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The Hobbit Hole XXXI - Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!
http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ ^ | Sept 7 2006

Posted on 09/07/2006 10:11:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!

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: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh

You know, it's just kinda sad that you forgot about him in that way...


3,081 posted on 10/18/2006 8:12:27 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.com)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Not really forgotten... it's mostly because I get to say it to him in ~person~ so often...


3,082 posted on 10/18/2006 8:16:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I'm off to the People's Republic of Charlottesville.

See y'all tonite-ish.


3,083 posted on 10/18/2006 8:47:05 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.com)
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Getting bored while applying for jobs can be hazardous...

"What characteristics set you apart from other candidates for this position? "

Answer:
The simplest characteristic which would uniquely identify me from other candidates for this position would be a combination of social security number and employee identification number.
Biometrics would be the logical first choice. The main issue in this case would be that little or no biometric information on the candidates would be readily available from a reliable source.
The use photographs would be a likely second choice. Unfortunately they are a highly subjective means of identification and not usually screened for uniqueness. While photographs of all (internal) candidates would be easily available there is not available means of verifying authenticity or certifying uniqueness. Social security numbers and employee numbers on the other hand would or should have been already screened for uniqueness. Using both numbers together taps into two independent means of uniquely identifying me from all other candidates, one from the federal government and the other internal to the company. The available methods for spoofing such system would require preplanning to be done to far in advance. No one could know what number to spoof years in advance of a position because they could not have advanced knowledge of who the other candidates would be.
Naturally the most reliable method would be a genetic test but logistically that is the most complicated method to employ.
3,084 posted on 10/18/2006 12:59:18 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: RosieCotton

Better enough for work. It was a pretty good day other than being told first thing in the morning that the macro I'd written last week had a bug and wouldn't run. Ooops.


3,085 posted on 10/18/2006 3:02:08 PM PDT by JenB
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To: LSAggie

Any sign of the chimney liner?

I had a "No to Welfare Soccer" notice at my door this afternoon.


3,086 posted on 10/18/2006 3:03:14 PM PDT by Overtaxed (Bunnies and chipmunks and squirrels. Oh my!)
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To: TalonDJ

Did you really?


3,087 posted on 10/18/2006 3:06:45 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Day 153 (counting up))
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To: Overtaxed

No, but interestingly enough, it's only dropped to 65 degrees in the house. OB has a night meeting and I'm going to iron and watch TV, so that should put lots of heat in the living room.

Jackson County has already scammed its voters, and the talk hosts at 980 are trying to warn the Johnson Country voters that the same thing is going to happen to them, but I'm afraid the advocates have a lock with their 'for the childreeeeen" ploy.


3,088 posted on 10/18/2006 3:15:57 PM PDT by LSAggie
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To: LSAggie

Well isn't that the only nesting ground of the Spotted Ground Owl in the country?


3,089 posted on 10/18/2006 3:20:31 PM PDT by Overtaxed (Bunnies and chipmunks and squirrels. Oh my!)
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To: Overtaxed
Well isn't that the only nesting ground of the Spotted Ground Owl in the country?

I think you're right. If not, possibly we could plant some spoor :-)

3,090 posted on 10/18/2006 4:23:53 PM PDT by LSAggie
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To: TalonDJ
Looking for work, Talon?

Official NaNoWriMo 2006 Participant
3,091 posted on 10/18/2006 5:22:10 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [ ... NaNoWriMo! There's always *something* to do ... ])
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To: Rose in RoseBear

We're pondering the many, many opportunities out there. Here, *there*, and a few places in between.


3,092 posted on 10/18/2006 5:40:40 PM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB; TalonDJ
<intrigued!> Define "there," please.

Or "in between."

Official NaNoWriMo 2006 Participant

3,093 posted on 10/18/2006 5:44:56 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [ ... NaNoWriMo! Hobbits on the road? ... ])
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To: JenB

Where's there?


3,094 posted on 10/18/2006 5:45:21 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Rose in RoseBear; RosieCotton

Possibly Houston. We Shall See. Also but much less possibly, Colorado.


3,095 posted on 10/18/2006 5:46:51 PM PDT by JenB
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To: SuziQ
I have to tell you how much I'm enjoying the Stephanie Plum books!

I'm so glad!! We have a bit of an Evanovich clique at work. We've taken sides: babes v. cupcakes. Such good fun!

Just for the record: It's snowing here at my hotel. Wheeee!

3,096 posted on 10/18/2006 5:51:35 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: JenB

If it's Colorado, I gotta come visit sometimes, ya know. ;-)

It's funny...with NaNo coming up, I've been rather homesick for *some* aspects of Fort Collins. The job thing was a bit of a deal breaker, but there were nice things, too. I'll miss a lot of the NaNo crew. And the coffee houses. And Paninos and all.


3,097 posted on 10/18/2006 5:54:32 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: JenB
As per Lyle Lovett:
That's right, you're not from Texas.
That's right, you're not from Texas!
That's right, you're not from Texas,
But Texas wants you anyway!

Do y'all aim to go play at NASA?

Official NaNoWriMo 2006 Participant

3,098 posted on 10/18/2006 6:14:34 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [ ... NaNoWriMo! It'd be a pleasure to share a state with ya ... ])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Hmmm ....

Official NaNoWriMo 2006 Participant
3,099 posted on 10/18/2006 6:17:38 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [ ... NaNoWriMo! ... ])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Hmmm ....

Official NaNoWriMo 2006 Participant
3,100 posted on 10/18/2006 6:17:52 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [ ... NaNoWriMo! ... ])
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