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Just had an Idea, thought I'd ask. there used to be more "Kings of..." around here. who were the rest and what were they kings of?

what do you mean you're the only non-white white guy? who do you work with and where?

we just came out of a three day -20C spell. -15C is when the boogers in your nose freeze after a minute. It's hard to breathe. Running is out of the question unless you want to shave your legs. you sweat, it freezes, your jeans break the frozen hair

not really a record. i've found it farther along some time ago.

Originally Posted by Zamfir Certainly not positive opinions of Maryland! My day is ruined... I'll ruin another of your days then. It's where the Face-Off Classic takes place, Ravens Stadium Originally Posted by fingeringam Why wont this thread die? oh it's dying alright, trust me. A slooooooow and paaaaaaainful death

Originally Posted by Zamfir This makes no sense. by damn, you're in the thread killer, what the heck were you expecting?

Originally Posted by Bonoman I'll be 35, but my girlfriend/fiancee/whatever will be 28. I was one of those guys who never wanted to get married, but then when I met her, things changed. Some of the older Thread Killer veterans know why. And the TK will never die!!! It's pretty much the only reason I come to HCBF anymore. I rarely post in any other threads, mostly because I got tired of fighting with people over stupid things that were all a matter of opinion anyhow. TK is just peaceful and nice. I think I remember you talking about it when you came back about half a year ago. I think we were around the 700th page I'm all punmped up right now, finally found a beer worth drinking and since I'm a cheap drinker, I'm a bit woozy after 3/4 of the beer. Staropramen Dark Beer. There. Is. Nothing. Better. At least right now and right here. Lech Pils is also good, but that's only in Poznań. But I'm bound to be there at least a few times next year as Poznań is a major lacrosse competitor, so we'll be playing them for sure. Lots of stuff going on today. We might even find some lacrosse sponsors. On one side I'm surprised, that there's people that want to give us money for equipment, but on the other, lacrosse is much more understandable then american football for the people here. the downs system just doesn't appeal as much as a fluid and fast game.

I've decided to stay on the Thread Killer :]

I don't know how old you are, but I'll be 24 come wedding time

yeah, well I'm sucking it in and heading off the forum again. I love dropping by here though and it's always fun when I do, but I don't really have time to sit around right now. a lot going on next year, I'm getting married for starters that's in July. till then I should have done my Master Engineer degree from WUT. I'm on Optics in Science and Technology, working on a new system for the measurement of diffractive elements. Got the band of course, which is going better and better. We actually had some people at the last concert. was a small club so the 50 people packed it up nicely and drank all the beer even before we started playing. fortunately the club quickly replenished the supply and last but not least I started a lacrosse team this year and December was breakthrough month, as about 6-8 new people came and we're on our way to start competing next year with the other two Polish teams Oh yeah, and I'm doing a weekend Optician course. It's a two year course after which I'll be able to open up my own practice and make and sell people glasses. Mum's an ophthalmologist so I might have a nice family business in a few years so. till we post again. toodooloo

we just had the most kick-ass concert of our lives only to be totally destroyed today with our drummer's father dying. I'm walking around blow away with all these contrary emotions today.

Originally Posted by Gordante Same. I wandered over here and though "wait........ 17,000+ posts?" that's all because of the post purge. there used to be more, or so I was told. thousands were lost...

playin' me some weewar.com strategies. getting my butt kicked all the way back to Pennsylvania.

good for you

Originally Posted by Bonoman Day 70 nicotine free, bitches!!! Woot!! alright! year 18 nicotine free! yeah! (last cig i took a whiff of was when I was 6) you shoudn't have started in the first place but congratulations don't ever give up!

didn't you hear about the postocalipse?!

welcome to the party

Originally Posted by Bonoman It's not genre fiction (sci-fi, psychological, etc.) at all. It's literary fiction, meaning it's a story told with words that isn't trying to be specifically anything but a story. The book is directed towards people who like to read things that aren't genre-specific - after a while all sci-fi books become the same, all mystery books are solvable, etc. This is a novel, nothing more. I agree with you that he's maybe trying too hard to be spectacular or dazzling, but as a fellow word-smith I can tell you that I appreciated it when I read it, and he never went over the top. Have you ever read any Salman Rushdie? This book is nowhere near as flowery as he is, just a writer with a good vocabulary and a strong command of the English language. It's a very sweet and heart-felt story, actually, and I found the themes of loss and redemption and the effects of time on relationships to be well thought-out and strongly represented. I'm trying to get this guy published, so you have helped, but you could help by answering one more question: Are you not interested because you're more of a genre-fiction reader and couldn't pigeon-hole this book, or because of the language in general? Did you feel like it was talking down to you, or that it just wasn't interesting? If I were to point at someone who's contemporary linguistics are my fav, it would definitely be Steven Erikson(author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series). The words and sentences really make my brow sweat, it's just basic writing, but done in such a way that it's challenging to read. Compare that to the linguistics of Harry Potter, which is a book that you storm through and forget in a week. I like a book that makes you think hard when you read it. OK, so I am a big fan of sci-fi and fantasy fiction, but for instance I really liked The Memory of Running by McLarty. It's just a fascinating story and had me hooked from page one. It has something I identify with. This book that you're publishing just doesn't have anything I could possibly try to hook up with, and the summary just maybe has a bit of the wrong type of linguistics I expect from a summary, didn't appeal to me. Maybe it's too specific? I'll let myself quote Erikson's first paragraph from Gardens of the Moon: The stains of rust seemed to map blood seas on the black, pocked surface of Mock's Vane. A century old, it squatted on the point of an old pike that had been bolted to the top of the Hold's wall. Monstrous and misshapen, it had been cold-hammered into the form of a winged demon, teeth bared in a leering grin, and was tugged and buffeted in squealing protest with every gust of wind. Now first off you have no idea what he's talking about, right? But the feel of it is astonishing, dark, makes me want to read more of it, find out what it's about. What feel does your summary give? To me it sort-of says "this is a book about everything and nothing in particular, it's trying to be about life, maybe pessimistic, maybe sad, and tries to answer questions that I don't really care to have answered." So maybe it's just not the book for me

Originally Posted by Bonoman Can I ask why? I'm bringing this before a review board next week. It's a great book and the above quote is how the author has worded his synopsis. It's like a cross between a Tom Robbins and a Milan Kundera novel, with a little bit of John Irving thrown in for good measure. Easily one of the best I've read all year. What about the synopsis didn't you like? Or is it more of a genre thing? I want this guy to do well (because if he does well, I do well), so any advice would be appreciated... Well for one, I think it sounds a bit too complicated. Can't decide if it's fiction, science fiction, psychological, porn, rnr, whatever else and I have a thought that neither can the author. It may be just too many things at once right there in those few sentence, it seems to come out mumbo-jumbo, trying to be too spectacular and dazzling(word-wise). Anyway, who is this book directed to? Who's the intended recipent? Then again maybe it's just not the type of book I would read, definitely not in my morality range.

No, I think I'd rather grab a Shadowrun novel

super duper cloudless skies in Warsaw too

page 4 alert! I had a really bad day until I finally got out of bed. It's weird... Feeling {censored}ty just lyin' there, and when I get up, it gets all better in a jiffy. you ever get that?

yes you can. go ahead

Originally Posted by Zamfir Are you YES YES YES'ing with regard to the composition, or a happy ending with the wife? Happy Birthday! um... happy ending with wife? 1. future wife 2. happy with finishing the composition thank you

Originally Posted by Scary Bill Happy birthday well thanks you have a happy day on my birthday too