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whitmanian, by brtom
wendell berry, by brtom
free's Words, by free
Samme's Words, by Samme
Lizbt's Words, by Lizbt
Theme Prompts, by Arete
Tarotations, by whichbe
Bible names, by Patty4jc
colloquies, by rolig
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When I have thought of the welfare of the earth, the problems of its health and preservation, the care of its life, I have had this place before me ... Wendell Berry "A Native Hill"
You folks don't know this tellurian's chthonophagia.
If it means the word fimbulwinter enters popular discourse, I'm all for it.
I'd hate the end of the world to be accompanied by Ride of the Valkyries. That would ruin my day.
Dateline: Valhalla. Twilight.
Rumblings continue to emanate tonight, as the anger of the Gods continues to mount. Ever since the rash statement on Wotans Day by the earthling, whichbe, palace sources report that the Gods are furious. In particular, Erda, Wotan's beautiful and wise consort, is said to be beside herself. Signs of the imminent eruption of her fury have been detected by seismologists all along the ring of fire, and air traffic controllers throughout the area have reported multiple sightings by pilots of angry, sword-wielding, Wagner-shrieking blonde Scandinavian women astride winged steeds of apparent equine origin.
It is unclear at this point whether global catastrophe can be avoided. U.N. leaders are actively seeking the hapless whichbe, who is said to be in hiding, with the purpose of securing the firstborn child for a sacrifice of propitiation. Ragnarok-watchers around the globe continue in a state of high alert.
I am not a Germanicist, but my guess is that "earth" probably was named after the deity Earth (in Old Norse, Jörð), whom today we still remember in countless ways as Mother Earth, though I am not sure "named after" is the right verb when one is speaking of the manifestation of a divinity. The planet Mars was not "named after" Mars, the light it reflected from the sun was identified wih the god Mars. Of the traditional nine planets of the Solar System, only the three discovered in modern times – Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (recently demoted) – were "named after" gods; the others, including Earth, were identified with gods.
Actually, whichbe, I'm pretty sure weight is relative. Strictly speaking the earth may have a mass of 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons, but since it is in orbit around the sun, it is weightless; it weighs nothing.
Very good, yarb. I suppose you're about to tell them where they can stick their jobs.
It doesn't matter how much it weighs, chained_bearth. They take that into account in the final calculation.
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And Uranus, named after
What about Mars? Named after a chocolate bar. And pluto, named after a dog.
Earth is the only planet not named after a God.
How much does the scale that they put it on weigh?
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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