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I adore Ravi Zacharias.

Incredible

I haven't written anything incredibly unreadably rant like lately...

perhaps I'll wait until I'm a little more lucidly lucid.

lol

I'm funny

and

tiered

yeah

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Christopher Lee

Merry Christmas!

...better late than never. :P

LOTR

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

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Psalm 15
A psalm of David.
1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill?

2 He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart

3 and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,

4 who despises a vile man
but honors those who fear the LORD,
who keeps his oath
even when it hurts,

5 who lends his money without usury
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
will never be shaken.

Oh NOES!!!

THEY'VE GOT THE HOBBITS!!!

Whoa

Can I be like this dude when I grow up.

Seriously, he has the bow and arrow and sword. It's awesome!!!

Erg

It's articles like this one, that makes me nervous about the whole venture which is my LIFE.

Or makes me cringe at the thought of upcoming rejection notices.

Pledge

I pledge allegiance to Narnia.

Tolkien

This guy has some very interesting things to say about the balance of characters in LOTR.

Something ideas that I must keep in the back of my head for my universe.

Of course I've only been developing my universe for 9 years. Tolkien had much much more time, education, and experience to draw from. This thought has often kept me from writing any of my sagas. And is also why I am so glad that Mercator came to me.

Which also brings me to a problem that I have with much of the Fantasy that is out there. It all seems so derivative. Like they are just tweaking other people's ideas and creativity to be something they can claim as their own, but most of what I've read is boring, mostly because it lacks the historicity that I crave in fantasy. Even the books that present wholly new types of magic and society seem a bit cardboard thin. One culture may be incredibly detailed, but only on the surface. I seldom feel that the characters are anything more than characters fulfilling a barely fleshed out role. Of course there are the exceptions, but too few. I run out of books I am interested in.

Of course as a writer, I am afraid that I will fall into these pits too.

Wonderfully funny

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What sold me was the FIF song at the very end...

Feeling Festive

Song


more animals

So the first one really doesn't have anything to do with...anything.

But, hey, get this. Coming soon to a website near you The Rock Wanderer- Urban Geologist. Where I look at walls and cabinets and then try to figure out what kind of rock it is. A podcast!

Education

Proof that we're all getting dumber...

Or is it that education sucks?

Or perhaps that Kansans are smarter than everyone thinks?

All power to the one room schoolhouses in the middle of the prairie. My mom went to one. :)

EVERY Kanye Sample EVER

Dude, eat your greens

Stupid

Left Disney at 5pm.

Took a stupid route that makes no sense at all.

2 hrs before I got home.

Then straight to the Baronial meeting.

Just now getting home.

Long mostly awesome day.

:)

Oh, and I unpacked the Goofy mug first without having to unwrap the freakish amount of unwrapping that the dude put around my other two cups.

Jail Break

I think this is how Mercator feels.

lol

Mario Kart Love Song (Original)

Sweet Child of Mine .... Sitar Version

Remember that game?

Hey Molls, you remember this game?

Twilight | Spill.com Movie Reviews

o.o

I think it's a SIGN!!!!!

Atlas of True Names

Just too cool not to post.

Mayan Cycle

Here's a super sweet depiction of the Mayan cycle system.

Travel

Good.

Edits

Near real time Wikipedia edit map.

INFP

Forever I thought I was an INTJ, and that was the answer I've consistently gotten on Jungian tests.

But a couple of weeks ago I realized that I've really developed more into an INFP. I was on the borderline anyway. It just seems to fit better. I've always been a master of deluding myself in to thinking I should be a certain way. I just wonder which way it is?

How about some fun?

New talent on 60 minutes.

Tom Hanks take off!

I actually DO want to make a movie out of this concept. Think Galaxy Quest meets Back to the Future.

The most annoying bobble head evar?

How about a little Cosby Bebop.

Why Sam I love Po-ta-toes too!

??? Nothing to say about this.


Ok I'm done.

inappropriate but awesome

'nuf said

Bound

I feel all bound up.

I NEED to make some progress. And I have, it's just that I need to do some leaping.

Mercator NEEDS to get out.

Now.