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Yay! Might be a couple minutes late (I'll put my daughter on the school bus 6 minutes after start time, 3 minutes away from home), but that's practically early... haha

Have fun! I'll miss this one

Awwww...you'll be missed.

Additional places where information is blocked for narrative reasons that I have trouble reconciling:

-The Noldor know absolutely zero about the state of Beleriand upon departing Valinor. Elves from Beleriand have been dying now and then (more dying or less dying depending on where in the timeline you put the first battles relative to the Oath)

-Nobody really knows if the Avari even exist anymore. And once they meet up with the first Men, no hint of it emerges.

Mandos knows a lot of things that he doesn't share with anyone. And none of the living are permitted to interact with the dead. So, the lack of information passing between the Halls of Mandos and the Noldor in Valinor isn't really an issue.

And now, instead of typing out my ideas while they are fresh, I am going to take my daughter out rollerblading. #parenting haha

I saw that movie as a kid (like 8?) and loved it (although the ending confused me). Some of the scenes are great, actually. There's something with the Nazgul that's really cool, I think.

Caught the last hour.

Awww :( There is an e-mail that goes out an hour in advance, if that helps.

Definitely wasn't awake at 0700 (local) for that email. Haha

FUN! We're going on Sunday. Hot tip: the corn dogs from the stands with red/yellow signs are good. The corn dogs from the stands with green on the signs are less good.

Good to know! I should be there on Sunday too, since it's cheaper.

By the way, here are 3 words that will change your life: Miniature. Donkey. Showcase.

You're welcome.

Oh no! I hope all turns out for the best :(

So sorry to hear that! Yeah hope things work out soon.

I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully employment comes to you swiftly.

They were having a heated argument. I couldn't hear well, but I could tell that one man was positing that "the new DC movies are the spiritual successor of fairy tales".

I didn't catch all of the rebuttal, but I definitely heard "Tolkien" and "On Fairy Stories".

I really wish we had been sitting closer. :)

His preference for 'dwarves' rather than 'dwarfs' is meant to account for the natural English tendency to adapt plurals that are in common use. Of course, there is also 'Dwarrowdelf', where he uses the plural form 'dwarrow', but I don't know enough etymology to understand where that came from.

So, if not 'Smurves,' could it be 'Smurrow'?

He might very well... but I strongly suspect that would have been the least of changes he made to that show.

It sounds dumb to say it out loud, but the general premise is ripe for a proper mythologizing. (Similar for Fraggle Rock - a serious mythology could be fascinating and entertaining.)

I read the Hobbit to my brother when he was 5; he enjoyed it, and would ask me to read to him, but he mostly just wanted to get to the part with Gollum and would often fall asleep. I waited until he was 9 to read him LotR, and he read the Silmarillion on his own when he was 10.

I showed her some screen captures of animated Hobbits and Dwarves, and she saw the last couple minutes of the first Hobbit film (basically from when the Eagles land on the Carrock through Smaug opening his eye) - my rule is no animated R-B film until after we finish the book.

She was *captivated* by the field trip portion of the Exploring course last night (I had it casting to the TV).

I live in a different timezone so no she wasn't up past 11pm on a schoolnight, thank you very much haha.

#TolkienTuesday

Not a lie....

Certainly not. Haha

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