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I'll throw my hat in the teaching ring too. I teach English at the high school level. I've just finished a unit on Oedipus Rex where I covered ancient Greek theatre history and tragedy and now I'm delving into Hamlet. Anybody got anything on 11th century Danish history?
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Hamlet? It's not as much fun as the Legion?
I worked on a set for Hamlet once and the director was a right woos! The costumes were sumptuous though.... hmmmm very nice.....
From: home sweet home... unless i'm posting from work | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Quis, I'm glad you like history too! I like They Might be Giants a lot, and am only starting to get into them. The song "Istanbul not Constantinople" is what really did it for me, it's one of the catchiest songs I've heard. In the last two years, I've gone through a phase where I've started listening to more underground type bands that have come out in the last decade (as opposed to earlier decades) including Flogging Molly, which you may be familiar with from Boston (an Irish punk band). I love many different genres of music, especially stuff like these two bands.
Haven't heard of Flogging Molly.
They Might Be Giants also do a song about James K. Polk. (one of my favorites of theirs) In 1844, the Democrats were split The three nominees for the presidential candidate Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist James Buchanan, a moderate Louis Cass, a general and expansionist From Nashville came a dark horse riding up He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
Austere, severe, he held few people dear His oratory filled his foes with fear The factions soon agreed He's just the man we need To bring about victory Fulfill our manifest destiny And annex the land the Mexicans command And when the votes were cast the winner was Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
In four short years he met his every goal He seized the whole southwest from Mexico Made sure the tarriffs fell And made the English sell the Oregon territory He built an independent treasury Having done all this he sought no second term But precious few have mourned the passing of Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump
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Ha, Quis, I never really listened to that song before, but I'm going to make it a point now!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Name: Paul MacNeil Age: 31 Where you live: London, UK What you do: Service Desk Supervisor
Legion info: Started reading the Legion back in the 80's. My first issue was Lord Romdurs Castle but I didn't really go mad for ituntil the Levitz era (a golden age in general for DC comics). I loved the TMK era but really didn't like the post ZH stuff until DnA came along. Fave Legionnaires are (Levitz era) Invisible Kid 2, Blok, White Witch, Element Lad, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Magnetic Kid, Tellus & Quislet (TMK era) Rokk, Kent Shakespear, Dragonmage, Andromeda, Spider Girl, Element Lad, Veilmist (post ZH) Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5, Shikari, Magno
Other things you like: I like sci-fi/fantasy/horror films and the odd weepy. Musicaly I like all sorts but tend towards indie/alternative stuff and I'm a big Pratchett fan. I also have a bit of a weakness for cartoons that have their own toys. Especially Pokemon and Transformers!
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Ok I changed my mind... might as well do it now when I am pretending to be human!
Name: Shanton (which bloody rhymes with Clinton) Age: 32 (which is older than Paul up there. Where you live: Melbourne, Australia (where Kylie grew up) What you do: Lecturer (or Manipulator of Young Minds)
Legion info: Started reading the Legion back in the 70's. My first issue was stuff from my Dad's treasure trove... no idea where it is but have loved Imra Ardeen ever since! Then stopped reading comics for a long time... Vaguely remember the Prophet and Sensor Girl and Polar Boy era, then there was the 5 Year thingy which I didn't have the patience to follow... avoided Archie Legion but have read ever issue at least 10 times since LOTD! Fav Legionanires? Imra and Tasmia since forever, and also more recently... Shikers and Jazzy. As you can see... we're on first names basis.
Other things you like: To quote Paul "I like sci-fi/fantasy/horror films and the odd weepy". One of me fav all time novels trilogy thingy is "Daughter of the Empire" by Feist and Wurts. I sing, produce and present a radio show, entertain myself and am generally a LURKER!
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I wasn't a huge fan of Daughter of the Empire, but I did like Magician: Apprentice and Master (I was a fan of Pug, I guess), as well as a couple of the later books in that series. Haven't read them in AGES, though...
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From: Penthouse atop Levitz Hall, LMBP Plaza, Embassy Row, Legion World | Registered: Jul 2003
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And Paul, I haven't really 'seen' you yet on the boards, hope everything is good!
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quote:Originally posted by Looks That Kill Lad: Especially Pokemon and Transformers!
We really ought to talk more.
Pokemon is Cool... I have a personal stuffed Charizard... only coz my friend cou;dn't find a Charmander... my ALL time fav Pokemon!!
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Where you live: Vancouver, Canada. I was born and raised in Medellin, Colombia, so yes, Spanish is my native language. I also lived for seven years in Germany, a country that I really like.
What you do: I'm in the very last stages of a PhD in Biology (in fact I defend my thesis November 12th). So instead of studying, I post in Legion World. Essentially I use molecular data to try to understand evolutionary relationships of plankton species.
Legion info: My mother bought me my first comic book when I was five: the first issue of Colombia's must successful superhero, Kaliman (I always think it's quite a shame that North Americans have not yet been introduced to Kaliman, it's a very different style from super-heroing. I should tell you about it sometime... But I digress). My father bought me my first issue of the Legion (Wildfire's spotlight, late seventies) during a trip to the US. Big mistake, I bugged him for more ever since (I always told him that comic books were really helping me to improve my English. They may have...). My favorite era: Levitz/Giffen/Lightle/LaRocque. I am not a vehement opposer of v4, but I certainly prefer what came earlier. Hated Legion on the Run, and for that reason was not too disturbed with the reboot. The current era is quite good in my opinion, but I'm always left feeling that it could be SO much better, there are so many layers that exist in the Legion's mythos. Oh well, apparently there aren't enough fans to keep more than one title afloat, so I'll just be happy with what I can get...
Other things I like: When I was growing up I liked three things very much: languages, geography/history and biology. I guess I like things that help me understand this planet of ours. As you probably can guess, I absolutely LOVE travelling (which explains why it took me so long to finish my PhD. Some things for others, right?). More recently I'm finding myself interested in understanding the bases of the world's religions, not because I'm in any way religious myself, but because it helps me understand so much of the way people think, the way people express themselves through art, etc. It's really quite fun.
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