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The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:12:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

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To: HairOfTheDog
We drugged the dogs shortly before dark last night but it was quiet....

mmmmmmmmmmmmm... drugged... I'm sure they didn't mind...

6,681 posted on 07/03/2005 10:45:16 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Overtaxed
And now my PowerDVD program isn't working right.

our flippin' 2 1/2 y/o DVD player jest died...

6,682 posted on 07/03/2005 10:49:01 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad

I hate when that happens.


6,683 posted on 07/03/2005 10:51:06 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: g'nad
... I'm sure they didn't mind...

They don't know that they didn't miss anything ;~D

6,684 posted on 07/03/2005 10:51:54 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Yeah, finished 'em off. Not the best thing to watch three or four of just before bed. And now I've got too many questions.

Is there something wrong with me if Sawyer's my favorite character?


6,685 posted on 07/03/2005 11:36:55 AM PDT by JenB
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To: osagebowman

Got the gas, paint, and paint accessories.

Lunch first, then I'll cut the grass.

Painting for tomorrow.


6,686 posted on 07/03/2005 12:13:04 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: JenB
Is there something wrong with me if Sawyer's my favorite character?

Heh, probably not, he's a charming rogue.

My favorite character is Locke... I find it interesting that they're setting Locke and Jack up as opposite poles on a fate vs. free will compass....

6,687 posted on 07/03/2005 12:24:45 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Guns kill people in exactly the same way that spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I like Locke too. He's a little weird. And Hurley always makes me laugh. Don't really care for the female characters as much though once Claire's not being kidnapped or whatever every ten minutes she'll probably be cool.

I don't really like Jack. He's not a very complicated character. You never wonder what his reaction is going to be.


6,688 posted on 07/03/2005 12:28:41 PM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB
Of course Locke is weird, he's a gamer! ;) And while Hurley is usually comic relief, there's a dangerous subtext to his character, too; I get the definite impression he may have spent time as a patient in a mental institution.

I'll admit I find Kate... interesting. Aside from being just slightly gorgeous, she has the whole "bad girl" thing going for her...

I don't really like Jack. He's not a very complicated character. You never wonder what his reaction is going to be.

Interesting you should say that... have you noticed, that while Locke is the one saying that some destiny or fate brought them all to the island, he's also the one most loudly declaring his personal freedom ("Don't tell me what I can't do!") whereas Jack, who says he doesn't believe in fate or destiny, is the one who most willingly accepts his role on the island (hero/leader). You're right, you always know what Jack's reaction is going to be, because he almost never fights his role.

Jack may be the one to watch most closely, though... if there really is something mystical or supernatural happening on the island, Jack is most likely the one who will have to make the largest adjustments in his personal world-view...

6,689 posted on 07/03/2005 1:21:43 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Guns kill people in exactly the same way that spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: Overtaxed

Afternoon OT - shims are always a good idea.

LSA asks which color paint?


6,690 posted on 07/03/2005 1:22:35 PM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Kate's just a little too bad. She lost my sympathy when she shows up and disrupts the life of her old friend. And some of her actions on the show have been stupid. I don't get the feeling that she really cares much for anyone but herself. There's a really subtle difference between her and Sawyer, in that I don't think Sawyer cares about anything at all. When Kate does something nice, it's to make people like or trust her. When Sawyer does something nice - I dunno why. That's why he's the most interesting to me.

Locke's fun, all right... though his obsessions are a bit dangerous. He's opposite of Jack in another way too, Jack does whatever's necessary to take care of the individual but doesn't always see the big picture, while Locke's so busy looking at the big picture that ordinary people get hurt.

And tell me why nobody thought to, you know, destroy the heroin before Charlie came across it?


6,691 posted on 07/03/2005 1:36:26 PM PDT by JenB
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To: g'nad; Corin Stormhands

Guess what I found Friday evening?

Was cleaning out my kitchen cabinets, fly-ladying anything I didn't want and came upon some old tumblers that my dad gave me. I never use them because they say "DuPont" on them and were a perk from when he worked there years ago.

In the bottom of one was a real, live, Brown Recluse.

I washed it down the sink disposal before I thought to take a picture of it.


6,692 posted on 07/03/2005 1:51:05 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: osagebowman

"Burmese Beigh." It's a taupe only without so much green tint like the one I was considering.

Want to get everything taped up today so I'll be ready to go tomorrow morning.


6,693 posted on 07/03/2005 1:53:06 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: osagebowman

"Beige" I'm typing impaired today.


6,694 posted on 07/03/2005 1:54:51 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: 2Jedismom

Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck!


6,695 posted on 07/03/2005 1:56:39 PM PDT by RosieCotton (The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

Heh...Steve was curious why it would live up there...


6,696 posted on 07/03/2005 2:00:05 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

I wonder how it got there in the first place. And if it reproduced. But I wouldn't want to think about it...ugh!

I'm not afraid of too many things, but poisonous insects and spiders creep me out. It'd be just too easy to be bitten in the night without ever seeing the biter. *shudder*


6,697 posted on 07/03/2005 2:04:20 PM PDT by RosieCotton (The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: JenB
Good points about Sawyer and Kate, and Jack and Locke.

As to Charlie, not everyone knew about his "little problem"... Locke knew, and I think Charlie told Hurley about it, but I don't remember who else might have known...

6,698 posted on 07/03/2005 2:15:31 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Guns kill people in exactly the same way that spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: 2Jedismom
Steve was curious why it would live up there...

Because you never looked there.... They're reclusive. ;~D

6,699 posted on 07/03/2005 2:17:10 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
That's a neat post number!
6,700 posted on 07/03/2005 2:19:42 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Guns kill people in exactly the same way that spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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