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0|0|0|||1||As an aside%2C|Gryphon||12:56:28|04/10/2014|if you want your heart broken sometime%2C choose %22the Canadian Inuit experience in the 20th century%22 as a topic for a 400-level history term paper.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5Dthey%27ve a-given you a number and taken away your name%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||||RE%3A As an aside%2C|TheOtherSean||22:54:51|04/10/2014|%3Eif you want your heart broken sometime%2C choose %22the Canadian Inuit %0D%0A%3Eexperience in the 20th century%22 as a topic for a 400-level history %0D%0A%3Eterm paper. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ANo thanks%2C their plight was depressing enough when addressed in cultural anthropology courses I took.
2|1|0|||1||RE%3A As an aside%2C|Gryphon||16:51:40|04/12/2014|Meanwhile%2C for my other paper%2C I%27m researching British scientific and learned societies of the 17th and 18th centuries.  In the process I%27ve discovered that membership in the Royal Institution of Great Britain %28available to anyone who can muster the annual dues%29 comes with a postnominal.  To someone who lives 3000%2B sea miles from London%2C and as such can%27t attend any of the various lectures and events%2C it%27s not worth the %C2%A395 fee %28around US%24160%29 just for that.  I admit%2C though%2C that if I could afford it%2C it%27d be sorely tempting%2C just so I could sign my paper %5Bi%5Dabout%5B%2Fi%5D the RI and Royal Society %22by Benjamin D. Hutchins%2C MRI%22. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
3|2|2|||||RE%3A As an aside%2C|starless||21:42:51|04/27/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-14 AT 09:43 PM (EDT)]Benjamin D. Hutchins%2C Magnetic Resonance Imaging.%0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C it%27s as funny in print as it is in my head. Carry on.
4|3|3|||1||RE%3A As an aside%2C|Gryphon||21:47:34|04/27/2014|%3EBenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Magnetic Resonance Imaging. %0D%0A%0D%0AI have a mansion and a yacht.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DI don%27t have a mansion.  Or a yacht.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|4|4|||||RE%3A As an aside%2C|mdg1||22:15:58|04/27/2014|Do you have a spear and magic helmet%3F
6|2|2|||1||RE%3A As an aside%2C|Peter Eng||04:02:52|04/28/2014|%3EI admit%2C though%2C %0D%0A%3Ethat if I could afford it%2C it%27d be sorely tempting%2C just so I could %0D%0A%3Esign my paper %5Bi%5Dabout%5B%2Fi%5D the RI and Royal Society %22by Benjamin D. %0D%0A%3EHutchins%2C MRI%22. %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AHey%2C if I was employed%2C I%27d consider sending you a check made out to the Royal Institution of Great Britain just for the amusement factor.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AI probably wouldn%27t consider it with any seriousness%2C but I%27d consider it.
7|2|2|||1||RE%3A As an aside%2C|McFortner||02:11:57|04/29/2014|I guess I could start adding %22BSc.%22 after my name for giggles-and-grins%2C but who would understand it or even give a flying fuck%3F  I have a Bachelor of Science in Geosciences %28Meteorology Emphasis%29 but since I%27m on a medical disability it doesn%27t really do squat for me other than being able to say I managed to get it while fighting then undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder.%0D%0A%0D%0AMichael%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%2C BSc.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5DWhat the hell%2C just this once....%5B%2Ffont%5D
8|3|7|||1||RE%3A As an aside%2C|laudre||08:20:09|04/29/2014|%3EI managed to get it while %0D%0A%3Efighting then undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhich is pretty fucking impressive. Don%27t sell yourself short.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr %2F%5D%5Bsmall%5D%22Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately%2C it also brought mortis.%22%0D%0A - Kenneth Boulding%5B%2Fsmall%5D%5Bhr %2F%5D
9|1|0|||1||The Web of Context|Gryphon||15:40:29|05/07/2014|The paper%27s finished%3B I just submitted an electronic copy to the professor%2C and will be traveling to campus to turn in a hard copy tomorrow.%0D%0A%0D%0AFriday before last%2C I had to present a short talk on my topic and the research I had completed by that time.  During the Q%26A section%2C the first question I was asked was%2C %22What made you decide to study this topic%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI answered by saying that I have an interest in the Inuit which predates the course itself%2C and that I already had the primary resource I was relying on %28Valerie Alia%27s %5Bi%5DNames and Nunavut%3A Culture and Identity in the Inuit Homeland%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C and so the idea naturally suggested itself.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich was true%2C but not quite complete%2C and I can%27t help but wonder what my classmates and Professor Tijerina would have thought if I had gone on to explain that I%27d started researching Inuit culture and nomenclature%2C and developed a modest fascination with same%2C as part of the process of backgrounding the %5Bi%5DUndocumented Features%5B%2Fi%5D versions of Avatar Korra and her homeland in D%26igrave%3Bqi%26uacute%3B.  I suspect they would have been... bemused at best. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|2|9|||1||RE%3A The Web of Context|BobSchroeck||16:44:46|05/07/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-07-14 AT 04:49 PM (EDT)]%3E I can%27t help but wonder %0D%0A%3Ewhat my classmates and Professor Tijerina would have thought if I had %0D%0A%3Egone on to explain that I%27d started researching Inuit culture and %0D%0A%3Enomenclature%2C and developed a modest fascination with same%2C as part of %0D%0A%3Ethe process of backgrounding the %5Bi%5DUndocumented Features%5B%2Fi%5D versions %0D%0A%3Eof Avatar Korra and her homeland in D%C3%ACqi%C3%BA.  I suspect %0D%0A%3Ethey would have been... bemused at best. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AWho knows%3F  Maybe there was a %5Bi%5DUF%5B%2Fi%5D reader among them who would have been tickled to know they were sharing a class with you...%0D%0A%0D%0AEdit%3A  I have had the privilege of %5Bi%5Dtwice%5B%2Fi%5D encountering a stranger under non-fan%2Fnon-convention%2Fnon-whatever circumstances who%2C upon learning my name%2C eventually asked%2C %22Are you the guy who wrote...%3F%22  %28One was for %5Bi%5DDrunkard%27s Walk%5B%2Fi%5D%2C the other for one of my %5Bi%5DGURPS%5B%2Fi%5D books.%29  The experiences were both a heady blend of mild embarassment and not-quite-so-mild exhiliration...  and if you have not felt it%2C it is a sensation I highly recommend.  %28And which I believe you deserve to feel.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DGeeze%2C that came out a bit longer than I intended...%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
11|3|10|||1||RE%3A The Web of Context|Gryphon||16:58:13|05/07/2014|%3EThe experiences were both a heady blend of %0D%0A%3Emild embarassment and not-quite-so-mild exhiliration...  and if you %0D%0A%3Ehave not felt it%2C it is a sensation I highly recommend.  %28And which I %0D%0A%3Ebelieve you deserve to feel.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI haven%27t had that happen outside an at-least-tangentially-fandom-related context%2C but I live in fear that one of these days someone I have to convince I am a Serious Grown-Up Person %28in a job interview%2C say%29 will google me and Not Get It%2C and I%27ll end up spending the entire time trying to defend my life%27s work to the fandom equivalent of a censorious muggle.%2A %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C I%27d just like to note for the record that I managed to work a reference to several of my own original SWT characters into the paper%2C in a context in which I needed the names of some hypothetical Inuit for illustrative purposes.  %28I used Karana%27s family as the sample group in an explication of how family names were disrupted by the Canadian government%27s efforts at %22normalizing%22 Inuit personal naming in the 1970s.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%2A band name%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
12|4|11|||1||RE%3A The Web of Context|twipper||21:04:26|05/07/2014|%3EI haven%27t had that happen outside an %0D%0A%3Eat-least-tangentially-fandom-related context%2C but I live in fear that %0D%0A%3Eone of these days someone I have to convince I am a Serious Grown-Up %0D%0A%3EPerson %28in a job interview%2C say%29 will google me and Not Get It%2C and %0D%0A%3EI%27ll end up spending the entire time trying to defend my life%27s work %0D%0A%3Eto the fandom equivalent of a censorious muggle.%2A %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI found out several years after the fact that the office manager of my collegiate department lobbied against hiring me due to me being honest about the %27so what are your hobbies%27 question.  I had to explain to her during my answer what table top role playing games were%2C and apparently that made me far to weird to bring into the department.%0D%0A%0D%0AThankfully my boss was and continues to be a long haired%2C bearded Berkley hippy.%0D%0A%0D%0ABrian%0D%0A
13|5|12|||1||RE%3A The Web of Context|Gryphon||21:18:26|05/07/2014|%3E%3EI haven%27t had that happen outside an %0D%0A%3E%3Eat-least-tangentially-fandom-related context%2C but I live in fear that %0D%0A%3E%3Eone of these days someone I have to convince I am a Serious Grown-Up %0D%0A%3E%3EPerson %28in a job interview%2C say%29 will google me and Not Get It%2C and %0D%0A%3E%3EI%27ll end up spending the entire time trying to defend my life%27s work %0D%0A%3E%3Eto the fandom equivalent of a censorious muggle.%2A %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI found out several years after the fact that the office manager of my %0D%0A%3Ecollegiate department lobbied against hiring me due to me being honest %0D%0A%3Eabout the %27so what are your hobbies%27 question.%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C see%2C I%27ve had that dream.  It%27s my equivalent of the one where there%27s a test I haven%27t studied for and I don%27t have any pants.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
14|2|9|||1||RE%3A The Web of Context|Mercutio||23:46:41|05/08/2014|%3EWhich was true%2C but not quite complete%2C and I can%27t help but wonder %0D%0A%3Ewhat my classmates and Professor Tijerina would have thought if I had %0D%0A%3Egone on to explain that I%27d started researching Inuit culture and %0D%0A%3Enomenclature%2C and developed a modest fascination with same%2C as part of %0D%0A%3Ethe process of backgrounding the %5Bi%5DUndocumented Features%5B%2Fi%5D versions %0D%0A%3Eof Avatar Korra and her homeland in D%C3%ACqi%C3%BA.  I suspect %0D%0A%3Ethey would have been... bemused at best. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is true%2C but I bet if you%27d said %22I watched %5Bi%5DAvatar%3A The Last Airbender%5B%2Fi%5D for the first time last year and really really liked their knockoff-Inuits%2C so I developed an interest in %5Bi%5Dactual%5B%2Fi%5D Inuits%22 you%27d have gotten more than a few nods.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat
15|3|14|||1||RE%3A The Web of Context|Gryphon||00:15:21|05/09/2014|%3EThis is true%2C but I bet if you%27d said %22I watched %5Bi%5DAvatar%3A The Last %0D%0A%3EAirbender%5B%2Fi%5D for the first time last year and really really liked %0D%0A%3Etheir knockoff-Inuits%2C so I developed an interest in %5Bi%5Dactual%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3EInuits%22 you%27d have gotten more than a few nods. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DN.B.%5B%2Fb%5D %5Bi%5DInuit%5B%2Fi%5D is plural.  The singular is %5Bi%5DInuk%5B%2Fi%5D.  %28Technically %5Bi%5DInuit%5B%2Fi%5D means %22three or more people%22.  If there are two%2C %5Bi%5DInuuk%5B%2Fi%5D.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D