The Hall of Fire

If this is of comparable quality as a critical edition to Flieger's edition of The Story of Kullervo, I imagine it will be a worthwhile read for people interested in the scholarly side of Tolkien fandom, especially those without access to paywalled academic journals.

"Architect of the Capitol" is the name of the agency (and the title of the head of said agency) in charge of maintaining the physical Capitol Building and the larger complex of which it is the centerpiece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect_of_the_Capitol I don't really like agreeing ...

I finally dragged myself to the theatre (not normally a big investment, but it's a ... fun time of year :P) to see Avatar: The Way of Water today. I figured this deserved to be seen on the biggest screen possible, so I drove a bit further than usual to catch it in IMAX 3D. My thoughts are broadly in...

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Wordle 562 4/6* 🟩🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bad day in Hurdle today. I've been considering switching back to normal mode—Rose has made a persuasive case for there being a greater strategy aspect to that version of the game—but in all honesty it's frustrating days that make me consider it most. :P I trie...

Wordle 561 3/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hurdle 365 https://hurdle.games 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 4/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 4/6* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 3/6* 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Final 2/2* ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I think this is the first time I've seen a Final Hurdle with no green or yellow letters derived...

Nice one, V!

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I'm reading a BBC article about the flooding now. I'm not great at staying on top of the news these days, and the severity of them had passed me by, too.

In unrelated world news:

Former Pope Benedict XVI dies in Vatican monastery aged 95 - CNN

According to Wiktionary, dowar/douar means "a camp or village of tents in an Arabic country." Merriam-Webster gives a similar definition but without listing the alternate spelling.

Does "journey" appear in the original?

Huh. Can't say I was familiar with DOWAR before looking it up just now, either.

Doing Waffle early again, just to be on the safe side:

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I've never read The Eye of Argon , so you'll have to tell me how accurate this is. :D Retell Bilbo's party scene in the style of The Eye of Argon. In the hall of Bag End, the mighty hobbit Bilbo Baggins did hold a grand feast to celebrate his birthday. The guests did gather 'round, their eyes aglow ...

As far as ChatGPT's talent for writing narrative fiction goes, I'll give it this: the results are better than its lyrics. Write some Eminem-style bars that include the phrase "tra-la-la-lally." I'm the king of the rap game, ain't no one comin' close Tra-la-la-lally, ain't no one messin' wi...

How does it do with discussions about opinions, or personal preferences? What about questions like "What's your favourite part of the book?" Or, "Which part did you find the most scary?" It goes out of its way to remind people that it's an AI when asked to give personal opinions...

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Nice!

Also, since I missed replying to this when you asked a few months ago (and only just noticed when clicking the little arrow to go back and see my quoted post in context), I have indeed noticed and enjoyed your avatar/signature synchronization.

N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:12 pmPer this report in the New York Times, because Elon Musk fired a large part of Twitter's custodial staff, the office space and restrooms aren't getting cleaned and stink. Some employees are bringing in their own toilet paper from home.

Musk's divorced dad energy keeps getting stronger.

Andrew Tate keeps loosing to Greta(s):



(The pizza box thing seemed a bit too silly to be true, but truth shouldn't prevent us from appreciating life's little cosmic ironies.)

I cleared my nytimes.com cookies earlier today so I could read their Pelé obituary, so that wiped everything for Wordle and I forgot to turn hard mode on again. My guesses were all in accordance with its limitations, though. Wordle 558 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hurdle 362 https://hurdle.game...