May 6, 2003 News from the Realms: Kharn: quest Hey all, welcome to the Scattergorys Quest! It's an E-Mail quest, everyone may participate. Here are the rules: Write down a Mob, an Item and an Area beginning with A, with B ... with Z. You get one point for every entry, 5 extra points if noone else has the same entry and 10 extra points if you have unique entrys in all three categories of a letter. For Mobs and Items, the Keywoards count. For areas, the first word counts. Of course, the one with the most points wins ;) Send your entries to Kharn@fal40k.de within the next two weeks, At the "areas", of course articles does -not- count. So "The Astral Plane" runs under A, not under T. (and it still does not count for P) ------------ Rorin: Stew of Torture (Quest) Mon May 5 05:28:14 2003 To: all "Thrice the brinded cat hath mewd. Thrice and once the hedge pig whined. Harpier cries 'Tis time, 'tis time." More information about the quest at: http://www.barrenrealmsmud.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2199#2199 --------------- Kiri: the current quests running Mon May 5 05:59:00 2003 To: all Hey folks! I just wanted to point out that there are quite a few quests running right now. This is because I have started a "quest committee" and have asked our wonderful heroes to join in and throw lots of quests for you guys. The thing about quests though, is, if people don't participate the people RUNNING the quests get really depressed. And rightly so, they put a lot of work into these things :) But quests are lots of fun to play in, and a great way to meet people on the MUD and run around and do crazy things with your friends. I encourage everyone to join in and participate in as many quests as they can. ------------------------- Rorin: Pop Quest Tue May 6 17:03:55 2003 To: all Another spur of the moment quest... More like "Find a mob" quest. Well, there's only two winners: Faye with 5 points and Aluminum with 4. Xorex is sponsoring quest but had gone before the quest is over. He should be able to give out the prizes when he comes back on. ---------------------------- IDEAS: Please hit reply and send your responses! AMystery: I wonder if the track code could be improved by having it search for mobs near your level first. that should be the majority so it should be the fastest Melissa: the command for 'away from keyboard' should be altered so that when the flag is put up, you don't suffer the effects of hunger, or at least not as fast, and so on, since you are *away* from the computer. It can also be altered so that it cannot be t Peel: a dispel magic spell that you can pay a healer to cast on you Liubei: an item that affects your align Moldfinger: change it so you can hr from battle Eol: could we have a listing of level 151 Demons on the Wizlist ? AMystery: I'd love it if the reimb list would show you what mob and vnum each corpse was created in/by. I had one of my char's corpses vanish and i didn't know what killed me Peel: a demons normal human arm should be able to disarm someone if it does nothing... or have a skill where it could tie up the mobs arm if they have a weapon so they cant hit u with the weapon Akasha: How bout extending the benefits of ac further past -300 ac or whatever invincible is, -1500 ac shouldnt be good for nothing Ack: Give size to pets (or anything for that matter) and that way you could put the smaller pets inside packs (ie ferrets, if you charm a smurf or somethign) Moldfinger: the destruction of a foul rites bag claims it singes your hands. it should do a little damage Shadowhawk: Have "heal restore" cure poison and disease if needed. Yes, I'm that lazy. AMystery: avians and demons now vary from the normal equipment slots. Lets continue the theme by adding and removing some slots from other races, especially Ill which is a different body type AMystery: we have a message for the first time they type delete, lets have a message for the second delete also to know if they actually left or just considered it... Squanto: it would be gee-golly swell if GTELL decoded drunken messages too, cuz sometimes u wanna talk to ur group without waking up... maybe a reason u were drunk in the first place Eol: if you cannot exam your pack while asleep, then why CAN you check your inventory? Gauss: the invis and detect magic commands have the same description "your eyes tingle". It would be nice if they were different for triggers. AMystery: it seems to me that potions give one time use of the spell, but scrolls really teach you how to use it. Shouldn't we learn a spell by using a scroll? AMystery: we should be able to throw potions. They hit the victim, splatter and activate Eol: a sac all.corpse ability Utena: Coffee should counter being drunk Lairian: It would probably be nice to change "Help Enhance" to reflect the ability to increase mana and hit points. Moldfinger: add the keyword for the limb being replaced to either the message when you level or the message the first time you type replace Rorin: A message in hinfo "see sneak" Rorin: Would be nice if we can toggle a timestamp in config and the channel histories would come up with it once toggled on AMystery: move BR to IPv6, make us even more geeky ----------------------------------------------------------- Responses by Amystery: Hello people, I'm bored and I've shared my knowledge with everyone else, so now I will add some to these ideas. AMystery: it doesn't seem right that wimpy and memory can be used together. if the mob flees then it shouldn't remember me and try to attack, it already knows its inferior Makes sense to me, but who says logic matters in a game where we kill giant talking fire newts? Stars: make it so that you sell items to only the shopkeeper that can buy them. That way you will not get the message "aod looks uninterested in a sword". Not necessary Birdseye: make all mobs become aggressive in the arena *g* Interesting idea, of course we don't like having mobs in the arena Grogar: pills shouldn't be affected by hunger.. I dunno, I find it hard to swallow a pill when I'm very full. Still, it is frustrating when I can't eat a red pill after a pie. Wood: there should be a druid spell called create beer Make it create firebreather, just so it has a downside DevilsAngel: a history of all the tells you have sent I would like this! I often wish just what I said that someone is replying to. Leiland: ban laughing buddha from the arena Sounds fair. CrazyChaos: when you're in the rapids, a lake, a river, etc. you should be able to drink from it like drinking from a fountain It would make sense, but unfortunately that's not practical with the area file design. Now if you were underwater, i could see it happening, of course you would drown if you tried to drink while underwater... RadicalEd: create a new type of afk, only called aak for when i fall asleep while mudding... How would you set this if you are asleep? RadicalEd: make the O in c4 a different color than the board so its easier to see? I tried to check this out, but the machine doesn't like me. If it is the same color, I'm all for it being more visible. Xorex: when someone summons a mob, it should get a flag so that only people grouped with the summoner can get experience for killing it This would really annoy people who have high alts for summoning, but that's fine with me. Another idea would be to make summoned mobs aggro to the summoner. I know if someone ripped me from my home, through another dimension and into a strange area I'd be rather pissed. Xorex: There should be a restrictive measure on healing spells, either making them only work on grouped members or making them cost exponentially more to cast on other players with levels nowhere near the caster's Intriguing. I do like the idea of restricting players just healing just anyone, but I'm not sure this is the best way. I'd rather not restrict it by code. Birdseye: allow thief mobs to steal from other mobs, and have the mobs react to the thief as they would react to a player stealing from them It would be amusing and I can see the benefit of having thief mobs do what they logically should. Not a very high priority though. Birdseye: vision should not be affected by drunkenness, or detect hidden should be affected by drunkenness - they are both about powers of observation... I wasn't aware any skills were affected by drunkenness, especially vision. I never noticed this on my avians at least, but next time I have a more one, I'll check Keiichi: A help command to that gives information about being hit by lightning. Some people don't know they can be hit by lightning. And when we add this, also add the command to let the imms control the lightning bolt...for...um...subtle persuasion. CrazyChaos: Frenzy/berzerk should last longer, but still not too much. Maybe kind of like Sanctuary works. Its hard to stay enraged for very long. It would be interesting to have a negative consequence for using frenzy or berzerk too long. Staying enraged for too long hurts your heart, brain, makes you less able to functio, etc. RadicalEd: some kind safety for remort like delete Sounds good to me. I can see how I would be tired and type remort instead of recall. Stars: make it impossible to trip or be tripped on or in water, swimming, sailing on a boat, underwater etc. Sounds good, is there actually a room type that is on water? I don't recall it but i might be wrong. On a boat you could easily be tripped. Icecold: nuke charmie code or modify it. i hate it. i hate it. Why? I find it amusing. hate hate hate it! hehe. how about it set your gold (bank account, too) to 0 and your exp to the max you need to level instead of a killer flag? Interesting, but killer flag is automatic. I'd rather have decisions such as changing xp and gold left up to an imm. and make area attacks from players not affect char area attacks don't hit players outside of the arena, or in for that matter Stars: I love the idea of peek being a command for looking at players. However, I prefer to see a mob's inventory just by looking at it. How about switching it back just for mobs? I agree, that would be nice. How about an autopeek and/or an autopeek player option? Shi: you might want ot fix the help file for peek Sounds good to me too RadicalEd: change the peek help file so it matches the adjustment See above CrazyChaos: Maybe demons could get windzone or blast, dependant on what type of wings they get. They already have a wing attack, no need for another, although adding some manual commands to use instead of auto attacks would be interesting. rather pointless though Hana: I'd like something to be done about the Commander of the City Guard...I'm sick of him kicking my ass when I'm trying to kill termites Don't attack him. He's not hard to avoid and is visible. Crater: The "eyes of the green dragon" in Chmabers in the Clouds that teleport you to the council should take less time to teleport you. Don't think its variable, but it might be a good idea. Brodgar: Add a few bells and whistles to reimb so that data like renames aren't lost to crashes. Also add information about what killed you and where to the log Enter: the help peek should be updated due to the changes of the skill Addressed above Shi: there should be a use for extra prac sessions Trade them in for gold? Moldfinger: a way to forget a skill, particularly an OOG. You have an XP penalty of double your max XP for that level but then you go down to what it would be without the OOG penalty next level I like that idea! Its brilliant! You are brilliant! DevilsAngel: we should have a beep history, that way if we missed any we could see that!! Do you have a problem with that many people beeping you? I tend to torture people who beep me unnecessarily. DevilsAngel: that only Ken can use tainted weapons, like how only Elves and druids can handle flaming It makes some sense. I'd rather see it so taht when a non-ken got a tainted weapon it would damage them and poison them, but they could still get it. You drop something burning, but taint is a slow killer. You could use it for a bit until you complete died. Even better, have a non-kender with a tainted weapon be unable to heal. Peel: a skill/spell that avians can use to put poison on their claws And when you sleep and wrap your claws around you, you get poisoned and die! Yeah! Shadowhawk: how about demons get enhanced damage? We are supposed to be all mean and stuff right? Yeah, demons are so weak! We desperate need to do something to fix them. Have you ever seen a demon in the arena? They are always getting their butts kicked! Eol: a command that shows the ten most recent characters who used the profile command with your character's name Privacy violation. You make the profile public, but the people looking at it still have a right to privacy. Melissa: the command for 'away from keyboard' should be altered so that when the flag is put up, you don't suffer the effects of hunger, or at least not as fast, and so on, since you are *away* from the computer. It can also be altered so that it cannot be t Then people would run around with the flag up so they don't get hungry. Now being unable to move while afk might be interesting. Peel: a dispel magic spell that you can pay a healer to cast on you That would be nice. Liubei: an item that affects your align Be interesting. I could use this, especially when my demon gets hit with change align Moldfinger: change it so you can hr from battle Eol: could we have a listing of level 151 Demons on the Wizlist ? Why? Peel: a demons normal human arm should be able to disarm someone if it does nothing... or have a skill where it could tie up the mobs arm if they have a weapon so they cant hit u with the weapon disarm requires a weapon, but using a bony stump I'd think you could disarm, also crush would seem to disarm a mob. Also make crush more useful. Akasha: How bout extending the benefits of ac further past -300 ac or whatever invincible is, -1500 ac shouldnt be good for nothing Often suggested, always desired. I think this will eventually happen. The problem is, you couldn't hit a mob with a -1500 ac either. Bruising a mob with 3 million hp is rather pointless. Peel: poses for demons like all the other races I'm for it. Write some Ack: Give size to pets (or anything for that matter) and that way you could put the smaller pets inside packs (ie ferrets, if you charm a smurf or somethign) Now this is a huge can of worms. its an amusing idea, but don't hold your breath:) Moldfinger: the destruction of a foul rites bag claims it singes your hands. it should do a little damage Make it 10% of the person's hp Shadowhawk: Have "heal restore" cure poison and disease if needed. Yes, I'm that lazy. Lets help the lazy person be lazier! AMystery: avians and demons now vary from the normal equipment slots. Lets continue the theme by adding and removing some slots from other races, especially Ill which is a different body type I'm all for making the races more unique. ----------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: From Shadowhawk, a site I've personally enjoyed very very much: http://www.engrish.com/ From Amystery, something only a lawyer would enjoy.. which, I guess, I am.. soon, anyway http://www.panix.com/~eck/telemarket.html From Oakley.. soo.. soo true http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-03-2 I'm not sure of the point of this. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fetchfido/games/poke_the_bunny/poke_bunny.htm --------------------- Top Ten Reasons Why Canada Will Not Join the USA in the War on Iraq (from Jatproco) 10. We have no way of getting there. 9. We're too busy at home with the maple syrup season. 8. Iraqis don't drink Labatt's beer. 7. Saddam's name pronounced backwards is "Mad Ass". We'll stay away from him. 6. There is only limited potential for sales of Canadian bacon in Iraq after the war. 5. Our Sea King helicopter was damaged and needs repairs. 4. Céline Dion can't sing to the troops because she has a contract in Las Vegas. 3. The rivers in Iraq are too shallow for our war canoes. 2. Our army is needed at home in case of another snow storm in Toronto. And the Number 1 Reason Why Canada Will Not Join the USA in the War on Iraq 1. HELLO !!!!!! THE HOCKEY PLAYOFFS ARE STARTING! May 19, 2003 NEWS from the BARREN REALMS! Sozz: There once was a man from Nantucket... Hey all, it's another quest! Yippee! We all know what a great place BR is. So tell me about it! But not in a story, or a free form poem. I want limericks! I need some cheering up, so make sure they're witty, or clever, or just darn funny. Rhythm counts, as does rhyming. If you don't know what a limerick is, look it up, read a few, and get a feel for the rhythm. There will be a couple different categories, depending on how many entries I receive, and the quality of those entries, but you guys don't get to know those categories ahead of time ;) You may enter as many times as you like, provided it's with the same character. More entries ups your chances of winning, but you won't win in multiple categories. Send your entries to hcva@telus.net. They must be in the body of the email - NO ATTACHMENTS! And, as for prizes, well, Everybody is sponsoring, so you all know they'll be excellent! Any questions, you can note me, or email me. The limerick quest will run for two weeks, though I may accept later entries if I'm provided with a good reason. So, consider the deadline to get your limericks into me to be May 30th. ----------- Rorin: Stew Quest: Part II Results are: Sakari, Ankou, Erin, Jroku and Melissa It was a nice quest and I hope you like it :) The results of Part I should be up tomorrow, it's harder to judge that one. ----------- CrazyChaos: 20 Questions Sun May 18 12:59:15 2003 There was 2 rounds of 20 questions yesterday. Ankou got both. The items were battery and clock. The prize for both rounds were 3 scrolls of mysterious healing. Thank AMystery and Leiland for sponsoring. ------------- Disaster: gladiator quest rules are posted in forums (since my note went poof) when you're done, please turn in or sacrifice all wands you may spell up your mobs BEFORE sending them to arena, but NOT after you may NOT use seeinvis aggro mobs! aggro is fine, but not if they see invis you may use any spells except summon (don't want people summoning other people's charmies away) you may have replacement wands if you run out, but don't waste them. if you can't charm it in 3-4 tries, you probably won't be able too if you have any questions, ASK! :) ------------- Slart: fixes/changes tonight I thought it was about time for another round of fixes... - Fixed bug that let wizinvis imms' names show up in the gratz history. - Somebody noticed that lend health and aura sight were available for demon avatars. They're deprecated illithid spells and have been removed from play. This is fixed. - Fixed a whole family of possible bugs surrounding memory mobs. This was a pretty radical change, so it's possible I introduced a couple of new ones. Please be on the alert for any buggy memory mob behavior. - The stupid backstab insta-kill bug should be fixed once and for all. - Added a message if you already have firm grasp when you cast it. The blank line it used to give was a bit confusing. - Cleaned up all those bizarre "Bob's feet float to the ground" messages that would come up as somebody logged in, but before they actually appeared in the realms. ------------- THESE PLAYERS NEED TO LOG IN TO SAVE THEIR CHARACTERS FROM PWIPE: Aarin, Abbath, Acoma, Aeo, Alena, Ament, Angelgirl, Aragon, Asdiarf, Avi, Bewa, Bonepecker, Calidor, Calin, Carnun, Celestar, Clef, Cromwell, Dazzle, Dominus, Donny, Doombreed, Dugg, Duplex, Dysmande, Elron, Enigma, Erutan, Evildome, FirestarII, Flatulant, Forrest, Frealis, Frei, Frenzy, Fyrefly, Gaul, Geek, Ghostkiller, Gorek, Greydeath, Homicidal, Hopeless, Ijok, Irons, Jaken, Jeremy, Jythar, Keenan, Kendral, Kestrel, Khazad, Klutz, MastaJugalo, Mayonez, Melody, Minsk, Moab, Moloko, Moogie, Mordeth, Mortanius, Myrllin, Myron, Nilla, Nixon, Nocturn, Nuriko, Obiwan, Oiseau, Orb, Paradigm, Petronas, Piggy, Popie, Rahasia, Razz, Recluse, Repugnant, Riva, Rothman, Saliva, Samoth, Saphron, Schala, Scimitar, Scourge, Seifer, Sela, Shutterfly, Sknt, Smokingjoe, Spaz, Syn, Takeuchi, Talenar, Tesko, Thebest, Thrym, Underling, Vagrant, Vedder, Vick, Vile, Vishnu, Voldon, Wyld, Wynd, Xype, Zain, Zaracuthra, Zeek, Zelda, Zion, Zorra -------------------------------------------- IDEAS from the Realms: Eldaron: it'd be really nice if the lag on the kill command was skipped if the mob died or fled on the first attack... Rorin: A help file for imms I.E. "help AMystery" (BEWARE) *g* Sniff: when my mental barrier makes a mob hit itself, its difficult to see if im grouped. maybe you could make it a different color, or at least the hit (brushes, bruises) appear a different color so i could more easily see what im doing Peel: if a demons align is at -666 or 666 they should get a special bonus to hit/dam Prodigy: along with one letter commands such as n,e,s,w, the command note read shouldn't cause a character to be spammed off the mud Moldfinger: when you get the empty eye socket the very nice description says the eye falls out of your head. well, I want ot see that eye lying in the dirt! Shadowhawk: How about being able to get a weapon with tan. Like a skin and bone whip? Disaster: a command "solidify" that dispels the affects of pass door/ectoplasmic form Wood: there should be a create beer spell for druids ;) Kharn: a !dodge or !parry flag for weapons, would be great for unique items AMystery: bash seems like a skill you can do to initiate combat. no reason why you can't run right into a mob to start... Beanis: give demons poses, cause we are real chars too! Disaster: a command option, birdseye here (instead of just birdseye direction) to see the room including oneself, as someone would see it using birdseye from the room next door -------------------------- Responses to the newsletter by Amystery: Responses by AMystery AMystery: I wonder if the track code could be improved by having it search for mobs near your level first. that should be the majority so it should be the fastest I don't think that is practical, but it is an interesting efficiency concept to consider Melissa: the command for 'away from keyboard' should be altered so that when the flag is put up, you don't suffer the effects of hunger, or at least not as fast, and so on, since you are *away* from the computer. It can also be altered so that it cannot be t This comes up rather often and it has some merit, except that people would go afk just to avoid hunger and continue fighting. Having the afk flag vanish with input might work, except for people are mostly afk and just wander through to respond to tells or something, for them its extra work, and most of them are heroes and imms:) Peel: a dispel magic spell that you can pay a healer to cast on you That does seem like something a healer could cast, if they can remove a curse then should know a general removal spell Liubei: an item that affects your align yeah, make it a hold item. Then demons would love you, but do you really want to be loved by a bunch of smelly freaks? Moldfinger: change it so you can hr from battle A very wise and informed suggestion. Eol: could we have a listing of level 151 Demons on the Wizlist ? In time the vast majority of avatars will be 151 demons, just because you can't go back so a separate list isn't really needed. AMystery: I'd love it if the reimb list would show you what mob and vnum each corpse was created in/by. I had one of my char's corpses vanish and i didn't know what killed me I still think this would be an excellent idea and very useful. Rather often people come to me and ask what killed them and if its off my info list, the only other reference I have is reimb. Peel: a demons normal human arm should be able to disarm someone if it does nothing... or have a skill where it could tie up the mobs arm if they have a weapon so they cant hit u with the weapon Actually it seems like the hook or talon would be able to disarm. Akasha: How bout extending the benefits of ac further past -300 ac or whatever invincible is, -1500 ac shouldnt be good for nothing This is something I like also, but I'm told its not currently practical, but keep hoping! Ack: Give size to pets (or anything for that matter) and that way you could put the smaller pets inside packs (ie ferrets, if you charm a smurf or somethign) I see dangers here. Don't expect this to be done any time soon. Containers that can hold mobs and players can't be carried. Moldfinger: the destruction of a foul rites bag claims it singes your hands. it should do a little damage maybe 10% of the persons hp, although a token 1% would also be nice. Shadowhawk: Have "heal restore" cure poison and disease if needed. Yes, I'm that lazy. yeah, and put them all in one potion so you can carry them with you! maybe some sanc also? AMystery: avians and demons now vary from the normal equipment slots. Lets continue the theme by adding and removing some slots from other races, especially Ill which is a different body type Have leggings that would fit a dwarf not fit an elf, elves are taller right? Or if they can be worn, have them much less effective because they don't fit right. AMystery: we have a message for the first time they type delete, lets have a message for the second delete also to know if they actually left or just considered it... Sounds good to me. How about you Xorex?:) Squanto: it would be gee-golly swell if GTELL decoded drunken messages too, cuz sometimes u wanna talk to ur group without waking up... maybe a reason u were drunk in the first place I'd like this, since there isn't an emote history, it would be nice to have a log of what people in the group said. Eol: if you cannot exam your pack while asleep, then why CAN you check your inventory? You can remember what's in your inventory, but you have to open your eyes for the big pack. Gauss: the invis and detect magic commands have the same description "your eyes tingle". It would be nice if they were different for triggers. Well, this is the command when your use the spells, so you shouldn't need to trigger off of that, but it would be nice to make them different. AMystery: it seems to me that potions give one time use of the spell, but scrolls really teach you how to use it. Shouldn't we learn a spell by using a scroll? Of course this won't happen, but it is an interesting question. AMystery: we should be able to throw potions. They hit the victim, splatter and activate Yeah! then I can throw complete healing potions at mobs! Eol: a sac all.corpse ability Being able to sac all.object would be useful Utena: Coffee should counter being drunk It doesn't in the real world...however, coffee could have an impact. It contains caffeine so you should get hyper, perhaps lose spaces in your speech and you more faster, or even have a slight frenzy for a bit, but then you crash and sleep. That would be fun. Lairian: It would probably be nice to change "Help Enhance" to reflect the ability to increase mana and hit points. That might confuse newbies, but if properly written I'd support it. Moldfinger: add the keyword for the limb being replaced to either the message when you level or the message the first time you type replace It can be confusing to get a limb when you level and not know the keyword to find out if you want to replace it until after you replace it Rorin: A message in hinfo "see sneak" Not sure what this means. Care to explain more? Rorin: Would be nice if we can toggle a timestamp in config and the channel histories would come up with it once toggled on This would eat up more memory and its not really necessary on most channels. Perhaps on tells. AMystery: move BR to IPv6, make us even more geeky Yeah! That should really cut down on the annoying script kiddies! Of course I'm not on an IPv6 network, so I'd have a hard time connecting...but these are the sacrifices we make. --------------------------- Kiri's WWW of URLs: BRITGUIDE---an introduction to Britishisms in the Beatles' Lyrics http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/faqs/britguide.html Snoop Dogg - Tha Shizzolator http://www.asksnoop.com/ Peep Research (From Scavenger) http://www.millikin.edu/staley/fluff/peep_research.html#Anchor-Th-56460 Sleepy Kittens (From Oakley) http://www2.b3ta.com/sleepy-kittens/ ------------------------ 30 Ways To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity 1. At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hairdryer at passing cars. See how many slow down. 2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice. 3. Insist that your e-mail address be: Xena-Warrior-Princess@companyname.com or Elvis-the-King@companyname.com 4. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that. 5. Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair dancing. 6. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "IN." 7. Develop an unnatural fear of staplers. 8. Put decaf in the coffee maker for three weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffein addictions, switch to espresso. 9. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For Sexual Favors." 10. Reply to everything anyone says to you with "That's what YOU think." 11. Finish all your sentences with, "In accordance with the prophecy." 12. Adjust the tint of your monitor so that the brightness level lights up the entire work area. Insist to others you like it that way. 13. Don't use any punctuation. 14. As often as possible, skip rather than walk. 15. Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer. 16. Specify that your drive-through order is "To Go." 17. Sing along at the opera. 18. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme. 19. Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is of the opposite gender.) 20. Send e-mail to the rest of the company to tell them what you're doing. For example, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom, in stall #3." 21. Put mosquito netting around your cubicle. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day. 22. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood. 23. Call the psychic hotline and don't say anything. 24. Have your coworkers address you by your wrestling name, "Rock Hard?" 25. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream, "I won! I won! Third time this week!" 26. When leaving the zoo, start running toward the parking lot, screaming, "Run for your lives, they're loose!" 27. Tell your boss, "It's not the voices in my head that bother me; it's the voices in your head that do." 28. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we're going to have to let one of you go." 29. Every time you see a broom, yell, "Honey, your mother is here!" 30. And the final way to keep a healthy level of insanity, e-mail this to yourself hundreds of times. Ask that it be noted you received it.