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Alternative tournament challenges with horses
Typical fantasy feudal setting. I'm working on creating a brutal multi event athletic competition that also tests the military combat skills of squire candidates but I need an equestrian event that is not a joust as this fictional world's culture does not do that. The focus should be on the rider's skills not the animal's training; it really shouldn't be a case of the horse does all the work. Just to increase the difficulty they are given random horses to use rather than their own. I could medievalize a modern sport but I only know them as a living room spectator(pretty horsies!) and have no clue how to judge what ones would work for this. Could be either solo or team event maybe both. Straight racing is out as is chariots. Suggestions? |
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Ug.
It's gray and rainy and there's nothing on TV. I have two VERY bored boys on my hands. And the adult of the two is VERY cranky to boot. It's going to be a long afternoon.... *sigh* ~~~ most recent whysper more health stuff :: journey Stalled :: booklog The Four Forges
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Starting Late
So, amazingly, I am up today. The man made sure I was well fed, and now he watches TV while I get ready to work on my own stuff. Not doing any work stuffs today or tomorrow. I'm a little over 1/4th the way through H&G's final check just from yesterday and am happy with that, so I'm not giving up any more of my personal time to work this week. Slated for today: » We'll see how far I get: I do feel I might need to nap later this afternoon, but we'll see. I've already done a little work on the A.C. chapter and addressed a problem that comes up later in the novel, now I just need to finish it. But crits first. ETA: An update on the car thing. The man's father is going to help us get a new used vehicle. We may still have problems keeping the utilities going, BUT he will have a vehicle to go to work in so we should get them back on track eventually. So, at least hope has entered the picture again, yes? ;) ~~~ most recent whysper more health stuff :: journey Stalled :: booklog With the Light...Vol. 2: Raising an Autistic Child
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Doctor Horrible
Those people who haven't yet seen
Should really do so. It's on the internet for the remainder of the weekend only. EDIT: Oh it seems that some of you are getting emails from "me" professing that I am recommending some speed dating site. Now you know me, how likely is that? Delete them, it's probably an insidious virus. |
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A king's wedding night- Servants and Bodyguards
Ok i've done searches for "Medieval wedding ceremonies" "Medieval wedding ceremonies nobility" "Medieval wedding ceremonies aristocracy" "Medieval wedding ceremonies king" "Medieval wedding nights" (And again with the various suffixes used on the above searches) and "privacy kings middle ages" I came up with two pretty good sites. Suggesting that for the medieval nobility privacy was pretty much a no no. I'd assume that's pretty much the same during the renaissance, but I'd love it if anyone could confirm . Basically I want to know if a renaissance king is likely to have bodyguards and servants in the room with him on his wedding night. I will likely be taking some artistic licence. (For instance at least some of my countries will not be sending their children away to manage their own households) but I'd like to know what i'm discarding. Thanks in advance people. |
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I am amazed
that no coalition of commas has found me and had me executed for crimes against grammar. I'm horrible at commas and feel terrible for putting my poor editor through this!! On the upside, the easy edits are done, didn't even fuss about killing two or three little darlings - mostly because I get to keep my biggest darlings. now for the hard stuff... this could take a few days but it'll be fun! Overall though - I think I only found one suggestion I disagree with - but the fact that it's there at all means I need a little clarification a few paragraphs above it and then, I don't think it will be a suggestion anymore. I'm off to find a name and then I'm going to play with my kids for a while.
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It's been a while, but the meme is back :-)
Your results: You are Dr. Doom
Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz |
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Another one joins the herd
Christine has joined the world of livejournal as chri55ie. |
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Damn 8 o' clock club...
I went out for a proper, end of a long week, piss up and curry night yesterday. All good, although my choice of garlic chicken tikka followed by garlic chilli lamb balti has caused me to be surrounded by a cloud of garlic vapour. You would think that after going to bed after 1am, I would wake up at a civilised time, such as 10am. But nooo, bright and early at 7.45 :( Still, as C. is asleep I get to indulge in my filthy perversions, such as sitting round in my underpants and watching The Stones of Blood (Tom Baker Dr Who)... |
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What happens when I get the house to myself
Alright. This doesn't happen often. We home school. We only work half the year. We have two kids. I don't get the house to myself that often, but when I do... Do I work? Do I settle in at the computer and write like a demon with no interruptions, no nagging, no one looking for my time or my internet connection? PFFFTTT!!! NO! I rent movies I wouldn't dare watch with kids in the house and buy myself a good bottle of wine. Warning: And on a completely other note, because this is something I think everyone I know should have in their life: Dr. HorribleThere is something to be said for genius at work. Be sure to scroll down and read the master plan.
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Sigh. Obvious post is obvious.
I was really hoping we'd never have to go over this again, but apparently there are people out there that still don't get it. I hope this is the last time one of us has to say this, but... You! Yes, you, Mr. or Ms. Imageganker! You that posted Hollow Art stuff and thought 'I'll just use their URLs! They SAY not to use their URLs, but I'm a fan, and too busy to actually do something STUPID and GROWN UP of me like read the rules anyway, so I'm just going to steal!'! Thanks to you, a large portion of Hollow Art's content is going to be out for the remainder of the month. May the internet gods find you and force you to listen to the badger song for all eternity. There is no excuse to 'not know better'. Hotlinking is forbidden in our rules, and we've had a ton of posts about it in the past. FAQs about hotlinking Does uploading an icon by URL on LJ/IJ/Photobucket take bandwidth? No, it does not. This is absolutely fine. Don't you guys have a paid photobucket? Yes, yes we do! And we are always accepting donations to go to our photobucket fund. HOWEVER, Hollow Art material is up on three separate photobuckets. Only one of them is paid. There are over 1,500 hollow art sets. That's a lot of stuff for any photobucket. Why don't you just reupload the sets that are down? Because there are over 1,500 hollow art sets. No, srsly. We have a count of them and everything. We run this community as a service and resource to the RPG community for fun and out of the good of our But I just need one set reuploaded! Doesn't work that way. We're very, very sorry about this, and trust us - those annoying little photobucket bandwidth exceeded images bother us a LOT more than they bother you. We are not able to reupload ANY sets at this moment. We will let you know if that changes. How do I know if I'm hotlinking? If you've read the rules, you should have a very clear idea. If you are using OUR URLS for posting images (this does not apply to uses our URLs to UPLOAD an image to another site) you are hotlinking, and you made us cry. Change the links immediately. Please feel free to comment here with any questions, concerns, or to sign up for the internet flogging of ignorant hotlinkers.
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Grammar Assassin
That should apparently be my title... Just got back the first round of edits for Hardwired Humanity. I'm really thrilled with this editor - he's spot on about everything and I'm sure right now - he really hates my tendancy to murder grammar... But there were a lot fewer corrections and reworkings than I expected and I really hope to have it done by tuesday or wednesday - especially since the Hubster is off for a few days. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to be doing this! After the editorial week I've had - working with this editor is going to be so easy, and maybe even fun!
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regarding requests!
We are extremely backed up at the moment! We have over 50 requests pending. This has happened because over the course of this month, the three of us have all had RL stuff to deal with! Just wanted to let everyone know that we WILL get to all requests, we're working as fast as we can, and thank you for your continued patience. <3
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Limited Time Offer
Bizarre, but great fun and only available for a short time. Ian "The Shadowy Curtain!!!" Ayliffe
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How rude! Your result for The Personality Defect Test... Sociopath
You are the Sociopath! As a result of your cold, calculating rationality, your introversion (and ability to keep quiet), your brutality, and your arrogance, you would make a very cunning serial killer. You are confident and capable of social interaction, but you prefer the silence of dead bodies to the loud, twittering nitwits you normally encounter in your daily life. You care very little for the feelings of others, possibly because you are not a very emotional person. You are also very calculating and intelligent, making you a perfect criminal mastermind. Also, you are a very arrogant person, tending to see yourself as better than others, providing you with a strong ability to perceive others as weak little animals, so tiny and small. You take great pleasure in the misery of others, and there is nothing sweeter to you than the sweet glory of using someone else's shattered failure to project yourself to success. Except sugar. That just may be sweeter. In short, your personality defect is the fact that you could easily be a sociopath, because you are calculating, unemotional, brutal, and arrogant. Please don't kill me for writing mean things about you! I have a 101 mile-long knife! Don't make me use it!
1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more BRUTAL than gentle. 4. You are more ARROGANT than humble. Compatibility:
The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.
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Goth Ball
Attention all Birmingham goth types... Anyone out there planning on going to the goth ball tomorrow who may be willing to share a taxi to somewhere south of the city in order to save costs? We are thinking of going but don't want to blow too much cash on taxis if we can help it (July has been an expensive month so far...). Get in touch if you are willing to share a route home. |
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