Leap Day 2012

***Valandil*** · 02-28-2012, 08:07 PM

Coming tomorrow - February 29, 2012. Once every four years (or so) we add an extra day to the year. Has me thinking of several different things:
* The custom that it's "alright" (socially acceptable) for a woman to ask a man to marry her on Leap Day.
* In a similar vein - "Saddie Hawkin's Day" from the Lil' Abner Musical.

* Tolkien - and all the marvelous calendars he made, with the provision for an extra day at about the summer solstice - the Overlithe!

So... anyone have any special plans for The Overlithe?

Anyway - if anyone asks, or gets asks - be sure to share.

(meanwhile - the next day, March 1 - is Aragorn's birthday!)

Gwaimir Windgem · 02-28-2012, 10:02 PM

I've got big stuff coming up. Going to spend Friday and Saturday with friend A in Pittsburgh, then take a bus to St. Louis, where I'll be guest lecturing on Tuesday in a class taught by friend B, then friend B and I will be road-tripping back, and picking up friend A on our way back to DC, at which point I will be hosting both of them for a couple of days, before friend A goes to stay at his girlfriend's (cause my flatmate will also be having his girlfriend staying, it being spring break and all, and 5 people+1 bathroom=

). So, I was going to go do some last minute pantry stocking, and cut my shaggy hair and replace my ratty, worn-out belt. But, apparently, it's raining tomorrow.

So, instead, I'll be staying in and working on term paper proposals, and I'll do my last minute stuff on Aragorn's birthday (before my afternoon class).

Midge · 02-29-2012, 01:08 AM

March is quite a remarkable month, isn't it? Recall on March 25th, that was the overthrow of Sauron... So... how funny would a Tolkien History Class thread be?

I actually have a cousin who is a leapyear baby. Tomorrow will be her second actual birthday, although she'll be 8 years old.

My day itself will consist of cleaning, probably. But I HAVE been considering trying to write a bluegrass song for my husband (will be VERY bad and rather a capella since I do not excel at the violin). However, I do have a few months before his birthday... Hmm...

**Mari** · 02-29-2012, 04:55 AM

My day will be like any other day. I'm boring

***Earniel*** · 02-29-2012, 05:59 AM

I'm sending off an extra donation to the Amphibian Ark project. They launched four years ago on Leap Day, if I recall correctly.

I make yearly donations, but today seems like the perfect day for a little extra. Ribbit!

02-28-2012, 08:07 PM	#1
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Leap Day 2012 Coming tomorrow - February 29, 2012. Once every four years (or so) we add an extra day to the year. Has me thinking of several different things: * The custom that it's "alright" (socially acceptable) for a woman to ask a man to marry her on Leap Day. * In a similar vein - "Saddie Hawkin's Day" from the Lil' Abner Musical. * Tolkien - and all the marvelous calendars he made, with the provision for an extra day at about the summer solstice - the Overlithe! So... anyone have any special plans for *The Overlithe? Anyway - if anyone asks, or gets asks - be sure to share. (meanwhile - the next day, March 1 - is Aragorn's birthday!) __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ? ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

02-28-2012, 10:02 PM	#2
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I've got big stuff coming up. Going to spend Friday and Saturday with friend A in Pittsburgh, then take a bus to St. Louis, where I'll be guest lecturing on Tuesday in a class taught by friend B, then friend B and I will be road-tripping back, and picking up friend A on our way back to DC, at which point I will be hosting both of them for a couple of days, before friend A goes to stay at his girlfriend's (cause my flatmate will also be having his girlfriend staying, it being spring break and all, and 5 people+1 bathroom= ). So, I was going to go do some last minute pantry stocking, and cut my shaggy hair and replace my ratty, worn-out belt. But, apparently, it's raining tomorrow. So, instead, I'll be staying in and working on term paper proposals, and I'll do my last minute stuff on Aragorn's birthday (before my afternoon class). __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

02-29-2012, 01:08 AM	#3
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	March is quite a remarkable month, isn't it? Recall on March 25th, that was the overthrow of Sauron... So... how funny would a Tolkien History Class thread be? I actually have a cousin who is a leapyear baby. Tomorrow will be her second actual birthday, although she'll be 8 years old. My day itself will consist of cleaning, probably. But I HAVE been considering trying to write a bluegrass song for my husband (will be VERY bad and rather a capella since I do not excel at the violin). However, I do have a few months before his birthday... Hmm... __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

02-29-2012, 04:55 AM	#4
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	My day will be like any other day. I'm boring __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

02-29-2012, 05:59 AM	#5
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I'm sending off an extra donation to the Amphibian Ark project. They launched four years ago on Leap Day, if I recall correctly. I make yearly donations, but today seems like the perfect day for a little extra. Ribbit! __________________ We are not things.