forwarded by permission. I've already added them to the website. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] --- Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote to me off-list: > Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:04:56 -0800 > > Morrolan > The name means Dark Star (though not in Hungarian/Fenarian) > [POTD35], not just another GD song, but the quintessential GD > song. (MP) > > > The name "Morrolan," its translation ("Dark Star") and much of the > character of Morrolan were created by my good friend, John Robey. The > really cool part is that I'm pretty sure that at the time he came up > with the name and translation, John had barely heard of the Grateful > Dead, and had no idea they had a song by that title. > > > Along with the coffee, she brought us each a sample of the house bread > -- a small, round loaf with a hole in the middle, cut horizontally and > lightly toasted. I tried it. > > "Not bad," I said, "This would be good with smoked pinkfish and > buttercheese." > > "And a bit of onion," agreed Teldra. [Iss19] > > > So.... > > These Martians crash land on earth, and wander all around looking for > spare parts to fix their spaceship. The eventually come across a > delicatessen, and go running in. "We need half a dozen of those round > things with the hole in them to fix our spaceship!" "Fix your > spaceship? No, no. Those are bagels. They're food. You eat them." > "Food?" said the Martians. "Why, food doesn't look like that!" "Yes > indeed. Here. Try one." So the Martian takes a bite of the bagel, > thinks a bit, and says, "Not bad. These would be good with lox and cream > cheese." > > An old joke. I first heard it from my friend Fred Levy Haskell. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/