1190: "Time"

[Qalyar]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

[AionArap]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Aaaand history repeats itself, again...
The loopists are gonna have a field day with this one I assume.

EDIT: Although as Grand Mason of the Brotherhood of Sandmasons, I've kinda been Waiting for this. The Knights Temporal were always destined to become a suborder of our Brotherhood. It was just a matter of Time...

EDIT²: Now send me ALL of your money.

[HAL9000]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

[fhorn]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

I thought self-Knighting was ok as long as no one was watching.

[HAL9000]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

I thought self-Knighting was ok as long as no one was watching.

But you're not a real Knight until someoneelse has Knighted you.

[histrion]

Spoiler:

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

I thought self-Knighting was ok as long as no one was watching.

No, because of the whole loop-from-the-future thing that's called the sin of Onandonandonandonandon.

[fhorn]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

I thought self-Knighting was ok as long as no one was watching.

But you're not a real Knight until someoneelse has Knighted you.

'Tis true. *hangs head* In a fit of madness I chose my own Knightly title. I, Knighty Knight, resign in shame and will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies as penance for my hubris.

[Kieryn]

The sea level has barely risen at all, and yet Megan says that the sea is rising much faster than normal.

Explanation: Cueball and Megan are like the superhero "The Flash" in that they were able to construct the sandcastles, go for a swim, construct an observation deck, etc, all in a timespan of a few minutes.

We've always suspected that we were watching a story in slow motion (otherwise Cueball and Megan would have been building things at the beach for a couple of weeks now), but we never suspected just how slow.

Okay I have again been lurkin, however this post has prompted me to respond once again with a water level update:

(Spoiler: level up to newpix 647 is displayed)

Spoiler:

As you can see, the sea is starting to rise faster. It doesn't really look like a typical sinusoidal wave/tide curve but if someone wants to do a best fit for the curve, that might be a way to predict future rise.

[RobIrr]

He's off...

[StratPlayer]

We of the Order have no bureaucratic structure, so my opinion is no more lofty than any other Knight, but I believe that self-proclamation and self-dubbing are acceptable, provided they be done in the proper Time sequence, and at the proper moment in Time.

So I would think that if any of the Order of Knights Temporal has violated the natural order and retroactively self-dubbed through retrograde recursive shenanigans, then they must surrender their title.

And then, reaffirm themselves in the present, as the natural flow of Time ordains.

Plus, with the arrival of the Newpix...

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

...with Time having moved on, these original accusations of heresy are now in the Past, and as such, are no longer valid.

So, our Time-honored methodology of Waiting For It has revealed it's usefulness once again.

[The Bus]

The last few frames definitely make me feel like this is going to continue for a long time, possibly through the summer.

I'm also getting a feeling like they are two people out in the wilderness or in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Not sure why.

I like it.

[jjjdavidson]

The last few frames definitely make me feel like this is going to continue for a long time, possibly through the summer.

I'm also getting a feeling like they are two people out in the wilderness or in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Not sure why.

I like it.

Pretty darn well-equipped for a wilderness. Just sayin'.

[histrion]

Spoiler:

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

I thought self-Knighting was ok as long as no one was watching.

But you're not a real Knight until someoneelse has Knighted you.

'Tis true. *hangs head* In a fit of madness I chose my own Knightly title. I, Knighty Knight, resign in shame and will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies as penance for my hubris.

As the Archimandrite of Amicable Apostasy, it falls to my office to issue a detailed statement concerning the unnecessary sternness and accusatory nature of Qalyar's message.

Right now, though, I don't have sufficient time to pen an encyclical, much less have it translated into Latin, so I'm just going to say, Hubris magnus est!,and wag my finger non-threateningly.

[Corrado]

The sea level has barely risen at all, and yet Megan says that the sea is rising much faster than normal.

Explanation: Cueball and Megan are like the superhero "The Flash" in that they were able to construct the sandcastles, go for a swim, construct an observation deck, etc, all in a timespan of a few minutes.

We've always suspected that we were watching a story in slow motion (otherwise Cueball and Megan would have been building things at the beach for a couple of weeks now), but we never suspected just how slow.

Okay I have again been lurkin, however this post has prompted me to respond once again with a water level update:



As you can see, the sea is starting to rise faster. It doesn't really look like a typical sinusoidal wave/tide curve but if someone wants to do a best fit for the curve, that might be a way to predict future rise.

However, the time scale for that chart has direct relationship to the actual time that elapses from frame to frame. In some cases (trebuchet) several frame covered a few seconds whereas many frame covered more significant periods of time.

[kurukkan]

Could it be an animated png file? (look up APNG on wikipedia)

I'm going to have to shut it down in 2 hours, it's my work laptop. Guess I'll never see the end...

Another visitor!

Stay awhile.

STAY FOREVER

[Kieryn]

The sea level has barely risen at all, and yet Megan says that the sea is rising much faster than normal.

Explanation: Cueball and Megan are like the superhero "The Flash" in that they were able to construct the sandcastles, go for a swim, construct an observation deck, etc, all in a timespan of a few minutes.

We've always suspected that we were watching a story in slow motion (otherwise Cueball and Megan would have been building things at the beach for a couple of weeks now), but we never suspected just how slow.

Okay I have again been lurkin, however this post has prompted me to respond once again with a water level update:

(Spoiler: level up to newpix 647 is displayed)

Spoiler:

As you can see, the sea is starting to rise faster. It doesn't really look like a typical sinusoidal wave/tide curve but if someone wants to do a best fit for the curve, that might be a way to predict future rise.

However, the time scale for that chart has direct relationship to the actual time that elapses from frame to frame. In some cases (trebuchet) several frame covered a few seconds whereas many frame covered more significant periods of time.

Yes this is true. Hmmm. This means the water level rise in outsider time will remain unpredictable, however there is an obvious trend. I wonder if there is any way of using the water level rises to estimate the actual time between various frames, assuming that the rise is following a sine curve?

[BlitzGirl]

Quest progress: 229 out of 309 pages.
The Architect Age. NP 355.

After a good long coma, I resumed my quest and quickly found the second signpost:

Spoiler:

Quest progress: 100 out of 229 pages.
The "Wanna Swim?" Period. NP 176.

I have persevered past the 100th newpage of the thread of Time - yet my destination seems ever farther from me. Commemorating this moment with another signpost to my future self that I hope one day to see again in my travels, despite the fact that this post will only increase my journey.

Also, something about seminal coffee and/or bacon. This is a strange, strange Time period, my friends.

It worries me that my markers are now two posts deep. This journey is taking far longer than I anticipated. I hope it will not last for all Time! I despair at the thought of wandering through endless loops of signposts within signposts, forever lost in the past.

[lassehp]

DoOd! WTF? Where do you come up with this $#!+ ? Calm down! No one's going to crucify¹ anyone's son, Ok?

Hmm, I guess my brain is just wired that way. When I read this I immediately tried to interpret $#!+ as Perl...

/Lasse
(trying to catch up after coma, work, and pleasure - still many pages to go...)

[BlitzGirl]

Page 229 Addendum:

Preserved for BlitzGirl as she gets further in her journey: an ancient sign written in a strange script. If you translate the script, it says "abandon sanity, all ye who enter here. This be the land of strangeness and madness Reckoning."

And the coffee comments are only about to get wilder. You can't begin to realize yet...

It's not just that Time period that is strange, caffeinatedsemenbabycoffeebacon (or something) still keeps popping up in recent newpix, even over a hundred newpages later...

I alter my earlier statement: I despair at the thought of wandering through endless loops of signposts within signposts, forever reading of caffeinatedsemenbabycoffeebacon (or something).

[Whizbang]

[Roia]

There is a grave matter, a matter which I hesitate to mention, but which I am obligated to reveal.

Dieu Le temps n'est pas content, nous avons des ennemis de la foi dans le Royaume Château de Sable.

The Order of the Knights Temporal, long believed the most staunch and sacred defenders of Time, have fallen to apostasy, heresy, and obscenity! We have the sworn testimony¹ of several members of the Order that they have hosted secret⁴ rituals inducting members into the heretical Order in a manner contrary to the Command of Time! These apostates have received their title from "future selves" rather than--yes! I know it is shocking!--rather than waiting for it and joining the Order in proper Time.

I fear that there is little choice put to purge the Order with flame.<sup>6

1</sup> Well, it's not really sworn exactly.^2
2 But at least we didn't coerce confessions with torture this time.^3
3 Mostly because it's really hard to torture people on a forum. What are you going to do, link them Youtube clips of Nicolas Cage films or something?
⁴ Okay, they weren't really secret. You can just go back and read them on earlier pages.^5
5 Which is probably worse!!!
⁶ Actually, we don't seem to have any flame at the moment, so we may have to purge the Order with semenatedcancerbabyicedcoffee instead.
⁷ Reading unreferenced footnotes also fails to respect Time. Repent, heretics, lest an Inquisition⁸ come.
⁸ It's okay to expect this one, as it isn't Spanish.

Perhaps we should mandate confirmation of ascendancy to Knighthood by an already-established Knight, in addition to a self-Knighting.

I thought self-Knighting was ok as long as no one was watching.

But you're not a real Knight until someoneelse has Knighted you.

I'm a someone, and my past self who knighted me was someone else seeing as they have left never to return. Therefore, someone else knighted me! And I'm still a knight.

If this is not the truth by the Knights Temporal I am creating a new Knighthood which will allow any follower of Time to join it's ranks by the process of self-knighting. Henceforth, this Knighthood shall be known as the Knights who say "Wait for it".

[htom]

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

[Davidy]

The bible should be called The Babel.

From what I've been reading here, BABBLE would be more appropriate.

[fhorn]

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

I think that was originally threatened by Dracomax.

[AionArap]

Quest progress: 229 out of 309 pages.
The Architect Age. NP 355.

After a good long coma, I resumed my quest and quickly found the second signpost:

Spoiler:

Quest progress: 100 out of 229 pages.
The "Wanna Swim?" Period. NP 176.

I have persevered past the 100th newpage of the thread of Time - yet my destination seems ever farther from me. Commemorating this moment with another signpost to my future self that I hope one day to see again in my travels, despite the fact that this post will only increase my journey.

Also, something about seminal coffee and/or bacon. This is a strange, strange Time period, my friends.

It worries me that my markers are now two posts deep. This journey is taking far longer than I anticipated. I hope it will not last for all Time! I despair at the thought of wandering through endless loops of signposts within signposts, forever lost in the past.

Despair not, Oh Anointed One. The loops may seem endless to you now, but good things come to those who Wait for it...
Let the signposts guide your way along the winding road and never stray from it. We're all Waiting for you here in the present future and we'll celebrate your arrival when it comes. It's only a matter of Time.

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

Yes pretty please, with a cherry on top.

[SBN]

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

Yes pretty please, with a cherry on top.

Perhaps one of these will do:
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/hot-pepper-chocolate-chip-cookies

[spamjam]

[AionArap]

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

Yes pretty please, with a cherry on top.

Perhaps one of these will do:
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/hot-pepper-chocolate-chip-cookies

But but but, there's no cherry on top...

[airdrik]

Quest progress: 229 out of 309 pages.
The Architect Age. NP 355.

After a good long coma, I resumed my quest and quickly found the second signpost:

Spoiler:

Quest progress: 100 out of 229 pages.
The "Wanna Swim?" Period. NP 176.

I have persevered past the 100th newpage of the thread of Time - yet my destination seems ever farther from me. Commemorating this moment with another signpost to my future self that I hope one day to see again in my travels, despite the fact that this post will only increase my journey.

Also, something about seminal coffee and/or bacon. This is a strange, strange Time period, my friends.

It worries me that my markers are now two posts deep. This journey is taking far longer than I anticipated. I hope it will not last for all Time! I despair at the thought of wandering through endless loops of signposts within signposts, forever lost in the past.

Despair not, Oh Anointed One. The loops may seem endless to you now, but good things come to those who Wait for it...
Let the signposts guide your way along the winding road and never stray from it. We're all Waiting for you here in the present future and we'll celebrate your arrival when it comes. It's only a matter of Time.

I would like to invite all who care to join me in congratulating BlitzGirl, The Anointed One, in making it this far* in her journeyings:

Congratulations, Oh Anointed One. May the newpages ahead be filled with wonders worth waiting for.

* not that she, at the writing of this post has already made it this far, but that I find it worth leaving the congratulations for her to receive upon her reading hereto.

[htom]

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

Yes pretty please, with a cherry on top.

Perhaps one of these will do:
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/hot-pepper-chocolate-chip-cookies

But but but, there's no cherry on top...

There's also no hot sauce!

[elementropy]

The bible should be called The Babel.

From what I've been reading here, BABBLE would be more appropriate.

A fair point, although I might* point out that although the etymological relationship of the two words is unclear, "Babel" has been often used to mean "a collection of incoherent speech".

*I might, but will probably refrain from doing so.

[KarMann]

One of the Knights: The river is small!!!
The rest of the Knights: The sea is big!!!

This is the best ever!

The river is small!!!

The sea is big!!!

At the initiation ceremonies, the Knight is tapped on both shoulders, the following being said by the tapper:
1st shoulder: Flumen parvus est.
2nd shoulder: Mare magna est.

Then the tapper says: Quanta magna?
The initiate says, humbly: Nescio.

Then the initiate is signaled to rise as a full Knight of the Order, the entire body of knights gathered chanting the battle cry three times, swords drawn and held aloft.

Latin geek nitpick: Flumen parvum est.

[SBN]

... will go eat the hot-sauce laced chocolate chip cookies ...

Still wanting the recipe, please!

Yes pretty please, with a cherry on top.

Perhaps one of these will do:
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/hot-pepper-chocolate-chip-cookies

But but but, there's no cherry on top...

There's also no hot sauce!

Fine. No cookies then. I slave over a hot stove search engine, I tried to give you something you like, and this is the thanks I get?

[ChronosDragon]

This knight temporal biz sounds fun. At the risk of forming an unstable loop of virtual time, let me initiate the ceremony here in the past, that I may time-travel from the future to finish the job, and become a member of the Knights Temporal.

1st shoulder: Flumen parvus est.
2nd shoulder: Mare magna est.

Quanta magna?

Nesci - err...what's that? We've outlawed retroactive recursion-knighting? Curses! Now this trip into the past was for nothing! Guess while I'm here I could jump a little further back and kill Hitler. Anyone care to join me?

[elementropy]

One of the Knights: The river is small!!!
The rest of the Knights: The sea is big!!!

This is the best ever!

The river is small!!!

The sea is big!!!

At the initiation ceremonies, the Knight is tapped on both shoulders, the following being said by the tapper:
1st shoulder: Flumen parvus est.
2nd shoulder: Mare magna est.

Then the tapper says: Quanta magna?
The initiate says, humbly: Nescio.

Then the initiate is signaled to rise as a full Knight of the Order, the entire body of knights gathered chanting the battle cry three times, swords drawn and held aloft.

Latin geek nitpick: Flumen parvum est.

My Latin is rusty; mi dispiace...

I was probably thinking of "Old Man River" and assigning the wrong gender to "Flumen". How'd I do with the rest?

[histrion]

This knight temporal biz sounds fun. At the risk of forming an unstable loop of virtual time, let me initiate the ceremony here in the past, that I may time-travel from the future to finish the job, and become a member of the Knights Temporal.

1st shoulder: Flumen parvus est.
2nd shoulder: Mare magna est.

Quanta magna?

Nesci - err...what's that? We've outlawed retroactive recursion-knighting? Curses! Now this trip into the past was for nothing! Guess while I'm here I could jump a little further back and kill Hitler. Anyone care to join me?

Can't we just stick him in the cupboard and avoid any confounding regenerations?

[KarMann]

The sea level has barely risen at all, and yet Megan says that the sea is rising much faster than normal.

Explanation: Cueball and Megan are like the superhero "The Flash" in that they were able to construct the sandcastles, go for a swim, construct an observation deck, etc, all in a timespan of a few minutes.

We've always suspected that we were watching a story in slow motion (otherwise Cueball and Megan would have been building things at the beach for a couple of weeks now), but we never suspected just how slow.

Okay I have again been lurkin, however this post has prompted me to respond once again with a water level update:



As you can see, the sea is starting to rise faster. It doesn't really look like a typical sinusoidal wave/tide curve but if someone wants to do a best fit for the curve, that might be a way to predict future rise.

An obvious* point of comparison: the (in)famous hockey stick curve.

* well, to me, anyway

[StratPlayer]

<snip>
"Lupus magnus est! Lupus fortis est! Lupus deus est!"

"Esurientes sicut lupus" (Duran Duran)

Jeez, thanks for bringing back that repressed 80'ies memory.

Sorry...

How 'bout this instead?

"Lupus ad Luna" (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)

Thanks, that would make up for it.
And then some

EDIT: Although it has to be said, Rainbow sans RJD was never the same again

Missed your edit first time through, but I absolutely agree!

<age & location reveal> I was going to see them live in Royal Oak, Mi in like 1978 or so, but ended up getting sick and not making the 3-hour trip across state with my friends. Was very bummed at the time. </age & location reveal>

[silent_death]

I would like to invite all who care to join me in congratulating BlitzGirl, The Anointed One, in making it this far* in her journeyings:

Congratulations, Oh Anointed One. May the newpages ahead be filled with wonders worth waiting for.

* not that she, at the writing of this post has already made it this far, but that I find it worth leaving the congratulations for her to receive upon her reading hereto.

I would like to join you you in congratulating - although BlitzGirl is a Member of the Timewaiters.

Congratulations Blitzgirl, for making it here, through the long and perilous journey through the one true Thread - you are a inspiration to all of us, no matter if Timewaiters, eastern Timewaiters, western Timewaiters, Knights Temporals or Sandmasons.

[Roia]

Perhaps we should all put stuff in our signatures for Blitzgirl to read, so she has lots of encouragement. That way she won't get disheartened back in the past.