The Hall of Fire

Here's something I can't quite square (aside from my general and universal dislike for fate and divine planning). It says right there, black and white, in the Silmarillion, that Men are not bound by fate, that Men are born in the world, live in it, and then leave the place entirely upon dying. Yet B...

I didn't know much about the nordic outlook on life and death before reading this thread. As I saw it, the courage in the LOTR and the Sil was born of that weird power that comes from having nothing left to lose. So much of what we fear boils down to the fear of loss. If there's nothing left to lose...

Natural selection is competition I'm afraid... I would argue that humans already tend towards cooperation as a means of survival. When you look at us, we're not exactly well-adapted physically to our environment. We've been able to compensate for that by building very complex social structures. Whic...

Ah, fall, when young people's fancies turn to message boards. :D *snork* See, I'm a student. I've been a student since I was 3 (I'm 26 now). I live on the academic calendar, so I look at fall as the beginning of the year, and make my New Year's Resolutions on the first day of class. Except I don't ...

Voronwë_the_Faithful wrote:I love that picture! And I'm very glad that you are here.

I'm honored.

I like the pic too.

Lily: Somethin' like that.

Yes, I think you do.

You're fast!