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I'm ready for a mid-week 3-day weekend.

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I'm ready for a mid-week 3-day weekend.

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yes, that — via firecat

J. R. R. Tolkien was a scholar, a philologist (linguist), steeped in the literature on which he modeled The Lord of the Rings. Few (if any) modern fantasy writers can say the same, and this is where the mistake in imitating Tolkien begins.

When Tolkien drew for inspiration on the folklore and mythology of England and Scandinavia and Germany, he was doing so from a position of extreme and encyclopedic familiarity. ...

Too many books I read appear to be written by people trying to imitate the genre fiction they've read, rather than being based on a solid foundation outside of that genre.*

+ much of the other things in the essay, which I think in jumblethink but which have been written more readably. + other stuff not in the essay.

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yes, that — via firecat

J. R. R. Tolkien was a scholar, a philologist (linguist), steeped in the literature on which he modeled The Lord of the Rings. Few (if any) modern fantasy writers can say the same, and this is where the mistake in imitating Tolkien begins.

When Tolkien drew for inspiration on the folklore and mythology of England and Scandinavia and Germany, he was doing so from a position of extreme and encyclopedic familiarity. ...

Too many books I read appear to be written by people trying to imitate the genre fiction they've read, rather than being based on a solid foundation outside of that genre.*

+ much of the other things in the essay, which I think in jumblethink but which have been written more readably. + other stuff not in the essay.

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Today we ship the new version of the software with the architectural change that i slaved over for two or three years. And it's almost entirely hidden from the user, and not mentioned anywhere in new features, since the goal was to make the application behave exactly the same as before, but not cost us certain licensing fees.

So now I get to hurray if nobody notices that I did anything.

My body must know that I'm planning on taking Zoloft again soon because my sleep schedule is getting whacked. I think I'm about ready to start the day soon.

Someday i have to decide between I and i and stick with it.

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Today we ship the new version of the software with the architectural change that i slaved over for two or three years. And it's almost entirely hidden from the user, and not mentioned anywhere in new features, since the goal was to make the application behave exactly the same as before, but not cost us certain licensing fees.

So now I get to hurray if nobody notices that I did anything.

My body must know that I'm planning on taking Zoloft again soon because my sleep schedule is getting whacked. I think I'm about ready to start the day soon.

Someday i have to decide between I and i and stick with it.