The Eternal
Sunshine Interview
This month’s initial
candidate, and my backup, both were unavailable. Fortunately the lovely and talented Karen Friedman stepped in to fill the
void!
What is your
name: Karen Friedman
What is your
astrological sign: Capricorn
How old are you
(exact or approximate): 41 until December
What is your
earliest childhood memory: Our apartment in Brooklyn- 3 years old
Describe your immediate family (present day): My partner Kika and 2
step kids, ages 16 and 12
What do you do
for a living: Quality Improvement in the areas of
Mental health
and substance abuse for an agency that works with children and adolescents
Where were you
born: NY, NY
What did you
want to be when you were growing up: A writer
Douglas Kent - So you wanted to be a
writer growing up. Did you ever try to make that a reality, or attempt to get
anything published?
Karen Friedman - I wrote a few very short novellas but quickly
branched into other areas. I had a very strong need for a steady paycheck and
consistency- so if someone gave me a salary to write, I would have done more of
that. Instead, I channelled the same creativity into weekend projects- stained
glass, animations, etc.
Douglas Kent - Quality Improvement seems a
very technical term. Could you describe for us what you actually do all day
(without making it seem like a scene from Office Space)?
Karen Friedman - I write policies, responsible for agency
accreditations and licensures. The agency website, a food quality program
(residential facilities feed kids), trainings, file reviews. I basically go
from program to program trouble shooting and working with them to improve their
functions. Last week, for example, I made a cartoon animation because the kids
in one of the program's are developmentally disabled and didn't have the
ability to understand our youth handbook. So, while quality improvement sounds
dry- there is a lot of room for creativity.
Douglas Kent - What pushed you in the
direction of mental health and substance abuse, or was that simply what was
available for you at the time?
Karen Friedman - In college, I found Sociology and everything made
sense (how the world works, how people behave) but I had no interest in being
in academic. Like you, I had a pretty messed up childhood (early death of
mother and aunts, several blended step families, parent with a personality
disorder) and I was also depressed as a child. So depressed, they actually
thought I was retarded. In Jr. High, puberty, like many depressed children-
those hormones actually helped me. Without the depression, I was
suddenly....different. I caught up on all the school work and was suddenly
"bright". They actually gave me an award in Junior High for going
from basic to honors in three years. Mr. Schaffer asked me what anyone might
have said that turned me around- and that question followed me my whole life.
So there I was, loving sociology, but wanting to apply it. Social Work became
the answer. Also, I was only 21 when I got my BA and didn't feel ready to be
fully adult- so I got my MSW first :)
Douglas Kent - You've always been very
creative. What has been your most ambitious project that you were able to
complete?
Karen Friedman - My most ambitious projects- I taught myself
websites and cartoon animations...and stained glass....and I put down all the
flooring in my house. Basically, since I was a child, I have enjoyed finding
something of interest, teaching myself to do it, and then trying to master it.
So I have projects in so many areas, I have a hard time choosing.
Douglas Kent - What about your love of
motorcycles? I've seen your photos, so I know you must enjoy riding. What kind
or kinds do you own? Take any long trips that way?
Karen Friedman - I own a Harley Sportster 1200- I also have a
Yamaha V Star, but my partner rides it now. I am actually being highlighted
this month by Tallahassee Woman- it's about my motorcycle group- the Chrome
Divas and our Breast Cancer charity work. It should be coming out Oct 1.
Douglas Kent - That's quite a commendation to be featured in
Tallahassee Woman. Why don't you give us some details on the charity work they
do?
Karen Friedman - The Chrome Divas is a national organization- I am an Officer with the
local chapter. The group is women who ride and do charity. Our big event is the
Breast Cancer Poker run. We have raised over $180,000 for local Tallahassee
groups. One of the coolest things we do: Post mastectomy- and every three years
thereafter, women who have had mastectomy need bras and prosthesis- we are able
to fully fund 60 women per year ($1000 per person)- we cover everything they
need. What is so awesome is that these are women here in our community and we
can make this work for them. It's one thing to give money to some huge group
with salaries, etc- this is funding going to the woman down the street who
can't afford what she needs and here it is for her.
Douglas
Kent - Is it true that you knew
Doug back in high school? Do you think he is about the same now as he was back
then?
Can you give us three reasons you never dated him?
Karen Friedman - I knew Doug back in high school and I think he, like all of us, is
essentially the same as he is now, but, has the love and support that everybody
needs. Three reasons I never dated him:
1. He was in a
long term relationship
2. Note: I am a lesbian
3. Oh yeah, that pesky lesbian thing. If we did date, we would have been
extremely good friends, because that was the hallmark of all my relationships
with men anyway.
Douglas Kent - Do you find acceptance (in
general) in the Talahassee area being in a lesbian partnership?
Karen Friedman – Tallahassee is accepting, yes.
Douglas
Kent - Do you have any special
secrets to how you've kept yourself looking so good and so young? I know you're
more fit now at this stage of your life, but honestly you still look like
you're in your early 20's facially.
Karen Friedman - All exercise and diet- not much of a secret ;)
Douglas
Kent - Is it true that you CHOSE
to be a lesbian, and that this choice was specifically to avoid dating Doug?
Karen Friedman - Hmmm, I don't recall Doug being all that into
me.....
Douglas
Kent - Let's move on to a few
light topics to wind things down...first of all, how about five of your
favorite albums currently (they can be recent or old...we're not young enough
in our age bracket to call them anything but albums).
Karen Friedman - Pink Floyd, The Wall; The Beatles, Sergeant Pepper’s;
The Cure, Standing at the Beach Staring at the Sea; ok go, ok go; Modest Mouse,
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
But, to be honest, in the past 10 few years I have become enamored with music
over the internet. I never buy albums, I get my music online, so I buy
different songs, never the albums.....
Douglas Kent - Okay then, let's get 5 of
your favorite songs of the moment as well.
And while we're at it, your five favorite films of the last 10
years...and your five favorite books of the last ten years!
Karen Friedman - Songs of the moment: Metric- Help I'm Alive; White
Rabbit- Percussion Gun; Vampire Weekend- White Sky; Temper Trap- Sweet
Disposition; Phoenix- Lasso.
Favorite Films:
Inception, The 6th sense, Gattica, Juno, Royal Tennenbaums
Books: Wicked
(Gregory Maguire); Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen); The curious incident of
the dog in the night (Mark Haddon), Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris), The
Truth Machine (Halperin).
Douglas Kent - Anything else you'd like
to tell our unworthy readership?
Karen Friedman - Can't think of a thing.
So how
about some of you readers give me nominees or contacts for future interviews?
Andy York: The
"You Don't Know Me" bit was interesting - keep it!
[[I’ll
do so as long as I can continue finding people to interview!]]
Kevin Wilson: In By Popular Demand, I almost said On Golden Pond for
#3. It was a toss up between that and It’s a Wonderful Life. I
guessed wrong. Way wrong. For the event, a wedding occurred to me
but for some reason I thought it was prohibited. Where I got that, I
haven’t a clue. That’s an awful big deficit to close. At least we
have 9 more rounds.
Martin Burgdorf: Comment on the last
category in By Popular Demand…the same category appeared already in Eternal
Sunshine 8: “A planet in our galaxy other than
Earth.” I made then the comment that no
planet is known outside of our Galaxy, but this was never printed.
[[Well that’s a different category then, isn’t it? This time Earth is included. And the Galaxy part I put in because I didn’t
want people giving fictional planets…but they are permitted this time.]]
Paraic Reddington: A note to Paul Milewski on the art (or lack
thereof) of polite communication:
Paul, you are absolutely correct. With
the relentless pursuit of candour and 'plainspeak'* in general communication,
civility seems to have disappeared. 'Please' and 'thank you' have gone the way
of 'I should be very grateful' and 'if you could...it would be much
appreciated'. Even the simple 'Yours faithfully' or 'Yours sincerely' were
abbreviated to just 'Yours' and now are often left out (or who knows maybe even
replaced with 'Up yours'). Nowadays you are more likely to see 'Please find
enclosed...' replaced with 'Here's the...'.
I used to work in a bank and was
frequently called on to write those wordy epistles that usually start with 'To
whom it may concern'. On one occasion I intended to write "Please drop the
enclosed paperwork in at your convenience." I instead wrote "Please
drop the enclosed paperwork in to your convenience.". I'm not sure
quite what that paperwork was actually used for!
I apologise if my abrupt message
offended you. You were a single center power that was quite frankly in my way
and needed to be snuffed out. But courtesy is for the weak and remorse is the
refuge of the simple mind. So to quote The Wolf "If I'm curt with you it's
because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast and I need you guys to act
fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please... with sugar on top.
Clean the fucking car."
In my own defense, seeing as my
communique was in binary I was forced to keep it short. And at least I did
include a 'please'! ;-)
*That's not a real word but it should
be. I think it's a perfectly cromulent word.
Dane Maslen: At last I've been able to get
round to reading ES. I hope all is going well with Kayza. She
sounds like the sort of dog I appreciate.
You tooth sounds like the canine to me. Starting from the middle we have:
2 incisors (just one cutting edge)
1 canine (the pointy one)
2 pre-molars (the fairly large ones with two cutting edges)
2 or 3 molars (the huge ones with two cutting edges)
I say '2 or 3' because the wisdom tooth doesn't always put in an
appearance. My mouth has only 28 teeth rather than the full complement of
32 as all my wisdom teeth have decided not to appear, which is just as well
really as my mouth is already too full. Of
course one does get exceptions to the rule. When I was a child I had an
extra tooth - it was essentially triangular - between by two top
incisors. I'm a mutant!
I've now got as far as the open letter. I hope your other readers also
persisted past the initial puzzlement. It was a very interesting story.
[[Thanks Dane, feedback – positive or negative – is
always welcome!]]
William Wood: Fun in Kabul? Here's
something I think you will find interesting. We use glue traps to keep
the mice/rats in check around our living quarters. I now LOVE glue
traps. I had no idea we shared space with cobras. They get angry!!!
[[I hear they make great pets. You just have to train them properly. They like to cuddle when you sleep too. Give it a try. If it doesn’t work out, you can always
consider Cobra Stew. If you use a
slow-cooker, thems good eatin’!]]
A CHEMICALLY CORRECT POEM
by
Richard Walkerdine
Johnny, feeling life a bore,
Drank some H2SO4,
Johnny’s father, an MD,
Gave him CaCO3,
Now he’s neutralised, ‘tis true,
But he’s full of CO2!
(Translation: Sulphuric Acid plus
Calcium Carbonate produces a lot of Carbon Dioxide)
[[This
reminds me of the elementary school poem we used to say:
Johnny
was a noisy child
But
now he cries no more.
For
what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4.]]
CLARISSA
by
Richard Walkerdine
A young Italian girl is going out on a
date. Her grandma happens to be visiting that day and is a bit concerned
because the girl is very young and a bit naive, so she decides to give her some
advice.
(Author’s note: attempt at Italian
accent follows)
“Ah Clarissa,” says grandma, “when-a
you go out-a on this-a date you gotta be-a careful. This-a boy he will-a try
and kiss you, and-a you gotta say no! And-a he will-a try and put-a his hand on
your breast, and-a you gotta say no! And-a he will-a try and get on top of you
and-a make-a love to you, and-a you gotta say say no because-a if you don’t-a
say no it will-a bring-a shame on your whole-a family!”
(Author’s note: attempt at Italian
accent is now ended)
Clarissa takes her grandma’s advice
very seriously and promises to be careful.
Next day grandma is visiting again and
takes Clarissa to one side to find out how she got on.
“Oh grandma,” says Clarissa, “it was
great. I really enjoyed myself. And I remembered what you said and you were
absolutely right. He did try to kiss me and I said ‘no’. He did try to put his
hand on my breast and I said ‘no’. And he did try to get on top of me and make
love to me and I said ‘no, it will bring shame on my whole family’.”
Grandma is looking really pleased.
Then Clarissa adds, “And then grandma I
had this great idea. I rolled him over, I got on top of him, and I brought
shame on his family!”
Grandma fainted.
Brain Farts: The Only
Subsubzine With It’s Own Fragrance
By Jack “Flapjack” McHugh – jack@diplomacyworld.net
(or just email Doug and he’ll send it to me)
Issue #23
Still looking for a job, trying to keep
my house for as long as I can, struggling with personal relationships….so don’t
expect much out of me, sports fans. I
might even take next issue off. I’m not
going to run this Adult game again, or if I do it won’t be for a few issues.
Adults’-Only
By Popular Demand
The players so far: Heather Taylor (HT),
Mark D Lew (MDL), Martin Burgdorf (MB), John David Galt (JDG), Kevin Wilson
(KW), Paraic Reddington (PR), Michael Moulton (MM), Bill Brown (BB), Brendan
Whyte (BW), William Wood (WW), Rohan Keane (RK).
Round 10 Categories –
the LAST Round:
1.
Number of women a man has had sex with in
his lifetime. 10 – HT, PR. 7 – MB. 9 – RK, KW.
12 – BW.
2.
Worst thing about the vagina. Smell – HT, MB. Blood – RK.
Lack of availability on demand – PR.
It comes with a woman attached – KW.
Taste – BW.
3.
Sexiest color. Red – HT, KW.
Pink – MB, PR, BW. White – RK.
4.
Something rude to call a woman to her
face. Cunt – HT, KW. Bitch – MB.
Man – RK. Swamp Donkey – PR. Whore – BW.
5.
A job women should not have. Combat Soldier – HT. President – MB. Male Prostitute – RK. Valet Parking Attendant – PR. Jock Strap Model – KW. Blow – BW.
Final Scores: Martin Burgdorf (MB) – 143,
Michael Moulton (MM) – 131, Heather Taylor (HT) - 129, Kevin Wilson (KW) – 127,
Mark D Lew (MDL) - 123, Brendan Whyte (BW) – 117, Paraic Reddington (PR) - 117,
Bill Brown (BB) – 111, William Wood (WW) – 85, Rohan Keane [RK] – 80, John
David Galt (JDG) – 80.
Martin Burgdorf runs away with the win. Nobody else was really close. Good for you Martin. Too bad you have offended every woman on the
planet in the process.
Over five thousand years ago, Moses said
to the children of Israel, "Pick up your shovels, mount your asses
and camels, and I will lead you to the Promised Land."
Nearly 75 years ago (when Welfare was introduced) we told the nation,
"Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a Camel, this is
the Promised Land."
Now the government has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the
price of Camels, and mortgaged the Promised Land! I was so
depressed last night thinking about Health Care Plans, the economy, the wars,
all my lost jobs, no savings, Social Security going broke, my car falling
apart, my marriage in tatters. . . I called the Suicide Hotline. I
got a freakin' call centre in Pakistan! I told them I was
suicidal.
They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.
A Jewish
man is walking on the beach when he discovers a bottle containing a genie. He
rubs it and a genie comes out, promises to grant him one wish. He says,
"Peace in the Middle East, that's my wish." The genie looks
concerned, then says, "No, I'm sorry, that's just not possible. Some
things just can't be changed. Do you have another wish?" The guy says,
“Well, for my whole life I've never received oral sex from my wife. That would
be my wish." The genie pauses for another moment and then says, "How
would you define peace?"
A
blonde has just gotten a new sports car. While driving home from the dealer she
cuts off a semi, almost driving off a cliff. The driver furiously motions for
her to pull over and she does. The driver gets out and draws a circle in the
dust and tells her that she can't move or he will kill her. Then he gets out his
knife and cuts up her leather seats. He turns around and sees that she's
smiling. So he goes back to his truck and gets a baseball bat and starts
smashing the windows and denting her car. He looks over and sees that she's
laughing. He's really mad now so he takes his knife and slashes her tires. He
looks back to see that the blonde is laughing so hard she's about to fall over.
He demands, what is so funny? She takes a deep breath and says, "Every
time you weren't looking I stepped out of the circle."
Using
Excel’s LINEST function for Simple Linear Regression
by Paul Milewski
For
purposes of illustration, I am using 10 pairs of independent (X) and dependent
(Y) variables which I put in the first two columns of an Excel worksheet, with
a heading for each one in case you can’t figure out which is which:
As
neatly explained in Wikipedia, “in regression analysis, a dummy variable (also
known as indicator variable or just dummy) is one that takes the values 0 or 1
to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect that may be
expected to shift the outcome.” It is in
the nature of a “yes-or-no” evaluation of something: on-or-off, male-or-female,
drug-or-placebo, etc. Excel 2007 “Help”
tells you that the equation for the line is y
= mx + b. I’m sort of a dinosaur
and set in my ways and would prefer y = a + bx, but I’ll stick with what Excel
2007 Help uses to try to avoid any unnecessary confusion. Actually, to be a purist, there should be an
error term, often symbolized by the Greek letter epsilon, but that’s like
saying the integral of 2X is X2 plus
a constant.
I
am going to arbitrarily choose cell A13 in which to put the LINEST
function. The LINEST function is of the
form: LINEST(y’s, x’s, “true” to
calculate the y-intercept b instead of forcing it to be 0, “true” to return
more than just the two regression coefficients m and b). So, in our case, it would look like:
LINEST(B2:B11,A2:A11,true,true)
At
this point, only “0.34” appears in cell A13.
Now, highlight cells A13:B17, hit the function key F2 and then hold down
the “Ctrl” and “Shift” keys while you hit the “Enter” key.
The
values of m and b are in cells A13 and B13, respectively, so your regression
equation (using the format favored by Excel Help) looks like y = .34x + 2.74 and describes a line
intercepting the y-axis at (0, 2.74) with a slope of .34 (although there’s
really no point in graphing this, as we’re using a dummy variable and the graph
will look silly).
What
you should do next, before anything else, is to check to see if the observed
linear relationship between X and Y is statistically significant. That is, whether the observed changes in Y as
X changes may be attributable to chance (we just happened to pick these 10
samples or make these 10 observations of X and Y out of two “populations” of X
and Y such that knowing X is useless in predicting what the value of Y will
be)?
In
cell A16 is the F value 1.133333333 and the degrees of freedom 8 (Excel Help
really cuts corners here: there are two degrees of freedom for the F
value. With simple linear regression,
the first one is equal to 1, the second is equal to 8; I guess Excel Help just
assumes we know this).
The
traditional approach (based on looking things up in a table in a book) is to
compare the calculated F value to a “critical” value of F based on the chance
you’re willing to take that the value of Y really has nothing to do with the
value of X. Again, traditionally this
risk is expressed as a 5% chance (or by the Greek letter alpha set equal to
0.05) being called “significant” and a 1% chance (alpha equal to 0.01) being
called “highly significant.” Excel has a
function to look up the critical F. The
function (for a 5% probability that the observed relationship between X and Y
is due to chance or random error) would be FINV(.05,1,8) and the result is
5.317655063 and inasmuch as the F value we calculated from our data is less
than that, we reject the linear relationship between X and Y described by the
regression equation and go instead with the “null hypothesis” that there is no
relationship and the correct equation is Y = 2.91 (which is the average value
of the ten y’s in our data). So, no
matter what the value of X (1 or 0), we expect 2.91 to be the value of Y.
You
could perform the same test of the null hypothesis on the regression
coefficient m. The 0.225832 in cell B14
is what Excel Help calls sem (the “se” stands for standard error and
the subscript m identifies what it is the error of). The t
statistic is the value of the regression coefficient divided by its standard
error, or in this case, 0.34 divided by 0.319374 which is equal to 1.064581295
but inasmuch a F = t2 you’re really going to extra trouble for
nothing (check it out: 1.064581295 squared is equal to 1.33333333). Excel LINEST gives you the F value; why go to
the trouble of calculating the t statistic?
As
noted by Neter and Wasserman in their book Applied Linear Statistical Models
(Irwin, 1974), the F test is algebraically equivalent to the two-tailed t test. As mentioned in Wikipedia, the t-statistic
was introduced in 1908 by William Sealy Gosset, a chemist working for the
Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland ("Student" was his pen name). When I was younger, everyone called it
“Student’s t” but I don’t see the “Student” mentioned much anymore.
If
our analysis had shown a statistically significant relationship between X and
Y, which it didn’t, we might have gone on to look at the other statistics
LINEST kicked out for us: 0.24088 in
cell A15 is the coefficient of determination (often written as r2)
and expresses the amount of the change in Y “explained” by the change in
X. It is the ratio of the “explained”
(or “regression”) sum of squares (see the footnote) and the “total” sum of
squares (the sum of the squares of each observed y minus the average y, which
in this case is 2.329). The total sum of
squares is always equal to the explained sum of squares plus the unexplained
sum of squares (in this case, 0.289 + 2.04 = 2.329).
The
0.504975247 in cell B15 is sometimes called the root mean square error and is
calculated by dividing the 2.04 unexplained (or “residual”) sum of squares by
the 8 degrees of freedom to get the 0.255 mean square error and then taking the
square root of that (the square root of 0.255 is 0.504975247).
Diplomacy (Black Press – Permanent Opening
in ES):
Signed up: Zachary Jarvie, Brad Wilson, Jeff O’Donnell, needs four more to
fill.
Gunboat Diplomacy (Black Press): Signed up: Five,
need two more to fill. Sign up now!
Diplomacy Bourse (Black Press): Buy and sell the
currencies of the Diplomacy nations.
This Bourse is using the new game “Dulcinea” as its basis. Players may join at any time, and
are then given 1000 units of every currency still in circulation. The rules to Bourse can be found in ES #24.
By Popular Demand: Game currently
underway, join any time.
Eternal Sunshine Movie Quote Quiz: 10 rounds, join any
time. You can find it at the end of the
zine. New Game Begins This Issue!!
Standby List:
HELP! I need standby players! – Current
standby list: Graham Wilson, Jim Burgess (Dip only), Jeremie Lefrancois (Dip
only), Lance Anderson (Dip only), Martin Burgdorf, Paul Milewski (Dip only), Brad
Wilson, and whoever I beg into it in an emergency.
I’m going to continue to go through my
files and seeing what other variants I can offer, until I find one that gets
enough interest to fill. When I offer a
variant I’ll give it an issue or two, but if nobody signs up I’ll drop the opening
and replace it. If somebody wants to
guest-GM a game of anything, just get in touch.
If you have specific game requests please let me know.
Diplomacy
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” 2008A, W 12/S 13
Austria (Kevin
Wilson
- ckevinw “of” comcast.net): Remove F Ionian Sea..
A
Bohemia Supports A Vienna – Tyrolia, A Budapest - Vienna (*Fails*), A
Galicia - Warsaw (*Fails*),
A
Ukraine Supports A Moscow, A Vienna - Tyrolia (*Bounce*).
England (Jérémie
LeFrançois - jeremie.lefrancois “of”gmail.com): Build A Liverpool..
F
Belgium - North Sea, A Berlin – Silesia, F Brest - English Channel, F Gascony
Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean,
F
Kiel – Berlin, A Liverpool – Brest, A Livonia Supports A Warsaw – Moscow,
F
Mid-Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Liverpool – Brest, A Munich Supports A Berlin –
Silesia,
F
North Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Liverpool – Brest, A Paris - Burgundy
(*Bounce*),
F
Portugal Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean, A Prussia Supports A Silesia – Warsaw,
A Silesia – Warsaw,
A St
Petersburg Supports A Warsaw – Moscow, A Warsaw - Moscow.
Italy (Don Williams
– dwilliam “of” fontana.org): Build A
Venice.. A Marseilles - Burgundy (*Bounce*),
F
North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*), A Piedmont Supports A Venice –
Tyrolia,
F
Spain(sc) Supports F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, A Venice - Tyrolia
(*Bounce*),
F
Western Mediterranean Supports F Spain(sc).
Turkey (Brad Wilson
- bwdolphin146 “of”yahoo.com): Build F
Ankara.. F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea,
F
Ankara Unordered, A Bulgaria Supports A Rumania, F Constantinople - Aegean Sea,
A
Moscow Supports A Galicia - Warsaw (*Dislodged*, ret Sevastopol or OTB), A
Rumania Supports A Ukraine,
A
Smyrna - Armenia.
Fall 1913 Deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
None…you
guys suck.
Diplomacy
“Dulcinea” 2008C, F 09
Austria (Lance
Anderson – lance_anderson “of” hotmail.com): A
Bohemia Supports A Munich,
A
Munich Supports A Prussia - Berlin (*Cut*), F Naples – Rome, A Piedmont
Supports A Marseilles,
A
Prussia – Berlin, A Silesia Supports A Prussia – Berlin, A Tyrolia Supports A
Munich.
England (Philip
Murphy trekkypj “of” gmail.com): F Barents Sea - St Petersburg(nc) (*Fails*),
F
English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*), A Finland Supports F
Barents Sea - St Petersburg(nc),
A
Gascony - Spain (*Fails*), F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Western Mediterranean
(*Bounce*),
F
North Africa Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Western Mediterranean, F Norwegian
Sea - Norway.
France (Brad Wilson
– bwdolphin146 ”of” yahoo.com): F
Portugal - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
(*Bounce*).
Germany (William
Wood – wxmanwill “of” hotmail.com): F Berlin - Prussia (*Dislodged*, ret
Baltic Sea or OTB), A Burgundy - Munich
(*Fails*), A Kiel Supports A Burgundy – Munich,
A
Ruhr Supports A Burgundy - Munich.
Turkey (Jim Burgess
– jfburgess “of” gmail.com): F Aegean Sea -
Ionian Sea (*Fails*), F Albania – Greece,
F
Apulia – Naples, F Black Sea Hold, F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea
(*Fails*), A Marseilles Supports F Spain(sc),
A Moscow
Supports A St Petersburg, A Sevastopol - Ukraine,
F
Spain(sc) Supports F Portugal - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Cut*), A St Petersburg
Hold,
F
Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean,
F
Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean (*Bounce*).
Thanks
to Martin for the unneeded standby orders
Winter
09/Spring 10 Deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
Supply Center Chart
Austria:
Berlin, Budapest, Munich,
Rome, Rumania, Serbia, Trieste, Venice,
Vienna, Warsaw=10, Build 3
England:
Brest, Edinburgh, Liverpool,
London, Norway, Paris, Sweden=7, Even
France:
Portugal=1, Even
Germany:
Belgium, Denmark, Holland,
Kiel=4, Even
Turkey:
Ankara, Bulgaria,
Constantinople, Greece, Marseilles, Moscow, Naples, Sevastopol, Smyrna,
Spain, St Petersburg,
Tunis=12, Even
PRESS
Turkey
to French Freedom Fighters: We will help you avenge yourself against
your enemies. Maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but we will not rest
until we get your fleet back into the fray!
London to Portugal: Funny that... and here I was
thinking we should let you live.
Vie to
Kie: A valiant struggle that was well-fought but is now ultimately
futile - bow down before your southern overlords.
Turkey
to Our Loyal Austrian Friends: Three builds, three builds,
go for it!!!
Prime Minister to the Houses of Parliament:
Speaker: Order, Order. The Prime Minister will make a statement to
the House.
Mr. Speaker, the war is going *so well* that in order to continue the fantastic
progess we have made in recent months, conscription will be introduced for all
men over 18 and under 50 years of age. For the greater good of the Empire, and
to secure our territories, we will break all resistance to our righteous cause.
The additional troops under this scheme will help us achieve this goal.
*sits down mutters to self* God save the King indeed!
“Dulcinea”
Diplomacy Bourse
Billy Ray Valentine: No activity.
Duke of York: Buys 4 Francs.
Smaug the Dragon: Sells 500
Marks. Buys 250 Crowns, 50 Piastres.
Rothschild: Sells 500 Piastres.
Buys 662 Crowns.
Baron Wuffet: No changes.
Wooden Nickel
Enterprises:
Sells 500 Piastres and 500 Pounds. Buys
985 Crowns.
VAIONT Enterprises: Sells 500 Pounds,
500 Piastres. Buys 984 Crowns.
Insider Trading LLC: Hides under his
desk.
Bourse Master: Stands pat.
Next Bourse Deadline is October 25th at 7:00pm my time
PRESS
Smaug
the Dragon to the FBI: Look, I swear to you, the money was just
resting in my account before I moved it on? What? I'm not a Dragon! *puff* See?
I don't even blow flames. Everyone knows dragons are firebreathers. Why would I
lie to you?
Rothschild =>
Duke of York: The English Pound fell by 16%.
Do not confuse game and reality! (And don't pass me by doing nothing.)
Rothschild =>
Smaug: ...and the pie tastes real good!
Diplomacy “Just a Taste” 2009C, W 06/S 07
Austria
(William Wood – wxmanwill “of” hotmail.com): F Albania – Greece,
A Budapest - Rumania
(*Bounce*), A Serbia Supports F Albania – Greece,
A Trieste - Serbia
(*Dislodged*, retreat to Albania or OTB), A Ukraine - Sevastopol (*Disbanded*).
France
(Paraic Reddington - Paraic.Reddington
“of” vix-erg.com): Build A Brest, F Marseilles..
F Apulia Supports F
Ionian Sea, A Brest – Gascony, A Burgundy – Marseilles, A Greece - Bulgaria
(*Disbanded*),
F Ionian Sea Convoys A
Tuscany – Greece, F Irish Sea - Mid-Atlantic Ocean, F Liverpool - North
Atlantic Ocean,
A London – Yorkshire, F
Marseilles - Gulf of Lyon, F Tunis Supports F Ionian Sea, A Tuscany - Greece
(*Fails*),
A Tyrolia Supports A
Vienna, F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Ionian Sea.
Germany
(Philip Murphy trekkypj “of”
gmail.com): Build A Berlin, A Munich.. A Berlin –
Silesia,
A Bohemia - Galicia
(*Fails*), A Galicia - Rumania (*Bounce*), F Gulf of Bothnia – Sweden,
A Livonia - Moscow
(*Bounce*), A Moscow – Ukraine, A Munich - Bohemia (*Fails*), F Norway -
Barents Sea,
F St Petersburg(sc) -
Gulf of Bothnia, A Venice – Trieste, A Vienna Supports A Venice – Trieste,
A Warsaw Supports A
Moscow - Ukraine.
Turkey
(Graham Wilson – grahamaw “of” rogers.com): Retreat A Moscow -
Sevastopol..
F
Adriatic Sea - Ionian Sea (*Fails*), F
Aegean Sea - Bulgaria(sc) (*Bounce*),
F
Eastern Mediterranean - Aegean Sea (*Fails*), A Sevastopol - Moscow
(*Bounce*).
Thanks to Jeremie for the unneeded standby orders
Fall 07 deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
F to G - I propose the
Dardanelles as the next venue for our extraordinary general meeting. After all,
our generals are rather extraordinary.
Anonymous: Oh Kaiser, my Kaiser, I fear you've
overrun;
Your men should not be jumping at the sound of big brass guns.
Your fleets are lying idle, your soldiers in the mess
Are moaning about the Kaiser's need
To constantly impress!
F to
A - Welcome aboard. I hope you have a
pleasant and short stay. Thank you for flying Just a Taste airlines.
Tur -> Aus: This situation is difficult enough as it is, without you
NMRing!!
F to T - There's still
time to repent sinner! Lay down your arms and expose your necks so that your
penance can be administered.
Kaiser Wilhelm to all: Ach so! Now, if der rain in
Spain falls mainly auf dem plain, Wo kann it rain in Deutschland, bitte?
F to F - I've got me,
under my skin. I've got me, deep in the heart of me.
White
Press Diplomacy “Creepshow” 2009D, F 05
Austria (Brad Wilson
- bwdolphin146 “of”yahoo.com): Retreat A
Trieste - Venice..
A
Venice Supports A Apulia (*Ordered to
Move*).
England (Chuy Cronin
– chuykdc_92 “of” hotmail.com): F Denmark
Supports F Norway – Sweden,
F
North Sea Convoys A Yorkshire – Norway, F Norway - Sweden (*Fails*),
F
Norwegian Sea Supports A Yorkshire – Norway, A Yorkshire - Norway
(*Bounce*).
France (Michael
Cronin – mfmcronin “of” q.com): F
Belgium Supports F North Sea - Holland (*Void*),
A
Bohemia - Munich (*Dislodged*, ret Silesia or OTB), A Burgundy Supports A
Munich – Ruhr,
A
Munich - Ruhr (*Dislodged*, ret Silesia or OTB), A Picardy Supports F
Belgium,
A
Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia - Munich.
Germany (Pat Vogelsang – godawgsgo33 “of”
yahoo.com): Retreat A Munich - Berlin..
A Berlin Supports A Ruhr
– Munich, F Holland - North Sea (*Fails*), A Kiel Supports A Ruhr –
Munich,
A Ruhr - Munich.
Italy (Graham Wilson
– grahamaw “of” rogers.com): A Apulia - Rome (*Fails*),
F
Naples - Ionian Sea (*Fails*), A Prussia – Livonia, F Tunis - Tyrrhenian
Sea (*Fails*).
Russia (Kevin Wilson - ckevinw “of” comcast.net): A Budapest Supports A Vienna, A Galicia – Bohemia,
F
Sevastopol Hold, A Silesia – Warsaw, F St Petersburg(nc) Supports F Sweden –
Norway,
F
Sweden - Norway (*Bounce*), A Vienna Supports A Galicia - Bohemia.
Turkey (Larry Cronin
– lcroninmd “of” msn.com): Retreat A Apulia -
Rome..
F
Adriatic Sea - Trieste (*Fails*), F Greece Unordered, F Ionian
Sea - Apulia (*Fails*),
A
Rome Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples (*Cut*), A Trieste - Venice
(*Fails*),
F
Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples (*Fails*).
W 05/S 06 Deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
Supply Center Chart
Austria:
Venice=1, Even
England:
Denmark, Edinburgh,
Liverpool, London, Norway=5, Even
France:
Belgium, Brest, Marseilles,
Paris, Portugal, Spain=6, Build 1 or 2
Germany: Berlin,
Holland, Kiel, Munich=4, Even
Italy:
Naples, Tunis=2, Remove
2
Russia:
Budapest, Moscow, Rumania,
Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Sweden, Vienna, Warsaw=8, Build 1
Turkey:
Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople,
Greece, Rome, Serbia, Smyrna, Trieste=8, Build 2
PRESS
France: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL..........!
Italy -> Turkey: My days are numbered, I can see that. All I ask is that
you leave me but a single center, to maintain my great northern army! I
wish to be a complete and utter pain in the ass to Russia. I shall strive
to keep busy many of his units, while you sweep unhindered through the
Med. What fun we will have! We will laugh! We will frolic! We will play
in the snow! All the while, the great Russian Bear gnashes his teeth in
fury. Please, consider my request, and deny me not this opportunity...
England-Russia: you
know that itch you can’t reach?
Diplomacy
“Bellicus” from Strange Meeting, Spring/Summer 1911
France
(Pat Vogelsang – godawgsgo33 “of” yahoo.com): A
Brest Supports A Paris (*Cut*),
A
Liverpool Unordered, A Paris Supports A Brest (*Cut*), A Picardy
Supports A Paris (*Disbanded*).
Russia
(Chris Babcock – cbabcock “of” asciiking.com): A Belgium Supports A Burgundy – Picardy,
A
Budapest Supports A Vienna – Trieste, A Burgundy – Picardy, F English
Channel - Brest (*Fails*),
A
Galicia Supports A Budapest, A Gascony - Paris (*Fails*), F Irish Sea
- North Atlantic Ocean (*Bounce*),
A
Moscow - Ukraine (*Fails*), F Norwegian Sea - North Atlantic Ocean
(*Bounce*),
F St
Petersburg(nc) – Norway, A Tyrolia Supports A Vienna – Trieste, A Ukraine Hold,
A
Vienna - Trieste (*Fails*), F Wales - English Channel (*Fails*).
Turkey
(Phil Amos – p.v.a “of” btinternet.com): F
Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea,
A
Armenia Supports A Sevastopol, F Black Sea Supports A Rumania, F Bulgaria(ec)
Supports A Rumania,
A
Greece – Albania, F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea, F Marseilles Supports F
Piedmont,
F
Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports A Brest, F Piedmont Supports F Marseilles,
F
Portugal Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean, A Rumania Supports A Sevastopol, A
Serbia Supports F Trieste,
A
Sevastopol Supports A Rumania, F Spain(sc) Supports F Marseilles, F Trieste
Supports A Venice (*Cut*),
A
Venice Supports F Trieste.
The Concession to Russia Fails
Fall/Winter
1911 Deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
PRESS
Turkey:
Congratulations to Russia on a well played game.
France: The proud French
shall never surrender!!
Russia: Thanks to Phil for being a great ally; Apologies to David. We
could have a good run, but Phil turned out to be a better match. Also thanks to
Pat for not thinking too much about the adverb at the end of my promise not to
stab him ineffectually. This game has pretty much been on rails for Phil and I
since Austria telegraphed that he was planning to put two units on Greece in
S1901M.
Black
Press Gunboat, “Maple Sugar,” 2009Crb32, F 07
Austria: A Serbia - Budapest (*Bounce*), A Silesia - Galicia (*Fails*), A Trieste
- Budapest (*Bounce*),
A
Tyrolia – Vienna, A Venice Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Rome (*Void*).
England: F Edinburgh Supports F Norwegian Sea, F
Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports A Spain – Portugal,
F
Norwegian Sea Supports F North Sea - Norway (*Void*).
France: A Portugal - Spain (*Disbanded*), F
Tyrrhenian Sea - Tunis.
Germany: A Berlin – Munich, F Brest Hold, A Burgundy
Supports A Berlin – Munich,
F
English Channel - North Sea, A Gascony – Spain, A Marseilles – Piedmont, F
North Sea – Denmark,
A
Spain – Portugal, F Yorkshire - London.
Italy: F Ionian Sea -
Naples (*Dislodged*, ret to Eastern Mediterranean
or Adriatic Sea or Apulia or
Tyrrhenian
Sea or OTB), A Rome - Naples (*Bounce*).
Russia: A Albania Unordered, F Barents Sea Hold, A
Galicia - Rumania (*Fails*), A Livonia – Moscow,
F
Norway Hold, F Rumania – Sevastopol, A Warsaw Hold.
Turkey: F Aegean Sea -
Ionian Sea, F Black Sea – Rumania, A Bulgaria Supports F Black Sea – Rumania,
A
Constantinople Supports A Bulgaria, F Greece Supports F Aegean Sea - Ionian
Sea.
W 07/S 08 Deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
Supply Center Chart
Austria:
Budapest, Serbia, Trieste,
Venice, Vienna=5, Even
England:
Edinburgh, Liverpool=2,
Remove 1
France:
Tunis=1, Even
Germany:
Belgium, Berlin, Brest,
Denmark, Holland, Kiel, London, Marseilles, Munich, Paris,
Portugal, Spain=12, Build 3 (Room for 2)
Italy:
Naples, Rome=2, Even or
Build 1
Russia:
Moscow, Norway,
Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Sweden, Warsaw=6, Remove 1
Turkey:
Ankara, Bulgaria,
Constantinople, Greece, Rumania, Smyrna=6, Build 1
PRESS:
A-R: You removed F Bla, stayed in Gal, kept ALB ? Surrendering to Turkey by giving him Rum,
then Sev?
Turkey =>
Germany: The proposal had indeed no chance of
success, but you are very close to winning this war. And you say "_Drang_
nach Osten", not "Dracht".
A-G: A failed Stab! I deserve
whatever grief you send my way. I hope you do not take it personally, this was
my last hope of gaining a SC and slowing down your march to SP status.
Had to go for it. Moved sil-gal
Germany - World: Austria
declares war on Germany by ordering 'A Tyr - Mun' after declaring and I quote
"Be assured Tyr will never attack, or support an attack on Munich"!
England -> Germany: My support is there, as promised. Portugal
is yours, if you were wise enough to take it. If my fleet is still there
come Spring, it shall move to NAf, in order to support your F MAO to the
WestMed in the fall.
A-T: Welcome to Rum, I had hoped to
occupy that position myself, I have no opportunities left for expansion.
After you take Rum my demise is certain. If you wish to keep a rump AH in
existence be assured I will co-operate fully with the Turkish superpower.
I concede Ser, Bud ask that I be left with Tri, Ven in-order to continue
supporting the Turkish cause. Moved sil-Gal to begin my support of
Turkish master, request support of Ser-alb in spring.
Anonymous:
Mysterious as the dark side of the
MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
italy-->france: way to
go Napoleon--you've managed to lose EVERY single home center..what are going to
do for an encore--try and build a fleet in spain????
italy-->austria: another
strategic giant who is well on his way to losing his home centers--here is a
tip for future games, when someone stabs you, you should attack them.
Germany - Italy: As Austria has
become a common foe, I feel there will be opportunities for joint action for
our mutual benefit if you wish.
Turkey => Italy:
You are right - France cannot be of much help any more.
Turkey =>
Russia: Disbanding your F BLA was a
deadly mistake!
italy-->germany:
congrats--if you can control russia the game is yours.
italy-->russia: use the force
Luke! seriously, you need to take out austria or turkey or both ASAP...
Aus to World: None of last seasons
press was from Austria. Still press was fun, and I agree Aus had to take a shot
at slowing down G. Aus moved Sil-Gal, Ser-Bud
Graustark
Game 2002D, W 17/S 18
England (Fred
Wiedemeyer – wiedem “of” planet.eon.net): No
Moves Received! F Barents Sea, F Clyde,
F
London, A Moscow, F Norway, A St Petersburg all Unordered.
France (Andy
Lischett – andy “of” lischett.com): F Aegean Sea Supports F Smyrna – Constantinople,
F
Brest Hold, A Bulgaria Supports F Smyrna – Constantinople, F Ionian Sea Hold, A
Marseilles Hold,
F
Mid-Atlantic Ocean Hold, A Naples Hold, A Paris Hold, A Piedmont Hold, A Serbia
Supports A Trieste,
F
Smyrna – Constantinople, A Trieste Supports A Serbia, F Tunis Hold,
F
Tyrrhenian Sea - Western Mediterranean.
Germany
(Michael Quirk – michaelpquirk “of” cs.com): A Armenia - Ankara
(*Fails*),
F
Baltic Sea - Sweden (*Bounce*), A Budapest Supports A Vienna, A Galicia
Supports A Budapest,
F
Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*), A Munich Hold, A Rumania Supports A Budapest,
A
Sevastopol Supports A Rumania, A Ukraine Supports A Rumania, A Vienna Supports
A Budapest,
A
Warsaw Supports A Ukraine.
Russia (Harley
Jordan
– harleyj “of” alum.mit.edu): Retreat F Smyrna - Syria..Remove F Syria..
A
Ankara Supports A Constantinople (*Cut*), A Constantinople Supports A Ankara
(*Disbanded*).
Would Brad Wilson
(bwdolphin146 “of” yahoo.com) standby for England?
I showed France as
having 14 centers, but he had 15 (all 15 were listed)
DIAS and E/F/G Both Fail.
Now Proposed – F/G Draw and DIAS.
Please Vote!
BNC Tom Howell has checked and the year for this game WAS correct
in Graustark, so this was 1917 we just completed.
Fall 1918 Deadline is October 26th at 7:00am my time
Graustark
Diplomacy Game 2006A, F 07
Austria (Don
Williams – dwilliams “of” fontana.org): A
Bohemia - Munich (*Fails*),
A
Galicia - Bohemia (*Fails*), F Ionian Sea – Greece, A Rumania - Galicia
(*Fails*),
A
Tyrolia Supports A Bohemia – Munich, A Vienna Supports A Galicia - Bohemia
(*Fails*).
England (Fred
Wiedemeyer – wiedem “of” planet.eon.net): No Moves
Received! F English Channel,
F
Irish Sea, F North Atlantic Ocean, F Norway, A Paris, F Picardy, F St
Petersburg(nc) all Unordered.
France (Hank Alme –
almehj “of” alumni.rice.edu): F
Portugal Supports F Western Mediterranean –
Mid-Atlantic
Ocean (*Void*).
Germany
(Harley Jordan – harleyj “of” alum.mit.edu): F Baltic
Sea – Livonia, A Berlin Supports A Silesia,
A
Burgundy Supports A Paris - Gascony (*Void*), A Kiel Supports A Munich, A
Munich Hold,
A
Prussia Supports A Silesia, A Silesia Hold.
Italy (Jim Burgess –
jfburgess “of” gmail.com): F Brest - Mid-Atlantic Ocean,
A
Bulgaria Supports A Rumania (*Ordered to Move*), F Gascony Supports F Brest -
Mid-Atlantic Ocean,
A
Marseilles - Burgundy (*Fails*), F North Africa Supports F Brest -
Mid-Atlantic Ocean,
A
Spain Supports F Gascony, F Western Mediterranean Supports F Brest -
Mid-Atlantic Ocean.
Russia (John Biehl –
jerbil “of” shaw.ca):
No Moves Received! F Aegean Sea, A Constantinople, A Moscow,
A
Sevastopol, A Ukraine, A Warsaw all Unordered.
Would Lance Anderson (lance_anderson “of” hotmail.com)
standby for England?
Would Graham Wilson (grahamaw “of” rogers.com) standby
for Russia?
No Winter needed..Spring 08 Deadline
is October 26th at 7:00am my time
Supply
Center Chart
Austria:
Budapest, Greece, Rumania,
Serbia, Trieste, Vienna=6, Even
England:
Belgium, Edinburgh,
Liverpool, London, Norway, Paris, St Petersburg=7, Even
France:
Portugal=1, Even
Germany:
Berlin, Brest, Denmark,
Holland, Kiel, Munich, Sweden=7, Even
Italy:
Bulgaria, Marseilles,
Naples, Rome, Spain, Tunis, Venice=7, Even
Russia:
Ankara, Constantinople,
Moscow, Sevastopol, Smyrna, Warsaw=6, Even
PRESS:
BOOB to
the BOARD: Yeah, maybe this is about done, how come I couldn't get into
Brest in a FALL turn??
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Bringing
a BIG (100 pounds…yes, she’s big boned) dog into a house where two cats who
probably have never lived with a dog before roam freely was a bit of a
challenge. We were more than a little
apprehensive about how Toby and Sanka would react to Kayza. I wouldn’t say they’re good friends or
anything yet, but it was a very delightful surprise to find that fascination
was the primary reaction. Of course
there was the expected nervousness and distrust; Toby hisses at Kayza now and
then, and on the rare occasions that she barks the cats run for high ground…but
Kayza is a very sweet and submissive girl.
She doesn’t have that much interest in the cats at all, except when
Heather is giving them attention or when Toby is sleeping in Heather’s lap. Yes…Kayza is a major attention hog. She’s fine laying on the floor, or chewing on
a tennis ball, but when somebody else is getting love, she wants her fair share
too…or more than her fair share, if in any way possible.
task. So to be able to give them some years of
comfort when their lives are in turmoil would be a wonderful thing. But that’s the future. For the present, it’s Toby, Sanka, and
Kayza. That’s plenty. Besides, Sanka doesn’t have enough extra time
in her day to stare at any other dogs…her fascination with Kayza is enough to
keep her busy.
