Bilbo Baggins

Elsha is just finishing the Return of the King, the last book in the series the Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien (in case you live in a cave, voted for Mike Huckabee in a primary, have a rotary phone, etc., and didn't already know that).

To celebrate this fine piece of literary work, we decided to do the only thing justifiably American: watch the movie version. And not just any movie version, the EXTENDED movie version (don't worry, we watched it over the course of a few months).

I must say, at the end of the movie I was reminded how much I think Viggo Mortenson is and always will be the only one who could ever do the character of Aragorn. He embodies the character.



Hmm. Handsome for a man.

Right up there with Brad Pitt. And Jeff Goldblum. If I were a woman I'd choose to hang out with Viggo. But as a man, I think I'd prefer the company of Jeff. Not in a sexual way -- Jeff Goldblum is just much more funny.

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Anyway, I wanted to leave my dear wife with a musical tribute to the Lord of the Rings saga. No, not from my own creative mind, but from the mind of Leonard Nimoy circa 1969.

Be prepared to be disturbed (this may take a minute to load completely. In the meantime, make sure the kids aren't in the room).