The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

[RosieCotton]

Perzackly.

Another of my favorite eye-and-ear candy type movies.

[JenB]

Oh dear...

[darkangel82]

Actually no, my brain seems to be frozen.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yep, and it’s got sorceror’s and witches in it...

[JenB]

The Bible.

Example 1 is king David, example 2 is Tamar who was an ancestress of Jesus by Judah, and example 3 is Saul, later Paul.

[Corin Stormhands]

Unnghh...

I need a brain defibrillator.

[darkangel82]

Oh, well I caught aflame last time I touched a Bible, so I didn’t know. (kidding, don’t zot me)

[JenB]

That’s ok :)

The thing is, most of the people who decry the Harry Potter books are people who should know their Bibles well enough to get that sort of reference but they never seem to.

As an avowed Bible-thumper myself (albeit of the heretic-ish Calvinist bent, which both the Catholic and the Evangelical Harry Potter haters would look askance upon) I get a bit too much amusement poking that kind of ant hill.

Oh, yeah, and Bible literacy is cultural literacy. Don’t let non religious inclinations stand in your way of knowing references like David and Bathsheba or a “road to Damascus conversion”.

[darkangel82]

I read the first 4 HP books, don’t really have the time or money for it now. I was raised Catholic originally, long since lapsed now but I get your point, especially since many politicians seem to be having “on the road to Damascus” type conversions now.

[darkangel82]

uh oh, did I kill the thread?

[Corin Stormhands]

No, thread killin’ takes at least an hour...

[darkangel82]

Good, just making sure I didn’t scare everyone away.

[Corin Stormhands]

No, me ‘n g’nad got that covered for ya...

[Lil'freeper]

If I had a brain zappy-thingy, I'd use it on the knuckleheads I was just in a meeting with. Adding me to the invite was a last minute afterthought on their part. They're supposed to be working on their portion of the BIGPROJECT I'm managing. Only they're not. I've just discovered they're working on their own stuff (which is "more fun") but using data from the BIGPROJECT and all the visibility, credibility, and gravitas of BIGPROJECT to advance their own playtime thing.

One key to good project management is consistent management of message, marketing the product, keeping everyone focused on a couple specific goals. These guys don't *get* it. Now they're completely annoyed with me because I'm pulling their plug because their work conflicts with the objectives of BIGPROJECT and the users of the data are getting all sorts of confused messages now. Thanks for making my day... knuckleheads.

There's only so much damage control I can do today. Dang it. Someday I'll learn not to fret all weekend about this kind of knuckleheadedness.

[JenB]

You guys just stink things up enough we have to let the air clear for a while...

[Alkhin]

OOOO verra verra nice!

So tell me, y'all...do y'all write out your outline or just take notes and wing it from there? Im kind of standing between both options...hoping that when I need something I can come up with something at the time...I think once I decide on a 'villain/bad guy' I might have a better grip. Ive been doing some research into Appalachian/Cherokee folktales too, but they dont give me much in the way of a villain I can translate into modern times...

[TalonDJ]

I would call what they are doing now a bit more like Abraham in Egypt but that might be even more obscure.

[Corin Stormhands]

Someday I'll learn not to fret all weekend about this kind of knuckleheadedness.

There are ways to get through the weekend.

I'm just sayin' is all...

[Corin Stormhands]

So tell me, y'all...do y'all write out your outline or just take notes and wing it from there?

yes

[TalonDJ]

I have literally 5 years worth or random jotted notes, timelines and thoughts, most of which are contradictory and all of which are cryptic and disjointed. What more outlining could I possibly need?