Sadly, very few people around here get the t-shirt I'm wearing today. #StPatricksDay #LOTR

Spotted at a red light in #Perth

My thoughts on the leaked #Lego set of The Shire and on the role of Providence in The Hobbit in today's episode of my podcast Story Secrets: https://www.fatherroderick.com/podcasts/story-secrets/episodes/2148995199 #tolkien #lotr

(Image: https://falconbricks.com/news/lego-10354-lord-of-the-rings-bag-end/)

I am deeply annoyed that Venkatesh Rao insists on keeping his thoughts on substack. They're such very GOOD thoughts. This comparison of the merits of the Lord of the Rings vs the Discworld is so replete with clever perspective and amusing turn of phrase that I can't NOT share it. #bookstodon #discworld #lotr https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/discworld-rules

When the RPG game marks where bro died #fantasy #fantasybooks #fantasyart #Book #hopecore #Fantasycore #Adventurecore #escapism #medievalfantasy #medieval #medievalart #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #lotr #narnia #wizard #magic #characterdesign #cosplay #photography #aesthetic #LARP #FantasyGaming #Escapismart #RPG #RPGvideogame

Really enjoyed "The Hobbit" - cherry on top is the knowledge that Tolkien himself drew the pictures in the 1937 edition.

"The son of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher edited 24 volumes based on his father's posthumously published work, including The Silmarillion and the 12-volume series The History of Middle-Earth, a task that took 45 years."

#lotr #tolkien

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien

This week's Player Intrusion comes from Stace who recommends our listeners play #ReturnToMoria!

#videogames #survival #LOTR

https://www.returntomoria.com

LOTR

Hi everyone. I just migrated to a new server and thought it may be a good time for an #introduction

I am enjoying riding the wave of the Fediverse. The big tech companies version of social media has become a place that I do not enjoy being anymore. (Trying to be nice here ).

I enjoy #movies, #music, #TV, #Fortnite, works of #Tolkien (#lotr), #hiking and #nature, #guitar, mechanical #watches, being a husband and dad, and being around nice people.

Thanks for following. I hope to meet you.

For my European friends now waking up.

How far did Bilbo and Frodo walk?

The Shire is a barely hidden reference to the Garden Counties of England. Before the Ice Age, it was possible to walk into Europe.

The superimposed map shows the Lonely Mountain near Chojnice, Poland, and Mount Doom down around Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

That's some hiking.

#books @bookstodon #reading #AmReading #LotR #LordOfTheRings

New instance, new #introduction

My name is Mike (a.k.a. "shellsharks”) - I am a security researcher, #IndieWeb advocate, all-things #Fediverse convert and all around #tech enthusiast.

I write about #infosec, #technology and #life over at https://shellsharks.com

Here's some other stuff I like... #apple #sports #travel #battlestations #food #starwars #lotr #pokemon #gaming #space #fitness #nba #basketball #hiking #camping #music #coding #programming #cybersecurity

So what's going on with this instance? Is this my "main" presence or am I still on shellsharks.social? Fair question. The answer is, yes! This is a #GoToSocial instance, on a new fun, shiny, vanity domain. If it works out, I might end up moving all my activity over here and shutting down the Mastodon instance I have at shellsharks.social. Until then, I'm operating out of both spaces. This also means that for now, I haven't migrated my followers (or followed accounts) over here, so don't be offended if I haven't followed you back yet! I don't want to knock this fairly low-spec'ed instance over so I'm taking it slow with how I am using it.

Why am I doing this? Well for one main reason really, I wanted an instance where I could post more than 500 characters at a time. GtS gives me that, and much more. Bonus points for A. being less resource intensive than Mastodon (so cheaper to run), B. more customizable and C. I could get an even more ridiculous vanity domain.

So don't be surprised to see a lot more from this account than my usual @shellsharks account. If you'd like, you can follow me here for now. No worries either way.

See y'all around Fedi!