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The Hobbit Hole XXXVI - O! Water cold we may pour at need...
Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
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Variety and Stuff.co.nz are reporting that the deal is done, and fan-favorite director Guillermo del Toro will take on the ‘Hobbit’ films!
From Variety.com: [Full Story]
In a major step forward on “The Hobbit,” Guillermo del Toro has signed on to direct the New Line-MGM tentpole and its sequel.
The widely expected announcement came Thursday afternoon jointly from exec producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and Mary Parent, the newly named chief of MGM’s Worldwide Motion Picture Group.
Del Toro’s moving to New Zealand for the next four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut and WETA production teams. He’ll direct the two films back to back, with the sequel which will deal with the 60-year period between “The Hobbit” and “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
New Line is overseeing development and will manage production. Both pics are being co-produced and co-financed by New Line Cinema and MGM, with Warner Bros. distributing domestically and MGM handling international.
From Stuff.co.nz: [Full Story] (Image above courtesy of Stuff.co.nz)
The official announcement was made in Hollywood by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson - who will co-produce The Hobbit - fellow producer Fran Walsh, and executives from New Line Cinema and MGM.
Jackson and Walsh said del Toro was “a genuine storyteller” of outstanding ability.
“A true original, Guillermo is a cinematic magician who has never lost his child-like sense of wonder. He understands that the fantastic must be grounded in the real and that all stories are only ever a reflection of ourselves,” say Jackson and Walsh.
“We have long admired Guillermo’s work and cannot think of a more inspired filmmaker to take the journey back to Middle-earth. We are delighted ‘The Hobbit’ is in such trustworthy hands.”
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posted on
05/03/2008 8:51:58 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
(Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.)
To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog
I beat Pookie’s Ping...oh wait...
I’m here. The room next to the bathroom is mine!
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posted on
05/03/2008 8:54:05 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: Corin Stormhands
To: HairOfTheDog; osagebowman; LSAggie; Overtaxed; SuziQ; Lil'freeper; g'nad; RosieCotton; JenB; All
Iris...I has some. When Nana moved in (November 2003) you may recall that she brought dozens (if not hundreds) of things for me to plant. Last year was the first year I recall having any iris bloom. And that was just one. This year we have dozens. Don't look at me, I didn't do anything...
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posted on
05/03/2008 8:57:56 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: Corin Stormhands
Pretty! We are just starting to get warm enough that our new grass is coming in.
And the stores are just now getting flowers in... I’m looking forward to planting!
To: ecurbh
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posted on
05/03/2008 9:03:59 AM PDT
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: HairOfTheDog
I’m actually on my way to run errands. Gonna get some stuff at Home Depot, maybe some hanging plants and stuff. and I’ve got a $50 certificate from Men’s Wearhouse that expires today.
Just dodged another bullet. Luke heard the ice cream man too late, but we caught him on the loop back around.
See y’all later.
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posted on
05/03/2008 9:10:31 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: ecurbh
Thanks, it’s much easier to lurk on new threads!
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posted on
05/03/2008 9:12:21 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton
Our goal today is getting some new shoes and some squirrel food. Maybe some flowers.
We were going to help Rosie start her mower, but it’s raining, so she may be off the hook. ;~)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
That... Was quite painful.
Thanks.
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posted on
05/03/2008 9:36:24 AM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I don’t know anyone I hate enough to send that to.
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posted on
05/03/2008 9:37:54 AM PDT
by
nina0113
(If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
To: ecurbh
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posted on
05/03/2008 9:55:22 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: HairOfTheDog
Who is that in the doorway, anyway? He looks like he has some Good News to share.
To: Corin Stormhands
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posted on
05/03/2008 10:39:37 AM PDT
by
JenB
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
That’s Guillermo in the doorway.
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posted on
05/03/2008 10:55:15 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
(Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Hurrah! Now Mrs. Ex and I can move out of my old bachelor hole.
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posted on
05/03/2008 11:27:26 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Heh...I lonnng ago learned not to click on that link.
But now I have the darn thing stuck in my head even without having clicked.
Make it stop!
To: HairOfTheDog
To: 2Jedismom; Rose in RoseBear
Back from errands! 2J - there’s a pen heading your way. If we’re lucky, you’ll get it by about Wednesday. ;-) Please forgive my hideous packaging job. I was literally sitting in my car in the parking lot at Office Depot, stuffing everything in the box.
Rose...you like the J. Herbin inks, no? I keep meaning to ask you for ink opinions. My one experience with a Herbin ink was a used bottle of Verte Reseda that someone gave me, and it’s just too light a color for me - I don’t have any seriously broad nibs, and I think it kind of needs that to even be readable. I’ve been a little nervous about trying any other Herbin inks sight-unseen as a result...
I should really just try adding some black to that bottle, a few drops at a time, and see what I come up with.
I just bought another bottle of blue, but I’m still wanting a nice purple someday, and J. Herbin has a couple of inks that look pretty on-screen, but...
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