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by Peter Wimsey
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October 31, 2006

Ask A Wizard - Advice For Those Who Need Magic

September 10, 2007 07:16 PM EDT (Updated: January 31, 2008 02:41 AM EST)
views: 145 | rating: 8.6/10 (19 votes) | comments: 167

The Wizard has recently acquired, through perilous exertions and an astonishing exercise of wits, an amzing compendium of useful advice and spells.

 Not wishing to hoard this wisdom from those who may need magical assistance, the Wizard will entertain periodically, the mundane questions, desperate cries, or rude and insensitive remarks of those in need of Magick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments: 167

Taylor ~hopes no one forgets her!~ Blue Sep 10, 2007, 7:21pm EDT
HOw can I make sure I make enough money at the end of the month so I can pay all the things I need to?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:23pm EDT
There are only two ways to do this:

Renounce all the vain things that you want (Desire is the source of suffering)
OR
increase your income to the point that you no longer need philosophy.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:24pm EDT
Lots of folks have gotten rich by padding Pentagon contracts.

They have all been "forgiven", too.
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Charlotte Babb Maven-Fairy Godmother Sep 10, 2007, 7:24pm EDT
how can I make 3000 points this week?
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Taylor ~hopes no one forgets her!~ Blue Sep 10, 2007, 7:25pm EDT
That's no fun at all....

Another question...how can a become a popular successful celebrity gossiper?
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:25pm EDT
Sign me up, Peter!
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:26pm EDT
The fastest way that I have observed is to think of the most banal question that can be answered without thought -and which is hardly worth typing.

These migtht be:

What is your favorite muffin?

What color is your underwear?

Will Dick Cheney go to hell?
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:26pm EDT
Charlotte - you can give birth to a porcupine...or is that the wrong kind of 'points'?
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:27pm EDT
1. none
2. what underwear?
3. yes, most likely
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:28pm EDT
Celebrity Gossip requires an enormpous ability to think about things that do not require thought.

Do you like to watch the grass grow? You might be a candidate to critique the changing weight of Britney.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:29pm EDT
Taylor, have you considered becoming a gigolo?

With the right "credentials", you could pay all your bills. I know a nice gentleman, newly-retired, form Idaho who would love to meet you.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:30pm EDT
Eric, if you are consistently going commando, you are generating your own magic
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:31pm EDT
Definitely!
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Lydia O. Sep 10, 2007, 7:33pm EDT
oh mighty wizard--need a familiar? :D
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:33pm EDT
This article is the epitome of getting points for the thread rather than the content.

Who's Britney?
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 7:33pm EDT
Peter, how can I transform from a Frightening Icon into a Real Little Boy like Pinocchio, and live in Disneyland, and get lots of points?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:33pm EDT
Charlotte, the best way to generate lots of points is to stake out a ridiculous position without reference to facts, and to argue with people who actually know something about the subject.

If you are later embarrasses, you can delete the article and keep the points.

It is often done on Gather.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:34pm EDT
I need a familiar, especially a cat

I cannot type as fast as the answers are revealed
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:35pm EDT
...point well taken, Peter...heh heh heh
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:36pm EDT
Eric, Britney is a varmint from the state of dystopia. Her icon is a vacuum cleaner.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:37pm EDT
Kate - are you re-living your Miss America moment?
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:37pm EDT
Kate - are you re-living your Miss America moment?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:37pm EDT
Kate, there will be world peace when the lying is gone on the lam.
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 7:37pm EDT
He's descended from The Great Merkin, Kate.
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Borgie B . Sep 10, 2007, 7:38pm EDT
How do you increase ratings on articles .....
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:39pm EDT
Varmint, keep your Icon!
Pinnochio fell prey to sandpaper in a joke I heard a while back.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:39pm EDT
Varmint, you are living in the Magic Kingdom if you expect to get make-ever advice from a wizard.

We are notoriously untidy, bushy-browed, and constantly randy. Rather like goats.
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 7:40pm EDT
But Eric, I just wanna finally graduate from Kindergarten so I can participate in all the Name A Word That Contains A Letter games!
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:42pm EDT
Points are best increased by stubbornly sticking to an untenable position though seventy-four or more articles.

Charms to increase points are also effective:

1. Select a really bad piece of poetry, such a recent imitation of Whitman.

2. Memorize an egregious phrase.
3. Send a Mass e-mail lauding the especially infeliocitous language to everyone in each of the author's groups.

The deep magick of Gather rewards this with oodles of points.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:43pm EDT
...and the Lamb...lies down...on broadway-ay-ay-ay
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Lydia O. Sep 10, 2007, 7:44pm EDT
little cats reward it with bites on the ankles.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:44pm EDT
Kate, you have a dirty mind and are destined to go far in life, or at least to prosper on Gather.

When the Lying have gone ON the lam. I think that is it.

I may have dropped some pizza on the magic eight-ball.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:45pm EDT
Usually, I don't get to play in these point-gathering schemes, but I enjoy Peter's wit and the company he keeps.
I picture hearing his voice with a european accent, based on his elegant choice of teminology.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:47pm EDT
Varmint

A kindergarten experience is not required to participate in most Gather games.

Well-behaved St. Bernard's have been successful at most of the daily "name that annoyance" activities.

A recent survey found that household pets WERE the largest demographic represented on Good Morning Gather.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 7:47pm EDT
Ah, a fan of the band "Genesis".
The best albums were with Peter Gabriel..or was that Wimsey?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:48pm EDT
My voice, with an amazing range from the most silvery treble to the trembling bass -is most like my robes: silken and flowing.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:50pm EDT
Kate, you only lose your Miss America points when you post naked pictures of yourself.

Of course, you will then have sufficinet Gather points to purchase Disneyland.
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Elizabeth "I'm Pro-Accordion and I Vote!" B. Sep 10, 2007, 7:50pm EDT
Why is wizardry so popular all of a sudden?!!
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:51pm EDT
Because we have exhausted politics, religion, science, and reason, Elizabeth.

We have been disappointed in the foundations of the real world, and we look to magic and vote Republican.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:53pm EDT
I have not forgotten the challenge of the pretender, Mr. Wizard.

I blast him with my rod of power, I put a charm of incontinence upon him :-)
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:56pm EDT
Not ignoring you, I rock the boat.

The man in the picture is the projected desire of all the magic-less multitudes.

We are eagerly rushing to find the next wizard, and here I am.
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John M. Sep 10, 2007, 7:57pm EDT
Your Wizzardness--What is the different between Magic and Magick and is it related to the difference between Old and Olde?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 7:57pm EDT
You can build your own kingdom in East Tennessee, Kate.

I see the discovery of treasure, a totem of ancient power, and a clash in the current dynastic house.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:01pm EDT
John M, Wizards revel in the obscure lore regarding devination or derivation, whichever may apply.

The simple rule of old and olde is one of relative age.

If you are a crusty curmudgeon, some may call you an "old fogey."

But, if you are the eldest crusty curmudgeon, then you are the "olde fogey.'
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:03pm EDT
I am not sure what qualities you are seeking in "serfs", Kate, but there are several groups on Gather that are replete with fawning, non-thinking, sycophants.

Try any of the "true to yourself" or "truly be" groups for candidates.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:04pm EDT
A "trap", Mr Wizard. No such thing.

Anyone can see that you are already incontinent.

I see a puddle spreading around you.
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Clarke M. Sep 10, 2007, 8:09pm EDT
Peter,
What were you thinking when you invited this karma?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:11pm EDT
Lydia, you will be busy indeed if you are going to nip at the ackles of eveyone who offers extravagant praise to the mediocre works I saw recently.

My next article will be a similar homage to Whitman -and it will address the necessity of air.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:13pm EDT
Thought is the enemy of Magick, Clarke.

I am not thinking at all but dictating whatevber is revealed or otherwise pops into mind.

Quite a few self-help books were composed in the same way.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:13pm EDT
Ah, the more 'real' picture of Miss Kate...getting better every time, says the snake, fawning.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:15pm EDT
Yikes, I heard a story once about a fawning snake. Nothing good came of it.

Them apples were rotten.
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Lydia O. Sep 10, 2007, 8:16pm EDT
this stuff goes thunderingly, as if it could conjure demons... ;)
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:18pm EDT
Rikki Tikki Tavi?
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 8:18pm EDT
"You can build your own kingdom in East Tennessee, Kate."

Let's get this straighter, Peter.

I live in East Tennessee.
Miss Kate lives in Kentucky.

We are not interchangable or easy to mix up in any way.

She's a blond, and I'm a possum.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:21pm EDT
Few are asking for spells, so i will offer some.

To banish headaches:

headaches are the result of words of power left unspoken.

Select the most recent example of trivial and offensive ranting.

Write these magical words into an e-mail:

"You have wasted your mind, and mine. You will forever be at a loss for words"


Over the written message, recite three times: "I send this charm with the powers of Wizards"

e-mail it to the inane publisher.

Your headache will leave.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:22pm EDT
Yeah, but Kate could build her kingdom anywhere, based on her credentials, right?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:23pm EDT
No one could confuse a snarly possum with a depraved Miss America, Varmint

It's going to be one hell of a Magick Kingdom there below Bristol or Johnson City.
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 8:23pm EDT
Don't make me wrestle you for East Tennessee or Franklin, missy.
I bite blonds and redheads.

Sorry for making you a Kentuck, though.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:24pm EDT
Eric, did you steal the book of fawning charms?

I never suspected that Kate was hanging around to pick up serfs on this thread! :-)
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Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom Sep 10, 2007, 8:25pm EDT
Froggy the Gremlin, my mentor, taught me a little magic. It's malicious since that's the only kind he cared about. Unfortunately once I got too old to care about making girls' skirts blow up (not explode,) making tacks appear on chair seats at critical moments, and making tooth blackening ice cream the magic hasn't done me much good.

He was much better. He could exercise mind control and control the weather, for example. He refused to teach me any of the advanced stuff. He said he couldn't risk having a peer.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:26pm EDT
Nippy, the most devastating magick appears benign.

Do you know what hell Eric has entered when he became the serf of Kate?
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Michael the #2 Ninja Kitteh Sep 10, 2007, 8:27pm EDT
What is the difference between "Magic" and "Magick" ?
I'm gonna be royally pissed if I spent my hard-stolen dollars on the wrong ckrap.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:28pm EDT
Varmint, I have seen powerful charms exorcise demons.

There was once a huge-assed nuisance who has since retired that offensive image.

I still am blasted by the dreaded sparkling butterfly, however.
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Michael the #2 Ninja Kitteh Sep 10, 2007, 8:28pm EDT
Ckate: I'm thinking a possum ckould ckeep those ckiddies in line.
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 8:30pm EDT
I'm not a demon; I'm a marsupial, except when I'm not.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:30pm EDT
Michael, you are making this much harder than it needs to be.

The difference is "Special K".

What do you want every morning in order to have a good day?
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Michael the #2 Ninja Kitteh Sep 10, 2007, 8:31pm EDT
Now all is revealed. Thank you, Mastah!
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:32pm EDT
Varmint, you are the lovliest marsupial in all of Tennessee - and, if you say those words three times each day (I am the lovliest marsupial in all of Tennessee), you will soon discover a new totem to display your Magickal powers.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:33pm EDT
Do you go "off" every Saturdau at noon so people can set their watches, Kate?
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:34pm EDT
I was born to charm, having been brought up by a mother and aunt, I learned the 'ckraft' and use it to endless advantage. I have been known to have been pulled from my seat at a persentation of "A Christmas Carol" only to surprise the actors when I immediately took on the role of "Bah Humbug", himself, and out performed the actual actor performing the role...heh heh...I was in my glory at the applause.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:35pm EDT
I hear ya, Kate!
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:35pm EDT
I have been drive-by oned!

Now for a Wizard's Curse:

"Those who leave Drive-By Ones will shoot blanks, will forever be duds, will be wretched in their impotence."
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:36pm EDT
Every Saturdau...at noon.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:36pm EDT
Eric, are you younger than Dannielle?
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 8:36pm EDT
Great Wizard Wimsey, how do I get The Siren Kate to come all of 13.43 miles to meet me for coffee?
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:37pm EDT
You will have to learn to fawn. Ask Eric.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:38pm EDT
How the hell do you know somebody left a "1"
I have no clue as to that knowledge...but he/she can only present his/her IQ once anyway.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:39pm EDT
Nope, Dannielle is my 'little sis' under heavy protection from the Mob (me)
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:41pm EDT
Yeah, but you'll have to invite Mike to get good coffee.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:41pm EDT
It is the magick of integers.

When the quotient reflects an unusual number, such as it now does at 8.4, one devines that there were 9 votes of ten and 2 of one- to yield such a number.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:43pm EDT
You know that Dannielle has the protection of Wizards, too.

I asked because I have a non-wizardly interest in the phenomenon of the "charming child" and birth order and gender.
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Dannielle S. Sep 10, 2007, 8:43pm EDT
Peter Wimsey, Wizard of Gather, has conjured an enchanting comment thread. Would a Golden Hedgie be a good familiar? I might be able to find one...
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:44pm EDT
Ah, I don't pay much attention to algebra nor points...I have few points to even ponder. Having fun with this thread is a treat, though. I think we have already clocked 100 comments!
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 8:44pm EDT
That's true. We should get my friend Rachel C. in on this, too.
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Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom Sep 10, 2007, 8:44pm EDT
OMG, I thought you'd retired the award.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:44pm EDT
Dannielle, this effort may not merit the Golden Hedgie.

I recall the delight with which it appeared to adorn "The Book of Genesis" -which I was entering in the earlier First Chapters Contest.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:46pm EDT
Have any of these familiars ever gathered around a smoking cauldren together?

Would the magic be enhanced or disappear if we were to meet in space and time?
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Dannielle S. Sep 10, 2007, 8:47pm EDT
Ah, then you already have one. I just thought it might be fitting for our first Wizard. I think I gave one to our only God, Charles, too.

Nippy, all hedgehogs are retiring sorts, but can be charmed out into the open.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:47pm EDT
Hi sis!
I figured you would catch up with us, eventually!
I have been misusing my gift of charm here tonight, with an extra helping of 'fawning' to charm Kate into allowing me to act as a serf in her propsed "Kingdom"
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:48pm EDT
I'm confused...I always thought you were just 'the favorite' and that ended that debate
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:49pm EDT
Kate, so am I.

I am the third of four, but the first of the second "pair".

My parents, who did everything decently and in order, had a boy and a girl, observed an interval of several years, and repeated the process.

I was the charming child.
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Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin Sep 10, 2007, 8:49pm EDT
"Would a Golden Hedgie be a good familiar?"

Nope, we Goldens usually do not make good familiars, sidekicks, fans, hangers-on, groupies, crew, or Executive Assistants.
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Dannielle S. Sep 10, 2007, 8:49pm EDT
Yo, Eric! I see where you're already displaying proper chivalry by not divulging my age, bless your heart. Most knights received blessings from faeries and wizards in return for performing feats of heroism and bravery, so you just do your part and the charms are bestowed accordingly.
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:51pm EDT
I think you have taken yourself out of the "serf" category, Varmint.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:51pm EDT
What? Are you afraid they will find out you're underaged?
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:52pm EDT
oopsie!
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Peter Wimsey Sep 10, 2007, 8:54pm EDT
No one immature, under-developed, untutored, ill-educated, or unmmanerly is evfer permitted on Gather!
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Dannielle S. Sep 10, 2007, 8:55pm EDT
F'con, thanks for the clarification. Normally the GH is an award for outstanding achievement, but in this instance I was hoping to provide some Objects of Power for our Wizard.

Eric, nobody is likely to mistake me for any of the youth membership here.

Peter, Frightening Icon (aka Varmint) is nobody's serf. If you hang with her, it's strictly self-serfish.
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Eric (Don't Tread On Me) Spindler Sep 10, 2007, 8:55pm EDT
Redheads are cool. My maternal Grandmother was a redhead, and us kids had auburn hair like Mom's
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