Tag: The Return of the King

When a Friend Sails Into the West

In a hole in the Internet, there lived a group of people who loved hobbits. These are indeed strange times as we all struggle to come to grips with what it means to social distance. Those of us who are routinely chained to our work desks are now chained to the kitchen table or some …

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Things to do

  I, uh, I h-have things to do. I’ve put this off for far too long. Bilbo Baggins, as spoken in The Fellowship of the Ring by English actor Ian Holm, born on this day in 1931. Bilbo, of course, had already been off on his great adventure. He gave these words at his hundred …

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