It's hard to write about sports and be a geek at the same time.
A recent correction in the NY Times:
An item [link] in the Extra Bases baseball notebook last Sunday misidentified, in some editions, the origin of the name Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, which Mets pitcher R. A. Dickey gave one of his bats. Orcrist was not, as Dickey had said, the name of the sword used by Bilbo Baggins in the Misty Mountains in “The Hobbit”; Orcrist was the sword used by the dwarf Thorin Oakenshield in the book. (Bilbo Baggins’s sword was called Sting.)
A further correction to the correction: In the item, Dickey only said Orcrist came from
The Hobbit.
It's also not Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver since Orcrist means The Goblin Cleaver. It's one or the other.
Man, that call I just had was way overdue. I cannot believe how many holes there are in this requirements gathering, and the PM called me out in a mass email on it, when I've been trying to chase her down for a call for days. Hello, what do you think the topic of my call was?
the origin of the name Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, which Mets pitcher R. A. Dickey gave one of his bats.
Oh god, I just melted. He's a cutiehead, who probably not coincidentally reminds me a lot of S., and he's a geek, too!
It's also not Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver since Orcrist means The Goblin Cleaver. It's one or the other.
It's really just a case of a missing comma. "Orcrist, the Goblin Cleaver..."
I totally want a bat house!
Glad to hear the good news, Deena!
My oldest niece fainted in the downstairs hallway when she was about 15; turns out she was dehydrated and had a bladder infection, but it was kind of scary for her parents. After that she went nowhere without a water bottle on her. *g*
amyth, I never put mine up. You can have it!
Much ~ma for Aidan!
I just got an e-mail from Putnam Mazda about their "Rejuvenation Package" that includes the following:
• Oil & Filter Change
• Coolant Service
• Battery Test
• Brake Inspection
• Tire Rotation
• Exterior Wash
For only $180! WHAT A DEAL! Am I totally confused? I can't see a way for those services individually to cost even close to that much. And the regular price is $290.
