tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post2757724295119525958..comments2023-10-30T11:46:43.284+00:00Comments on Musings of the Cosmic Calamari: In Which I Continue To Post Pictures In Lieu Of Actual "Content"SpaceSquidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-68546423834917928772008-06-16T17:50:00.000+01:002008-06-16T17:50:00.000+01:00I see. Well, fair enough. Obviously, knowing you...I see. Well, fair enough. Obviously, knowing you well, I have no illusions about your egomania, and I suppose this eccentricity could conceivably be a facet of it :-)<BR/><BR/>Thus ends the process of tying ourselves up in semantical knots... (yeah, like that's never going to happen again).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-7340076231836693212008-06-16T13:49:00.000+01:002008-06-16T13:49:00.000+01:00To be clear: I wasn't suggesting "eccentric" doesn...To be clear: I wasn't suggesting "eccentric" doesn't fit, simply that "egomaniacal" probably includes the former adjective, along with quite a few others.SpaceSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-35467775309270642362008-06-16T12:50:00.000+01:002008-06-16T12:50:00.000+01:00I think 'eccentric' fits the bill pretty well: com...I think 'eccentric' fits the bill pretty well: combining two fairly obscure interests (to the layman at least) into one obsessive bit of hobbyism. Yup. Sounds pretty darn eccentric to me :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-41124344918535570042008-06-16T10:18:00.000+01:002008-06-16T10:18:00.000+01:00I shall give it a try, although in truth I suspect...I shall give it a try, although in truth I suspect it will work better on an actual model than it would seem from looking at the pictures.<BR/><BR/>Is eccentric the right word? Not egomaniacal?SpaceSquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760939592584995876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505812700967330296.post-27889796808887095562008-06-16T09:38:00.000+01:002008-06-16T09:38:00.000+01:00A cool, if eccentric idea. You're right, the blue...A cool, if eccentric idea. You're right, the blue doesn't really work, but perhaps a different shade of blue would? Something less bright; to go for the woad look you'd probably want a darker, muddier sort of blue, if you see what I mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com