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Tolkien Ticked

In principle I object as strongly as is possible to the ‘translation’ of the nomenclature at all (even by a competent person). I wonder why a translator should think himself called on or entitled to do any such thing. That

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Tolkienesque

Someone at Wikipedia must be a big Middle-earth fan. Yesterday’s featured article was on J. R. R. Tolkien. Last October 5, The Lord of the Rings was the featured article.

There was news a month before all this…  Read more

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Philippine History at Wikipedia

Today’s featured article on Wikipedia is the History of the Philippines.

On this day, October 20, sixty-two years ago, General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines as promised. In 1955 on this day, The Return of the…  Read more

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DVD Tag

Okay, this is way overdue. I was tagged by Arnold a couple of weeks ago. Without further ado, here it is:

Total Number of Films I Own on DVD And Video
I’ve been waiting to come home to tally…  Read more

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Spiral Laser Beam

Filipino and Danish researchers “have found a way to generate helico-conical, or spiral-shaped light beams.” Hmmm, will this lead to Lasik surgery being an even quicker procedure? Maybe Lucas should delay the release of Star Wars Episode…  Read more

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