Happy Birthday Aqua!
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 17:00 last edited by taiwan_girl
Aqua, you are definitely a asset to this board (and to life in general)!
Have a great birthday!!!!
(something I have been wondering about since you have joined - where is your profile name from?)
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Aqua, you are definitely a asset to this board (and to life in general)!
Have a great birthday!!!!
(something I have been wondering about since you have joined - where is your profile name from?)
wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 17:27 last edited by Aqua Letifer@taiwan_girl said in Happy Birthday Aqua!:
Aqua, you are definitely a asset to this board (and to life in general)!
Have a great birthday!!!!
(something I have been wondering about since you have joined - where is your profile name from?)
Thanks very much, TG! That's mighty kind.
When I started on the board, I had an entirely different career as an environmental scientist. (It blows my mind we've been on this board for that long and I'm still a newcomer! Nutters. At least I'm not as old as jon.) My dad taught astronomy, so I grew up as a science geek anyway. I like reading about old alchemical practices--it's like half science, half weird occult shit. A lot of modern chemical compounds were known by alchemists, but they called them something different. Nitric acid was called "aqua fortis," or "strong water." "Aqua regis" ("royal water") was an acid mixture that can dissolve gold and platinum.
I like booze because who doesn't, so I figured a good alchemical name for it might be "aqua letifer" or "deadly water," because ethanol is an antiseptic.
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@taiwan_girl said in Happy Birthday Aqua!:
Aqua, you are definitely a asset to this board (and to life in general)!
Have a great birthday!!!!
(something I have been wondering about since you have joined - where is your profile name from?)
Thanks very much, TG! That's mighty kind.
When I started on the board, I had an entirely different career as an environmental scientist. (It blows my mind we've been on this board for that long and I'm still a newcomer! Nutters. At least I'm not as old as jon.) My dad taught astronomy, so I grew up as a science geek anyway. I like reading about old alchemical practices--it's like half science, half weird occult shit. A lot of modern chemical compounds were known by alchemists, but they called them something different. Nitric acid was called "aqua fortis," or "strong water." "Aqua regis" ("royal water") was an acid mixture that can dissolve gold and platinum.
I like booze because who doesn't, so I figured a good alchemical name for it might be "aqua letifer" or "deadly water," because ethanol is an antiseptic.
wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 17:31 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Happy Birthday Aqua!:
I figured a good alchemical name for it might be "aqua letifer" or "deadly water," because ethanol is an antiseptic.
Thanks, Aqua. I've wondered about that, too.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 19:06 last edited by
Just remember that age (like beauty) is in the eye of the beholder.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 19:30 last edited by
Happy birthday, man!
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 19:36 last edited by
Happy Birthday, Aqua. Drank a bunch of green tea in your honor.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 21:12 last edited by
Hope you're having a terrific birthday weekend, Aqua! Yes, have lots of cake and all your favorite foods, especially macaroni and cheese. I think there might be a sweet little girl at your house who would second that idea.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 21:20 last edited by
Happy Birthday Aqua!!
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 22:40 last edited by
Happy birthday for sure. Tell us about your birthday exploits.
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wrote on 28 Jun 2020, 17:20 last edited by Aqua Letifer
@Loki said in Happy Birthday Aqua!:
Happy birthday for sure. Tell us about your birthday exploits.
Thanks, everybody!
Not much to report here in reality, but in Neverwinter we tracked down some vampires, I killed a brewery foreman with a combination of harsh words and a lightning bolt to the chest, and then we took some ale barrels for compensation before the building caught fire.
Also played a lot with the kiddo. She has a very large, very fuzzy d20 to play with now. Mostly she uses it as a stool.