The Hall of Fire

Wonderful! Thanks Ath.

I contacted Adam about getting arecording and the news isn't so good.. Yes we recorded the live performance. However, I have been contacted by a lawyer for the publisher telling me the concert was in violation of a moratorium they put on writing any music to a Tolkien story! But my long-expired cont...

Well, there's a room in my house anytime you like.

Most of Excalibur was filmed in Powerscourt Estate in Wicklow and in Cahir Castle in Tipperary.

It is a little known fact that much of Túrin's misfortune came from the pronunciation guide in the Appendices. Upon finding out that his fathers name was pronounced "Hoorin" instead of "Hyoorin", Túrin fell into despair. Everyone sniggered when he introduced himself as Túrin son ...

After three misses on the Black. I remember it well.

The Isle of Man had Birching as a punishment until relatively recently. The guy who used to administer the birchings said that he rarely saw the same backside twice. Put simply, it worked.

Just saw this on TORN Director angry over Lord of the Rings cuts The director of three new "warts-and-all" documentaries set to be released with the new editions of Lord of the Rings on DVD this autumn says he was not consulted over cuts made by studio New Line. Wellington film-maker Costa...

Thanks Tom. I noticed the following on the website:

LEITHIAN is based on THE SILMARILLION by J. R. R. Tolkien, “1977 George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd., and is used by permission.

Have you contacted him about a recording by any chance?

Great game. I was originally hoping for a German win, but the Italians played out of their skins. Well deserved!

It's from this thread Cem:

http://www.thehalloffire.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=526

Thanks for the swoons... I'll pass them on to Conor.

My son Conor with a Barn Owl. Both of them are wonders of nature.

Found it!


Fernando Torres. Spain. His tattoo says Fernando in Tengwar.

I just remembered this...

One of the players in the World Cup had what looked like a Tengwar tatoo on his forearm. I can't remember the team or ths player, did anyone else see it?

I've never really been that into astronomy, but I did get a huge kick out of seeing Saturn through my brother in law's telescope. It was tiny, and not in colour (apparently colour is not visible through a standard telescope for some reason) but I could clearly see the rings. Its breathtaking when yo...

I was petrified by the Child Catcher when I was a kid...

You know, I was really tempted to start a "Silmarillion for Dummies" thread but since there's two Sil threads already I decided against it. Perhaps we could try a tongue in cheek comedy version?

Did you know they made a stage musical of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? I saw it in London last year. The Car was truly the star of the show, but the whole thing was fantastic. I just wish I'd had the kids with me.

Hushabye Mountain... what a song!

It's light but sturdy. The inner framework does a good job of holding it together. Obviously its not intended for permanent display though. The real fun in a jigsaw is the making of it. I only left it assembled for about a week, then put it back in the box for another day. :) Oh, and it's about 18&q...

Just for fun I thought I'd chronicle my build of the Golden Hall, Puzz3D version. First step was to remove all the chaff and cutoffs, leaving only real jigsaw pieces. http://www.thehalloffire.net/albums/The-Golden-Hall/100_0570.jpg These pieces are thin cardboard punchouts to be used for fine detail...