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  • So, I'm gearing up to participate in an SCA event at the end of March. That event is a group performance of Beowulf, complete with tapestries and benches and all that jazz. Basically, make a mead-hall and collectively recite an epic story. Awesome idea. So, I've had Beowulf on the brain recently.

    Last night, we stumbled into something...epic. And nerdy. Epically nerdy. Here, read for yourselves:
    Recently an additional and unexpected fragment of the poem Beowulf was discovered in a box of old newspapers in an attic in Frederick, Maryland. While it is clear that this fragment takes place after Beowulf's funeral, the correct position of this fragment in the codex is still debated by scholars. A translation follows.

    Up then came / a worthy warrior,
    Oak-tall, oak-strong / shorn-locked, short-shaven,
    Dark as leather / dyed in walnut;
    Clad in canvas / white as moonlight.
    Up he strode / fearless, noble,
    where Geatlings gathered. / Scorning arms
    He spoke these words: / "Look upon me.
    Now upon yourselves. / Again upon me.
    You are not me." / Deep his voice
    Like thunder's cry / or breath of God.
    Woe to the warriors! / How they trembled!
    Then again spoke / the white-garbed warrior:
    "Nor have your coats / the smell of me,
    For rather smell you / of maidens' nosegays
    Or worse, of dead fish / silver fish hand-caught."
    Shame befell / the men of Geatland.
    And one man spoke: / "Woe to the dragon
    That slew great Beowulf! / Were he living,
    This great shame / would not now haunt us."
    Once more spoke / the white-garbed warrior:
    "But this I say: / bathe in Gamol-léac,
    The old and noble herb / and you will be men
    Who smell like me." / He raised his hand
    And wonder seized / the men of Geatland,
    For now they stood / on deck of ship,
    On mighty ocean. / "What is in your hands?"
    Asked the warrior / the white-clad warrior.
    "They are in my hands: / twenty swords
    Of noble lineage / given by kings,
    Wielded by warriors / slayers of monsters.
    If you bathed / in Gamol-léac,
    You would then smell / like the warrior,
    The comely warrior / bearing these swords.
    I am on a horse." / And in a leap
    That shook the ship / the white-clad warrior
    On milk-white horse / spanned the strait
    And rode away. / Then rowed the men,
    The men of Geatland /to the shore,
    And followed the track / of the white horse
    And the white-clad warrior / a man of men.
    By his scent / they followed his path.
    Three days and three nights / they tracked the warrior,
    Meatless, sleepless / ever racing.
    Dawn the fourth day / found the clearing
    Where the warrior / sat at a table
    Built with his own axe / wielded with skill.
    Then the Geatings / bowed and praised him,
    Honored him / and begged the boon
    Of Gamol-léac / for their own bodies.
    The white-garbed warrior / valiant and merciful,
    Giver of gifts / and bringer of boons,
    Gave them cake / on golden platters
    Served them mead / in green glass tankards.
    Full the bellies / of the Geatlings!
    To each man / he gave a sword
    Of cunning craft / and great renown.
    Then the warrior / Raised a shell
    An oyster shell / a forearm's breadth
    And out he poured / upon the Geatlings
    The musk of manhood / the Gamol-léac.
    Full of mirth / the men of Geatland
    Praised the warrior / clad in canvas,
    Raised him up / and crowned him king.
    Hail the bringer / of Gamol-léac!
  • Anthony Weiner and his Balls of Steel make a triumphant return:
  • Anthony Weiner
    This man is a minor hero of mine.
  • Anthony Weiner
    This man is a minor hero of mine.
    Once again, I wish this dude represented me.
  • Anthony Weiner makes me happy. He represents us with the brutal honesty of NYC. He's very Brooklyn!

    I like when he was on the Daily Show and he was joking around with Jon Stewart.
  • Anthony Weiner kind of reminds me of The Fly era Jeff Goldblum on a purely physical level. Hope he dosn't meet the same fate.
  • SCHUWA-CHAN!!!!
  • Holy fucking balls.
  • Basically, make a mead-hall and collectively recite an epic story.
    Gather 'round kiddies, whilst I spin the tale of an epic greater than Dick & Jane!
  • I lol'd, good find.
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    that is all.
  • On a related note,creator of Lucky Star and Haruhi calling it a day for the anime industry.
    I believe you mean Director. Both properties were created by different people as a manga and light novel respectively.
  • While I've not had many, this is pretty much exactly how every professional interaction I've ever had with Marketers went -
  • "We're not opposed to Achievements. When they create their games, [Nintendo's designers] don't tell you how to play their game in order to achieve some kind of mythical reward. Basically, the way the games are designed is they're designed for you to explore the game yourself and have this sense of discovery. To that end, I think that when you look specifically at games from EAD [the group long led by Mario and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto] and a lot of other games that Nintendo has developed a well, there are things you can do in the game that will result in some sort of reward or unexpected surprise. In my mind, that really encourages the sense of exploration rather than the sense of 'If I do that, I'm going to get some sort of artificial point or score that's going to make me feel better that I got this.' And that, to me, is I think more compelling." - Nintendo's Bill Trinen

    Sony & Microsoft status:

    [ ]Told
    [ ]Fucking told
    [ ]J.R.R Toldkien
    [X]Toldstoy
  • Political ideologies as explained with cows.
    Oh mans. I posted this on the board of my 9th grade English class YEARS AGO! (It's still pretty funny and awesome)
  • Holt $#(@! I add a new friend on FaceBook and all of a sudden I see Churba listed as a mutual friend. Cheers, mate!
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    3DS spotted in 26 year old Doraemon comic.
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  • Some guys in Sweden make dinner... I think?
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