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Ioreth
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Nov 14 2012, 1:30pm
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maybe VERY common nowadays, but not as much when I grew up in the countryside in middle Sweden ...
Update: as for the viewing numbers :P ... I am sure I was not the only one watching my favorite movies -several- times in the cinema! :P ...
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sherlock
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Nov 14 2012, 3:58pm
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Born here & lived here all my life.
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Ataahua
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Nov 14 2012, 5:40pm
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20 minutes either side of the height of the eclipse - so I saw some of the strange steely-looking light but not the best part of it. 
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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entmaiden
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Nov 14 2012, 5:46pm
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but since the IMAX theaters tend to be smaller, they sell out FAST! I'll be lucky to see the Hobbit even once in an IMAX.
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iandea14
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Nov 14 2012, 6:20pm
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Vancouver, Washington United States
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JRR Tolkien isn't very popular but around the time when the Hobbit comes out a lot of people will hop onto The Hobbit bandwagon, I kinda annoy my friends though with my JRR Tolkien fandom. A couple of my friends don't mind it and we have our Friday night Lord Of The Rings Monopoly night.
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FingonOfPittsburgh
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Nov 14 2012, 9:10pm
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Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man's heart desires.
--J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter #43, to his son Michael
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Altaira
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Nov 15 2012, 1:03am
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Nice to see you here. 
It just wouldn't be the same if you were from Nantucket or Albequerque. FingonOfPittsburgh it is!
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Ataahua
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Nov 15 2012, 1:19am
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of when TampaPhil answered one of these: "I will not tell you my name or where I'm from."
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Nice to see you 'round these parts again, Fingon.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Starling
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Nov 15 2012, 5:13am
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What an interesting, diverse, intelligent, and good looking bunch we are! //
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Xanaseb
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Nov 15 2012, 11:14am
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Nice, I'm from the border of Dorset and Hampshire...
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... Bournemouth UK
but I currently study in York UK
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Xanaseb
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Nov 15 2012, 11:19am
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Tolkien fandom's very slim in Bournemouth, very slim.. despite it being the death place of the Professor...
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... In York however, I'm on the road to creating a University of York Tolkien society, and as soon as The Hobbit hits cinemas, I'm sure I might get more members!!
soo here in York it's better
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Xanaseb
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Nov 15 2012, 11:24am
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Misto
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Nov 15 2012, 12:01pm
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Born and currently residing in that part of Bavaria where they'll happily hang you if you call the locals "Bavarians". Or mention Munich...
In recent years I lived in the very north (wannabe Denmark) and the Netherlands.
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Tweezers of Thu
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Nov 15 2012, 12:45pm
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I'm originally from central Illinois with stints in Wisconsin, Ohio, and a bit of time in central New Jersey, but Boston feels like home ("Love that dirty water").
I have not actively sought out Tolkien-themed events here, but they do exist. I believe the 3rd Middle-earth Conference, Part 2 will be taking place in Westford (a suburb) in 2014. There may be more, given that Boston is considered to be a fan and gamer friendly city.
Plus there are bona fide Tolkien scholars here in the Commonwealth, e.g., Michael Drout at Wheaton College in Norton. Further afield, I think Wayne Hammond (of Hammond and Scull) is on the staff of Williams College out in the beautiful Berkshires.
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ~~ Henry David Thoreau
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Alcarcalime
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Nov 15 2012, 2:28pm
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I wondered if that was how the wind blows.
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malickfan
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Nov 15 2012, 3:34pm
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‘As they came to the gates Cirdan the Shipwright came forth to greet them. Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and we was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars; and he looked at them and bowed, and said ‘All is now ready.’
Perhaps the most fascinating Individual in Middle Earth
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FingonOfPittsburgh
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Nov 15 2012, 7:12pm
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FingonOfBuffalo doesn't sound right either.
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man's heart desires.
--J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter #43, to his son Michael
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FingonOfPittsburgh
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Nov 15 2012, 7:13pm
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I'm so anxious for this movie. Is it December 14 (my birthday) yet???
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man's heart desires.
--J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter #43, to his son Michael
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Starling
Gondolin
Nov 15 2012, 7:24pm
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I combed my forelock specially!
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Ring-Bearer
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Nov 15 2012, 10:54pm
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And hopefully the amount of Tolkien fandoms in New Zealand can make up for the pathetic lack of here.
'What are we holding on to, Sam?'
'There's good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for!'
'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!'
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dernwyn
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Nov 16 2012, 12:22am
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It's got some garble in it, but even removing that the Boston Globe says page not found...could you do a copy-and-paste to that page, please?
Yes, Hammond and Scull are nestled in the beautiful northern Berkshire Hills!
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