The New Hobbit Hole

[ksen]

Oh Crud bucket!

Is that a modern expression?

[2Jedismom]

It's alright! I cancelled my Lost Tales order and ordered Unfinished tales instead and it isn't checked out and it's already at the library I frequent!

Woohooo! The boys are finishing their summer reading program requirements and so we'll go pick up their "reward" and I can pick up my book as well!

[Sam Cree]

"... I have a very square TV so I lose a lot of size by choosing the wide screen, but I did... "

Same here. Solved it (in a way) by sitting on the floor in front of the couch, thus getting a little closer. 'Course the dogs then all got on the couch while the kids and me watched the movie from the floor...wife came in, saw that, and gave us the strangest look.

[Corin Stormhands]

'Course the dogs then all got on the couch while the kids and me watched the movie from the floor...wife came in, saw that, and gave us the strangest look.

As long as you turned around three times before you sat down, why should she have a problem with that?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Good afternoon all!

Spent the morning getting situated at my new job. Looks like I'll have the means and the opportunity to FReep a little while at work, which is good. Seems like a real laid-back place, which is very good!

Nice to see you back, Sam... hope everyone's having a good day!

[Sam Cree]

"As long as you turned around three times before you sat down, why should she have a problem with that?"

There was, actually, quite a bit of squirming. I noticed that after 3 hours, however, the floor becomes a little hard.

[Wordsmith]

Hi Bear! Couldn't help but be reminded last night that the love story in FOTR is about a (gasp!) bi-racial relationship! ;-)

[Corin Stormhands]

There was, actually, quite a bit of squirming.

Well, at our first viewing, my son learned the concept of "don't by the Big Gulp for the three hour movie." So it was nice to be able to stop for a break.

[Sam Cree]

Thank you, Bear, happy to be back, having a good day. Hope the new job goes well.

[Corin Stormhands]

Couldn't help but be reminded last night that the love story in FOTR is about a (gasp!) bi-racial relationship! ;-)

Of course some of us consider the fact that our spouses haven't seen FOTR to be signs of a "mixed" marriage...

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, your situation could be nearly as challenging as if you had married outside the faith!

[Sam Cree]

"the concept of "don't buy the Big Gulp for the three hour movie." So it was nice to be able to stop for a break.

Yes it was. I also enjoyed having the ability to stop the movie and discuss whatever just happened, or even to be able to rerun a scene. Though I noticed that doing that drives my wife crazy.

However, this movie is becoming enough of an obsession that anamalous behavior is to be expected.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Thank you! I'll be doing a type of work I haven't done in over a year, so it'll take me a little while to get back in the groove... on the other hand, this is the type of work I want to be doing, so I have a lot of incentive! :)

[Wordsmith]

Egad, no! THAT would be bad. Although I've got my own problems - my wife is by nature an animal person (horses, dogs, parrots, ferrets, fish, goats, rats, cats, pigs, chickens, turtles, snakes - we've had them all!) and I'm not. Mixed, indeed!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Uhmm... Legolas and Gimli?

Oh, you meant Arwen and Aragorn, didn't you! Yes, well, Arwen had to give up quite a bit to follow her heart... and unfortunately she wasn't entirely happy with her decision in the end (sigh).

I'm in trouble now, I just know it!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Rose has seen and enjoyed the movie... but I can't get her to read the books. She has a mental block against reading fantasy... loves science fiction, has never enjoyed fantasy, go figure.

[Overtaxed]

Is "lifestyle drug" a new term I just haven't noticed?

Could be. But then therre's a lot of pharmaceutical industry around here so I might have heard this term more often. "Lifestyle drug" describes substances that enhance quality of life.

[Wordsmith]

My wife hadn't read the books until I read them aloud to her and the boys this past Winter and Spring, but she's always been a fantasy fan. She was a screwed up teen Goth many years ago and cut her fantasy teeth on Elric of Melnibone, and similar dark stuff.

[HairOfTheDog]

FROM TORN:

LOTR:TTT on Access Hollywood Today
8/07/02, 2:35 pm EST - leo

I don't know if you've been told this, but Access Hollywood will be showing a piece on the special effects used in the upcoming Two Towers. The show is airing today, August 7th. For those of you that can watch the show, it could prove interesting.

Thanks to Danny for that!

Here in my area, Access Hollywood is on CBS at 7:30 local...

[Wordsmith]

If I wanted to get in trouble myself I could make a comment about Saruman's Uruk Hai breeding being more indicative of the dangers of mixing races! Oops... ;-)