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I suspect he's one of those guys that doesn't think he needs a hunting license since he owns 30 acres.
Joke's gonna be on him when someone on the neighboring lot hears him shooting his shotgun in say August, and then finds a wounded deer on his property.
Also he should have fun figuring out which are the edible plants and which are the look alikes.
I eagerly await his preparations for winter in Wisconsin.
If I were him I'd find a copy of this at his local Goodwill.
I'm certainly not trying to get into a pissing contest so to speak, just trying to relate his experience to what an uniformed person would understand. That being said, the horrors of the gulag are nothing to be trifled with. To put it mildly, the soviets reached new lows (lows that the Nazis set), and one of the saddest things about it was that it all occurred before and after WWII. It's a shame the west didn't act when it could, but I don't blame them either.
I'd recommend you read his book (link here) and you'll see what I mean. Both systems were absolutely atrocious crimes against humanity.
https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892
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>>>>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-induced haze, all the while ruminating on the failure of the 1960s countercultural movement. The work is Thompson's most famous book, and is noted for its lurid descriptions of illegal drug use and its early retrospective on the culture of the 1960s. Its popularization of Thompson's highly subjective blend of fact and fiction has become known as gonzo journalism.
The HoMe books are really just the collected earlier, abandoned and alternative drafts of the main 'canon' material that makes up the contents of the Silmarillion and LOTR. There are some very interesting bits and pieces that are only found in them, but yeah I'd read the main books again first. Also, if you want a quick path to a deeper understanding of the whole mythos, add to your list one more book, the Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, which does in fact touch on this and a whole lot of other fascinating core details.
Lots of people here are or have been in the same boat. You are not alone.
Focus on your relationship with your wife and kids. Most people recommend going very slowly with spouses. You will have to bring up your issues some day. If nothing else your wife may notice your change in attitude. The critical thing at that point (or before that point) is to make sure your wife knows that you love her. You are questioning the church, not your marriage. Many TBMs have trouble making that distinction.
The second most important thing is that when you do start talking to your wife about church issues is to make sure she does not run to her family for advice. That is one reason to start slowly at the very edges. Ask that she keep your confidence. Cultivate the idea that this is something that the two of you have to work out together, and that family interference will only make it worse. It is the two of you against the world.
A family member or close friend leaving the church might be an opportunity to talk about why they left. I know you said that your families are uber TBM, but don't be surprised if someone does come out as ex.
One thing you might do is get a copy of No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie. It is an old book. Get it in paperback and let your wife see you reading it. Encourage her to read it with you.
I think the book used to be sold at Deseret Books, but I don't see it on their website. It might still be available in a brick and mortar store. Here is the Amazon link if you can't find it an official church site.
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J-R/dp/0618056998 An Amazon link to The Letters of Tolkien Unfortunately I can't help you I asked because I plan to do the same after I finish with the Witcher and I wasn't sure about the order
Great thoughts.
I lost some twitter followers a while back because I wrote a thread about Joseph Smith's heavy practicing of folk magic.... and that the Smith family were a bunch of swindlers and con-artists. Good riddance, lol
Side note: read "No Man Knows My History" by Fawn M. Brodie. Fawn was the excommunicated niece of David O. McKay. She was excommunicated for writing this book.
No Man Know's My History, a biography of Joseph Smith. The author, Fawn Brodie, was eventually excommunicated by the LDS church.
I just read it in a book recently. I actively looked it up because I was like "wtf, did he just spell aesthetic wrong?"
i did not get the pdf either from that link my intent was to show cover of complete book. on amazon available on paperback format ,https://www.amazon.com/Panzram-Journal-Murder-Thomas-Gaddis/dp/1878923145/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=a+journal+of+murder&qid=1559417842&s=gateway&sr=8-1 no luck.
i'm a huge Tolkien fan too. if you read his letters https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J-R/dp/0618056998 it discussed this and says that a different letter was probably sent to the German publisher. the one that you quoted was in Tolkien's publishers files which means it wasn't actually sent.
When somebody types Letters, in italics, they are referring to this book:
> it seems like there are some really valuable Tolkien insight into the lore.
Absolutely. There’s a tremendous wealth of info on the Legendarium buried in them.
> Is there a good reliable place for me to find them to read and take notes on?
They’re collected in *The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter with a little help from Christopher Tolkien. You can buy it here, or from any other reputable retailer.
There is indeed! It would be this one here.
I know there are a few different listings for Tolkien that use "Tolkien+Letters" in the title, so I feel ya.
Never fear. We know how Tolkien felt on this issues... he was very vocal in his opinions & wrote many letters making his views clear.
His son Christopher once went to South Africa under apartheid during WWII & was shocked at the poverty & misery of POC & the indigenous people there.
He wrote his father, to which Tolkien replied:
"As for what you say or hint of 'local' conditions: I knew of them. I don't think they have much changed (even for the worse). I used to hear them discussed by my mother; and have ever since taken a special interest in that part of the world. The treatment of colour nearly always horrifies anyone going out from Britain & not only in South Africa." (Letter, April 19, 1944).
So he wasn't into racist, colorist apartheid at all.
He was also vocal in rejection of white supremacy & anti-Semitism. His German publisher before the war once dared wrote him to ask if he was "Aryan." Tolkien fired back (while slamming their abuse of the word Aryan): "I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian... But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people." (Letter, July 29, 1938)
Tolkien was raised & lived in a racist, imperialist & colonialist UK. He was not perfect; he was human. However for a person of his time, he was extremely progressive.
He was also an environmentalist & was against nuclear weapons from their very invention.
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien-J-R/dp/0618056998
"Living off the land" is nice and romantic in theory, but turns out to be somewhat more challenging in practice. Read <em>Into the wild</em> by Jon Krakauer for a nonfiction account of one young man who starved to death trying to do just that.
The Art Of Shen Ku: The First Intergalactic Artform Of The Entire Universe. Open it to any random page and it's got amazing and valuable information.
There’s a really great book you should read called Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Siefe, that goes into the concept of Zero and the profound effects it has had on history and modern technology. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife
Likely as well. For 14 bucks its right here. Best 14 bucks youll ever spend:
How about a trade of perspectives? I'll read yours if you'll read mine: No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679730540/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_TG3208C93GPNDEYV6X64?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
He did eventually change his tune on this, but that was changed during the revisions. I am not sure if he released versions of the books before these revisions occurred so you might have a version that pre-dates this decision by him. But, even with his change of heart it's specifically NOT allegory. That didn't change. It's just that he says its fundamentally a Catholic book.
The quote: "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism"
This is a quote from the collection of letters published in The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. You can buy that book and read tons of letters he wrote people covering tons of additional information on concepts or decisions he made during the writing, as well as his speculation on things that were never codified in the books themselves.
Not once in your life it has occurred to you that you are wrong and leftist propaganda is incorrect.
Based on your username involving code I strongly advise you to check this out.
I'm truly, honestly and without question curious about your findings there.
I’d highly recommend reading about the Gulags before you actually go and create such false equivalencies between them and the US responding to the worst pandemic in a century. If you need a recommendation on Soviet Gulag History please start with The Gulag Archipelago
I've never heard that before and it is from this book which hardly seems factual but who knows. I know martial exercises for monks began with Shaolin and that was a couple hundred years later. All that said, there are certainly Buddhist monk exercises from China but I am unsure about this reference.
You can lease land from the USFS or BLM. But you’d better know what you’re doing. This guy didn’t: Into the Wild https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385486804/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_AFB78R26G9MRDAVHX6AE
Making it through China to the South Korean embassy without means to support you is quite difficult, and as others have mentioned, you can't just walk in.
I'd recommend reading the book Dear Leader for more background information on this. The book is about someone who worked for North Korea's United Front Department who later fled the country and defected to South Korea.
In the words of Sam O'Nella: Past was a different country. Today it might seem an obvious idea but actually during those days people couldn't grapple zero and his twin brother infinity for mathematical purposes because they are very abstract concepts. Yes, the absence of something and usage as a placeholder was somewhat clear in the above civilizations but first attempts to use zero in mathematical operations what somewhat tried out in India but they couldn't divide by zero. That was one of the reasons why the idea was forbidden in the West. There's a nice book about this.