Bilbo, who has long been writing in the comments, has decided to accept our invitation to join the Telic crew. A big welcome to you from the rest of us, Bilbo.
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February 12th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Thanks, Krauze and everyone else. I'll try to use my powers for good, and not for evil. I'll even resist the temptation to send Dave Scott's comments to the memory hole.
Comment by Bilbo — February 12, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Comment by Guts — February 12, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
I'm afraid you'll have to fulfill my blogging quota as well, Bilbo. What with having gouged my eyes out after watching that little clip that Guts posted, I don't think my typing will be all up to code.
Comment by Krauze — February 12, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Doggone it, I don't have my earphones with me.
Comment by Bilbo — February 12, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
In fairness to Dave Scot, it looks like his predictions on parallel codes in DNA are coming true:
http://www.uncommondescent.com...
Comment by Bilbo — February 12, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Watching it with the sound on does not help. It's Mr. Spock from Star Trek singing about Bilbo from Lord of the Rings. It's like geek squared!
Comment by Krauze — February 12, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Spock singing about Bilbo? I've got to hear this. When I read Lord of the Rings as a kid, I pictured Leonard Nimoy as Aragorn.
Comment by Bilbo — February 12, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Guts, LOL!!:lol:
Comment by bFast — February 12, 2007 @ 7:43 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Guts hits one out of the park with that one!
Comment by MikeGene — February 12, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
February 12th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Hi Bilbo,
While you have your head-phones, and to make-up for that trouble-maker, Gutsheart, here's a tribute to ya set with music from Amethystium:
Comment by MikeGene — February 12, 2007 @ 10:37 pm
February 13th, 2007 at 6:57 am
Welcome Bilbo.
Comment by Bradford — February 13, 2007 @ 6:57 am
February 13th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Yea! Welcome aboard, Bilbo. Can you tell me what's the evolutionary significance of those great big, hairy feet? Are Hobbits descended from Hares?
(I always wanted to know…) §;o)
Comment by Joy — February 13, 2007 @ 10:03 am
February 13th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Thanks to Guts and Mike for those great videos. Who knew Leonard Nimoy could sing?
Joy, I never thought about it before, but there may be distant ancestry between hares and hobbits. They both live in holes in the ground, too. Someone should do a genome comparison.
Comment by Bilbo — February 13, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
February 13th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
I like the Nimoy video where they are all wearing the elf ears but Nimoy. You can hear the negotiating that took place before this one: "I'll do it as long as I don't have to wear the ears."
Comment by MikeGene — February 13, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
February 13th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
…they're not "elf ears" Mike. They're shrunken rabbit ears.
Comment by Joy — February 13, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
February 14th, 2007 at 2:39 am
My favorite part is where he's singing about all the enemies Bilbo fought, and there's someone behind the set, throwing stuff up in the air. That, and the huge cardboard ring. It has that "high school drama class" air to it.
Comment by Krauze — February 14, 2007 @ 2:39 am
February 14th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Welcome Bilbo!
And Guts, man, how did you find thet video of Leonard Nimoy. That was a riot.
Comment by Salvador T. Cordova — February 14, 2007 @ 9:25 am
February 14th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Bilbo,
Are you going to put up a profile on the side with the other TT contributors?
Comment by Doug — February 14, 2007 @ 11:17 am
February 14th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Doug:
You mean I have to have a profile in order to get my name up in lights?
Comment by Bilbo — February 14, 2007 @ 11:42 am
February 15th, 2007 at 4:52 am
I'm betting that was "Evil Spock", not the real Nimoy.
Comment by Douglas — February 15, 2007 @ 4:52 am
February 19th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Okay, let me finally get serious.
For those who don't know Bilbo, let me offer up my endorsement (for what it's worth). I've watched Bilbo argue for years. He characteristically treats his opponents with great respect and maintains a strong open-minded, independent streak, relying on critical thinking skills and a willingness to ask probing questions to members of both sides of the aisles. The contributors to TT approach ID not as something that is so patently obvious where we demand critics to acknowledge/embrace it, but as something with potential that raises the most fascinating questions about life. Bilbo nicely exemplifies that spirit and I trust readers will enjoy his addition to the crew.
Comment by MikeGene — February 19, 2007 @ 6:10 am
February 19th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Thanks, Mike. But when I first started participating in ID message boards (mostly ARN), I was sure that ID was obviously true, and I thought my opponents were just being obtuse. It took a few run-ins with ID critics, such as Nick, JP, gedanken, and others, to knock some of the "attitude" out of me, and help me see the other side might have a point. Since then I've learned a lot from you about how to approach this topic. Thanks for being a good teacher.
Comment by Bilbo — February 19, 2007 @ 11:05 am
September 30th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Comment by Guts — September 30, 2007 @ 4:39 am
September 30th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Another entry from The Greatest Hits of Leonard Nimoy:
Comment by Krauze — September 30, 2007 @ 8:41 am
September 30th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Shame on you, Guts. I've actually been humming that song all day! There was, however, no danger of that with the Nimoy video.
Comment by MikeGene — September 30, 2007 @ 7:37 pm