Casual Stroll to Mordor

With the advent of the Newbie Blogger Initiative I thought it would be a great time to bring up how to get started in podcasting as well.

Third Age – Total War is a mod for Medieval II Total War Kingdoms that is considered to be one of the best Lord of the Rings games and the best part is that it is completely free as long as you have the expansion for Medieval II.

Last week we received an email from Rudy who found this new lembas recipe on EntropyHouse.com.

These absolutely adorable hobbit holes are quite the news as we’ve had several emails and tweets pointing us to these amazing creations.

The Lord of the Rings Scenery Site is the type of site I could just sit and browse for hours. This hobbyist is extremely talented and his miniature sets are not to be missed!

As many of you know, last weekend Merric and I were able to attend a performance of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in concert with the orchestration performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony.

Aethalwulf of Landroval has once again sent in a very interesting Outside LOTRO topic. The LOTR Project is an online mapping out of the family trees.

Aethalwulf of Landroval sent us a link to this amazing flickr account by Blake Baer that has some really stunning Lord of the Rings vignettes.

This Outside LOTRO is brought to you by Aethalwulf of Landroval who sent us this link to some One Ring nail art!

Just had to share this. As seen on The Mary Sue, there is a 12-minute The Hobbit cartoon directed by Gene Deitch, whom old folks like me will associate with Tom and Jerry cartoons.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday is on January 3rd and it has been a tradition for Tolkien fans to raise a glass and toast him.

What we have today is a small house a Tolkien fanatic built to house all of his Tolkien collectibles!

Merric and I are having a blast playing “War in the North” and Middle-earth Network has offered a great opportunity to share our excitement!

It’s been a while since I have blogged about going to U-Con, although if you heard last Saturday’s episode you’ll know that I talked about it quite a bit.

Aethalwulf of Landroval sent us an email last week about these LOTR dioramas and thought they were totally worth sharing!

Old Withywindle is always enjoyed at the Golden Perch but since it is the finest ale in the Eastfarthing, many travelers like to take some with them on their journeys and this most likely has led to the addition of more and more hops to the ale.

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)!

Our twitter friend @SunGryphon shared this picture with us and I thought this was a perfect Outside LOTRO given the season!

Very fitting with the launch of Rise of Isengard is this new LEGO model of Orthanc by a group of builders called OneLug.