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- Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:06 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
- Replies: 124
- Views: 51062
Re: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
It seems to me Sauron can't possibly be anyone the series has focused on thus far. He must be a powerful, convincing, fair-of-face type who is already conniving behind the Elven scenes: someone who can talk elves into thinking there is some kind of necessary deadline for making this darned forge. Th...
- Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:36 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
- Replies: 124
- Views: 51062
Re: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
Voronwë, why do you think the Stranger will turn out to be Sauron? Isn't Sauron supposed to be corrupting everyone cunningly? Cunning doesn't seem to be the Stranger's forte! And he apparently WANTS to be good, even if he messes up. Plus, if a sweet-natured Harfoot says you're good, shouldn't that c...
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 6:43 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Cultural Appropriation
- Replies: 321
- Views: 192733
Re: Cultural Appropriation
Tomorrow in my "Film History, Part One" class, we are discussing The Jazz Singer, the ground-breaking 1927 sound film (part "talkie") showcasing Al Jolson as a Jewish kid who rebels against his destiny as cantor--and thus against his father, the current cantor--to become a "...
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:44 am
- Forum: The Library of Rivendell
- Topic: Pride and Prejudice: Adaptations of Austen
- Replies: 944
- Views: 439650
Re: Pride and Prejudice: Adaptations of Austen
I'm just starting a new "remix" (that's the term the publishers are putting out there) of Pride and Prejudice: PRIDE, by Ibi Zoboi. It's set in the gentrifying Brooklyn of today! I very much liked Zoboi's AMERICAN STREET, so I'm interested to see what she does with Austen.....
- Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:32 am
- Forum: The Library of Rivendell
- Topic: Sad loss: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Replies: 41
- Views: 49767
Re: Sad loss: Ursula K. Le Guin
I am also just so sad about this loss. It's hitting me hard. I got to see her in person in 2013--a great highlight of my adult life. She was everything any writer or human being could hope to be. So poetic and so honest.
- Sat May 13, 2017 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
- Replies: 1886
- Views: 706807
Re: The last movie you saw Thread
I was on an ancient plane that still had (gasp) seat-back entertainment, and so, being tired, I did not grade the pile of papers I had with me, but instead watched Moana, A Monster Calls, and Rogue One. I enjoyed them all, despite the size of the screen. I loved the book that A Monster Calls is base...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:27 am
- Forum: The Library of Rivendell
- Topic: Have you read...can you recommend...
- Replies: 483
- Views: 237610
Re: Have you read...can you recommend...
Dave, a tiny little bell rang in my memory, reading your description--but the memory bell didn't ring long enough or close enough to summon a title yet. Let me see if "not thinking about it" gets me closer...
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 5:35 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump's America
- Replies: 2727
- Views: 877162
Re: Trump's America
:( :( :( Yes, he's doing what he threatened to do. And somehow it doesn't feel, this week, like we have "checks and balances" in our government at all. And we are only one week in! That the Berlin mayor would have occasion to tell us not to be building new Walls! Yikes. When I sign Cloud a...
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 5:29 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Too late?
- Replies: 446
- Views: 248622
Re: Should you punch a Nazi? The limits of tolerance
Well, Nazis are beyond the limits of "tolerance," in my book, but I would like us to find more Quakerly ways to convey that than punching. Especially since violence will play into the Nazis' hands ("see, WE are the victims here!") Yesterday an account on Twitter tweeted the names...
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:10 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Strong women in movies are still the anomaly
- Replies: 48
- Views: 45331
Re: Strong women in movies are still the anomaly
I really enjoyed HIDDEN FIGURES!
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:59 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
- Replies: 1886
- Views: 706807
Re: The last movie you saw Thread
Impy, Arrival is MUCH less magical-thinking-ish than Interstellar. I honestly couldn't quite abide Interstellar. Whereas Arrival I liked. The premise gets abbreviated (they learn the aliens' language quickly), but there's a logical explanation underneath what might seem "magical." I recomm...
- Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
- Replies: 1886
- Views: 706807
Re: The last movie you saw Thread
I liked Arrival despite the handwavium in the whole linguistics bit. Of COURSE it would be harder--as in "impossible"--to learn an alien language just by writing "human" on a board and holding it up in front of you! Ha ha! There's an old TV show called "French in Action"...
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Leonard Cohen is gone
- Replies: 16
- Views: 31224
Re: Leonard Cohen is gone
Thanksgiving. Whole family, ages 9 to 79, gathered around the piano--and my daughter picked up the viola and our uncle the guitar--and we all sang a couple of glorious, heartfelt rounds of Hallelujah, and it was so sad and so sweet.
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 4:10 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Prayer Thread
- Replies: 1385
- Views: 541248
Re: Prayer Thread
I'm so sorry, Frelga.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:28 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 610070
Re: 2016 United States Election
Aaaaargh. In tears.
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: fiber arts and handicrafts
- Replies: 416
- Views: 190733
Re: fiber arts and handicrafts
Maria, this wolf is amazing!
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:03 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Gun Control Debate
- Replies: 1040
- Views: 366445
Re: Gun Control Debate
Yes--depression, exactly--that's what I meant by the "open elevator shaft" analogy--sigh.
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:44 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Gun Control Debate
- Replies: 1040
- Views: 366445
Re: Gun Control Debate
True! None of them is a gun!
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:04 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Bluegrass & Appalachian folk music
- Replies: 78
- Views: 66174
Re: Bluegrass & Appalachian folk music
We've been on a Nickel Creek binge recently at our house....
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:00 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Gun Control Debate
- Replies: 1040
- Views: 366445
Re: Gun Control Debate
Anthy!!! :love: Can't you rent guns at the firing range, maybe? I personally would find myself very, very bothered by the presence of a weapon in the house. For all sorts of reasons. It would feel to me like installing an elevator shaft with no elevator in it, and no locks on the door except "s...