The Hall of Fire

The parties in the case have apparently agreed on a mediator, and are tentatively scheduled to hold the mediation in mid-March or April. However, I would not be at all surprised if that get's put back a while.

What's really amazing is how much of the language remained relatively unchanged, even when the significance of what was being said changed mightily.

Difficult to give a clearcut answer to that question, because he moved around so much, and vacillated between having Trotter/Strider by a Hobbit or a Man (and a one point, a disguised elf). But he wrote drafts of material all the way into Moria with Trotter being a hobbit (with Peregrin Boffin being...

I am unlikely to be able to watch it on television, for the same reason that I don't watch anything on television - I don't have one (or at least one that is connected to the outside world). I think public interest in knowing who donated to Prop 8 outweighs the invasion of privacy, but it is a close...

Dear nel, this going to come across as perhaps sounding a little snarky, but I know you know me well enough to know I don't mean it that way. The only way you are going to be able to keep up with all the news would be for you to quit your job and find one less demanding of your time, and abandon you...

Of course it's okay. It's more than okay. It's great.

And I envy you that you can remember that much of your first reading. Mine seems to be lost in the mysts of time.

Unfortunately, the gallary is the one thing that got screwed up when we transferred to the new server, and I can't seem to get if fixed.

Anyone got 250 pounds (about $361) to spare? That's how much Harper Collins is asking for the limited, signed edition of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún . We do at least have an official release date: 5/5/09. No word about an American edition, though. http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Contents/Title/Pa...

That's a rhetorical question, right Al? Of course we want to see it.

Thanks for posting about this, soli, and for giving so much detail. I've been following this story with some dismay mixed with confusion, and I have considered posting about here. I'm glad you have done so.

That's the fundamental problem, right there. I just don't see how making a film that is half the ending of The Hobbit and half bridge material doesn't come across as cobbled together.

Feingold actually announced his constitutional amendment last week, before the Gregg appointment was even known about. It was in response to the Illinois, New York and Deleware situations, not New Hampshire. There was even an interview with him on NPR. Here's a Jan. 27 news article: Feingold Seeks C...

rwhen, I think you make an excellent point about the differences in expectations. I think must of us long-time Tolkien fans were really skeptical about the prospect of films made from LOTR. Then when FOTR literally knocked our socks off, our expectations suddenly went sky-high. Certainly there are o...

Hi Cerin; nice to see you here again. I'm really shocked to see this erroneous idea put forward. A bill passes the Senate by a simple majority. This last term, Republicans abused the power of the filibuster in an unprecedented fashion to block all legislation, and it seems that this is now regarded ...

Thanks for posting that, nel. It should be interesting. I presume that an audio (and possibly video) broadcast will be posted on the website, at some point, doncha think?

Yes, sorry for the confusion.

Padme, you have your own charm that is all your own.

Oh, Lali.

There is no comparison at all between the two situations. One is a case of a corrupt politician attempting to obtain personal pecuniary gain. The other is an example of a politician trying to rise above politics and do what he believes is the best thing for the country, even though he and his party ...

Sorry, soli, but I am not at all convinced. In the very passage from the Athrabeth commentary that you quote, Tolkien says"The myth that appears at the end of the Silmarillion is of Númenórean origin; it is clearly made by Men, though Men acquainted with Elvish tradition." That clearly sho...

That doesn't sound pejorative at all to me, Ellie. I think that most of the Senate Republicans will vote against any stimulus package that comes to a vote, because I don't think there is any chance that a package to their liking will be voted on. Most of them will vote against a closure motion, if o...