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« on: May 07, 2003, 05:18:37 pm »
In the real world, business would not want this...
Well said. I used to be a proposal writer for the engineering firm I worked for. Being able to speak and write well are probably two of the most powerful skills one can learn. At heart, what you know is not really as important as your ability to convince someone of the same. It certainly comes in handy when writing resumes, cover letters and attending interviews. Eventually you'll be in a position where you have to sell yourself. Think of what you say and how you say it as your marketing campaign. What does it say about you to everyone else?
You might want to take a note from some of the older people on the board. You may even pick up a few tips from Lar (though you may get better lessons from Sarah, who is, in fact a certified teacher).
Well Sarah, my co-author Ken Wolfe and I would certainly appreciate input from you w.r.t. our latest literary undertaking, Rough Justice. http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1330506or http://www.mts.net/~kenwolfe/my_fanfic/Rough.txtIfurita is cast in a role I think you may well appreciate. And we'd like to see if it passes muster from a teacher's perspective.  We are aware of a few annoying double letters that our text conversion program dropped in there; however, we are fixing them with all due haste. --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 07, 2003, 05:18:37 pm »
In the real world, business would not want this...
Well said. I used to be a proposal writer for the engineering firm I worked for. Being able to speak and write well are probably two of the most powerful skills one can learn. At heart, what you know is not really as important as your ability to convince someone of the same. It certainly comes in handy when writing resumes, cover letters and attending interviews. Eventually you'll be in a position where you have to sell yourself. Think of what you say and how you say it as your marketing campaign. What does it say about you to everyone else?
You might want to take a note from some of the older people on the board. You may even pick up a few tips from Lar (though you may get better lessons from Sarah, who is, in fact a certified teacher).
Well Sarah, my co-author Ken Wolfe and I would certainly appreciate input from you w.r.t. our latest literary undertaking, Rough Justice. http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1330506or http://www.mts.net/~kenwolfe/my_fanfic/Rough.txtIfurita is cast in a role I think you may well appreciate. And we'd like to see if it passes muster from a teacher's perspective. We are aware of a few annoying double letters that our text conversion program dropped in there; however, we are fixing them with all due haste. --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 07, 2003, 04:47:50 pm »
I'm as good as 21 and trying to finish my research report. I'm majoring in chemical engineering. I hold a degree in electrical engineering though I currently work as a very specialized electrician (a signalman for a large Eastern US railroad.) --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 07, 2003, 04:44:42 pm »
I turned 32 last month. I do believe MrWhat has time on me though.
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« on: May 06, 2003, 07:34:55 pm »
I'm at chapter 12, about half-way through, as I type this. And, for once, I'm doing a proper detailed review as I go. I'll try to get back to you within a week or two.
Everyone-- if Hana Ni Arashi gets delayed further-- it's all his fault  I'm flattered that an author of your caliber is taking time to review our work so thoroughly, Eric.  Please take your time as I know your free time has been limited of late. And you're not fooling anyone. If it hadn't been Ken and I distracting you you'd have found something else. Everyone, I'M looking forward to seeing HnA finished as much as the rest of you (or maybe more, because I've read enough of Eric's work to know how talented a storyteller he is.) --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 04, 2003, 08:15:37 pm »
O_O; The pope can't have a daughter... or... at least shouldn't... you never know anymore.. 
All right, my command of pre-Renaissance history is limited, but I recall seeing a History Channel special on the power Borgia family of Rome. The father was Pope at the time (Pope Leo the somethingorother, I forget) of the Roman Catholic Church. If memory serves he had three children just the same, including one daughter. I seem to recall one of the other children, a son named Machiavelli, would later become an army officer who ruled his troops with an iron fist. I believe he was quoted once as saying "it is better to be feared than to be loved." I think his gruesome tactics gave rise to the terms "Machiavellian" and "Machiavellianism". I'll let those of you who studied pre-Renaissance history more than I did confirm or refute my recollections, however. --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 04, 2003, 08:15:37 pm »
O_O; The pope can't have a daughter... or... at least shouldn't... you never know anymore..
All right, my command of pre-Renaissance history is limited, but I recall seeing a History Channel special on the power Borgia family of Rome. The father was Pope at the time (Pope Leo the somethingorother, I forget) of the Roman Catholic Church. If memory serves he had three children just the same, including one daughter. I seem to recall one of the other children, a son named Machiavelli, would later become an army officer who ruled his troops with an iron fist. I believe he was quoted once as saying "it is better to be feared than to be loved." I think his gruesome tactics gave rise to the terms "Machiavellian" and "Machiavellianism". I'll let those of you who studied pre-Renaissance history more than I did confirm or refute my recollections, however. --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 04, 2003, 10:19:00 am »
My top Three..... El hazard is definitely right at the top! Kimagure Orange Road would certainly be next. As for the third..... well that tends to change alot. Although if you need a recommendation of what to watch next, and you like El hazard, then you simply can't pass up Slayers! I recommend it HIGHLY.
xxpacmanv1, Tenchi and Vandread are excellent. I think you'll like them. What did you think of Hellsing, BTW? Maze, You're Under Arrest, Magic Knight Rayearth. Gatekeepers and 3x3 Eyes are also excellent. And whether or not you like baseball, Princess Nine is really a great series. I'd also recommend the absolutely hysterical Excel Saga. Although it helps to know ALOT about anime and manga, otherwise you won't get alot fo the jokes (many of which are very subtle). I really liked Betterman also, and thought it was very underrated. And if you like samurai stuff, Carried by the Wind (AKA Kazemakaze Tsukikage Ran) is the way to go! My wife and I have watched all of the Slayers and Slayers Next series. Haven't seen Try yet but might break down and by the DVD (even though the rest of our Slayers' inventory is on VHS.) Even got chance to meet Lisa Ortiz and Rachel Lillis at Anime Central 2000 in Chicago. Met Crispin Freeman the previous year and learned he's a train buff like me. I guess there's little else moving through Bozeman, Montana where he hails from. Wifey and I did see KOR Summer's Beginning and liked it a lot. Do hope KOR is dubbed at some point in the future. And while we're on the subject of romantic comedy, anyone know whether Viz plans to release the Maison Ikkoku series on DVD? The one Takahashi series with no shape-changing or dimension-hopping weird stuff going on in it and that's the one that time seems to have forgotten! (Now don't get me wrong...I enjoy Ranma and Inu Yasha a lot but anyone who's loved [and lost?] can appreciate and identify with that poor slob Godai in MI.) Princess Nine is simply not to be missed. I've been watching anime for probably nearly as long as Saucer and Mr. What and consider it one of the finest I've seen. Drama, tension, character development, and a few laughs along the way. Like Saucer says, you don't need to be a baseball fan to be able to appreciate how good an anime this is. Highly highly recommended. And the ending isn't what one might expect, but we found satisfying nevertheless. I've got some MKR and 3x3 in manga form. Super Manga Blast was carrying 3x3 but I fell off the wagon when we moved to Indiana. Pai is one of the most unlikely anime heroines I've seen, especially now in SMB. I've got the first two MKR GNs, though I had forgotten that until I finally unpacked my manga collection yesterday. (I think I need bigger bookcases!) Anime for me started before I even knew what the name for Japanese animation was. Kimba the White Lion (nods to Kathy) was an early favorite followed by Battle of the Planets (and my name is Mark so I'm partial!) then Voltron and finally Robotech. I kinda forgot about anime altogether until I went to university then fell in with a bunch of RPGers who were also anime buffs. By the time I watched the fourth-generation fansub of Bubble Gum Crisis with damn near enough snow on the screen to look like an Upper Peninsula blizzard, I knew that I would be an anime fan for life. The best part, folks, is it just keeps getting better! Now we've got DVDs and more damn titles than I could ever keep straight. In fact, I almost never buy single copies anymore. I prefer to wait for the box sets to come out so Sonia and I can watch them all in one marathon on a Saturday night (although Eva and Key the Metal Idol took awhile to watch as did Fushigi Yugi.) P9 was a notable exception, however. There is a P9 Yahoo group if anyone is interested... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kisaragi_High/Sorry about the shameless plug, but Lord knows the group could use some traffic. --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 04, 2003, 10:19:00 am »
My top Three..... El hazard is definitely right at the top! Kimagure Orange Road would certainly be next. As for the third..... well that tends to change alot. Although if you need a recommendation of what to watch next, and you like El hazard, then you simply can't pass up Slayers! I recommend it HIGHLY.
xxpacmanv1, Tenchi and Vandread are excellent. I think you'll like them. What did you think of Hellsing, BTW? Maze, You're Under Arrest, Magic Knight Rayearth. Gatekeepers and 3x3 Eyes are also excellent. And whether or not you like baseball, Princess Nine is really a great series. I'd also recommend the absolutely hysterical Excel Saga. Although it helps to know ALOT about anime and manga, otherwise you won't get alot fo the jokes (many of which are very subtle). I really liked Betterman also, and thought it was very underrated. And if you like samurai stuff, Carried by the Wind (AKA Kazemakaze Tsukikage Ran) is the way to go! My wife and I have watched all of the Slayers and Slayers Next series. Haven't seen Try yet but might break down and by the DVD (even though the rest of our Slayers' inventory is on VHS.) Even got chance to meet Lisa Ortiz and Rachel Lillis at Anime Central 2000 in Chicago. Met Crispin Freeman the previous year and learned he's a train buff like me. I guess there's little else moving through Bozeman, Montana where he hails from. Wifey and I did see KOR Summer's Beginning and liked it a lot. Do hope KOR is dubbed at some point in the future. And while we're on the subject of romantic comedy, anyone know whether Viz plans to release the Maison Ikkoku series on DVD? The one Takahashi series with no shape-changing or dimension-hopping weird stuff going on in it and that's the one that time seems to have forgotten! (Now don't get me wrong...I enjoy Ranma and Inu Yasha a lot but anyone who's loved [and lost?] can appreciate and identify with that poor slob Godai in MI.) Princess Nine is simply not to be missed. I've been watching anime for probably nearly as long as Saucer and Mr. What and consider it one of the finest I've seen. Drama, tension, character development, and a few laughs along the way. Like Saucer says, you don't need to be a baseball fan to be able to appreciate how good an anime this is. Highly highly recommended. And the ending isn't what one might expect, but we found satisfying nevertheless. I've got some MKR and 3x3 in manga form. Super Manga Blast was carrying 3x3 but I fell off the wagon when we moved to Indiana. Pai is one of the most unlikely anime heroines I've seen, especially now in SMB. I've got the first two MKR GNs, though I had forgotten that until I finally unpacked my manga collection yesterday. (I think I need bigger bookcases!) Anime for me started before I even knew what the name for Japanese animation was. Kimba the White Lion (nods to Kathy) was an early favorite followed by Battle of the Planets (and my name is Mark so I'm partial!) then Voltron and finally Robotech. I kinda forgot about anime altogether until I went to university then fell in with a bunch of RPGers who were also anime buffs. By the time I watched the fourth-generation fansub of Bubble Gum Crisis with damn near enough snow on the screen to look like an Upper Peninsula blizzard, I knew that I would be an anime fan for life. The best part, folks, is it just keeps getting better! Now we've got DVDs and more damn titles than I could ever keep straight. In fact, I almost never buy single copies anymore. I prefer to wait for the box sets to come out so Sonia and I can watch them all in one marathon on a Saturday night (although Eva and Key the Metal Idol took awhile to watch as did Fushigi Yugi.) P9 was a notable exception, however. There is a P9 Yahoo group if anyone is interested... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kisaragi_High/Sorry about the shameless plug, but Lord knows the group could use some traffic. --me Mark Engels
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« on: May 02, 2003, 09:43:49 am »
"Ain't no such thing as bad publicity."
Thanks for putting the forum out there on the Pike, Rob.
--me
Mark Engels
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« on: April 30, 2003, 07:50:28 pm »
Oh yay! Mark finally finished, and just in time! I just finished reading my lastest Steven King novel! I'll print it out, praying that my printer doesn't choke to death on the multitudes of pages, and use it for some free-time reading, aka, Rachel's Insomnia Hours! I'll be sure to give feedback when finished!  Thank you for the kind words, Rach. And for the rest of you curious, Rough Justice weighs in at around 74,000 words (or about 150 pages using 9-point Courier type.) So those of you who desire to print it out ought best to stock up on ink. Looking forward to your sharing your impressions of the story Rach. --me Mark Engels
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« on: April 29, 2003, 09:31:51 pm »
Fellow El Hazard fans: At the culmination of over eighteen months worth of work, my co-author Ken Wolfe and I are pleased to offer our newest El Hazard fan fiction "Rough Justice" for your reading enjoyment. http://www.mts.net/~kenwolfe/my_fanfic/Rough.txtFor those of you familiar with Ken's earlier work including "Earth", "Reunited" and "Prime Candidate", this story takes place in between one of the vignettes that composes "Forever", the last segment of the Earth saga. We have, however, crafted Rough Justice as a stand alone story, so we hope readers unfamiliar with the aforementioned works will still read and enjoy it. Ken's other El Hazard stories may be found, along with Rough Justice, at: http://www.mts.net/~kenwolfe/fanfic.htmlComments are welcomed and appreciated. Our email addresses appear in the text of the story. And thank you to all of you for keeping the El Hazard fan community alive and growing. --me Mark Engels
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« on: April 29, 2003, 09:24:00 pm »
Someone once suggested Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" for Makoto and OVA-Ifurita. I'd like to see that done too.
Funny you should mention that, Eric. See my post about the newest addition to the El Hazard fan fiction body of work, brought to you by yours truly and Ken Wolfe, author of the "requisite" El Hazard: Earth series. --me Mark Engels
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« on: April 26, 2003, 03:39:58 pm »
Hmm...I don't think she's in turmoil forever. After all, Yuba was glad to have been with her.
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all, y'know? Roger that! --me Mark Engels
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