January 2, 2022
Sunday Meeting
5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Discord: Valar
Guild/meeting_place
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Transcript work by Varda.
[times are Central Time from Varda's Discord. Add one hour for
Eastern.]
Attending (and typed): (4)
Discord: Arien, Eonwe, Falco,
Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:
Gaming:
World of Warcraft, Lord
of the Rings Online
Tolkien:
Topic:
What brought a sense of wonder to a member of the Fellowship?
After-meeting:
puzzle
(non)Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
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Before-meeting
Arien Valar
Yesterday at 3:41 PM
Aiya allo and happy new year L(!
[3:42 PM]
happy new year
Varda Yesterday at 3:59 PM
Aiya : )
[4:00 PM]
brb
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Hallo!
[4:01 PM]
A good New Year to everyone! Guten Rutsch!
Varda Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Aiya Sandalf and Happy New Year to you, too. : )
[4:03 PM]
@Bounder Hurray! We can meet up with our fellow Tolkien fans and
gaming players! Say hi and make comments! Meeting time in a happy
new year. : )
[4:03 PM]
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:03 PM]
Membership:
[4:04 PM]
A wild Eonwe appears.
[4:04 PM]
Aiya to Arien, Sandalf, and Eonwe. : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:04 PM
good evening all aiya
Eonwλ Valar Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Heya all, Happy New Year. Hope you are all off to the start of a
great year. I unfortunately must be off. Hopefully more to comment
on at next week's meeting (ominous music) :}
Varda Yesterday at 4:05 PM
hehe
[4:05 PM]
Thank you for dropping by and saying hello! Good luck in your
endeavors!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Namarie Eonwe Valar!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Namarie
[4:05 PM]
i ve got a video for you all
Varda Yesterday at 4:06 PM
Sounds interesting.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:06 PM
a song in german but i think yoou will get the gist at least Salf
will
[4:06 PM]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMIp8aW-5EA
YouTube
Feuerschwanz - Topic
Rohirrim
Varda Yesterday at 4:07 PM
I'll check it out later and try to figure it out. : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:07 PM
Uh oh...I recognize "Feuer" of course, but Schwanz has some bad
connotations in Yiddish...what about German?
[4:08 PM]
Swan?
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:08 PM
it catches the spirit of the battle praising the courage of them
in face of superior numbers and quotes partly the chapter where
the Rohirrims turn up at the field of Pellennor
firetail
thats what the name means
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Ah...I can now see the connection....I will not repeat the meaning
of the Yiddish word Schwanz, but I can certainly see how it might
be called a tail...at least a small one. Ha ha.
Varda Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Thank you, Arien. Looks like a stirring martial song to enjoy,
maybe especially while gaming?
[4:10 PM]
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Web:
[4:10 PM]
Nothing new currently.
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Gaming:
[4:10 PM]
Report from Eonwe:
World of Warcraft:
[4:10 PM]
This week's Bonus Events: Legion Timewalking and Burning Crusade
Timewalking.
The Legion Timewalking Event will be ending with the next weekly
maintenance. Afterwards, it will appear as part of the regular
rotation of bonus events.
[4:11 PM]
The PvP Brawl: Pached House runs through Tuesday, January 4th.
Burning Crusade Classic Season 2 is ending January 11th.
Lord of the Rings
Online:
[4:11 PM]
The Yule Festival is about to end. Get your goodies soon!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:11 PM
I just got a message notification that Saoir (sp.?) sent a guest
invite. Can someone tell me what that means?
On Discord, of course.
Varda Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Saior is Arien
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Ah...
Varda Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Hey, Arien, did you just send a guest invite to Sandalf? : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:13 PM
i wanted a friend rquest actually]
Varda Yesterday at 4:13 PM
Ahh, nice to have.
Try again!
Meanwhile, Lord of the Rings Online report by server:
[4:13 PM]
Landroval server:
Arien
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Ioreth
Lenwe
Meriadoc
Nar
Varda
Anor server:
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Shadowfax server:
Varda
Treebeard server:
Varda
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:14 PM
OK...I just sent a smiley face to Arien...and had to click on the
Valara Guild symbol to get back here.
Varda Yesterday at 4:14 PM
That works.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:14 PM
worked A:)]
Varda Yesterday at 4:14 PM
You've learned navigation!
[4:14 PM]
A sailor on the digital seas as well as those of Ulmo.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:14 PM
Is this the best way to get to you outside of meeting hours on
Discord?
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:15 PM
probabvly when i remember to sign on :)]
Varda Yesterday at 4:15 PM
We all show up on Discord a lot during the week, and leave
messages in Harbor mostly.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:15 PM
Yes...you have no idea how many wonderful hours I spend on the
Bridge of muy ship, staring at the starry skies...with NO CITY
LIGHTS...just like the Elves and early Men did.
[4:15 PM]
It is DARK out there on the open ocean...
Varda Yesterday at 4:15 PM
Being able to see the stars. It helps the mind and dreaming.
[4:16 PM]
So many now have never seen a dark sky, full of stars. Not even
the Milky Way.
Falco Yesterday at 4:16 PM
Aiya
Varda Yesterday at 4:16 PM
Falco! Aiya! Now there's a starman. : )
Falco Yesterday at 4:16 PM
lol
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:16 PM
I graduated college when I was 20, and immediately went on active
duty. I was the "father" figure to the 18-19 year old men in myu
Division, as a 20 year old Ensign. Talk about a heavy load...
Varda Yesterday at 4:17 PM
You were the ancient. : )
[4:17 PM]
Falco, how goes the Lab Padre crowd? : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Yes...at 20....and I felt like it sometimes.
Varda Yesterday at 4:17 PM
The magic of perspective.
Falco Yesterday at 4:17 PM
LOL sounds like me when I was 35 surrounded by my squad of 18-19
years olds
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:17 PM
In the Army?
Falco Yesterday at 4:17 PM
Yes
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Wonderful! A fellow Vet!
Varda Yesterday at 4:18 PM
You really were a lot older.
An actual adult in the crowd.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:19 PM
If anyone is interested: HEre is my weather report from the
northern Great Plains...
[4:20 PM]
Minus 9 degrees F this morning...but the sun is out in an
absolutely clear blue sky...the clarity of winter. It got up to 14
degrees F early afternoon, and I got my 4 mile run in. Delightful.
So still and quiet. About 5 inches of snow yesterday...my Saturday
dining group got moved to tonight (because of the snow) so I have
to leave a bit early today, mores the pity.
Varda Yesterday at 4:20 PM
Wow!
[4:21 PM]
Clear blue here from what we consider a cool snap. 41 F, to drop
to 33 by morning.
[4:21 PM]
Then we had better get started on Tolkien!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:21 PM
Does it every get to zero on the Gulf Coast?
Varda Yesterday at 4:21 PM
Yes. We are barely leaving Autumn right now.
[4:22 PM]
It was 81 the other day, so it's a contrast.
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Tolkien:
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:22 PM
Hard on the old body...
Varda Yesterday at 4:22 PM
grabs jacket and goes out anyway
We have two potential topics for tonight. Take your pick:
[4:23 PM]
1: Consequences of actions that shaped Middle-earth into what was
visible and able to be active by the time of the War of the Rings.
2. World-building: which components of Middle-earth are shown to
us in Lord of the Rings as relevant enough for the story, perhaps
also to give the sense of wonder that comes to the characters, or
perhaps they become jaded to a continuous series of wonders and
barely register them as obstacles to trudge around.
Have at it. : )
Or bring on another!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:23 PM
For number 1: are you referring to the physical world of Middle
Earth?
Varda Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Not just physical but all that broght on the War of the Rings,
making up the two sides. Gigantic topic in need of whittling.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Wow. That is a HUGE topic, then.
Varda Yesterday at 4:24 PM
I think Tolkien wrote some books on that subject.
[4:25 PM]
So it would be just pick one of those things. : )
Another: what brought a sense of wonder to a
member of the Fellowship?
One incident.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:25 PM
The Gates of Argonath.
And that was man-made!
Varda Yesterday at 4:26 PM
Indeed!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:26 PM
From the natural stone!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:26 PM
te caves of Aglarond
Varda Yesterday at 4:26 PM
Came across that in Lord of the Rings Online and just gaped up at
it, hardly paying attention to the orcs trying to get us.
Good one too!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:27 PM
I do not believe that Aragorn himself ever saw the Gates, because
of his commenty to Frodo: "Long have I desired to look on the
likenesses of my forebears...:" or something like that.
Varda Yesterday at 4:27 PM
The icy waters of Kheled-zaram where the stars reflected into a
crown over Durin's head, for Gimli.
And at last he saw it! And would have understood what he was
seeing better than most.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:27 PM
Beautiful. I have often thought that Kheled-zaram is a cirque
lake, formed by an old glacier.
[4:28 PM]
Deep, and very COLD water.
Varda Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Agreed, a glacier lake makes the best sense with the description.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:28 PM
one would think yes
Varda Yesterday at 4:28 PM
Also fitting with their feelings after the loss of Gandalf, cold
and deep feeling.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:29 PM
Arien: living in Scotland, you must be very familiar with the
glacial geography of your land. Golf was developed as a game in
the glacial terrain of Scotland, and the best courses the world
over are built on old glacial till and associated glacial
debris...
Varda Yesterday at 4:29 PM
The Glittering Caves of Aglarond, as Arien mentioned. Like the
surprise of finding a great treasure of beauty like underground
stars when expecting a dreary storage area.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:30 PM
the moon on the waterfall at Henneth Annun in Ithilien#
or moonlight rather
Varda Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Golf? Thought that was invented by Bullroarer Took taking the head
off the orc, Golfimbul, and it falling down a rabbit hole. :
) But yours sounds much better.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:31 PM
Salt mines and iron mines are dreary...real caves in carbonate are
beautiful. I suspect that the Glittering Caves were filled with
calcite crystals twinkling and refracting the in the
light...creating a sparkly effect all over.
Varda Yesterday at 4:31 PM
Ahh, seeing through the waterfall with Faramir! Had to be amazing.
[4:31 PM]
That would make sense, Sandalf
[4:32 PM]
I love to go into caves. Many are beautiful, kind of alien, and
all like secrets hidden in the earth.
How could this be here below such ordinary scenery? : )
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:33 PM
Ah...but did not Ithilien have groves of wonderful Lebethron
trees, as well as others? I think Tolkien made up a couple of
names for the trees in Ithilien as well...I don''t have the book
in front of me to check...
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:34 PM
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Varda Yesterday at 4:34 PM
For Legolas, the forest of Fangorn was a stunner. The great ents
walking and herding huorns. He had heard that elves talked to
trees and awakened them, and he was very keen on forests of all
kinds.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:34 PM
something like that but mind there are black clalcites too
lotro-links
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:34 PM
Yes...calcite comes in lots of different colors...but the clear
calcite is the best fo glittering!
Varda Yesterday at 4:35 PM
Ack! Blasted the crystal pockets! Filled them with slurry!
Couldn't they allow others to walk through instead of doing
destruction?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:36 PM
I always remember Fangorn's recitation of his poem about the Ent
wives to Merry and Pippin...how he remembered wandering in the
willow meads of Tasarinan, or the pine covered hills of Dorthonion
in winter...sort of what it looks like here now.
Varda Yesterday at 4:36 PM
Ahh, nice. : )
I'd like to hear our Fangorn recite that one. He has a singer's
voice and it would sound great. : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:37 PM
mind you the garden of the Entwives must have been amazing before
they turned into the Brown Lands
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:37 PM
Why can''t that be done? IS audio and video available on Discord?
I would love to hear him also!
Varda Yesterday at 4:37 PM
Aye, Arien. It was where the Entwives taught so many how to grow
their own food.
It can be done.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:37 PM
I still believe tht Entwives are wandering around the Shire, but
out of sight.
To mortal eyes!
Varda Yesterday at 4:37 PM
Audio and video are right over there on Harbor where Treebeard is
right now.
[4:38 PM]
Unless someone spots the Entwives and are said to have had too
much to drink?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Yes...that scene early in the FR, where one hobbit (I forget his
name) mentions seeing some tall tree-like things walking around on
the North Downs...I always thought that those were the Entwives.
They would love the Shire.
As noted by Fangorn!
Varda Yesterday at 4:39 PM
Aye : )
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:40 PM
Hal Gamgee , Sams cousin
Varda Yesterday at 4:40 PM
Seeing the huorns appearing near Helm's Deep when all had seemed
lost. Only the orcs were lost there!
and ents were herding them.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:40 PM
it was he who saw the walking tree
Varda Yesterday at 4:40 PM
Aye, Arien. Sam reported what Hal had told him.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:40 PM
Right on, Arien!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:41 PM
ibtw side note i find it interesting tht the wood trolls very much
look like ents
[4:42 PM]
no wonder people were confused by trhat in Lotlro
in game
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:42 PM
Wood trolls? Where? How?
Varda Yesterday at 4:42 PM
In the Lord of the Rings Online game.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:43 PM
there is one in a very early gaming area near bree
Varda Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Some in the Trollshaws.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Are they from the movies? I do not recall seeing any references to
wood trolls in the books...
Varda Yesterday at 4:43 PM
They are in the game.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:43 PM
Yes. Of course. Silly me. I am not a gamer, and must be missing
out on a lot of good stuff.
Varda Yesterday at 4:44 PM
It is said JRRT did not use wood trolls in the LotRO books, but
did use them translating the poem Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:44 PM
That I can certainly believe...
[4:45 PM]
Brings back memories of my English Professor Lusardi reciting
Middle English poetry in Middle English...he even did a few
renditions of poems in Old English.
Varda Yesterday at 4:45 PM
At least by not gaming, maybe you're living more real life. :
) Gaming is especially nice when stuck at home and when TV
is doing the usual thing of having nothing interesting, and the
last book was finished.
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:45 PM
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Wood_Trolls
Wood Trolls
Varda Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Bet that was fun to hear! May be easier to understand hearing than
trying to read Middle English.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Thanks! I will copy down the link and check it out.
Varda Yesterday at 4:46 PM
The images are at the bottom of the page.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:47 PM
I can still recite the opening of lines of Chaucer in Middle
English...it freaks out people not familiar with how old it
sounds.
Varda Yesterday at 4:47 PM
Can you not go to links from here? The library frown on that?
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:47 PM
Whan that April with his shoures sote, the drucht of March ...and
so on
[4:48 PM]
Forgive my spelling.
[4:49 PM]
Oops..got to head over to the Outback Steak House in Lincoln for
our Saturday evening dinner on Sunday evening. Again, my best
wishes for a New Year filled with health, happiness, and
prosperity for everyone and all of their families...sei gesund!
Varda Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Here's an annoying way to read Chaucer: : )
https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/text-and-translations
Text and Translations
The General Prologue The Knight's Tale The
Miller's Tale The Reeve's Tale
Namarie, Sandalf!
[4:49 PM]
Enjoy the snow!
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Namarie, all!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Namarie and same to you :)
Varda Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Now is probably a good time to bring out the gavel!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:51 PM
sounds like it since i have to head upstairs as well for an eaRLY
get up
Varda Yesterday at 4:52 PM
Perfect. And I need to start dinner, have guests.
the gavel hops to the hammerpad and begins reciting poetry in
Middle English
[4:53 PM]
the hammerpad screams Augggghhh! and bops the gavel
thwonk!
The gavel laughs and hops back the shelf, mission accomplished
[4:53 PM]
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After-meeting!
Arien Valar Yesterday at 4:55 PM
I watched the life stream of the release event of that band
s new album and they played a concert afterwards where they played
Rohirim btw so i thought it is a song i ll slhow you all
here
[4:55 PM]
BUT yes namarie all
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:39 PM
Aiya, catching up
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 5:52 PM
Happy new year!
[5:52 PM]
wonders if Sandalf in the snow would be Snowalf
And those wood trolls remind me of the Botani in WoW, https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Botani
Wowpedia
Botani
The botani are a race of intelligent,
bark-skinned humanoids native to Draenor.
They are members of the group of creatures
known as the Primals, who wage an eternal war against the stone
giants known as the Breakers and seek to establish dominance over
them and all other organic life.
The botani fervently serve the enormous
genesaur, which they ...
[5:53 PM]
And a bit of the mutated orc in a lower picture on that page
[5:55 PM]
As for the topic, I'm also thinking of the Dwarf halls in Moria,
which impressed a few people as I recall
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Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:05 PM
Right. Before I launch into personal gaming report, I want to
share a channel I found this week which took up a few viewing
hours on my behalf already....
[8:06 PM]
One video ended up in my suggested list at one point, and it went
from there.
[8:08 PM]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-UOdK8-mIjxBQm_ot1T-Q
is the youtube channel, Cracking The Cryptic, focusing on puzzles,
in particular many sudokus with tons of variations and strange
rules, and a few guys solving them in really clear and
understandable ways. It won't be for everyone, but even if you
think you won't like it, at least give it a go As a somewhat
experienced (classic) sudoku-er myself, I'm really liking it.
YouTube
Cracking The Cryptic
Vlogs explaining how to solve classic sudokus,
variant sudokus, cryptic crosswords and many other puzzles too.
Hosted by Mark Goodliffe (12 times winner of
The Times Crossword Championship) and Simon Anthony (former record
holder for consecutive Listener Crossword solves),
daily videos show the tips and tricks needed
for solving sudokus and all ...
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:21 PM
Back from dinner...it was good! But the cold is still here. Now I
am snuggled in at home. I think I will recite some M.E. poetry to
lull me to sleep.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:22 PM
Ah, sounds good
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:22 PM
We ate at Outback steak, but I ordered the outback version of
fried chicken...pretty salty, but still tasty. Couldn't finish
everything...so I brought some home.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:23 PM
I don't think we really do that over here in the NL.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:23 PM
NL? I am not familiar....Netherlands?
[8:23 PM]
National League?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:24 PM
Yeah, sorry, my standard way of shortening the Netherlands as a
country.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:24 PM
Near Lehigh?
[8:24 PM]
Ah...I thought so. So is Dutch your native language?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:24 PM
Yep.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:25 PM
Your mastery of English is phenomenal...but after studying German
for a while, one comes to realize that there will always be a few
similarities between "sister" languages in the West Germanic
family...
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:25 PM
Ah, yes I'm actually quite bad at German.
[8:26 PM]
English is the standard second language over here, they teach it
in schools from about 9 years old. At least in my time. Might be
even sooner now, with kids hitting the digital age younger and
younger.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:27 PM
Do you know how the audio and video links work in "Harbor?" Varda
told me earlier today that it IS possible to connect with video
and audio through Discord.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:28 PM
Haven't looked into it, sorry. I have neither a camera nor a
microphone, so I generally don't bother with voice/video options
in these programs.
I've been in voice chats before, but only if people could
alternatively still read my typing.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:28 PM
My gosh! It must be about 0230 where you are! I am sorry to keep
you up! I apologize.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:28 PM
3:30, don't worry, I'm always late on sundays, and still have my
personal gaming report to give
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:29 PM
So the NL is one hour earlier than merry old England?
We are Plus 6 Sierra in the eastern Great Plains. The rest of
Nebraska is in the Mountain Time Zone, one hour earlier than me...
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:29 PM
Yep, we're Europe Central.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:30 PM
How do you do it? You must be a youngster (at least compared to
me!). I don't think I could stay up that late anymore. Ah youth...
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:31 PM
I feel older every year, currently sitting at 36. But yes, bit of
a nightowl. And since I get online late on sundays, I tend to stay
on really late as well. I usually try to make it 3 at the latest,
but occasionally the meeting or something online (such as this
youtube channel ) can keep me online longer than intended.
[8:32 PM]
And since I'm free on mondays I can sleep in.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:32 PM
That sounds a LOT better to me! I am really glad that you have a
whole day to rest up after staying up so late.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:32 PM
Well, whole morning, in any case.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:33 PM
I will say that I have enjoyed participating in the Valar Guild
Sunday afternoon talks. It is inspiring me to keep on with my
Tolkien writings. Did you read the story I posted on Valar Guild
that got me started on this whole thing?
[8:34 PM]
And you are young! Oh to be 36 again! But of course, life has
taught me that one must be ever thankful for whatever one has at
whatever age...now that is a mouthful!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:34 PM
I think I looked at it, but I'm not too much into fanworks myself.
Just tend to leaf through it, as it were, if it comes recommended.
[8:35 PM]
Nothing personal of course
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:35 PM
Yes...the literature out there can be quite spotty in terms of
quality...
Perhaps you will like my non-fictional Tolkien studies once I
start to get them published. I am working on that with Varda.
[8:36 PM]
BTW, my regular E-Mail address is: NOSPAMoilinvestor13 (AT)
outlook (DOT) com
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:36 PM
It's not exactly quality, as such. I mean, sometimes it can just
feel out of place or tone, of course. But overall I don't have too
much time to read Tolkien anymore (really should re-read some
again) and I don't want to like... contaminate what I know of
canon
Funny, though, as I participate in the forum RP myself...
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:37 PM
If you ever would like to converse outside of Sunday hours, shoot
me an E-Mail with a tine, and perhaps we can link up. I am
something of an early bird...my military history has taught me
"early to bed and early to rise...." and all that (thanks to
Benjamin Franklin). I get up around 0500 and am at the Coffee
House in downtown around 0600, when they open up for the day.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:38 PM
Even with our timezone differences, I think that's too early for
me. Even on regular days I don't tend to go online until 5 or
later in the afternoon.
But we might see
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:38 PM
I always reserve one hour every day for reading before I drift off
to sleep.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:39 PM
Not a bad idea, but I tend to browse/game myself into exhaustion.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:39 PM
Hey...I am available in the afternoon. If you go online around
five, that would be only 1000 here...a great time for me. I
usually run over the noon hour, from 1200 to 1300 or so.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:39 PM
Got a Shakespeare book up here on the shelf that's been waiting
for years...
Hah, who knows
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:39 PM
Which play?
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:39 PM
37 plays and all the sonnets in one book.
[8:40 PM]
It's a work of art, really. Even the way it's made.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:40 PM
Wow. One of the better essays that I have written (at least I
think so) about the LoTR compares Denethor to Macbeth....and is
MUCH, MUCH more charitable to Denethor than Peter Jackson is. I
think he missed Tolkien's points about Denethor completely.
[8:41 PM]
My two favorite Shakespeare plays are King Lear and Macbeth.
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:41 PM
Heh, yes, movie Denethor is a caricature, really.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:41 PM
Gotcha, Digger!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:42 PM
Well, I started the book, and I know stuff about most of the
plays, but I've only read about 3 or 4 plays so far and have even
restarted it because it's been years already.
[8:42 PM]
I just need to find time somewhere :)
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:42 PM
What do you do for a living?
[8:43 PM]
I still hold my Professional Licenses as a Professional Geologist
in both Nebraska and Wyoming. I still do consulting work in
geology, and I also serve as the Business Manager of the Lincoln
Friends of Chamber Music.
Besides drinking coffee at the coffee house and working on writing
several books at one time...:)
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:44 PM
I actually studied Earth Sciences for a few years, but while I
enjoyed it, the academic world with research papers etc, I found
out is absolutely not my thing.
Currently volunteering at a few places, like a city archive and a
florist, while having a job coach to find me a paid job. But
that's kinda on halt because of covid.
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:45 PM
Yes. I have written more than several professional papers that
have been published in peer-reviewed journals and bulletins. I can
well understand why that does not appeal to everyone.
Oy Weh! I hope something GOOD turns up for you SOON! Maybe in this
New Year! I have a feeling 2022 will be even better than 2021 in
terms of Covid...and other things, as well.
[8:46 PM]
May this New Year be filled with health, happiness, and prosperity
for you and all of your family!
Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:47 PM
You too, and hoping so :)
Sandalf13 Yesterday at 8:48 PM
I shall not keep you up any longer...my bedtime book is calling to
me from my bedside...and I am drooping. Have a wonderful week, and
I hope that we can talk again sometime over Discord! Sei gesund!
And Namarie!
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Ar-Pharazon-V Yesterday at 8:48 PM
Anyway, personal gaming report time, which is a thing I do at the
end of every meeting since it got too much for the gaming news
[8:48 PM]
Alright, namarie!
[8:49 PM]
K, for (non)flashgaming this week we've got 3 old badges...
[8:49 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/bontegames/black
is one of the color-themed bontegames, where you have to turn each
level black using different rules, so you gotta think outside the
box sometimes, but they're not too complicated
Kongregate
black
Black, another puzzle game for you!
Can you make the screen black in all 25 levels?
Each level has its own logic.
You can also get the FREE mobile version wi...
[8:50 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/Rob1221/hp-atk-def
for the second game! A puzzle/dungeon game where you have to make
your way through each level, collecting pickups and fighting
enemies in the right order to get to the exit. Some planning
required, but there's always a logical solution, even if you're
going with trial and error.
Kongregate
HP Atk Def
Collect the pickups in each level and defeat
the enemies in this grid-based puzzle game.
[8:53 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/TadasGloom/doodle-alive
is the last game! Both platformer and top-view, like a game I
linked last time but now with one character. Move across a
vertical playing field and a desk at the same time as the doodle
come alive, collecting gems and unlocking doors. Also planning
needed, but usually just gotta keep trying things out.
collecting gems and unlocking doors. Also planning needed, but
usually just gotta keep trying things out.
Kongregate
Doodle Alive
Puzzle game where a little doodle comes to
life.
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[8:53 PM]
Blizzard gaming:
[8:55 PM]
Hearthstone:
Reward track up to 58! More gold, in fact, got enough to buy a new
class skin, the Thunder King for shaman.
Can't have too many more remaining...
Reached Knight-Lieutenant rank now for honor, and going to up my
honor gain to 90 a day so I can get to the next rank in 6
sessions.
[8:58 PM]
Brawl is Wacky Waxy Winter Veil, with each side getting 4 gifts
which, when slain, give the opponent a legendary minion at a cheap
cost. Was kinda cheap, but I got myself an evolve-based shaman
deck which often saw me putting my own gifts out of commission
quite early by evolving them into random units... and denying the
enemy their otherwise inevitable legendaries. People didn't like
that
[9:00 PM]
Got a bunch of new mercenaries! Getting to the point that several
epic mercenaries are hitting their crafting minimum through random
coin rewards, and that allowed me to craft Baron Geddon, Saurfang,
Antonidas and Brightwing. And on top of that I got a free pack
which gave me Natalie Seline. They're all mostly caster
mercenaries, but that's okay
Also got Bru'kan and Mukla to level 30, while having enough
high-level tasks to clean out a few more Winterspring max level
bounties, completing a story task. In fact I think that's where
the pack came from, not sure.
[9:01 PM]
But with a bunch of new low ones, might be set back to lower
bounties again in the nearby future.
Still progress!
[9:01 PM]
WoW:
[9:02 PM]
Still no raids, starting again the upcoming reset
Fought Greench a few more times, did not get my flames of
ragnaros, alas.
Did open the gifts with all my alts, getting a few of them some
rep with my guild, both to Friendly I believe
[9:04 PM]
Got my first reward from a Torghast Adamant Vaults boss! Toy
called the Adamant Vaults Cell, putting you into an iron
maiden-like cage from which someone else can free you. But if
you're in it you can't click it off or have an exit button, so if
you do it while alone (like in Torghast after looting it) you can
be stuck until you use a certain command, which fortunately I
found online.
[9:05 PM]
And for anima, bought a new cloak appearance, Winterwoven Branches
Finally, poked alts some more! Some rogue, getting me through
Black Rook Hold, and then having to do two quests for world quest
and missions. Almost done with that now.
[9:06 PM]
And in the meantime poked the mage as well, completing the Dalaran
intro and now on the edge of the Icecrown scenario for my first
mage artifact, the sword Felo'melorn (fire spec).
Neither of them got a new level, but they're both really close
[9:07 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
[9:08 PM]
namarie :)
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