Tolkien Moments

[Ashley]

I wonder if your teacher's grading scheme will be A, B, C, D, and "You shall not pass!"

Let's hope I don't have to find out!

 

[Radaghast]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Makes me wonder if the fact that Tolkien did crosswords contributed to his predilection for creating names with lots of vowels. 😄

Have Ulmo or Aulë shown up yet?

 

[Radaghast]

Makes me wonder if the fact that Tolkien did crosswords contributed to his predilection for creating names with lots of vowels. 😄

Have Ulmo or Aulë shown up yet?

That's probably too estoreric for the average crossword 😄

 

[Radaghast]

The latest episode of Nature on PBS, "Wild Ireland: Kingdom of Stone" mentions Tolkien (and even pronounces his name correctly!) and his magnum opus. The episode can be viewed via the link below.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/about-wild-ireland-kingdom-of-stone/30172/

 

[Radaghast]

 

[Radaghast]

I can't believe there's a subreddit for this, lol.

https://www.reddit.com/r/feanordidnothingwrong/comments/1jflxw7/its_good_to_know

 

[Radaghast]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Elthir]

LOL! Does it run on Radagass?

cough sorry

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day!

Word of the Day: Hobbit

'What is a hobbit?' wrote J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1937 fantasy novel that introduced Mr. Bilbo Baggins. The author then answered himself: 'They are (or were) little people, about half our height, and

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Deimos]

Like him or hate him, we owe a debt of gratitude to PJ** for bringing Tolkien to the larger world.
The earlier films/ radio dramatizations did not do this.

**I am reluctant to give him too much credit for this (I mean, I don't like the guy 🙄😒).
The world having been already "electronically connected" did play a big part also.

 

[Radaghast]

 

[Radaghast]

Seen posted outside NYC Public Library today.

 

[Radaghast]

Beauty salón in northwest Bronx. I noticed it a couple of times while driving past but this shot is from Google Maps. I'm curious as to the 'etymology' of this name.

Also, are those hours for real? 🤨

 

[Fingon_Findekáno]

Beauty salón in northwest Bronx. I noticed it a couple of times while driving past but this shot is from Google Maps. I'm curious as to the 'etymology' of this name.

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Also, are those hours for real? 🤨

Orcs gotta keep their Wargs looking good for the hunt somehow! 😂

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Display at Trader Joe's.

 

[Eljorahir]

Last month, The Battle of Sudden Flame came to our rural property/house in Missouri (central U.S.). Very high winds knocked over a tree onto power lines just upwind from our 40 acres of forest and started a fire. I was away at the time, but luckily my friends and co-owners were there to protect the house (lots of raking leaves to create fire breaks ahead of the progressing burn line.) I arrived on the scene about 11 pm and had to walk past the emergency vehicles and the firefighters to get into the property to assist in the battle (high winds, trees burning overhead, embers and ash falling through the air, etc.). The danger to the house was mostly over by then. The fire had burnt past the house but was still progressing slowly upwind to come back around toward the house. We finally felt the battle was won by 2 a.m. and called it a night.

Sorry, no action photos. We were a little busy to take pictures during the heat (literally) of battle. Here’s one from the next morning…a tree burned through and fell across the driveway a couple hundred yards uphill from the house:

Considering what could have happened (could easily have lost a house if no one was there) I'd say we made out pretty good. In the end, there were no significant losses...a few hundred feet of plastic pipe and garden hoses burnt/melted. It's sad to see some of the pine trees we planted 20+ years ago got burnt up. However, I expect the forest will be just fine after things start growing this spring.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Radaghast]

https://www.reddit.com/r/montypython/comments/1k14txe/and_an_almost_fanatical_devotion_to_sauron