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The Hobbit Hole XXXI - Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!
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| 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:
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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! |
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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! |
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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: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog
Ya know...I have the Forecastfox extension for Firefox - it shows the weather. I have mine set to show the weather icon for extended forecasts.
Right now I have a loonnnnnnnng row of clouds. Nothing but. No other icon in use.
On the bright side, we get some variation. Rain, Periods of rain, Breezy with rain, Windy with rain, Rain, heavy at times
4,341
posted on
11/02/2006 9:14:04 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNoWriMo: 2606/50,000)
To: Corin Stormhands
My lifelong problem is that I care too much about stuff. It would be different if I just didn't give a rat's patootie. You and me, both, my friend. I'm in a "There must be something wrong with *me*" mode because the situation here just gets worse and worse. Someone suggested I read about this emotional intelligence craze. Me? I'm a big believer in Myers-Briggs. I like my type - INTJ. I like the people in my type. My type is rare but perfectly normal. But according to EI, my type is abnormal. We don't respond to events the way we *should*, ie we feel stressed and want to give up, so we should try to change... Be more emotionally intelligent.
That just cheered me right up.
4,342
posted on
11/02/2006 9:14:23 AM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: Corin Stormhands
Diamonds are formed deep in the mantle and come to the surface through kimberlite volcanos. Mostly they don't get discovered until the action is long past and buried.
Aren't I cheerful today?
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posted on
11/02/2006 9:16:08 AM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: RosieCotton
Rain with periods of showers... Showers with periods of rain. Drizzle becoming showers with rain in some areas... ;~)
I'm reminded of a blurb from "So Long and Thanks For All The Fish"
Rob McKenna was a miserable bastard and he knew it because he’d had a lot of people point it out to him over the years and he saw no reason to disagree with them except the obvious one which was that he liked disagreeing with people, particularly people he disliked, which included, at the last count, everybody... It wasn’t that he was naturally predisposed to be so surly, at least he hoped not. It was just the rain that got him down, always the rain...
Rob McKenna had two hundred and thirty-one differently types of rain entered in his little book, and he didn’t like any of them...
And as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky after him for, though he didn’t have know it, Rob Mckenna was a Rain God. All he knew what that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.
To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
I have the Forecastfox extension for FirefoxDitto. Ahhh, another glorious Pacific NW winter is upon us...
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posted on
11/02/2006 9:27:47 AM PST
by
ecurbh
(Fighting the frizzies... at 11)
To: ecurbh
From May to the middle of October, we only get one type of weather here...Sunny. No drizzle, no rain, no clouds, no dew, no moisture of any type except for the puddle of sweat I turn into. It stays in the high 90's and is very humid.
4,346
posted on
11/02/2006 9:32:20 AM PST
by
James Ewell Brown Stuart
(Go back and do your duty as I have done mine. I would rather die than be whipped!)
To: ecurbh
Heh...my boss just got in and commented on the same thing.
I guess we're easily amused around here...
4,347
posted on
11/02/2006 9:45:06 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNoWriMo: 2606/50,000)
To: Lil'freeper
4,348
posted on
11/02/2006 9:50:46 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(Who the hell cares about the truth about Jim Webb? After all, George Allen said "macaca.")
To: ecurbh
We're still over 7 inches short on rain for the year.
To: no one in particular
***realizes he hasn't even opened his work email today***
4,350
posted on
11/02/2006 10:40:00 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(Who the hell cares about the truth about Jim Webb? After all, George Allen said "macaca.")
To: Corin Stormhands
Heh. One of those days eh?
So I got bogged down last night with nano. I was really not liking my story or basically not liking the kind of writing and amount of writing I would have to do to flesh out the 14 sub plots I had. So today I was kicking around the idea of switching stories since there is still time. Then suddenly my muse got into some crack and the next thing I know my list of 14 internet things to use as sub plots is now a list of 104! And still growing steadily.
wait... 105!
I only have to average 500 words per concept!!!
A lot of them have overlap and such but here is the uber list....
Sub plots
Scam spam
on-line gambling
Instant messenger
Posting Forum
On-line auctions
spam email
on-line gambling
MMO games
ebay- buying
ebay- sniping
ebay- obscure crap
ebay- addiction
Ebay- selling
Chat room
Web site hosting
E commerce (kung fu)
Blog/data mining
Day trading
Myth busting sites
wikipedia
Chain mail spam
Funny forwards
Really 'wrong' pictures (people that go 'hey come see what I found' 'ack!')
MMORPG addictions
internet fads
myspace
youtube
internet porn
Old school!!! (FTP, news groups, MUDs etc)
internet shopping
Name-your own-price cheap tickets
Pop-up ads
Internet radio
pod casts
Video chat
web cams
Lan-party type gaming
File sharing
Bootleg programs
Music sharing
Internet stalkers
Fishing for predators
Political blogs/forums
Fan fiction
Homage sites & shrines
Search engines
free email accounts
conspiracy sites
Fake sports, extreme ironing
honor system security ("click here if you are 13+ (18+ etc)")
government websites
military created video games
foreign governments filtering the web
political hackers
terrorist websites
Auto translators
Anime fansubs
Surfing from coffee shops
Surfing while driving
Map quest (How did we end up in Nicaragua? WTH?!)
l33t speak, Gamers in general
Webcomics
Online photo albums and sharing
Mailing lists
suggested items "You like XYZ, you might also enjoy PDQ"
personalizing sites with cookies
online classes & courses
Stupid stunt videos
"punch the monkey and win" banner ads
Darwin awards
recipe sites
Gutenberg project
weight loss forums
"what Tolkien character are you" quizzes
Internet surveys
SETI at home
on-line reviews of things
Ratings' of various things
Product information
price watching sites (for on-line sales)
Pay to download premium/extra content
Downloadable TV shows, see also podcasts
Ultra rapid dissemination of rumor and information
Ordering stuff from other countries
Mail order brides
Online dating
eharmony rejects
On-line 'hook up' dating sites.
Online activation/registration of a product
Open source /source forge
Freeware
Spyware
satellite photos
News sites
Instructions for building things, hobbyist sites and 'how to' sites
Fantasy pro sports
Sport statistics addiction
Punk kids on-line (forums and stuff)
Weird stuff from other countries (I don't know what you mean so here is a bunny with a pancake on it's head)
Grandparents on the net
Rumor sites
new product announcements
press releases
obscure scientific paper archives
Ordering groceries on the net
To: TalonDJ
I have added 4 more things to the list since posting that... sheesh. Insane muse here.
To: TalonDJ
For old school you really gotta have GOPHER.
I was such a MUDder. For like ten years. And don't forget MUSHes.
4,353
posted on
11/02/2006 11:53:00 AM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper; TalonDJ; JenB; ecurbh; Ramius; Bear_in_RoseBear; Rose in RoseBear
4,354
posted on
11/02/2006 12:00:25 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNoWriMo: 2606/50,000)
To: RosieCotton
4,355
posted on
11/02/2006 12:01:37 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: James Ewell Brown Stuart
We really didn't get rain all summer...but it rains all winter here.
A lot.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:01:39 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNoWriMo: 2606/50,000)
To: Lil'freeper
If I can find one for less...I think one brother in particular would spent HOURS playing with something like that.
4,357
posted on
11/02/2006 12:02:24 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNoWriMo: 2606/50,000)
To: Lil'freeper
Meaning...I *must* get him one for Christmas if possible. ;)
4,358
posted on
11/02/2006 12:02:44 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNoWriMo: 2606/50,000)
To: RosieCotton
I wish I could have one at work. But someone would get offended, I'm sure... and we sure can't have that.
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posted on
11/02/2006 12:03:41 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
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To: JenB
Love, we MUST HAVE these!!!!
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