The main problem for the reader is how to separate in his or her mind two characters who have been a pair all through the novel, and who belong together. Despite his marriage, parenthood and obvious delight in Shire life, Sam is incomplete without Frodo, and Frodo an attenuated presence without Sam’s earthliness. It is partly a problem of analogy, ( Read more... )

I glanced through this article yesterday evening but it wasn't until I was lying awake in bed for what seemed like hours, and probably was, that one paragraph percolated through the fog ( Read more... )

Poll Bedding

ETA: It is a poll. Honest. I want to know about your tucking habits. The thing is -- a friend (who shall remain nameless) and I were contemplating photos of a certain actor's bottom and I got carried away. And I was waiting for my tater to cook. So there.