The Hobbit Hole XXVIII - Through shadows to the edge of night

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Through shadows to the edge of night

• 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...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!
• Twenty-Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
• Twenty-Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread

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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[g'nad]

got'em... thank you kindly...

[g'nad]

Track down whoever made the quiz and shoot him. That'll learn 'em.

mmmmmmmmmm.... extra credit....

[g'nad]

BTW, thepianotooner jest left... took him 2 hours... ugh...

thegirl is playing prettily now...

[JenB]

And no one would ever give you an 82 on a gun quiz again.

Hmmm... actually... I wonder if the "show up armed" strategy might help me next week for midterms. Probably more trouble than it's worth...

[g'nad]

Probably more trouble than it's worth...

it is if'n yuh leave witnesses...

[JenB]

Yeah... well, there are a couple people I like in that class.

[300winmag]

I scored 21 of 21, putting me in the 86th percentile. I guess that's as high as one can go on only 21 questions. I had to guess on the Moisin-Nagant bayonet one. A bit out of my league.

You are 86% of a gun nut! You have excellent skills in weapons handling. I could definetly trust you to cover my back. Matter of fact, you're probably packing right now!

[Overtaxed]

Heh....I think it was mostly luck.

[osagebowman]

Heh, it was doubtless a very long two hours; remember LSA's tuner. But the end results were worth it.

We're glad to hear the piano tuned up well. OB & LSA

[g'nad]

tell 'em tuh be "sick" that day...

[JenB]

I suppose "get sick, skip the midterm and fail class OR show up and die" is not really that hard to evaluate... well, maybe...

[Overtaxed]

They didn't have any questions about Daisey Red Ryder.

[osagebowman]

Hmmm, they did overlook that entire area.

[osagebowman]

Cool pic; nice Smith. We haven't heard from the HH Compound-West yet.

[Ramius]

Evenin' folkses... checking in here with a SitRep.

All is well. Operations are nominal and within spec.

Got 72% here. Dang. Couple of tricky ones in there.

[osagebowman]

Yup, there were indeed.

[Lil'freeper]

Evenin' folkses... checking in here with a SitRep.

Watchin' Walk the Line. 'Tis excellent so far.

[g'nad]

Watchin' Walk the Line. 'Tis excellent so far.

Jest bought Johnny Cash- American IV: When the Man Comes Around... cut in 2003... powerful... especially Hurt...

[g'nad]

I'm off tuh werk... dagnabbit...

[Lil'freeper]

I'm sitting here watching it, liking it for the powerful story that it is. And tomorrow I'll probably watch the Academy give awards to Brokeback Mountain because it so 'bravely' tells the story of men and their flaws. Only Hollyweird doesn't see them as flaws, but points of pride. The bravery isn't in wallowing in our flaws, but in moving on in spite of them, in trying every day to overcome them.

Roseanne Cash has a new album out. Listen for "Black Cadillac." Heck of a song. It takes on a whole new context after seeing this movie.

It was a black Cadillac drove you away
Everybody's talkin'
But they don't have much to say
There was a black sky of rain
None of it fell
One of us gets to go to heaven
One has to stay here in hell

Now it's a lonely world
Guess it always was
Minus you and minus blood
My blood

It was a black Cadillac

Like one you used to drive
Now you were always rollin'
But those wheels burn up your life
Oh, it's a black heart of pain that I'm wearin'
Suits me just fine
Oh, there was nothin' I could do for you
When you were still alive

Yeah, it's a lonely world
Just a numbers game
Well, a hundred years
Will find me feelin' just the same

Yeah, it's a lonely world
I guess it always was
Minus you and minus blood
My blood