Head in the Sand

February 19, 2007

“The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Ring

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Grave Miscalculation

February 17, 2007

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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