Ringer Spy Mjshep takes a good look at the new LOTR Calendar…and lo and behold we have some plot details uncovered! Check them out!

Gimli does try to destroy the ring at the council-July 09th 2002

Merry and Pippin do steal veggies from farmer Maggot-March 15 2002

The hobbits do get their swords from Aragorn-July 18 2002

Gandalf uses a moth to supply a message to the eagles- April 26 2002

Aragorn recieves the sword Narsil in Rivendell where it dwells in the hands of a statue- August 2 2002

Ringer Spy Ian sends along this article from the Southland Times regarding the difficulty finding extras in the LOTR. Take a look!

Thanks to Andreas and Adriana, we’ve got a link to that version of Namarie sung in Elvish by a Finnish choir. The music was written for a play based on LOTR. Swedish website Sagan om Ringen has a fun front page, and the Namarie song is under ‘Musik.mm.’

News from The Random Apostrophe: “If you haven’t already heard, the next issue of Wired is featuring a 12-page COVER story on LOTR — the cover looks great!”

We have heard – we were even slightly involved in it. There should be something featuring the Tolkien fanbase in it.

This one’s for the guys at Magnum Mac, in Auckland. Every now and then my computer goes catatonic. They always fix it really quickly, and they did it again this morning. They’re TORN fans. What more can I say? Thanks!

I just arrived back in LA after an exhausting but wonderfully fun and entertaining weekend in Atlanta. I’ll be writing the DragonCon report tomorrow, so expect it sometime around noon PST. (Now, its time to sleep for more than 4 hours a night!)

OR NOT…I realized after starting the report, that to rush it would not do it justice. Look for it this week after I get everyone’s impressions. Sorry for the delay.