I wonder if Sarah Palin would be my running mate
I wonder if Sarah Palin would be my running mate
It's a simple word.
When we are children we are told to tell the truth.
We would get into trouble if we told other than the truth.
I cannot tell some people one truth and others another. I just do not remember. so its one truth or silence.
and I am rarely silent, but much more often than you think.
I have some friends who are disappointed in me because I have publicly spoken out about the Crappola I have eaten at the hand of a make believe Queen over the last 4 months. They believe that whats done is done.
Why bother bringing it up?
People who know me and know whats been going on have commented on how "grown up" my response has been up to this point.'
well your wrong.
My response has been based on blackmail and the threat of repercussion to those around me.
And now that threat is gone. Even if it rears its worthless head again, I just won't care very much.
The truth is I feel bullet proof most days. Bring it and I will deflect or block it or simply wear it if I have earned it.
Like some other supermen, my greatest fear and weakness: What will happen to people who have chosen to care about me when those against me know I am not weakened by petty crap? Will they become the targets instead?
This time people were base enough to target people who are close to me. My student, My friends, My barony. Telling them " did you listen to Master Fritz? Then this is what you get"
Do not pick on my friends & certainly do not pick on people who have chosen to listen to me, just because it is me.
The person who played this silly game is, I believe, a coward and a bully. The day she started her horrific gossip mongering she looked me square in the face and thanked me for something else. When I asked her if we needed to talk about something else she replied "Oh no, thats ok."
I find you and the people who helped you perpetrate these acts to be raucous cowards.
Tell the truth. So what if it violates law or is against the rules.
You did it. Wear it.
To the 2 friends who are deeply disappointed in me, I am sorry you feel that way. I really am. But if thay attacked you this way, I would be just as angry and would respond the same. In fact I did last fall.
Heres to Truth, now wait for me to start talking about Birds
and you, My Man at Arms: I love you, more than you will ever probably figure. Now get out of my Barony.
Since January I have been the recipient of a special kind of love. I tried to do the right thing, as I know it to be, and I got kicked for it. The Seneschal of a local group got removed, because he dared listen to me. In front of all the attendees at university, there were meetings held in a room with all open glass walls so people could watch as it was talked about. I could not go to a friends Peerage because I was told that SHE would ruin it for the person by sanctioning me there. Sorry Sunniva, thats the truth. My protege' has put her name in to be Baronial seneschal, the only person to do so, but she's my student so there ya go.
But thats ok....no one will care, its just Fritz. Our local Barony had been running very well up to that point. When our Seneschal was removed for listening to me, the risk was so great that the Kingdom Seneschal had to step in and appoint a special outside the group ACTING Seneschal, who was a friend of mine because he could control me. We are in Virginia, he lives in North Carolina. It was explained to me that SHE wanted to sanction me and that she had grounds....bah. I wish she would have. The Society president( Hi Aaron) was contacted and no charges were ever presented to him or anyone else. I am not so dumb as to not have proof of what I am saying
Heres the nut shell: I went to the Crowns and said" Person X needs help and heres why, they won't like it but I think its best." Rather than just dismiss me as a crazy loon and ignore me, The Crown I spoke to called the person directly and told t hem what I said, and that I was trying to destroy that person. Ignore that every word I spoke in the 4 minute conversation with her was fact, and that I have documentation to back it up. Ignore that I TOLD her that the person cannot see that there is a problem. Why would ANYONE go to someone and stick in a knife like that? Call a court of courtesy on me instead. Gather up the roses and call me out. Hell I will hand pick the Jury and I won't have a sympathetic ear in the room, and I would still come out clean because at the end of the day, I told the truth. Truth isn't pretty but it is truth.
Was I wrong to go to the Crown? I do not believe that I was. I felt concern for a member of my local group, and I shared it with the 3 people who could make it better. Will I do it again, almost assuredly not. It was so much more important to punish Fritz for "whatever" we can get on him" , than to help the person. This was a vendetta simple and direct.
In the same breath I was using the word Cowns I will point out that His Majesty Logan, who I spoke with 3 times during this affair was honest and true the whole time. A stand up guy who should get a lot of credit for his directness and thoroughness. He stands by the things he says and does. And thats good enough for me.
I would also add that Their Hignesses Kari and Sinclair are good folks who listen and review all the facts before they act. I am proud to have them as Monarchs. She is one of the funniest people I have ever had occasion to chat with and hope it occurs again.
As for Rowen, well I hope she got what she wanted, because some of us know what we really got from her.
I transposed some lyrics earlier today from the Wizard of Oz. I took them down because out of Context they may have seemed cruel.
I have been counseled to sit back and shut up and just wear this, that she's gone and its no big deal. That I have worn worse mud before and that this is not worth it. I have been told that to even respond lends creadence to what has been said about me. I am sorry if you feel I should just wear this and that I should take the moral high ground, but I am already covered in the mud and the Muck so I have no problem letting everyone know why I am wearing it.
dirtyI do.
and I can be an ass.
But I do not lie.
I do not omit facts so I can make truth look worse than it is and make it turn into a lie.
If you hear that I have told some glorious lie, designed to shake the fabric of the universe or hurt some one, do this:
Ask me about it, or, ignore it.
but don't spread it, because it WILL come back around.
You see, I know EXACTLY who I spoke to and if you did not talk to me or them, your the one spreading the rumor and inuendo.
Call me and ask, but don't screw around in cyberspace like a teenager.
I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Catholic so I want the Jesus question as a do over ;)
Now this is kinda funny
You Are A:
Neutral Good Human Sorcerer (6th Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength- 13
Dexterity- 13
Constitution- 16
Intelligence- 14
Wisdom- 13
Charisma- 16
Alignment:
Neutral Good- A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.
Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.
Class:
Sorcerers- Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.
yah you, cuz I KNOW your reading this.....
The word is autocrat. It has been Autocrat since we STARTED this organization and it will be autocrat long after your desiccated corpse has come and gone.
No where in the seneschals guidelines does it say that the seneschal HAS to come to every event? Why not you ask? Because the AUTOCRAT is a deputy of the Seneschals office thats why!
The word autocrat means person in charge. SINGULAR. Up until the event starts you can fire them. Is there a penalty to pay? yup you betcha, but you can do it
Event Steward is the title of the security guards who keep the peace at football games in the UK.
They work for months in advance, let alone all weekend. Give them the title that reflects the job.
Change the culture and enforce the rules, do not change the name and let idiots pee on your head and tell you its raining. The sheep that heralded this change are gone....can we go bacl to normal now?
and while your at it remember this....
If you really believe all this nonsense about how seneschals are powerless and just because you are in charge doesn't really mean anything, why don't you go read a people management book or 2. Hell why don't you go read the actual BY LAWS and our own Kingdom POLICIES.
You have to sign off on ANY new officer that turns over during your tenure. Not just sign but actually ENDORSE them. You do not believe that being the one with the final say is a position of power?
You do not believe that selecting autocrats based on skills not just on who raises their damned hand is notr a HUGE responsibility?
You are a Moron. Welcome to Bizarroland you deserve to live here.
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This note is for SUPER THOMAS:
I know it hurts, and I know that your cast is no fun. You are a REAL SUPER HERO and I know you can make it. Thank You VERY MUCH for protecting the cinnamon rolls for all the rest of us. Stay safe and keep being SUPER!
I had 2 cinnamon rolls with my coffee this morning :)
look here if you care about the rest of the story,
http://sunniva-kyrre.livejournal.com/756
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