From: schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Descriptions...
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:39:18 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Merlinvin, realizing that he hasn't described *himself* in quite a while,
stands to deliver.  He appears to be about six feet tall, with reddish-
brown hair and a reddish-brown beard to match.  His grey cloak conceals a
very soft, grey leather vest, trousers and boots, as well as a silk tunic
in a much lighter shade of grey.  (The cloak also has been known to
conceal a folded massage table and scented oil collection; other surprises
may be expected in the future.)  A (currently) oaken staff rests next to
his chair.  His blue eyes tend to twinkle, particularly when about to
indulge in a paroxysm of paronomasia...

"Greetings and permutations, friends! In VR, I am Merlinvin, a former D&D
wizard who started his career in the days of the three-booklet version of
D&D.  After having worked my way up from twittish magic-user wannabe to
Great and Powerful Mage, Savior of the World, and Otherwise Ommipotent One
(and I was modest, too! :-) - I made a truly important discovery.  No
matter how many times I saved the world, it never was ready to *stay*
saved.  Not only that, but when *I* didn't save the world, it didn't come
to an end; somehow, things kept muddling along.  I realized that the only
thing that taking on the Savior of the World label had gotten me was a lot
of unfriendly attention - so I retired."

"Best thing I ever did with myself, too.  Now I polish up my skills at the
so-called `little' things in life; like hugging, backrubs, friendliness.
Of course, I *do* keep up with the occasional spell or three, depending on
what sort of effects my current huggee is likely to have on my clothing or
skin.  Otherwise, I'll keep the spells to myself, and pass out the warm
fuzzies and awful puns with equal fervor."

"In RL, I am Ed Schweppe, programmer support person extraordinaire and
night student at Boston University, trying to get that BS that's so
important as the entry card in the programming field.  I do give good
backrubs (although the table is unfortunately only in VR for now), and I
do make bad puns.  Physically, the biggest difference between Merlinvin
and myself is that he has the medieval clothing and I have the pot
belly.  I was born on July 1, 1961 (which, it seems, makes me relatively
elderly around here :-) and am currently quite partial to the various
beers of Samuel Adams.  Not to say I'll turn down offers of other micro-
brewery products..."

"Oh, BTW, I usually net through dialup lines, so sometimes I get a bit
behind in my postings... the drcvax.af.mil address is my work one, which
doesn't support newsgroups but does handle email, so it's the one to use
for quick response during the work week."

Merlinvin sits down again - but his eyes are beginning to twinkle, and the
more experienced Callahanians start stocking up on peanuts...

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Ed Schweppe o/k/a Merlinvin - schweppe@acs.bu.edu,
    (or for faster replies)   eschweppe%drcoa1.decnet@drcvax.af.mil
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