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LoL. you may not. unless of course you don't mind if I say: "Yo Dawg, I heard you like reading about possesion, so we put some Pas in your Silk and some Silk in your Horn so yo…
18 Mar 2009, 02:43
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I guess it underscores the Babbie/Pig parallel, to some degree. Yet, I see no symbolic or plot reason for Horn in Babbie. Why, would a part of Horn enter Babbie? Surely it's not …
17 Mar 2009, 18:43
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while we've been talking about Babbie, what do people make of that Horn in Babbie concept that was thrown around years ago. Stu pointed it out to me. what the hell is up with th…
17 Mar 2009, 18:10
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nah. but maybe I should have. I've been accused of stirring the shit here before. probably won't be the last time. ~witz…
17 Mar 2009, 17:49
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That's how I took your post, and I thought it was an interesting insight. I didn't take it as a dis on Americans. Of course, not all of our families were even here during the wild…
17 Mar 2009, 17:43
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while we're getting all serious about the second amendment, steer yourself to youtube and check my man Weird Al's song, Trigger Happy, one of his best originals. http://www.youtub…
17 Mar 2009, 17:40
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Thought I was getting off topic with Alan Moore... I guess Silk's act of giving away slug-guns to his militia rings in light of the Second Amendment, though I'd have to agree with…
17 Mar 2009, 17:18
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You know, I was disappointed at the fact that Katie Sackhoff came across like a bimbo. Dang. What a wilter.…
17 Mar 2009, 16:50
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ha. thanks Stu. I'd have to clear it with teh Mrs, too. I can't leave her high and dry, we've watched this whole thing together. Very few pop-culture things we've thoroughly geeked…
17 Mar 2009, 16:38
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"V for Vendetta" is much more politically charged than Watchmen, in that "V for Vendetta" is making a case for anarchism, and distinctly critiquing the Thatcher era as fascist.…
17 Mar 2009, 06:26
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Dang, watching this "Last Frakking Special" I think you're right. they didn't know where they were going.…
17 Mar 2009, 05:46
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wow. thanks for the hot tip. is kneejerk politics the only lens to observe Alan Moore's work with?…
17 Mar 2009, 01:30
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That seems to be a remarkably common critique of Alan Moore. to my ears, it sounds something like "Another social critique that doesn't offer a alternative solution! Now you got me…
16 Mar 2009, 23:08
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I think the BSG story arc was planned. we'll see. this season is kinda hurting though. in other tangental news, (seems to fit as well here as anywhere) Watchmen was pretty frackin…
16 Mar 2009, 22:29
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RE: Terminus Est, "Her sheath covered most of her guard" ok, help, please: Not being very well versed in Swords, I've never heard of a sheath covering the guard. I thought they a…
16 Mar 2009, 22:19
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Yes, this jibes with me much more. ~witz…
16 Mar 2009, 22:14
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Nice, Jeff.…
06 Mar 2009, 21:57
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are you looking at PDF tools for the reason I would expect? ~witz…
05 Mar 2009, 02:55
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Hope that wasn't eating at you this long, Jeffrey. yeah, those ones on the shirt are much more in line and not very BSG looking. (also, BTW, not really feeling the last few BSG ep…
03 Mar 2009, 17:13
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Roy, thanks for justifying it with the text. great stuff. I agree about the significance this ship has linking Severian, the Autarch, and Ymar. I feel certain the face on that par…
18 Feb 2009, 21:28
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I thought the text was pretty clear about making them mirrored, yet flexible. Silvered Sails. I don't think they are rigid, and I believe we encounter masts with sails unfurled. I…
18 Feb 2009, 18:36
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Thanks. This is all really helpful. Since I always pictured a masted ship, and Tzadkiel's reinforces that concept, I suppose I'll go with a Ship under full sail, at an upward angle…
18 Feb 2009, 16:52
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Laughing out loud.…
17 Feb 2009, 19:54
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Good points. I'd forgotten completely about the sword as staff without it's guard. And yeah, I'm taller, but I wouldn't mess with Severian. thanks, ~witz…
17 Feb 2009, 19:39
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yeah, we had discussed this over curry. You're right about Severian not having been on Tzadkiel's ship as of that writing. Using the rising angle is not a bad idea at all, that's …
17 Feb 2009, 19:37
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Thanks for that. in the web references I saw, the Heraldric(?) uses of the term indicates flying, and usually shows wings. and then with the description of the coin "flying ship" i…
17 Feb 2009, 18:07
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I thought writing "wandering swordsman" might invite that objection. but, so, you acknowledge that this phenomenon would exist, just that it wouldn't really be a problem since the…
17 Feb 2009, 17:46
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more illustration related questions: """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Shadow 2: For my part, I had already adopted as my own the device graved in bronze…
17 Feb 2009, 17:44
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No, it's not a new subgenre, it's a costuming question. So, Severian's got this huge sword on a baldric, slung over his (left) shoulder most of the time. Too big to hang from a sw…
17 Feb 2009, 17:32
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thanks. during that scene, the shield wall of Nessus is visible, and has climbed almost half across the sun. something like that. It's still a stretch away from the sanquinary …
14 Feb 2009, 17:11
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Ooh. I like. thanks. cant make the show though.…
14 Feb 2009, 00:25
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Ha. NO KIDDING! Incidentally, I looked for those bands on With that name, they must be a total fanboy band emulating their heroes I suppose. SC3's mastermind, Trey Spruance was…
13 Feb 2009, 22:50
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I thought Cafe Du Nord WAS the Swedish American Hall. I guess there's more to it. Cafe Du Nord is a nice room. good call. and you know, there was a time I might have nominated my …
13 Feb 2009, 22:38
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anybody have a dark oubliette or dram shop to suggest for gathering? bars are only on my radar if a band I like is playing there. ~witz…
13 Feb 2009, 21:28
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Thanks Dan'l, Allan. I don't want to bore anyone with thanks any time someone makes a compliment, but I don't like to be rude and ignore such, either. I'm well familiar with baby-…
13 Feb 2009, 20:18
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ah, come on. we can have some beer and arm wrestle over this Christological question. :) Potlach. nah. never had heard of it. ~Mike…
13 Feb 2009, 18:55
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All right, I warned ya I'd be pimping this when the time was right. Finally, the band has their webstore up. http://www.orangetulipconspiracy.com/store.php My Monomachy illustrat…
13 Feb 2009, 18:19
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Lets. Tim Walters is SF too, right, or did I get my wires crossed with the other Tim? ~Witz…
13 Feb 2009, 18:11
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"Oh Scylla!" I think that moment in Short Sun, which I read last night on my birthday, was probably one of the best, most heart-breakingly joyful moments I've EVER had the pleasur…
13 Feb 2009, 00:44
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when I read Urth, I thought he had a fair amount of reservations and guilt. When he went back in time he lamented that he had abandoned the survivors. I agree that he obeyed and w…
11 Feb 2009, 21:41
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Regarding that post from the archives, I'll quote the relevant section: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 03:26:43 -0800 (PST) From: Mat…
11 Feb 2009, 17:49
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here's a telling bit I like, that led me to have form ideas about Sev/Christ: Claw I, first paragraph: "Morwenna's face floated in the single beam of light, lovely and framed in h…
10 Feb 2009, 22:47
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And Severian becomes more like the Pope than Christ, especially considering Roy's quote about the Conciliator's conciliation as a mundane and semipolitical one, as opposed to one w…
10 Feb 2009, 22:39
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I'm gonna have to read that. I was thinking, as I read, "hello, Allah is Yahweh" even though many don't realize it. then you mentiond the controversy of Tashian. Sounds like grea…
10 Feb 2009, 18:57
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Multiple Christs. I don't come to this from the current discussion of many worlds, many beings to be saved, but from the idea that there are subsequent, serial creations of a unive…
10 Feb 2009, 18:54
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I'm actually not sure of the difference. thanks for your explanation.…
09 Feb 2009, 20:28
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Matthew, I'm sure this will illustrate my ignorance in these waters, but... Isn't the notion of this Redemption that Christ achieved exegesis? Or is it textual in the NT? And isn'…
09 Feb 2009, 20:03
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Yes, I agree in that Severian does not embody the crucifixion theme. He does not make that kind of sacrifice, nor does he know who he ultimately serves, unless he takes Tzadkiel at…
09 Feb 2009, 18:14
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Quasi-Christ works right? can we agree on that? you guys have convinced me that, ontologically speaking, Severian ain't Christ. but: "A god's supposed to pull on a man just like …
07 Feb 2009, 21:39
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This is not something I was aware of. thanks. you know, it's good sometimes to blurt out your perceptions and misconceptions in public, because people are often forced to educat…
07 Feb 2009, 21:32
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