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Bored of the Rings by ER April 26, 2012 5:39 pm

Sooo... You're not reading The Silmarillion after this? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:37:33
Finish It. I can't remember if I got bored the first time I read LOTR, it was high school in ... by podrock 2012-04-26 18:37:20
More interesting stuff here. by TB 2012-04-26 18:11:13
- The Annotated Hobbit has extensive material on Tolkein's career as an expert on Northern European languages. I never realized he ... by ER 2012-04-26 18:39:34
  - The Trilogy is really an introduction to Tolkien's created world. He'd been creating a mythology his whole life, published the ... by podrock 2012-04-26 19:04:20
People who read the books after they've seen the movies are probably rare. by TB 2012-04-26 17:58:43
- I've seen a few films that I thought were superior to the books. "Moby Dick" is my favorite example. But what can ... by ER 2012-04-26 18:32:46
"Bored of the Rings" was a Harvard Lampoon parody in the '70s. by Robert 2012-04-26 17:52:51
- I've a copy, in a box, somewhere... by podrock 2012-04-26 18:48:33
- I read the Lampoon version when it first came out. It was hysterical. After that I never felt the ... by ER 2012-04-26 18:25:20

Breathing Earth by Vitruvius April 24, 2012 1:43 am

What amazes me is how some people are more concerned about the growth of the budget deficit than they are ... by ER 2012-04-24 09:54:54
- In the Cambrian Period, the CO2 level was about twenty times what it is right now. by TB 2012-04-24 11:40:59
  - No, but corn didn't grow in Iowa, either. by ER 2012-04-24 12:45:13
    - You mentioned Venus. I didn't. by TB 2012-04-24 12:52:23
      - Did you actually read my last sentence, or did you just shoot from the hip again? by ER 2012-04-24 13:22:25
        
        "We have every reason to believe it won’t be as high as Venus." I read snark and hyperbole. But you can explain ... by TB 2012-04-24 13:43:50
        
        You know perfectly well I have always rejected the idea of a runaway greenhouse effect on earth as untenable due ... by ER 2012-04-24 13:51:23
        
        Then why bring up Venus at all? by TB 2012-04-24 14:17:46
        
        We have every reason to believe it won’t be as high as Venus. by ER 2012-04-24 14:33:04
    - Now, now, TB might just be joking. Right, TB? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 12:47:45
      - TB knows exactly what I was saying, but for ideological reasons, he must reflexively ridicule any mention or discussion of global ... by ER 2012-04-24 13:26:33
        
        You may be wrong, you stated that: “As the earth heats up from the effects of the sun, there is only ... by johannes 2012-04-26 17:29:56
        
        "According to TB’s politics, we’re supposed to do nothing about it until it can be definitely proven. Unfortunately, there’s only ... by TB 2012-04-24 13:59:14
        
        You're not trying to avoid unnecessary surgery. Your posts on this thread prove you can't tolerate anyone even suggesting ... by ER 2012-04-24 14:16:38
        
        The only thing the doctor has been waving at me is a machete. When he puts it away, we'll talk. by TB 2012-04-24 14:19:02
        
        Go talk to your machete-waving doctor, then, if you even know who he is. It ain't me. I don't ... by ER 2012-04-24 14:24:11

Does anyone have big ears? by bowser April 25, 2012 2:30 pm

I looked it up on Google Earth. Miles and miles of mountains. Frankly, I'm surprised the road is ... by TB 2012-04-25 16:51:48

Define insanity by Jody April 21, 2012 4:12 pm

We are all insane. And I'm not just making a rhetorical point, either. We all do stupid things we ... by ER 2012-04-22 08:30:02
- Don't confuse "irrational" with "insane." by TB 2012-04-22 11:04:47
  - In science, honest error is not generally the result of ignoring data, or manufacturing it. It comes from weighing ... by ER 2012-04-22 11:48:37
- Awesome ER!! by Jody 2012-04-22 08:43:27
Define anything that isn't. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:14:26
- Technically, yes. by TB 2012-04-21 19:36:24
  - Haven't read the book yet - could you describe it to me? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:52:39
    - I haven't read most of it either. Just excerpts on specific things I was interested in, and analytical articles. by TB 2012-04-25 10:58:48
      - Utopia does reek of totalitarianism, but I think we should read the Republic before judging it. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 15:17:26
When what's inside your head and what's outside are not compatible. by TB 2012-04-21 17:18:30
- "When it interferes with normal functions, or other people’s lives, it starts to become a problem." by ER 2012-04-22 08:35:25
For people like me it's drinking and/or using drugs. There can be more, and I could be insane without ... by bowser 2012-04-21 16:33:43

But what have you done for me lately? by ER April 25, 2012 9:04 am

The Speed of Technology by TB April 23, 2012 8:34 pm

Just noticed: How come most of the technologies slow down right before they hit %100? Some of them ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 01:51:23

Kodachrome by ER April 23, 2012 7:41 am

It takes a hell of a good digital camera to do the kind of things film cameras did routinely. by TB 2012-04-23 08:54:43
- Any jerk can take a picture, as I suspect that gentleman was trying to tell me. The real skill comes ... by ER 2012-04-23 10:28:00
  - Some of it is, so help me, personal. I have a friend I've hiked and climbed with a lot. ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:31:36
    - The trick to taking good photographs is to take a lot of them. Clap a high capacity motorized film ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:54:34

Survey says, "leave me alone!" by TB April 21, 2012 10:03 pm

Jesus is coming. Look busy. by ER 2012-04-22 06:41:40
- I think you've probably hit the nail on the head, there. by TB 2012-04-22 08:45:28
  - This obsession with innovation has a down side. Popular products disappear, either because they stop making them, or because ... by ER 2012-04-22 09:44:58
    - I find that different grocery stores carry different products. by TB 2012-04-22 11:03:10
      - Your letter to that company was right on target. But I suspect it did little good if it was ... by ER 2012-04-22 12:11:19
        
        I suspect that professional marketers have been trained to see everything as something that needs "change." by TB 2012-04-22 13:02:55
        
        What really steams me is when beloved symbols and mascots are arbitrarily updated to meet the needs of the marketing ... by ER 2012-04-22 14:16:20
        
        It's lucky they can get away with Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben at all in this age of hair-trigger sensitivity. by TB 2012-04-22 14:52:37
        
        I'll get right on it, TB. by ER 2012-04-22 15:20:32
        
        You go with yours, I'll go with mine. by TB 2012-04-22 15:54:05
        
        You both got it wrong!!! by Jody 2012-04-23 04:21:17

Ye Olde Debunking by TB April 22, 2012 1:51 pm

Take this quiz by Jody April 22, 2012 8:44 am

I think the blonde asking if Europe is a country should have been #1. The question on Alexander the Great is ... by FrankC 2012-04-22 12:17:55
- My sister in law thought the Middle East was Texas. by Jody 2012-04-22 13:50:35

Hey ER!! by Jody April 22, 2012 9:49 am

Yeah. That's what she told me. But by then it was too late. I always liked Bonnie. I ... by ER 2012-04-22 10:22:01

The Habitable Zone by Jody April 22, 2012 8:24 am

Moistened bint? by ER 2012-04-22 08:46:37

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