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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


Poetry and prayer are very similar.
— Carol Ann Duffy