{"id":29903,"date":"2008-09-19T21:28:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=29903"},"modified":"2008-09-19T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:28:17","slug":"a-long-expected-picnic-an-unexpected-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/09\/19\/29903-a-long-expected-picnic-an-unexpected-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long-Expected Picnic &#038; an Unexpected Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><strong>Quickbeam<\/strong> writes: This coming Sunday, September 21st, promises to be idyllic for Angelinos gathering in Griffith Park for our <b><i>Annual Bilbo &#038; Frodo Baggins Birthday Picnic.<\/b><\/i> TORn is also very excited to announce the genesis of new PODCAST episodes that will be shooting live footage during the Los Angeles Picnic!<\/p>\n<p>In shock as you must be, you are probably saying to yourself: &#8220;What?? A new podcast?! I remember TORn Digital episodes from years ago, but what is this wily Ent talking about?&#8221; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our &#8220;TORNews&#8221; wire service offers this bulletin: Senior Pentagon officials have been keeping very hush-hush about these podcast preparations \u2013 so as not to disturb the airwaves with sensitive material.<\/p>\n<p>But now we reveal the true nature of our project: Several creative folks have joined me, Quickbeam, to help create surprising new stuff just for  Ringer fans &#8212; coming exclusively to TheOneRing.net.<\/p>\n<p><b>Come to the Los Angeles Baggins Birthday Picnic and take part in this  wonderful launch! JOIN US SO YOU CAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be captured on film for our first wave of epic podcasting!<\/li>\n<li>Offer your wildest conjecture on Del Toro!<\/li>\n<li>Eat tons of hobbity good food!<\/li>\n<li>Act like a Tom-fool during our Impersonations contest!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did someone mention Tom Bombadil? He better show up too, cause I&#8217;ve got my camera trained on that little yellow hat&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>The photos below illustrate how massively fun this Birthday gathering really is &#8212; but the next wave of picnic memories will not be limited to just still photos &#8212; soon we will be enjoying podcasts instead!<\/p>\n<p><center><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29903 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/09\/19\/29903-a-long-expected-picnic-an-unexpected-podcast\/img_3214\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_3214-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/09\/19\/29903-a-long-expected-picnic-an-unexpected-podcast\/img_3209\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_3209-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/09\/19\/29903-a-long-expected-picnic-an-unexpected-podcast\/img_3211\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img_3211-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/09\/15\/29803-baggins-birthday-bash-los-angeles\/\">HERE<\/a>  for details, time, and directions to our wonderful Birthday potluck gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there.<\/p>\n<p>Much too hasty,<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:quickbeam@theonering.net\">Quickbeam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quickbeam writes: This coming Sunday, September 21st, promises to be idyllic for Angelinos gathering in Griffith Park 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