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[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]Edit: Since I wrote this, Wil has posted his own take on this one his own blog. You should read it. Yesterday, geek fave Wil Wheaton posted a rather horrifying (and in some ways embarassing) … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Cool ][  Currently: Eating Lunch ]So last night I managed to read several chapters of the Fellowship of the Ring. And, as I suspected the arrival of Strider means that the story is picking up. It’s like the first half … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]So we had a bit of a break there as I accidentally left Fellowship of the Ring back in Ottawa when I went to Polaris 25. Not on purpose! Honestly! Since my last entry, the hobbit boy band … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]Lord of the Rings update tomorrow. Today I wanted to do a quick review of this work: This book is, quite frankly, brilliant. Three sets of main characters swap the narrative through out the story. There is the … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Embarrased ][  Currently: Listening to My Son Watch Justice League ]Hey! Remember me? Yeah, well I got busy this week and took a little break from the blogging but not the reading. So where am I in Lord of the … Continue reading →

And here you thought I was only reading LoTR. No, no, I am still reading far too many books. Recently, I just finished the most recent Kim Harrison book, Pale Demon. Kim Harrison has delivered again in her Hollows series. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]So last night I finished the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring. So this means I got to see Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday, although it appeared to be more of Bilbo’s celebrations. And … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]So Hobbit Hashish has come and gone, and can I say I am little disappointed with the length of this section. It was too short. (I realize the irony of this statement people. Don’t yell all at once.) … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]Sad to say that not much reading was done last night. I slip between the sheets and sleep took over. Hard. What I did read was the first bit of Tolkein’s prologue. Still not in the main action … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Cool ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]Perhaps choosing to start this project the evening of the last day of school was not a good idea. Especially given that I had to pack up my office and move out of my school … Continue reading →