You named a library after me!

[dStryker]

I was searching for stuff on Google, and one of the webpages happened to be a thread from the Shireroth board, so I thought I'd go check it out. Then I see that the forum is called the Tony Au Memorial Library, and I have to say that I'm flattered that you guys actually remembered me.As a short update on my life, I'm a senior in high school now and I still live in Michigan, but this will be my last year. I'll be attending Yale University next year, so I'll soon be living in Connecticut.How has everyone been? I'd love a short summary of what's been going on with everybody in the past two years. Also, what's been going on with Shireroth in the past two years?(No, I don't plan on coming back. At least I don't plan on it....)

[Kaiser Alejian I]

WHOA!HOLY SAINT FRANCIS ON A POGO STICK!!!!!Hey man! It's Gman Russell. Or maybe you'd remember me as Gman Pinky. Hey man! NICE to see you! *smirks*I got out of MN's for like, a year or two, then I got sucked back in and I love it. Hehe.

[Gryphon Avocatio]

You're alive. That's good to see.The naming the Library and the University was my idea back when I was the MoRE. I asked around for names of important Shirerothians, and it was generally agreed that your name should grace the Library. 3e knowe ek that in fourme of speche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand 3eer, and wordes tho / That hadden pris now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thenketh hem, and 3et thei spake hem so, / And spedde as wel in loue as men now do...Edited by: Gryphon Avocatio  at: 5/10/05 23:29

[Ryan]

Well holy cow, you never know who'll show up outta the woodwork!Good to see you're still alive man. To sum up two years for you in a single sentence - Shireroth gobbled up the rest of the Apollo Sector (and beyond) and is now, I would have to admit, probably the most active virtual micronation around. Useless art is simply tolerated vandalism. I am a vandal.

[Stjepan Veliki]

hey dStyrker. It's been a while (I'm not a citizen here. I just haunt the place )

[Scott of Hyperborea]

d! Good to see you! Yale...we always knew you'd end up somewhere like that, but good job, good job!Not much going on with me - I live in Dublin, Ireland now, but I'll be going to college back in New York next year. And I am MiniTrade, busy trying to restore your legacy of a Shirerithian economy after a dry spell of two or so years.A lot of people say they are not coming back. They turn out to have been wrong. Your old friend Caesar Augustus, for example, is Marquis of Florencia here these days. It's "succumb or be succumbed", as usual.Glad to know you're still alive and kicking, and...Yale...congratulations! "Whenever I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my revolver." - Herman Goering

[Shyriath]

*Bows* Hello there! You wouldn't know me, but I have heard many legends concerning dStryker. Very nice to see you around.

[dStryker]

I still get excited by the fact that I was accepted to Yale, made even greater by the fact that I got into Harvard too. It's pretty hard to believe I'll be going to Yale in just a couple of months. The best part is that I barely have to pay anything.I actually have time now to be involved in micronations if I wanted to, but I'm enjoying my "retirement," so to speak. Plus I'd be pretty disoriented because I'm so far behind on things.Hey Stjepan: I've thought about IMing you several times, but I never got around to it/never had the courage to do it.What language is the Polabia board in? Is it Czech?As a side note, I took a class on Polish, although I'm forgetting it all now. But I plan on continuing with it once I'm at Yale.Pan Kowalczyk jest rygorystycznym dyrektorem. (Straight from the textbook.) Because this phrase will be very useful in Poland. Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell

[Stjepan Veliki]

I can imagine how exciting that would be! : ) Yeah, the language on the Polabia forum is primarily Czech, although I stole a few words here and there from other sources where it suited me. Macica is actually Sorbian, since the Czech word would be...hmm...something like Beseda or Vseda. Close to the Russian word. Depending on popular opinion, we might also adopt the Polish name "Sejm" for our legislature.90% of it is Czech though, as I'm a bit too afraid of Polish, even though the dialect of Sorbian which most Sorbs speak is most similar to Polish. I'm pleased to see that you took a course in it though and apparently enjoyed it. It's one of the more difficult slavic languages and once you have that done well I won't be able to hide much from you whenever I go on a Croatian-speaking binge. ; ) And to prove that point, I'll try to take a stab at translating that. Mr. Kowalczyk is a rigorous(?) director...yeah, is kind of a useless thing. ; )rygorystycznym dyrektorem And you definitely should IM me sometime. I'd do it myself but I lost your screen name a while ago. Edited by: Stjepan Veliki at: 5/11/05 19:29

[dStryker]

Yes, it's instrumental.I enjoyed the class a lot, although I wish we could have gone faster, but that's because I pick up languages much more easily than most people.A lot of people have told me that Polish is rather difficult. Then again, a lot of people have told me that I should learn a more useful language than Polish. I prefer learning Polish over Russian though (which would be much more useful) mostly because I don't feel like learning the Cyrillic alphabet, although I would be able to read it; it just takes a while. The other reason is that Russian has free stress, which makes it more complicated. And the akanie and ikanie rules are bothersome. Of course, none of these reasons are really anything to stop me from learning Russian if I wanted to, but I need to justify why I'm learning Polish. I look forward to the day when I can read your Croatian. Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell

[Stjepan Veliki]

Yes, the free stress in Russian is extremely irritating, and its effects on pronunciation are much more pronounced than in other languages (unstressed o becoming shwa, unstressed e sounding like i, etc). Grammatically, it's simpler than most other slavic languages.The plus side is though, once you learn Polish you will already be able to understand a good amount of Russian (or any other slavic language) and learning them will come very easily to you.As for reading my Croatian...mozhda ti razumijesh vech puno edit: phonetiscized Edited by: Stjepan Veliki at: 5/11/05 19:57

[Kaiser Alejian I]

I would expect no less of a man who is going to Yale...as for me? I'm going back to work at my ice cream shop. :P

[Liam Sinclair]

*quickly chains Stryker to the ICEO* Bawhahahaha! You'll never leave now! Good to see you're still kicking. Good luck with university.[BTW, this would be ScooterMk2 by an ancient login] Sir Liam Sinclair, K.S.G.Kingdom of Gotzborg | Minister of State, Home Office

[Bill3000]

...allright, that's it. We need to make a pan-micronational law to stick to one login only per person. I'm sick and tired of having to get to be used to everyone changing their damn logins. Bill Dusch - Archon of SoloralismQuillan Fatebane, 65th Paladin, Lanys Tvy'l Server (EQ1)Quillan Umbarcotumo, 37th Paladin, Innothule Server (EQ2)Proud to be Apollonianvar txtList = new Array()txtList[txtList.length]="'Whoa! You're in...college now? You got...older! I guess that's what happens when time passes, but still...' - Scott Siskind";txtList[txtList.length]="'The Hindenburg Uncertainty Principle, by contrast states that before you get on a blimp, you can never be certain whether it's going to catch on fire or not' - Scott Siskind";txtList[txtList.length]="Why do I need some cheese?";txtList[txtList.length]="'me to. well almost, we have to worship the living god, Bill3000.' - Hubert";txtList[txtList.length]="'Y'know what? I am never going to get out of micronations. I think I need to be assassinated or something.' - Jason Steffke";txtList[txtList.length]="'Bill, you are STILL young and stupid.' - Jason Steffke, Control of Destiny 1";txtList[txtList.length]="I think we've gotta promote you. You now have slightly more diplomatic skills than a random rock. - Sirithil nos Feanor, to Bill Dusch";txtList[txtList.length]="'Wow. I'm this close to admitting you're no longer young and stupid.' - Scott Siskind, to Bill";txtList[txtList.length]="'ow! I've been thrwappen! Now I have a sudden urge to enter politics...' - Gryphon the Pure, after being hit by a shard of Pure Mischief";txtList[txtList.length]="'As for... Quil, to be honest many of us have wondered about [him] for some time now. The real question might be why he LEFT the lance there.' - Areania, on how Quillan (Bill in EQ1) let Trombonius 'sit' on his lance"; j=parseInt(Math.random()*txtList.length);j=(isNaN(j))?0:j;document.write(txtList[j]);

[Stjepan Veliki]

from my cold, dead hands, Bill! from my cold, dead hands!

[Bill3000]

*takes the name from his cold dead hands* Bill Dusch - Archon of SoloralismQuillan Fatebane, 65th Paladin, Lanys Tvy'l Server (EQ1)Quillan Umbarcotumo, 37th Paladin, Innothule Server (EQ2)Proud to be Apollonianvar txtList = new Array()txtList[txtList.length]="'Whoa! You're in...college now? You got...older! I guess that's what happens when time passes, but still...' - Scott Siskind";txtList[txtList.length]="'The Hindenburg Uncertainty Principle, by contrast states that before you get on a blimp, you can never be certain whether it's going to catch on fire or not' - Scott Siskind";txtList[txtList.length]="Why do I need some cheese?";txtList[txtList.length]="'me to. well almost, we have to worship the living god, Bill3000.' - Hubert";txtList[txtList.length]="'Y'know what? I am never going to get out of micronations. I think I need to be assassinated or something.' - Jason Steffke";txtList[txtList.length]="'Bill, you are STILL young and stupid.' - Jason Steffke, Control of Destiny 1";txtList[txtList.length]="I think we've gotta promote you. You now have slightly more diplomatic skills than a random rock. - Sirithil nos Feanor, to Bill Dusch";txtList[txtList.length]="'Wow. I'm this close to admitting you're no longer young and stupid.' - Scott Siskind, to Bill";txtList[txtList.length]="'ow! I've been thrwappen! Now I have a sudden urge to enter politics...' - Gryphon the Pure, after being hit by a shard of Pure Mischief";txtList[txtList.length]="'As for... Quil, to be honest many of us have wondered about [him] for some time now. The real question might be why he LEFT the lance there.' - Areania, on how Quillan (Bill in EQ1) let Trombonius 'sit' on his lance"; j=parseInt(Math.random()*txtList.length);j=(isNaN(j))?0:j;document.write(txtList[j]);

[Stjepan Veliki]

well, damn

[Kaiser Alejian I]

*smacks Bill*Bad Bill!Ignore him!

[Bill3000]

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[Greg Johnston]

dStryker! I wasn't quite around when you were here--I came a few months after--but I've heard (read?) about you...you're only a senior in HS?Delphi...I demand better, man! greg johnston

[King Oz I]

Welcome Back!(Im new... got here in June.... heard alot about you.. envy you being the only MiniT to keep an economy working :P)

[Olorix]

Finally, someone who knows their shit about micronational economics!