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writer's block
Anyone have any brilliant ideas to give away on the theme of brotherhood or the theme of knowledge?
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Sabotaging a flintlock pistol
Anyone on my flist knowledgeable enough about flintlock pistols to have a suggestion on how someone might sabotage a pistol in such as way that it might injure the shooter, assuming that the shooter is experienced and takes good care of his weapons? -
Duolingo
I tried out Duolingo this morning, starting with basic French, and discovered I still remember basic French really well! :D -
Letter meme
jay_of_lasgalen gave me C.
Something I hate: Cancer
Something I love: Cerveteri, Estruscan city of the dead.
Somewhere I've been: Culloden, Scotland
Somewhere I'd like to go: Carnac, France (going in June, yay!)
Someone I know: Cynthia, my sister.
A film I like: Cat Ballou
A book I love: Charlotte's Web
An Author: Bernard Cornwell ( Read more... ) -
Endings
*overdramatic sigh* I have no idea what to do with Teitho's December theme: endings. *headdesk* -
Hobbit 3
I saw a clip today in which Thranduil refuses to take his elves to Ravenhill to warn Thorin that the dwarves are about to be overrun, deciding instead that he's lost enough elves and is done with the battle. So Bilbo runs off to warn Thorin himself. *blink* I know PJ has read the book, but I think perhaps he read a different version of the book ( Read more... ) -
Banshees
I was watching Time Team this morning and began to wonder if the myth of the banshee's scream foreboding death might have originated with the bronze dracos of the roman cavalry - wailing of the draco foreboding a roman calvary attack and, therefore, death. -
Tolkien community
There are so many Tolkien communities out there already, I don't know if there's any interest in another, but, all the same, I do have one. At the moment, it's pretty much just an archive for my own stories; the intention was for it to archive more than just my own stories. So if anyone might be interested, I invite you to check it out:BoFA trailer
Not sure how I feel about it... It looks epic, but it also looks like it might make me twitch even more than the Elves marching into Helm's Deep made me twitch. *sigh*Halloween Treat! (SGA)
For sgatazmy and chootoy
(I apologize to you, Margaret, as I know it's not what you intended when you made your request.)
( Your treat! )