Eldritch_Knight

This was madness. Insanity.

I'd do it again!

What the heck, I'll bring my Time/Fire Defender on this!

(Or *possibly* Mentalshock himself.....)


(Does saying his name count as posting my global since it's @Mentalshock?)

If there is one thing I am grateful for, it is the fact that there are many veterans that I am acquainted with. My Great-Uncle, for example, served in Italy during WWII and was MIA for a few days, he died late last year. My Great-grandfather served in the WWI as a cook, and we have reason to believe that he was present at Vimy Ridge. There are many more who I have come to know through the church. One in particular stands out in my memory; served as a pilot in WWII and Korea, and then spent nearly 50 years serving as a missionary to Japan.

Is it any wonder that I look forward to any opportunity to speak to these guys?

My Time/Fire Defender and my Elec/Kin Troller.

Okay, now I really need to figure out a story for some of my characters, I'm getting left in the dust here!

Very Impressive writing, Hyper.

Another fun thing I've discovered:


Triple Chocolate Mint Almond Bark

1 Bar White Chocolate
1 Bar Dark Chocolate
1 Bar Milk Chocolate
As many Almonds as you want
Mint flavoring to taste

Melt chocolate together, then pour onto aluminum foil and refrigerate.

By the way, this is Hazardous Waist Material.


(I've gained about 35 pounds over the past year)

You know I actually meant for people to post recipes?

Here's one of my own devising.

Mental's Maple Sauce (It has different names for different contexts)


2 1/2 cups maple syrup. (The real stuff. I recommend Canadian made)
1 cup Lemon Juice
1/2 cup vinegar
1 1/2 cups water.
A pinch of garlic (To taste)

Heat ingredients together until it starts to thicken.

This goes very will with Chicken, but it also works well in a pork stirfry.

As I was cooking dinner today, I thought that it might be a pretty good idea to start a thread about our favorite things to cook, or our favorite snacks to munch on while playing. Would anyone else be interested in contributing to this?

I'm interested in starting the Gallifrayian Embassy.

Time Manipulation & Doctor Who themed.

I'm going to create a modified clone of my favorite blaster, Lestock. Forget Dual Pistols, he's going Beam Rifile!

Excuse me, but could you hand me my jaw? It feel on the floor somewhere around here....

Very cool!

I suppose it would be more suitable for me to change my global from @Mentalshock to @MisterRedShirt.

I'm not going to, though. What would the point be?


I've at least found a nice new toon name.

Ooo! Cool! I'll be there!

From the Wikipedia entry: (Why there's one on this topic, I don't know)

Skill testing questions (or STQ) are a legal requirement attached to many contests in Canada.

The combined effect of Sections 197 to 206 of the Criminal Code of Canada bans for-profit gaming or betting, with exceptions made for provincial lotteries, licensed casinos, and charity events. Many stores, radio stations, and other groups still wish to hold contests to encourage more purchases or increase consumer interest. These organizations take advantage of the fact that the law does allow prizes to be given for games of skill, or mixed games of skill and chance. In order to make the chance-based contests legal, such games generally consist of a mathematical STQ.

The Promotional Contest Provision of the Competition Act also states that prizes are to be distributed "on the basis of skill or on a random basis.[1]"

The most common form that these questions take is as an arithmetic exercise. A court decision ruled that a mathematical STQ must contain at least three operations to actually be "skill testing"; for example, a sample question is "(2 × 4) + (10 × 3)" (Answer: 38). Enforcement of these rules is not very stringent, especially for small prizes; the player may not be required to answer the STQ to claim a prize. Anecdotally, getting the answer wrong is also often not an obstacle to claiming a prize. The questions are also becoming easier.[2] For contests held in other countries but open to Canadians, an STQ must be asked of any potential Canadian winner.

The same section of law prohibits receiving consideration in exchange for playing the games, resulting in a related peculiarity of Canadian contests: the "free entry alternative", which is usually telegraphed by the fine print "No purchase necessary". Generally this means that it is possible to enter the contest for free by, for example, writing a letter to the entity sponsoring the contest and requesting a game piece or entry form.



Basically, it's an anti-cheating measure at the core.

Farewell my friend,
This is the end,
We have travelled far together,
And now our paths split.

Perhaps we shall meet again,
In some far away land,
Perhaps one day,
In some not so difficult times,
We will dance and sing,
And joke has we had before.

Your wit will always be with me,
And my wit will travel with you.
For though we are apart,
We will always be together,
Through the wisdom that we shared.

I wrote this on February 14th, 2005. It's called 'Farewell my Friend'

I always keep this one on hand just in case it might be of comfort to someone.

It's times like this where I'm glad that I more or less set my own schedule.

I've changed my mind. I have gone with the Badass Preacher look.

Ooo! Count me in on this.

I'm tempted to go with the Badass Preacher trope, but coming from me, I'd consider that violating rule #1.

Currently I'm considering the following tropes:

Wreathed in Flames
Conservation of Ninjitsu
Heroic BSOD

I'm seriously considering that last one, anyway.

What if it was a defeat-based emote?

I'm not sure if anyone's thought of this yet, but what would be an incredible costume change emote to see would be a Doctor Who regeneration effect.