Comments by dgiaimo

I've never read them. I found them because I was also trying to figure out what Master and Commander was about. Judging from the comments made on Amazon, they look pretty good and I might pick th...

No. It's based on a series of books written by Patrick O'Brian. Here's a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/90/paperback/ref=pd_serl_books/102-2249203-5132131">link</a>...

Absolutely. Which is exactly what I said in my response to StarshipTrooper's post.

I'd try that, but I'm only one eighth Irish.

I'm not sure that you and thatdarngirl understand what the phrase "self-abuse" means. It's what the YPA book talks about in chapters 25 and 26. If you understand that and are still making these c...

I should also add "My lord, a suppliant at your feet I kneel" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" to that list.

I really hope that you're kidding here.

That's way too easy if you're allowed to use the internet. I found it on my second try.

So can I, but how do Bowling Surfers fit into the discussion at hand?

So, I did a few searches on Yahoo, and, near as I can tell, Tymon is one of several forms of the surname Timmons which itself is a diminutive form of Timothy. Timothy, as you might know, apparentl...

Whoops. Make that 450 years later.

Really? Do you know how they got Tymon out of "theon hymneo"? Not that I'm doubting you, (you would know where your name comes better than I), but it seems odd to me.

My last name is Giaimo. The most likely theory as to the origin of the name is that it is a corruption of "di Giacomo" which means "(son) of Jacob". It's a fairly rare name from Sicily.

Maybe it's different for sisters. Or maybe I'm just weird. If you truly believe that you have found your soulmate then I'm very happy for you and I wish you all the best in your future relationsh...

I loved the book and the movie, but I can't bear to read or watch them anymore. They're just far too emotionally draining.

I haven't seen any of the trailers yet. Do you know if they included the stuff about Saruman's destroying the Shire, and the hobbits return to clean it up? I thought that that part of Return of t...

I remember one brother bringing out in a talk once that when a shepherd "uses the rod" it is rarely to beat the animal, but rather to guide it in the correct direction, so that verse is really talk...

Yeah. It's like the French prenom/nom distinction. "Prenom" means given name and "nom" (almost always) means surname.

Possibly. I don't really pay much attention to new bands anymore, so I wouldn't know.

It just seems to me that people who talk about "soulmates" aren't going to be satisfied with any relationship they enter into because there are always going to be changes they need to make to make ...

Actually, now that I reread what I wrote, it comes of a bit stronger than I intended it. I just remember watching T2T and liking it, then going back to reread the books and being blown away by how...

No one seems to have mentioned the Winnie the Pooh books yet, so I thought I'd mention them. They're still funny even now. Oh, and has no one mentioned Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking...

Who on God's green earth told you that the LoTR movies have been right on?!? Fellowship followed the structure of the first book fairly well, but it skipped a lot of the details that make the book...

I kinda liked "April Morning". (It's about the first battle of the War of Independence which occured in the morning of April 19, 1775.) I've never read "All Quiet on the Western Front" or "Red Ba...

I really don't think there's any such thing as soulmates. I think the whole idea is just a reflection of this world's attitude that "you are who are and if people don't like that they can kiss you...