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Welcome to the Hall of Fire Our messageboard is devoted to discussion of the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and we welcome all discussion relating to literature, the arts, politics and philosophy. We are open to anyone 13 years of age and older who has a serious interest in discussing topics of artisti...

People of faith are not always, or even often, smugly certain. But that seems to be the widespread impression. I think that this is because there are so many people who are smugly certain, and it takes the rest of us a bit of journey to understand that they are not the ones who have faith. :) It's ...

This is from Wikipedia: the 14 Dalai Lamas Date born ... Date Died ... Age at Death 1391.............1474..............83 1475.............1541..............66 1543.............1588..............45 1589.............1616..............27 1617.............1682..............65 1683.............1706........

Of course, Buddha could direct the next incarnation to be born in India or Nepal.....In fact, I strongly suspect he will :D I suppose it doesn't matter to the Chinese whether the next Dalai Lama is born in exile, since they've been content to leave the current one living in exile. If there is a new...

Mith wrote:The Dalai Lama is already an exile - this rule will not change that.

Right. It's his next incarnation who will not be in exile, and that's what the point of this law is, I'm sure. The Tibetans will not be able to openly proclaim the next lama and use him as a rallying point.

Jn

Sorry, I've been away for the last week or so. TOR, did you read the essay by the Canadian MP and polisci prof (titled Wrong on Iraq, but really more about the nature of political decision making in general) in the NYTimes magazine this weekend? No, I missed it. Wish I had seen it. I really hate, th...

What a fabulous spider, Traz. We always just called them garden spiders, too. I don't know any of the species' names. I love spiders and don't have any fear of them at all. I've handled tarantulas, and if I find a wolf spider in the house I just tip her into a cup and move her outside. The house spi...

They have debate forums for discussing edits, though, don't they? I've seen little windows on articles where they will advertise that a discussion of the entry is taking place.

Jn

Really interesting! And way beyond my ability to understand the impications. But this statement from the first paragraph of Brian's link made me laugh. :D In several AV columns I've discussed ways for getting around this annoying natural law, the law that SF writers and fans most wish to violate.&qu...

bt wrote:But lagoons of constant validation exist where there is no need to demonstrate progress ...

Yes. And those who rely upon them make careers out of knowing where to find them.

Jn

b.t., was the bailiff aware that jurors were hobnobbing with witnesses?

Jn

(is it distinctly American, perhaps? Or just way before my time?)

Both.

But you can capture the flavor of the whole book just from the one page that Prim has posted.

Jn

Faramond, when you asked "what draws you in?" I thought immediately of reading the book for the first time and asking myself what kept me turning the pages. It was Tom Bombadil who hooked me for the duration, but there was a succession of 'introductions' that made it feet as if layers and ...