Happy to oblige, beastie was always one of my favorite posters here. A sharp mind, quick wit, and as you point out, very good at cutting to the most basic elements of the problem at hand.
Xenophon, I checked our members list and Beastie does not show. My memory says it was ZLMB where she was posting and she did not come here or if she did she stopped posting quite a while back. I agree with you about the quality of her posting and research. It was clear she spent real effort in building information. I remember thinking it was material perhaps worth publishing . I have wondered but have zero information about what has become of her. I suspect she decided she had invested enough effort in Book of Mormon study and went on to live life with other concerns.
Certainly wish well for her.
Hmmmm - I was never on ZLMB, and I remember interacting with beastie.
If I recall correctly, there was some kind of problem with the server where her site was hosted, and she ended up almost losing everything. She was able to recover some/all of the text, but many graphics were unrecoverable, and the structure was gone, so that links no longer worked. Around Feb 2013, perhaps. I have a vague memory of a board member (perhaps Don Bradley) being involved in the recovery attempt, and I think I may have helped in some way too (may be just wishful thinking).
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Happy to oblige, beastie was always one of my favorite posters here. A sharp mind, quick wit, and as you point out, very good at cutting to the most basic elements of the problem at hand.
Xenophon, I checked our members list and Beastie does not show. My memory says it was ZLMB where she was posting and she did not come here or if she did she stopped posting quite a while back. I agree with you about the quality of her posting and research. It was clear she spent real effort in building information. I remember thinking it was material perhaps worth publishing . I have wondered but have zero information about what has become of her. I suspect she decided she had invested enough effort in Book of Mormon study and went on to live life with other concerns.
Certainly wish well for her.
The archives indicate that she last posted here about five years ago as Beastie.
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Xenophon, I checked our members list and Beastie does not show. My memory says it was ZLMB where she was posting and she did not come here or if she did she stopped posting quite a while back. I agree with you about the quality of her posting and research. It was clear she spent real effort in building information. I remember thinking it was material perhaps worth publishing . I have wondered but have zero information about what has become of her. I suspect she decided she had invested enough effort in Book of Mormon study and went on to live life with other concerns.
Certainly wish well for her.
The archives indicate that she last posted here about five years ago as Beastie.
Tom , after making this post I searched further and did find Beastie in old material for this board, I posted a link in a post on the previous page of this thread.
I seem to be a bit clumsy with the search system. I did not find the connection you did.
Thanks so much guys. I asked that after viewing a youtube video by the Murph on anachronisms in the Book of Mormon. I am so lucky i have brain trust on this board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=274hRFZyRA8&t=1017s
blixa was one of my all-time favourite posters. Anyone know anything about her?
Blixa is doing well and living life.
Beastie definitely posted quite a bit on the original MDB, but I don't believe we've seen her here since the migration. I did not know her in real life. I hope she's okay.
As long as we're talking about missing posters: has anyone ever heard anything from EAllusion?
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Xenophon, I checked our members list and Beastie does not show. My memory says it was ZLMB where she was posting and she did not come here or if she did she stopped posting quite a while back. I agree with you about the quality of her posting and research. It was clear she spent real effort in building information. I remember thinking it was material perhaps worth publishing . I have wondered but have zero information about what has become of her. I suspect she decided she had invested enough effort in Book of Mormon study and went on to live life with other concerns.
Certainly wish well for her.
The archives indicate that she last posted here about five years ago as Beastie.
I’m pretty sure she went by another name back in the ZLMB days. But I can’t remember what it was now. I had some conversations with her way back when. She went the rounds with Brant Gardner if I remember correctly.
I was very impressed with her knowledge and also her general civility as she presented her case for the Book of Mormon.
blixa was one of my all-time favourite posters. Anyone know anything about her?
Blixa is doing well and living life.
Beastie definitely posted quite a bit on the original MDB, but I don't believe we've seen her here since the migration. I did not know her in real life. I hope she's okay.
As long as we're talking about missing posters: has anyone ever heard anything from EAllusion?
I saw him a time or two at another venue, but that was some years back.
The archives indicate that she last posted here about five years ago as Beastie.
I’m pretty sure she went by another name back in the ZLMB days. But I can’t remember what it was now. I had some conversations with her way back when. She went the rounds with Brant Gardner if I remember correctly.
I was very impressed with her knowledge and also her general civility as she presented her case for the Book of Mormon.
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She did. I met her way back when. She was a kick to hang out with.
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The subject of horses has come up recently. example is this excellent recent post.
Re: Looks like MopologistGPT has been reborn
Post by Physics Guy » Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:52 am
It turns up quickly if you google "Texas Journal of Science horses". The lead author is Wade Miller, who retired from BYU in 2002 and has been a long-term champion of pre-Columbian American horses.
