Taking my little notes
JenRose
absolute gems.
Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
*so* useful!
Verite
ver...@earthlink.net
Specialty: Toxicology
Dasha K
das...@aol.com
Speaks Russian, lived in Moscow for a time.
Saundra Mitchell
v...@netdirect.net
Uncanny knowledge of the locations of fast food and ATM's in Baltimore,
even though she's never lived there.
Kipler
Kip...@aol.com
Knows a lot about the American Public Education system.
Dawson Rambo
dra...@azstarnet.com
pretty much anything military, covering all four branches
of the service from Revolutionary War times to yesterday, police
investigative
techniques, weapons, intelligenge agencies/espionage activities and
techniques, SWAT tactics... etc.
CiCi Lean
xa...@aol.com
Thyroid disease
Browniej
brow...@gateway.net
I work in radio, does anybody need help knowing how a radio stations
works? Also I'm fascinated with things like the Holy Grail and the
Hero's
Journey, so if anybody wants an interpretation of Mulder using Joseph
Campbell's heroic model I've got one.
Laura Shapiro
la...@humandesign.com
Human sexuality.
Martha Little
mwli...@mindspring.com
I, like a number of others out there, am a military brat. There are a
lot of
circumstances in never having a real home that can lend itself to fanfic
about
Scully.
Jenny
afbr...@aol.com
"ditto" (expertise on growing up with a parent in the military)
Rhymephile
rhyme...@webtv.net
I claim an interest in all that is Native American:
arts, languages, religions.
I work for a radiological journal, "Applied Radiology" and could get
all sorts of info on MRI, CT, and the like.
Shansword
shan...@aol.com
I'm a reporter, so I have an intimate
knowledge of the media. From being a reporter, I have a lot of
information
about police procedures and court procedures (at least in Texas)
Jennifer (foxlvdana)
foxl...@aol.com
Travel agent, dance instructor
Jenrose
jen...@jenrose.com
Pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, parenting. Birth in a variety of
cultures and subcultures. Historical perspectives of childbirth. Women's
issues, particularly medical ones. I know how abortions would be done if
they were illegal.
Herbal medicine and alternative healing methods, particularly homeopathy
and massage. Passing familiarity with a variety of non-western healing
philosophies.
Way too much experience with emergency rooms, and I can describe for you
what it feels like to have an angiogram done.
Oh yeah, and I know how to get a t-shirt printed.<G>
JenRose - Haven
Queen of my domain!
http://www.jenrose.com
X-Phile T-shirts, Storytelling forum, Fanfiction, and more!
_________________________________________________________________
"Complex systems thrive at the thin edge of chaos."
__________________________________________________________________
Any discussion of conversational tactics can be elaborated at:
http://www.vandruff.com/art_converse.html
FoxLvDana
I need some info on Alabama and Alaska..
for a fic....can anyone give me some
funky little tidbits about these places????
Jenn (FoxLvDana)
Pellinor
<jenr...@email.msn.com> writes
>Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
>absolute gems.
>Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
>*so* useful!
Well, I can add to the list with Oxford University Knowledge. I was
there, although, admittedly, a few years after Mulder would have left,
and my husband was not only there, but also studied psychology too.
Also, while I'm sure there must be someone out there with a better
knowledge of it than I have, I visited Mulder's home town of Chilmark,
Massachusetts, a few months ago, carefully scouting out all ten houses
that there are in that thriving metropolis, even down to seeing the
vending machine selling "Samanatha Juice" in the store. Yes, really.
I was wondering - would it be a good idea to add this list to my Deep
Background site, so all these offers of expert assistance were recorded
on a website? I kept meaning to do something like this for it. IN fact,
my initial idea for Deep Background was simply for a list of email
experts, but it expanded beyond all recognition, and the email expert
idea sort of fell by the wayside.
Elspeth
******
http://www.astolat.demon.co.uk/ (Deep Background)
http://www.carbonek.demon.co.uk/ (My fanfic)
"If there's a point, Mulder, please feel free to come to it."
Loq Dawg
Dasha can u tell me some russian for my fanfic?
>Jennifer (foxlvdana)
>foxl...@aol.com
>Travel agent, dance instructor
Jennifer...do u know the time difference of Antartica?
>Jenrose
>jen...@jenrose.com
>Pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, parenting.
Dear Jenrose,
Can u give me some information on what happens during childbirth and
stuff of that matter? I appreciate it greatly.
To all: Is anyone an artist? Please Help a
writer out. Thanks!!
JenRose
don't, I will, but frankly, it will get more use at your site than mine,
as your site is focused on references, and mine is focused on nothing at
all, or a little of everything, depending how you look at it.
Pellinor wrote in message ...
JenRose
Loq Dawg wrote in message
<199808080745...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>>Dasha K
>>das...@aol.com
>>Speaks Russian, lived in Moscow for a time.
>
> Dasha can u tell me some russian for my fanfic?
>
>>Jennifer (foxlvdana)
>>foxl...@aol.com
>>Travel agent, dance instructor
>
> Jennifer...do u know the time difference of Antartica?
>
>>Jenrose
>>jen...@jenrose.com
>>Pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, parenting.
>
> Dear Jenrose,
>
> Can u give me some information on what happens during
childbirth and
>stuff of that matter? I appreciate it greatly.
I have a library of about 30 books on the subject of what happens during
childbirth and stuff of that matter. At work, I have access to about
3,000 different reference materials.
Can you be a bit more specific? Do you want a description of the actual
physical process, or would you like a sense of the patterns of emotions
during a birth? For the latter, I suggest you read my story, "Birth,
Ocean", either on my website or Gossamer.
I can ramble on about birth for a *long* time, and I'd rather not bore
you unnecessarily. So if you could be a bit more specific, I'd love to
help.
>
> To all: Is anyone an artist? Please Help a
> writer out. Thanks!!
If you are more specific about what kind of help you need, it will be
easier for us to assist you. My most recent photo manipulation effort
was to combine Mulder and Scully's faces with the picture, "American
Gothic."
Is that what you need?
DarkJewl
know where our dynamic duo will end up, soo... I have plenty of info for
theater- production, backstage, acting, directing, the Biz, etc.
If anyone has some info on adoption homes, or how the government handles
orphans- not individually, but as group- I really need to know what I'm talking
about in my story... :) Please? Anyone? <g>
~DarkJewl~
"You kept me honest. You made me a whole person. I owe you
everything..."-Mulder, XF:FTF. The Shippers have been vindicated!! >:-)
stillw...@erols.com
>
>In article <#bK6g0ow9GA.156@upnetnews03>, JenRose
><jenr...@email.msn.com> writes
>>Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
>>absolute gems.
>>Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
>>*so* useful!
>
the world; roses in particular and gardening in general; game show production.
stillwater16, who doesn't expect *any* of this to show up in an x-file!
stillwater16
mennonites, hutterites, etc.). i wish the director had asked more questions
before he made 'witness'.
stillwater16, who wonders exactly *why* she knows this!
Dawson E. Rambo
Alaska: Cold. Bears.
Alabama: Warm. Rednecks.
;)
D
--
Dawson E. Rambo | Author, Programmer, Dreamer, Romantic
dra...@azstarnet.com | xfwr...@azstarnet.com
http://www.azstarnet.com/~drambo/index.html
------------------------------------------------------------
Alcohol and calculus do not mix; don't drink and derive.
Rkacat
>*so* useful!
You have no idea how long I've needed something like this *grin*
>Dasha K
>das...@aol.com
>Speaks Russian, lived in Moscow for a time.
Oooh *smiles* If you get this message could you e-mail me and just tell me how
you would say 'drop your weapons' and 'surrender' in Russian?? It's for a
fanfic I'm working on.
>Dawson Rambo
>dra...@azstarnet.com
>pretty much anything military
Oooh, I need this one, too. Um...I just need to know military ranks. I get them
all confused *private, corporal, etc...all over my head*
Let's see...I'm also in need of someone who speaks either German or Spanish who
could check some translations for me. What kind of fanfic am I writing, you may
ask? Hehe...do you really want to know?
Just to add my little bit of expertise *ha!* I've taken Japanese for eight
years and I know a lot about everyday life in Japan. Also, I can read palms and
I'm into orchestral music so if anyone needs to know anything about palmists
and/or orchestral things...I'm your woman. *hehehe, Japan, palmists and
orchestras in an X-File. Hey, it could happen!*
Christina
AHaynes33
<<Alabama: Warm. Rednecks. >>
Bite me, Dawson. <g>
Alabama is a very diverse state, geographically and demographically.
Birmingham, the largest city, boasts one of the most well-respected medical
centers in the nation. One of Huntsville's biggest employers is NASA.
Montgomery is the home to the highly-regarded Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
And forget Mardi Gras in New Orleans---the OLDEST Mardi Gras celebration in the
United States is held in the port city of Mobile, down on the Gulf Coast.
Samford University in Birmingham is consistently honored in national magazines
as one of the top academic universitiesof its size in the nation.
Birmingham-Southern College likewise.
Muscle Shoals (near Florence) is famous among musicians as a recording mecca,
and Tuxedo Junction in Birmingham saw the birth of some of the finest acts in
jazz and blues back in earlier times.
FORREST GUMP writer Winston Groom is from Mobile. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
writer Harper Lee grew up in Monroeville. Mystery writer Anne George is from
Alabama. Up and coming romance diva Linda Howard is from Gadsden.
Singers Hank Williams, Emmy Lou Harris, and the band Alabama are natives.
Chicago Lyric Opera's Elizabeth Futral did her undergraduate work at Samford
University in Birmingham.
Cutting edge AIDS research and cancer research takes place daily in Alabama.
Fine writers sit down at their computers, typewriters and notepads daily in
Alabama. Musicians sing and play and record daily in Alabama.
And we have Vulcan, the largest cast iron statue in the world, who daily moons
the suburb of Homewood with his big, bare butt.
Wanna know about Alabama? Ask me. Don't ask Dawson. ;)
AH
My XF Fanfic is stored at http://members.aol.com/ahaynes33/index.htm
Aqualegia
writes:
>Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
>absolute gems.
>Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
>*so* useful!
>
Well I live in England, on the Essex Coast and work in London (I get to see the
Tower of London, and Tower Bridge everyday as well as amny famous landmark
buildings). I know quite a bit about insurance, insurance brokers, premium and
loss accounting having worked for major London brokers for many years as an
insurance technician. I now work in computer systems(it's a complicated story
how I got here<g> but basically I knew too much about how things worked when
they decided to computerize things). I adminster a Novell Network - I'm the
one you would phone up if you forgot your password <g>
Amongst my other tasks I program databases in Lotus Approach, M/S Access and
Lotus Notes.
I have spent numerous holidays in Northumbria and know quite a bit about the
Roman occupation of Britain. I took history and "did" WWII and The American
War of Independence<G> as my major and minor areas respectively.
If any of this can help I'll do my best to answer any questions
Lynda
[Krycekaholic]
Focussed on Nick Lea
http://members.aol.com/aqualegia/index.htm
val
<snip>
> And forget Mardi Gras in New Orleans---the OLDEST Mardi Gras celebration in the
> United States is held in the port city of Mobile, down on the Gulf Coast.
As someone who spent 10 years in Mobile, I can say it is a lovely city.
But one is always considered somewhat of an outsider unless "You were
conceived under an Azalea bush during Mardi Gras."
<snip>
> Singers Hank Williams, Emmy Lou Harris, and the band Alabama are natives.
> Chicago Lyric Opera's Elizabeth Futral did her undergraduate work at
> Samford
> University in Birmingham.
Don't forget Jimmy Buffett. Mobile's favorite home town boy. ;>
Val
Who survived Hurricane Frederick, decided once was enough and beat a
retreat home.
Jim Alcauskas
last story! Anyway, I live in Northern Virginia, about 5 minutes from
Quantico. Washington DC is very close, as is such places (mentioned in
a few eps) as Occoquan and Lorton Prison. So, if you need to know any
geological stuff or anything like that, feel free to ask.
~Kate Dyer
<Athen...@aol.com>
Silver Fox
experitise are that we just pounce at the chance to learn more? It's very
difficult to get specific answers from books and web pages and I pray that
somebody (Pellinor?) is writing all this down for future reference... I
mean, everybody loves being able to show off their knowledge....
As for my area of expertise? Most anything to do with horses and riding.
Breeds, riding.... Whatever. Anything.
~SF
LiyLak
never have to go to the library and research again... just ask someone ;)
For all of my *very* few years of expertise in anything, being a high school
student, and athletic training... I swim and run ;). Also anything on how
suicidal behavior affects friends.
Leigh
--------------------------------------------------------
There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
----
While the mercy sleeps in the hearts of liars
And the olive tree is consumed by fire
-Most High
JenRose
Russian Jews in the early 1900's.
And I know a *lot* about being "culturally" Jewish. My dad was born
Jewish, my mom is Episcopalian. I know how to make *good* matzo balls,
and I love seders, but beyond that... Good for a Mulderish perspective
if you buy the "LIttle bit Jewish" theory.
Hitler wasn't the only one to go on a rampage. The Pogroms
stillwater16 wrote in message <6qh8lh$k...@drn.newsguy.com>...
EC Therapy
be obsolete in a few years <grin>. But I have had alot of experience in
many areas.
Lived in Berlin, Germany (before during and after the fall of the
Wall)for three years. Was in the Army at the time. (MI, technically,
but spent most of the time as a company clerk/secretary)
Lived in Nebraska, Colorado, South Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Have visited Denmark and East/West Germany.
I have a BA in Elementary Eduacation. My hobbies (past and present) have
included woodcarving, jewelry making, the SCA (medieval re-enactment)
including cooking, garment making and speech of the times, sewing,
crocheting, tatting (anything you can do with string and thread except
knitting).
I have read extensively on religion, ancient mythology, and ancient
cultures.
I also have a walking reference living with me, in the form of my hubby.
He is working on a Masters in Psychology of Religion. His hobbies
include forging/casting, amateur radio, winemaking, forms of dubious
technology (he likes to build his own stuff), and a fascination with How
Things Work and What Makes Things Go *Boom!*. He worked in a Gun Club
for a while and has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of guns and
ammunition. I can bug him for answers on any of these subjects, if I
can't answer them.
Have I forgotten anything? There are a great many more things I have
read up on, as I am a *fast* reader with eclectic tastes. Most of what
I know probably won't be useful in for fanfic, though.<grin>
I'm more than happy to help anyone who needs it. If I don't have the
answers I usually can tell you where to look for them. Mail to
Ang...@hotmail.com instead of hitting reply, though.
Kirsten M. Berry
}Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
}absolute gems.
}Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
}*so* useful!
Douglas E. Berry
dbe...@hooked.net
Military history, concentrating in WWII-present, with real-world
expertise in US SpecWar tactics.
-
Cancer survivor - diagnosed with Stage IVB Hodgkin's Disease 2 August
95, in remission since December 95. Will be the first person to tell
you that "remission" does NOT mean "happily ever after." First-hand
experience with every hospital department *except* OBGYN (and wouldn't
be surprised if someone had come in while he was asleep just to say
they *had* seen him).
-- __
Kirsten M. Berry, Samurai Webmistress /` `\
ki...@hooked.net ___ | |
http://www.hooked.net/~kirib jgs [___]>=-=-=-=-=' \____/
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"Some days, it just doesn't pay to chew through the leather straps...."
-Emo Philips
"Because, after all, nothin' says lovin' like handcuffs and naugahyde."
-Fox Mulder, *Carpe Felis Mortuus*
MindSpring User
Also anything on how
>suicidal behavior affects friends.
>
>Leigh
Ah, add to that how drug addiction / alcoholism affects teens/friends.
Or how about my extensive knowledge of children's choirs? (Yeah, that's
helpful.)
When worse comes to worst, I'll just bug my brother-in-law... Green Beret,
Special Forces, Army. Used to be a jump instructor. Was just in Turkey on
"top secret" business. Pretty darned cool, 'fya ask me.
==
Cheers, Laura
~*~
http://fly.to/visions.of.sugarplums
~*~
"When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human
truths which must serve as a touchstone of our judgement."
-J.F.K.
Brighid
Well, to add to your list, I am generally knowledgeable in the areas of
English Literature and European History (Dark Ages to modern) - if it isn't
between my ears, I probably have it in book somewhere around here. I am also
more than passingly familiar with modern paganism, including a pretty good
general knowledge of "Wicca" in all it's many splendours. That means I can
tell you why many pagan/witch groups have wanted to boycott X-Files on at
least two occasions! = ) Hmmmmm. I am familiar with the Secondary
Educational System (at least, in my area), and know a fair bit about the
lower mainland region of BC, Canada.
Cheers!
Brighid
Fiducia Nessuno
<dra...@azstarnet.com> wrote:
>Alaska: Cold. Bears.
Bugs. Don't forget the bugs. And Canadians. Lots of those.
>Alabama: Warm. Rednecks.
Fifteen million people, five last names.
;)
FN
Motel 6 - Mobile, Alabama
Beat-up Ford in parking lot: Yes
Water: Orange
Soap: Hairy
Sleep: Not on your life.
Fiducia Nessuno
>><jenr...@email.msn.com> writes
>>>Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
>>>absolute gems.
>>>Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
>>>*so* useful!
I've never really figured myself as an expert on anything but that was prior
to 1996...
I grew up in California so I know most of the major cities (like San Diego)
as well as Gold Rush history and the best places to fish in the Sierra
Nevada. After that I lived in New York City for a time so I know that
front-and-back. I've also done time in Mulder's childhood stomping grounds
of Rhode Island and Massachusetts - imagine my shock to discover there
really is a Quonochontaug (Kwon-ah-kan-tawg).
I've been to all but about ten states in the continental U.S., usually
driving from point A to point B (while going via Z). I have an intimate
knowledge of the Days Inns and Motel Sixes, particularly in the deep south,
and I can give you explicit details about every rotten diner from here to
the Everglades. I can tell you anything you need to know about Greyhound
buses, Amtrak and almost very airline. That includes horror stories about
United Airlines, which I will file under "Purgatory."
I will be simply amazed if there's ever a need for any of this in a fanfic.
FN
"Texas is a big fuckin' state."
Fiducia Nessuno
FN
JenRose
Fiducia Nessuno wrote in message <6qionc$8sr$1...@neko.syix.com>...
ARE YOU KIDDING????
With Mulder and Scully's travel tendencies, the explicit details about
every rotten diner are *exactly* what someone would need for any kind of
authentic x-file or road trip.<G>
Fiducia Nessuno
Berry) wrote:
>Cancer survivor - diagnosed with Stage IVB Hodgkin's Disease 2 August
>95, in remission since December 95. Will be the first person to tell
>you that "remission" does NOT mean "happily ever after." First-hand
>experience with every hospital department *except* OBGYN (and wouldn't
>be surprised if someone had come in while he was asleep just to say
>they *had* seen him).
On the flip side of this, my mother died of Stage 5 Ovarian Cancer Nov. 28th
1994 after a two year battle. I have extensive knowledge of female-specific
cancers, OBGYN, medications and experiemental treatments, the care and
feeding (literally) of a cancer victim, and what it's like when remission
isn't even a possibility. First-hand experience with obnoxious doctors and
secretive family members who know more than you do. Experience in hospice
and home-care. No knowledge of miracles.
In essence, both Kirsten and I know everything they didn't show you in the
TV show. :P
FN
Motherless Daughter
Fiducia Nessuno
I've spent most of my life surrounded by air force bases, and I happen to
live near one in Northern California that is notorious for its experimental
aircraft and... unusual occurances. Saw a UFO over our apartment complex a
while back (and by UFO I mean Unidentified Flying Object - it was green, it
glowed, it hovered, and I have no idea what it was). U-2s, SR-71s (no, they
are NOT retired) and the so-called Aurora Project regularly buzzes our
neighborhood. "Deep Throat" was way close to home. :)
So, for life in the shadow of a military base with more than a few secrets,
I'm your girl. :)
FN
Off to lock the doors and check her phone for taps.
MindSpring User
Fiducia Nessuno wrote in message <6qipv7$9pv$1...@neko.syix.com>...
<bg> Around here (So. Eastern VA) we know what it's like to rely on military
for your well-being. Norfolk houses the largest naval base in the world,
Virginia Beach is host to Oceana Naval Air Station (which is getting a bunch
of fabulous F-14s), we have a huge naval shipyard. . . The entire economy of
this area is sustained by those things. It's very strange.
~Laura~
Whose biggest problem is that those planes are LOUD. I hate Air Show days!
Munchie
>
> In article <#bK6g0ow9GA.156@upnetnews03>, JenRose
> >Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
> >absolute gems.
> >Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
> >*so* useful!
>
Let's see, for me, you can add elementary and intermediate schools... I
know all about the AGT (Academically Gifted and Talented) programs
there. I'm pretty good with most grammatical rules. I know how to play
the clarinet and I know the basics of how to play most other
instruments...
Smiles,
Munch ;) - Who's trying to picture a clarinet playing Mulder...
bliss
research. Sort of.
My areas of interest spread rather broadly across too many areas, I guess.
You want info on the occult, ask me. My father's bookshelves contained
theosophy, arcane information on the Essenes, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Egyptian
religion, early Christianity, UFOs, Velikovsky's theories on everything from
Sumerian myth to violent geological change, Edgar Cayce, science fiction, along
with tons of lit classics. He got his master's in Lit, and I was a bookworm, I
used to escape by reading so I worked my way through most of those by the time I
graduated high school and left home.
What can I say I'm more or less an expect on? Hmmm, probably the occult,
theories about UFOs and alien visitation, arcane theories of earth's prehistory,
medieval history--I can explain to you precisely why Lady Jane Grey was a viable
candidate for the British throne, although why anyone would want to know escapes
me--some modern history, particularly the events leading up to World War II,
Third Reich and Holocaust history (hey, that degree had to be worth something),
a variety of so-called occult or metaphysical subjects, in so far as anyone can
be an expert on these.
Semi-expert: psychological theories on serial killers/signature killers, the
developmental stages of the former, the latter, and the borderline personality,
Victorian social attitudes, Shakespearian plays, Celtic myth cycle, Celts in
general, including Central European variety, Sumerian myth, some early
Mediterranean civilizations, contemporary Wiccan beliefs, anthropology, and
weird conspiracy theories.
Well read, but not your first choice for advice: Archaeology, quantum physics,
biochemistry, virology, crime scene investigation, forensics.....forensic
anthropology, various other aspects of abnormal psych.
Used to be fluent in French and thought I'd forgotten it until I had to go to
Mexico City on business, and learned some key Spanish phrases. Standing in
Customs, I realized that I couldn't remember any freaking Spanish except for 'Lo
siento, no hablo espanol," "Gracias," and "Por Favor". However, I could have
probably asked every question I had in French. Go figure that one out.
bliss
"JenRose" <jenr...@email.msn.com> wrote:
>Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
>absolute gems.
>Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
>*so* useful!
>
>
>
>Verite
>ver...@earthlink.net
>Specialty: Toxicology
>
>Dasha K
>das...@aol.com
>Speaks Russian, lived in Moscow for a time.
>
>Saundra Mitchell
>v...@netdirect.net
>Uncanny knowledge of the locations of fast food and ATM's in Baltimore,
>even though she's never lived there.
>
>Kipler
>Kip...@aol.com
>Knows a lot about the American Public Education system.
>
>Dawson Rambo
>dra...@azstarnet.com
>pretty much anything military, covering all four branches
>of the service from Revolutionary War times to yesterday, police
>investigative
>techniques, weapons, intelligenge agencies/espionage activities and
>techniques, SWAT tactics... etc.
>
>CiCi Lean
>xa...@aol.com
>Thyroid disease
>
>Browniej
>brow...@gateway.net
>I work in radio, does anybody need help knowing how a radio stations
>works? Also I'm fascinated with things like the Holy Grail and the
>Hero's
>Journey, so if anybody wants an interpretation of Mulder using Joseph
>Campbell's heroic model I've got one.
>
>Laura Shapiro
>la...@humandesign.com
>Human sexuality.
>
>Martha Little
>mwli...@mindspring.com
>I, like a number of others out there, am a military brat. There are a
>lot of
>circumstances in never having a real home that can lend itself to fanfic
>about
>Scully.
>
>Jenny
>afbr...@aol.com
>"ditto" (expertise on growing up with a parent in the military)
>
>Rhymephile
>rhyme...@webtv.net
>I claim an interest in all that is Native American:
>arts, languages, religions.
>I work for a radiological journal, "Applied Radiology" and could get
>all sorts of info on MRI, CT, and the like.
>
>Shansword
>shan...@aol.com
>I'm a reporter, so I have an intimate
>knowledge of the media. From being a reporter, I have a lot of
>information
>about police procedures and court procedures (at least in Texas)
>
>Jennifer (foxlvdana)
>foxl...@aol.com
>Travel agent, dance instructor
>
>Jenrose
>jen...@jenrose.com
>Pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, parenting. Birth in a variety of
>cultures and subcultures. Historical perspectives of childbirth. Women's
>issues, particularly medical ones. I know how abortions would be done if
>they were illegal.
>Herbal medicine and alternative healing methods, particularly homeopathy
>and massage. Passing familiarity with a variety of non-western healing
>philosophies.
>Way too much experience with emergency rooms, and I can describe for you
>what it feels like to have an angiogram done.
>Oh yeah, and I know how to get a t-shirt printed.<G>
>
>
>JenRose - Haven
>Queen of my domain!
>http://www.jenrose.com
>X-Phile T-shirts, Storytelling forum, Fanfiction, and more!
>_________________________________________________________________
>
>"Complex systems thrive at the thin edge of chaos."
>__________________________________________________________________
>
>Any discussion of conversational tactics can be elaborated at:
>
>http://www.vandruff.com/art_converse.html
>
"Pedantic Pretty Boys and Voyeuristic Mallomars"
"'snuff ed"
"What <does> a cat do on it's day off?"
"...Stephen King....[who] might be a slightly better authority on what works and what
doesn’t at the character level." NOT!
"Now, pass the troll toes, please!"
"over on atxf they'd have them
skinned and deep-fried by now, natch..."
"but how often is too often?"
AFBrat001
History (American) and this year I will be attending Catholic University to get
my Master's in American Constitutional History so I can help you with anything
like that. If I can't, my dad who is a JAG (nothing like that stupid TV show)
will be able to tell me, so you can also put me down for military justice.
Jenny
SpearmntXP
any help.
spearmnt
--- Copyright 1998 SpearmntXP ---
Loq Dawg
Antartica
Korea
Australia
Artica
Thanks guys
Ekiedro
>>>>Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
>>>>absolute gems.
>>>>Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
>>>>*so* useful!
I'm a chemist who works at an analytical lab. You want to know how to test for
just about anything, ask away, we probably do it.
I've already done research on foodborn bacteria and various chemicals and their
effects on people, so if you want to a strange but true way to kill people, ask
away.
Beth
Mad Scientist-in-Training
trh1-at-cris-dot-com
Hi.
For Korea and Australia, you can find the time zone differences
simply by going into your Windows Control Panel and look at that map for
setting the time on your computer. =)
As far as Antartica goes, all timezones converge at the south
pole, as timezones are longitudinal. I would expect the most-used time
reference in Antartica (at the various research stations) is GMT--
Greenwich Mean Time. Just remember that daylight lasts for 6 months down
there, as does nighttime.
Same applies for the Arctic Ocean-- And BTW, there is no landmass
at the North Pole. It's just a polar icecap over the ocean.
Richlieu
Fiducia Nessuno
>With Mulder and Scully's travel tendencies, the explicit details about
>every rotten diner are *exactly* what someone would need for any kind of
>authentic x-file or road trip.<G>
:) Believe me, at the time, I never thought that I'd ever want to *think*
about those places again, let alone tell someone about them! I can still
feel the nausea from the grits I had at the Waffle House in Jacksonville (I
think). :-p Never again.
But yeah, I guess it would come in handy, wouldn't it? :)
Redemption!
FN
Spent Thanksgiving in a Shoney's Restaurant *somewhere* in the south.
(I still don't know where.)
Jane of Boredom
I live in Alexandria, Virginia, the home of
certain FBI agents. I don't go driving around
asking myself geography / What if.. questions but
I could be suborned into sitting down and thinking
about which is the closest porn theatre, etc.
I also work in DC, for a government contractor,
about ten blocks from the Ugliest Government
Building Aside from HUD (the Hoover building) so
feel free to ask about the ridiculous jogging
habits of middle echelon government bureaucrats
(secret: it's all in the skimpy shorts. No matter
how white the guy's thighs are.)
I also, oddly enough, come from coastal
Massachusetts and lived in central Connecticut for
ten years (a few miles from Greenwich, where
Mulder's mother currently lives). There's a lot
wrong with 1013's vision of New England geography
(Virginia to Rhode Island in ninety minutes? All
Right!) but don't let that stop you from trying
for accuracy. I can't explain why CC decided to
put the Mulder family home on the Vineyard, but
I've got six generations of family buried in
Vineyard Haven and Chilmark.
Ask Away!
mike metelsky
Weel, I know about highschool, girls lacrosse, singing, acting, drawing,
teaching arts and crafts, pottery, camping, animals, sailing, anything
useful??? NAH!!!!!!
Later,
Lauren:)
Kipler
over the globe at the correct time! :D
Couldn't get it to tell me about Antarctica, though. I'm dying to know. I'm
going to hunt until I find the truth.
--Kipler
Kipler
Here's another site that will let you convert from one time zone to another -
and will take into account daylight savings, etc..
According to this site, there are different time zones in Antarctica depending
on which station you're visiting. It's 5:25 p.m. here in New Hampshire, which
is in Eastern Daylight Savings Time. At McMurdo Base in Antarctica, it's 16
hour later - or 9:25a.m. on August 11.
They let you check Mawson and a handful of other bases as well.
--Kipler
si...@my-dejanews.com
>
> I am a senior chemist in an analytical lab and could answer questions dealing with instrumentation, physical chemistry or organic chemistry. I also teach martial arts (Kung Fu, kickboxing and ju jitsu). Please feel free to "pick my brain".
(My husband is extremely knowledgeable regarding military weapons and could
lend some assisstance).
Robin : )
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JenRose
Voyager.
Fiducia Nessuno wrote in message <6qip40$97p$1...@neko.syix.com>...
d...@teleport.com
>My obsessive nature benefits the larger community!
>
>Here's another site that will let you convert from one time zone to another -
>and will take into account daylight savings, etc..
>
>http://www.burbs.com
I went there and it had nothing to do with time zones. It's something about
game ladders, whatever that is. There are ladders for things like
backgammon and scrabble and othello.
Want to try again with the URL?
Debbie Goldstein
d...@teleport.com
JourneyToX
Texas and Federal law
Dallas and Texas
I'm in Chicago right now doing research for a fic. Can you say obsessed? I need
just the right El Station and I've rode the damn thing for two days and may
have to resort to making one up. But I've got a great feel for the city, and a
sunburn from being out on Lake Michigan.
Kazz
>
<snip>
> According to this site, there are different time zones in Antarctica depending
> on which station you're visiting. It's 5:25 p.m. here in New Hampshire, which
> is in Eastern Daylight Savings Time. At McMurdo Base in Antarctica, it's 16
> hour later - or 9:25a.m. on August 11.
Time zones? We should worry about time zones when certain
authors/filmmakers can't get the *season* right? We've had a number of
plausible explanations for how M&S get out of Antarctica without gas,
but where are the fanfics explaining the miraculous July (winter)
sunshine on the frozen continent?
Kazz, hoping that no one takes that as a serious challenge
DSDiva
Not that anyone would need such info, but I can help out on New York City and
it's suburbs, South Eastern Maine, Tokyo,Yokohama and some other cities in
Japan, Hong Kong and Vladivostok,Russia.
Also, anything that might take place backstage in a theatre or anyplace where a
lot of out of work actors may congregate <g>.
~Sandi, who just got a job thank heavens!
Dawn Little
FoxLvDana wrote in message
<199808080543...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
>Oh yeah..speaking of research....
>
>I need some info on Alabama and Alaska..
-----Original Message-----
From: FoxLvDana <foxl...@aol.com>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files.creative
Date: Saturday, August 08, 1998 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: Taking my little notes
>Oh yeah..speaking of research....
>
>I need some info on Alabama and Alaska..
>for a fic....can anyone give me some
>funky little tidbits about these places????
>
>Jenn (FoxLvDana)
What do you need to know about Alaska? It's a biiiiggg place! 1/5 the size
of the rest of the continental US.(No, it's not drawn to scale on those maps
of the 50 sates you always see! ) Very few paved roads, just a few
highways between major towns and the streets in town. A lot of places out
in the bush that can be accessed only by airplane. To get to Alaska, you
can go by military or commercial airlines (Alaska Airlines and MarkAir are
our two big airlines) o drive up the AlCan Highway through Canada andd
Alaska or take the Marine Highway ferry from Bellingham, Washington to
various ports in the south of the state:Juneu, Ketchikan, Sitka, Haines,
etc. Some towns are actually above the Arctic Circle. Anchorage is down
along the southern coast and Fairbanks is 350 miles north in the Interior
kind of smack dab in the middle of the state (and still 150 to 200 miles
south of the Arctic Circle) Depending on where you are within the state, it
can get down to -60 degrees F on a regular basis during winter, sometimes
colder. (e.g. Anchorage is warmer because the ocean keeps it warmer and
wetter so it snows a lot more, Fairbanks is much colder because no ocean for
400 miles and less snow, and it's all dry powdery stuff you can't make a
snowman out of) As you progress further and further north and get closer
and closer to summer or winter solstice there is less daylight in winter and
more in summer. Fairbanks only has about 4 hours of sunlight in late
December, but near constant daylight in late June (around summer solstice
just some twilight for about 3 or 4 hours from 12-4 am and they have the
Midnight Sun Festival where among other things they have an outdoor baseball
game starting at 10:30pm played under no artificial lights) In winter,
there is the Iditarod dogsled race from Anchorage to Nome, and also the
Yukon Quest dogsed race (just as big to people who follow the sport- and
most do in Alaska) which alternates starting and ending spots each February
between Fairbanks and Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It's
over 1000 miles and takes roughly 11 days or so to complete. For a nice
picture of this year's finish with the old Catholic church I used to attend
in the background go to http://www.newsminer.com/quest/index.html That's
the frozen Chena River in Fairbanks that the guy is on. This link is also
at Fairbanks' newspaper the Daily News-Miner if you want to see what's going
on in Fairbanks right now. We also have an ice-carving festival at the
Winter Carnival in March; People come from all around the world because we
have some of the best ice for carving in Fairbanks and it's cold enough that
they will stay unmelted outside for a while. In Fairbanks we usually got
snow around the end of September and it stayed until May, depending on how
early winter or spring came that year (I moved into my house on May 1 and
there was still a lot of snow for a few weeks.) It does get warm in the
summer though. We would get up to 90 in the summer (again cooler down in
Anchorage due to the ocean) and we have very big mosquitoes. There are a
lot of moose, caribou(or reindeer), bears, foxes, wolves, lynxes, ravens,
and numerous other animals running around. Sometimes we had moose in our
backyard or in the streets of town (and this in the 2nd largest city in the
state!) It is a very sparsely populated state. Only about 1 or less
persons per square mile. We have a little over 600,000 people in the state,
with Anchorage having 250,000 and Fairbanks about 80,000 if you include
surrounding areas. Anchorage is the largest city in the US by area, you can
really spread out when you have as much land as we do in Alaska. By the way,
Alaska is not divided into counties, it is divided into 27 boroughs, one of
which covers over a 140,000 square mile area. Alaska included the
northernmost, easternmost, and westernmost portions of the United States (it
crosses the international dateline is how it is furthest east and west).
Most of the land is unpopulated and untouched, and 70% of the state belongs
to the federal government, i.e. Ft Wainwright, Ft Greely, Ft Richardson army
posts, Eielson and Elmendorf air force bases, Adak Naval Air Station, Denali
Nat'l Park (Mt. McKinley), Wrangell St Elias Nat'l Park, Gates of the
Arctic, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark, Noatak,
and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. You get the idea, I guess. And
with all those military posts, there are lots of places for Mulder to try to
sneak into to fins something hidden. There is also the Poker Flats Missile
Range and the Aurora Borealis Observatory (don't remember the exact name
right now but can find it if you're interested) asssociated with the
University of Alaska, Fairbanks. About 1/6 of the state's population are
Aleut, Eskimo, Athabascan, Haida, Tlingit, or Tsimpshian, but there is only
one reservation in the state- there are regional and village corporations
that own the land and conduct business. People who have been in Alaska
awhile refer to the rest of the US as "Outside", and get kind of miffed
about
people calling it the States. There is a major third political party in
Alaska
called the Alaska Independence Party, which believes Alaska should be
able to leave the Union because proper procedures were not followed when
bringing Alaska in for statehood. There's a little government/missing
persons
conspiracy theory about Alaska Independence Party founder Joe Vogler that
could be worked into a story if someone wanted. Hope some of this helps,
probably
more than you needed, but if you need anything else e-mail me and ask.
Dawn Little, who should maybe write a MulderTorture story out in the bush
si...@my-dejanews.com
hand with questions regarding methodology and instrumentation.
I also teach martial arts (kung fu, kickboxing and ju jitsu). Might
be of use to someone. Am familiar with the mechanisms of injury to
various targets of the body.
--Sinki
Albe...@hotmail.com
"JenRose" <jen...@jenrose.com> wrote:
> Well, out of the thread about "how much research" we do, I found some
> absolute gems.
> Add your info if you want, I'm keeping a list. Who knew this could be
> *so* useful!
I'm a law student in Germany. So, if anyone needs help with 'a German
speaking character' in his story, just write me. After watching the movie it
seems there are more bad guys with strong German accents out there than you
thought. Of course I can give you information about German Law and Justice as
well but I don't know how that could possibly help you with a story. Anyway,
just write if you need some background information on German, Germany or
German Law.
Later,
Alberta
Fana Sculder
condition known as hemophilia. I believe I am affected with a mental
disorder known as trichotillomania, the compulsive pulling out of one's
hair, take Prozac, and wrote a suicide note to my best friends almost a
year ago.
-Fana, just a crazy teenaged dyke along for the ride
"Shake n' Bake-and I DEATH!!!"
-Tom Servo, 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'
"To heal other people, we have to suffer ourselves."
-Mother Theresa