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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Mar 11 2011, 9:00pm
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I approve of the blog name :-)
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(not that you needed my approval)
You could probably put a link to it in your footer (if you wanted)
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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Annael
Immortal
Mar 11 2011, 9:06pm
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it has been long enough, and more than enough. I now look on my divorce as one of the best things that ever happened to me. It got me into counseling where I learned how to recognize and foster good relationships, and I've never looked back.
The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives.
- James Hillman, Healing Fiction
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NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Patty
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Mar 11 2011, 9:09pm
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I was one, long ago in the mists of time.
Permanent address: Into the West
Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!
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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Mar 11 2011, 9:13pm
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I've been kidnapped by a time-traveler
It's really the only reasonable explanation 
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Mar 11 2011, 9:24pm
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Altaira's business offer was probably something more like this 
I hope your new neighbors stay nice and quiet and that you can explain things to your mom without too much trouble 
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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macfalk
Valinor
Mar 11 2011, 9:28pm
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I went to the dentist too, yesterday. I hate that one is forced to almost swallow a damn camera so they can take pictures of your teeth, and then the "digging" commences...  Nasty business but needed, and I guess I should be happy that I get dentist care free of charge.
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
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Kimi
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Mar 11 2011, 9:28pm
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It's nice to have something to cheer about on what's otherwise a solemn sort of day, when we've once again been reminded of how small and powerless we are.
The Passing of Mistress Rose
My historical novels
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Mar 11 2011, 9:35pm
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I found a great new song, and I'm working on learning it.
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One of our TORnsibs posted this on facebook, and I've been listening to it pretty constantly since then. This guy took the first 32 digits of pi and made them into musical notes, and then played them as a canon.
He plays the second half with the first half, and then plays it twice as fast and layers that over the top, and four times as fast, and half as fast, and it makes very surprising harmonies for something that ought to be random. (Note that all the harmonies and chords come from pi itself; he's not just harmonizing to make it sound good, as some of the commentators seem to think.)
It sounds a lot like Pachelbel's Canon, in fact. I'm not as surprised as I might be, because decades ago I memorized the first 20 places of pi, and noticed a lot of internal rhymes, like 1415 and 6535 and 8979 and 3238, where the same digit was two spaces apart. That's what makes it sound so musical, I expect.
Anyway, here's the link: What Pi Sounds Like (or just google the title and it will come right up). He plays it with instruments, but I think it would make a cool choir selection, with people singing the numbers. That's what I'm trying to learn to do.
I too am shocked and saddened by the disaster in Japan, and the people of Christchurch are also still very much in my heart.
And congrats to Ataahua for becoming a Superuser (or superpower, as the case may be.)
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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Mar 11 2011, 9:50pm
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If you're trying to distract yourself, I dare say that you've come to the right place
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Mar 11 2011, 9:54pm
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when Arwen's daughter linked to that video of the house from UP!
sound's pretty awesome 
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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One Ringer
Tol Eressea
Mar 11 2011, 10:02pm
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It's been mindboggling the way the weather has been acting around here over the past while. For a while we had some mild weather, but the snow keeps on coming back in great forces. Thankfully, it generally melts away the next day, maybe not completely, but definitly a great percentage. So I'm just going to kick back this weekend, read some East of Eden, watch some movies, and maybe go out for some fun and games the way a normal weekend should be. Right now, as the sun beams through my blinds, and the house is quiet, I know this weekend will be one of the best in a while.
Or ... I could completely wrong.
*takes a seat next to the fire, and pops open a bottle of Coca-Cola* Cheers everybody!
"Oh, the cleverness of me."
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Lily Fairbairn
Half-elven
Mar 11 2011, 10:09pm
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Ah, was it you who left the light in the window for us?
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Thank you kindly -- it's good to be able to find our way home 
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
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weaver
Half-elven
Mar 11 2011, 10:43pm
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Glad you are in a safe place -- now, just stay there! And remember, Spring is coming!
Weaver
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weaver
Half-elven
Mar 11 2011, 10:44pm
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well, he makes up for his musical tastes...
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And actually, he's got decent taste in music..now, the middle kid, who blasts techno at 7:30 AM, well he's another story!
Weaver
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weaver
Half-elven
Mar 11 2011, 10:46pm
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well, I'm glad we have them here anyway!
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And thanks for taking on your new assignment -- that cape looks good on you!
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weaver
Half-elven
Mar 11 2011, 10:47pm
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work? hunts around for donuts...work?
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Never did get that report done. Came back to do it now, and found myself here again! It's like the TORn version of Groundhog Day!
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SirDennisC
Half-elven
Mar 12 2011, 12:29am
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I'll keep an eye out for that, or even "two eyes, as often as I can spare them." //
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GAndyalf
Valinor
Mar 12 2011, 12:29am
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<In his best Yoda> Yes! To Oiotari you must listen!
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Also glad you sent it, I am!
"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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GAndyalf
Valinor
Mar 12 2011, 12:30am
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"The glacier that ate St Paul??"//
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"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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GAndyalf
Valinor
Mar 12 2011, 12:34am
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But..but..there are so MANY of us pi-ous types here on TORn! 
Glad it struck a chord with you and hope you're singing a new tune forthwith!
"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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Oiotári
Tol Eressea
Mar 12 2011, 12:43am
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Sir Cumference was the roundest knight on Sir Arthur's round table. He acquired his size from eating too much pi
now, whether 32 slices is too much, I don't know
..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.
..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar
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SirDennisC
Half-elven
Mar 12 2011, 12:50am
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There once was this crazy woodpecker
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that would peck away on a steel shed every morning at 5 am outside my window. He did this for 3 weeks after which time either he realized his efforts were in vain, or his pecker (beak?) wore out. A fond memory, though at the time it was a royal pain.
(Gee I hope this doesn't get quoted in Stuff )
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GAndyalf
Valinor
Mar 12 2011, 1:15am
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Peter Percival had a pet pig Porky...
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This Porky loved pi. He loved pizza pi, pumkin pi, pineapple pi, pizza pi (yes, I know, but this is really how it went)
He loved pi for breakfast, pi for lunch, pi in the afternoon, pi before he went to b--be--bed!
Finally he ate so much PI that you know what he did---- he POPPED!
---The Monkees (and yes, I changed it from 'pie' to 'pi')
"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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