Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 14:42:26 -0400 To: swil @ cc.swarthmore.edu From: mshaner1 @ cc.swarthmore.edu Subject: SWILnews nipping at your nose Well, the big occurrence of this week, seeing as what the Ren Faire trip was cancelled (thanks for trying, Andrea), was the Pterodactyl Hunt. As a monster on the street, I (Bondage) had a few impressions [see suggestion number 1? --D]: 1) We should _not_ let drunk high school kids play next year. 2) The rules must be more readily seen by the players (i.e. post them somewhere more visible). 3) We ("we" being those interested in next year's hunt) should get together some time and discuss what other changes need to be made. (If this happens, someone who knows their number should inform Steve and Bhadrika). 4) It was a pretty good time, no? This was a year for breaking with Pterodactyl Hunt tradition. The pterodactyls were slain by two freshlings (and _not_ David Underwood); the prize for most gold pieces went to a spec, of all things; and somebody SAVED THE PIZZA RECEIPTS (Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!). Thank you all for participating--a pleasant time was had by nearly all. Charles (yay, Charles) is soliciting random donations to recoup some money spent on supplies. Good luck, Charles - they're a tightfisted bunch. Stuff (including lost 'n' found) is in George. (Plus there are two hairbrushes sitting in Parlors, just waiting for their lost owners.) A few great overheard quotations: "Wow, what's that thing?" "I don't know, but it's big and black and scary." (about Kylian as Vampire) "Who's that?" "I don't know, but she's got a box on her head - RUN!" (about Deirdre as Wash- and-Wearwolf) Lloyd Alexander is THIS SATURDAY; if you're going, contact Mike Rothbart, who is van dude. Have fun. Sniff. Bondage and Discipline both brought copies of the Mind's Eye catalogue, a nifty collection of random stuff, largely composed of audio and video tapes of BBC productions of things. Such things include _The Lord of the Rings_, _The Chronicles of Narnia_, _The Chronicles of Prydain_, _Hitchhiker's_, and lots of other non-sf stuff as well. If you want to browse and/or order, see one of us. I (D) have a Discover card.... There will (we think, assuming Sharples is open) be SWIL meetings during break, albeit non-official ones. It is, however, possible to get dismembered at one of these meetings; it won't count against your consecutivity if you're not around, though. Upcoming events include the SWILowe'en party; Beth will fill us in on that soon, won't you, Beth... And anyone who wants to write reviews for the SWILnews is welcome to. ATTENDANCE 3 OCTOBER 1992 Geoffrey "Wow, first" Noer; Deb "two is bigger than one" Sam; Heather Brinkhous; Robert "Seven Eggplants" Richardson [and a partridge... --D]; David "awk-Awk-AWK-AWK-AWK!" Randall; Charles "Jelly Donuts on a helical blimp" Danforth; Sam "Grrrr...?" Weiler; Lisa "men are creations of Satan...no offense" Stefanowich; Jove "can't think of a cool nickname" Graham [How about "cracker"? Sorry. --B]; Kendra "martini: shaken or stirred?" Eshleman [I prefer centrifuged m'self... --D]; Melissa "Watching Dallas - if it ever gets here" Running; Luke "Firefighting orc" Hankins; Josh "MSG: the secret ingredient in lembas" Burdick; Andrea "still showing traces of snarkishness" Hall [No, really? --B]; Kylian "Terrorizer of Squirrels 'But I don't like this nickname' 'So what?' 'Shut up!' ok Robinson; David "Hi, I'm back, Kylian is missing a quote mark." Randall; Topher "Women are creations of a Judeo-Christian God - no offense" LeRoy; Stephen "at the Keck Symposium - really" Sample; b(R)ad "Who put the moose in the Benedicimus?" Gabe - Bowling & Duckpin