The Homestead

"A Gateway to Sindarin

By David Salo. (University of Utah Press, 2004. 438 pp.)

This book presents an exhaustive synthesis and systematization of what is more accurately termed "Neo-Sindarin": that is, an altered, synthetic form of Sindarin not as Tolkien ever conceived of it but instead as cobbled together by Salo himself through selective re-use and modification of attested Noldorin forms (which in fact form the vast bulk of the evidence for Salo's "Sindarin") in admixture with actual Sindarin forms and with forms wholly invented by the author. As such, the book misrepresents itself (throughout, and even in its very title) to anyone looking for a reliable examination and presentation of Tolkien's own Sindarin, but if the actual nature of Salo's "Sindarin" is borne in mind throughout, and if the reader assiduously checks the sources against all of Salo's claims and (supposed) data (that is, where the data are not fabricated by Salo, and to the extent allowed by Salo's sparse and often misleading citation of sources), this book can be useful for the student as an introduction to a more accurate and detailed study of Tolkien's own Sindarin(s)."

... taken from the net.

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Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Grieg Piano Concerto

I was talking with my cat last night (a Siamese called Tunku) and realized, after all these years, just why he sounds like that. I think he swallowed a cheese grater and a box of nails.

Current Mood: mischievous
Current Music: 4:33 by John Cage

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My own comments on the power failure Does that work?

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Ok, so I just had to try it ... as expected ...





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370.01 Any person with a valid in-state rodent or snake hunting license may also hunt and harvest attorneys for recreational and sport (non-commercial) purposes.
370.02 Taking of attorneys with traps or deadfalls is permitted. The use of United States currency as bait, however, is prohibited.
370.03 Stuffed or mounted attorneys must have a state health department inspection for rabies, and vermin.
370.04 The willful killing of attorneys with a motor vehicle is prohibited, unless such vehicle is an ambulance being driven in reverse. If an attorney is accidentally struck by a motor vehicle, the dead attorney should be removed to the roadside, and the vehicle should proceed immediately to the nearest car wash.
370.05 It is unlawful to chase, herd or harvest attorneys from a power boat, helicopter or aircraft.
370.06 It is unlawful to shout, "WHIPLASH", "AMBULANCE", or "FREE SCOTCH" for the purposes of trapping attorneys.
370.07 It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 100 yards of BMW, Mercedes or Porsche dealerships, except on Wednesday afternoon.
370.08 It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 200 yards of courtrooms, law libraries, health clubs, country clubs, hospitals or brothels.
370.09 If an attorney gains elective office, it is not necessary to have a license to hunt, trap or possess the same.
370.10 It is unlawful for a hunter to wear a disguise as a reporter, drug dealer, pimp, female legal clerk, sheep, accident victim, bookie, physician, chiropractor, company CEO, United States president or vice president, or tax accountant for the purpose of hunting attorneys.
370.11 Bag and Possession Limits per day:

Yellow-bellied sidewinders, 2;
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Honest attorneys protected (Endangered Species Act).

Current Mood: giggly

I just though we might breath a sigh of relieve. You see, King George has agreed to a "slight delay" before allowing DP on the eastern seaboard. Now, when I was growing up, DP was ... errrh ... nasty and only for the "experienced" people. You just had to know how. Now, after six years of bending over and taking it, we are going to get DP.

Wonderful.

Oh .. DP World is Dubai Ports World. Dubai, remember Dubai? Ok, remember the Cole? I thought that might bring up some nice memories.

In < href="http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/paper410/news/2004/09/03/WorldNation/Emirates.An.Attractive.Base.For.Business.Terror-710361.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com&page=2">this article</a>:


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According to the U.S. government, 13 of the 19 hijackers entered the United States between April 23 and June 29, 2001. And 11 of those late-arrivers - who were Saudi citizens and primarily the "muscle" for the hijackings - went through Dubai, according to the report.

he hijackers traveled in groups of two or three, taking off from Dubai and arriving at airports in Miami, Orlando, Fla., or New York City, the report said.

As for the money trail, Bin Laden's alleged financial manager, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi, received at a Dubai bank a transfer of $15,000 two days before the Sept. 11 attacks and then left the Emirates for Pakistan, where he was arrested last year.

About half of the $250,000 spent on the attacks was wired to al-Qaida terrorists in the United States from Dubai banks, authorities said. Al-Qaida money in Dubai banks also has been linked to the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Now, doesn't it just warm your heart to know that these same people are now going to be running the ports? I am just tickled pink. As in the kind of pink you get when hit by shrapnel from suicide bombers ...

Current Mood: enraged

Hey, everyone!!! Congratulations on the Bomba at Pantheacon ... man, did we rock the house!

Well ... can you say "fundamentalist muslims"? Unfortunately, this is not a joke.

For those who may have missed it, your veep was hunting illegally. You can't shoot a lawyer unless you have a $7.00 hunting stamp, which they made him buy after the fact.

When I tried to explain to my cousing Adelbert you could hunt lawyers now, he just could not believe it.

Adelbert: You mean, if I shoot someone they won't jail me?
Me: Well, they didn't jail Chainey, so I guess not.
Adelbert: But, let's say I don't shoot a lawyer. Maybe I shot someone I just though was a quail, and he turned out to be a lawyer.
Me: Well, by golly, that was what happenned to Mr. Chainey, too. So, I guess you don't have to worry. He thought a lawyer was a quail and just couldn't not pull that trigger.
Adelbert: Do they have a speical stamp for lawyers? I mean, let's say I shoot a door-to-door salesman. Can I get a special hunting stamp for that one too? Just pepper him with bird shot.
Me: ... well ... I don't know. You aren't the vice president you know. Maybe they have special rules for them.
Adelbert: You mean they have special rules for the Vice President? Just like they used to do with Kings? WOW! That's neat. I don't have to say "Your Majesty", do I?

And so it goes ...

Current Mood: embarrassed

According to the Guardian The Bush administration made an emergency request to Congress yesterday for a seven-fold increase in funding to mount the biggest ever propaganda campaign. I wonder how much of it is going to make shooting lawyers without a hunting stamp worth more than a $7.00 find. The article went on to say that Condy Rice claimed "said the $75m (£43m) in extra funds, on top of $10m already allocated for later this year, would be used to broadcast US radio and television programmes into Iran". Which proves, at least, they are still ignoring the conventions against torture ...

Current Mood: numb

Whoopee!!! Chainey is free for shooting a lawyer and almost killing him, but poor guy is going to spend the rest of his life in the graybar hotel because he kissed a woman's neck. Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. He did it twice before.

Yep, that makes him too dangerous to live among the rest of us saints ...

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Hoboy, if you think Florida now smells of oranges, think again. They are at it again, folks. Take a look at http://www.rense.com/general59/votersclaimabuseofelectoral.htm