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Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Oxygen, Oct 30, 2001.

  1. Cris In search of Immortality Valued Senior Member

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    Cris is my real name, but I have two other aliases at sciforums, can you guess who else I am?

    I also describe myself as a sciforums sophomore. I joined sciforums on 1/1/2000, yes, the first day of the millenium. I'm here to learn and this is nearly the end of my second year. In a few days time I can become a junior.

    I'm averaging around 12 posts per week and that reflects about as much time as I can spare away from my work, I wish I had more time, Oh well.

    My avatar is Thumper the rabbit. Rabbits are my favorite animals. About 10 years ago my three daughters and I built an artifical rabbit warren covering about a third of an acre of the land we had. The area was well fenced and protected. We then studied in detail the social habbits and activities of around 100 rabbits. I know a lot about rabbits but never found the time to write a book on the subject.

    Thanks for asking.
    Cris
     
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  3. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    I guess I missed this one till Cris brought it to the forefront. My profile pretty much explains it all. What would you use as a designator for wet1 other than a fish? The title pretty much reflects both my tendancy (curious) and the ability of the fish to wander over a large area though lots of fish are territorial and keep to one area.
     
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  5. Ana Registered Senior Member

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    hmmm....weeeeeeeell

    I must give all the credit to......my parents, doh!

    oh well, maybe I'm not as creative as I used to be but hey, I'm tired of people "stealing" my screen names and since hardly anyone uses their real name, I figured...why not?

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  7. fluxnumen Registered Member

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    fluxnumen= lucidly experiencing the indwelling divine spirit

    I made up the word for a poem I wrote, and have always liked it.
     
  8. Tristan Leave your World Behind Valued Senior Member

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    Its my name =D
     
  9. Dreamsa Dare to Dream! Registered Senior Member

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    Hello!

    My name here is Dreamsa:

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    I think dream is a grand word and also everyone got their dreams and me too!
    sa=two favourites words of me, something link to my real name, also it means San Antonio Spurs, my favorite NBA team!

    TIM DUNCAN

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    Best Player!!!

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  10. Robert Theodore Bundy Registered Member

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    I chose the name Robert Theodore Bundy because it resembles the name of Serial Killer Ted Bundy (Theodore Robert Bundy) And he is my #1 rolemodel/hero.
     
  11. Teri Curious Registered Senior Member

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    Curious

    Robert Theodore Bundy?

    I'm probably falling into a trap here, but I'll ask anyway - will you tell us why Ted Bundy is your number 1 role model?

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  12. fluxnumen Registered Member

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    rotflmao!

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  13. odin Registered Senior Member

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    Hey

    Chagur,looks like another job for your German Shepard round at Robert Theodore Bundys place!
    He might F*%k some sense into him!

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  14. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Brief explanation

    First things first: Chagur--the bright side is that you don't have to worry about breakfast

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    At least you bother to clean up afterward; look what happens to me, tracking yolk from topic to topic.

    Regarding the Tiassa: a tiassa is a mythical cat-like creature. Specifically, it is a large cat with bat's wings and I can't give you much of a physical description since I haven't much more like that. However, a Tiassa is a Dragaeran (elven) house of society, one of seventeen in the novels of Steven Brust, the most prolific name in my limited fantasy fiction collection.

    It would be silly of me to propose that anyone read eleven novels in order to understand the nature of the handle. But there are nine (I think ... Taltos, Yendi, Jhereg, Teckla, Phoenix, Athyra, Orca, Dragon, and Issola) in the Vlad Taltos cycle, which reads better than you'd imagine for fantasies about a human assassin in an elven world. In these, the central Tiassa is a somewhat shadowy figure; you don't see him until the fourth novel, and you rarely see him at all. Yet there are enough hints to his character that by the time the Khaavren Romances came about, readers pretty much welcomed this exposition. The Romances follow that very Tiassa, named Khaavren of Castlerock, through the Dragaeran empire and document his rise through the imperial Phoenix Guard from landless nobility to, eventually, Brigadier of the Guard. Though I'm not much on military ideas, Khaavren's personality is what makes him such a vital figure; even as a soldier with ambitions, he still follows the underlying notions of what is right and wrong: simply "taking orders" does not suffice. Two thousand pages of serial fantasy and a thousand pages poking Dumas provide remarkable insight into this character and, frankly, I think he's great. While I encourage people to read these books in general (especially the Romances, though the Taltos cycle fosters a sense of narrative familiarity that contributes to the story's attractive force), it's silly to advise that one do so just to understand a handle. However, beyond the briefest sketches, it is impossible to summarize that many pages of exposition in a reasonable post.

    Anyway, I've been through this before, and while I'm always happy to put my two cents in about tiassas, I figure those of you who have read this bit before are probably getting sick of it. Suffice to say that the following websites are convenient references:

    * http://www.dreamcafe.com Brust's website
    * http://www.omnium.com record label of Boiled in Lead, a band with which Brust has associations)
    * http://www.google.com/search?q=steven brust a Google search for Steven Brust ... that should do it
    * http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/107-8037326-0182931 an Amazon search for Steven Brust; there are text samples available for To Reign in Hell (unrelated to the topic at hand but worth its own discussion someday), Phoenix Guards (first of the Khaavren Romances), Dragon (Taltos Cycle), Five Hundred Years After (second of the Romances), Orca (Taltos Cycle), Agyar (vampire novel), Jhereg (Taltos Cycle), Freedom & Necessity (Victorian epistemological novel, Hegelian fantasy; written with Emma Bull), and The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (his most orthodox setting, and most personal exposition). Since I've just listed 9 of his 18 novels including those less relevant to the present discussion, let me please plug Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille, a classic sci-fi romp.

    But I could literally feed this information all day; it's the most cohesive set of influences in my pop-culture literary streak--sure, Bradbury can bury him, but honestly, what else can make me want to spend vacation time in Minneapolis in winter?

    But there's some explanation of the name. Believe me, I love to push this little corner of my Universe; thanx for the nifty topic.

    thanx,
    Tiassa

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  15. Chagur .Seeker. Registered Senior Member

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    Sorry to say ...

    Blitz, from Quada's second litter (they even have rules for naming registered
    'Schaferhunds' in Germany), is long gone odin. Decent companion though a bit
    nuts at times ... maybe that's why I liked him so much ... but I don't think he
    would be nuts enough to want to have anything to do with that character.

    Mother always told me to pick-up after myself, tiassa. Guess I did learn a few
    things from the old girl.

    Take care all.

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  16. Robert Theodore Bundy Registered Member

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    Why did I choose this name? Because Ted Bundy is just so handsome and smart. He's very clever and he is a pathological liar. It's not because he is a killer. HE is just so sexy in that suit and he is good at escaping from prison. Women loved him and I wish I had the same personality as him. He's just so wholesome and perfect.

    Everyone needs a role model. I suggest that every single person on this forum get one. It will change your life.
     
  17. Robert Theodore Bundy Registered Member

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    Actually don't you think it is kind of sad that there are so many men who prey on women and get away with murdering them?
    I've been doing a lot of thinking on this and now I can understand how hard a womans life can be at sometimes and in all fairness I think women should be able to get away with murdering men every now and then. That will just make up for all the bad things men do to women. That sounds fair.
     
  18. Chagur .Seeker. Registered Senior Member

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    Heck RTB ...

    For my daughter's twelfth birthday I gave her a neat little double-edged
    dagger with a sheath that strapped to her thigh and told her to learn how to
    use it because I never wanted to hear that she'd been raped and couldn't prevent it.

    Well, she never got raped, but it sure freaked out her mother. Oh well, maybe that's
    one of the reasons the marriage lasted only twenty-one years.

    BTW The daughter is a Deputy Sheriff, has been for quite a few years.

    Take care.

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  19. Teri Curious Registered Senior Member

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    To Robert Theodore Bundy,

    I've read a few of your other posts - I won't go into the links becasue I'm afraid of what I might find - and you really are freaking me out.

    What are you all about?

    Is it possible that underneath all this stuff you're saying, you are a nice person? or am I right to be afraid of you?
     
  20. Cris In search of Immortality Valued Senior Member

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    Chagur,

    You are priceless. I didn't do the knife thing but my 15 and 17 year old daughters are naturals with 45 calibre semi-automatics. And that definitely freaks out their mother. My 19 year old daughter can't deal with guns but is very effective at kick-boxing and just happens to be on the front-page of our local newspaper today.

    But you beat me, or did I beat you, my marriage only lasted 18 years.

    Take care
    Cris
     
  21. Chagur .Seeker. Registered Senior Member

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    Cris ...

    .45's are pretty big carry weapons for women. I'd suggest a .38 Auto, preferably
    a Walther PPK in stainless steel, carried with a Glasser or Hydoshock in the
    chamber and six full-jacked in the clip. At close range that combo will take care of
    just about anything on two, three*, or four legs.

    Take care.

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    *Don't forget those little old men using canes.

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  22. Oxygen One Hissy Kitty Registered Senior Member

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    Hey, Bundy...

    I'm willing to bet you're just going for shock-factor here, but if you really want to be like your role-model, Ted Bundy, remember that he's dead. Maybe you could start there and work your way backwards?

    I know, I know. Not very kind of me at all. So what?

    (I know, if I didn't want to know, I shouldn't have asked! Fact is, it's fascinating seeing where everybody got their names from, regardless of if it's something really meaningful or just an attempt to yank chains. Keep talking, folks!)
     
  23. Acerbus Wanderer of the Wastes Registered Senior Member

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    Acerbus

    from an online latin translator it means darkness ive had this name since about 2 months into my freshmen year of highschool(last year

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    ) i think its cool and if the translations not right well oh well its my name now. and it has lots of variations..acerbicrook,acerbianrook, etcetra... my email is acerbichumor@hotmail.com hehe
     

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