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The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!
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Posted on 10/15/2005 7:13:08 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Fare you well! Fare you well!

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: Lil'freeper

Oh....I was just testing a theory. I knew that if you put a space between a hyphen and a word it would count two words instead of one, so I wanted to see if it would do that with other punctuation marks.

I am resisting the temptation to pad the word count with punctuation errors at present. :)


4,161 posted on 11/05/2005 7:10:18 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog

Good Morning Hair - Great pictures of the kittens. Homer seems intrigued. Let the mouses beware.


4,162 posted on 11/05/2005 7:12:17 AM PST by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed

Good Mornning OT - looks like an overcast but pleasant day so far. Gypsygirl has been fully walked and all's well in our part of the shire. Plans include burning a bit of powder at the range.

Had a beautiful day in the field yesterday, about perfect weather. Doing some eco studies along the MO river, south of Atchinson. Next week crunch the numbers.


4,163 posted on 11/05/2005 7:19:25 AM PST by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed

Cheatsy hobbit!!

I'm up. We're doin' a write-in later. I s'pose I should write some now, too, considering I'm about 3000 words behind where I should be...


4,164 posted on 11/05/2005 7:26:04 AM PST by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: osagebowman

I did a bunch of number crunching last week...weather was too nice to crunch numbers! Found a few fleas on Miss Kitty. I suppose I should treat her with Frontline this weekend. The problem is that I pick up with my fipronil project next week and I don't want to bring any Frontline contamination into the lab. Brought some gloves home from the lab to do the job, but Miss Cat wriggles a lot when I'm trying to treat her.


4,165 posted on 11/05/2005 7:29:18 AM PST by Overtaxed (Meanwhile....the llama in the kitchen was toasting cheese sandwiches...)
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To: RosieCotton

Hehehe...bet I'm a lot further behind than you are. So far having a good morning as far as wordcount goes. Story still sucks, but the words are there....without the punctuation errors! :)


4,166 posted on 11/05/2005 7:30:43 AM PST by Overtaxed (Meanwhile....the llama in the kitchen was toasting cheese sandwiches...)
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To: Overtaxed

Being a chemist does have it own set of challenges. Good luck with the gloves. Sounds like you'll have your hands full but there is always duck tape. :-)


4,167 posted on 11/05/2005 7:34:15 AM PST by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed

I'm not much over 5000 words. Really want to make it to over 8000 today, and break 10k by the end of the weekend.

I think I'm in last place as Hobbit Nanowrimo folks go, but if that makes others feel better, that's OK. ;-)


4,168 posted on 11/05/2005 7:35:42 AM PST by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: osagebowman

Yeah, but getting the duct tape off the cat is a pretty daunting task in itself!


4,169 posted on 11/05/2005 7:40:16 AM PST by Overtaxed (Meanwhile....the llama in the kitchen was toasting cheese sandwiches...)
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To: RosieCotton

Yeah, I'm trying to get at least to 10K before the end of the weekend. Hopefully I'll get further than that. Writing goes faster from the villian's POV. Should I make the villian the hero?

Hmmmmm....the Evil-Overlord-in-training rids the world of do-gooder llama lovers making the world safe for badgers.


4,170 posted on 11/05/2005 7:42:45 AM PST by Overtaxed (Meanwhile....the llama in the kitchen was toasting cheese sandwiches...)
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To: whomever
“Well, I’ll be a llama’s uncle,” exclaimed Mitchell. Ellen just stared at him. Sometimes he could be so obscure.
4,171 posted on 11/05/2005 7:44:20 AM PST by Lil'freeper (9686/40314)
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To: RMDupree
The white one is definately Tweek. She's a scared little thing, hisses at everything, looks like she's goin "Ack! Too much pressure!". The Black one a the gregarious one.

See this... this is my 'serious' face...


4,172 posted on 11/05/2005 7:47:23 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Tweeek! What a great name!

Gregarious, huh.....hmm... how about TIMMMMMAAAAY! ?

4,173 posted on 11/05/2005 7:49:26 AM PST by Lil'freeper (9686/40314)
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To: Lil'freeper

I like Pippin for the little black one.. but then we're mixing inspirations... ;~D


4,174 posted on 11/05/2005 7:51:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

You're not going with an all South Park cast of cats?


4,175 posted on 11/05/2005 7:52:37 AM PST by Overtaxed (Meanwhile....the llama in the kitchen was toasting cheese sandwiches...)
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To: Overtaxed

I haven't seen an obvious South Park name for the little black one (except Token, which doesn't fit) yet, but we'll see :~D

I sortof liked Blanket....


4,176 posted on 11/05/2005 7:55:17 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
name for the little black one

...Marvin?

*ducking*running*

4,177 posted on 11/05/2005 7:56:34 AM PST by Lil'freeper (9686/40314)
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To: Lil'freeper

Not Marvin either! It's a girl, and she'll be a very pretty kitty too.

Marvin would be a good name for a skinny stray that showed up though, I'll keep it in mind :~D


4,178 posted on 11/05/2005 7:58:14 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RosieCotton

I am around 5891. I am at the write in in a coffee shop now to the count is climbing :D


4,179 posted on 11/05/2005 7:59:00 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ

Hello coffee-shop people! *Julie Andrews wave*


4,180 posted on 11/05/2005 8:00:10 AM PST by Lil'freeper (9686/40314)
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