Penny Sycamore

X-Files, Fanfic author wannabe. Pen name from You Can't Take it With You. Ran The Cutting Room Floor (XF post-ep fanfic) back in the day. Nitpicking is my life.

[Penny Sycamore @PennySycamore]

@Katie_Classique Technically it's a 19th century ball.
Fellowes and his creative team are meticulous about research; many of the costumes are based on actual gowns of the period. I'd bet somewhere, in some srchive, museum or 19th century publication you'd find each of those things.

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@McFaul At least he didn't pair it with a tan suit.

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@SlippinMickeys Plagiarism, pure and simple.

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@aaronrgardner @AverageGaydude1 @JasmineForUS Could you highlight the word Citizen in the preamble? No matter how many times I read it, I only see People, which would seem to cover everyone. Thanks.

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Fox Mulder walking with a golden retriever by his side.
So I don't think @msrafterdark and the other talened artists have anything to worry about.

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So let's talk about AI fails, shall we? After seeing some success stories last night, I went into Bing's AI and played around a bit. I wasn't trying to make something laughably awful, it just came out that way. Maybe I kept the prompts too simple, or maybe this is just bad... 1/

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Here were my prompts:
M&S in a Renaissance painting
M&S as Romeo & Juliet
M&S in American Gothic
Fox Mulder walking in a field with a golden retriever by his side (my personal favorite)
Here are the results:

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@IsaDubF @CatherineGlins2 I second DK, if only for their argument over who gets the remaining 'water' (sardine juice? ick). To me that's their first declaration of love - even if they hadn't figured that out yet.

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@Katy_KT_Katie Sure, usually with an itinerary and an estimated time of return....

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@BhhagBrian @albert1776 @SalkisSally @ilovenostalgia YES! They were made by Fanny Farmer and came in a little tinted plastic cigarette case. Great stuff.

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@CatherineGlins2 @hearteyes4david always a good choice 😆

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@hearteyes4david Yes!
I've seen him talk about baseball and that Bob(?) Gibson was one of his favorite players and just thought that was the connection.

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The other day I learned something new (to me) about The Unnatural. I thought David named the team Grays since they had an alien on their team. Joke's on me; turns out there was a team - the Homestead Grays - in the Negro League & one of their biggest stars was named Josh Gibson.

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@FernDelavan @audiofanficpod Yup, she was.

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@agent_troi Just out of idle curiosity (I've been trying to work out the IVF timeline in my head for a while now), and I'm wondering about 6 months after Valentine's Day?

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@CecilySass Me too. But in my job, you needed a certain amount of vacay time (about 1 1/2 weeks) to qualify. So newbies would have to wait about 6 mnths & people who burned through their time would never qualify. Just wondering if the Feds had some other equally goofy restrictions.

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@MarkHamill Apparently Four Seasons Landscaping is booked up that day.

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@Katy_KT_Katie @incidental_ao3 @monikafilefan @agent_troi Oh, I could never do that... I didn't start watching until early S3, with a few S2 reruns thrown in just to make things more confusing. 😂

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@Katy_KT_Katie @monikafilefan @incidental_ao3 @agent_troi I believe it was Fox's decision to put XF on after the Superbowl. Not sure who had the final say in the ep chosen. I normally go with broadcast order, but I just automatically imagine a "To be Continued..." title at the end of LB.