The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[JenB]

Yes, very romantic.

The next chapter should be nice and short, IIRC.

I'm going to wrap cords from his speakers around the neck of the other programmer. I am so sick of hearing the same forty country-western songs, week after week...

[300winmag]

I'm starting to get interest in our Hobbit Hole support projects on an email group I'm on. People are starting to ask how to contribute.

Do you think we should set up a non-profit PayPal account for this? There would be some minor fees, but we could also advertise as a "shop" in the non-profit section of the PayPal mall. I looked there, and there are some troop support, and lots of leftist, groups there already.

This has nothing to do with becoming a registered nonprofit/charity, which invovles lots of paperwork and oversight (unless it's leftist).

[SuziQ]

Girl Scouts is nothing like Boy Scouts, and I didn't have anything equivalent to be part of.

Yeah, we're finding that a lot of the Girl Scouts stuff is 'self-esteem, touchy-feely" stuff. Drives Clare nuts! Though she's not into the camping out stuff that much, she'd like to do more of it than they do! We're trying to make things interesting for her Senior troop, going on trips and stuff. That's the group we took to NYC for the weekend last summer. We hope to take them to DC, maybe on the train. And they're considering a 'big trip' in their Senior year to Disney World!

[RosieCotton]

I think I read the nice and short chapter...where he just said "one way or another, three years went by". More or less.

Call it country. Western music is somethin' different, in my mind.

But then...most modern country ain't country, neither.

[RosieCotton]

Heh...just noticed the latest visitor. ;-)

[ecurbh]

If you do set up such a Paypal account, I can add info to the Hobbit Hole website on how to contribute. In fact, I could also create a dedicated Hobbit Hole email address for such a thing too, if you don't want to use a "real" address. Something like "contribute@the-hobbit-hole.net" for example.

[ecurbh]

Is that lembas he's holding? ;~D

[RosieCotton]

Um...no.

Somehow the association of Homer and lembas just seems...almost profane to me. Dunno why...

Gonna bring some episodes to the next Entmoot?

[2Jedismom]

Well, I'm back!

I don't have any pictures, and none worth taking anyway. My haircut turned out pretty good, considering I only let him take an inch off (yes, HIM). My hair hasn't been cut in probably 2 years, so it's gonna take a few cuts to get it back in good shape. But I think I'll just take it slow.

OK, here's the story (and in my life, everything seems to have to be story).

Now, remember, I've never had a manicure before.

This guy come up to me and introduces himself. He LOOKED like a hardened criminal. No kidding. But he was personable and friendly and I'm an amiable person. So he gave me my blunt cut haircut. Did what I considered was an outstanding job. He was quick and thorough and when the teacher checked it, he'd done an almost perfect job. By the time he finished, I knew he was a drunk though...he told me all about his drinking binges. Very friendly sort, though.

Then it's on to the manicure. Same guy gonna do it. He was very forthcoming when he told me he didn't do too many of them. The best part was I got to soak my hands in hot lotion while he ran all over the place getting items from other people's tables.

Then he started pushing back my cuticles...now that smarted and i said so. "OH!" says he..."I forgot the cuticle softener!" He put that on, much better.

Then he started clipping off my cuticles with these sideways clippers that seemed dull, they wouldn't clip. He would clip and then PULL the cuticle off! Yowzer!

Now by this time I had found out that he did indeed answer to a parole officer and that he had forgotten his painpills for his back that morning.

Then he clipped a chunk of my pinky finger cuticle and I started to bleed. He clamped his bare thumb down it. I JERKED my finger away and screeched "That's a BIOHAZARD! Don't put your bare skin on it!" Then I promptly calmed and gave him a lesson on what do it he ever encountered human fluids again, put a gauze or something between him and the blood.

He seemed to appreciate the hazmat lesson.

Then he went over my nails with a fluffy thing, no buff or anything and that was it.

[JenB]

Yup! That's the one I meant.

I've got my music on now, louder. Actually, stylistically it's not that different from what he's got. However, it's Christian; the lyrics are interestingly complicated; it has the occasional electric guitar; and the singers don't whine the way a lot of modern country singers whine.

[ecurbh]

Absolutely! Most of the episodes I have are in DivX format though, so they would have to be watched on a computer.

[HairOfTheDog]

[2Jedismom]

Ain't it the ever-lovin' truth?

[HairOfTheDog]

I don't have any pictures, and none worth taking anyway.

I disagree.... Think we need pictures!

[ecurbh]

He didn't look like this, did he?

[2Jedismom]

LOL Yes, he did...with shorter and styled hair.

[ecurbh]

Hmmm, maybe this new career will work out better for him... Welcome to Manson's Manicures!

[RosieCotton]

Oh dear...you and your adventures!

Meanwhile I'm feeling annoyed 'cause I just got off the phone with a student who was chewing gum LOUDLY the whole time I was on the phone with her. Then there are those who have music blaring in the background. At our house, we were always taught to turn off the radio or TV if anyone called or came to the door, and I CERTAINLY wouldn't have called to ask for computer help with a big mouthful o' gum. Kids these days... < /cranky old lady >

[msdrby]

"Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices.

ROFLMAO gotta love aggie jokes. In other news... PE is drugged with antibiotics, with a bowl of homemade tortilla soup on the bedside table.

[msdrby]

hey!