Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Over a year before the movie came out, during the election year, I posted here on FR that The Lord Of The Rings would be needed to give heart to those of us who oppose evil, and might even help to redeem our times. I certainly need it now to soothe my soul. I guess you could say that I am definitely not 'a happy camper'.
Boy you do sound down LCS... Get some rest... (No I am not trying to sound like Clarity)
I need to go to sleep - an early morning is rushing up on me. Get away from the computer though - it isn't helping you to be here without hobbits to cheer you... the rest of the board is full of pessimists.
Spring is coming, like it always has before!
But we have known since the days of Chaucer that April is "the cruellest month", although that was in England at the beginning of the 'little Ice Age' and I am in Florida.
"February is there to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like."
The quote is Garrison Keillor, who most conservatives don't like, but I would defend outright because I love to hear him tell a story. (It's my Scandinavian Minnesotan Lutheran Lake Wobegon homestead roots)
Wow, maybe we are 'brothers'. My birthday is also in April, last Friday, maybe that is what got me down. My father was Scandinavian (Finnish) and of Lutheran descent, and grew up by a lake in Ely, Minnesota, where his parents moved at the end of the 19th century. Not only that, but my sister lives in Washington State, and used to live in Kent, probably within a stone's throw of the Gwahir family.
Those of us that missed it would like to know how it went. Any new earth-shattering insights?
Today will be another quiet day for me - have to go into the office - Seattle. Sorry the Green Dragon is so behind but I am just getting too busy these days to post much during the day, and last night was too much of a distraction. Maybe I can post the new section tonight/tomorrow. I hope.
There is an unfortunate branch right in the way at the Eagle cam now! result of all the wind I wonder? Doubt they can do anything about it now. They probably won't risk disturbing the nest to fix the situation.
As for April, we've had a nasty month but this week promises to make things better. The sun is shining and the weather's so warm I've had to dig out my short sleeved shirts! But I am glad to be born in May, not April. I understand my mother was not happy with me waiting a couple days to make my entrance, though.
We had a wonderful chat for those who missed it. Be sure and sign up with our egroup if you haven't already. Just freepmail me if you want the info, or just say so and someone will help you.
Anyone seen Rosie Cotton on here lately?
By the way, check out this nifty little countdown timer I found linked from TORN. It is small enough to fit in the corner of your screen, and includes about a dozen skins (including Aragorn, Arwen, Frodo, Pippin, and Gandalf).
Only 245 days, 15 hrs, 28 min and 7 seconds to go!
But he is a bitter, hateful, spiteful and STUPID liberal. I say that having heard dozens and dozens of PHCs. The way he talked about Gingrich and the Republicans — it's just as well I wasn't within striking distance of the man.
He has a deep hatred of Christianity, too, which he masks beneath singing all those hymns and his little (pathetic, absurd, insane) religious characters. Particularly in the area of sexuality, he found the way of Christ not to his liking. It comes out virulently in his writing, but it leaks into his folksy, homey commentary as well.
I remember him fondly telling the story, all warm and winsome, about how older folks so love Proms, because kids having sex at them make little great-grandchildren. I thought, To be that clueless, do you have to take a class, or does it come naturally to him? Just the message we need today: children having sex is a homey, heart-warming, wonderful tradition, because it's how we get grandchildren. But of course the real purpose is to assuage his own conscience.
This is the man who spoke at length about how Paula Poundstone was the most "courageous" artist he knew. I wrote him then, a couple-few years ago, asked him whatever he could mean. She is occasionally funny, says some shallow, knee-jerk liberal cliches — but "courage"?
I still enjoy listening to PCH when I can (Lives of the Cowboys, Guy Noir, the skits, the guests, and yes, the monologue). Keillor's very talented. But the man is soul-sick, and his values are contemptuous and despicable.
Dan
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