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Actually, not true. There are several aboriginal traditions in which this would be a holy experience that would produce enlightenment or a dream state. Pain is much more subjective than western science would have us believe. So by your logic, we can only talk about how hitting yourself in the...

Except that age has been the big selling point, even on this thread. As soon as anyone attacks the book's quality, the "but he's just 15!" response pops up. Really? Then you don't know much about the publishing industry. Getting an in with the publishers isn't exactly a level playing field. I...

I worked in a pool supply store one summer. Chlorine gas is really easy to make, even accidentally. :) Devil's advocate question: is it really necessary to use a poison mechanic? Why not treat it more like a molotav cocktail? If you get splashed, it does a little damage (say, 1d6), and anyone...

No, of course not. I also don't have publisher parents with contacts throughout the industry to hawk my book for me as a birthday present. I wrote novels in the 8th grade. I could have written even more if I didn't have to go to school. That didn't make them good novels, mind you, but neither...

For the record, if a Google search turns up any Brisco County, Jr./Highlander crossover fanfic, I heartily apologize. I was young, and I was really into adverbs. A lot. Everything I'd suggest has been brought up. Lots of good stuff. There was a very brief Magnificent Seven series, too, that I...

What? Frell! Where is it?

Nevertheless, look at a company that makes video games or new pen & paper systems. BioWare's Design department includes both writing (me) and things like combat (other guys), so I can walk down the hall and hear extremely spirited discussions exactly like the one you're suggesting -- new...

I'd come at it from a different angle, sort of. I don't think there is one recommended reading list, but there are ones that can start you out well on an area. So, fordifferent genres: - Military -- I don't know the military fantasy genre well enough, and I think others could do it more...

Yeah, even when a guest was bad enough (or just distasteful enough to me personally) that the rest of the episode was nigh-unwatchable (in my case, Dane Cook), we always watched the update. Fallon and Fey were really good, and Amy Poehler grew into the co-anchor seat after a slightly shaky first...

I'm embarrassed by the fact that I'm still glad "The Falconer" will be around. Maybe I just have a soft spot for puppets. Or Will Forte, who will forever be "Abe Lincoln's Clone" to me.

Well, aside from my crush on Tina Fey, yeah. :) I've got no problem with knocking the show. It's coming in with "Shrug, I haven't watched it in years," that irked me (not saying that was you specifically). If you haven't watched the show in five years, then how slow is your day that you have...

Dear Everyone, This wasn't a "What do you think of SNL?" post, as I read it. This was a "People who enjoy SNL talk about the cast changes" post. I'll happily give my opinion in "What do you think of Terry Goodkind?" threads, but I don't tromp around in "People who enjoy Terry Goodkind" threads...

I liked Horatio, but I didn't always love him in sketches, if that makes sense. I'm gonna miss Parnell. I really liked his smug-snarky character acting. Glad Maya is staying, and that Kristin Wiiiiiiiiiig(sp) will have more playing time. After losing both Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch, I'd be...

I disagree. The novels you mentioned have indeed won Hugos and Nebulae, but those particular awards, while of great interest to those in the SF Fandom community, aren't widely known by your average Joe outside the SF Fandom community. If you take SF readers as a whole, you will have, for...

Yes. He could have cut it down to one page. That is indeed what I'm saying. If you'd prefer that I say it without a big mocking post, I can say it without a big mocking post. He's said on the forums that he wanted to skip ahead the five years, but that he couldn't because it was too hard to...

Hey Mark, In response to your note about Elric not being dependent upon Tolkien's stuff: Bad writing on my part. I've got no doubt that Elric could have gotten published without Tolkien, but I don't think it would have had the popularity it achieved without the big comfortable authors there...

I didn't offer to do a mocking summary of the New Testament. You're confusing cause and effect. Cause: Lame Book Effect: Tacky gets parodic I don't parody things that I enjoy. As much. Also: still buying the books. Even if the next book, "An Ignominiousness of Infodumps", doesn't work for me...

Ditto. He could have pared it down to one page per person (and one sentence for Arya). Everyone in Kingdom: Hey, Cersei, whatever you do, don't press that big button marked "Mess up Kingdom"! Cersei: Haha! You're only saying that because you don't want me to become more powerful than you are...

When I come home from work, here's what I get to do: - Play with the little dude - Make dinner - Eat dinner - Play with the dude - Give dude bath or put dude to bed (wife does the other) - Make gaming post for my pbem game - Actually socialize with my wife (watch a show together, play a game...

I think it's legal, but I think it violates the intended spirit, and I wouldn't allow it in one of my games without a lot of thought beforehand. My reasoning for thinking it violates the intended spirit is that it approaches the 3.0 Haste level of "You're either foolish or reaching hard for...