Now It Makes So Much Sense

Other memes here.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- He has a point.

- A little LOTR humor

- I feel seen

- I'm an awful person for laughing at this.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Heh Heh

- Good question

- Hmmmm

- Some LOTR humor

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- One you see it you can't unsee it.

- Predicted this would happen

- Love this!

- Heh Heh

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- VDH on Our Biden Brezhnev, our Media Pravda, our USA Soviet Union.

- Paul Graham essay: The Right Kind of Stubborn.

- Billy Boyd and Dominic Monahan reunite with Ian McKellan in food travelogue episode.

- First hand report of the Trump assassination attempt.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- One donut to rule them all

- Makes me want to be an atheist

- Playing Monopoly with the Germans

- Analysis true!

Some More Memes You May Enjoy

 Many a truth is said in jest.

- Cruel but I laughed.

- Going to hell for this

- Some dark humor but I laughed.

- Some more history humor

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- A little LOTR humor.

- Analysis true!

- I hope this is true!

- Truth

Some Memes You May Enjoy

 Many a truth is said in jest.

- A little Irish humor.

- My kind of soup of the day.

- A little Lord of the Rings humor.

- I feel seen

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Jonathan Turley on Justice Jackson's dissent on Affirmative Action. She getting close to being known as the Affirmative Action Justice.

-  Ranking the best and worst brand reputations in 2023. Not sure if I agree with this poll. Seems like the sort of thing that would make ESG a real thing.

- You are here. (Via)

- I've spent way too much time on this question myself.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Few are more dangerous than a compulsive liar with an impeccable memory." - Nichols Nassim Taleb

"You want to be rich and anonymous, not poor and famous." - Naval Ravikant

"If someone tells me that I've hurt their feeling, I say, 'I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.' In this country I've been told. 'That's offensive,' as if those two words constitute an argument or a comment. Not to me they don't." - Christopher Hitchens

"It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." - Sam

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is n knowing where you might be swept off to." - Frodo Baggins

"The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying." - David Ogilvy

"We have art in order to not die from the truth." - Friedrich Nietzsch

"Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, becausse it was within me, in my own oerceptions - not outside." - Marcus Aurelius

Quotes for Tday

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?" - Gandalf

"People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can't fathom." - Naval Ravikant

"There is usually am inverse relationship between how much something is on your mind and how much it's getting done." - Dave Allen

"Anything is possible!" - Kevin Garnett

Happy Hobbit Day!

Tomorrow is the joint birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. 

Not sure why J.R.R. Tolkien picked June 22nd but he did and in America June 22nd is celebrated as Hobbit Day and that whole week as Tolkien Week. 

Also be sure to read the first book - The Fellowship of the Ring - to get a better understanding of how Tolkien wanted Hobbits portrayed. As Sam says, "It's the job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." So read it now.

Shouldn't Laugh at This But...

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He Has a Point

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LOTR and The Hobbit Movie and Gaming Rights Up for Sale

Interesting but a bit hard to follow story on the movie and gaming rights for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit going up for auction. 

Are we nearing a point where the LOTR "universe" gets over-exposed and over-saturated? Big Tolkien fan but I didn't even bother seeing the recent Peter Jackson Hobbit trilogy. Will probably check out the upcoming Amazon series but the source material - the books - are always so much better.

Having said the above - I would be curious what a Pixar adaptation of LOTR would look like. Especially if it could be a series that didn't need to be cut for time.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Here's a list of 91 things to in Worcester before you graduate (Worcester is home to 10 colleges so kind of a college town but also not if that makes sense.)

- Heh heh - you have to admit this is a possible explanation

- Was Aragon the legitimate heir to the throne of Gondor?  I say yes because both Elron and the King of the Dead recognized him as such.

- Heh heh

- Speaking of Lord of the Rings - you can now live in your own personal Hobbit hole

- It's funny because it's true!

- Heh heh

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

"Not now Gisele - I have a concussion!" Come on - who among us hasn't used that excuse to get out of sex with a supermodel?... George W just wants to say "hey!"... My iPhone has started identifying some unknown calls as "Scam Likely" which I love! Also Scam Likely was my porn name... It's been 25-years since Larry Bird last played for the Celtics. Damn I feel old... Such a great time waster... If you think of it Sam and Frodo basically through-hiked the distance of the Appalachian Trail to get the ring from the Shire to Mount Doom...