The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And take the hidden paths that run...

• 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...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...

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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[TalonDJ]

Chatty today, aren't we precious.

[Corin Stormhands]

Not that you care probably but that is one of the nice things about anime.

Well, I supposed the benefit would be that it's over quicker. ;-)

It's just a personal preference. I don't "get" the attraction to anime. I'm happy to leave it to those of you who do.

[2Jedismom]

Hey, my older brother sent me a birthday card with a duck wrapped in toilet paper on it, says "I couldn't forget to thend you a birthday card...I don't want to end up on your thit list."

Ha ha ha!!!

Had a coupon for a free turkey in it...says "Happy Holidays!" ROFLOL!!

I love it. It's funny and I could really use the coupon!

[JenB]

I wasn't really talking about politics, I was talking about the attitude of English professors I've dealt with to think that liberalism = intelligence, and grade accordingly. I had a history teacher who was a major lib, but she respected other peoples' views. Since I could defend mine and state mine adequately, she liked me. It was one of the best fluff classes I ever had. But those professors are the exception, not the rule, today.

Also I absorbed a great deal of the "hard science undergraduate" attitude of "we have to take these easy classes, because they're required, and we have to put up with arrogant professors who will downgrade us for any of our opinions, but in a few years we'll be succesful and this won't matter". But it hurts so much to spend time and money on a class where you get your views torn apart or ridiculed.

[JenB]

That's what I love about it. Easy to take a break in the middle of homework, watch one episode, and then go back.

Then again, it's like potato chips - you can't eat just one...

[Corin Stormhands]

I wasn't really talking about politics, I was talking about the attitude of English professors I've dealt with to think that liberalism = intelligence, and grade accordingly.

All good and fine Jen. I am sure that has been your experience.

But you made an over-generalization. All I am saying is that you're painting with too broad a brush.

[Corin Stormhands]

Then again, it's like potato chips - you can't eat just one...

Or, like at ShootMoot, you can't blast a hole in just one...

[JenB]

Hmm. I didn't think I was implying that every who studies English is a no-good lousy liberal commie sympathizer; I just meant that all the ones at my undergraduate school seemed to be so, so I wouldn't have wanted to spend time around them to get a degree in that field...

[HairOfTheDog]

I think it's been covered... I get ya both.

More importantly.... There are rapid and wacky new developments in the Michael Jackson Carnival.

[RosieCotton]

What's up? The live thread is too ponderous and crazy to follow...

[Corin Stormhands]

Hmm. I didn't think I was implying that every who studies English is a no-good lousy liberal commie sympathizer;

Even the best writer needs an editor. ;-)

I'd say let's call a truce and stop beating a dead horse, but Hair would whack us with a stick...

[HairOfTheDog]

I may anyway :~D

[Corin Stormhands]

[HairOfTheDog]

He was missing from court when it was supposed to start so the judge issued a warrant for his arrest if he didn't show up within the hour... his attorneys were having very hectic conversations on cell phones, MJ was apparently in a hospital an hour away, claiming back pain or some other 'distress'. Somehow they convinced him to get in the car and come to court, but he missed the deadline and showed up wearing hospital pajamas and looking really stoned. Not sure what's happening now, no cameras in courtroom. They may revoke his bail for pulling this stunt, if the judge holds true to his threat.

It was fabulous theater.

[HairOfTheDog]

[RosieCotton]

It was fabulous theater.

Heh...which is probably exactly what he was going for.

Maybe.

If he even knows WHAT he's doing anymore.

[Corin Stormhands]

[HairOfTheDog]

That's a good Corin!

[HairOfTheDog]

I think he's a spoiled child in every way. I don't see him in jail... I imagine when he really sees no way out of this, he'll kill himself.

[Corin Stormhands]

Heh...I just got a brochure for a seminar entitled "The Essentials of Communicating with Tact and Finesse."

Reckon I should sign up?