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Bookworm

10:38 AM

Q: Example of character who vitalize arts (ideas, characters of books) into an living beings

Could you give an example of literature character who vitalize arts (ideas, characters of books) into an living beings?

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3 hours later…

Rand al'Thor

1:57 PM

> Please hurl a brick with explanations at my noodle.

Rofl. Nice turn of phrase, Christophe :-)

2 hours later…

Christophe Strobbe

4:05 PM

@Randal'Thor It's an in-joke for Krazy Kat fans :-)

Christophe Strobbe

4:17 PM

What do people think of heather's suggestion of having a bimonthly chat session? This is something we can try out already, regardless of the decision we make about the reading challenges.

Rand al'Thor

I like it, but then I'm one of the most chat-active users here anyway.

If it's just you, me, and Mith, then we might as well call it a normal Reading Room day. A success would be to attract people who aren't regulars here.

Christophe Strobbe

All it takes is picking a timeslot and posting it as an event, unless we think this should take place in a separate chatroom.

Rand al'Thor

Ooh, yeah, I forgot about the chat-event functionality! That should help to attract people.

I think if a Literature mod creates a chat event here, it will automatically appear as an event on the main site's sidebar.

Christophe Strobbe

Sounds good (even though I don't know how chat events exactly work).

How do we pick a good timeslot? Are there any statistics on when participation in the chatroom is higher?

Gallifreyan

@ChristopheStrobbe In the info section: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/1037/the-reading-room

Rand al'Thor

4:25 PM

@ChristopheStrobbe Check the grey bar chart here, but it's probably not very useful when activity in general is as low as this room.

Gallifreyan

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from ~1 pm to 6 pm

Or so it claims

Christophe Strobbe

@Gallifreyan Does that bar chart reflect only the current week or does it represent an average since the beginning of the chat room?

Mithrandir

An average over the last few weeks, IIRC

Gallifreyan

I admit I don't know, though I'd guess it's the latter

Christophe Strobbe

I see. Of course, there is also "trial and error": we pick one of these "popular" days and see whether that works.

(We should soon notice whether the current discussion changes that bar chart ;-) )

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Bookworm

8:00 PM

Q: How do Pupp's remarks connect with Krazy's in Krazy Kat, 25 July 1936?

This question is about the same Krazy Kat strip (25 July 1936) as in Krazy language in Krazy Kat, 25 July 1936, in which Krazy is making a lot of classical references and Pupp is responding: Krazy: Regular, the romin - insulting the kottage injins - Pupp [to Ignatz, who's getting reading to...