windhaven exhalations

an irregular blog from Windhaven Press

A blog about New England, politics in New Hampshire, book publishing, rennovating a 200-year-old farmhouse & barn, knitting, cats & other mayhem.

Thursday, December 19, 2002

Rapping hobbits.
Now all you Boffins and Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfeet
I'm the skinny hobbit with all the fat beats
My name is Merry and I'm five feet tall
I used to fuck shit up at Brandybuck hall
My man Bilbo's older than Gerontius Took
Yeah you can read about it in the big Red Book.


Listen to the MP3s here while they last -- I have a feeling the Tolkien estate will discover this eventually and have it shut down.

Wednesday, December 11, 2002

The marvels of modern medical research continue to amaze and astound.

Researchers in Japan have discovered that exposure to a sauna can help congestive heart failure symptoms in ... hamsters.

If I had a hamster, I would have a marvelous excuse to build a sauna, now wouldn't I?