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David Guinness

  • Lounge, The Re: The New YWS

    Looks well set-up. I'm there; screenname: David.

    May 16, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: Goodbye All and Thank You

    Thank you, Nate, for the effort and the love of writing you have put into the site. You have given a wonderful gift to the community, and we are forever ...

    May 16, 2006
  • Fanfiction Short Stories Re: The Thick Headed Hero of YWS

    This contains a bit of novelty, simply by the setting, but for all intents and purposes...has none.. :) (As Reicheru said) It ends too suddenly, without establishing anything, really. Using ...

    May 12, 2006
  • Art & Photography Re: Dagger and Scabbard

    As always, you're quite welcome.

    May 8, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    I'm about 28 pages in The Da Vinci Code (haven't had any time to read recently), and am about to start Septimus Heap: Flyte, the second book in the Septimus ...

    May 7, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: If You Had A Million Dollars...

    I would buy a nice house, a new computer, and Maya 7.0, donate a bunch to St. Jude's Medical, some more to youth music programs and education programs in my ...

    May 7, 2006
  • Art & Photography Re: Dagger and Scabbard

    It's not bad, though it looks a tad too flat, two-dimensional. You might add wider shading below the blade and handle. I would try adding a little more light brown ...

    May 7, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: How fast can you type?

    I tried "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", and scored 57 net WPM, 4 errors, 97% accuracy; I scored a great deal better than I expected. I remember a novice test ...

    May 3, 2006
  • Official Polls Re: YWS Needs A Mascot!

    Dragons are always good. Or a monkey, for Nate, or a pig, for Snoink. Maybe a glass of ale... Or not... I say an inanimate object, or one of the ...

    May 2, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: a treatise on fertility in goats

    Fascinating read. It reminded me of some of those spam emails I receive, except with a purpose. It also seemed to echo some of John Lennon's later lyrics. I'm very ...

    May 1, 2006
  • Research Re: Need help translating spanish :)

    Nice dagger! Except for the spelling! :) Well done, everyone! I was just coming to post that the "formatted" version would be "Camaron que no nada se lo lleva la ...

    Apr 30, 2006
  • Research Re: Need help translating spanish :)

    Nada is a conjugation of nadar- to swim- in this case, since we have "shrimp" from camaron. "Shrimp that do not swim [do something to] the cascade. Lolleba is almost ...

    Apr 29, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: British Sitcoms (Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Extras etc)

    I love Britcoms. Particularly As Time Goes By, Are You Being Served?, Keeping Up Appearances, Fawlty Towers, Vicar of Dibley... Those are the staples.

    Apr 27, 2006
  • Art & Photography Re: computer art

    Interesting effect. Reminds me of a ripple in a container of bubble-blowing solution...

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Randomosity Re: Tell Us The Last Thing You Said Out Loud

    Said to the cheerful woman at the one-hour photo pick-up counter: "No...'Guinness' would not be found under the letter 'N'..."

    Apr 19, 2006


I wonder if people felt the freedom in our culture to love louder, if they'd be quicker to say "I miss you" when the absence of someone is felt instead of just thinking it.
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