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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Getting the Music in Middle-Earth book right into my appartment in Finland.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Lying in bed until 11 o'clock in the morning with the cat purring close by, watching the snowflakes falling outside. Also, spending an entire day just reading a good book. Ahh, those rare moments of peace...
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Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99 |
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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Listening to Tolkien reading some of the poems from Lord of the Rings and realising he sounds almost as if Elvish were his first language.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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Coloring anatomically accurate animal drawings with crayons, birch beer, and counting down the hours until I see my Stick.
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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I'm assigning the first real winter we've had for quite a long time. I can't remember the last time it snowed so much for so long, especially in February. It snowed like in a fairy tale all day and now everything is white and soft and Faramir (erm, that is, the fir tree outside my window, I named him Faramir, you see...
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Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99 |
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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The Werewolf's Companion
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Moon
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I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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The Werewolf's Companion
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Moon
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I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris
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Mighty Quill
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Walking off to look for America
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The Werewolf's Companion
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Moon
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Mighty Quill
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Walking off to look for America
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Reflection of Darkness
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull.
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I assign the support that BDers give to their fellow BDers and their willingness to help out toward an important cause. It is truly a sign of how close a community we really are when so many BDers are ready to back each other up and even sacrifice as a way to show their support. I appreciate what my fellow BDers have done for me this past month and am so proud to be among a group of such wonderful people.
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Finding this posted in "Yahoo Answers":
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Back on the Helcaraxe
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Having a sweetheart of a husband who gave me an Easter basket the day after Easter with an iPad (complete with LotR and TS in the Books library) in it. I know he's the real technogeek in this house, but he always likes me to try things out first. What a guy.
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Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill |
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Mighty Quill
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Walking off to look for America
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England. I assign England. Lauri and I are hollidaying in Britain and it is grand! I love this place. All of my years of Anglophilia paying off! And, we have the opportunity to meet Downers too!
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Newly Deceased
Join Date: May 2010
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To the Shire I would like to assign an old wooden toad stool that I acquired at the last birthday party I attended. This is the second time I have unwillingly but politely accepted it in less that 5 years. Used to milk fat cows it has the tendency to grab your trousers when standing up. I must give it up this way so I wont have to wait until my birthday party next year to give it away again.
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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That sounds like a true mathom, SoW! Definitely belongs in the Shire.
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Spirit of Nen Lalaith
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Meneltarma
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Ah.This is where Lalaith belongs-in land of mirth!
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Wisest of the Noldor
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You know, Urwen, I saw you'd posted here, and I thought to myself, "I bet it'll be about Lalaith..."
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Spirit of Nen Lalaith
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Meneltarma
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Good.Could you repay me by continuing 'Who am I?' thread?
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Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia. |
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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the adaptability of nature - I had to stop for a group of deer crossing the lane as I left work and apart from the joy of this sight of the relatively elusive creatures I was amazed how they slid through the horizontal strands of barbed wire to get in to the field (no doubt en route to the open forest 2 paddocks on). Amazing I was sure they would get tangled but it was incredible. None of them were white Bethberry but I am still looking!
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Finally managing to rep the last people on a mammoth-size "should rep" list.
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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It might sound strange, sending thunderstorms to the Shire of all places, but I have to send the one that just ended. It's the first one I've experienced since moving into my new loft, and I have to admit that looking out the window while lying on the bed and watching lightning flash right above you is extremely exhilarating. I'm also sending the fresh air that's outside right now - no dust, finally, which means I can actually keep the window open without sneezing my head off - as well as the fresh smell of wet grass. Ahh, right now it feels great to be alive
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion
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People who don't give up, no matter what, even when they know they will not get any appreciation for it. That, in my opinion, is a hero.
People who treat others as equals, not as superiors or inferiors.
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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I assign the little duckling we helped out of its egg three days ago. It had fallen out of the nest, and Mom decided she was busy sitting on the remaining eggs and couldn't be bothered. We took it inside and put it in a cage with a lightbulb and hot-water bottle for warmth; after taking a night to make up its mind, it decided it was going to live and promptly adopted my wife as its new Mom. Since yesterday it's got a sibling who suffered a similar fate shortly after hatching to keep it company, and they're both happily chirping away now.
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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so cute..and in a few months so tasty with pancakes spring onion and hoisin sauce
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
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Mith you are evil!
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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Just wait a while, and you may yet see me assign roast duck ŕ la Mithalwen to the Shire...
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Aww, these ducklings take me back to when my brother raised one for Biology– you know, to study imprinting.
The whole class used to make their ducklings fight each other at recess– I don't think that was in the project description somehow, but nonetheless the "duck fights" became a popular attraction.
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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Aganzir, never claimed otherwise
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Guardian of the Blind
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Where The Skies End
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Those ducks are cute!
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: May 2010
Location: The Old Forest of Virginia
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I assign to the Shire: ponies...late spring trees...peanut butter...good books...lush flower gardens...siting beside the creek and reading...apples...misty rain showers...good friends.
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
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A long weekend with the family and a few pints of Guinness.
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Guardian of the Blind
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Where The Skies End
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I assign to the Shire a good book, no peanut butter or corn, and a cool place to sleep
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I would like to assign hot chocolate with two marshmallows on top.
Thermals, that keep me warm in winter...along with a pair of wooly socks for good measures.
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: May 2010
Location: The Old Forest of Virginia
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Happy Celtic music...cool, misty, early summer mornings...hollyhocks...herb gardens.
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
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Roller skating! The parts where I don't fall down, anyway.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: midway upon... in a forest dark
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My first paycheck!
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