tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post113308804658315710..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: EditingJames Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133472234127444212005-12-01T21:23:00.000+00:002005-12-01T21:23:00.000+00:00Ooops - sorry. That should be, until my sister's ...Ooops - sorry. That should be, until my sister's magazines came back to haunt me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133294414539800862005-11-29T20:00:00.000+00:002005-11-29T20:00:00.000+00:00I was about to side with James and admit to being ...I was about to side with James and admit to being a lurker, until my sister's trashy teen magazines. You know the type: "Feel a lurker coming on? A dab of toothpaste will sort the most stubborn spot"...<BR/><BR/><BR/>word verification: xmgkao - smug cowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133261289228221952005-11-29T10:48:00.000+00:002005-11-29T10:48:00.000+00:00Chandler couldn't remember because he spent a good...Chandler couldn't remember because he spent a good proportion of his life off his tits on scotch.Wyndhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682812260329010391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133195146288272292005-11-28T16:25:00.000+00:002005-11-28T16:25:00.000+00:00WRITE IT, man! WRITE IT!Must also include pirates ...WRITE IT, man! WRITE IT!<BR/><BR/>Must also include pirates and zombies.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133194753401955282005-11-28T16:19:00.000+00:002005-11-28T16:19:00.000+00:00re: "Pride & Prejudice" D&D.How about "Pride and P...re: "Pride & Prejudice" D&D.<BR/><BR/>How about "Pride and Prejudice: the Fighting Fantasy book"<BR/><BR/>http://www.fightingfantasygamebooks.com/<BR/><BR/>"You are approached by a fine, tall person, with handsome features, but an insulting manner. Do you<BR/>a) throw your wine in his face (turn to page 223)<BR/>b) offer him your dance card (turn to page 23)<BR/>c) nab another glass of fizz and spend the evening getting shitfaced (turn to page 300)"<BR/><BR/>Play as Elizabeth, play as Darcy, five different endings.<BR/><BR/>Hang on; this could be a winner...Stef the engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509615663618300918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133179405100117962005-11-28T12:03:00.000+00:002005-11-28T12:03:00.000+00:00The commenting thing is interesting to me because ...The commenting thing is interesting to me because my main blog is on <A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/" REL="nofollow">LiveJournal</A> (not solely populated by angsty teens and bad poets, whatever its reputation might have you believe) which is set up for social interaction through commenting much more than Blogger (or other similar sites). So there's much more interaction between journals and conversation between journallers. But depending on the writer, posts can become more like conversations, rather than standalone pieces which are all about the writing.felinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908875302002962868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133173196309012172005-11-28T10:19:00.000+00:002005-11-28T10:19:00.000+00:00i normally don't have a clue what patroclus is ban...i normally don't have a clue what patroclus is banging on about but i am strangely excited at the thought of all those people being exactly where they should be. i demand a complex temporal-spatial map.<BR/><BR/>wv: nerywhu - what nerys hughes' husband calls her when he's done somethng bad.surly girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414631534757427023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133169084028824222005-11-28T09:11:00.000+00:002005-11-28T09:11:00.000+00:00Nice post.Nice post.JonnyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504888355938166808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133133075660067822005-11-27T23:11:00.000+00:002005-11-27T23:11:00.000+00:00Be glad you didn't do a philosophy degree, on oh s...Be glad you didn't do a philosophy degree, on oh so many levels, but principally the frequency with which the word "ontological" is used. That and "epistomological" - pertaining to the theory of knowledge, apparently, but couldn't tell you much more than that (the irony is not lost on me). <BR/><BR/>Ontology: a branch of metaphysics concerned with the science of being, it says here in the big philosophy book I nowadays stand on to reach high-up things. <BR/><BR/>wv: keveyzky - I'm sure I ate one of those in Prague once, might have involved cheese.Occasional Poster of Commentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780858079455768452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133131362790620682005-11-27T22:42:00.000+00:002005-11-27T22:42:00.000+00:00Yes, exactly, that's precisely what I was thinking...Yes, exactly, that's precisely what I was thinking at the time. But then the union bar opened, and they had the Stone Roses on the jukebox, and...er...stuff.<BR/><BR/>I've never really known what "ontological" means either. Something to do with birds? Or is it teeth?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133130469594458532005-11-27T22:27:00.000+00:002005-11-27T22:27:00.000+00:00I was having a think, o paranoid one.PP was thinki...I was having a think, o paranoid one.<BR/><BR/>PP was thinking too. He tried to tell me what he was thinking about, but he used the word 'ontological' and I screamed and fell over.<BR/><BR/>Partly I was thinking about whether the writer of <I>La Mort le Roi Artu</I> used a thirteenth century equivalent of a flipchart and magic markers to make it all fit.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133128953186231872005-11-27T22:02:00.000+00:002005-11-27T22:02:00.000+00:00Looks like I've got my Seven of Nine-style convers...Looks like I've got my Seven of Nine-style conversation-stoppers down to a T. Hurrah!patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133111280007045272005-11-27T17:08:00.000+00:002005-11-27T17:08:00.000+00:00Hmm, well, I *think* I'm thinking about La Mort le...Hmm, well, I *think* I'm thinking about <I>La Mort le Roi Artu</I>, which is part of the Vulgate Cycle of French Arthurian romances, written in 1235. I just remember an offhand comment from my tutor to the effect that you could plot precisely where everyone was, and when, and it all matched up precisely, even when characters had been away for ages and done other things (as was the wont of the Knights of the Round Table). <BR/><BR/>Which got me all excited about how I was going to go off and create this really complex temporal-spatial map of it all. But then booze and indie music and sex got in the way, as they tend to do when you're 20 and a student. So, er, that's about the sum total of my knowledge on the subject.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't sound like a bad project, though. I'll schedule it in for when I've finished resurrecting the Lost Language of the Picts. Which comes immediately after finishing this annoying computer game I've bought.<BR/><BR/>Proto-D&D spin-off fiction? Surely there'd have to be some kind of twist in the, er, space-time continuum for that even to be possible?<BR/><BR/>Christ, I talk a lot of rubbish.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133109082877359352005-11-27T16:31:00.000+00:002005-11-27T16:31:00.000+00:00Don't be a tease. More about french medieaval lite...Don't be a tease. More about french medieaval literature, if you'd be so kind. Proto-D&D spinoff fiction? <BR/><BR/>Possibly I'm looking at this the wrong way round.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133105022201599212005-11-27T15:23:00.000+00:002005-11-27T15:23:00.000+00:00Excellent paraphrasing - clearly your editing skil...Excellent paraphrasing - clearly your editing skills are honed to perfection :-)<BR/><BR/>I was about to start wittering on about medieval Arthurian tradition in French literature, and how even though it derives from the oral tradition, you can still work out where every single character is at any one point in time - and it all hangs together perfectly - but I think I've indulged in enough pretentiousness for one weekend...patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133099898098875372005-11-27T13:58:00.000+00:002005-11-27T13:58:00.000+00:00I assumed that was standard internet protocol, act...I assumed that was standard internet protocol, actually...<BR/><BR/>/shiny spotlightJames Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133099494844015712005-11-27T13:51:00.000+00:002005-11-27T13:51:00.000+00:00Oh, and please don't worry about commenting on my ...Oh, and please don't worry about commenting on my blog (how bold of me to assume you might even visit it) - any comment, however mundane, will be polished and put up with shiny spotlights all around it, alongside a notice saying 'look: a comment from James'.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133096899043929462005-11-27T13:08:00.000+00:002005-11-27T13:08:00.000+00:00It's a worry. I like to fold some comments into th...It's a worry. I like to fold some comments into the main post though, so it all grows in an interesting organic sort of way. I guess because when you write for telly, that's it, you're done and you can't change it, however much you might want to go back. With a blog, it's all much more fluid, with room to correct stuff, change your mind, apologize and so forth.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1133096387104029842005-11-27T12:59:00.000+00:002005-11-27T12:59:00.000+00:00Of course, we're all too scared to comment here no...Of course, we're all too scared to comment here now. <BR/><BR/>So none of us will. Ever again.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ooops.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.com