The Lord of the Rings can be seen as a powerful metaphor for the workplace, RICK LASH writes. Here’s his guide to figuring out which characters your colleagues may mirror. [More]
Thanks to Jennifer for the heads up!
Category: Original TORn
First batch of One Party pictures from Ringers are in the scrapbook. These photos were taken by Breeyore, Elfriend, Wonder Cool Guy, and Julie. I’m plugging away at the rest, I swears. [More]
Thorin & Company set off on their adventure. Bilbo Baggins comes along wandering down the Road not knowing how greatly doing so will change his future and what an impact his journey will make on all of Middle-Earth.[More]
Thorin & Company set off on their adventure. Bilbo Baggins comes along wandering down the Road not knowing how greatly doing so will change his future and what an impact his journey will make on all of Middle-Earth.
Seeking shelter one rainy night, they blunder into three trolls. Even
worse is; the trolls are hungry! Gandalf saves the day of course, and the Company discover that the trolls’ hoard holds some useful items.
We shall examine the terms of Bilbo’s contract, the nature of trolls and the items the Company take from the trolls’ hoard. Moreover; how does Bilbo conduct himself faced with the first real danger of the quest? Join us in #thehalloffire as we discuss Chapter 2 of ‘The Hobbit’ – ‘Roast Mutton’.
Times:
Saturday Chat:
5:30pm ET (17:30)
[also 11:30pm (23:30) CET and 9:30am Sunday (09:30) AET]
Sunday Chat:
7:00 pm (19:00) CET
[also 1:00pm (13:00) ET and 5:00am (05:00) Monday morning AET]
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CET = Central European Time, Central Europe
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Knight of Gondor writes that his sister Galadriel of Lorien was cool enough to bake this Treebeard birthday cake for Stephen. Happy birthday, Stephen. Can I have a piece of that? [More]
Zaakistan the Fan writes: I was at the Howard Shore LOTR Symphony last week and after a rotten day at work, I was transported to emotional bliss. What a trip. I managed to snap a few NON FLASH pictures from my corner on the Mezzanine. [More]