61
Site News / Re: TWG Rifftrax Party, SW Ep 1
« on: December 27, 2006, 07:20:11 AM »
Thanks for reminding me.
*Pulls the turkey out of the freezer.*
*Pulls the turkey out of the freezer.*
News:
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
Column by Chaos2651
Discuss it in our forums.
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
62
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Okay, I'm hooked.
« on: December 23, 2006, 07:09:43 PM »
Heh. Apparently I'm outclassed. ^_^
I'm a working single mom with three boys ages 8, 6 (almost 7), and 5. My boys love anything Star Wars, Lego, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since my boys pick fights as a pastime (which is apparently something inherent in that Y chromosome), I've found that the most effective way to get them to stop is TO in their room and grounding them from GameCube/Playstation. They *hate* being grounded.
I'm a working single mom with three boys ages 8, 6 (almost 7), and 5. My boys love anything Star Wars, Lego, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since my boys pick fights as a pastime (which is apparently something inherent in that Y chromosome), I've found that the most effective way to get them to stop is TO in their room and grounding them from GameCube/Playstation. They *hate* being grounded.
63
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Okay, I'm hooked.
« on: December 23, 2006, 02:25:29 AM »
Mmmm. Corrupting children. My favorite pastime. Is it time yet for a nerd moms group?
64
Rants and Stuff / Re: A Little Request
« on: December 20, 2006, 07:07:41 PM »
Punk. 
If anyone is available, could you *please* PM me before 4pm tonight. Pretty please? With Christmas icing on top?
If anyone is available, could you *please* PM me before 4pm tonight. Pretty please? With Christmas icing on top?
65
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Happy Birthday Brandon....:D
« on: December 20, 2006, 07:01:02 PM »
Oh suuuure. Brandon gets his own birthday thread while the rest of us are relegated to the Happy Birthday thread in Site News. Punk.
Happy Birthday, Brandon.
Happy Birthday, Brandon.
66
Site News / Re: Welcome to TWG Forum 4.0!
« on: December 20, 2006, 06:56:30 PM »
You know, I think that redirect page all over the forum is a *lot* more irritating than just having a dead page when I log in/out. Sprig, it's ok if you revert the code back to what it was.
67
Rants and Stuff / A Little Request
« on: December 20, 2006, 08:07:27 AM »
Is there anyone in the area that is willing to take a trip with me to Cedar City and back tomorrow (12/20) evening?
Because I've been trying to get everything done with my classes, finals, teaching, packing, my boys' appointments, etc, I've only been getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Tonight looks like a long night as well. Since I'm running low on sleep, driving 5-6 hours round trip by is probably not be the best idea in the world. I need someone to act as a relief driver on the trip if/when I get sleepy.
I know MsFish can't do it because she's flying out tomorrow afternoon. Is there someone else who's willing and able to sacrifice their time on the bloody altar of boring roadtrips? I'll pay for a cheap dinner.
Anyone? Bueller?
Because I've been trying to get everything done with my classes, finals, teaching, packing, my boys' appointments, etc, I've only been getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Tonight looks like a long night as well. Since I'm running low on sleep, driving 5-6 hours round trip by is probably not be the best idea in the world. I need someone to act as a relief driver on the trip if/when I get sleepy.
I know MsFish can't do it because she's flying out tomorrow afternoon. Is there someone else who's willing and able to sacrifice their time on the bloody altar of boring roadtrips? I'll pay for a cheap dinner.
Anyone? Bueller?
68
Site News / Re: Welcome to TWG Forum 4.0!
« on: December 20, 2006, 08:01:55 AM »
Yeah, one of those times was before 3pm. The other was this evening when I posted. And it didn't happen again this time.
69
Rants and Stuff / Re: Revenge of Grumpy Bear
« on: December 20, 2006, 04:20:51 AM »
Same thing here. I had all three of my kids vaccinated with the varicella vaccine, but two of them managed to get the chicken pox about a year ago. Just in time for my youngest's birthday party. It doesn't seem to work as well as advertised.
70
Site News / Re: Welcome to TWG Forum 4.0!
« on: December 20, 2006, 04:16:10 AM »
It hasn't been a problem the last two times I've logged in. We'll see whether that continues. My Firefox has been having problems with other JS-based sites, so it's not beyond the realm of possibility that it's a problem at my end.
71
Video Games / Re: Wii November 19th
« on: December 19, 2006, 03:18:23 AM »
Sure. Just make sure you're not the one humming it. 
72
Video Games / Re: Wii November 19th
« on: December 18, 2006, 10:53:45 PM »
Yay! The Wii is *way* fun.
You need to join us on the path that rocks. (Think Kronk).
You need to join us on the path that rocks. (Think Kronk).
73
Brandon Sanderson / Re: Irene Gallo Discusses Mistborn Art *New MB paperback artwork*
« on: December 17, 2006, 05:53:18 PM »
Wow, Brandon. You've got Deviantart fanart. Now all you need to do is provide a place for your fanbase to post fanfic and you've got it made.
*Cringes at the thought of future Zane MarySues*
*Cringes at the thought of future Zane MarySues*
74
Site News / Re: Welcome to TWG Forum 4.0!
« on: December 17, 2006, 04:49:23 AM »
I'm not sure if you've had a chance to work on this, but the blank page is still a problem. Every single time I log in.
75
Rants and Stuff / Re: Happy Things 2006:Generation X [part deux]
« on: December 16, 2006, 10:53:50 PM »
BYU just decided to do this funky thing where they're charging for bus passes but not for parking permits. So the G-lot permit is free.