The Asylum for the Chronologically Dislocated

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Comment by Miss F. Annie Fern on April 9, 2013 at 7:16am

A reciprocal Hello to the Professor and all in the Asylum, at least those to whom reading privileges have been granted. Since the esteemed doctor has mentioned that some "steamy tales" are being authored, I thought perhaps I would mention my friend Marayah Sweet's new e-novel, now on amazon.com (and soon to be in e-bookstores everywhere): JETT: IN AND OUT IN OUTER SPACE. Please bear in mind Miss Sweet is French and the book's contents are, well, one blushes to describe. Bear in mind, the authoress was orphaned when her last remaining family member, her maiden aunt, caught her heel on a carriage step and was ground under the wheels some months ago. Bereft of support, Miss Sweet hath, as her aunt's gravemarker reads, done what she could. A purchase would ease her suffering and so on her behalf I ask consenting adults to do just that. Your reward will be in Heaven - or somewhere.

Comment by Professor Philip McKraken on April 8, 2013 at 5:12pm

Hello All,

Just wanted to send an invite to all residents to follow the EXCITING ADVENTURES of a BAND OF INTREPID TRAVELERS as they struggle to escape CERTAIN DEATH!

The Asylum's Social Network is FREE TO JOIN!

Do Drop In!

http://chronologicallydislocated.ning.com

and have a laugh on us...

http://chronologicallydislocated.ning.com/profiles/blogs/journal-ex...

http://chronologicallydislocated.ning.com/profiles/blogs/another-jo...

See you around the grounds!

Professor Philip McKraken
Director, The Asylum for the Chronologically Dislocated

Comment by Tinker on March 22, 2013 at 5:46am

Greetings, TINKER is a steampunk action/adventure webseries in pre-production. Learn more here :) http://kck.st/10D694a

Comment by Professor Philip McKraken on March 14, 2013 at 2:13am

Attention all residents of the A.C.D.

This is Professor Philip McKraken here to let you all know that I'm waking The Asylum from it's icy (well,mostly just wet) slumber!

The staff and I have been remiss in our duties and send our deepest apologies to all of you! Rest asured we have stoked the fires and are building up a powerful head of steam!

There are several irons in our fire as we speak...

1. We are feverishly working on items like Adventure Kits, Costuming accessories, props and Gadgets (all reasonably priced) to equip our residents.

2. A small group of intrepid adventurers are currently beta testing The Asylum for the Chronologically Dislocated RPG

3. A few of us are working on Steamy Tales of Fantastic Science and Frippery!

4. Mrs. Warren and I are planning a small symposium for the folks at this years Steampunk World's Fair (May 17-19 at the Raddison of Piscataway, NJ). It promises to be riviting, as well as enlightening! (That is as soon as I tell her about it)

There are many, many more things to come so, put a fresh shovel full of coal in the furnace, polish your brass gears, and clean you goggles for the STEAMSTRAVAGANZA that is...

THE ASYLUM FOR THE CHRONOLOGICALLY DISLOCATED!

http://chronologicallydislocated.ning.com

-END TRANSMISSION-

Comment by Major Salisbury on February 27, 2013 at 9:54pm

Had a Grand time making this Commercial. Looks to be Steampunk Gettysburg will be a very fun event MAr29th-31st

http://youtu.be/POpet-STXRY

Comment by Miss F. Annie Fern on February 4, 2013 at 12:02pm

Well, see, I am so rattled by current events I got the monarch wrong. "Off with her head!" Oh, no, that's the other other monarch... Apologies to His Majesty, Richard III who, disagreeable as he may have been, was nonetheless The Man At The Top. 

I think perhaps a lie down is in order.... Miss Fern

Comment by CoastConFan on February 4, 2013 at 8:10am

We are indeed loosing our steam past as witnessed having to stave off development of the crassest type on Civil War battle fields, speaking of parking lots and malls.  It’s pretty amazing for archeologists to have sussed out the final resting place of Richard III, but even the church he was buried in was gone.  Of course progress (if you cal it that) must continue as new replaces old or at least decay and disuse fells buildings and neighborhoods.  But in fact, it is sometimes for the better that portions of the past are erased such as the previously mentioned Civil War, some things don’t need resurrection, although if history is ignored, we may well repeat it. 

I like steampunk because although it is rooted in the past, it is in a way, independent of most of the folly of the era and accentuates the majority of what went right in the Victorian Era.  I think a steampunk view is less historical reenactment and more positive view with a healthy dollop of fantasy.  With this steampunk view we can create new vistas that never had an opportunity to arise because of cultural restraints and the inertia of history.

Comment by Miss F. Annie Fern on February 4, 2013 at 7:18am

These responses have yielded a little armchair excursion to charming and arresting locales - not to imply that I have been arrested in any of them. Oh, dear. What I mean to say is that we are a worldly bunch, aren't we? I have a vision of us all traveling together, a sort of Agatha Christie package tour. Or do I mean Edward Gorey? No matter. My favorite spots (thus far) are the less noised about: the monastery at Valdemossa (Mallorca) where Frederic Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1863; Pescasseroli, in Abruzzo, where a medieval quarter survives on the edge of a vast and beautiful natural preserve; a place called Blaloc in the South of France, where strong echoes of France's pre-Christian Celtic past survive in the oddest places. I used to adore Toulouse, but it has largely gone over to modernization and a flood of angry immigrants, so it's not the joy it used to be. . . What will be left of our past? When a car park has to be jackhammered up to get at the grave of Henry III it bodes ill for our fragile monuments and neighborhoods. I fear I may live to see a megasupershoppingmart over Montmartre. 

Comment by CoastConFan on February 3, 2013 at 8:38pm

I like the Mediterranean temperament and lifestyle.  Each neighborhood contained all it needed:  restaurants, parks, coffee shops, groceries and the like.  But Germany had some nice places too and they had walkplatz and the like also.  Southern Germany was pretty laid back too – of course this is about the time of the fall of the wall and reunification, so it is probably a bit different now.  I’d also like to add New Orleans to the mix as well, but it has deteriorated (in my opinion) from the place it was since they hosted the World’s Fair back in the 80s; it got far too commercial.

Comment by CoastConFan on February 3, 2013 at 8:27pm

I guess over the years both have changed and I might not recognize some of the comfortable old neighborhoods are gone now that economies have crashed.  I liked them for being large cities and yet personal places where you could be at ease and everybody was friendly. 

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