Considering sepuku? Nah, stick around, Mike, we need ya!

Actually, that line--one I love--, "I can see only one path to my honor," comes from of the better Star Trek novels. Hmmm...was it the ENTROPY EFFECT by Diane Duane? In any case, a character sez just that: "I can see only one path to my honor," and Spock replies, "Suicide does not seem to me a creative solution to your problems." Which is a line I love even more.

Mike, MUNDANE fix-its! Other than to describe his looks, mundane cannot be used in a sentence with RJ.

In my sense it relates to the non-supernatural cases Jack takes (e.g., Sister Maggie).

Main Entry: mun·dane
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mondeyne, from Middle French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.

In the fanish sense it's a noun meaning someone from the real world.

In my sense it relates to the non-supernatural cases Jack takes (e.g., Sister Maggie).

Main Entry: mun·dane
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mondeyne, from Middle French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.

In the fanish sense it's a noun meaning someone from the real world.

OK, OK. Point taken.

But I still LOVE RJ's routine, of this world, not out of the ordinary, non-supernatural fix-its, because, in MY world, Jack is totally out of the ordinary, uncharacteristic, and not commonplace and most assuredly not routine.

OK, OK. Point taken.

But I still LOVE RJ's routine, of this world, not out of the ordinary, non-supernatural fix-its, because, in MY world, Jack is totally out of the ordinary, uncharacteristic, and not commonplace and most assuredly not routine.

Exactly. In common usage, mundane means; commonplace... everyday... ordinary.

Ken V.

Exactly. In common usage, mundane means; commonplace... everyday... ordinary.

Ken V.

Hmmm...yes. This I know. I knew it when I wrote my response to Mike. I was teasing, Mike, whom I know has a gift for language and uses his words wisely. I have learned the lesson of inserting a smiley so no one takes me seriously.

Nevertheless, I still think there is nothing mundane about Jack except, perhaps the manner in which he keeps his person.



Post Script: HEY! I just scrolled back to my original comment, and I HAD inserted a smiley. Geez....

(*exits with head hanging low*)

Hmmm...yes. This I know. I knew it when I wrote my response to Mike. I was teasing, Mike, whom I know has a gift for language and uses his words wisely. I have learned the lesson of inserting a smiley so no one takes me seriously.

Nevertheless, I still think there is nothing mundane about Jack except, perhaps the manner in which he keeps his person.



Post Script: HEY! I just scrolled back to my original comment, and I HAD inserted a smiley. Geez....

(*exits with head hanging low*)

No, no, no, Maggers! =Always= keep your head high! Even when you're being lead out to the hangin' tree :eek: .

No, no, no, Maggers! =Always= keep your head high! Even when you're being lead out to the hangin' tree :eek: .

You are right, Mike! I will walk to that hangin' tree with my head held high and my hair piled high on my head (better for fittin' the noose, don't cha know?)!

I will make like the heroine in one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, whom I neglected to list on the many "best of" lists we have here. The heroine is Frankie Silver, in "The Ballad of Frankie Silver" by Sharyn McCrumb. She was accused of dismembering her husband in 1832. Maybe she did it - maybe she didn't, but she was the first woman hanged for murder in North Carolina (at least according to Sharyn McCrumb).

You are right, Mike! I will walk to that hangin' tree with my head held high and my hair piled high on my head (better for fittin' the noose, don't cha know?)!

I will make like the heroine in one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, whom I neglected to list on the many "best of" lists we have here. The heroine is Frankie Silver, in "The Ballad of Frankie Silver" by Sharyn McCrumb. She was accused of dismembering her husband in 1832. Maybe she did it - maybe she didn't, but she was the first woman hanged for murder in North Carolina (at least according to Sharyn McCrumb).

I'd like to read that. Is it still in print?

I'd like to read that. Is it still in print?

Yup. McCrumb writes beautifully about the Appalachian area she knows so well. I really love her books. They are mystical in their way, as she references local native American lore and other assorted beliefs systems of the region. She often shifts between present time and days of yore, and she has recurring characters, too.

I do believe I bought my Sharyn McCrumb books at your very own establishment at Lincoln Center!

Yup. McCrumb writes beautifully about the Appalachian area she knows so well. I really love her books. They are mystical in their way, as she references local native American lore and other assorted beliefs systems of the region. She often shifts between present time and days of yore, and she has recurring characters, too.

It's on my reading list.