[05:44] !alindeman:*! "One Ring to rule them all, / One Ring to find them, / One Ring to bring them all / and in the darkness bind them."
[05:45] !alindeman:*! Welcome tolkien.freenode.net from Taoyuan, Taiwan, our first Asian/Pacific server in a long time!  Thanks Chang-Gung University (www.cgu.edu.tw) for sponsoring this server.
[05:56] !alindeman:*! "The golden sun of Xanth shone through the magic Shield, striking sparkles from the trees."
[05:57] !alindeman:*! Welcome anthony.freenode.net from Irvine, CA in the USA (not Xanth, unfortunately!).  Thanks to NDC, Inc (www.ndchost.com) for sponsoring this server!
[06:02] !alindeman:*! If it wasn't clear by the last few wallops, we've had a few server donations in the past few weeks.  If you're interested in looking at all the servers on freenode (and possibly find the one closest to you!), there is an updated list here: http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml  Thanks for using freenode; if you have any questions, please contact an on-duty staffer listed in /stats p