"King Elessar issues an edict that Men are not to enter the Shire, and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre."That's wh...

@Ariel: No, not odd at all. And even if you don't live in the Shire, you can visit my hobbit hole anytime you like. We'll sneak you through the bord...

Ooh, Rivendell is awesome, too. Alex's favorite Middle Earth location is Rivendell (ahem, I mean Imladris).The Shire is my top favorite, though, by f...

@Ariel: Aww. 🙁 @Jaygee (on last page): Where, then?@Chess (also last page): I think the shortest phone call I've ever had was...2 seconds? 3? I don...

@Jaygee (on the last page): "Lothlorien would be my second choice of place to live...any guesses as to the first?" Hmm...Mordor. Definitely Mordor. ...

Strider is watching LotR. We just passed the scene with the shot your set is from, Jaygee. 🙂 And now Boromir just finished monologuing to Aragorn ab...

Strider is hungry...

Strider likes aloe juice. Sugar............mmmmm...

Strider wants to watch LOTR again. (Whuuuuuut. That sounded weird.) I'm reading it again, so now I want to watch it again. 😛

Strider studies history.

@Feather: Noooooooooooo I need to give you a hug! But seriously, I know what that feels like. I had the same sort of thing last winter (probably les...

"That's Gatlinburg!"Strider hasn't seen a Sherwood movie in months...I think the last one I saw was War Room when we had guests over at our house in t...

"That's the Hindenburg!"Strider crawls in, very tired, and hides in the corner reading a book and eating gingerbread.

Strider wants to eat a bagel. I haven't had a bagel in months........

Strider is happy that Ariel made the first part of her trip safely, but is sad that Feather is sad.