Holy flaming marshmallows, Batman!

Flaming marshmallow Balrog sculptures! Peter Jackson should have thought of this for the first movie, he could have saved a hefty sum on 3D animation.

Ugh. Worked today. Then I came home and died, and now I live again. Ye gods, I’m tired.

By this time tomorrow, I probably own a G3. This’ll be fun.

Etymology lesson of the day: manikin (from the Dutch “mannikijn”) is a fully acceptable English word, older than the French-imported mannequin. The original meaning was “little man,” i.e. a dwarf.

My guess about the somewhat similar word harlequin came out wrong, though. It’s from the Italian arlecchino and the older form hierlekin, essentially meaning “hell kin,” but may also have originated from the old English Herla cyning and then middle English Herleking, the mythical King Herla associated with Woden/Wodan.

Yup, I would very much enjoy studying some etymology.

Tune of the moment: Feindflug / Größenwahn. Makes me want to go to Tech Noir and dance a few hours away.

Now you’ll have to excuse me, I have a date with my bathtub.

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