“J.R.R. Tolkien was just a delightful old gentleman, interested in a lot of things, with a lively curiosity and a deep knowledge of philology; a love of words and language and a masterly storyteller. He had a well-ripened personality, like a wrinkly old apple full of flavor. And he had the Hobbit virtues of steadiness, modesty, and a quiet demeanor. He seemed, in a way, quite ordinary, but also, just like a Hobbit, determined and capable of extraordinary things.”
–From a phone interview I did on 1/24/2012 with author and recovering physicist Amory Lovins, who was a young don at Merton College, Oxford when Professor Tolkien had retired but occasionally dined in the Senior Common Room.
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"Shadowfax" Dead: Horse Used in The Lord of the Rings Passes
Blanco, the horse used in the Lord of the Rings as Shadowfax “Lord of all horses” has died. From the Metro report, Blanco suffered from serious problems with intestinal tract and liver issues; ‘Although my […]
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Corus and Mainframe are Rebooting ‘ReBoot’
Back in the early 1990s, ReBoot was one of the first computer animated cartoons. The different look to the animation drew me into the show, and the stories kept me there. In later seasons of […]
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Middle-Earth Menu: “Glóin’s Roast Beef Toasties”
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