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[quote=""Fingolfin""]Hard to believe it's that time again! A Happy belated birthday to the professor. I bought the Lord of the Rings for my girlfriend, who shares Tolkien's birthday. It seems like an appropriate gift, bought on an appropriate day! [/quote]

And a happy belated birthday from me as well. I forgot last night. I guess it's gotten to the stage where unless I set a reminder on my phone, I won't remember it.

I have now heard it all...

Olorin.Actually.Forgot.Tolkien's.Birthday.

(Thrandy will have to remind you next year. )

I always remember it in advance to remind everyone else, and I even remembered it earlier in the day on the 3rd. But come 9:00 and I forgot. I think I was reading and had drowsed off for a bit.

[quote=""Olorin""]I always remember it in advance to remind everyone else, and I even remembered it earlier in the day on the 3rd. But come 9:00 and I forgot. I think I was reading and had drowsed off for a bit.[/quote]

Yes, you did mention it a few days ago, when Thrandy mentioned it... (and I knew that )

[quote=""Idril""]Happy Birthday Professor. You ARE da man![/quote]

[quote=""Fingolfin""]Hard to believe it's that time again! A Happy belated birthday to the professor. I bought the Lord of the Rings for my girlfriend, who shares Tolkien's birthday. It seems like an appropriate gift, bought on an appropriate day! [/quote]

[quote=""Olorin""]And a happy belated birthday from me as well. I forgot last night. I guess it's gotten to the stage where unless I set a reminder on my phone, I won't remember it.[/quote]

[quote=""Deimos""]I have now heard it all...

Olorin.Actually.Forgot.Tolkien's.Birthday.

(Thrandy will have to remind you next year. )[/quote]

[quote=""Olorin""]I always remember it in advance to remind everyone else, and I even remembered it earlier in the day on the 3rd. But come 9:00 and I forgot. I think I was reading and had drowsed off for a bit.[/quote]

[quote=""Deimos""]Yes, you did mention it a few days ago, when Thrandy mentioned it... (and I knew that )[/quote]
Um, excuse me all but I thought this was a toast?
You guys forget something?


It's okay, I got you all covered!

I did. I forgot to make the toast. You're supposedly to actually say "The Professor" at 9 pm local time and raise a glass (and not just post about it).

Getting older is a pain.

I remembered.....well, I think I remembered.....

That was more than a day ago...too far back for me to be certain....

Yes, it's that time again. On Sunday Jan 3 at 9 pm local time, raise your glass and intone, "the Professor" in honor of the man who has given us so much enjoyment.

Happy Birthday Professor.

Happy Birthday Professor! Amazing how long I just realized I've been posting to these forums. Cheers everyone.

toro1966 wrote:Happy Birthday Professor! Amazing how long I just realized I've been posting to these forums. Cheers everyone.

You should visit more often toro1966 so don't be a stranger my friend.

Toasted him (tea) just a little past 9PM .
Smoked my [Hobbit] pipe, too...and ....AND...I did it bareheaded!
You got that John "Feanor" Lowe? BAREHEADED!

Just as my toast is late, so was Tolkien's impact on my life!
Here's to you Professor Tolkien, Thank you very much

It's tonite, 9 pm at your local time! I'm going to tell Siri to remind me so I don't forget like I usually do.

Olorin wrote:It's tonite, 9 pm at your local time! I'm going to tell Siri to remind me so I don't forget like I usually do.

OMG!!!! I almost missed it!
As I type this it's 20:55 (8:55 PM for you non-maritime types)

Thanks Olorin ...got my cuppa tea right here.

And I missed it in spite of setting a reminder on my phone...I fell asleep watching a bluray. Sigh.

Olorin wrote:And I missed it in spite of setting a reminder on my phone...I fell asleep watching a bluray. Sigh.

I am sorry you missed it, truly I am. I look forward to this annual [posthumous] acknowledgement of him and his works.
I even smoked my churchwarden (tobacco: Runis of Isengard) --which I do once a quarter -- in his honor.

[Middle] Earth to Olorin....[Middle] Earth to Olorin

First Notice: It's tomorrow; the annual commemorative toast to our most-est, favorite-est writer.

Don't fall asleep!

Deimos wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:21 pm [Middle] Earth to Olorin....[Middle] Earth to Olorin

First Notice: It's tomorrow; the annual commemorative toast to our most-est, favorite-est writer.

Don't fall asleep!

LOL, smarty-pants! I’ll probably doze off or otherwise get distracted. I was awake for the arrival of 2018 but was watching a show and didn’t notice the new year for four minutes.

I remembered!

Olorin wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:14 pmI remembered!

I was with friends, and we all remembered

Yes, it's that time of year again, when I exhort everyone to toast Tolkien on his birthday but forget and/or fall asleep myself.

Olorin wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 4:15 am Yes, it's that time of year again, when I exhort everyone to toast Tolkien on his birthday but forget and/or fall asleep myself.

Well, did you remember this year?

Yes...Siri reminded me!

Tolkien: "Who is this Siri? I don't remember any Maiar by that name."

Deimos wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:58 pm and ....AND...I did it bareheaded!
You got that John "Feanor" Lowe? BAREHEADED!

Yes, I got that. Carefull you don't get a brain-freeze in that cold weather!

OK...it's cooooommmmmiiiiinnnnng.....
Tolkien's Birthday is Friday.
Aiming this admonition at one person and one person only, and you know who you are:
Try to stay awake and/or not forget!

Do we have a raspberry emoji?

My problem will be simply forgetting to do it, as I'm staying about till midnight or after every night, binge-watching all the blurays I've acquired recently.

Olorin wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:45 am Do we have a raspberry emoji?

My problem will be simply forgetting to do it, as I'm staying about till midnight or after every night, binge-watching all the blurays I've acquired recently.

Well, don't you have an alarm clock? I'm not ashamed to say that I do that.....set your alarm clock (or your host's if you are out).
The Tolkien Society will be ever so proud of you if you manage to remember this year.
(and, btw, a raspberry emoji would be great...GW?...maybe when things get back to normal later in the month?...)

Random thoughts here....

The other day when I saw you had posted in this thread, D, I knew it was to gig me about falling asleep!

While we remember Tolkien's 128th birthday today, I'll take a slight detour to mention the 100th birthday, yesterday, of the late great Isaac Asimov. He was one of the giants in sci fi and his Foundation series is considered one of the few real rivals to Tolkien's work, in terms of an epic series. Asimov died in 1992, but before that time, he published about 500 books.

You know, the great majority of Asimov's books were non-fiction.
He was also a big Sherlock Holmes fan, and I'm pretty sure he was a longtime member of the Baker Street Irregulars.
I have his "Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks" (I have been an avid [re]reader of the SH stories for about 35 years.)

I recently re-read the Foundation Trilogy (and only the trilogy....not the Foundation related books subsequent to it, even tho' Foundation's Edge has been sitting on the shelf next to FT since it [FE] was published.)
It has been so long since the first time--30 years I'm guessing---it was almost like reading it for the first time.
I do remember having liked it the first time around. And the second time? ....I still like it, and I think I much better appreciate Asimov's "storytelling" talent.
So, Olorin, have you read any of the other Foundation related books? If so, what did you think of them? Any (or all) worth reading?

(@ the Mods; feel free to move this discussion as it is hardly Tolkein related)

I anticipated your question a little over 2 years ago and answered it here: viewtopic.php?p=111864#p111864

In general, I thought the two sequels and the two prequels were superior to the original trilogy, as they were written in a much more readable, less dated style, and tied all of Asimov's Robot, Galactic Empire, and Foundation novels into one universe.

The latest platform to announce a filmed Foundation is Apple TV+; we'll see if it happens or not.

Ummmm.....yeah.....
I do remember the discussion now (without even going back to the post), so it must have been two years ago when I re-read it.
(That's still [relatively] "recently" considering the way time is passing for me. :-p )

And it was more like 40+ years ago that i first read it :-p :-p :-p

LOL, when you asked about Asimov yesterday, I had to stop and think about whether we'd ever talked about it on the forum. A little searching, and there it was, already saying everything I had been formulating to say in response to your question. But the very short answer is that I find Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth, Prelude to Foundation, and Forward the Foundation to be very worthy reads.

It's that time again! TheOneRing.net is doing two livestreams on Zoom (and apparently on their YouTube channel), one at 8 PM GMT and one at 8 PM PST. https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/1 ... nuary-3rd/

Olorin wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:05 am It's that time again! TheOneRing.net is doing two livestreams on Zoom (and apparently on their YouTube channel), one at 8 PM GMT and one at 8 PM PST. https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/1 ... nuary-3rd/

8PM???
I thought it was 9 PM [local time] ....?

Yeah I’m not sure of that either. I’ve done enough zooms lately and so I’m just doing the traditional toast.

Tolkien Society still has it at 9PM local time , so that is when I made the toast [just moments ago] and did it with hot cocoa this time

Water with lemon juice for me.

Yoohoo!.... oh, yoooo... hoooo....Olorin, dear, are you there?
You know what tomorrow is, right?
Tell Siri, tell your cat(s), tell your neighbors, set a loud alarm...whatever it takes to keep you awake and/or undistracted at 9PM CST.
I myself have tea, hot cocoa, beer, wine or water to choose from...and of course, my Churchwarden [Gandalf-type] pipe is at the ready also.

Deimos wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:54 am Yoohoo!.... oh, yoooo... hoooo....Olorin, dear, are you there?
You know what tomorrow is, right?
Tell Siri, tell your cat(s), tell your neighbors, set a loud alarm...whatever it takes to keep you awake and/or undistracted at 9PM CST.
I myself have tea, hot cocoa, beer, wine or water to choose from...and of course, my Churchwarden [Gandalf-type] pipe is at the ready also.

I'll toast!

It will be 3 in the morning here, but I'm sure I'll still be awake!

XerachCruz wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:02 am
I'll toast! It will be 3 in the morning here, but I'm sure I'll still be awake!

No, no XerachCruz.... you toast at 9 PM LOCAL TIME.
As I write this it is, what, something like 5 or 6 PM where you are?
You can make the toast in a few hours.

Deimos wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 7:15 am

XerachCruz wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:02 am
I'll toast! It will be 3 in the morning here, but I'm sure I'll still be awake!

No, no XerachCruz.... you toast at 9 PM LOCAL TIME.
As I write this it is, what, something like 5 or 6 PM where you are?
You can make the toast in a few hours.

Yes, it was 6 in the afternoon around here when you wrote.

No problem, I toast with all you. I'm quite a night owl and stay awake even later.

XerachCruz wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:46 pm

Deimos wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 7:15 am

XerachCruz wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:02 am
I'll toast! It will be 3 in the morning here, but I'm sure I'll still be awake!

No, no XerachCruz.... you toast at 9 PM LOCAL TIME.
As I write this it is, what, something like 5 or 6 PM where you are?
You can make the toast in a few hours.

Yes, it was 6 in the afternoon around here when you wrote.

No problem, I toast with all you. I'm quite a night owl and stay awake even later.

As you wish!

I toasted with cranberry citrus sparkling water from Target.

I toasted with hot cocoa.

Something wintry and not too stimulating for before going to sleep.

Goodnight to all.

For me just tea.
(And a smoke with my churchwarden )

It's The Day folks ....Tolkien's Birthday.
Don't forget to toast "The Professor" at 9PM local time.
(Somebody please shout at Olorin at about 8:55 PM CST...just to make sure he is awake.)

It's That Day again ....Tolkien's Birthday.
Don't forget to toast "The Professor" at 9PM local time.
(Again somebody please shout at Olorin at about 8:55 PM CST...just to make sure he is awake.
His advancing years are getting the better of him)

Also let's have some cake too!