| Camchak |
Posted on: 31-Aug-2004, 07:47 PM |
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| QUOTE (urian @ 30-Aug-2004, 07:33 PM) | One night I had a very powerful and vivid dream where I was in a cathedral with 11 other men(all in armor) and we were all being given duties and talents. I received mine , walked outside and read the parchment given to me.
It said (at least part of it): "I am Urian" It was part of an oath I was to recite.
I took the name from that point on along with 2 others I got from dreams. One (shokar) I had been using for 5 or so years before and the second(lightbringer) I was given in a dream shortly after Urian.
Urian Shokar Lightbringer was my name. |
Your name sounds very Gorian to me! As mine some would say! Tal, Warrior! |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #81212 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 31-Aug-2004, 07:20 PM |
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Cheeseburger......fries......Southern Sweet Tea. |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #81203 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 31-Aug-2004, 07:11 PM |
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I've chosen my title due to the years I spent in the study of weapons. During the time I was a student of Shaolin weapon training was required. Open hand technique, Staff, tri-staff, knife, sword, Saber, Spear, Butterfly Swords, and other weapons or arms. I have also learned the use of modern weapons, all to a high degree of proficiency.  |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #81202 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 31-Aug-2004, 06:33 PM |
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| QUOTE (Shadows @ 26-Aug-2004, 09:57 PM) |
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Well Cam when one has over 5000 recipes that were sorted and organized and a wife who constantly re-organizes my stuff it can take some time to find what one is looking for. But here it is:
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That is way too many recipes Shadow.......LOL! |
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Forum: From Your Kitchen to My Plate · Post Preview: #81194 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 26-Aug-2004, 07:47 PM |
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How's this?
Mexican Cornbread
1 Tbs. oil
1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
3 Tbs. oil
1 - 8 3/4 oz. can corn, drained
1/2 cup chopped chili pepper
1 lb. hamburger, cooked and drained
1/4 cup chopped jalapeno peppers
dash of garlic powder
2 cups shreeded cheddar cheese, divided
Grease a 10 1/2" cast iron skillet with 1 tablespoon oil. Heat skillet in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Combine all remaining ingredients except cheese in a bowl, stirring well. Pour half of cornmeal mixture into skillet. Sprinkle with 1 cup of cheese and top with remaining cornmeal mixture. Bake at 350 degrees (don't forget to turn the oven down) for 45 minutes. sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes.
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Forum: From Your Kitchen to My Plate · Post Preview: #80309 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 26-Aug-2004, 07:42 PM |
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I can grow the corn, grind it and make the bread before we get the recipe! LOL!
Mexican Cornbread
1 cup Bisquick
1 cup yellow cornmeal
3 to 4 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons Baking soda
3/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 can chopped green chile peppers, 4 ounces, undrained
2 large eggs, slightly beaten
milk - see directions
3 tablespoons vanilla
Dump all ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Add just enough milk (while stirring with a fork) to produce a thick batter. Continue mixing with a fork until well blended. Pour into a well greased cast iron skillet. Bake in a preheated 375-400° oven until done, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve it hot with chunks of butter.
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Forum: From Your Kitchen to My Plate · Post Preview: #80307 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 22-Aug-2004, 07:47 PM |
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Aam thinkin' we hae lit thes topic gang tay lang wi' nae comments! ur thaur nae other lads 'at wish tae pit tha kilt oan? |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #79692 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 22-Aug-2004, 07:39 PM |
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I am a Network Manager for BellSouth. I manage an office that runs 24X7 with 16 Techs. |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #79689 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 22-Aug-2004, 07:35 PM |
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Someone will laugh at this.....two hotdogs with Ranch Dressing and ketchup for the second night this week.......LOL! |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #79688 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 15-Aug-2004, 05:28 PM |
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Cherokee Bear Legend
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In the long ago time, there was a Cherokee Clan call the Ani-Tsa-gu-hi (Ahnee-Jah-goo-hee), and in one family of this clan was a boy who used to leave home and be gone all day in the mountains. After a while he went oftener and stayed longer, until at last he would not eat in the house at all, but started off at daybreak and did not come back until night. His parents scolded, but that did no good, and the boy still went every day until they noticed that long brown hair was beginning to grow out all over his body. Then they wondered and asked him why it was that he wanted to be so much in the woods that he would not even eat at home. Said the boy, "I find plenty to eat there, and it is better than the corn and beans we have in the settlements, and pretty soon I am going into the woods to say all the time." His parents were worried and begged him not leave them, but he said, "It is better there than here, and you see I am beginning to be different already, so that I can not live here any longer. If you will come with me, there is plenty for all of us and you will never have to work for it; but if you want to come, you must first fast seven days."
The father and mother talked it over and then told the headmen of the clan. They held a council about the matter and after everything had been said they decided: "Here we must work hard and have not always enough. There he says is always plenty without work. We will go with him." So they fasted seven days, and on the seventh morning al the Ani-Tsa-gu-hi left the settlement and started for the mountains as the boy led the way.
When the people of the other towns heard of it they were very sorry and sent their headmen to persuade the Ani Tsaguhi to stay at home and not go into the woods to live. The messengers found them already on the way, and were surprised to notice that their bodies were beginning to be covered with hair like that of animals, because for seven days they had not taken human food and their nature was changing. The Ani Tsaguhi would not come back, but said, "We are going where there is always plenty to eat. Hereafter we shall be called Yonv(a) (bears), and when you yourselves are hungry come into the woods and call us and we shall shall come to give you our own flesh. You need not be afraid to kill us, for we shall live always." Then they taught the messengers the songs with which to call them and bear hunters have these songs still. When they had finished the songs, the Ani Tsaguhi started on again and the messengers turned back to the settlements, but after going a little way they looked back and saw a drove of bears going into the woods.
Aho! We are all Related!
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Forum: The Grove · Post Preview: #78581 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 15-Aug-2004, 05:13 PM |
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Another!
Origin of the Animals
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When Apaches emerged from the underworld, they travelled southward for four days. They had no other food than two kinds of seeds, which they ground between two stones.
Near where they camped on the fourth night, one tepee stood apart from the others. While the owner and his wife were absent for a short time, a Raven brought a quiver of arrows and a bow, hanging them on the lodge pole. When the children came out of the lodge, they took down the quiver and found some meat inside. They ate it and instantly became very fat.
Upon her return, the mother noticed grease on the hands and faces of her children, who told her what had happened. The woman hurried to tell her husband the tale. All the tribe marvelled at the wonderful food that made the children so fat. How they hoped the Raven might soon return with more of his good food.
When Raven discovered that his meat had been stolen, he flew eastward to his mountain home beyond the normal range of man. A bat followed Raven and later informed the Apaches where Raven lived. That night the Apache Chief called a council meeting. They decided to send a delegation to try and obtain some of Raven's special kind of meat.
In four days the Apache delegation reached the camp of the ravens, but could not obtain the information they desired. They discovered, however, a great circle of ashes where the ravens ate their meals. The Apaches decided to spy upon the ravens. That night the Medicine Man changed an Apache boy into a puppy to spy from a nearby bush. The main delegation broke camp and started homeward, leaving behind the puppy.
Next morning the ravens examined the abandoned camp of the Apaches. One of the young ravens found the puppy and was so pleased, he asked for permission to keep it under his blanket. Toward sunset, the puppy peaked out and saw an old raven brush aside some ashes from the fireplace. He then removed a large flat stone. Beneath was an opening through which the old raven disappeared. But when he returned he led a buffalo, which was then killed and eaten by all the ravens.
For four days the puppy spied upon the ravens, and each evening a buffalo was brought up from the depths and devoured. Now that he was certain where the ravens obtained their good food, the puppy resumed his normal shape.
Early on the fifth morning, with a white feather in one hand and a black one in the other, he descended through the opening beneath the fireplace.
In the underworld, he saw four buffaloes and placed the white feather in the mouth of the nearest one. He commanded it to follow him. But the first buffalo told him to take the feather to the last buffalo. This he did, but the fourth buffalo sent him again to the first one, into whose mouth the boy thrust the white feather.
"You are now the King of the Animals," declared the boy.
Upon returning to the above-world, the boy was followed by all the animals present upon the earth at that time. As the large herd passed through the opening, one of the ravens awoke, hurrying to close the lid. Upon seeing that all the animals willingly followed the Apache boy, the raven exclaimed, "When you kill any of the animals, remember to save the eyes for me."
For four days the boy followed the tracks of the Apaches and overtook them with his giant herd of animals. Soon they all returned to the camp of the Apaches, where the Chief slew the first buffalo for a feast that followed. The boy remembered and saved the eyes for the ravens.
One old grandmother who lived in a brush lodge was annoyed with one of the deer that ate some of her lodge covering. Snatching a stick from the fire, she struck the deer's nose and the white ash stuck there leaving a white mark that can still be seen on the descendants of that deer.
"Hereafter, you shall avoid mankind," she pronounced. "Your nose will tell you when you are too close to them."
Thus ended the short period of harmony between man and the animals. Each day the animals wandered farther and farther from the tribes. Apaches prayed that the animals would return so they could enjoy the good meat again. It is mostly at night when the deer appear, but not too close, because the old grandmother told them to be guided by their noses!
Apaches developed skill in using the bows and arrows to hunt the good animal meat they liked so much, especially the buffalo.
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Forum: The Grove · Post Preview: #78574 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 15-Aug-2004, 05:08 PM |
Replies: 29
Views: 2,583
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Origin of Fire
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Long, long ago, animals and trees talked with each other, but there was no fire at that time.
Fox was most clever and he tried to think of a way to create fire for the world. One day, he decided to visit the Geese, te-tl, whose cry he wished to learn how to imitate. They promised to teach him if he would fly with them. So they contrived a way to attach wings to Fox, but cautioned him never to open his eyes while flying.
Whenever the Geese arose in flight, Fox also flew along with them to practice their cry. On one such adventure, darkness descended suddenly as they flew over the village of the fireflies, ko-na- tcic-a. In midflight, the glare from the flickering fireflies caused Fox to forget and he opened his eyes--instantly his wings collapsed! His fall was uncontrollable. He landed within the walled area of the firefly village, where a fire constantly burned in the centre.
Two kind fireflies came to see fallen Fox, who gave each one a necklace of juniper berries, katl-te-i-tse.
Fox hoped to persuade the two fireflies to tell him where he could find a way over the wall to the outside. They led him to a cedar tree, which they explained would bend down upon command and catapult him over the wall if he so desired.
That evening, Fox found the spring where fireflies obtained their water. There also, he discovered coloured earth, which when mixed with water made paint. He decided to give himself a coat of white. Upon returning to the village, Fox suggested to the fireflies, "Let's have a festival where we can dance and I will produce the music."
They all agreed that would be fun and helped to gather wood to build up a greater fire. Secretly, Fox tied a piece of cedar bark to his tail. Then he made a drum, probably the first one ever constructed, and beat it vigorously with a stick for the dancing fireflies. Gradually, he moved closer and closer to the fire.
Fox pretended to tire from beating the drum. He gave it to some fireflies who wanted to help make the music. Fox quickly thrust his tail into the fire, lighting the bark, and exclaimed, "It is too warm here for me, I must find a cooler place."
Straight to the cedar tree Fox ran, calling, "Bend down to me, my cedar tree, bend down!"
Down bent the cedar tree for Fox to catch hold, then up it carried him far over the wall. On and on he ran, with the fireflies in pursuit.
As Fox ran along, brush and wood on either side of his path were ignited from the sparks dropping from the burning bark tied to his tail.
Fox finally tired and gave the burning bark to Hawk, i-tsarl-tsu- i, who carried it to brown Crane, tsi-nes-tso-l. He flew far southward, scattering fire sparks everywhere. This is how fire first spread over the earth.
Fireflies continued chasing Fox all the way to his burrow and declared, "Forever after, Wily Fox, your punishment for stealing our fire will be that you can never make use of it for yourself."
For the Apache nation, this too was the beginning of fire for them. Soon they learned to use it for cooking their food and to keep themselves warm in cold weather.
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Forum: The Grove · Post Preview: #78571 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 02-Aug-2004, 09:04 PM |
Replies: 4
Views: 545
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Can they nae jist spick in plan scottish? hoo ur we tae ken whit they ur tryin' tae teel us? |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #76743 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 02-Aug-2004, 04:05 AM |
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I had plans to go to these games and was only an hour away. I had a calling to be somewhere else, so I did not make it to the games. Getting back through customs was "not to good". They are running extra security at the Canadian border, 24 hours of driving non-stop to make it back to my house. |
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Forum: Festival & Games · Post Preview: #76545 |
| Camchak |
Posted on: 01-Aug-2004, 06:01 AM |
Replies: 166
Views: 7,203
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Thanks Bear for bringing Bear Kilts into the mix..... |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #76395 |
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. My critics constantly tell me that I am too open, too trusting and very naive! Oh well! Guess I will always be at this age in my life. 
