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Bells and brainmelt [message #45503]

Wed, 12 October 2011 21:01

Robin
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http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2011/10/13/bells-and-brainmelt /

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45504 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Wed, 12 October 2011 21:13

Catlady
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But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

Well, I'm happy to help. Smile

I asked for a gargoyle spindle's end (for Spindle's End) and a foogit on Pegasus because I particularly like foogits. Even if they're not actually in Pegasus. (And puppies on Deerskin. I assume everyone asked for puppies on Deerskin? But perhaps I'm forgetting the people who got fanged muffins and the Great Pyramids and three-story igloos and a wombat doing the polka in Deerskin because it would liven it up a bit.)

And feel free to do mine last...I have a Paper Plate Award nailed to my wall that says I have the patience of a rock...

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Wed, 12 October 2011 21:20

HorsehairBraider
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Location: New Mexico

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I read Rudyard Kipling when I was a child and was crushed to discover that he had died... I always wanted to meet him too.

And sorry about my writing; after I wrote that I thought it was horribly phrased but you know... Some people get paid to write, and some people don't. I belong firmly in the second category. Well, at least I'm good at braiding horsehair. Very Happy

_{They say princes learn no art truly, save that of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. Ben Jonson}

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Wed, 12 October 2011 21:46

Catlady
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Yes, but I, at least, am still laughing about it. There aren't very many things that make me laugh out loud, and you've done it. So thank you. Very Happy

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45507 is a reply to message #45504 ]

Wed, 12 October 2011 21:54

Aaron
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Catlady wrote on Wed, 12 October 2011 18:13

But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

Well, I'm happy to help. Smile

I think that this will likely be clear in my case but I hadn't thought it through. I don't really want to be known as the person for whom the most important book was the one written mostly by other authors. I could claim that it was the only way get get works by both McKinley and Dickinson in a single bid but the sad truth is that my lack of self control means that this was one of the few titles which I did not already own in hardback.

Catlady wrote on Wed, 12 October 2011 18:13

And feel free to do mine last...I have a Paper Plate Award nailed to my wall that says I have the patience of a rock...
And however long that takes, no problem.

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And however long that takes, no problem.
Oh good. I may need a few of you with that attitude by the end, when I’ve run through sixty-seven pens, four hundred and twelve A6 pads, and my eyeballs are frying.

I would guess that you can take this as read for most of the forum. Certainly the only critical timing from my point of view is getting the repairs done before you have to work out a way to to ring CWT bells by hand (one in each hand?).

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45508 is a reply to message #45504 ]

Wed, 12 October 2011 23:08

Audrey Falconer
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Robin,

But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

I'm willing to 'fess up... I asked for bats in belfry dedicated to "Ringers of St James" or something similar, a doodle of "Learner Ringer vs. Grandsire Doubles", and I've won Dragonhaven. And the doodle-licious Deerskin is MINE! Mwahahahaha!

It's YOUR fault that I have this stash of $1,300 that my husband and I earned ringing for weddings - because it's your fault that we took up ringing in the first place. We've always kept it separate in case we wanted to donate it back to our tower or something, but the tower has a healthy bank balance and a new set of ropes paid for so it won't need it. I'm delighted to pass some of it back.

I'm another in the low-priority list.

Audrey

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45509 is a reply to message #45504 ]

Thu, 13 October 2011 01:52

danceswithpahis
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[quote title=Catlady wrote on Wed, 12 October 2011 21:13]rticularly like foogits. Even if they're not actually in Pegasus. (And puppies on Deerskin. I assume everyone asked for puppies on Deerskin? But perhaps I'm forgetting the people who got fanged muffins and the Great Pyramids and three-story igloos and a wombat doing the polka in Deerskin because it would liven it up a bit.) /quote]

Why didn't I think of wombats polka-ing? Urgh!

"Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw!"

-- Lilo ("Lilo and Stitch")

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Thu, 13 October 2011 03:36

Feye
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But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

Behold the delighted winner of the illustrated Rose Daughter, which I've been dreaming about since you described it in the blog. Sadly that's the only thing I bought: I'm a starving college student, and as an art major I'm likely to continue starving for some time.

Which is, of course, how I justified spending several weeks' budget on Rose Daughter. It has art! This isn't frivolous spending, it's Research!

Too bad I couldn't quite manage to apply that argument to a copy of Spindle's End. Wink

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45511 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Thu, 13 October 2011 08:24

Stardancer
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Location: Florida, USA

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I bought a PEGASUS and asked for an Ebon doodle. Not terribly creative, I know, but it's Ebon. Also, it was kind of last-minute (and I'm not good at coming up with stuff under pressure) because I was steadfastly trying not spend money I didn't have, and then I looked at the list again on the last day and thought, "I am going to really regret not having bought one of these when I had the chance" and the even more key "Christmas is in...two months..."

So take your time, Robin! It's a Christmas present to me so it can go ahead and be as long as it likes Very Happy

P.S. I'm anticipating a couple of days where my family walks nervously around me because I spend inordinate amounts of time forcing people to look at my beautiful new signed and doodled book.

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45512 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Thu, 13 October 2011 10:24

AJLR
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and asked for a plain course of Grandsire Triples . . . which I still couldn’t get through without help.

But you did get through it. My heroine! Smile

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I’m looking forward to a certain dumb-struckness among the human acolytes, however, when I hand the cheque over.

If ever there was an occasion for a video clip...

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

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Thu, 13 October 2011 10:49

Birdreader
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Oh good, I also ask for a spindle end. I am also the one that wanted either a chalice or a bee. Put me down as willing to wait. I know that creativity takes time (and energy.)

Birdreader

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45514 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Thu, 13 October 2011 12:38

BurgandyIce
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And I have to say, I am really thrilled that Robin is still alive
::falls down laughing:: I hear what you’re saying, but you might conceivably have thought of a more tactful way of putting it. . . .

I'm glad you thought that was funny. Before computers and internet and growing up enough to think of Amazing Authors as Real People, it's hard to think of A.A.'s as alive and writing. I skillfully (not!) wrote similar thoughts on my newish attempt at blogging.

http://burgandyice.blogspot.com/2011/10/awesome-author-aucti on.html

As for who ordered which... I requested the Smug Narknon in The Blue Sword, which was a follow up to some small hullaballoo. Plus a random something with a teapot.

I would have ordered more (I drooled all over my laptop embarrassingly while debating) if the kids would have gone without shoes. I argued convincingly for New Arcadia's bells, if I do say so myself, and I'm happy with my orders, yet hungry for more. Perhaps this won't be a one-time thing? Good causes, and all that?

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45515 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Thu, 13 October 2011 13:42

PamAdams
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Hmmm- I've forgotten which book I ordered. It will have to be a surprise. I asked for a couple of specific doodles for presents and a couple of 'Robin's choice' to liven things up. Like the rest, I get them when I get them. If Peg II or hellhounds or opera* are demanding your attention, then so be it.

††† This is why people are not allowed in belfries when the bells are up, that is, mouth up, balanced precariously on their narrow ends, ready to be pulled off and rung.^

Plus The Nine Tailors problem.

*Your love of opera has actually gotten me to try a local amateur company's production of Il Trovatore. True, the Anvil Chorus was more like the 'pie-tin chorus,' but the singing was great.+

+Oh, no, now I'm catching footnotes!!

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45516 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Thu, 13 October 2011 14:09

Mrs Redboots
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About once a year I dream of meeting Kipling. Not Tolkien or E Nesbit or Edith Wharton or George Eliot or Anthony Trollope or William Morris or James Branch Cabell or Rebecca West. Rudyard Kipling.

Definitely. Absolutely, Kipling FTW (which I have only recently learnt is NOT a rude acronym, as I always thought it was!).

Mrs Redboots
I love my computer because my friends live in it!

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45533 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Fri, 14 October 2011 03:31

Susan in Melbourne
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But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

As a regular reader, but only intermittent contributor, you may or may not recognise an order from Susan in Melbourne as being from the forum.

I ordered 'Deerskin' as I already own everything else, and decided to go easy on you, and just specify "something doggy" for the doodle. Obvious and simple as I didn't want to fry any synapses.

(Although the polka-ing wombats today are fabulous!)

I had a PayPal account for selling things on eBay, but have never purchased using it before, and it was SO EASY. But I gather that Blogmom may have a somewhat jaundiced view of PayPal after the small delay at the end....

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45535 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Fri, 14 October 2011 08:26

Corellia
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I ordered two doodles: one for my sister, where I asked for something from the Damar-books or Beauty, because she likes those best, and one for me, where I put in some alternatives, starting with Ash and Flinx. I really wanted some doodlelicious books too, but couldn't afford it.

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Fri, 14 October 2011 08:44

anne_d
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Two doodles, me - bats in the belfry, and a smug Narknon.

"The creative urge can come out in any form: in embroidery, in... cooking, in painting, drawing and sculpture, in composing music, as well as in writing books and stories... the artist's inner satisfaction was probably much the same." ~ Agatha Christie

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Fri, 14 October 2011 09:37

ravenclawgirl
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I ordered a copy of Outlaws (my favorite... probably because it was first) with hellhounds as a doodle.

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Re: Bells and brainmelt [message #45544 is a reply to message #45503 ]

Fri, 14 October 2011 13:00

abigailmm
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Two doodles, ancient hellhound god for me and bat belfry for my friend the librarian. Wanted so much to challenge Kathleen for Tulku but I couldn't afford it. But I have another couple doodles in mind...

Speaking of math, I guess that your cautious estimate of the proceeds was off by an order of magnitude? HURRAY

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Fri, 14 October 2011 19:09

lenni
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abigailmm wrote on Fri, 14 October 2011 13:00

<snip> Wanted so much to challenge Kathleen for Tulku but I couldn't afford it. <snip>

And I didn't get it either. Sigh! But I'm sure that it's going to a good home!

Kathleen

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Fri, 14 October 2011 21:31

Gomoto
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But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

I'm a daily reader but only post occasionally (hampered in recent weeks by crashing computers - Grrrr!), and I bought the Rose's Daughter booklet as a hole-filler in my collection.

Looks like the auction was a great success and will make a fat contribution to the N.A. Bell Fund. Yay!

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Fri, 14 October 2011 23:55

Diane in MN
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I’m looking forward to a certain dumb-struckness among the human acolytes, however, when I hand the cheque over.

I suspect that the dumb-struckness will turn to squeees pretty quickly. What a great surprise for the bell fund--congrats for such a successful event!

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Sat, 15 October 2011 02:33

CathyR
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But all of you should realise I am dying of curiosity to know when any of the orders attach to some forum member or other.

Two doodles for me - bats in the belfry, and tea & cake. And a commissioned doodle of all the ringers at my tower.

What an absolutely fantastic success the auction has been!

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

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Sat, 15 October 2011 02:35

CathyR
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AJLR wrote on Thu, 13 October 2011 15:24

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I’m looking forward to a certain dumb-struckness among the human acolytes, however, when I hand the cheque over.

If ever there was an occasion for a video clip...

Oh yes. Can any sort of photographic / video recording be arranged? Will it be a special occasion at which the cheque handover takes place? It warrants so much more than just a quick "here you are" - "thanks" on a practice evening ... Smile

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

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