The New Hobbit Hole

[HairOfTheDog]

I am playing video games and listening to the president speak. Just started a few minutes ago.

[HairOfTheDog]

Some are fun to torment, but this guy showed a pretty black heart, over on the Extended DVD thread.

I kinda felt bad for the cave troll, he was just a big dumb pawn that didn't know any better, enslaved by evil forces. This one is worse than a troll I am afraid.

[JenB]

I shall have to check it out then!

So... you're not going to write a novel next month?

[2Jedismom]

What's the president speaking about? I don't have the TV on.

[HairOfTheDog]

Building us up for the attack on Iraq. Good speech so far, he is on his game.

Today is the one year anniversary for the war on terror. Doesn't seem that long does it?

[HairOfTheDog]

I will not be writing a novel next month, no!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I didn't find it depressing at all... I found it fascinating and oddly humbling. The narration as I recall focussed on the technical aspects of bomb development and testing... it didn't really delve into the moral implications of "the bomb" at all. Lots of photos and film of the explosions themselves, as well as film of the effects of the explosions.

[JenB]

Sorry to hear that! You can make coffee and other caffeinated substances for those of us sillies who are doing it.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Today is the one year anniversary for the war on terror. Doesn't seem that long does it?

A year ago I was lying on a hospital gurney waiting to be rolled into an operating room. It was a Sunday morning, and the football pre-game show on ESPN had just finished, when Pres. Bush came on and announced the beginning of the attack on Afghanistan. Did you know that the announcement was carried on ESPN? His speech tonight isn't, though.

[HairOfTheDog]

After 50,000 words, I am afraid I would just have a bad story, nowhere to go with it, and a worse case of carpul tunnel!

[2Jedismom]

I remember him addressing the nation and that hockey game stopped and everyone in the stands and on the ice cheered for him. I remember it was about that time...sometime after 9/11

[HairOfTheDog]

I think the announcement was covered everywhere.... We were all waiting.

heh. Dubya just said even Clinton wanted a regime change in Iraq.... Gotta love using people's quotes against them.

[JenB]

Ah... that's pretty much exactly what I expect to have. But it'll be fun!

[Overtaxed]

Let's see.....analytical chemist throttles the method writer for leaving out information crucial to the study and then stalks the field manager who contaminates the site with analyte.....How does that sound?

[JenB]

Can you get 50,000 words out of that? Bring in some dragons and a spaceship or something?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I remember him addressing the nation and that hockey game stopped and everyone in the stands and on the ice cheered for him.

I remember that as well, but I don't think these were the same speech. The announcement was very brief, just a couple of minutes before the games started at noon central time on Sunday. The speech that happened during the hockey game was in the evening... I think after 9/11 but before the attack on Afghanistan started.

[Overtaxed]

Guess I could always have the chemist try to take down the supply company that has the supplies on permanent backorder. :)

[JenB]

With sword and magic? Or blasters and knowledge of physics?

[Overtaxed]

...then he can go after the corporate big wigs making money on his work while he doesn't get squat. Ahhhh.....shades of Devil Bat

[Overtaxed]

Ahhh....my Mad Scientist novel....what I majored in science for.