Mine isn't to arrive until the 23rd.

Yikes! That must be wrong, if you ordered early. Maybe you should email or call just to make sure.

I'd never have the patience to have it mailed to me. Too many possibilities for complication.

I've generally been pleased with Amazon's promptness, and it's cheaper through them than if I buy it around here. But I might end up doing what my friend always does, which is to preorder through Amazon, buy it at Target on the day it comes out, and then return the one from Amazon at Target when it comes.

Well, I'm not going to get upset unless it doesn't switch to "shipping soon" until nearer the 14th, you know?

A clip dealing with the fall of Minas Morgul is on the TORN site.

We're talking about a bigger, rectangular screen tv as our present to each other this year. Not, you know, a plasma or anything, or even HD. Just--big. Rectangular. For the movies.

See. Even if his LotREE viewing philosophy is clearly WRONG -- your DH certainly has some things right.

TORN now has a page that collects all the clips: [link]

Friends are planning a LotR EE marathon for New Year's Day (the morning following their seriously hurtful NYE party).

The following snack foods will be served:

Here's the LOTR food list that we came up with.

One Ring Bundt Cake.

Elvish Way Banana Bread

2nd breakfast twice baked potatoes

Mount Doom Nachos

Orkio Cookies

Balrog Whipped Topping

eleventy-first birthday cake

elevensies iced tea

Strawberry Hobbit Cake

Goldberry schlager

Ent Cider (Hooooooom, don't drink it so hasty!!)

Valar Angel Food Cake

Uruk Hi-Balls

Christopher Kool-Aid (for the kids 8) )

Strider King Cake

Beef Bilbo

Smaug Artichoke Hearts

Balrog's Wings

Shelob Caramel Apples (caramel apples with pretzels stuck in for legs)

"My Precious" donuts

Bwah!

No Farmer Maggot Stuffed Mushrooms?

I'll suggest that, but maybe the maggot stuffing is a bit off-putting, no matter how much one is hobbity about mushrooms.

Hmm, maybe something like Frodo's Stolen Stuffed Mushrooms would be better.