The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[JenB]

Are you really going to inflict Moorcock on the poor soldiers? Most of LeGuin is crap, too. Send them Starship Troopers and Ender's Game. A Hymn Before Battle. Kipling's battle poetry. Jerry Pournelle. Dune. But don't send them liberal SF.

[Rocko]

I'm including Dune.

[Rocko]

Are you really going to inflict Moorcock on the poor soldiers?

I may have to inflict him on a used book store, instead.

[JenB]

I may have to inflict him on a used book store, instead.

Now, there's an intelligent idea. You can buy them some good used SF instead.

[HairOfTheDog]

OK - Sounds like that got settled then!

[HairOfTheDog]

FROM TORN:

Cate Blanchett to Present at Oscars
3/19/03, 3:09 pm EST - Pippin_Took

Academy Award-nominated actress Cate Blanchett will be a presenter at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. It will be Blanchett's second appearance as an Oscar presenter.
World Box Office: TTT passes FOTR
3/19/03, 3:01 pm EST - Tehanu

Wow! Worldwide, TTT has surpassed even FOTR and is now #5 Top Grossing Movie of All Time. Thanks to J. for the news.

[HairOfTheDog]

MORE FROM TORN:

Oscar Still On - Minus Red Carpet
3/19/03, 2:03 pm EST - Xoanon

For all those worried about our own Oscars party this Sunday, have no fear, it is still set to go on as scheduled. Yahoo! is reporting about that slightly bigger event happening up the street from our own; The 75th Annual Academy Awards. Seems the show will go on, but the glitzy red carpet arrivals have been dumped in favour of a more somber arrival. [More]

TTT DVD: August 26th?
3/19/03, 1:55 pm EST - Xoanon

Comingsoon.net reports that the theatrical version of TTT is due to hit bookshelves on August 26th, 2003. [More]

[Overtaxed]

I'm still watching Casablanca. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

I figured.... T'was just grist for the mill.... Grist for the mill.

[Overtaxed]

I'll do chat, but I'm watching the movie. :D

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I got the labels!! They look great, Bear and will fit right in the inside of the paperbacks perfectly!

Good, I'm glad they arrived safely, and that you like them! If/when you need more, just let me know and I'll get more on the way to you.

[Rocko]

So glad you approve.

[SuziQ]

I have never crossed the Mason Dixon line!

Broaden your horizons, girl! Get some of that Southern culture!!

[HairOfTheDog]

Florida isn't the same thing culturally is it? Well, I will be flying across it anyway in January!

Hullo SuziQ! (See ya later on in the posts!)

[SuziQ]

I think it is more of a problem when people like me take 150% of the recommended dosage

Hey! I represent that remark! But I did it on my doctor's orders. Then, when I developed heart palpitations after 3 weeks, he didn't think there could POSSIBLY be any connection! What a putz!

[SuziQ]

Florida isn't the same thing culturally is it?

The Panhandle is more like Southern Georgia, but anything below Orlando isn't what I would consider 'Southern culture'. Nowadays it is more influenced by the Yankee retirees. The area down by Miami has always been influenced by Spanish culture, so it wouldn't really have a Southern culture either. To really experience that you need to go to MS, AL, GA or TN. Even VA has gotten less 'Southern' these days. I think Corin and Sam would agree. It is much more cosmopolitan; particularly in the area from Richmond up to DC.

[SuziQ]

But the instructions would just be to go to paypal and set up an account to use a transfer from your checking account instead of a visa.

Whoops! I didn't know that before I sent mine. I always use my credit card when doing PayPal. I don't want to send them my bank account info! Hope I didn't mess things up for 2J!

[HairOfTheDog]

She will let you know! She has to pay a percentage to pick it up that way is all...

[2Jedismom]

I haven't received notification of your transfer, Suz...when did you do it?

[2Jedismom]

Oh and if it does come through as a credit card...it won't let me accept it until I upgrade...and only after I upgrade and accept it, that's when it charges...it takes a percentage of what you send.

So I'll just decline it and no one will be worse for the experience!