[HairOfTheDog]

All friendly folk (and some that we love anyhow) are welcome here... So what brings you to this part of the forum?

[Professional Engineer]

... So what brings you to this part of the forum?

Got lost on the way to the habardashary?

[JenB]

All friendly folk (and some that we love anyhow) are welcome here

I demand you present us with both your lists right now...

[Fedora]

> All friendly folk (and some that we love anyhow) are welcome here... So what brings you to this part of the forum?

2jedismom was kind enough to invite me after she posted a quotation from "Silmarillion" on another thread and I chimed in :) I've been a Tolkien reader since about 1977 when I happened, while flipping through channels, to catch the animated version of "The Hobbit" on TV and was instantly hooked. I read as a fan for many years and started getting into it on a scholarly level later when I chanced to meet someone in the English Department at Marquette who was doing work on Tolkien and Lord Dunsany. The new movies have re-inspired me and now I'm working on my own fantasy series building on some of Tolkien's ideas. So I was happy to hear there's a Tolkien fan forum on Free Republic :) I had noticed the "New Zealander Builds Hobbit Hole Thread" a while back and was wondering what happened to it, and 2jedismom pointed me in this direction :)