Lord of the Rings on Stage

Check out the videos for this amazing stage show of Lord of the Rings. It opened tonight in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.





All I have to say is, you can't really do Tolkien on a small scale.

Not Even Bilbo Could Fit in This Hobbit Hole

Obelia medusa has created a doll-sized version of Bag-end from The Lord of the Rings. You really must see this to believe it:



You can see how she made it here.

Apologies to the readers of Literary Compass for the duplicate post, but I just had to mention it here because it's such a perfect example of Manchegan Madness.

The Madness Continues

It seems that Manchegan Madness affects children as well as as adults. From an article by the BBC:

We named my cat Sirius, tribute to Harry Potter's godfather. It suits him because he is an all black cat!
-Alison, 12, London

My two rats are named Pippin and Arwen because my sister and I are mad Lord of the Rings fans.
-Tanya, 13, Orpington

My cats are called Merry and Pippin. We named them after characters in Lord of the Rings.
-Ruahdhan, 11, Gravesend

These are the youngest documented cases of MM, and researchers are having a difficult time determining if the disease is also spread through watching movies.