Apologies, contrite-like

Nope haven't been writing. But we are here to make amends and fill you in:

GirlFriday? Library school finals have consumed my time. I've finished them. But they've left me feeling drained and tired. Oh and the electricity is out in 1/2 of my house. So no power for the TV, no lights in the bedroom but there's light in the side room and working plugs in the bathroom. Go figure, it's weird.

DeadRabbit's workgroup Yellow Poxless has been not-so productive. (sssshhh don't tell management). You know how it is, someone calls out sick, someone else is down in the break room. We're suppose to be heading into Wailing Caverns and, as they say around the water cooler, "straightening its files and balancing its budget."

You ain't off the hook WC...Yellow Poxless will gather itself together and we will be asking to see your account ledgers...oh yeah, fear us!!!!

Squirrel is in a bit of a funk. There's rules that bind the Yellow Poxless (hey nothing wrong with some rules...they make the Anti-Pug experiment interesting). And until DeadRabbit gets to worklevel 20, our rodent friend is stuck at journeyman Engineer. And he so wants Expert Engineering. Impress the other squirrels, ftw, and goblin jumper cables, ya know? Squirrel, at this point, wants to flex his Engineering prowess. Settle down Squirrel, you'll get your chance.

Cynishade is in the Outlands and, isn't helping orphans yet, but is doing his bit to bring a little happiness to the kids.

Madhare, my pew pew lazerbeam warlock in Sidhe Devils, was in Loch Mordan getting her little gnome a$$ handed to her but the Troggs (over and over...Madhare has not quite got the Warlock "Fear Me" thing down...so far, she's more "I am warlock, stomp on me!"

and the previously mentioned, long delayed Thrall-mandated Variety Show? I swearz its coming. Ya can't rush artists! But I'll get them on stage, I promise. The curtain will rise. Legs will be broken. The show will go on.

Just Window Shopping

Stuff to get for when I'm all grown up and one terrifying frosty mage. Is that a cold wind blowing? Are the ravens shrieking in the trees? Do your bones ache from the cold?

Hide yourself, for the Rabbit is a-coming!!!

Chester: /yawn

DeadRabbit: Wait and see, little rodent, wait and see....

Chester: Ha!

DeadRabbit: Jealous much? Don't worry my rat-tailed friend, I will hook you up too. I'm looking into purchasing whatever spell will make you into the Squirrel-beast-a-zoid in SquirrelBane.

Chester: Ohhhh. With the lazer bolts even????

DeadRabbit: You betcha!

Chester: Is that a cold wind blowing? Are the ravens shrieking in the trees? Fear the Rabbit and her squirrel!!!

DeadRabbit: There ya go, little guy!

Pssst...buddy....I got your limited supply right here.

Chester here folks. Heart of gold squirrel at your service. I'm not just a furry rodent hiding the nuts for myself and myself only. I'm a giver. I'm thinking about a few nuts rolling YOUR way.

So DeadRabbit gave you a tip on Deviate fish farming. She's a good girl. (I worry about her fishing though....the fish yank on the line and sometimes her arms go with it. She laughs it off. But she's not the one sent after the arms. Oy, the undead! They are sweethearts but a little casual with the "loosely attached" body parts. Bit loosely attached in the head sometimes....you know what I mean? Okay but I digress....Back to the topic at hand). Consider this "tip #2 for some nice cheddar in the wallet and change in the pocket." I present to you the joy of "limited supply" recipes and items.

Limited supply are items or recipes sold by vendors in small quantities. If those items are bought then the vendor is "out" of the item until it respawns. What's this mean for the enterprising young player? Well you can provide a service for those too busy (or lazy, or disinterested, or...shhhh....stupid) to wait for a respawn. Buy up those limited supply recipes and items and sell 'em on the AH.

Okay now, don't go *nuts* over this (hehehe...humour me, I'm a squirrel, nut jokes make me laugh). Don't glut the market with these recipes and items: you'll kinda defeat the purpose of limited supply and ultimately decrease their AH value.

Who sells these items? Well, in any major city, just go around to the vendors and pick up the stuff that has a number listed in its display. But you are probably going to make the best money on vendors who sell these items and are not in a major city. Plus it means some exploring and adventuring for you if you go looking for them. DeadRabbit, at level 11, went to Duskwood to buy the goblin jumper cable recipe from Kzixx. (How'd she get there...only dying once...at level 11? She's working on a map for ya). Bought the recipe for 20s or so....sold about 3 for 1g 50s or so.

Best site for finding out where to find those recipes is Kaliope's Crafter's Tome. Ooooh aaaah, this is a site that makes a acorn-hoarding squirrel's heart beat faster....all that information gathered together in one place. Check it out. Plus if you look up a recipe, in the notes section, she'll tell you if it is a limited supply item.

Gotta another nugget for ya. This gal complicates the matter: selling "faction specific" items on the neutral Auction House. She says she makes a good profit but so far anything I've posted on the neutral AH just sits there....for a long time....whistling in the emptiness.....wishing it had friends.

One last thing from your dutch uncle here, I'm not suggesting you camp these vendors, kids. Don't let the cobwebs grow on ya. Azeroth is for the stout of heart...for those with some spunk. Make yourself some cash, buy some good gear and then get out there.

Go kick some butt for Chester. Ok?

A deal is reached...

To: Chester

From: DeadRabbit

The Goggles rock....you can stay.

Get to work on those squirrels.

He Pays Rent: Meet the Squirrel

To: Boss Girl

From: Squirrel

Re: Rent

Okay, yeah I know, "technically" I've been renting your insides. And since you don't seem partial to the nuts the way that I am, I've got a deal for you. I'm a handy fellow (Trisfal Glades' Champion Acorn Picker three years running!). And I've taken up Engineering. I could make you some really cool stuff.

Like Goggles or .....Bombs!...or an army of Mechanical Squirrels to do your bidding!!

Whaddya say? Can I stay????

(oh and I will stop storing the nuts inside the apartment...I realize that it was weighing you down...sorry)

--Chester

An undead mage....boo ya!!

I'd like to introduce my alt for Pox Arcanum: Dead Rabbit.

Here she is just coming out of the crypt. Frankly, she's looking a little dazed but who can blame her? Waking up in a crypt. Waking up un-dead. Finding bits and pieces of yourself missing.

Dead Rabbit: "Don't forget to mention finding bits and pieces of yourself that you haven't seen before"

Oh...ewwwww

Dead Rabbit: "Thanks a lot. Actually my liver is kinda brown and healthy looking....nice to know"

Um...but you're undead. How could it be brown and healthy looking?

Dead Rabbit: "Oops! my bad....that was just a squirrel that had nestled in my insides. He must have found his way in through that rotting hole in my rib cage."

Ewwwwwww

Dead Rabbit: "hehehehhehe"

Here's our heroine taking on her first serious mob: the Night Web Matriarch. It's a different sort of job than what she use to do when she was amongst the living.

Dead Rabbit: "Yup, this is much better than being an administrative assistant. I spent my days in front of a computer or....ooooh the excitement....filing. Here I am undead and a mage"

How'd you become a mage?

Dead Rabbit: "No clue. Looks like the hand out job assignments here without interviews and such"

Cool! Interviews suck.

Dead Rabbit: "I'm wondering though. Is there a dental plan? What are the employee benefits? What's my retirement look like?"

Well, since you're undead, I think you are already "retired"

Dead Rabbit: "You think your funny, dontcha?"

And as far as a dental plan, I'm pretty sure you can just scavenge whatever parts you need from the local graveyard.

Dead Rabbit: "Management always finds a way to be cheap, huh?"

And as far as employee benefits, you get to be a mage. And wreak some serious havoc. You are definitely a bad ass.

Dead Rabbit: "ooh, ok well that's just cool"

Speaking of employee benefits, you did that Matriarch in.

Dead Rabbit: "I kicked her spider ass. And, you know, she was a good loser. She gave me a nifty webbed cloak as a present. Made out of spider webs."

Spider webs.....oh....um....that's nice.

Dead Rabbit: "Yeah they make the cape kinda soft. I think it's pretty."

Hey, I'm wondering. Where did the Matriarch have that cape hidden? I mean I don't see her carrying a bag or anything?

Dead Rabbit: "Oh she's got a squirrel like I do. She put the little rodent to work. He knits these capes up for her. I'm thinking of getting my squirrel a profession too. I mean it could be like rent for resting in my insides."

Mangement is always cheap, ain't it?

Dead Rabbit: "hardy har har har"