Loter Kuluinai

I totally, totally scored some awesome stuff at Half Price Books tonight.

It was like frickin' Tarnin Austa. Without the balrogs.

Not only was there a very nice copy of Mr. Bliss from 1983 (with the dust jacket!) and a copy of The Battle for Middle-earth...

...but most importantly, I was able to get a copy of Parma Eldalamberon XIII! (The Alphabet of Rumil & Early Noldorin Fragments).



You know... the one with all the naughty words in it...because it's very important for me to have print access to the Elven words for 'penis', 'sex', 'tits', and the rest.

But seriously? Oh, I was squeeing... was I ever squeeing... in the 'Official Name List' section... There's a whole page of Gondolin Elves!

Of course, now I have new names to memorize -- will keep me busy a little while, since I've pretty much got everyone down, with mother and father names, etc. So now, I have something else to play with.

Damn you, plot bunnies! *tosses into hutch* I'm still woefully behind on the oeam fic yet due to that wedding. But...

Loter Kuluinai... sounds so Hawaiian... or looks that way, at least...

Alright, I have to go and deal with one overly super-happy muse with his newly rediscovered names, and... comfort the poor, mostly forgotten one.

Suppose I best go stock up on peaches...

Passed along from Zee

See the oil spill disaster, as it would appear if it happened in your town.

http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/#loc=South%20Milwaukee%2C%20WI%2C%20USA&lat=42.9105722&lng=-87.8606367&x=-89.70084666093751&y=45.531747875668565&z=5

Really puts things in a different perspective.