Jeff L sends in an interesting Frodo refrence from the John Ritter show ‘8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter’. Take a look! [More]
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Jeff L writes: I hate to admit it, but I was watching the John Ritter show ‘8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter’ on ABC this evening and to my surprise Frodo was mentioned a few different times. As odd as it seems, the older daughter character on the show has a health class assignment in which she has to take care of a sack of flour for a week (the baby assignment).
The younger brother nicknames the sack ‘Frodo,’ and his name is mentioned a few times throughout the episode. At one point, the most comical I thought, was when the younger brother admitted to stealing flour from the sack to make cookies, and then said “Remember, Frodo gave of himself so that others could live.” Just thought I’d send this along! Great site, see ya!
We’re putting out a call for help here. Do you love teaching? Do you enjoy introducing new readers to Middle-earth? Have you always dreamed of designing the perfect study course for the curious LOTR reader? TORN regular Mallorn is looking for people to help create a new subsite on TORN which would be a truly international resource for anyone teaching Tolkien either professionally or as a hobby. [More]
Mallorn, a Hall of Fire regular, is gathering content ideas for a new “Teaching Tolkien” subsite under consideration with TORN. The proposed subsite will be a resource of ideas, research and discussion for both teachers and non-professionals who want to share their love of Tolkien and entice new readers through teaching Tolkien in the pre-high-school, high school and college/post-college classrooms, as well as outside it.
Mallorn asks for teachers of all gradelevels to email experiences and suggestions on teaching Tolkien to cdfletch@optonline.net. Please include the country in which you teach and the grade levels involved in your experiences or suggestions.
Our good pal Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz) writes: Just thought I would pass on some useless piece of information if you wanted to use it on the web. I’m presenting an award for The 2003 New Zealand Music Awards on the 30th April 2003. It’s for “Outstanding International Achievement Award” Which is for a solo artist or group who have achieved Outstanding results on a global platform. Results will be published on www.nzmusicawards.co.nz. Might even have some pics of the night in there. Cheers, Lurtz.
The folks from Best Of Both Worlds Conventions writes: We are organizing the first Australian Lord Of The Ring event. Our line up now reads: Bruce Hopkins aka Gamling, guardian of Helm’s Deep & Sarah McLeod aka Rosie Cotton. [More]