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Today is the Collectress’ birthday! She totally hates people making a big deal (although you saw what she did for mine), and will probably salt and burn me in my sleep for posting this on our blog, but since she did the same for me back in October, I thought it only fair to send my […]
MoreThis week, my villain of choice was the Dark Lord before there was a Dark Lord (wasn’t that just hipster of him?). Man esselya ná? Originally known as Melkor of the Ainur (which is Quenyan for ‘He who arises in Might), he is more commonly known as Morgoth or Morgoth Bauglir. He has been known […]
MoreStephen Colbert is one of my favorite people, celebrity or not. Mostly because we share a passion for Tolkien and sarcasm. He did a cameo in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [insert my jealous remarks here] and Peter Jackson, director of Middle-earth films has called Colbert the “biggest Tolkien geek” he’s ever met. High praise […]
MoreI’m enjoying a vacation from work (sometimes I really love the academic calendar) and like any good Tolkienite, I’m marathoning the films once more before I go back to work on Monday. This time, as I work my way back through Middle-earth in the books and on screen, I am noticing things I never noticed […]
MoreI was a peculiar child. Every Christmas season, instead of begging my parents for new dolls, princess tiaras, or a pony, I’d always write down “books” at the top of my Christmas list. To my eternal disappointment, every year my mother gave me stuff I needed: a new coat or shoes, a new dress for […]
MoreFandom cookbooks, recipes and dishes are fairly common place, especially in the nerdcentric world we now live in. There are so many things I want to try and cook that I have found on Pinterest and never been brave enough to attempt. Here are a few cookbooks to inspire even the biggest geek to strap on […]
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