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*Vulcan salute* Welcome back to the Board! Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny object as a welcome-back gift, and use them well!

Which, incidentally, is an awesome slogan, no?

Question - old, new, or both?
Have a pet cat. You may name her whatever you wish.

And those guys deserve a MEDAL! We have signs like that in my city and every time I walk by, my fingers itch to climb up there with a bucket of paint and FIX the horrid things.

Please, please, please let this become well-known and spur people - fanwriters especially - to be more careful. Please, please, please...

Do not feed it Sues.

Whip out your punctuation correction set from that and start correcting the punctuation.

Don't wait for an invitation. These guys didn't.

Hello! Have a seventeen foot long, multicolored, wool, knit scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Please use them IRresponsibly

(Yay for someone likely to get this reference!)

The gruel deluge centered on Miah, and ended the life of the pickled egg bazooka. She cackled madly and wiped gruel from her face.

"You see why I always pack my food fight gear before we come to the cafeteria, Cali?" she said as she rummaged in her bag for another weapon.

Kyle bellowed, "Why can't you people throw desserts!"

"We hate gruel!" Kevin added.

They spied the Nm's & Nm's and broke cover to make a dash for them.

Hannah and Cali wiped enough gruel off their faces that they could see and started laying down cover fire of blue Kool-Aid for the two boys.

A Man, a Plan, and a Sharpie: "The Great Typo Hunt"

Just think how many typos could have been fixed if the American contingent of the PPC had only known this was happening!

~Neshomeh, who wants to sign up, and possibly a t-shirt.

Help yourself to your favorite venomous arthropod! Glad to have you a-Board.

It's a magical turnip. Shhhhhh!

;p

Nice to meet you, and welcome back!

I made some of those sound better than they are. But they're still pretty good.

Caleb flicked porridge from his fingers and glanced at the bowl of peas that three agents were fighting over. If he put on an extra burst of speed, he might be able to reach it first. Grabbing his blind partner by the shoulders, the vampire shoved him under a table and made an eye-blurring dash for the table. He was within inches of the bowl when he slipped on half a bowlful of spilled Nm&Nms. The momentum he'd built up slammed him into the legs of the agent throwing them. A liberal amount of ketchup splattered into his face.

Jack, meanwhile, ventured out from under the table, just in time to catch a mug's worth of stale Bleepfee in his half open mouth.

*Plops on head* You can always use flame-proof head gear!

Please enjoy this flame-proof hat as a welcoming present.

Hello everyone! *waves* It's nice to meet you!

I lurked around this board some years back, did a few MSTs, and wandered away for a while. After getting distracted by shiny things and school related things, and sometimes even shiny school related things, I slogged my way back out of the depths of the internets.

Fandom-wise, I quite adore Dr. Who (both new and old series), Alice in Wonderland 2010, Discworld, Good Omens, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and far too many series of anime for my own good or productivity.

I think that's pretty much it, I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!

This is a wonderful idea. Even if Aster kind of is not yet an agent, she, too, can be comical and dish out a recipie or two.

Aster Corbett's Ragin' Renagade Salmon Croquettes

Things you need to assemble:

1) A can of salmon. That's right. Canned. Not fresh. Canned salmon can be found on World One, but I suppose you can substitute similar canned fish. Just don't pick something too fatty or weird or full of people it ate. And make sure there are no dolphins or other wildlife harmed in the production of the canned seameat.
2)Breadcrumbs. Panko breadcrumbs are best, so go hit someone and take their panko or something. If not, well, I guess you could use something else. But you're a wimp.
3) A small onion.
4) Oil for your pan, for pete's sake.
5) One Egg (avian periods courtesy of a World 1 chicken are preferable, but any bird egg of similar size will do)
6) Anything you want to flavor the salmon with, optional. (Code for: salt plus whatever is lying around)
7) Appropriate utensils. Frying pan, spatula, cutting board, can opener, knife, chopping bowl. Etc.

Directions:

1) Open can of salmon. Inside should be an articulated chunk of salmon, already cooked. Yes, that's right-- it's pre-cooked with the head and fins cut off. But not de-boned. Empty the can, with ALL of the juice, into your cutting bowl. I use a wooden bowl that looks silly as a hat. Go through the salmon with a fork and pick out all of the biggest bones: the vertebra, the big ribs. There will always be little stringy things in the meat. That is just how salmon works and they vanish when chopped. Also, there might be a skin with scales. It's not important to eliminate all of the skin (actually, it has tasty fat in it) but if this is the case, DO get rid of the scales. They'll be small and transluscent.

2) The small onion should be peeled and chopped, geez. Little shreds the size of what you get when you punch holes in paper with a hole punch, maybe a little shredder. Maybe like, what you get when you feed a Mary Sue into a jet intake...

3) Mix the chopped onions with the dissected canned salmon. Then, crack the egg into the bowl-- this will help your little nuggets stick together. Finally, add some breadcrumbs to help hold the egg and the delicious salmon juice, but not too much. Then, I use a nifty ulu knife I stole from an eskimo to chop everything together in the bowl until it's mixed. I guess you can take two normal knives and cross-chop them that way, too. If you haven't mugged an eskimo lately.

4) Add whatever you want to flavor the little fish nuggets with now. I usually just add some salt, but if you have any leftover herbs or seasonings you like on salmon, feel free to mix them in.

5) You should already have your frying pan hot and oiled. Dummy.

6) Time to get dirty. Use your (CLEAN!) hands to take scoops of fish a little smaller than a (non '80s) cell-phone and press and roll your fish goop into little oblong nuggets-- they should be a bit smaller than an egg each. If the fish goop is too sticky or gloppy to hold, mix in more breadcrumbs. Roll these little nuggets in yet more breadcrumbs and then toss them as you finish forming them into your sizzlin' frying pan.

7) Multitask! You agent types should be good at that! Keep making your little nuggets and shuffle the ones around in the pan with a fork or something to make sure they get all crisp and delicious golden-brown on all sides. Keep an eye on them. When one is done, put it on a plate covered with paper towel to sit. Eventually, all of them will be cooked and there will be no more fish glop to make into nuggets.

8) Eat them! You can serve them as a side for spaghetti instead of italian sausages or something if you want I guess. Just eat some salad or vegtables too-- as quick and easy as these are... they're still fried! You fatso!

Agents Keats and Nicole hid under the table to avoid the food being dropped down upon them and others.

"So now what?" Keats asked sarcastically, wringing out the kool-aid from his grass-green hair.

Nicole smirked wolfishly as she held up her trusty spork gun. "What else? We improvise. Help me load this thing up..."

As they stuffed the weapon with discarded rolls, Nicole commented, "Boy, I'm sure glad I brought this thing with me today!"

Once they were ready, he two Agents laid it against the table and began aiming it towards the flying bird-like agent.

"Ready, Mister Keats?... aim... FIRE!"

Keats pulled the trigger, launching a salvo of breads into the air... and right at the aquiline Agent.

Kazeyama was about to retaliate at the bazooka-wielding Agent when she was overtaken by a liquidy glop that seemed to resemble oatmeal. "Ackpth!" She floundered to the surface, glaring at her aquiline partner, who was laughing. It sounded rather more like a choking duck, in fact, but the intent was clear. The dragon glared. "Shut up!" She scooped up a glop of gruel and hurled it at Gwelumir. It was well-aimed; the large bird didn't have time to get out of the way before it splatted onto her chest.

"Oh, you're going to regret that," muttered the Eagle. Taking off from her perch, she swept across the room, grabbing bits of solid food in her talons and dropping them at random intervals. The bulk of her load was saved for Kazeyama, who was still mostly stuck in the porridgey substance.

"Ha! I got you to jo--" the Siu-Riu was silenced by a clump of meatloaf in her mouth, followed by a barrage of stale rolls and other things, most of which were unidentifiable.

I admit, I've... never actually read any of his work first-hand. I am familiar with a few concepts, a few Great old Ones for example. But also his description of Cathuria from "the White Ship" (1919)

But it does present an interesting quandry: the nature of the Human ego seems to far outstrip it's relative (non)importance in the greater cosmos... but why?

Is it a holdover from a time when it was a certainty that we were made in the image of paternal gods (who, if they do exist, probably spend their days in an asylum being fed the Blue Pills while they sit in the corner and stare at our dust-mote peice of the universe)? Or... in the face of our certain fate if we are on-world when Cthullhu awakens... do we merely decide to run while he still sleeps? To do what was unimaginable to a 1920s New Englander and flee to a place that might not have a giant, 13th dimensional squid-demon waiting to wake up. Sure, we may bump into something worse... but it's (like i said) something that helps.

But then again... trying to embrace the emptiness by going out there and doing things seems to beat merely staying put and awaiting destruction to a lot of people. Graffito-tagging the Universal wall with our little words instead of trying to read the runes of the greater beings.

I guess that's what I like: you'll never be able to beat these things, you're barely able to communicate with them without going nuts and, like I layed out, only their wierdoes actually take and interest in us... but it is still fascianting stuff (until the moment their multi-dimensional forms short out your vision centre, that is).

Embrace it accept it... and get out of their way.

I think I'll stick with the Elder Ones myself: a nice, homegrown pre-cambrian civilization of... things.

The original recipe calls for World 1 watershrimp, but other small crustaceans can be easily substituted.

Agent Riddick's Shrimp Sauce

1 lb fresh watershrimp
1/4 lb butter
1 tsp flour
1 glass water
Splash of milk
Pepper and salt (to taste)

1. Peel and dice the watershrimp and boil until they turn pink.

2. Meanwhile, mix the other ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until the mixture thickens.

3. Drain off the watershrimp and add them to the sauce.

This recipe is excellent on fish and most other meats. Local herbs and spices can be added as available.

Modren watched as several of the pancakes were hit with flying eggs. He wasn't paying enough attention to what was going on around him and got hit with a few eggs.

Turning his attention to the agent splatting people with eggs he cast 'summon gruel'. A mess of gruel, which has the look and consistency of overcooked oatmeal with none of the flavour, appeared in midair.

Due to a miscalculation, and the narrative laws of comedy, the mass was larger than intended and covered a large portion of the room.

Including a now rather disgruntled Modren.

I'll have a go at the "etc." category. {= )

Agent Derik's Ersatz Klah

If you're unfamiliar, klah is a beverage brewed from the bark of the Pernese klah tree, and is the best drink ever invented. However, if you can't get the real thing, this is a decent substitute.

You'll need:

Your favorite mug.

Enough boiling water to fill it 1/2- to 3/4-full, depending on your preference.
Enough milk to fill it the rest of the way.

1 heaping tablespoon of Ghirardelli's Sweet Ground Chocolate and Cocoa mix. Substitute lesser chocolate powders at your own risk.
1/2 tsp. instant coffee granules. Adjust per strength of your instant coffee and your preference.
A generous dash of cinnamon.
A pinch of nutmeg.

Load dry ingredients into your mug. Add boiling water and stir. When everything is dissolved, add milk. Imagine you're back in the Weyr and enjoy.

If you prefer, you can substitute the milk for soy milk, rice milk, etc., or skip it entirely. You can also spike it with your favorite alcoholic beverage for a little extra kick on really tough days.

Agent Ross's Miso Remedy

Because agents get sick, too. And this one has the bonus of being able to be cooked on the heat-exhaust port of ones console! Or, you know, the Microwave if on vacation to World 1. Or over a stove if you happen to have one and a pot to cook in....

2 tablespoons Miso Paste (Preferably organic, if you can manage it, because non-organic soy really should be avoided)

1.5 cups water

4 large garlic cloves, squidged. (Technical term. Yup.)

Bonito flakes, optional.

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Place all ingredients into your favourite mug, or a small saucepan if working on a stove, and heat until hot enough. This varies from individual to individual. Stir until all the miso is dissolved. Drink. Smile.