Watching the #boats in #seattle #washington #ZenOfBeer

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Voluspá Discussion XXXIII

XXXIII Neither cleansed his hands         nor combed his hair till Baldr's slayer         he sent to Hel; but Frigg did weep         in Fensalir the fateful...

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Voluspá Discussion XXXI - XXXII

XXXI I saw for Baldr,            the blessed god, Ygg's dearest son,            what doom is hidden: green and glossy,            there...

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And We're Back Again

Let's see, what excuses do we have this time? Job changes, A move across state lines (or did I use that one already?), broken knee, flu shot gone horribly wrong resulting in surgery, I'm sure I can come up with a few more. Anyway,...

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Voluspá Discussion XXX

XXX The valkyries flock     from afar she beholds, ready to ride     to the realm of men: Skuld held her shield,     Skogul likewise, Guth, Hild, Gondul,     and Geirskogul: for...

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Out of touch for a while

I was just browsing through my stuff, and it looks like I haven't actually posted here since about September of 2009. It's been a little while, I guess. It's not that I've forgotten, or lost interest, but time has been less...

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Voluspá Discussion XXVII - IXXX The next several stanzas seem to be another shift in the story. Stanza 27 seems, to me, to be a somewhat awkward transition from the seeress telling the story of the first war to a one...

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