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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

SQLRNNR (1/15/2013)
Lynn Pettis (1/15/2013)
dwain.c (1/15/2013)
Thought I'd resurrect this thread which has now gone dormant for nearly 24 hours to say:
Woooohoooo!!! My 2000th post! Time to celebrate!
Good grief! Seems like only yesterday that I started posting to this forum. How time flies when you're having fun.
Congratulations!!
Did you notice that no one noticed when I broke 20,000?? (Not to steal your thunder!! 😀 )
Congrats thunder thief.

That should be Saint Thunder Thief! 😛

Dwain Camps SSC Guru Points: 86948 More actions · Answer 2

Lynn Pettis (1/15/2013)
dwain.c (1/15/2013)
Thought I'd resurrect this thread which has now gone dormant for nearly 24 hours to say:
Woooohoooo!!! My 2000th post! Time to celebrate!
Good grief! Seems like only yesterday that I started posting to this forum. How time flies when you're having fun.
Congratulations!!
Did you notice that no one noticed when I broke 20,000?? (Not to steal your thunder!! 😀 )

Clearly you're one of the unsung heros of this forum!

It'll take me 10 years to reach your current level.

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My advice:
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The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 3

dwain.c (1/15/2013)
Lynn Pettis (1/15/2013)
dwain.c (1/15/2013)
Thought I'd resurrect this thread which has now gone dormant for nearly 24 hours to say:
Woooohoooo!!! My 2000th post! Time to celebrate!
Good grief! Seems like only yesterday that I started posting to this forum. How time flies when you're having fun.
Congratulations!!
Did you notice that no one noticed when I broke 20,000?? (Not to steal your thunder!! 😀 )
Clearly you're one of the unsung heros of this forum!
It'll take me 10 years to reach your current level.

Took me a bit over 8 years, but I didn't get really active until around late 2005.

And there was that one year I slacked off while working on the Dark Side!

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 4

Congrats to both of you, Lynn and Dwain.

I'm ~~almost~~ over 9000!

Need an answer? No, you need a question
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MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

David Burrows SSC Guru Points: 65142 More actions · Answer 5

dwain.c (1/15/2013)
Thought I'd resurrect this thread which has now gone dormant for nearly 24 hours to say:
Woooohoooo!!! My 2000th post! Time to celebrate!
Good grief! Seems like only yesterday that I started posting to this forum. How time flies when you're having fun.

Congrats. Well Done.

You'll overtake me soon :crying:

Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 6

Anybody here going to GenCon or live in the Indianapolis area? I'm going to be at GenCon this year - in August, and speaking at the Cascade Writers Workshop (Portland, OR) in July. I'd love to meet up with any Threadzians in the area for a chat.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 7

Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Anybody here going to GenCon or live in the Indianapolis area? I'm going to be at GenCon this year - in August, and speaking at the Cascade Writers Workshop (Portland, OR) in July. I'd love to meet up with any Threadzians in the area for a chat.

I'd love to stop by and say "hi," but I'm expending my vacation budget for the year on Jamaica (132 days!)

So out of curiosity, I've always noticed the "Freelance writer: Shadowrun" in your sig. How long have you been writing for Shadowrun?

Jason

(I've got a first or second edition rulebook...)

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 8

Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Anybody here going to GenCon or live in the Indianapolis area? I'm going to be at GenCon this year - in August, and speaking at the Cascade Writers Workshop (Portland, OR) in July. I'd love to meet up with any Threadzians in the area for a chat.

We talk about going every year, but there's always a reason we don't go.

We are however, going to Worldcon in TX (Lonestarcon3). Will you be going to that?

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What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 9

jasona.work (1/16/2013)
Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Anybody here going to GenCon or live in the Indianapolis area? I'm going to be at GenCon this year - in August, and speaking at the Cascade Writers Workshop (Portland, OR) in July. I'd love to meet up with any Threadzians in the area for a chat.
I'd love to stop by and say "hi," but I'm expending my vacation budget for the year on Jamaica (132 days!)

JEALOUS! @=)

So out of curiosity, I've always noticed the "Freelance writer: Shadowrun" in your sig. How long have you been writing for Shadowrun?
Jason
(I've got a first or second edition rulebook...)

I've been writing for a couple of years now. 4th Edition stuff. Looking forward to working on 5th.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 10

Stefan Krzywicki (1/16/2013)
Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Anybody here going to GenCon or live in the Indianapolis area? I'm going to be at GenCon this year - in August, and speaking at the Cascade Writers Workshop (Portland, OR) in July. I'd love to meet up with any Threadzians in the area for a chat.
We talk about going every year, but there's always a reason we don't go.
We are however, going to Worldcon in TX (Lonestarcon3). Will you be going to that?

Not unless I get invited as a guest. My funds are pretty low this year.

I'll be working some Shadowrun stuff at GenCon and possibly on a few panels. Cascade I was invited in my capacity as editor / publication coordinator for Musa Publishing.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 11

Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Stefan Krzywicki (1/16/2013)
Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Anybody here going to GenCon or live in the Indianapolis area? I'm going to be at GenCon this year - in August, and speaking at the Cascade Writers Workshop (Portland, OR) in July. I'd love to meet up with any Threadzians in the area for a chat.
We talk about going every year, but there's always a reason we don't go.
We are however, going to Worldcon in TX (Lonestarcon3). Will you be going to that?
Not unless I get invited as a guest. My funds are pretty low this year.
I'll be working some Shadowrun stuff at GenCon and possibly on a few panels. Cascade I was invited in my capacity as editor / publication coordinator for Musa Publishing.

Rats. Worldcon is rather expensive as cons go. Next year is London and I'm really looking forward to that.

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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 12

Stefan Krzywicki (1/16/2013)
Worldcon is rather expensive as cons go. Next year is London and I'm really looking forward to that.

I really, really, really want to go to the London show if I can. I've never been to London (or England) and have always looked for an excuse.

EDIT: This is the Year of Shadowrun. Given everything going on (and my need to be visible for my writing career), GenCon is really the con I need to be at this year.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 13

Brandie Tarvin (1/16/2013)
Stefan Krzywicki (1/16/2013)
Worldcon is rather expensive as cons go. Next year is London and I'm really looking forward to that.
I really, really, really want to go to the London show if I can. I've never been to London (or England) and have always looked for an excuse.
EDIT: This is the Year of Shadowrun. Given everything going on (and my need to be visible for my writing career), GenCon is really the con I need to be at this year.

Sure, makes sense to me. Wish I could go.

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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

Never been to a GenCon or Comicon. Would like to give it a try if one comes close.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/16/2013)
Never been to a GenCon or Comicon. Would like to give it a try if one comes close.

Neither of those move very often, unfortunately. Comicon is SanDiego and NYC. GenCon is Indianapolis after moving from Milwaukee around 7 years ago.

Worldcon is the only con I know of that moves evey year. It was in Denver in 2008, so it'll be awhile before it gets back there.

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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
--------------------------------------
It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams