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. . . while I pondered, weak and weary. Here's a Halloween-y MOC from Edgar Allen Poe: (URL) a spooky day. Bruce --I wasn't sure what would be the appropriate newsgroup as the time period is intermediate between castle and town. I set follow-up to (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) Nice work. I can hear faint strains of Alan Parsons Project playing in the background while I read... ((URL) ) "Tales..." was their first released work and still one of my faves. (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wonderful! Like Larry, I am reminded of something else--but for me it's the Simpsons Hallowe'en ep. I like the full bookshelves and the bust. Using the old lady painting from Harry Potter as the painting--also wonderful! Nice job. Dave K (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks. It was actually the Simpsons that pushed this MOC to the top. I'd toyed with the idea of doing a single scene from The Raven for my Masterpieces of Lit page: (URL) had even played around with variations on the bust to see what helmet (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That was really well done Bruce. Made me go into my files and dig out this thing I aquired a long time ago. It's off topic, but fun non-the-less. Suppose Edgar Allan Poe Used a Computer Once upon a midnight dreary, fingers cramped and vision (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Anthony, That's hilarious, and yet tragic, for we've all been in similar situations. My favorite line is: "I tried to catch the chips off-guard - I pressed again, but twice as hard." That one made me LOL. Bruce (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh LOL. Nice job Bruce. I remember reading this a couple months back. You made a nice environment for his "room". That's a nice Halloween MOC you got. Happy Halloween! Dean (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My mother would always dredge out a couple of Poe's works before Halloween and read them to me when I was a bow. I always liked the Raven (though heavens knows I was clueless to what "nepenthe", "seraphim", "Gilead", and "Aideen" were at the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Bruce, The things we are studying today... first history now poetry...what's next?? I have to say guys Halloween inspired you nice. Cool MOC, the painting, the fire place... only wondered why the Raven ain't black? As some1 who only heard (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) One word: Brilliant Just loved it (URL) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Only because I don't have that bird piece in black and, as I mentioned in my response to Dave, this MOC came together in a rush to debut on Halloween, so I couldn't order a black bird off of bricklink (indeed, I didn't even reallize the bird (...) (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) When were you a bow? I always thought of you as more of an arrow. (not a straight arrow, but I digress) (...) I can see "The Cask of Amontillado" as being pretty easy to do in a very nice way, ne? (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You mispronunced that (if I wanted to type mispronOunced, you'd pronounce it correctly). Anyway, I always bow after applause. And yes, I have a bent arrow, but that is really not a subject for discussion on Lugnet!!! -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Yeah, well I don't have the black bird also. Hopefully TLC will decide to reissue the 'Black Mountain Fortress' (6081) on 2004. (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I have a feeling this has been done before but alas I can't find it now. Was it two years ago? Am I the only one to recall that? If so I might have been dreaming (which would be strange since my only other contact with this poem (or Poe for (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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