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Gandolorin
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on: August 17, 2014 12:50
The one from his valedictory address 1959, in "The Monsters & The Crirics etc.":
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“But dullness should be confessed with humility. And I have therefore felt it a grievance that certain professional persons should suppose their dullness and ignorance to be a human norm, the measure of what is good; and anger when they have sought to impose the limitations of their minds upon younger minds, dissuading those with philological (I add: or any other) curiosity from their bent, encouraging those without this interest to believe that their lack marked them as minds of a superior order.”

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on: August 17, 2014 07:54
Ooh, this is tough. Too many to choose from!

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us" is an old favorite, as is "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as much as you deserve."

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on: August 18, 2014 01:54
Fëanor. Or Caranthir.

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on: August 18, 2014 05:48
Maedhros and Turin, probably obvious to most of you.

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on: August 18, 2014 12:20
Tuor.

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on: August 18, 2014 07:25
Probably Tuor, but my favorite Elf is Turgon.

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on: August 19, 2014 05:38
Aragorn followed closely by Eomer.

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on: August 19, 2014 12:04
Gandalf

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on: August 21, 2014 07:16
Umm, Treebeard or Sam.

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on: August 22, 2014 02:36
The Elves that Melkor used to turn into his Orcs lol

Seriously it would be out of Finrod or Luthien

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on: August 22, 2014 05:58
Gimli I guess.

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on: August 22, 2014 08:20
I think maybe the Witch King... Yeah.

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on: August 24, 2014 08:37
Film-driven, I have to go with Christopher Lee's Saruman (yes, I do have a certain prejudice pro the Istari). Image

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on: August 24, 2014 02:11
I have to agree with elven fencer on this one and say the Witch King also based on the costume of the films.

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on: August 24, 2014 07:36
C.S. Lewis, or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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on: August 25, 2014 05:47
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on: August 25, 2014 10:29
The only one I visit seriously is CoE (next is Wikipedia E and G); I don't consider it a waste of time, but some third parties (wife ...) might consider it so. (Image to them, I say!)

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on: August 25, 2014 07:52
COE and Lego.com. That's really all. Oh, and AskFRED.net. It's an acronym for Fencing Results and Events Database.

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on: August 26, 2014 02:58
Fanfiction.net is great for wasting time. Figure skating forums come second.

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on: August 26, 2014 10:41
Vienna, so far. Saw the opera, some of the Habsburg palaces, the zoo ...

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on: August 27, 2014 02:17
A tie between Boston and Vienna. It's unbelievable how tidy and orderly the latter is, makes me want to scream when I see how 'well' our capital is taken care of. Image

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on: August 27, 2014 07:39
Well, I haven't been to any other country and have seen few cities in my own so I guess I will have to say St. Augustine which is about 1/2 hr. north of us, for all it's old times charm.

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on: August 27, 2014 10:06
Where I live right now has just the right mixture for me.

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on: August 28, 2014 07:17
Anywhere in the world? Ummmmm....... As of right now, I like where I am, but if we are talking about in the future, I would have to say New Zealand.

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on: August 29, 2014 05:10
Vancouver Island, followed by New Zealand (similar in some respects, especially the South Island).

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on: August 30, 2014 10:21
Nothing special, except when as in this year my 1987/88 "information year" group from within the company once again meets in the fall - for the 26th straight year since 1989, our first anniversary meeting (we organize this privately, company has no involvement in these meetings).

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on: August 30, 2014 10:26
Eating the first walnuts because they're so good and easy to peel. Image

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on: August 31, 2014 06:47
Taking walks and having family meals at the table in the back porch.

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on: August 31, 2014 11:48
Never went trick-or-treating in my life, so none.

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on: August 31, 2014 12:23
Goth Girl with the multiple tattoos ....

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Gandolorin
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on: August 31, 2014 02:31
Once upon a Time in the West.

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on: September 03, 2014 08:24
I don't really have an all time favorite movie, there are several that I could watch 1000 times though like the Harry Potter films, LotR etc.

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on: September 05, 2014 04:47
The Avengers, 100%.

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on: September 06, 2014 06:16
Math then and math now that I am teaching my kids. Although I do find History much more interesting now than I did when I was in school.

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on: September 06, 2014 06:31
AP US History and AP Art History have been the best time ever.

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