tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77200912024-03-07T14:14:19.469-06:00Whatever my whine for the day is (and sometimes a Wine as well) But also includes rants and raves about my favorite two authors - Tolkien and Lewis. Currently working on the "Why the Eagle couldn't take the ring" Theory to be published in mid January.thuringwethil2004http://www.blogger.com/profile/06929942466834924698noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720091.post-1103926010968919702004-12-24T16:06:00.000-06:002004-12-24T16:13:44.713-06:00

Fruits and Nuts  It's always puzzled me about the amount of fruits and nuts you see around Christmas time. No, I don't mean the kind that Peaches and Generic Dragon or Cocles and Pixie all have to live with residing in California. I'm talking about apples, oranges, tangelos, walnuts, and pecans. The things that always show up in your stocking that you never really eat, I didn't anyway.

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Dingus  Well, this blog actually started in my head a couple of weeks ago when I couldn't get to where I was going because of some severly backed up traffic. Lo and behold the traffic which I was sure was due to some major fatal accident, (completely stopped on the interstate) was due to onlookers. The hold up was the Pelham fire department had set a house on fire to practice. This is what

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The Reindeer Myth  Okay this is an old one, but I love it every year. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring. Therefore,

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Thanks to my soon to be ex-husband, this is now a members only blog if you want to comment. It's amazing what people will do and say these days in the name of "love." So anyway, if you want to post a comment email me at thuringwethil@gmail.com to be added. And as many of you have asked, I will post this weekend under the picture of me and my professor, a great mentor in my life. Thanks for

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Dr. Medlin and Me  Finally, for all you wanting to know. The guy in the picture is Dr. Bobby Medlin. He was my advisor in College, and also a good mentor and friend. Since I went to a small school, he was also my professor for my major (Business Management). I learned more about life and my major from him then probably anyone else I can think of. (Get your mind out of the gutter boys, I

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Or it used to be anyway. For many years growing up the third Saturday in October was all about the "Class Rival" Tenneessee Volunteers and the Alabama Crimson Tide Then a few years ago they said we couldn't do the "Rammer Jammer" cheer. (Found at the bottom of this page as it isn't anywhere online.) Then they changed the date of the game to the fourth Saturday - it just wasn't the same. Then

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Well, it wasn't the Awesome Ash, but I was ROFLMAO the whole time while watching Shaun of the Dead. This movie was awesome and pure dumb fun. For all you lovers of dumb fun movies like Bubba Ho-tep, Army of Darkness, etc. I highly recommend Shaun of the Dead. I never stopped laughing. For those of you who know me, you know I don't do scary or gore well, not even dumb fun scary or gore. I made

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For All Ben's Friends 

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Ben we will miss you. We will miss streaky Friday and Superman leaving at 5 everyday.I will miss football "disagreements". Keep in touch. I wish you well and hope you will drop by SST when you can. I am glad to be your first friend there. I can't wait for your book to come out, and neither can Mackie. Good luck in all your endeavors! But, I can't let you go without saying - GO BEARS! For

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It first started when the high school my dad went to was forced to changed there mascot from the black bears to just bears because the term black was politically incorrect. (Have the changed the name of the actual black bear? Is he offended by being called black?) It was one thing when the the flag girls in a marching band were allowed to be 300 pounds and poured into skin tight velour costumes.

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I really can't stand for people to waffle their position on things as often as they change their underwear. Some people to do it just to be in opposition of the majority so they can say they aren't mainstream. Some people do it to be mainstream. However the ones I hate the most is the one who change their position in a matter of minutes because someone the idolize walked in the room and they want

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Friday the weather set the stage for the impending homecoming game at The University of Alabama. The air was crisp, the sky clear, and the perfect temperature. Today, however, was actually hot in the stands. But the romping of #24 ranked University of Southern Mississippi made it not matter. For the first time in a loooong time, the players clicked, they knew the plays, the played as a team, they

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This post is started to continue a discussion of one first started here on movie piracy which somehow escalated into a lot more. For starters, I see the argument for creative rights as a bigger thing. As Cocles pointed out, creative ideas are something the creator has invented himself, poured his or her life and breath into. Their work. Graywolf believes there should be a line drawn as to when

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After watching Bubba Ho-Tep, per Cocles I went back and re-watched AOD with the mind set of "dumb fun". For those of you who haven't read it, here is my previous review Army of Darkness. And I have to say I do love it. I am considering buying it, because I like the classic lines and the soundtrack as well, which I can listen to at SST. Not sure which I movie I like better, but I have decided

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I thought I would put this in the blog because I get so tired of explaining who/what it is. First of all Thuringwethil was a woman. For some reason everyone thinks it's a man's name. The name comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. Thuringwethil was a vampire and messenger of Sauron. She flew through mordor disguised as a bat. Luthien took her form when she went to Angband on the Quest of

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While looking all over town for a wine that had been recommended to me, I happened upon a small local package store. I ran in to see if they had the wine, and a vacuum system for my wine bottles. He didn't have the wine, however he recommended a great wine in its place. More about the wonderful wines in a moment. To continue on my customer service rant, I went to buy the vacuum system - a sure

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Whatever happened to good customer service? Is it not there because we no longer demand it. I mean if you say to McDonald's "Hey, I'm never coming back." Does it really matter? I took my youngest to McDonald's while we were waiting for her sister to get out of kindergarten. I rarely splurge and get ice cream, but it was hot out on the playground so I decided to go for a McFlurry. Now, my

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The third week in August was unseasonably cool. Although something felt very right about it. Then it occured to me, college football was just around the corner. It was time to ready the tailgating supplies, press the girls little cheerleader outfits and start wearing crimson and white. Here in the south it is very unusual to have a cool august, and by cool I mean in the 70's.(F) But this year,

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I have really had it with all the tree hugging liberals out there who are screaming about how this war is for oil, how we need to find other sources for fuel, and please don't drill in Alaska or off our beaches. Yet, these same people are driving around gas-guzzling SUVs. Last night I was at Costco, and came out to see the SUV parked next to me with anti Bush stickers and "Vote for the

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SPOILER WARNING As per my assignment by Cocles this weekend I watched Army of Darkness . I have to start off by saying it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Now this to me would appear to be a scary movie. Many people tried to convince me that it was just dumb fun and that nothing would jump out at me. (For those of you that don't know me, I hate scary movies with a passion) Well

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My sst bud Graywolf inquired about spiders on his blog recently. I vote he should kill them. Unless your Peter Parker or Miss Spider (from the children's book series Miss Spider...), you are as good as dead if you come anywhere near my house. Especially if you are the spider that keeps building the 12 foot web across my driveway your days are numbered buddy. It was bad enough that two huge

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As I am preparing my blog about one of my biggest pet peeves. I would be interested to hear everyone else's own theories - for and against. So feel free to post them here. Also, thanks to graywolf, legolas and altoid from streamingsoundtracks.com for getting me started. (Especially altoid who really got the burr under the saddle so to speak)

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