Whenas and if I ever acquire a life partner, I wonder if I will still cajole myself like this when I get sick. I think it would be ideal to keep quiet and let him make with the soothing nonsense,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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As Lord of the Rings progresses, Aragorn gets more and more Christlike. This is getting hard to reconcile with my image of him as Toshiro Mifune.
I’ve started The Two Towers, which is exciting so far — partly because of the action, and partly because Tolkien finally mentions Boromir’s hair color. He doesn’t care how people look, he just cares about dolmens and trees and stuff.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See also. Also, I was wrong about hobbito being the Japanese for hobbit. The correct spelling is hobitto. So close!
I tried to get it, I really did. I read it twice. If anyone can explain this book, please e-mail me.
My friend and webmaster Ignatz and I were discussing the fascinating phenomenon of the so-called “redemption movement” the other day, and trying to come up with similar theories of our own. This is mine. Ignatz had a few, including “The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A joke that my brain told me last week as I myself was fumbling for the snooze button. You should be grateful that I drew this one and not the joke that I dreamed a couple of weeks ago, a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, can anyone explain D. H. Lawrence to me? All his main characters seem like pissy, overprivileged psychotics.