http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32320427/ns ... nt-movies/]John Hughes, RIP at age 59

Too many good quotes from too many good movies to pick just one... but "I don't think I want to know a six-year-old who isn't a dreamer, or a sillyheart" is a good one for this forum.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Quote from Wiki
Another nickname that Nanoha is called by fans is actually a pun on the title "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha" (???????????, Maho Shojo Ririkaru Nanoha?). While "Maho Shojo" (????) means "Magical Girl", "Ma Ho Shojo" (????) can be interpreted as "Demonic Cannon Girl".
Wouldn't that describe Hotaru from Sailor Moon also?
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

Hey everyone.

This is a general query if anyone else is going to Gencon Indy.

If they are (and are interested in meeting up at some point in time during the con) let me know.
-Terry
-----
"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

(Posted this over in "The Game..." as well, but ISTR that Bob doesn't always read that group.)

Considering that every version of Hazy Shade of Winter gives Doug a power, http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=47]this one is virtually guaranteed to summon up a being I hope he'd rather not be summoned. Even if he does have Belldandy watching his back at the time.

Yes, it's filk... but that doesn't mean nobody's ever recorded it somewhere in the multiverse.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Considering that every version of Hazy Shade of Winter gives Doug a power, http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php? ... stcount=47]this one is virtually guaranteed to summon up a being I hope he'd rather not be summoned...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Play some Sabaton

Ghost Division

Fast as the wind, the invasion has begun

Shaking the ground with the force of thousand guns

First into line of fire, first in to hostile land

Tanks leading the way, leading the way

Charge into lines with the force of a furious storm

Fast as the lightning, phantom swarm

200 miles at nightfall, taken within a day

Thus earning their name, earning the fame

They are the panzer elite, born to compete, never retreat (ghost division)

Leaving our dead, always ahead, fed by your dread

Always ahead, as the blitzkrieg rages on

Breaking morale the with the sound of blazing guns

First into line of fire, first in to hostile land

Tanks leading the way, leading the way

Leaving a trail of destruction to a foreign land

Massive assault made to serve the Nazi plan

Communication's broken, phantom's are far away

Thus earning their name, earning the fame

They are the panzer elite, born to compete, never retreat (ghost division)

Leaving our dead, always ahead, fed by your dread

Pushing the frontline forth with a tremendous force

Making the way for panzer course

First into line of fire, first in to hostile land

Tanks leading the way, claiming the fame

They are the panzer elite, born to compete, never retreat (ghost division)

Leaving our dead, always ahead, fed by your dread

Panzer elite, born to compete, never retreat (ghost division)

Leaving our dead, always ahead, fed by your dread

Hail to the King



Once we lived in harmony, but it seems so distance now.

Even though it wasn't long ago, were all doomed to

Plague and death. Working hard from dawn 'til dusk. but

That ain't enough for him Product of unholy love, untrue

Brother of a king.

Know that you'll fail, now hear us hail

Your brother that you killed.

Hail to the king that brought peace to us all. Rise from

Your grave, hear our call. We'll not forget that you once

Saved our land. Killed by your own brothers hand.

Pure evil and cruelty, the true nature of your soul.

Mercy and responsibility, words that you can't understand.

Your quest for total control will only end in your own fall.

We' will fight for our freedom, and our right to live.

Do it your way, soon you will pay

Debts with your own blood.

Stars so bright, dance in the night

Day come soon, hide the moon

Stars so bright dance in the night

Day come soon, killing the moon

Morning breaks it's time to march, to the castle of betrayal.

Bring your sword, wield your armour, we won't take this anymore.

Kill the tyrant he must die, for his falseness and his crimes.

Strike him down, and slay his guards, and his ministers as well.

Done it your way, now you will pay

Debts with your own blood.

Hail to the king!

Into the fire



Sent from home overseas

And into the unknown

Barely landed in the jungle

Sent on first patrol

Sundown darkness falls

Dig in for the night

Ambushed in the dawn they came

The jungle's alive

I feel my fire starts to burn

The heat controlling my mind

Berserk a savage running wild

Within me the beast starts to roar

Now I'm ready to strike

A creature of the night

Into the fire

A flame of napalm strike

Sarge's down I'm in charge

Vc's everywhere

Overrun yet order airstrike

Condemned us all to burn

Napalm from above

Burning friend and foe

Chaos on the battlefield

The jungle's on fire

This place it's driving me insane

Napalm it's burning us all

This fight no man will live to tell

Within me my blood starts to boil

From above the airstrike came

And it burned the world below

Napalm falling from the sky

And it leaves no man alive

I feel my fire starts to burn

The heat controlling my mind

Napalm it's burning us alive

Within me the beasts final roar

I suppose it does, since he only uploaded http://www.doki.ca/notes/oban.html]Obanyx this year.

(Ah, yes - the http://www.doki.ca/videos/avideo.php?vid=oban]streamed copy is here.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Cmoooon, servers, get back to bidness!

*gnaw gnaw gnaw*
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Most consonants are as in English.
Vowels are as in Japanese and Italian.
Eastern does not have and/or distingush h, x, q, c, f, v, or j. F and V are heard as the same as TH and DH.

Special
consonants:

th "“
as "th" in English "think, thin, thought"

dh "“
as "th" in English "this, that, mother"

' "“
not really a consonant so much as a boundary between syllables
perhaps for one of us to tell the difference between banana
[ba-na-na: loanword for the fruit] and ban'ana
[ban-a-na:Made up of smaller words ban
and ana

Current
extant vocabulary:

From
Asima's family motto:

"Neso
polamon, dhara rilusi." "“ "Because I've done this, I cannot
run."

dhara
"“ pronoun "I" (first person singular, formal/feminine)

neso
"“ pronoun
"this" (inanimate thing/action)

pol-
"“ verb
"to do" (only a person or animal can be the subject of "pol-")

ril-
"“ verb
"to run, to flee, to retreat"

extant
conjugations of "ril-":

[For
convenience, the English translation will use "he" as the
subject]

rilu "“
He runs. [Present tense, stative.]

rila "“
He ran. [Past tense, stative.]

rilusi "“
He cannot run. [Present tense, negative potential.]

rilasi "“
he could not run. [Past tense, negative potential.]

rilumon "“
because he runs [Subordinate present tense, causative]

rilamon "“
because he ran [Subordinate past tense, causative]

So,
for the verbs that conjugate like "ril-" and "pol-" we have a
model to work from.

-u "“
Simple present

-a "“
Simple past

-si "“
negative potential modifier

-mon "“
causative modifier

Thus,
there's a potential for "rilasimon" as "because he could not
run."

Numbers


One "“ es

two "“
lu

three
"“ de

four
"“ tan

five
"“ kos

six "“
ri

seven
"“ ma

eight
"“ hu

nine
"“ nom

ten "“
gin

eleven
"“ gin-es

twenty
"“ lu-gin

twenty-three
"“ lu-gin-de

hundred
"“ ken

thousand
"“ gin-ken

ten
thousand "“ pas

hundred
thousand "“ gin-pas

million
"“ ken-pas





*Snips wordfoam of 650 protoforms (i.e., "Words" that have no meanings, but fit word patterns), available in RTF file on request*
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

I found her on the floor below her cat bed, cold and dead when I got home from work yesterday. She was over 20 years old, and was a very good cat. Her passing
was painless, and not unexpected. She will be missed.




Snert


1989 - 2009


Goodbye, Good Cat.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies