Those are the pith helmets I searched high and low to procure for you, darling. Augh... They would have been spectular with the giant geyser of ostrich feathers I wanted with it, too.
Hee, I know. :) Too bad I didn't find this sooner, but I suppose there's always some future project for which we could bug these blokes and ask where to purchase such things.
It's a fabulously hilarious site, though. I highly recommend a read-through.
Egads! Queen Victoria has not, nor has she ever, left the building.modrobotAugust 8 2005, 17:24:12 UTC
"We have hounded Fun, and its malicious purveyors, almost unto death; drinking and dancing, lying in the sun, floating down rivers, in spa baths, yea verily we have chased. Always have we found them, confronted them and chastened them with biblical severity.
"Fun is temptation, and must be resisted. We build up resistance to the Demon Fun by exposure in small doses to its manifestations until we can experience them without enjoying them at all. Then, aided by our knowledge and inspired by our moral victory, ALF's Army can move more easily to destroy or subjugate those who would provide Fun to others."
Brilliant!
BTW - Have you read The Diamond Age by Niel Stephenson? I highly recommend it in all it's juicy steam-punk goodness. Also, you might want to check out Devil in the White City, it's the true-crime story of a serial killer stalking the very Victorian world's fair in Chicago. There's bound to be some good module-inspiring material therein.
Forever you servant, The Honorable Colonel Angus MacAngus, Esq.
Re: Egads! Queen Victoria has not, nor has she ever, left the building.modrobotAugust 9 2005, 00:04:06 UTC
Neal Stephenson has written three of the world's greatest Sci-Fi novels of all time:
1. The Diamond Age (Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer) 2. Cryptonomicon 3. Snow Crash
Cryptonomicon is actually in my top five books of all time. The Diamond Age comes within the top ten, and only fails to make the top five because of one small, singular part of the book really bothered me (but I suggest you read it first because you'll really love its steam-punk theme).
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Those are the pith helmets I searched high and low to procure for you, darling. Augh... They would have been spectular with the giant geyser of ostrich feathers I wanted with it, too.
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It's a fabulously hilarious site, though. I highly recommend a read-through.
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Oh, man alive, I hadn't checked if it was clickable.
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"Fun is temptation, and must be resisted. We build up resistance to the Demon Fun by exposure in small doses to its manifestations until we can experience them without enjoying them at all. Then, aided by our knowledge and inspired by our moral victory, ALF's Army can move more easily to destroy or subjugate those who would provide Fun to others."
Brilliant!
BTW - Have you read The Diamond Age by Niel Stephenson? I highly recommend it in all it's juicy steam-punk goodness. Also, you might want to check out Devil in the White City, it's the true-crime story of a serial killer stalking the very Victorian world's fair in Chicago. There's bound to be some good module-inspiring material therein.
Forever you servant,
The Honorable Colonel Angus MacAngus, Esq.
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And, yes, I laughed pretty hard at that website. I'm glad you enjoyed it, too. ;)
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1. The Diamond Age (Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer)
2. Cryptonomicon
3. Snow Crash
Cryptonomicon is actually in my top five books of all time. The Diamond Age comes within the top ten, and only fails to make the top five because of one small, singular part of the book really bothered me (but I suggest you read it first because you'll really love its steam-punk theme).
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