Hannah R.

@daeus Well, I usually can’t remember the dates. But the year sounds right and the rest of it is correct. Ah, music… what a fantastic tool for learning! And with all the Edwards in European history, a song that tells you which one of them claimed to be King of France is helpful. They need a song like that for all the King Louis, too.

Thanks @warrioroftherealm! Maybe I shouldn’t try to learn First Aid from comedies. 😛 My character has another character with him at the moment of his shoulder dislocation, but I doubt she has any idea what to do… so I’ll have to do some research.
I have to say, I think it’s simultaneously fantastic and hilarious that there’s a community where…[Read more]

@gracie-girl Wow, that’s advanced. I once had a civilization where all the names ended in “iel,” but that got really boring really fast. I like the idea of name patterns for different races, though. That’s neat! But, maybe you just want to make those rules something for readers to figure out, rather than telling them. Unless it’s important to your…[Read more]

@christi-eaton Wow! You’re Cosette in a production of Les Mis? Is it a musical or a play?
@Daeus English King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the king’s power. Later, England’s king… (finish the sentence) 🙂

@hope Normally, I would choose a Princess Bride quote. But actually this one’s not from The Princess Bride. But I know exactly which quote you’re talking about, and it’s really close. I think Fezzik’s words were “You just nodded your head! You should be very proud of yourself” or something like that.
I’ll add a hint.
Character 1: Did you just nod…[Read more]

@hope-ann Nope. But I know exactly which quote you’re talking about, and it’s really close. I think Fezzik’s words were “You just nodded your head! You should be very proud of yourself” or something like that.
I’ll add a hint.
Character 1: Did you just nod your head?
Character 2: [nods]
Character 1: You understand me?

@daeus I was in it up until 6th grade, when our campus was too small to do a Challenge program and I didn’t feel like drawing maps anyways. 🙂 Can you still sing your history sentences? I still regularly sing the Christopher Columbus song whenever I feel like it. Honestly, my skip counting songs have been helping me on math tests for years. And my…[Read more]

Goody! Do I get to come up with a quote now?
Okay, I think this is how it was phrased:
Did you just nod your head?
Hopefully that’s not to obscure. The movie it’s from is not obscure.

@kate-flournoy, the sewer scene wasn’t actually too bad. Go read it. It’s not as long as the Battle of Waterloo thing. Which I read, but it went completely over my head, because I don’t know anything about Waterloo except what I learned in a Classical Conversations history sentence in fourth grade, and I only remember that because it was in a…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper I think I got it! Kronk to Yzma in “The Emperor’s New Groove.” Best Disney animated movie ever. (After Beauty and the Beast.)

@dragon-snapper It sounds so familiar! Hint?

@gracie-girl Welcome! So glad you’ve joined us!
In the first page you said you found a discussion on Tauriel and Kili. I can’t find it! Where is it? I must see this discussion. 🙂

@Rachelle What program do you use? I’m not a fabulous artist myself, but my sister is, and she loves digital art. We have something called Painter Essentials 5 that came with an Intuos drawing tablet. I have no idea what to do with it, but I like clicking on the rainbow swirls feature and dragging it around the screen. 🙂 Your pictures are…[Read more]

@Rachelle What program do you use? I’m not a fabulous artist myself, but my sister is, and she loves digital art. We have something called Painter Essentials 5 that came with an Intuos drawing tablet. I have no idea what to do with it, but I like clicking on the rainbow swirls feature and dragging it around the screen. 🙂 Your pictures are…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm I’m no expert, but I did watch “Mom’s Night Out.” Which, if you haven’t seen that movie, you should watch it. It’s a completely clean Christian comedy. And it stars Sean Astin (Sam from Lord of the Rings), so it gets bonus points in my book.
But anyway, in that movie, a guy dislocates his shoulder and gets it back into place by…[Read more]

I love this topic! I use a Baby Name Book (paper copy) to find my names, because I haven’t actually found a good website yet (so if y’all have any recommendations, I’d love to hear them).
I’m pretty obvious with my names. Like, guess who is the villain and who is the hero: Grymelda or Cerdic?
I’ve said this before, but I like to look at the…[Read more]

@daeus Congratulations! You can send me a copy, and once it’s up on Amazon, I’ll post a review. And then I’ll probably purchase a copy too. 🙂

@daeus @kate-flournoy @northerner
Not only do you all have fantastic wisdom, but you are also incredibly prompt.
Yes, I understand what you mean about the crossover point being when the Jews rejected Jesus. But I’ve always wondered, what about the Jews who were nowhere near Jerusalem? Who maybe never met Jesus? Who lived in other lands, and…[Read more]

@daeus @kate-flournoy @northerner
While I’m asking deep theological questions about salvation, here’s another one.
I was doing some reading about salvation in the Old Testament, and ran across Romans 4, which talked about justification through faith for the patriarchs, and justification through belief in Jesus Christ, called “the same faith,” for…[Read more]