LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[Kona2]

Hooyah! The 34th reindeer of the Challenge has been claimed! Congratulations, danwho!



Tall Tale (danwho )

danwho is connected to the Wickwars in the UK...and there's a well known brewery called Wickwar Brewery. They make amazing craft beers, or so we're told, and at Christmas they make one called Christmas Tall Tale. And so it was that danwho got this reindeer name a few seasons ago. From the Wickwar Brewing website:

BEER BRINGS US TOGETHER

There is nothing better in life than good company and great beer. For us, the real magic happens when we sit down with friends to trade stories, and if every good tale comes with a fine ale, it helps the truth to stretch and the good times to roll. We call it tall stories from the tall glass.

Pretty sure that danwho could spin a tall tale from a tall glass...and we'd all be glad to listen.

[Kona2]

Stargazer (Norma)

Congratulations, Norma, on your rapid ascent from 100K to 200K, earning the $6 for your chosen charity and earning your Holiday Pin. Onward !!

Many know that when you're out gazing at the stars, you can totally interfere with your night vision using a white light. The practice used to be that red would preserve your night vision a bit better, but I've read in trusty wikipedia that the practice is moving towards using blue or blue-green light these days.

[danwho]

Hooyah! The 34th reindeer of the Challenge has been claimed! Congratulations, danwho!



Tall Tale (danwho )

danwho is connected to the Wickwars in the UK...and there's a well known brewery called Wickwar Brewery. They make amazing craft beers, or so we're told, and at Christmas they make one called Christmas Tall Tale. And so it was that danwho got this reindeer name a few seasons ago. From the Wickwar Brewing website:

BEER BRINGS US TOGETHER

There is nothing better in life than good company and great beer. For us, the real magic happens when we sit down with friends to trade stories, and if every good tale comes with a fine ale, it helps the truth to stretch and the good times to roll. We call it tall stories from the tall glass.

Pretty sure that danwho could spin a tall tale from a tall glass...and we'd all be glad to listen.

Wow... well, thank you. But ummm, I'm afraid everyone's going to know what's in the box now.

[bg]

The forum has been around for quite some time (a mere flash as it goes by) - and so has the Holiday Challenge. Earning your reindeer is something that appears to be uniquely Lunie in the Concept2 Universe, so I went back in our Lunie Chronicles to see when and where the reindeer tradition started. I first posted a reindeer comment on December 8,2009. We didn't go through all the antler lights or have a lot of specific graphics until later- which was probably 2010 (I didn't look that far). I threw the initial graphic out, and AJ made it even more fun with input from the team on what meter levels we wanted to recognize. I believe he was working on how to animate graphics at that time, and we are the beneficiaries. And now you know.

thank -you and aj for making this challenge so much fun :-}

[just27]

Freya (Minnie )
Minnie's decided to retire Mata Hari,the reindeer, at least for this season. Freya, Norse goddess of love, beauty and fertility, should be a good reindeer name for her.

Snort. My reindeer came with a resume!? I guess I should beware of reindeer Loki, as he always seems to be spreading mean rumors about poor li'l Freya-deer. Brothers and elves notwithstanding. (See, now you have to Google Norse mythology.)

My knowledge of Norse mythology comes mainly from “The Almighty Johnsons “, a strangely compelling NZ interpretation in which Loki is quite a rake, and an immature Odin is searching for an elusive Freya...

Hah ... The Almighty Johnsons is a hoot. I only watched a few episodes, but my knowledge of Norse mythology grew exponentially!

[Kona2]

Gilbert The Red (Warnie)

Congratulations, Warnie, on achieving 200 K in the Holiday Challenge, earning your $6 US and qualifying for the holiday challenge pin! Good work!

[Kona2]

11 days of opportunity remain...reindeer available!

You know how at the beginning of the day you contemplate where you would like your meters to be in the Holiday Challenge at the end of the day..and that seems like a really big, but possible number? Let's hope that it still looks that way later on! Had to push myself to stay the course yesterday...so many opportunities to get off the reindeer path Just sayin' I get it.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.5 MM Warnie
1.25 MM Norma
850 K Ken P
600 K Andrew
550 K Corey

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Paul C 1,000 m
Norton 2,000 m
Jacob 3,105 m
Jason H 3,764 m
Tombeur 4,013 m
Liz 4,979 m
Melvin 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Heather 5,416 m
David A 7,563 m
Doug 8,481 m
Jamie 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Corey 10,008 m
Louie 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Rich Mc 11,347 m
Jane 11,511 m ...a palindrome!
Karyn 12,697 m
Patrick S 13,304 m
Chuck B 13,383 m
Howard 14,746 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome with some high fives sprinkled in!
Minnie 16,321 m
Robert H 17,500 m
Michael S 18,340 m
Ron 18,881 m ...a palindrome!
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Ken P 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Cornel 21,311 m .. he moons us!
Andrew m ...a twosie palindrome! He moons us!
Norma m ...a twosie palindrome! She moons us!
bg 22,273 m ...mooner!
Ian B 22,352 m ... mooner!
K2 32,000 m ... mooner!
Ed m ...a palindrome and a moon!
Warnie 56,730 m ...half century!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and way to empty the meter piggy bank! Skipped right over the 1 MM milestone and landed on 1.05 MM ... with reindeer earned Congratulations, Brett, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Brett is our 25th meter millionaire!

[Kona2]

Hooyah! The 35th reindeer of the Challenge has been claimed! Congratulations, Brett!



Orion (Brett)

[Kona2]

Erg right up...get yer reindeer and reindeer bling!!

35 Lunie reindeer in the herd thus far! Reindeer at the gate for Karyn, Michael S and Dan O' each of whom has less than 10K to go! Go Lunies!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


6.45 MM Ed
1.4 MM Howard
1.3 MM Gary
1.15 MM Ted
1.05 MM Brett
1.0 MM Brett
800 K Robert H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jason H 3,923 m
Heather 4,279 m ....getting really close to that cool half million!
Ryan 5,000 m
Steve H 5,319 m
Sharon 5,515 m
Dan O' 6,326 m
Jeff M 9,039 m
Chip 10,000 m
Jamie B 10,000 m
Kevin Mc 10,000 m
Tombeur 10,114 m
Michael S 10,520 m
Ian 10,584 m
Andrew m ....a palindrome!
Rebecca 12,000 m
Paul 12,630 m
Liz 13,323 m
Jane 13,531 m ...a palindrome!
Howard 14,706 m
Steve W 15,000 m
Doug 15,321 m
danwho 15,751 m ...a palindrome!
K2 16,104 m
Kristine 17,011 m
Peter G 17,565 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7's inside!
Ron 18,981 m ...a palindrome!
Jessica 20,000 m
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Ken P 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Ted 24,000 m ... he moons us!
Robert H 25,000 m ... he moons us!
Ken G 40,000 m .... he moons us!
Ed 50,000 m ... he half centuries us!
Brett 84,276 m ...emptied the meter piggy bank!

[Kona2]

Blitzen (Gary)

Gary's reindeer definitely has some swagger today...the tail wag is added to denote the 400 K milestone! More reindeer chow all around!!

[Kona2]

Fireball (Robert H)

Congratulations, Robert H, on achieving 200 K in the Holiday Challenge, earning your $6 and qualifying for the holiday challenge pin! Good work!

[Kona2]

Buttercup (K2)

Woohoo! Gotta admit that it's sweeeeeet to have reached the 200 K milestone, earned the $6, and the holiday challenge pin! Still time for additional meters....

[bg]

Whoop, whoop, and way to empty the meter piggy bank! Skipped right over the 1 MM milestone and landed on 1.05 MM ... with reindeer earned Congratulations, Brett, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Brett is our 25th meter millionaire!

woooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo and congrats :-]

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and why not shoot for the moon ?!? Congratulations, Jessica, on completing a half marathon! Whether it's your first, or one of many - it was surely a hooyah, got this kind of moment!