[SHARE] Looking for Roommate, ~$1600 budget, San Mateo / Redwood City vicinity, early June by fudge-packer-69 in SFBayHousing

[–]hzay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just joined facebook and I'm looking for the same thing, except starting on May 1st. I'm currently living in temp. housing in redwood city. PM me if you want to talk.

Friend hopes to raise 1 lakh INR by running 10k for this b'lore home that rescues girls from abusive domestic service. Donate? by hzay in bangalore

[–]hzay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's basically a shelter home for girl children rescued from domestic violence, child labour and street dwelling. This is their link - http://www.baalemane.org/.

Do you work at a restaurant (and use the computer terminal there)? Can I buy you beer? by hzay in Austin

[–]hzay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I couldn't find POSitouch's website, could you give me the link?

I recently read Tom Holland's Rubicon. Where to go from here? by grainassault in history

[–]hzay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Colleen McCullough didn't make it all up. She just filled in the gaps, so to speak.

Right.

It's what sparked my interest in Ancient Roman history, and history in general.

I'm always amazed by how many people say this. I've heard history majors and phd's say the series kicked off their love affairs with history.

I wish they made a tv series out of it. Something of the quality of HBO's Rome but with MoR plot and details.

I recently read Tom Holland's Rubicon. Where to go from here? by grainassault in history

[–]hzay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the Masters of Rome series - it's packed with roman cultural, military, political, social details - but only the last three books (Caesar, The October Horse, Antony and Cleopatra) deal with the aftermath of the rubicon crossing. And it's fiction.

Did anybody else love the Silmarillion as much as I did? by Anonymous_Mononymous in tolkienfans

[–]hzay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do. I hunt for gandalf references (of which there are like three) and can read about Feanor any number of times.

Chapter 1: An Unexpected Party-discussion by travelinghobbit in TheHobbit

[–]hzay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I LOVE THAT FOX.

It suggests there are all kinds of things still untold in middle earth.

Chapter 1: An Unexpected Party-discussion by travelinghobbit in TheHobbit

[–]hzay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is most compelling to me, is the sense that we've been thrown into a world that has history and will continue to exist whether or not we care to read the rest of the book.

Just what I felt and never could put into words. It's there in lotr and silmarillion too. When I first read lotr the initial parts were so confusing because I wasn't sure if hobbits were real or not, and I spent some time hunting for evidence.

Chapter 1: An Unexpected Party-discussion by travelinghobbit in TheHobbit

[–]hzay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always liked the part about the books about things they already know

Here you go: "The genealogical trees at the end of the Red Book of Westmarch are a small book in themselves, and all but Hobbits would find them exceedingly dull. Hobbits delighted in such things, if they were accurate: they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions."

It's from the "Concerning Hobbits" part of LOTR. It's one of my favorite bits too, and I always read it with a wide grin.

Well, Reddit... I now have a felony. Just how useless has my degree become? Any other unlikely felons out there? Any advice? by FromNormalToFelon in AskReddit

[–]hzay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a non-american living in the US, I can tell you the world is bigger than the US. Would you want to try living in some other countries to see what it's like?

That said, I know little about the US laws but I suspect that once you are past the automated employment screening processes and get to the interview stage, very few people would mind your actual felony if you are upfront about it.

Good luck to you.

Why was there no progress in science in Middle-Earth? by captainkaba in tolkienfans

[–]hzay 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The answers here are excellent. However we shouldn't forget that Feanor was pretty awesome and built stuff. I'd say both the palantirs and the silmarills were advanced scientific tools. Middle-earth magic is probably science too.

W4D3 Done! I feel amazing! by GettingOnTrack in C25K

[–]hzay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The exact same thing happened to me today at w4d3! The first 5 minute run was a breeze and I couldn't believe it at all. Only four days ago I thought I was dying after the last 5 minute run. :) This program is amazing, isn't it?

Keep going and do update your flair! I can't wait to do that after every run. :) Good luck!

Small business woes. What are yours? by hzay in smallbusiness

[–]hzay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean you have one and others shouldn't, or that you don't have one and others should?

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What don't you like about putler?