Yeah, so as it turns out I have to just about totally retile my poor basement after it flooded and popped tiles up. Egah! So what's a guy to do? You see, I bought all the tiles on sale originally - they were CHEAP because they were discontinued. Now that I have to replace, Ah! Well, we will only say that I will have a very creative design! ;)

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 11:30 am:

So hey Bryan, looks like it is only you and me anymore on the LEV board. What's going on with you? I had to work late yesterday, but tonight I think I am really going to get something done on the basement - this time for sure. I mean, the GameRoom must be revived, must it not?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 02:06 pm:

OK, I have an announcement to make. I have officially laid 99 tiles in my laundry room. The hundredth cometh!

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 01:23 pm:

You are not alone... Another lurks here, and as time passes, more shall be revealed.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 09:11 am:

Hey Greyfox! Welcome! It has been a long time, glad to see that you (and I) have both returned.


Sol

By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 03:13 pm:

Hmm gonna have to remember how to post pics on here so I can show Ranger my Tat I was telling her about.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 03:23 pm:

Check out "Formatting" on the left hand Navbar. All answers await!

Short story is that you upload pics to the board from your computer... rather than linking to Photobucket like you have to on some OTHER boards!

By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 06:19 pm:

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By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 06:20 pm:

ok that didn't work

By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 06:21 pm:

By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 06:21 pm:

That did it

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 08:25 am:

Nice Tat! Did it hurt going on? I am going to guess "yes." How long does it take to "do the dragon?"

By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 08:52 am:

Yes it did hurt and boy did it itch as it healed. I'd say it took somewhere between an hour and anhour and a half to do from start to finish. The red eye was my idea instead of it being all black.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 10:05 am:

I have to agree, it is way better with some red in it. All-black is cool, but some red makes it better.

By I, (Ranger) on Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 03:18 pm:

Its a pretty good design.
Of course you guys are doing nothing for my campaign to demystify tats for the munchkins who of course have been told they get one over their parents dead bodies regardless of age

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, October 08, 2007 - 09:56 am:

I have to admit, I am sort of a bubblegum tat guy myself. Something to do with not liking needles. Yowch!

Ranger, how old are your munchkins?

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Monday, October 08, 2007 - 12:02 pm:

Yes, the symbol is kanji (chinese/japanese writing) for "wolf" Creative, eh?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, October 08, 2007 - 12:07 pm:

Cool! Is that your tatoo, Fred?

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 11:25 am:

why else would I have a picture of it? :P

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 09:20 am:

It sort of looks like a grey fox to me. The kanji was a nice idea, too. :D

By Houdini (Houdini) on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 08:45 pm:

Derf my old friend, its a fine tattoo. I'm too chicken for body art, so I just buy gadgets I don't need instead.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 02:13 pm:

I think I might have to get a tattoo before coming down also. Any suggestions on what I should get? What would fit my personality?

By Who is the (Knight_Hawk) on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 03:50 pm:

I would suggest not taking any suggestions. I say this only because you have to be sure it is something you want or you'll regret it. Also no names of Wives/Girlfriends they may not stay as so. Get something that has meaning to you. The Dragon I chose reminded me of the dragon on my old Karate assosiation patch that represented the original founder of the style. Above all else be sure you really want to get the Tattoo and not do it on a whim. We went and got ours as a group and had been talking about it for awhile, and I've always had the thought of getting one in the back of my mind.

By Houdini (Houdini) on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:24 pm:

I think they look cool. I respect the folk who chose to get them. However, I personally would never chose it for myself for a few basic reasons.

1. I don't like the idea of needles touching my body all that much. Note: this is the same reason why piercings of any kind I will also avoid.

In short inflicting pain on myself for art and style sake doesn't really mesh well with my personality. I'm not really all that concerned with style anyway. Heck I'm lucky if my socks match.


2. I've seen old folk with tattoos and body piercings, neither are particularly pleasant when viewed.

I think tats on the back of good looking womAn are sexy, but then I think about how thats gonna look in fifty years when the girl is in a nursing home. Not so sexy to see granny with a fertility symbol tattoo on her back, now is it?

oh well...

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 11:12 pm:

Ewww... hmmm...

You know, I think I remember Buddhist Monks using a somewhat similar argument for keeping themselves chaste.

Hm, it might be working on me!

But yes, quite so, not a decision to be entered into lightly.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 10:36 am:

Go fig - another time another place:

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B03E5DB1539E433A2575AC0A9679C946196D6CF&oref=slogin

By Houdini (Houdini) on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 11:28 am:

Interesting. A temporal dopleganger of Tony? Hmmm..

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 11:31 am:

Notice that he is described as Gallant. Of course getting a gun shoved in his face isn't cool. A relative?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 01:55 pm:

Gworp - so my tiling project has basically gone to beans this week. I partied all weekend and will be partying all this weekend. But you know, on second thought, who needs all those tiles? They make better bases for gaming terrain and such (they really do!)

Sol

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 04:45 pm:

You think this is Liz Croteau?

http://lizreay.livejournal.com/profile?mode=full

By Houdini (Houdini) on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 09:59 am:

Yeah, I'm about 99.99% sure. Why don't ya drop her a line buddy?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 10:39 am:

I could - if I sign up on livejournal! I think I will. Always wanted my own blog!

Sol

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 01:11 pm:

Great! I have officially sent a message to Liz through the miracle of LiveJournal. I am pretty sure it is her. The illustrated image looks like her, too, and I have to say that her drawing talents have improved.

Looking through her various interests makes me think it must be her. Who knows? Maybe we can entice an old friend to return to the fold.

Sol

By Gerrit (Gak4178) on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:54 am:

Yeah that's Liz.

http://gak.livejournal.com/ is me
http://purpig.livejournal.com/ is sherm
http://toast14.livejournal.com/ is jeremy
http://loxie.livejournal.com/ is lox
http://enozgirl.livejournal.com/ is pandie

Now let's hope none of them kill me for posting that. ;P

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:57 am:

Woah! Good thing I got a LiveJournal account! I need to get to work and send out some invitations to our fine friends of yore! I bet there will be many a story to tell, to be sure.

Thanks, Gerrit!

By Houdini (Houdini) on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 04:08 pm:

Sweet!

RIT rocked and we had some really fun days back then!

I have mucho respect for Gerrit because he has mad programing skills.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 11:31 am:

So I just sent a shout-out to Sherm. Hope he comes to post! Could we make him a mod on this board? I think he deserves it as a former MOD of LEV, he should be able to mod this new Forum also!

That would be too fun.

Sherm is way into Dr. Who and everything, also. I told him he should come to the big party I am having on Saturday.

YEAH!
Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 03:48 pm:

Big party? Saturday? And why was Fred not invited?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 09:39 am:

Fred, you're invited!

Just feed this code into your time machine and come party with us:

chuwehhioifho83y8yf9n27cvy9g4yfn73t97fg7y08vcn6074yv89689nvy4v6389-6gp97g89n4397vn92wnv892y497bv

Don't miss a digit or else you may end up in the Dark Ages, the Paleozoic, or maybe your Microsoft Operating System will simply stop working...

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 02:00 pm:

Money isn't everything:

Proctologist
Proctologists diagnose and treat diseases and disorders related to the anus, rectum and colon, a labor of love that involves getting up close and personal in order to inspect these areas frequently and even performing hands-on work to repair or remove the affected body parts.


Average salary with benefits and bonuses: $388,734/year

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 02:20 pm:

ONLY 92 PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CAN READ THIS - CAN YOU?

Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it. OLNY RSEPOT IF YOU CAN RAED TIHS. CNAHGE THE NMUERBR AT TOP TGOHUH, "ONLY __ PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CAN READ THIS...CAN YOU?" Go up a nmuber if you can raed it...lte's see how hgih we can get

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 03:05 pm:

Heh well reposting it here would be wasteful of space but up it to 93 for me. I've acctually known this for awhile as my cousin says that this is what he does when he speed reads and he's fast. You just have to be careful as some words are the same length have the same letters begin and end the same but mean different things.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 12:44 am:

mark me 94. and I guess 95 since I read it twice.

By Houdini (Houdini) on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 11:54 am:

Tomorrow we who reside in the United States of America will once again celebrate our national day of thanks. It is a wonderful time to celebrate with family and friends what we all have to be thankful for not only in our own lives but in the lives of others. It is a day to be appreciative of what we have and remind ourselves that many have and will have gone without the basic comforts of life that we so often take for granted.

By Houdini (Houdini) on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:03 pm:

I'm thankful for...

..a roof over my head.
..my family who love me.
..a job that I like 95% of the time.
..my girlfriend who cares for me.
..my friends who put up with me.
..my faith in a god who guides and comforts and caries me through the difficult times.

By Houdini (Houdini) on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:04 pm:

and also lev society..

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 09:29 am:

So am I the only one at work today? Had fun gorging yesterday how about you others?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 11:33 am:

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Yes, I may have put on some pounds for the holiday. But I am starting my New Year's Resolution early. That's right - Yoga will again become my new way of life.

I am thankful for family and friends, for having finally made it to my career of choice after ten years, and for retaining the ability to smile even when life gives you lemons.

Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 02:23 am:

I have a little bit more time off I hafta use before the end of the year... And so I thought "what better way to spend it than NEW YEAR'S! I will have off Dec. 28, 29, 30, 31, Jan 1, & 2... then off to work thursday evening, then off again Jan 4 & 5. I was thinking of hosting another hangout, but I know the holidays can get booked solid, and it is a little short notice (only 1 month in advance). what does y'all think?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 09:32 am:

Greyfox,

The last party you had at your house was PURE GOLD and I think it is safe to say it was the best party of this century. My holiday might be booked pretty solid - but let me look into this and get back to you. You have certainly listed a generous stretch of days here!

Sol
Who just this morning finished unpacking his 40K Apoc Ork Army ;)

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 10:56 am:

Showing at my house tonight: Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. All LEVers welcome! Contact me for details!

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 11:38 am:

Commands I learned in Linux today:

rm -rf *

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 11:55 am:

Are you helping the planet?

Strategy 3:

Save water. Run the dishwasher only when it's full, and don't pre-rinse dishes (a waste of time, water, and energy). But the real water drain is the shower -- take shorter ones (and take them together!).

See more!
http://lifestyle.msn.com/green/greenarticletkt.aspx?cp-documentid=4400069&GT1=10628

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 12:43 pm:

So I killed my MySpace Page - just to tell you all. It was Phished and I just don't have time to deal with that kind of BS. So I killed it.

Ah well, it has served its purpose.

Sol

By Houdini (Houdini) on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 12:46 pm:

Whats phished? You mean somebody put pictures of fish on your page?

not familiar with these cracker terms.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 01:03 pm:

Phishing is when a bad cracker tries to scam information from you like your userid, password, bank account number, and the like. Usually this is done with a fake page (such as a page that looks *just like* your online banking homepage or something like that. Type in your info, and BAM, you just got phished.

In the case of my MySpace Page, I assume they scammed my email addy, real name, and who knows what else by trolling my page or in some other way. Maybe they even got my MySpace password. Well, they will never be able to use it. Much like Captain Kirk at the end of Star Trek III, the Search for Spock, I have initiated the Self-Destruct Sequence.

Zero - Zero - Destruct - Zero.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 01:38 pm:

Totem Power Stones... cool! What's YOUR Totem?

http://www.myrootstobranches.com/topost.html

By Houdini (Houdini) on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 11:53 am:

LOL. Thats funny.

Mine would be a stone with a dollar in the middle.

Dollar. hehe.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 01:17 pm:

I kind of like the Hummingbird Totem - master of time.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 09:34 am:

I really miss you guys. And Fred, I miss you. Where did ya go??? Ya dropped off the face of the board!!! Am I going to have to go to drastic measures - like picking up a telephone???

Looks like!
Sol

PS - I miss my MySpace account. Maybe I will have to put it back up again. This time I might have to use the image of me-a-ninja as my Avatar.

Sol

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 09:43 pm:

Hey GF I swear one of the girls I saw singing on the commercial for this years American Idol was Sandy. Looked just like her.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 01:11 pm:

Maybe it was Sandy. Who's Sandy?

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 01:47 pm:

From the Holloween Party, she's Brents wife. She was Sugar to his Two-Face.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 04:30 pm:

Oh yeah, I remember her. That Two-Face guy had a great costume as well.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 09:39 am:

So I had this idea that everybody hates clowns. Well, now science confirms it... in a recent poll of over 200 kids, every SINGLE one hates clowns...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22685723?gt1=10755

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 09:53 am:

It's FRIDAY!

Alright.

Sol

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 02:03 pm:

Do you hate clowns?

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 11:09 am:

A lot of it.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 02:01 pm:

LITTLE KNOWN NAVAL HISTORY

The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers). However, let it be noted that according to her log, "On July 27, 1798, the USS Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum." Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping." Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum. Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November. She provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine. On 18 November, she set sail for England. In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchantmen, salvaging only the rum aboard each. By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, and though unarmed, she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home. The USS Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, NO rum, NO wine, NO whiskey and 38,600 gallons of stagnant water.

http://www.angus-cross.com/Constitution.html

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Monday, February 11, 2008 - 04:23 pm:

I'm sick. I'm at work. I am cranky.

...!!@@##??

Who can help me have the LEV spirit under such cranky circumstances?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 11:53 am:

Gar mt car door froze shut today - I had to go thru the passenger's side! Gar

Hope Big D is doing OK. I know he is listening to his Voice Mail because it has not filled up yet

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 11:23 am:

So hey everyone, I am feeling alot better and my cold has been leaving me. YES! The runny nose that has been the bane of me for the last 2 days has stopped running (good thing, too, I am out of Kleenex). I sort of expected to get a cough, too - I haven't yet - I hope I don't and just get better instead. No congestion in the lungs right now - I take this to be a hopeful sign.

I was pretty sad because I had to cancel D&D for tonight. However, it is for the best I think. Although I am feeling better, 9 hours of work and then 4 more running D&D is more of a marathon than I am probably ready for just yet.

Players have it SO easy! Lucky, lucky players!

Ah well, back to work now!
Sol

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 02:00 pm:

Glad to hear your feeling better Sol. I've had a sore throat, cough, and runny for the last two days as well. Feeling better today though.

Did you ever get a chance to pick up a copy of the 40K book? They are acctually reprinting so it's not as hard to get a copy as I thought. I've pre-ordered the next two books so that I don't have to rush out to get them. As soon as the others are availible for pre-order on B&N's website I'll do them too.

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 09:49 am:

I have not yet done it having spent much cash already on a big box of Orkses. I know I should really grab mine before it goes out of print or I will be sorry later! Houdini said he might possibly pick this sucker up and run a game in the near future. I wonder if he shall?

By Sol Hawk (Sol) on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:09 am:

So it is Friday. What about that?

PARTY! EVERYONE INTO THE POOL!

And a shout out to Gerrit - Congratulations on your (soon to be) new arrival!

Sol

By Houdini (Houdini) on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 03:53 pm:

It's March 14th.
Celebrate Pi Day 2008!

http://www.piday.org/


Pi is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535... Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th.

By Houdini (Houdini) on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:15 am:

Carbonated Beverages

For whatever reason, Americans cannot seem to come together on what the appropriate term for a soft, or fizzy drink is. Perhaps it's the fact that no such drink existed when colonists came over from Europe, so Americans had to independently invent their own names. Stories of miscommunication and confusion from tourists and travelers are numerous. It is worth taking a few moments to consider the American naming conventions of soft drinks...

In the southern US, stretching from New Mexico to Indiana, western North Carolina to most of Florida, all soft drinks are referred to as 'cokes', which to everyone else is the name of a specific drink - a Coca-Cola. A Southerner may want a 'coke' and get a Pepsi-Cola - the arch-rival of Coca-Cola. Of course, the same issue has arisen for brands like Kleenex and Band-Aid, whose product name has become synonymous for the kind of product itself.

'Soda' is a term in use throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and most of the Atlantic seaboard (excepting Georgia, South Carolina and parts of Florida which prefer 'coke'). There are also pockets of soda-speakers around the cities of Miami, St Louis and Milwaukee (and there's no easy explanation for why this term is preferred in these cities).

In Boston and New England, one term for a soft drink is often a 'tonic', which for everyone else is what you combine gin with. Of course, you could combine gin with any number of fizzy drink 'tonics', but that is for another entry. The term 'tonic' is fading out with time, and more and more New Englanders have adopted the term 'soda'.

Throughout most of the Midwest, from western Pennsylvania, through the Great Plains, to Oregon, the preferred usage is 'pop'. According to a huge survey across America2 the term 'pop' is a bit more popular with Americans than 'soda' (but only barely).

Some fence-sitters in the Western US prefer to call the drink 'soda-pop', combining the two most popular terms. This is a reasonable compromise, because most people would be familiar with one of the two terms. Of course, if the soda-pop is Coca-Cola and it's combined with some gin, just about everybody will be happy.


[Houdini's note: I'm from Central Upstate, NY and we called it 'soda'. Western Upstate, NY residents call it 'pop'. Is it a Midwest influence or is it just something in the water?]

By Houdini (Houdini) on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 02:16 pm:

Send me your good energy or happy blessings. I just sent off what I hope is my "resume of true destiny". A friend gave me a lead on a job which may dramatically improve my career.

U of R here I come baby.

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 08:54 am:

/Crosses fingers

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 10:00 am:

So I figured I'd let everyone share in my hatred of FedEx. I was supposed to get my shipment Tuesday but they for some reason changed my Zip code so I didn't get it. I called them and they fixed the problem only to send it to Bethlahem PA to be delivered. Needless to say I never got it yesterday. So as of today it's still trying to be delivered from PA. It's my BDU's and Boots for the camping trip this weekend and if it had been sent useing UPS or the postal service I would have had it Tuesday.

I mean this is the 5th delivery useing FedEx that they've screwed up in a row. I give them the same info I give UPS and they still screw it up while UPS has no problem. Grr I am so close to fileing a complaint with the BBB.

Oh and then when I asked why it had not only been sent to a facility MUCH farhter away but over a state line they said it's their policy and that they don't go by which facility is closer... WHAT?!

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 10:00 pm:

Let go of anger, my son, and you shall live a fuller and happier life. We are all just human beings and we walk the same path.

I hope that you will walk YOUR path soon in a new pair of boots.

Sol

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 09:06 am:

Oh I got em on Thursday afternoon and my Mom was told the reason I didn't get em on Tuesday was that the guy in Dover refused to deliver to our area.

Had a great weekend though paintballing was alot of fun.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 09:45 am:

Nice one, good work snagging some BOOTS man! Glad to hear that the campout was a success!

By Houdini (Houdini) on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 10:12 am:

I've learned that if you are going to go bowling for a company team building event, then it is best if you don't wear baggy dress pants because if you do.

You do what I did, have the pant leg slip underneath your rental bowling shoes as you are about to make a shot on the 8th frame (on a hot streak btw) and you slip and fall and twist the heck out of your right foot and ankle.

It's just a sprain but it hurts like a motha.

The good news is I did let go of the ball in time and I made the shot. It would have been worse if I had still had the ball in hand when I fell straight backwards.

Yes, my feet literally gave out underneath me!

I have a link to a photo taken after the incident.

http://picasaweb.google.com/steve.paraka/XeroxBowlingEventApril302008/photo#5195439900235345554

Ouch!

It was embararasing when I had the cute bowling lane manager come to file an accident report and she asked "witnesses to the accident?"

I answered "too many, I'd rather nobody have seen me do that."

I'm the talk of the office right now...

By Houdini (Houdini) on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 10:15 am:

Oh and the beer in the picture is mine. My boss decided I could "drink on the job" and bought me a beer after the mishap to "dull my pain". Which pain was worse I don't know, the "agony of de feet" or the wounding of my manly pride.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 10:42 am:

Now THERE'S a man who knows what to do to get beer on the job! Sorry to hear about the ankle, but what can I say? Even when a mishap occurs, you do it with Style!

By Houdini (Houdini) on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 02:51 pm:

Tony I do do it with style. I do everything with style. Mind you, I may be the only one who thinks my style is cool, but in my world, everything I do is cool and I can pretend that everyone else thinks so too. Delusions are awesome at protecting the ego.

You may laugh and point at me.. but my brain magically transforms your laughs and jeers into "damm bryan is cool i wish i could be as cool as him. Why wasn't god kind to me and make me as cool as bryan? Why god why? Bryan is the man. He's the original. Bryan is our hero."

Seriously, thats all I hear.

LOL

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 03:00 pm:

Dood, that's exactly what I've been saying. You ARE THE MAN!

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:01 am:

So yeah, Houdini, my new idea for a board would be a Simple Machines forum. I think this would make a GREAT new LEV board. You know, whenever you and I get time to try it out. As for the Discus, I shall lovingly relegate it to the Hall of the Ancient Lev so that all our shinnanegans will live on for eternity.

Simple Machines is the same sort of forum run by 40K online. The best part is that any user can start any topic any time - like the original VAX-LEV. Nice, eh? We shall have to see if it is possible - it requires MySQL (we have to see if CSH provides it) and some other prerequisites. But the setup seems easy to me.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:07 am:

So in other news, I am planning my Lord of the Rings walk this summer - for the first open weekend day I can grab! It will involve myself plus an adventuring party making the journey from my house (Hobbiton) all the way to the college of our youth (RIT) where we will go to the top of Sol Heuman Hall and throw a ring off the top story. Plans right now involve documenting the whole thing via cell phone photos which will go up on the net live (I am sure I can get a volunteer for that) as we make our way across the treacherous wilds of the world. To really do it right, we could even use the walk to raise money for the people of China. Of course, there would be LOTS of great places to stop and snack along the way. I also think it will be worth it for each person on the walk to get a hold of his/her own LOTR T-shirt. Maybe these can be bought online. Each member of the walk will take on the persona of a favorite LOTR character and will be allowed to read favorite passages by that character from the book at designated places on the walk itself.

I might even get the LOTR theme music to play on a Boombox as we walk.

More details on the LOTR walk on the way.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 11:34 am:

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Men: Views on weight?
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Which is more valid and why? Vanity vs. Health. What's the real scoop?

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 11:29 am:

Ya gotta love trying to concentrate on your work while suffering from a concussion.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 01:21 pm:

Dude, how did THAT happen? Are U OK?

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 02:37 pm:

Yeah I'm ok I was moving furniture around in my room last night and when I went to plug everything back in my lamp fell off the shelf above my computer desk and hit me in the center of my head.

It was a three foot drop and the lamp has a square base made of thick plastic.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 09:51 am:

Woah! That's what I call a WAKE-UP CALL! I am glad you are OK. Are you gonna go see the doc? A concussion sounds really serious. As does a heavy square-based lamp!

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:43 pm:

Nah there's nothing they can do other than tell me to get lots of sleep at night and rest dureing the day. The only reason they want people to be observed is to make sure the Symptoms don't get worse.

They aren't and I feel fine, if anything it's a minor concussion. Yes there are grades of concussions, and I was never knocked out so I know it's a very slight one.

The lump still hurts like an SOB though.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 03:27 pm:

It amazes me how thousands of dollars in insurance every year basically boils down to a return of: "go sleep it off. I'm a doctor."

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 09:04 am:

Well it also boils down to there really is no treatment for a concussion other than that. I mean if I went in with a brocken arm and was told the same thing I'd wonder.

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 09:55 am:

Yeah, 2 true. I am glad you are recovering, though.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 06:32 pm:

sorry I ditched sunday morning, Damien. I had a long drive & promised my dad I would make him breakfast for father's day

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 09:24 am:

You bum I hate you, I'm never gonna speak to you again!!!!

Heh, well as was discussed last night no prob.

Now go get Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries so we can form a clan and kick the butts of the Inner Sphere. Wait Jon's not gonna like that is he?

By Warsmith (Knight_Hawk) on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 08:58 am:

Ok How the 'ell (gotta love my attempts at British slang) did the bots get the ability to post in an archive?

By Houdini (Houdini) on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 12:45 pm:

Looks like one of our admins made an archive and forgot to disable message posting. Since I rarely bother archiving it would either be GF or Sol who forgot to lock the door when they left the building.

By I, (Ranger) on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 01:00 pm:

Bit of Trivia:

I have always liked Chris Guest, star of This is Spianal Tap, and The Princess Bride. I discovered something rather interesting about him and his wife, Jaimie Lee Curtis:


Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest was born on 5 February 1948. He is the son of Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest and Jean Pauline Hindes. He married Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, in 1984. Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest was educated at Stockbridge School. He was educated at New York University, New York City, New York, U.S.A. He was an actor, including the film Spinal Tap. He adopted Hon. Anne Haden-Guest. He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling, co. Essex [U.K., 1950] on 15 April 1996. He witnessed the adoption of Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis. He lived in 2003 at Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A. He lived in 2003 at Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
Jamie Lee Curtis was born on 22 November 1958 at Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. She married Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest, in 1984.
     Jamie Lee Curtis adopted Hon. Anne Haden-Guest. As a result of her marriage, Jamie Lee Curtis was styled as Baroness Haden-Guest on 15 April 1996. She witnessed the adoption of Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest. She was a film actress.
Children of Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis:
Hon. Anne Haden-Guest b. 1986
Hon. Thomas Haden-Guest b. Mar 1996

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Monday, October 06, 2008 - 04:36 pm:

Did you plan YOUR Haloween Costume yet? If so, what? Tell your fellow LEVers and spread the fun!

Sol

By Sol-El of the House of El (Sol) on Friday, October 10, 2008 - 01:02 pm:

The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was - and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Dad." We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you.

By System Admin (Admin) on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 04:48 pm:

Yep, just thinking about the good old times. LEV back at RIT. Really something back then. It's really funny how people seem to fall out of touch over time. I mean, we ALL used to hang out then. And little by little, groups sort of seemed to clique off, especially towards and after graduation. Frankly, most of us have just plain lost touch. You know, part of that is geography, some of it is lifestyle. People have their lives and get busy, you know? I'll give you an example. I went to the Nexus of Lev where I used to have websites for lots of the old crew. Now, there is only one left - GAK's. I paid that site a visit and he has a long list of friends and sites listed on his page. But you know, I tried many of them and couldn't find even one that was active anymore.

Who out there keeps the LEV?

Well, I'll tell you who. Everyone who is reading this for starters. But there are so many more out there - and they remember the good times, too, but where are they? They're in my mind, in my heart. In this way, they aren't gone. I tell you, sometimes, what I wouldn't give to see a few more of the old crew drop by this site and share a little time. The obstacle of distance keeps us apart, it's true, but I'd love it if the Internet could be that extra dimension in which we can visit no matter how far away we are.

You know, they always say, keep in touch with the ones who knew you in your youth, for they are the ones that know you best. I think it is really true. We are most ourselves when we are young. We have not yet built all the walls that adult life requires of us. Amongst other things, we become "respectable" and "professional" and "mature." Yet so many times, these things are made to cover up who we are instead of to show off who we are. They're defense mechanisms that help us in the World of Work and Family and Marriage sometimes. Old spaces, old places in us can shut down over time and we might forget.

But our friends won't let us. They remember. They encourage us to laugh and play like we used to. They want us to be ourselves. Ever hang out with an old friend and then find yourself smiling and laughing in ways that you forgot that you could? That's what it is all about. There's something that takes you back to a certain place and to a certain time. It is amazing how easy it is to find that place again.

For this reason, I pledge myself to keeping this site on the net. Because I remember what we all had long ago. If ever I had forgotten, that's all over now. Time to let the light shine through. My friends are my true family. And even if on this road, we don't meet in person again in this life, I will leave the door open and the way open online so that if not in body but in spirit, we will have the chance to meet again...

...and experience ourselves again.

Peace,
Solenoid T
2008