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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mundanely, I&#8217;m Peter Schorn, currently in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa</st1:place></st1:City> (Northkeep).&nbsp;
I&#8217;m posting under my SCA name because&#8230;well, partly because I was
stupid and didn&#8217;t read the instructions, but I think more people may
recognize my SCA name.&nbsp; My lord Moderator, if this is agin&#8217; the
Rule, please tell me what I need to do to set things right, and feel free to do
what you need to as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;m an old-time member of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bards</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
who hasn&#8217;t played that much until recently.&nbsp; I was at the <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Ansteorran Bardic Circle</st1:address></st1:Street>
at Gulf Wars and was very pleased by what I saw there.&nbsp; And I was
distinctly impressed by the bardic &nbsp;talent from other kingdoms
(particularly Northshield and Ealdormere) that I saw at the War.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a lot of views about a lot of things, but I think I&#8217;ll
keep them to myself for awhile (at least on this board), so I can see what everybody&#8217;s
currently interested in talking about.&nbsp; Come up to me at an event,
however, and I&#8217;ll talk about anything under the Sun and a few things that
aren&#8217;t.&nbsp; I think I can guarantee you an interesting (if not
particularly valid) opinion&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>&#8230;&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m a Bard (B-E-A-R-D!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m a Bard (Don&#8217;t
you wish you were me?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>;o)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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