Parrots, actually. The northernmost surviving species in the Americas after the demise of the Carolina Parakeet.Axelgear wrote:I think the Aztecs had a lot of Were-Jaguar myths. Yaguareté-abá, I believe.
As to Quetzals, they're Trogons I believe, not Pheasants. Songbirds, I think...
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- Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:36 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: Undead; True or Misidentified?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 23119
- Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:26 pm
- Forum: Under the Lemon Tree
- Topic: [ADMIN] Moderator Nominations Open
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17975
Yeah, I'll second nomination for Calbeck. I should assume that self-nominations are a no-no, correct? One would assume that someone who -wants- the power shouldn't be allowed to have it. 8-) Not always true, but I've seen it often enough. The trick is to nominate someone who'll accept it but not wa...
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:33 pm
- Forum: Nip and Tuck
- Topic: Terran Wars, Transit and Discovery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7266
- Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:02 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: Can God add (Numbers 3)?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18536
It's not like the ancient scribes had cross-check sums. More seriously questionable is the stuff in Kings and Chronicles where the same histories are repeated but with differences in reign lengths, manner of deaths, and such-like. Or the Noah's Flood tale, which flies in the face of biology (several...
- Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:28 pm
- Forum: Under the Lemon Tree
- Topic: You're jerking my chain
- Replies: 55
- Views: 33627
Stop her? Heh. That sort -lives- to be hypocritical. Beltane and Pecknsnif are two facets of the same flawed gem. Any suggestion that you don't immediately agree with all of their beliefs, and you're opposing them, and are therefore the Enemy. And neither one will admit that they themselves are far ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:45 pm
- Forum: Nip and Tuck
- Topic: Midway
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13054
- Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:21 pm
- Forum: Under the Lemon Tree
- Topic: I wonder if Ben has these problems on game night?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15958
He's a scared kid. If he's been doing things by accident, his townsfolk could be doing anything from trying to beat the devil out of him to actively trying to burn him at the stake. If the Raconnans can make friends with him while he's drained (pity the initial contact was bad) and give him sanctuar...
- Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:46 am
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: OT: Saddam's Dead!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19219
Normally Axel, I'd agree with you about the comment on 'dignity in death'. But this was a leader who some people had a nearly religious love for. By videotaping his moment of death, instead of leaving it unfilmed for the sake of his dignity, that guy managed to cut down the inevitable flood of "Sad...
- Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:42 am
- Forum: Nip and Tuck
- Topic: OOC Discussion
- Replies: 1749
- Views: 155551
- Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:09 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: OT: Happy New Year!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5616
- Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:46 pm
- Forum: Under the Lemon Tree
- Topic: I wonder if Ben has these problems on game night?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15958
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:46 pm
- Forum: Nip and Tuck
- Topic: Yeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaw
- Replies: 52
- Views: 31882
Technically, J.A.M., the trial was on shaky legal ground; to wit: If it was an American trial, it would have to wait until after cessation of hostilities; otherwise, it would be an abrogation of legal powers. If it's an Iraqi trial, the "crimes against humanity" charge for which he received the dea...
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:34 pm
- Forum: Under the Lemon Tree
- Topic: The Hollow Wood Hearties!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6981
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:25 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: OT: Saddam's Dead!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19219
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:19 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: OT: Infinite Energy, Atlantis, and other meme's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42143
- Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:18 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: OT: Infinite Energy, Atlantis, and other meme's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42143
Not quite. That's an antiproton- deuteron interaction. Both the neutron and the proton of the deuterium nucleus are playing, which is why you still have a net plus-one baryon number at the end. The kaon-antikaon pair is an interesting result, though, especially since kaons are as close to mixed matt...
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:30 pm
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: OT: Infinite Energy, Atlantis, and other meme's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42143
Well, a proton is UUD and a neutron is UDD - so the interaction would have a U U and a D D pair. the U D combo I dunno about. I suspect that it would absorb a bit of the energy of the pair annihilation and end up as a UD and a DU meson/antimeson pair, which might or might not have sufficient kinetic...
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:48 pm
- Forum: Nip and Tuck
- Topic: Yeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaw
- Replies: 52
- Views: 31882
And this is one of the nice things about being an unbeliever. I can feel good about a scumbag getting his just desserts without any twinges of guilt whatsoever. The downside is that I don't think he'll have an eternity in hell to ponder his errors. Meryl Yourish is having a haiku-fest in honor of th...
- Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:55 am
- Forum: NPC
- Topic: RIP President Gerald R Ford.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7568
A good man, a vastly underrated president, and a class act. He put the country back together after Watergate, and restored dignity and honor to the office of the President after the damage Nixon caused. A witch-hunt against Nixon might have been more damaging than the Carter presidency, and it might...