I can fly. If that helps any.

I just learned to fly myself. Jael flies too, maybe the 4 of us could get together and fly sometime. That would be pretty sweet.

Oh hell yes.

I require cookies.

And you shall have them.

I hope this isn't turning into one of those chick only things, if so I will totally sue for discrimination against my Y chromosome. I'll bring cookies if I have to though.

This could turn into some kind of strange novas-only flying and baking competition. Who wants to host?

I can bake and fly.

May I please join in?

Not just novas only but teen novas only unless some old farts chime in. ;P

I have already flown all over Dallas and it's cool, but I'd like to see someplace new. How bout someone else hosting?

Good for you Joy! Get out and enjoy those powers that Deity has granted you. The more the merrier, especially if they can bake. Man, this is making me hungry.

My name is Anne.

Nice to meet you Anne. I'm Daniel Fox. I look forward to meeting you guys in person and flying.

I'm not too shabby a baker and this sounds fun. Can I help?

And is 24 old?

Old novas are welcome too! I'm not age-ist!

I can't fly, teleport, or even move fast. Maybe I'll be a customer.

What do you plan to do with the profits? You kids would probably clean up nicely if you announced that you were going to donate the cash to some charity.

Profits? Who's selling anything? I'd envisioned a private gathering of novas who fly and/or bake to come together to eat tasty treats and fly around.

Baking? You'd really rather I didn't, I promise. And I really wouldn't want to come and just fly around. I'll guess I'll pass.

I bake a mean batch of brownies. And no, they ain't pot brownies. My mama taught me some tricks in the kitchen.

Hey! I ain't some fucking gorilla they only let out of the cage to fuck and fight. I do shit too y'know.

If no one is hosting, I'd be happy to host. And if we wanted to arrange for some kind of charitable action, I'd be willing to make any arrangements for that as well. It seems a shame to get together, and then do nothing for those who can't fly. Or get fresh baked goods.

I'm ok with the charity thing, but only as long as we can have some time away from the crowds. I guess this would be as good an event to reveal my novaness to the world as any.

I don't mind charity. You might be only able to come to Jesus through accepting Him as your Saviour, but I do know He also approves of good works.

Well, if someone wants to host FLYING NOVA BAKEOFF 2008 EXTREME then be my guest. I really, really, really had just planned a small private gathering.

We could do both.

My charity idea was simple: everyone who brings baked goods, brings double. Half of what is brought is removed to another location and auctioned off.

It is up to everyone involved. If we wish to just meet, that is fine. If we wish to do more, it is fine. I'm offering to provide space, either way.

I don't think the good Lord saw fit to put any pips into my Bake skill, so count me out.

Hey, Anne: if the only way to dodge the furnace dance is to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, does that mean that all those Buddhists are going to Hell? I mean, the Dalai Lama, I can understand, but all of them? And all the Sikhs? Have you ever met a Sikh? What about all the people all over the world who've never heard the Word of God Almighty? As our resident theist, I'm curious what your take on this is, because nobody's ever been able to give me a straight bloody answer on this.

I can't fly (at all) and I can't bake (significantly), but if we're doing a charity thing I guarantee my corporate overlords would be happy to to help get the word out, sponsor locations and whatnot as long a they got to stick their logo on a banner somewhere...

If a small private gathering is in the offing, could I just come watch? That is, if a ground-bound Nova staring up longingly at you all zooming around overhead won't be too much of a downer?

Dude, we should play some quidditch. Or at least get a really big beach ball and toss it around up there.

Pssst! Hey, Kev... just buy something at a fancy bakery and bring it. No one's going to demand that you verify that you actually cooked the object in question. I can fly, so I'm coming, but I'm bring the finest cookies that Mother Kebbler makes because I don't like cooking.

Okay, lemme straighten you out sugar.

1. I rode a Harley, not a truck.
2. I didn't tend to carry guns. I spent too much time on parole to risk it. And I could fuck a body up just as good with my hands.
3. Ain't no shame in grease on your clothes. It means you probably know how to fix the shit that you're riding and that puts you one up on most bodies on the road.
4. Didn't smoke cigars. Or chew tobacco or smoke cigarettes. Did once my mama looked me right in the eye with a glance that could castrate a bull and said "You look just like your daddy." Never touched the shit again.
5. Okay, yeah, it's a cool party trick. What's wrong with that?

As for the baking my mama raised me up and she did as good a job as could be done with the rotten little bastard she got stuck with. And one thing she taught me was that someday I might find a good woman that I wanted more than life or booze and she wasn't gonna be impressed with my trifling ways. And when that day came I had to know how to do some shit that a real lady might find impressive. So she taught me how to bake. I ain't too good when it comes to real cookin, though I can make a good omlette and I know how to grill up a steak. But I know how to bake and I still got my mama's recipes.

We clear?

You are full of surprises.

Oh hell yes. Either on TV or just a get together with all you flying types, and a few of you non-flying types, I would be all over this. It will be the greatest baking event in the history of baking. Yeah.



Is that what they played in that movie with the kids with the wands? Looked like something I would be good at I think. Not that quick, but I can knock a ball around like nobody's business.

I'd love to get in on this, but I can't fly, so I'll be watching you all flit around. Who wants cheesecake?

I think this'd be great. It'd get me out of the house at least.

I'd like it to be a small private thing, though. I've had enough of cameras.

When!? Flicker, set a date already!!

Saturday! Cleveland! (exact location TBA) No press! Bring baked goods or the ability to fly! No press! Fun will be had! No press!