I'm truly glad that through the wonder of modern technology I can share this with you all.

http://missedmanners.wordpress.com/2007 ... -vacation/

Do read the captions, though there is a small amount of less-than-prim language.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Whoa.


Sweet!



ttbk

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Glowah, eee chop glowah.
Ya glowah pee chu nee foom
Ah toot dee awe goon daa.

Glory, we found glory.
The power showed us the light,
And now we all live free.

Celebrate the light; (Freedom!)
Celebrate the might; (Power!)
Celebrate the fight; (Glory!)
Celebrate the love.

To put it mildly.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

I see this kid had a lot more than sugarplums dancing in his head at Christmas...

He had some bada$$ gummy bear orcs!!


Out of donuts, I presume.

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Awesome!!

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

Art you can eat when you've had enough of it.

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See the world as your self.
Have faith in the way things are.
Love the world as your self;
then you can care for all things.
~ Lao Tzu

That's fantastic!

There's next year's alternative to the gingerbread house...


Loved the captions, too.

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Artwork by Breogán - thank you, my friend!


Eine Blume der Asche meines Herzens


but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.

The ultimate proof that the films made the books mainstream.

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"Frodo undertook his quest out of love - to save the world he knew from disaster at his own expense, if he could ... "
Letter no. 246, The Collected Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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And another great cultural achievement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Figu2n1c8Q

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Fabtastic!

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

This is pretty amazing, too (thanks to my friend Whistler for bringing it to my attention):

http://community.livejournal.com/little_world/39277.html

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Woods is most felt. Nice! it's gentle on your mind.

MIND-BLOWING!! I am SO impressed!!

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

That is stunning!

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

Wow! I wish my real house looked like that.

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‘There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.’
‘It’s a lot more complicated than that -’
‘No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.’
Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

Very different and very entertaining.

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All three of those links are AWESOME!! I love that there are such obsessed people in the world. They do and make the greatest things!

I would LOVE to have that Bag End dollhouse. I have actually dabbled a little in minatures making dollhouse items for my daughter. It is extremely fun. When I am older and all of my children are grown (so I have the time ) I think I will build an entire doll house from scratch. What fun would that be?! Being an avid crocheter I had to wonder if the amassacar (sorry if that is the wrong spelling) set on the easy chair was hand crocheted. There are actually people that crochet those along with doilies, afghans and tablecloths for dollhouses. The thread and needle used is so impossibly tiny though, but if I ever make my own dollhouse I'll have to try my hand at it!

~Sid

These guys are at it again! This year they decided on a more ambitious battle...

http://missedmanners.wordpress.com/2008 ... or-fields/

Mmmm....licorice Grond...

Oh, and these people are clearly fans of the books, not just the movies.



And I can't point fingers. This break, my brothers decided to play a 3500 point LotR Gamesworkshop game (like Warhammer) that was...quite massive in scale . The good guys won, but only because the bad guys had awful strategy. The Nazgûl were wasted killing Glorfindel and breaking Gandalf's staff, and Treebeard annihilated everything in his path....

Wow! That's incredible. It will certainly be hard to top it next year.

Gummy Nirnaeth Arnoediad, perhaps?

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

"Neither do the Elves sing of it, for their chewing made it impossible."

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Resentment is no excuse for baldface stupidity.
-- Garrison Keillor

Waste of good sweets if you ask me...

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Why is the duck billed platypus?