Party time

I've been overwhelmed at work and haven't had time to post about last weekends banquet, but here goes: we had a blast! I finished Jo's viking pants on the train up, and I' really mean finished! I rarely completely finish a garment before it's worn for the first time, there's usually a hem or buttons ...

Munkahelyi levelezés

"Kedves mindenki! Ne haragudjatok, de megkérhetem, hogy a politikai tartalm körlevelekből legközelebb hagyjátok ki az én címemet? Minden jót, Ürmössy Zsuzsi" "Szia Zsuzsi! Vagy inkább Helle?:-) Ha az író iránti tiszteletből van Tolkien-es emailed, akkor csak annyit, hogy először a 4 hobbit is azt go ...

Esmilthan Episode 1

"Les pirates ont passé le ciel. Après avoir volé dans le néant ils se retrouvent à naviguer sur une rivière noire, droit vers les royaumes de cristal. Le lieu où ils naviguent ressemble à l'enfer d'Ereshkigal. Nabuchodonosor, comme dans la gravure de Blake, est à 4 pattes sur la rive dans le creux d ...

VIKEND U ZAGREBU...

Ajme ljudi moji ja još uvijek ne mogu sebi doć... Za vikend bijasmo u Zagrebu jer je u nedilju u Boogalooa bila svirka - Falchion, Kivimetsän Druidi, Battlelore i Korpiklaani :) Zaputismo se već u subotu da bi mogle malo švrljat po Zagrebu i družit se sa ljudima, jer su Žarkec i Isus isto rekli doć ...

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1) discussions between 1 and 3 am with Ken and Simone about the Bible, archaeology, and history are always fabulous. Ken reminds me of CS Lewis or JRR Tolkien in terms of his eloquent and intelligent articulation of beliefs and its fascinating. :) 2) The more I think about it the more excited I am a ...

Tolkien in Brasile

Con le storie e gli aneddoti sulle tante traduzioni del Signore degli Anelli ci si potrebbe scrivere un libro. Questa è stata la prima considerazione che ci è passata per la testa leggendo La mia esperienza di traduzione de Il Signore degli Anelli, il breve racconto della traduttrice della prima edi ...

How to say "I love you" in 100 different languages

sulpiuillustrepaesaggio: inothernews: English - I love you Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief Albanian - Te dua Arabic - Ana behibak (to male) Arabic - Ana behibek (to female) Armenian - Yes kez sirumem Bambara - M’bi fe Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi (pronounced: Amee toe-ma-kee bhalo-bashee) Belarusian ...

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Interesting take on how Tolkien's estate affected Dungeons & Dragons. It seems legitimate, too. Anyway, I got it from the_monkey_king http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2008/11/brief-history-of-tolkien-rpgs.html http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2008/11/brief-history-of-tolkien-rpgs-part-two.html http://sacnot ...

A number that isn't equal to any of you

I’ve realized recently just how little significance a person’s physical age has. When I guess people’s ages, I always tend to underestimate. I just found out my other roommate, who I thought might be a year or three younger than me is in fact 3 years older. The other one doesn’t quite seem 27 either ...

Today's Schedule

5:30 a.m. - Darrin gets in the shower. Samantha rolls over and tries to score a half hour of sleep without the snoring serenade. 5:45 a.m. - Darrin kicks Adam out of bed to get ready for school. Sam pretends to sleep. 6:00 a.m. - Tabitha says she's awake, but she's lying. 6:15 a.m. - Sam gets up, ca ...