Saturday, January 15, 2005

Information I Wouldn't Necessarily Want Getting Around I was watching the extra features on the Lord of the Rings:  The Return of the King this evening (and no, that's not the information I'm talking about), when I noticed a couple of guys on their panel of LotR experts identifed as "Tolkien Linguists." Yet again we are reminded that there are people who have devoted a significant portion of their time on this planet to becoming experts in a fictional language.  Not a real language like Spanish or German.  No, that would be useful.  Instead these folks can conjugate the whole lie-lay-laid-lain maze in elf. Elf!  They've spent hours and hours studying elf! You know, there are easier ways to ensure that you never get laid. But seriously, how do you devote so much time to that, then get worked into what is probably the biggest selling dvd box-set off all time, and through that medium announce to the whole world that while you may not have any kind of a life outside of Middle Earth, damn it, you can speak elf so well that if any elven hotties actually existed, they'd soooo be yours. And here I thought the fact that I have Air Supply's Greatest Hits on my iPod was embarrassing. Related sites: esperanto.net:  Useful site for those people who have mastered every other of the hundreds of languages on earth and feel the need to make up a new one. Elf Quest-ions:  Want an elven name?  Ok, pretend you do, and go here to get one. Elves and Pixies:  "James Browne and Myrea Pettit join hands across the pond to bring together the USA and the UK with their own distinct world of Elves and Pixies"  (I couldn't write something that bizarre if you paid me to) 10:27:48 PM     |

A Good Time Was Had By All Check out The Human Clock.  Better than most clock programs you can have on your desktop. 2:39:24 PM     |

iWish Now that I (and I'm sure many of you) have an iPod, time to head over to the Apple Store to pick up more iProducts to flesh out our iXistance. 2:33:08 PM     |

My Pet Fat Pet Rocks, Sea Monkeys, and Chia Pets look downright tasteful after you take a look at My Pet Fat. What's next?  Tumor Pet? At least Christmas dinner 2005 is taken care of.  After opening up presents like Pet Fat, no need for turkey and all the fixin's.  A couple of granola bars and a bottle of water should be plenty. 1:28:08 PM     |

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