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FORKNI-L Digest - 21 Sep 2001 to 22 Sep 2001 (#2001-286)

Sat, 22 Sep 2001

There are 24 messages totalling 645 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Dance Series
  2. name for computer (2)
  3. fav fic and calling on computers
  4. Favorite fic (7)
  5. Computer names (6)
  6. Julia Kocich's ok
  7. testing
  8. Admin: Heading back for topicality
  9. When Darkness Falls Part 24/? (2)
 10. Hello?
 11. Character Themes

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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:25:16 +0000
From:    Lorelei Sieja <lorisieja@h.......>
Subject: Re: Dance Series


         Hi friends!  I'm sorry that the next installment of the Dance series
         has taken so long... I started a job outside the home and my writing
         time has been rather limited.  I've been working on the next Star
         Trek Voyager xover first, which I hope to post the end of October.
         I'm afraid the final story in the Dance series will have to wait for
         Christmas break?  I'll post news on my site when it is nearly ready.
         Forever Fan,
         Lorelei



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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:40:29 -0700
From:    "B. Stone" <STONEB@g.......>
Subject: name for computer

Hadn't ever thought to name the wretched thing.  The latest one (it was
up-dated over my vehement objections) is especially obnoxious, as it
does nothing exactly the way the other one did.  And the silly little
futuristic plastic stand threatens daily to slip off the shelf and
dump the terminal on my fingers as I type.  La Croix would be the
first name that would come to mind
(did I mention that it is platinum in color?), except that it has a
voice vaguely suggestive of a Russian emigre'e--a voice that startles
with its sudden,intrusive, "Sorry!  It's not my fault!  You have no
mail!"  Yeah, I suppose some people could mute it, but I'm not one of
them.  Still have to figure out how to protect against latest virus,
download Acrobat,install Soundmachine, and turn off the Spell Checker.
        B. Stone
        stoneb@g.......

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 00:34:50 EDT
From:    SFryar@a.......
Subject: Re: name for computer

Well...  Ol' Betsy (my 'puter) has a staticky modem for some odd reason, so
she's going to be heading for the shop.

I'm hopeful that she won't be in the shop too long, maybe a couple of days at
the most, so I don't want to be set to 'nomail' just yet...

Peace and love to one and all...
StephiLyn

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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:25:55 -0500
From:    niteluvr <niteluvr@s.......>
Subject: fav fic and calling on computers

I don't have "A" favorite!  So far I haven't found a fic I haven't
liked!  Even those who's subject I wouldn't normally go out and look
for, I have found their point of view or style makes the story
wonderful. I haven't been able to find my story voice, but I really
enjoy everyone else's.
As for talking to my computer--yup me too!  Some times I can repeat it
in public and sometimes I can't!  Our cars have names, but so far I
can't decide if my computer is Nick or Nat. Both are beautiful to look
at but at times frustrating to work with!  Cindy

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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:55:40 -0400
From:    knightfangs <knightfangs@h.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

It would have been nice if some of the writers of FK did the same.  You know,
for continuity purposes.  It would have saved a lot of grief on the list as
to what Natalie's birthday is and whether or not Schanke's mother-in-law is
alive or deceased.

Grace

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ith" <ithildin@o.......>
To: <FORKNI-L@l.......>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: Favorite fic


> At 09:20 AM 09/20/2001 -0400, Libratsie@a....... wrote:
> >I do have to admit the fic I'm most likely to re-read is my own! That
> >isn't an ego trip by any means, but I think every fanfic writer writes the
> >stories he or she would like to read.
>
> Same here :) Especially when I'm getting ready to write a new one. Since
> most of my stories are in a series (or two), I have to go back and reread
> stuff I wrote to remember what the heck I did write. I do my best to try
> and maintain *some* continuity! <g>
>
>
>
>   -=- Denise = ithildin@o....... = http://ondragonswing.com
>   -=- Vampires, Floth demons.... Do you know what is
>   -=- really, really evil? Tequila. ~ Cordelia ~ 'Angel'
>   -=- Dragon's Hoard Fic Archive http://www.ondragonswing.com/vortex
>   -=- Star Trek:The First Generation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ST_FirstGen

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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:25:36 -0400
From:    "Laura C. Vandivier" <lmc@g.......>
Subject: Re: Computer names

We run a consulting company out of our house, so all of our computers
and printers are on the network and have names.  The company initials
are gies (pronounced like guys), so we have names like wise.gies.com
(the main database server), lonely.gies.com (our lone macintosh),
silly.gies.com (used for gaming), fishing.gies.com and gonfishn.gies.com
(both mine!).    When we add more, I'm toying with ideas like youz, dem,
and doze.  Now, as for unofficial names used only in times of crashes,
well, I can't repeat those on a family oriented list.  :-)

--Laura

Susan Mutton wrote:

> Come on everbody own up who has a name for their computer. I haven't but my
> excuse is I am a Brit.  I will own up to talking to it whilst working.  Most
> of the classes I took you could find people muttering at their machines then
> looking sheepishly around. Then looking relived when I owned up to talking
> to mine at home.  Sue.


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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:51:26 -0700
From:    Michelle Black <mlp9@d.......>
Subject: Re: Computer names

My computer's named 'Fido'...long story.

*Back to Lurking*

~Cousin Michelle
NA, Lurker Extroidinare :-)




>===== Original Message From Forever Knight TV show <FORKNI-L@l.......>
=====
>Come on everbody own up who has a name for their computer.

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 01:38:22 -0700
From:    Ith <ithildin@o.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

At 02:55 PM 09/21/2001 -0400, knightfangs wrote:
>It would have been nice if some of the writers of FK did the same.  You
>know, for continuity
>purposes.  It would have saved a lot of grief on the list as to what
>Natalie's birthday is and
>whether or not Schanke's mother-in-law is alive or deceased.

That's what I'm doing right now is revising a story I wrote a few years
back. It had a flashback to LaCroix's past, and at the time I wrote the
story, I didn't have access to tapes. So, from memory -- faulty as it
turned out -- I thought it was ten years he was with Divia before he killed
her. Then I found out it was twenty! I'm finally getting around to fixing
that bit. But it means changing a big hunk <g> I'm staring at the screen,
pondering how to change it.

I should be in bed!




Denise * ithildin@o.......* Ith
http://www.ondragonswing.com
Dragon's Hoard Fic Archive
http://www.ondragonswing.com/vortex
Drop by to read, or to submit a story!

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:03:12 +1200
From:    Tracey Rayner <trayner@p.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

Gee, my favorite fic, that's a tough one there are so many good ones out
there.  But my current favorite is K.C's "When darkness falls" (anxiously
awaiting the next installment) apart from that anything from the virtual
fourth season.
ciao
Trace
_________________________
"I am what I am, and I don't think Betty Ford takes Forever Knight addicts"
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/trayner/FKsite2.html
trayner@p.......

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 07:34:48 EDT
From:    Marel Darby <Frostsaint2@a.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

ithildin@o....... writes:

>  I thought it was ten years he was with Divia before he killed
>  her. Then I found out it was twenty!

Okay. I've asked this question here before, and it was roundly
ignored. <g> So here it goes again -- has anyone an explanation of
why it took Divia twenty years to ... um... put the suggestion to
LaCroix? She seems a direct-action kind of gal, so why so coy for two
whole decades? <unwrapping the cheese> Was it the evil in the
tomb that provided the final impetus?

Marel

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:05:13 +0000
From:    Susan Mutton <susan_mutton@h.......>
Subject: Re: Computer names

Michelle is this anything to do with telling my printer to sit yesterday
when it went all strange.  Sue.


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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:03:36 -0400
From:    Lisa McDavid <mclisa@m.......>
Subject: Julia Kocich's ok

I asked Julia if she was ok at least physically, which she is. I doubt if anyone
in NYC and DC is entirely all right these days.

Anyway, she thinks she posted to the list after the attacks, so either I missed
them or we missed some mail.

McLisa

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 06:33:00 -0700
From:    Laudon1965 <Laudon1965@c.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marel Darby" <Frostsaint2@a.......>

> has anyone an explanation of
> why it took Divia twenty years to ... um... put the suggestion to
> LaCroix? She seems a direct-action kind of gal, so why so coy for two
> whole decades? <unwrapping the cheese> Was it the evil in the
> tomb that provided the final impetus?

Maybe it wasn't an idea she had from the beginning, but
something that built later.  Maybe with the passage of
time, her depravity increased.

Laurie of the Isles

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:30:03 -0400
From:    knightfangs <knightfangs@h.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

Too bad some of the writers weren't as dedicated as you and many of the other
fan fic authors.

Grace

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ith" <ithildin@o.......>
To: <FORKNI-L@l.......>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: Favorite fic


> At 02:55 PM 09/21/2001 -0400, knightfangs wrote:
> >It would have been nice if some of the writers of FK did the same.  You
> >know, for continuity
> >purposes.  It would have saved a lot of grief on the list as to what
> >Natalie's birthday is and
> >whether or not Schanke's mother-in-law is alive or deceased.
>
> That's what I'm doing right now is revising a story I wrote a few years
> back. It had a flashback to LaCroix's past, and at the time I wrote the
> story, I didn't have access to tapes. So, from memory -- faulty as it
> turned out -- I thought it was ten years he was with Divia before he killed
> her. Then I found out it was twenty! I'm finally getting around to fixing
> that bit. But it means changing a big hunk <g> I'm staring at the screen,
> pondering how to change it.
>
> I should be in bed!
>
>
>
>
> Denise * ithildin@o.......* Ith
> http://www.ondragonswing.com
> Dragon's Hoard Fic Archive
> http://www.ondragonswing.com/vortex
> Drop by to read, or to submit a story!

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 00:10:28 -0400
From:    Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Computer names

At 12:15 PM 9/21/2001 +0000, Susan Mutton wrote:

>Come on everbody own up who has a name for their computer. I haven't but my
>excuse is I am a Brit.

What operating system are you using? Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, and 2000 all
require you to name your computer. So do most flavors of UNIX and Linux.

Here at the Web Warren (home domain, home), almost all of our computers
have "rabbit" names. Our NT server is Ricochet, the mail server is hoppy,
the radio system is "ears" ("rabbit ears", get it?), Frank's main computer
is Bugs, his notebooks are silly and Buster. My desktops are portnoy,
marchhare, and moppsy, and my portables are Jessica and Lola...


Brenda Faith Bell       webwarren@e.......
Consultant, The Web Warren      http://www.webwarren.com/

arachne@w.......
bfbell@d.......

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:01:15 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Re: Computer names

Brenda wrote:
>>What operating system are you using? Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, and 2000 all
require you to name your computer.<<

Dunno how, but I managed to do a 'work-around' on that, on both Win95 and
98SE.  I managed to not have to log on and off with a user name, also.

Now if only I could figure out how to get rid of that silly Network
Neighborhood icon!

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Seducer, Ravenette, DarkTrinity, FK Pagan, Lacroixsforum
Abnormally fond of dead guys
stormborn1@m....... , http://stormborn.tripod.com/


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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:56:33 EDT
From:    Judith Lieberman <JudithL21@a.......>
Subject: testing

testing to see if my mail is working.  JudyL

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 11:05:40 -0500
From:    mclisa <mclisa@m.......>
Subject: Admin: Heading back for topicality

I realize that newcomers  -- and welcome, all! -- haven't had a chance to
find out about Forkni-l and topicality because we haven't been insisting on
it since the attacks.

We're about to start heading back. The rule is that posts have to be related
to FK. This includes FK fans, even if they're not members of the list..
We're a family. I'm still going to be lenient about things to do with the
terrorist situation

As always, if you're not sure whether something is appropriate for Forkni-l,
please ask.

To be sure we're clear: I realize it will take a while to get back on track.
I'm not going to yell at anyone or the list while we do it. It's simply time
to start back.

You're all wonderful in this situation. I'm proud and honored to be one of
the owners of this list!

McLisa (Lisa McDavid)
"That will be trouble".
Listowner, Forkni-l and Fkfic-l
mclisa@m.......

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:27:47 -0700
From:    "K. C. Smith" <tigrlady2u@j.......>
Subject: Re: When Darkness Falls Part 24/?

I had my second chemo treatment Thursday and am really sick and sore, so
I'm keeping my computer time brief.
I only had part 24 drop into my email box.  Did anyone receive parts 22
and 23?

KC Smith
tigrlady2u@j.......
"I've never met a chocolate I didn't like."

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:31:55 -0400
From:    knightfangs <knightfangs@h.......>
Subject: Re: Favorite fic

Maybe she thought her father/son needed time to make the adjustment to her way
of thinking.
Guess she should have waited a bit longer.

Grace

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marel Darby" <Frostsaint2@a.......>
To: <FORKNI-L@l.......>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: Favorite fic


> ithildin@o....... writes:
>
> >  I thought it was ten years he was with Divia before he killed
> >  her. Then I found out it was twenty!
>
> Okay. I've asked this question here before, and it was roundly
> ignored. <g> So here it goes again -- has anyone an explanation of
> why it took Divia twenty years to ... um... put the suggestion to
> LaCroix? She seems a direct-action kind of gal, so why so coy for two
> whole decades? <unwrapping the cheese> Was it the evil in the
> tomb that provided the final impetus?
>
> Marel
>

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Date:    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:32:57 -0700
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: Re: Hello?

Lorin chided me:
>> You leave us all gasping for the next one - and we wait, and we wait -
and now we know it's coming, and it's almost here, and we *still* have to
wait!  You've been taking lessons from Uncle, haven't you?<<

Yes...but not in denying satisfaction. <eg>  Not even Uncle is that cruel.

Ah me...my poor computer is nearly four years old now and has been in nearly
constant use.  Please wish real hard that she can be fixed, as I miss her
terribly!

and Marel wrote:
>>Not 'final', pretty please. Give us something to look forward to in these
melancholy times. <g><<

Gosh...<blush, blush>  Thank you, but I think after this installment there
won't be much left to say.  However--other stories will (hopefully) never
stop coming!

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Seducer, Ravenette, DarkTrinity, LaCroixsforum, FKPagan
Abnormally fond of dead guys
stormborn1@m....... or smolly4@q.......

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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:17:51 -0500
From:    Nichole A Knight <cdisiere@j.......>
Subject: Re: When Darkness Falls Part 24/?

I did, and they are good as always.

Nichole

"I am what I am, and I don't think Betty Ford takes vampires!"
               ~Detective Nick Knight/Nicholas de Brabant "Forever Knight"


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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:31:00 -0500
From:    Nichole A Knight <cdisiere@j.......>
Subject: Re: Computer names

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:15:50 +0000 Susan Mutton
<susan_mutton@h.......> writes:
> Come on everbody own up who has a name for their computer. I haven't
> but my excuse is I am a Brit.


For some strange reason, I coax mine with the name 'Baby' when it wants
to work slowly or not at all.  (Just don't ask why.)
It works, sometimes.

Nichole


"I am what I am, and I don't think Betty Ford takes vampires!"
               ~Detective Nick Knight/Nicholas de Brabant "Forever Knight"


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Date:    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:37:02 -0500
From:    Nichole A Knight <cdisiere@j.......>
Subject: Character Themes

What would happen if we decide to place a theme song with the characters
of FK?  (Instresting thought, indeed!!!)

Here's mine...(Just be gentle with me.  Feel free to add or change
anything.)


(Song....................................................................
.......................................................Character)
"Down
Poison"..................................................................
...............................................Natalie
"Real
World"...................................................................
.....................................................Nick
"Busted".................................................................
...........................................................LaCroix
"Loser"..................................................................
.............................................................Vachon
"Live Like
That"....................................................................
...............................................Tracy
"I Think of
You".....................................................................
..............................................Janette
"I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice
Scream"........................................Schanke



Nichole

"I am what I am, and I don't think Betty Ford takes vampires!"
               ~Detective Nick Knight/Nicholas de Brabant "Forever Knight"


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