8117 - Dang, them hobbits sure are short!

[scottobear]

This miniature hobbit house is insane!  Outstanding detail... I'm quite impressed. It'd be cool to use as a miniatures wargaming set piece. (thanks, applelard )

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[weezeroni.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that I would have known that this was a dollhouse had it not been said. That's amazing! I want to live in there.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Many years ago there was a period of time that is often casually called "Medieval." It was a time, so the story tellers tell us, of tiny kingdoms, brave knights and ferocious dragons.

Transportation and travel were both crude and difficult, usually necessitating that each kingdom be as self sufficient and self reliant as possible. So it was very important that within each kingdom all the major crafts and professions of the day were ably represented to insure the survival of the kingdom. In the English language we still see remnants of some occupations in the familiar surnames such as Carpenter, Miller and Baker.

Interestingly enough, beyond the specific title the vocation also took on its own greater personality. This personality preference can also give a broader understanding of the basic complementary style and types necessary to the kingdom's survival, or perhaps any organization's success. Although the specific vocation influenced the name, it was no accident that certain personality types and styles gravitated to certain occupations. The personality of these jobs suited the inclinations of the job holders, and the predecessor to modern day job descriptions was born. The successful matching of a job-holder's personality to the personality and unique requirements of the job was necessary to the kingdom's survival, or perhaps any organization's success. The successful kingdoms more than likely were able to blend the differences into a powerful and formidable entity. With today's diverse workforce, the corporate kingdom that acknowledges and nurtures these personality preferences could become an organization as successful as the Camelot of old.

Even though we now appear to have the freedom to explore many different career alternatives, we still have a medieval vocational personality within each of us. This personality, properly identified and understood, can motivate our success but, if ignored, may set the stage for our ultimate failure. Since times appeared to be simpler then, let us return to the kingdoms of medieval Europe and see what we would have done then, regardless of what our names are now.

Your distinct personality, The White Knight, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Don Quixote was a White Knight as was Joan of Arc, the Lone Ranger and Crusader Rabbit. As a White Knight you expect nothing in return for your good deeds. You are one of the true "Givers" of the world. You are the anonymous philanthropist who shares your wealth, your time and your life with others. To give, is its own reward and as a White Knight you seek no other. On the positive side you are merciful, sympathetic, helpful, giving and heroic. On the negative side you may be impulsively decisive, sentimental and misdirected. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

http://www.cmi-lmi.com/enterppp.html

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Likewise... there are some shots that are downright perfect!

Hobbit-a-riffic!

[kat78731.livejournal.com]

heh, I was your antithesis, the Black Knight.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

CURSES!!!!

*Shakes fist in the air*

Twirl that handlebar moustache all you like, snidely whiplash! I'll get you yet!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Your distinct personality, The Black Knight, might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. Your overriding goal is to win. You approach each task or situation as a contest to be won strategically and efficiently. Because you can control your feelings, it is not unusual for you to charm, as well as successfully delegate tasks and responsibilities to the more emotional types. You are often concerned with what's in it for you. You seldom involve yourself in activities where you can not foresee a reward for your investment or effort. On the positive side, you can be analytically empathic and logically persuasive. On the negative side, you may be unemotionally manipulative as well as impulsive. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms.

The Benevolent Ruler

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Heh...I think it's pretty on spot for me...both the good & the bad. :D

Your distinct personality, The Benevolent Ruler might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are the idealistic social dreamer. Your overriding goal is to solve the people problems of your world. You are a social reformer who wants everyone to be happy in a world that you can visualize. You are exceptionally perceptive about the woes and needs of humankind. You often have the understanding and skill to readily conceive and implement the solutions to your perceptions. On the positive side, you are creatively persuasive, charismatic and ideologically concerned. On the negative side, you may be unrealistically sentimental, scattered and impulsive, as well as deviously manipulative. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms.

Re: The Benevolent Ruler

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Hey, is your kingdom looking for a guy that can polish his own armor to a mirror-sheen? :)

are you dangerously manipulative??

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting the link to that house! For *yearrrrs*, I've wanted to do a little house -- furnish it, make the food, sheets, rugs...some art on the walls, etc. I don't want it to be cheesy either. :P

Re: The Benevolent Ruler

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

You can be my right-hand man! I need ya!

Ha... no, not dangerously manipulative. I feel I have to be manipulative at times, when it comes to willfully ignoramus types, though.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That house isn't cheesy at all! I bet you'd make a great little house, too. Maybe a place your baby bears can visit and play!

Re: The Benevolent Ruler

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Right on! Happy to help keep order. :D

well, if you have to light a fire under osmeone's butt to do something, I don't know if that's really manipulaiton. :D

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

My main reason for getting intereted in them so many years ago, was because of little artist bears. BUT you couldn't tell that to people, because they would say..."Bears? BEARS???", thinking of children's play toys.

They're all living in a little glass front cabinet right now...probably hatin' me.

I sent one off to live in Moscow, Russia at some point. Not sure if it's thankful, or hating me, too. ;)

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

Poo. I just deleted the one about my saying that his house is the coolest..and didn't mean to. :9

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

rats!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

aww... I'm sure that your bears love you to pieces, despite living in a fishbowl!

I bet the one in moscow misses you, but is very happy in it's home!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

aww... I bet you were bummed.. it can be hard to mail something 3 feet tall, reasonbly safe!

[applelard.livejournal.com]

It's certainly a labor of love, isn't it??

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

It would have to be... or a labor of mania, at least!

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

I'm really rotten - after I sent it off, I was sorry I did. I want it back! :P

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Not rotten, just fond of sweet little bearies!