And then, Acelina, can you let me know what cost, bribe, incentive, or other you would accept to make a couple for Dietrich and myself? :D

Evzenie

-----Original Message-----
From: Dayle Harding
Sent: Aug 16, 2007 1:14 PM
To: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Ayreton] Midlands Badge

Dougal--

Did anyone ever send you one?  If so, could you send it to me so that I could program it on my embroidery machine???

Thanks,
Acelina

----- Original Message ----
From: Dougal MacAlister <scadougal@yahoo.com>
To: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:13:31 PM
Subject: [Ayreton] Midlands Badge

Anyone have a decent graphic of the Midlands Badge?

If so, could you please email it to me?

 

Thanks
 

Lord Dougal MacAlister the Tardy
Archery Marshal for the Province of Tree-Girt-Sea
Drop-Dead Deputy Midlands Regional Archery Marshal

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Thanks for the link. This is incredible.

I do recall seeing similar artworks at both the Forbidden City exhibit at
the Field Museum a couple of years ago, along with the Taoism exhibit at the
Art Institute a few years ago. But it always great to see more of these
works.


In Service,

-Wolfram von Waldersbach
Archery Marshal of the Shire of the Grey Gargoyles





>From: "nadezda_zezastrizl" <nadezda_z@...>
>Reply-To: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
>To: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Ayreton] Picture of the day...
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:42:17 -0000
>
>For all you fans of Chinese art out there, check out wikipedia's
>picture of the day for today
>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Along_the_River_7-119-3.jpg
>It's a panorama of Along the River During Qingming Festival, 18th
>century remake of a 12th century original by Chinese artist Zhang
>Zeduan; 50% resolution. It's so long that it scrolls, but is beautiful.
>Enjoy!
>-Nadezda
>

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Thanks Nadezda

I'd been wanting to take another trip today, now it feels like I have, even while the last of Pennsic laundry is drying!

Etienne

.

From the Lord Mayor

I hope all of you who attended Pennsic have had a reasonably good time, arrived safely back home, and have dried out. Laundry done? Or maybe just burned it? Anyway, during my time there, I had many fine citizens volunteer for the important posts in our Town's administration. Here's the list so far:

Town Cackler: Talib of the Grey Gargoyles

Town Mead Tester and Taxation Assessor: Johannes Machiavelli

Town Pillager: Bojei Temur

Town (Single) Malt Monger: Cunradus

Town Bouncer: Sir Killian Fendrich

Town Falconer (for real!): Theornderyc of the Grey Gargoyles

Town Vice Mistress: Margherita Alessia (Ghita)

Boastmaster General: Henry of Exeter

Chief Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation: Baron Gintaras

Ministress of Mischief and Mayhem: Emmiken de Waeyern

Town Rat Catcher: Meytilda 

(would our Town Rat Releaser please identify herself here)

Finally...

The Creator: Christian Fournier

The Oracle: Jale bint ...y'know, Wendy! 

The appointment of "jobs" is still open here, first come, first to line their pockets, er, I mean first served.

Your Lord Mayor

Etienne

I know the Newberry isn't the most convenient location for a lot of people,
but...  I recently received a catalog of public programs for Fall, 2007.  Some
are free, some have a cost involved, many look interesting.  In
particular...<http://www.newberry.org/programs/SemFall2007.html#newberry>

[...snip...]

   Constructing a Medieval Book: Book Making and Manuscripts in the Middle Ages

  November 3

  10:00 am -- Noon

   Register Online (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express accepted)





  This seminar will be a brief, hands-on introduction to the art and
craft of making a medieval book. We will consider what materials went
into the production of a book, how they were selected and by whom, and
we will look at how a book's design and production were closely tied to
its use and content in ways that differ greatly from book production
today. Come get an up-close view of some of the Newberry's most
beautiful and interesting medieval manuscripts, and learn how they were
made along the way.



  Megan Moore is the Assistant Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at
The Newberry Library.
[...snip...]

--
Robyyan Torr d'Elandris (Dennis R. Sherman)
  Tree-Girt-Sea, Midrealm (Chicago, IL USA)
  http://robyyan.googlepages.com

I know the Newberry isn't the most convenient location for a lot of people, but... I recently received a catalog of public programs for Fall, 2007. Some are free, some have a cost involved, many look interesting. In particular...<http://www.newberry.org/programs/SemFall2007.html#newberry>

[...snip...]

Constructing a Medieval Book: Book Making and Manuscripts in the Middle Ages

November 3

10:00 am -- Noon

Register Online (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express accepted)

This seminar will be a brief, hands-on introduction to the art and
craft of making a medieval book. We will consider what materials went
into the production of a book, how they were selected and by whom, and
we will look at how a book's design and production were closely tied to
its use and content in ways that differ greatly from book production
today. Come get an up-close view of some of the Newberry's most
beautiful and interesting medieval manuscripts, and learn how they were
made along the way.

Megan Moore is the Assistant Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at The Newberry Library.
[...snip...]

--
Robyyan Torr d'Elandris (Dennis R. Sherman)
Tree-Girt-Sea, Midrealm (Chicago, IL USA)
http://robyyan.googlepages.com

Greetings Lord Mayor and all subscribing Ayretonites
and Ayretonians - whichever terms pleases you more,

I, Lady Metylda, and the rat releaser! I believe there
was a younger gentle who was the rat catcher.  Nope,
dearie me, I just make sure that the proper amount
rats are retained, so that the Rat Catcher can do
their job. I also make sure no Rapier Rats are
detained for too long... Can't have that, no not at
all... If you wish to give me both jobs, I'm sure I
can handle it just fine. Just to be sure, though,
would you need an updated (Caramel Corn) resume for
the Rat Catcher position? Or would my old (candied
nuts) version suffice?

Metylda
Ayreton Rat Releaser


--- spdesroches@... wrote:

> From the Lord Mayor
>
> I hope all of you who attended Pennsic have had a
> reasonably good time, arrived safely back home, and
> have dried out. Laundry done? Or maybe just burned
> it? Anyway, during my time there, I had many fine
> citizens volunteer for the important posts in our
> Town's administration. Here's the list so far:
>
> Town Cackler: Talib of the Grey Gargoyles
> Town Mead Tester and Taxation Assessor: Johannes
> Machiavelli
> Town Pillager: Bojei Temur
> Town (Single) Malt Monger: Cunradus
> Town Bouncer: Sir Killian Fendrich
> Town Falconer (for real!): Theornderyc of the Grey
> Gargoyles
> Town Vice Mistress: Margherita Alessia (Ghita)
> Boastmaster General: Henry of Exeter
> Chief Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation:
> Baron Gintaras
> Ministress of Mischief and Mayhem: Emmiken de
> Waeyern
> Town Rat Catcher: Meytilda
> (would our Town Rat Releaser please identify herself
> here)
> Finally...
> The Creator: Christian Fournier
> The Oracle: Jale bint ...y'know, Wendy!
>
> The appointment of "jobs" is still open here, first
> come, first to line their pockets, er, I mean first
> served.
>
> Your Lord Mayor
> Etienne
>
>
>
>


There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

*****

Me þæt wyrd gewæf



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-------------- Original message from Metylda <bamf505@...>: --------------

Greetings Lord Mayor and all subscribing Ayretonites
and Ayretonians - whichever terms pleases you more,

I, Lady Metylda, and the rat releaser! I believe there
was a younger gentle who was the rat catcher. Nope,
dearie me, I just make sure that the proper amount
rats are retained, so that the Rat Catcher can do
their job. I also make sure no Rapier Rats are
detained for too long... Can't have that, no not at
all... If you wish to give me both jobs, I'm sure I
can handle it just fine. Just to be sure, though,
would you need an updated (Caramel Corn) resume for
the Rat Catcher position? Or would my old (candied
nuts) version suffice?

Metylda
Ayreton Rat Releaser

--- spdesroches@att.net wrote:

> From the Lord Mayor
>
> I hope all of you who attended Pennsic have had a
> reasonably good time, arrived safely back home, and
> have dried out. Lau ndry done? Or maybe just burned
> it? Anyway, during my time there, I had many fine
> citizens volunteer for the important posts in our
> Town's administration. Here's the list so far:
>
> Town Cackler: Talib of the Grey Gargoyles
> Town Mead Tester and Taxation Assessor: Johannes
> Machiavelli
> Town Pillager: Bojei Temur
> Town (Single) Malt Monger: Cunradus
> Town Bouncer: Sir Killian Fendrich
> Town Falconer (for real!): Theornderyc of the Grey
> Gargoyles
> Town Vice Mistress: Margherita Alessia (Ghita)
> Boastmaster General: Henry of Exeter
> Chief Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation:
> Baron Gintaras
> Ministress of Mischief and Mayhem: Emmiken de
> Waeyern
> Town Rat Catcher: Meytilda
> (would our Town Rat Releaser please identify herself
> here)
> Finally...
> The Creator: Christian Fournier
> The Oracle: Jale bint ...y'know , Wendy!
>
> The appointment of "jobs" is still open here, first
> come, first to line their pockets, er, I mean first
> served.
>
> Your Lord Mayor
> Etienne
>
>
>
>

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

*****

Me þæt wyrd gewæf

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Uh... Isn't that Vigilant?  Vigilante... They're not letting you carry GUNS
are they... :P

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Ayreton@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarafina Sinclair
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:14 PM
> To: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Ayreton] Re: Partial correction: *ONE* New Laurel!
>
> When I was up on the dias (sp?), HRM Dag told me I will be
> elevated at Coronation. If I hear differently, I will let
> everyone know.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sarafina the Vigilante
>
>
> ---
> The Honourable Lady Sarafina Sinclair, CDH,CE
> http://ladysarafina.home.att.net <http://ladysarafina.home.att.net>
>
>
>

I always thought of you as a rouge vigelante with lovely makeup & sharp needles.
T

--- In Ayreton@yahoogroups.com, "Sarafina Sinclair" <Sarafina.Sinclair@...>
wrote:
>
> No, I meant Vigilante!
>
> I can be pretty tough with a needle and pair of scissors if need be!
>
> Sarafina :D
>

I suppose you could compare it to calling people
"muggles", but it's become such a part of our SCA
culture, that we often do not realize that using the
word "mundane" can actually be taken in a derrogatory
way. Really, have you ever heard of something
'mundane' being fun? .... exactly....!

Apparently, at the Chatelaine's meeting at Pennsic, it
was requested that we attempt to substitute the word
"modern" anytime we would have used "mundane".

Just don't go with "mudblood"...thanks :)

Obviously, if you are newer to the SCA and you think
"freaking the mundanes" is a cool thing, by all means,
please continue! At least it makes us visible.

Thanks for your attention - here's hoping your day in
the modern world does not interfere much with your
sca-dian life. Go Bears! Go Cubs! Go Sox!

Smiles,
Jale
Your local neighborhood Chatelaine

Forgive me for saying this, but the SCA is a hobby.
People usually take part in a hobby because they have
an interest, find it enjoyable, and because they like
it. They do this because something about this 'hobby'
fascinates and excites something in the person. They
take part in a hobby because they *do not* find it
boring.

Hence, the 'real world' can be seen as Mundane.  Now,
we don't just refer to non-SCA people as Mundane, we
refer to our mundane jobs, our mundane names, we
change into mundanes, and we simply use the term
mundane to denote non-SCA things.  We do not *just*
call non-SCA people 'Mundanes', we refer to everything
that is non-SCA with a 'Mundane' adjective. If people
take that in a derogatory term, well, then that's
their problem.

In a way, 'Modern' isn't any better. As we are
reenactors, we obviously thing something about history
is superior to the modern world. We romance an age and
time that many consider to have disappeared in the
Modern world. So, Modern can be seen as less
chivalrous, less honorable, less desirable anyway.

My two cents,

Metylda


--- Wendy Pastrick <trybl_dance@...> wrote:

> I suppose you could compare it to calling people
> "muggles", but it's become such a part of our SCA
> culture, that we often do not realize that using the
> word "mundane" can actually be taken in a
> derrogatory
> way. Really, have you ever heard of something
> 'mundane' being fun? .... exactly....!
>
> Apparently, at the Chatelaine's meeting at Pennsic,
> it
> was requested that we attempt to substitute the word
> "modern" anytime we would have used "mundane".
>
> Just don't go with "mudblood"...thanks :)
>
> Obviously, if you are newer to the SCA and you think
> "freaking the mundanes" is a cool thing, by all
> means,
> please continue! At least it makes us visible.
>
> Thanks for your attention - here's hoping your day
> in
> the modern world does not interfere much with your
> sca-dian life. Go Bears! Go Cubs! Go Sox!
>
> Smiles,
> Jale
> Your local neighborhood Chatelaine


There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

*****

Me þæt wyrd gewæf



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Greetings all.....

Political Correctness is not period. It won't be invented for more
than 350 years after the SCA cut off date.  Hurting the feelings of
and calling other groups various insulting names is perfectly period.
It extends from before SCA period to well afterwards. Therefore call
whoever you want whatever you want. However, in good period fashion,
be prepared to defend your words with your body. <grins>

I, for one, will call the mundanes mundane, as I have been doing for 30 years.

Now...back to your mundane world and 'modern' forms of communication.

Be well all....

John Malkin aMalkin

--
John Railing 	      	                           aka Malkin
1041 Nerge Rd., Apt. 104 * Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 * 812-320-1447

Some years ago, the Powers-That-Be declared the term "mundane" anathema. we
all saw how well that worked, didn't we? Apparently, they want to do away
with "newbie" as well. And perhaps other words that are contentious as
well. But "mundane" and "newbie" are, I think, not going to roll over so
easily. they're too useful. The term "mundane" may be misused, but any term
that is pushed can be infused with the same negative perception ("Oh, he's
just a modern..." Oh dear, we mustn't use modern because it can be
derogatory), and newbie is a term used in many many contexts besides the
SCA and, in fact, has been often used by the newbie himself to describe
himself. I woner if a couple decades from now, there will be another
movement to remove these derogatory terms?

AFAIC, they would be better served with an educational program that teaches
fp;l not to use the terms in an insulting. derogatory manner. But that
makes too much sense and might be too hard. get rid of them altogether, and
life will be perfect!

At Pennsic this year, a countess asked me why I never wrote for anything
official. I don't like being told what I can and cannot write, I say. "Oh,
we never do that anymore," she said, while in the next breath noted that
newbie and mundane was banned in official publications. Um...

Cheers, Folo (who has his own dislikes: autocrat and, to a less extent,
troll, but not because they insult people)

As I recall, they tried to do away with "Autocrat", "Feastocrat", "Troll",
etc.  That's also had very mixed success.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Ayreton@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Folo Watkins
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:54 PM
> To: Ayreton@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Ayreton] Semantics - how mundane
>
> Some years ago, the Powers-That-Be declared the term
> "mundane" anathema. we all saw how well that worked, didn't
> we? Apparently, they want to do away with "newbie" as well.
> And perhaps other words that are contentious as well. But
> "mundane" and "newbie" are, I think, not going to roll over
> so easily. they're too useful. The term "mundane" may be
> misused, but any term that is pushed can be infused with the
> same negative perception ("Oh, he's just a modern..." Oh
> dear, we mustn't use modern because it can be derogatory),
> and newbie is a term used in many many contexts besides the
> SCA and, in fact, has been often used by the newbie himself
> to describe himself. I woner if a couple decades from now,
> there will be another movement to remove these derogatory terms?
>
> AFAIC, they would be better served with an educational
> program that teaches fp;l not to use the terms in an
> insulting. derogatory manner. But that makes too much sense
> and might be too hard. get rid of them altogether, and life
> will be perfect!
>
> At Pennsic this year, a countess asked me why I never wrote
> for anything official. I don't like being told what I can and
> cannot write, I say. "Oh, we never do that anymore," she
> said, while in the next breath noted that newbie and mundane
> was banned in official publications. Um...
>
> Cheers, Folo (who has his own dislikes: autocrat and, to a
> less extent, troll, but not because they insult people)
>
>
>
>
>

>As I recall, they tried to do away with "Autocrat", "Feastocrat", "Troll",
>etc. That's also had very mixed success.

No. *I* tried to get rid of the crat abominations, but like the Christians
in eleventh century Scandinavia, some heathens have backslid. I remain
confident that everyone in the SCA will come to their senses and subscribe
to the One True Faith in time :) But then I tried to substitute term that
described the same thing but, unfortunately just weren't as cute. "Mundane"
isn't cute, but nothing else conveys the same meaning!

Personally, I prefer the term "farb," but its meaning is not the same as
"mundane."

Cheers, Folo

Greetings Folo....

>  >As I recall, they tried to do away with "Autocrat", "Feastocrat", "Troll",
>>etc. That's also had very mixed success.
>
>No. *I* tried to get rid of the crat abominations, but like the Christians
>in eleventh century Scandinavia, some heathens have backslid. I remain
>confident that everyone in the SCA will come to their senses and subscribe
>to the One True Faith in time :) But then I tried to substitute term that
>described the same thing but, unfortunately just weren't as cute. "Mundane"
>isn't cute, but nothing else conveys the same meaning!

Actually....there is another word that says the same thing, but we
really don't want to use that term in this context. It would cause
too many problems because of its associations with other groups.

>Personally, I prefer the term "farb," but its meaning is not the same as
>"mundane."

I thought "farb" only referred to faux garb? I.e., looks sorta period
but isn't.

>Cheers, Folo

Be well......

John Malkin aMalkin

--
John Railing 	      	                           aka Malkin
1041 Nerge Rd., Apt. 104 * Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 * 812-320-1447

Yes, to those who ask, "did it rain at Pennsic?" Still, there was great
food, drinks, and most of all company:
Pennsic 2007 ~ How to Cook Salmon in the Rain
http://homepage.mac.com/technoking/PhotoAlbum34.html

My personal thanks to all who fed this lone bachelor. Lydia's an amazing
cook at such a young age. M & M you guys rock. Everyone up the hill who
dropped a bowl in front of me or a cup of café. Oh yeah, there was fighting.

The fighting was as glorious as the reenactment by Guy & I:
Guy & Talib ~ 14th Century Bravos?
http://homepage.mac.com/technoking/PhotoAlbum35.html

The cabana boy photo was edited out. No witches were harmed in the
production of the www sites.

Yours truly,
Talib/Leo
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Chicago, Illinois 60624
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