Ahira's Hangar

I just let the dog out for his first morning business, and it hailed on us. Just tiny hail stones, but still. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Feel like I missed a bowling ball launched by a trebuchet today. We had an ice storm this morning, but did not lose power, and now the ice is starting to melt. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Jeez you had to say that right after (A Feast for Crows spoiler) I read the threat of launching Edmure's child on a trebuchet into Riverrun! <i></i>

Hey folks, am back at last. Plenty of catching up to do, and plenty of pretending to work.

Hope you all had a good new year and all that stuff.

Good to be back.

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A sense of the sardonic preserves a man from believing in his own pretensions. -The Sayings Of Maud'Dib<i></i>

Good to have you back, Av!!! ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Well, we dodged the first ice storm, the one on Sunday morning - but the heavier one of Sunday night got us good. We lost power on Sunday night and just got it back about an hour ago! Yes, this is Tuesday afternoon! And it is winter in Michigan, and the weather has been throwing ice and snow at us!

Since I have a well with an electric pump, it is a huge relief to get running water again. I am waiting another hour, to make sure that the water heater has done its thing, and then I am going to take an endless hot shower!!!!!!!!!!!

Calibaby's buddy came over yesterday and hotwired the furnace to the generator. I have neen running outside every few hours since to refill it with gas. During the day that wasn't too bad, but it sucked at night since it was so dark and I was doing it by flashlight. I am pretty tired, and will be very happy when the buddy comes back over this afternoon to unhotwire the furnace, so it can run off of electricity again instead.

While this entire experience was a pain - there is still great beauty in it. It is freezing cold today, but clear as a bell. The trees are still encased in ice. The sun is shining on them and turning every twig on every branch of every tree into a prism. It is like everything is covered with diamonds. It is so beautiful that it hurts. It is nearly to beautiful to be in our world - it is as though the relam of the Snow Queen in the land of Faerie has briefly overlapped out world, and left some of its haunting beauty behind.


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Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Glad you came through OK. Sounds like quite an ordeal. But what a beautiful description.

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I did take some pictures, but will have to wait for the weekend to find the time to upload them... ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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I look forward to them. Saw the one you posted on the Watch.

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Bump to chat while we move! Hey EZBoard! *****
Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise.
Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i></i>

I just went back and read the first dozen or so pages of this thread.

I think we are somewhat different now.

Oh, and danlo? I completely forgot that you used to type numbers as shorthand for "for" and "to". Please don't ever go back to that. "Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?"<i></i>

I guess I should post to every thread on the site, since I'm the only one awake yet.

Don't worry I never will MsM! Hey Fist and duchy--this is SO cool! Yes I think we need to lockdown old Hangar and redirect, but maybe in a couple of weeks so I can get membership emails out.

Woo! New board.

Clearly, the first thing we need is more emoticons.

I gave Danlo the URL of my emoticon list; that would even include the naughty ones.

Hopfully he will get some of our old classics up soon, especially the ones named after individual members.