a few seconds later, loud banging noises can be heard through the wall, which is developing a suspiciously head-sized lump*

*comes back*

Okay, better.

Just one question: Cherry like the fruit? 'Cause that's awfully... well, cute. And there's cuteness overload as it is. I dunno.

Anyhow, carry on with the sporking. I think you should introduce them to Cesar Milan and/or Jo Frost, but then again, I LIKE Cesar Milan and Jo Frost, so maybe not. {= P

GAH.

~Neshomeh

... the point of the PPC.

It's meant to be fun.

Nazis are not fun.

hS

Is the mission set in Nazi Germany?

Even if that's the case, try something else. I can't wait for the Department of Mary Sue Research and Development to finish their work on de-sueification methods. It's a shame I wasn't able to help.

Seriously. We don't want the world at large to dislike us.

Associating with the SS...Not so cool.

Disposing of the Sue usually happens within the continuum of the fic, but exceptions are made in cases of poetic justice, irony, and/or humor. The aforementioned are a goal for many agents anyway.

However, having looked up Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, I'm gonna veto that one on the grounds of it's a bad idea. I'm not usually in the business of quashing people's ideas, but seriously. Don't affiliate us with the Nazis. It's not cool.

~Neshomeh

welcome to the PPC.

Oh.. the science department. i think we have one already.

I think you'll fit in just fine.
As long as we've got a shoehorn here somewhere...

Anyway, have a slipspace drive. I have no idea what to do with it, but I'm sure you can find something to do with the thing.

*dumps the drive on 3solid's lawn*

*pokes*

Welcome to the madness. And, I agree that your idea would fit quite well in the Department of Mary-Sue Research and Experiments. I'm sure they'd be glad to have you.

~Neshomeh

Welcome to the board! Have a chocolate bar, won't you?

Help yourself to a venomous arthropod!

The container for depositing your sanity in! *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You probably won't need it here. Also, here's a luvverly buncha coconuts. You know what to do with them...

I gift you with a mutant strawberry; if it grows legs and wanders off, you can still eat it. Or keep it as a pet. Whichever you prefer.

But either way, have a Morphing Cube!

I bring you tidings of hello!

Have a tiny mechanical Ent and enjoy your stay.

You'll need it for those mid-mission naps.

Your idea for a new department sounds interesting, though fairly similar to the Department of Mary Sue Experiments and Research; might want to check that out first. If it's fairly similar, I'm sure they'd welcome new agents!

That said, welcome, welcome, welcome. To the land of PPC. To the land of PPC. How may we help you today? ;)

Also, believe me, that's not long-winded. We talk a lot around here.

Nice to meet you!

Welcome to the PPC! Here's an archery set from the Raven Armory and a bottle of bleeprin! (The department idea sounds pretty cool if it hasn't been used already.)

*tosses a P-90 at you* Hm. What you propose sounds very much like the Department of Mary Sue Experiments & Research. More information on that on the Wiki.

I comes bearing links. *drags out Big Bag O' Links and digs through it*

First off is the link to the Wiki, a veritable fount of information for a newbie to read through. Especially helpful for you if you want to write missions would be the page on Permission (note the capital P).

I would advise against reading any Legendary Badfic, unless you are of strong mind and stomach. Even the summaries have been known to give those of weaker constitution nightmares.

For your reading pleasure, not knowing what you have already managed to find, I have several links for you. The Original Series (not to be confused with Star Trek) is a good place to start, as the PPC did many aeons ago. What do you mean I'm exaggerating? The Department of Geographical Aberrations is another interesting place to visit, if you have the time and inclination. Also by hS is the Tangled Webs site, which contains backstory for the PPC as an organisation. If you would rather visit the Floaters, then July's site is the place you need to be. And last, but most definitely not least, Response Centre 45 is where Trojie and Pads' missions are archived.

Hope you enjoy your stay here. Please deposit your sanity into the container offered to you by another Boarder; you won't be needing it here.

if they do respond, just tell them thanks but you've already got someone. It's not a big deal as long as you're polite about it.

Um, can I start the badfic article on this...series? I've started typing it in Microsoft Word, and was wondering, before I post it and everything if a) I'm allowed to right now(is that a stupid question?) b) how do I create links to other articles, and c) how do I make a warning/spoiler box thingy at the top of each section for the article?
HW(*sits in a corner, biting fingernails and staring warily at pile of homework*)

Sounds horrific. Does anyone else but me think this one should REALLY be killed? With fire even? Heck, make that //LOTS// of fire!

You asked a question, you were given an answer; no one's holding it against you. Believe me, we actually have to say that sort of thing a lot. Actually, the only thing you've done that might tick people off, as far as I can see, is the excessive use of exclamation marks and CAPS LOCK SYNDROME. So please don't grovel; there's no need to sound like a badfic writer ;p

That said, yes, it sounds horrible. I don't think I even want to touch it, let alone read it. I'll leave the PPCing of that to more experienced agents, myself, but for those who do want to see it, how about a link?

I think they'd be treated as separate except in cases where the connection between them is relevant.

So a Dracula badfic obviously wouldn't benefit at all from a copy of one of the video games, but a Castlavania badfic might from a copy of the book. However, I'd say that in the latter case, it'd probably not be very effective unless the fic specifically violated the part of Castlevania canon that's supposed to be covered by Dracula.

I guess. >.

I think that the Dracula story is the Canon. Castlevania is an offshoot of the Dracula legend, like the branch of a tree. In this case, it seems more like the offshoot is trying to become more true to the original Canon.

To sum up, they are both Canon, but I would call Castlevania a child-Canon to Stoker's parent-Canon. The good news is that you can definitely use a copy of the book to exorcise a Castlevania fic.

I think that if you have two canons that are connected, with or without actual interaction, then they are actually part of the same root canon. That canon may not have a name, but I think it still exists.

The sonic fandom is a gold mine for these things. All you have to do is go to the pit and have it display only the M rated fics.

Heres another one: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5519373/1/Vanilla_Cream

Hello Anity, I see my fiction has been posted under Badfic Reports and Claims. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised- after all I kinda just stick commas where ever I please, and if it wasn’t for spell check my entire story would be unreadable. Horrifying I know!


Curse it! Why oh why didn’t I pay attention in English!?!

Oh well! Despite you little 'Claim' I'm still gonna keep on writing - and theres NOTHING you can do about it!

MUHAHAHAHA!

Don’t get me wrong I love constructive criticism, but don’t be cowardly about it- I can take anything you've got to say!

As for me, I fully support young people who have an ambition for this art (no matter how bad their grammar may be) if its something you love- don’t stop!

And as Iris Murdoch once said "A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia"

And wouldn’t you know it its raining cats and dogs down here in Texas :)

-PROVORSE-

I liked the Silvermoon one. What's wrong with it?

It's just that, aside from being amateurish, I don't think there's much wrong with it. Yes, all the Weyrs are made up; yes, he's a HAD; yes, there are some little things off... but I don't think Stanor is a 'Stu, at least not yet. The spirit of Pern seems to be there, as far as I can tell.

I'm gonna leave him some concrit. Hopefully it will help.

~Neshomeh

In my experience, charge lists can be incredibly boring, and I think there are two solutions: either seriously cut back on them, or cut back on commenting on the charges during the mission so that the charge list is something new. I think either way is valid as long as there are enough major charges in the charge list to justify the kill. It's not so important to get every little thing in there.

~Neshomeh

Well, I dunno about charging Sues, cos we don't do that in the DBS. But we exorcise for things that haven't previously been mentioned in the mission. We also pick up charges from bits of the fic we don't actually have our agents bother watching. This is generally explained by Agent Pads being impatient and reading ahead in the Words.

The links on all our agents' pages are now done, so anyone trying to get to missions via there can do so now.

(and I didn't realise quite how many agents we write until I tried to track them all down ...)

Just a couple more changes to make and we should be all up to date and ready to go :)

All our missions are now unlocked on Dreamwidth. The index is HERE: http://rc45.dreamwidth.org/48575.html

After I've cooked dinner I'll get onto updating the Wiki at long last :)

Enjoy!

to a dreamwidth journal: www.rc45.dreamwidth.com. Only thing is it's not yet unlocked since we moved everything.

I'm going to try and get it all unlocked and change the links on the wiki page tonight.

Sorry to anyone inconvenienced by this!

She's rearranged her livejournal and made a new one to host missions. The wiki links haven't been updated yet. I'd direct you but I'm not entirely of the new location myself.

I found another Sue who pulled that one. Another granddaughter of poor Galadriel's, and is named after her... because isn't "Galadrianna" a k3wl name? She has auburn hair, too.
On an unrelated note, oh noes! He threw her clothes into Mount Doom! Teh horror! Horror and h4xx0rs!

As to your points:

A) I also like the way Quaddritch died

B) The "dragon thing" is a Toruk or (if you want to go all Linnean on us) the "Great Leonopteryx"

And as for me...

I liked it, but the inconsitencies got to me in a few places, such as the mention of "Bad Bush" in Venezuela when Cameron says that Earth is basicvally a slimier version of Nar Shadda.

What I choose to believe is that Easrth is still "Green"... but much of the planet has been so throughly domesticated that farms cover most of the rural landmass in a modern three-field system, most meat is now cloned in vats and most major megafauna now exist mainly as clonable genetic samples.

venezueala... tree plantations and fields gone feral due to the war most likely.

I'm basically ignoring Cameron on this one just because it seems so unbelievable.

Its plot was a bit too 'aliens are better than you', but, a.) it's essentially a film about Native Americans being kicked off their land, so of course they're going to be shown in a better light, and b.) the plot is secondary to this movie's true goal, which was essentially to create an inhabited moon from scratch and show it off. And in that respect, it succeeds.

Okay, I could possibly buy a Japan analogue/Expy in Redwall. Aren't the northern areas basically Scotland, after all? (It's been a long time since I read any of the boods :D )

However... inconsistent Romanisation (if you're going to do an 'ou' or 'uu' for some long vowel sounds, do it for all of them, damn you!)... random modern tech... raccoons? That story makes absolutely no sense as a Redwall fic... would work much better as original fic, IMO.

I dunno if I'd be up for the RPG, but I think I would love to do that co-MST with you. =D

(I can't access the Pit to read the fic, but I'll take your word if you say it's awful. Plus I'm a sucker for MSTs at the moment.)

To the first fic- What the freaking Hellsgates did they do to Mossflower?

To the Ratty stuff- I want to claim. That stuff is drivel.

As for the RP- I don't have an LJ, so I don't know exactly how Role-play works there, but with a concept like that, I bet it'll work out.

what fandoms do you do?

Welcome to the Board! *gleeful wave*

Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object! Good for throwing at Sues or staring at.

Hope you have fun here! =D

(Don't mind me, I'm hyper.)

Have a pair of identical phones.

Welcome to the PPC! Here's an Anti-glitter shield from the Raven Armory. (It'll block out the sight of a Sue and can't be Sueified. Don't ask how that's possible. I don't even know, myself.) Oh, and here's a bottle of bleeprin as well. You'll need it, believe me.

Hi there. Have a cup of some Whomping Willow Tea. It's good for you.

*pokes*

Welcome!

I see you got the Big Bag o' Links. May I also direct your attention to the Lost Tales Archive? It's under construction and likely to be for some time, but it's the place to read some PPC stuff you won't find anywhere else now that Geocities is gone. And there's more where that came from (read: on my hard drive until they've been spiffed up a bit).

Good to meet another aspiring writer. However, as such, you might want to watch your capitalization (or lack thereof). It's important to the craft. {= )

What fandoms are you into?

~Neshomeh

Help yourself to your favorite venomous arthropod!

To fight off the Flowers, of course ;)

I comes bearing links. *drags out Big Bag O' Links and digs through it*

First off is the link to the Wiki, a veritable fount of information for a newbie to read through. Especially helpful for you if you want to write missions would be the page on Permission (note the capital P).

I would advise against reading any Legendary Badfic, unless you are of strong mind and stomach. Even the summaries have been known to give those of weaker constitution nightmares.

For your reading pleasure, not knowing what you have already managed to find, I have several links for you. The Original Series (not to be confused with Star Trek) is a good place to start, as the PPC did many aeons ago. What do you mean I'm exaggerating? The Department of Geographical Aberrations is another interesting place to visit, if you have the time and inclination. Also by hS is the Tangled Webs site, which contains backstory for the PPC as an organisation. If you would rather visit the Floaters, then July's site is the place you need to be. And last, but most definitely not least, Response Centre 45 is where Trojie and Pads' missions are archived.

Hope you enjoy your stay here. Please deposit your sanity into the container offered to you by another Boarder; you won't be needing it here.

I'm sure someone'll hit you with the links soon, so...I'll give you an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and whisks not only eggs but author wraiths and those pesky spambots, too. Use it for good and not much evil.

Welcome to the insanity! Enjoy the ride.

Welcome to the Board! Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't be needing it here. Someone will probably be along soon to provide you with Teh Links, but until then...
FIRST GLOMP!