Tag Archives: lord of the rings
The Rings of Power
Okay so I guess we’re talking about this. There is a new piece of the Lord of the Rings saga being adapted for the screen. After the functionally-impossible-to-top trilogy of the early 2000s and the well-meaning prequel trilogy of the … Continue reading
One for the Dad Joke album
Today’s bonus post is courtesy of too little sleep.
The Farce of Heaven, Part 18
After affecting his daring rescue, Mister C of 9 was quite exhausted and insisted that Chucky carry him. This severely hampered Chucky’s plans, since he’d have liked to take a few things with him from Angus’s table, but he had … Continue reading
The Farce of Heaven, Part 6
By some sort of Warder’s intuition, Forsaken_1 was riding between Moiraine and Janica as they made their way through the Jangai Pass, to stop them from coming to blows. Debs, on the far side of the little damane, periodically glowered … Continue reading
What I Did On My Holidays, 2017-2018, Day 19
Day 68. 118,823 words. Not an awful lot happened again today. We went for a walk down to the beach and checked out the “famous” Fairy Garden. I haven’t got any pictures of this (again, feel free to nag Mrs. Hatboy[1]), … Continue reading
Interlude: Tolkien moment
Day 60. 112,548 words. I was unreasonably proud of this bit of geeky inspiration that came to me the other day while I was at the pool with Wump. Last night I had to draw it as soon as I got … Continue reading
It’s … oh, almost 2pm already
Stupid daylight saving. Been a fun weekend. Haven’t done much but watch TV, but it’s been nice. Mrs. Hatboy has been reading The Lord of the Rings to Wump, and having finished The Fellowship of the Ring we sat down … Continue reading
Juffaws
Day 2. 23 pages, 7,416 words. I was going to rush through a part of The Final Feast for weekend pre-posting on Friday, but instead, I’m a lazy arsehole[1]. This, however, is well worth a blog post of its very own, … Continue reading
Thank you, Anoppi
Many years ago, I still remember very clearly, my almost-brand-new anoppi (mother-in-law) drove a bunch of us out to the movie theatre close to midnight to watch the first Lord of the Rings movie, The Fellowship of the Ring. Actually, … Continue reading
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