wiseheart | Party time again!

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!

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Yay! So many comments!

Very sad. Although I really couldn't see how they could really make more without her.

No, she was the heart and soul of the show. Awful loss.

And the weekend still ahead of us!

yes :)

Just went out ot walk to the postbox - lovely, cool, clear, sunny autumn day - a pity this weather isn't supposed to last

Beautiful here too: yellow-gold autumn sun through the browning leaves. I love this time of year.

They're very well written and the first ones are eminently readable if you can stand seeing good guys die unjustly. The two latest books (4 & 5) drag a little in places. If you consider reading them, be careful. It took Martin 5 years to write book IV and almost 6 to write Book V.

Definitely looks to be a must-see then. But it won't come to NL until December 15.

I love it when it is like this. The sun is shining in - through the trees (as it is low enough at this time of year) and making pretty patterns on the wall.
Not so much when it is dark, grey, overcast and drizzling for days... and it feels like there isn't any light.

There's logic? Do tell me! Merlin has tried to scry for it with powerful spells but failed, so far. (Which doesn't mean I wouldn't still love the show to pieces. I'm a loyal viewer - not a stupid one, though.)

Unless he's too busy moaning about Gwen luvin' Artie... why all men seem to fall for the dumb little tramp is beyond me. Aside from the Mary Sue effect, that is.

I always found the name very mysterious, but didn't find the right story in which to put it. Not much keeps going, though. In my imagination, it's just a half-ruined relic now.

Too bad Náli canonically died in Moria. A Dwarven innkeeper would be a compeltely new thing in Middle-earth.

Possibly logic is the wrong word - whatever it is that all the show makers believe that it is needed to make the show succeed

Not yet - the last thing I wrote was "A Brotherly Gift", and I think you already have that one. I'll alert you when any part of the Umbar fic is linkable.

If only I could find a beta for the poor story. It only has a single chapter so far, and three people have abandoned it already. :(

Oh, I completely agree with you. I like me some more mature characters, even in sci-fi. *points at icon*

A Dwarven innkeeper would be a compeltely new thing in Middle-earth.
That could be very interesting! a pity it doesn't fit there.
I can imagine how all the different travellers would react when confronted with one.
Bemusement from those who only know a little about dwarves.
I wonder what their relatives would think - it would be outside traditional Dwarven roles, but possibly not doing anything actually forbidden... although I vaguely recall stuff from The Hobbit about them not liking to work for other people - but I can't recall the details, I really should reread :)

Was that the one with all kinds of ridiculous things, including dinosaurs? (if I'm not mistaken...)

I liked Henry a lot - he was such a refreshing change after wangsty "woe me I'm a vampire"-Mick from "Moonlight", and the female lead wasn't a Barbie. Even though there, too, was that slight Mary Sue effect of every man falling in love with her; she was cool and vulnerable and imperfect.

It's on Page 4. :)

No, RoS was the one with Michael Praed. "Primeval" had dinosaurs.

I do too - I get very tired of the fact that it appears that most people in tv shows are far too young for the qualifications and experience that they are supposed to have. Not that I mind occasional geniuses especially where it actually makes sense (eg Charlie Eppes in Numb3rs) and where they consider the impact that this will have had on the characters and those around them.

I found a couple of pieces of art online:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Forsaken_Inn

I wonder if Gandalf passed that way between Bree and Weathertop. I guess Bilbo knew it well.

That sounds interesting. Maybe I'll give it another chance the next time the vampire mood hits me!

Yes, I was a bit worried about starting the series before it was complete. I waited for Stephen King to finish The Dark Tower before starting that.

Looks very nice.

I expect Gandalf would have - after all it could be somewhere that he hoped to get news of the Hobbits. I wonder whether Aragorn intended them to go there from Bree, but didn't dare after how narrowly they escaped the Black Riders.

Bilbo could have stayed there on the way back from his first adventures...

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