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dernwyn
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Jan 3 2011, 11:10am
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In advance, I realize, as it's going to be quite a while before it's 9 p.m. here! But words on his behalf are never early - or late - they are posted exactly when they are meant to be: He was the sort of painter who can paint leaves better than trees. He used to spend a long time on a single leaf, trying to catch its shape, and its sheen, and the glistening of dew-drops on its edges. Yet he wanted to paint a whole tree, with all of its leaves in the same style, and all of them different. There was one picture in particular which bothered him. It had begun with a leaf caught in the wind, and it became a tree; and the tree grew, sending out innumerable branches, and thrusting out the most fantastic roots. Strange birds came and settled on the twigs and had to be attended to. Then all round the Tree, and behind it, through the gaps in the leaves and boughs, a country began to open out; and there were glimpses of a forest marching over the land, and of mountains tipped with snow. Niggle lost interest in his other pictures; or else he took them and tacked them on to the edges of his great picture. Soon the canvas became so large that he had to get a ladder; and he ran up and down it, putting in a touch here, and rubbing out a patch there. " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For I will sing to you of Frodo of the nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom. "And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for sheer delight, and he stood up and cried: 'O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!' And then he wept. "And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday, dear sir!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire" "It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?" -Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Happy Birthday Professor Tolkien!
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grammaboodawg
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Jan 3 2011, 10:22am
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*raises mug* The Professor!
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dernwyn
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Jan 3 2011, 11:10am
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<Joins in> //
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macfalk
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Jan 3 2011, 12:41pm
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The Professor!/
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TolkienOtaku
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Jan 3 2011, 2:49pm
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To the Professor!//
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 3 2011, 3:03pm
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To the professor!
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Laerasėa
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Jan 3 2011, 3:04pm
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addendum:
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Laerasėa
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Jan 3 2011, 4:30pm
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Happy Birthday Sir
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silneldor
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Jan 3 2011, 3:07pm
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{{{sil}}}
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Laerasėa
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Jan 3 2011, 4:27pm
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To the professor! Happy eleventy-ninth birthday! //
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acheron
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Jan 3 2011, 3:20pm
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*launches into a rousing chorus of 'For He (Was) a Jolly Good Fellow!"
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StarElf
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Jan 3 2011, 3:28pm
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Happy birthday dear professor!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jan 3 2011, 3:34pm
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Hear , Hear !
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Hamfast
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Jan 3 2011, 3:38pm
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The Professor !
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Patty
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Jan 3 2011, 3:40pm
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Actually...
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dernwyn
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Jan 3 2011, 5:10pm
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(smiles) Okay. ( 9 p.m. it is)
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Patty
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Jan 3 2011, 5:17pm
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I'll be on a plane at 9 pm,
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entmaiden
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Jan 3 2011, 4:27pm
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To the immortalProfessor!
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Lothlorian
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Jan 3 2011, 4:37pm
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The Professor!
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dormouse
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Jan 3 2011, 5:11pm
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Thank you, Professor
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Ainu Laire
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Jan 3 2011, 6:02pm
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It's a long time till 9 pm,
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Elizabeth
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Jan 3 2011, 6:19pm
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But at last the time arrived!
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Elizabeth
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Jan 4 2011, 7:12am
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Woo hooo!!!!
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Doriath
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Jan 3 2011, 7:20pm
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To the Bird and the Baby, to good friends and good stories, and to the Professor!
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Leviathan's Bane
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Jan 3 2011, 8:52pm
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A mixture for those not yet into their irresponsible 'tweens?
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dernwyn
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Jan 4 2011, 12:00am
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Brilliant!
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Leviathan's Bane
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Jan 4 2011, 3:26am
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To the Professor !!
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Rivendweller
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Jan 3 2011, 8:53pm
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To the Professor
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Rosie-with-the-ribbons
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Jan 3 2011, 9:59pm
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Happy Birthday Professor!
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Aragorn the Elfstone
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Jan 3 2011, 11:39pm
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To the Professor!
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Daughter of Nienna
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Jan 4 2011, 12:06am
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*raises glass* The Professor!
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aranelthehobbit22
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Jan 4 2011, 2:11am
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To the Professor
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Magpie
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Jan 4 2011, 3:37am
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I'm still too sore to raise anything but a whine, so...
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Jan 4 2011, 3:56am
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To the Professor!
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Zmulady
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Jan 4 2011, 4:18am
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"The Professor!"
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the_argonath
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Jan 4 2011, 2:46pm
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Happy Birthday J.R.R. (Beren) Tolkien!!
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 4 2011, 7:13pm
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