Hobbit food porn!

A Meal Fit For the Greatest Hobbits of Them All

What do you eat when you watch the extended versions of all three Lord of the Rings movies? The Alamo Drafthouse served up an eight-course meal during its LOTR marathon, including First Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Elevensies and Coney Stew. Check out exclusive photos below.

The gourmet servings of hobbit food were part of the Alamo's annual Film/Feast event, which focused on Tolkien's masterwork this year. The attention to detail is astounding. The three movies, back to back, added up to twelve hours, with Hobbit-inspired food being served at each Hobbit mealtime. The menu tells the awesome story.

Want to learn how to make Coney Stew? The Alamo Drafthouse's Executive Chef, John Bullington, came up with a recipe, which we've posted here.

Warning - pictures may make you hungry....

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There has been a lot in the news about the violent rhetoric from the right. I've seen lots of quotes that span years, but all have been from Republicans. Have there been any lists made of similar quotes from the left?

So, I just made a phone call I never thought I'd make: I made a bomb threat to my own school! It was a drill to make sure the people who answer the phones follow procedure, but it was still really weird.

There has been a lot in the news about the violent rhetoric from the right. I've seen lots of quotes that span years, but all have been from Republicans. Have there been any lists made of similar quotes from the left?

Not that I know of. From Sullivan:

George Packer concedes that George W. Bush was the subject of vile liberal rhetoric, but notes the unmissable scale of the difference:

Only one side has made the rhetoric of armed revolt against an oppressive tyranny the guiding spirit of its grassroots movement and its midterm campaign. Only one side routinely invokes the Second Amendment as a form of swagger and intimidation, not-so-coyly conflating rights with threats. Only one side’s activists bring guns to democratic political gatherings. Only one side has a popular national TV host who uses his platform to indoctrinate viewers in the conviction that the President is an alien, totalitarian menace to the country. Only one side fills the AM waves with rage and incendiary falsehoods. Only one side has an iconic leader, with a devoted grassroots following, who can’t stop using violent imagery and dividing her countrymen into us and them, real and fake. Any sentient American knows which side that is; to argue otherwise is disingenuous.

"On Extreme Right And Left" Ctd

one mentioned but i suspect you're gonna have trouble finding such a list, since the violent militia-advocating types generally don't trend twd the left.

I made a bomb threat to my own school! It was a drill to make sure the people who answer the phones follow procedure, but it was still really weird.

That would be weird.

How did you say it? You could have done it in Valley-Girl style:

So, like, I have this bomb, OK, and I, like, put it in your school. So you should, like, get the people out and stuff, OK? Because I don't want anyone to get blown up. Oops - I mean I do. Whatever.

You could have done it in Valley-Girl style:

Damn. I totally missed my opportunity! I was actually really mean and excessively annoyed. "Listen carefully, I'm only going to say this once. I put a bomb in my son's backpack and he brought it to school. It's in his locker."

I made a bomb threat to my own school! It was a drill to make sure the people who answer the phones follow procedure, but it was still really weird.

I remember when my elementary school got a bomb threat. Luckily for me and my immediate classmates, it happened while we were out for a field trip, so after returning, when we had to join the rest of the school outside while the building was checked out, we were the only ones with coats on.

At least it was a drill!

One of the UPSs exploded=smoke=halon. Once that is replaced, they'll try powering back up and see what sort of state things are in. Probably won't begin to have a clue until tomorrow. They were able to swap the mail servers to backup in one of the unaffected rooms, so we have mail again.

My boss called to check on me while I was out. Man, I must've looked bad. But I have to say, I had my ducks in a row. Grabbed my division boss's cell and called all the telecommuters to let them know (pulling the numbers off my laptop) and to have them call Goddard to tell them to hold data and expect to for a while. So I may have been adrenaline fired and sick to my stomach, but I covered what we could.

Back from returning stuff at BestBuy. Wanted to get a printer cartridge, but apparently lost the little card I have the info written on. And one of the saleguys complimented me on my manicurist. Me!

OK, I should go pool. I need to burn this off.