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Posted on 11/03/2004 6:16:42 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
Still round the corner there may wait |
Home is behind, the world ahead, |
Heya. Welcome home!
We went to our watering hole for some food and pints, and are relaxing on the couch now. Good night!
Greetin's... :-)
Seems I got here a little late.
I did have a nice moment at the airport tonight that I'd like to relate... got into Seattle and was outside baggage claim having a smoke, waiting the baggage to show up. Standing nearby was a soldier in uniform. He was Army, and had the blue cord for Infantry. I didn't see his unit patch, so I'm not sure what unit he was from.
We chatted briefly over a cigarette, and I told him "Welcome home" and that I appreciated his service (wasn't sure yet where he had come from) and shook hands. Turns out that he was incoming from Germany, but had been in Iraq for 15 months. I told him thanks again... and that I thought there was some really important work being done there. His eyes really lit up. "that's right" he said, and "thanks for your support".
There were some other comments that were interesting, but as far as this encounter went... I have to honestly question which of us walked away more happy. He seemed really happy to hear me as an ordinary person give him the thanks he so obviously deserved... but it felt so damn good to talk to that soldier I feel a little guilty that I wasn't standing there waiting for all of them.
All I do is whine and moan about users that are mean to me and my people over email. But here's a guy who's been getting shot at, and worse, for more than the last year or so...
Damn... where do we find people like this?
:-)
And more importantly... what would it take to induce those guys to hunt down the S-O morons?
Mmm... on my first glass of Adult Beverage here. It has not yet improved my writing ability.
I've found that the first one doesn't improve writing ability very much. But by the time I to get to the fifth or so... even if it isn't better it is more bearable. :-)
I'm thinking more than two and I pass out at my desk. And the night is still young... giggle... found random anime humor site that was recced to me yesterday... oh, this is good...
I swear I've only had one drink so far.
Howdy all!
Why yes occifer... I've only had one little drinky... in this state anyway...
Not counting the three at the airport at SFO... and the two bloody marys on the plane... yah... one. In this jurisdiction. :-)
Dang. Beertendress noticed. Make that two. Dangit.
In tonight's piece, flashback to a trip to a Shakespeare play which gives my characters chances to quote the Bard - way to pad my wordcount! And this one quote, from Romeo and Juliet, seems very fitting:
True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy;
Which is as thin of substance as the air.
Um, have you a designated driver tonight?
Already there... :-)
Well, good, cuz we don't want "Drunken Hobbit-Holer arrested in Seattle" to be the title of our next thread. Probably.
I dunno... might be interesting... we could sell DVD's and stuff...
"Hobbit Hole Gone Wild..." ;-)
or not.
As long as I am given photographer credit rather than a starring role, that's fine.
Ah... good... I think the alcohol is working. I am now a thousand words past my goal for the day and it's not total crap. I think. Of course about 300 of those thousand words are stolen from The Bard, which would be why they aren't crap.
Good Morning! Happy Saturday!
Good Morning All - EGE - I'll second that, great tag line.
Beautiful sunny morning here. OT - good luck with final loads of moving.
Corin - more yard work here as well.
Rosie, well, he asks questionly, how did the transport of the sourdough go?
bbl
Mornin'
I am avoiding re-organizing the office. No yard work today. Too cold and wet.
I did manage to find my prescription for my glasses/contacts tho. I'm off to the Great WalMart of China to see what I can get.
Dang! Is that sunshine? Still too wet tho...and I got rehearsal at 2:00.
I need a new tagline...
Thanks Rose.
I am trying out new browsers while waiting for the Salvation Army to pick up some (okay, a lot of) unwanted furniture.
Any suggestions, preferences, likes/dislikes, etc?
mine?
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