As part of a skills trade, he wrote a lullabye for me.

More specifically, he wrote a lullabye for the first book in the Taven series. This is the song crooned by dragon broodmothers to unhatched eggs, hidden away in crystal caverns beneath the Terraces of Zefan.

(Note that the lyrics came from me and I am NOT a lyrics writer. The melody is ALL HIM though, and it’s perfect.)

Red Will Carry : The Dragon’s Lullabye

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Lord of The Rings

I have not read the Lord of the Rings, I’ve only seen the movie (this is the point where several of you make hex symbols in my direction).

That being said, I have heard a great many people say that the lack of the Tom Bombadil character in the movies did not diminish them.

After reading Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil, I can honestly say I am BLOWN AWAY. Knowing just how much detail was crammed into the Silmarillion, I can only say that it seems incredibly possible that the author of this theory hit the nail on the head.

May I one day write something so sneakily awesome.

Star Wars

The second awesome theory on the blog references R2-D2 from Star Wars, hinting at a much tighter connection between the older (better, *cough*) trilogy and the newer (lamer, *coughcough*) one.

A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope follows the same logic leaps to describe a network of intelligence that sheds new light on the actions of both Artoo and Chewbacca. It’s enough to make me want to watch the whole series again (fast-forwarding through most of the first episodes should make it take a lot less time).

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Why Beans Made Me Cry in My Car Today

So I cried a little when I read that.

Because it’s awesome and terrible at the same time. Awesome because of the people helping out other people, terrible because nobody should be reduced to tears by beans.

Food

I am not a food blogger. I know I’m not, nor do I pretend to know anything at all about the sort of gorgeous food photography that Oh She Glows and Pioneer Woman crank out with such deceptive ease.

That being said, we DO love to cook. And we cook a lot of lentils, beans, and rice. And fresh vegetables, for that matter.

So I am going to do a series of cooking posts with cellphone-quality photography and Tami-Is-Not-A-TV-Chef instructions.

I will show you how to cook dried beans, rice, and lentils. I will give you recipes  and show you how to cut the veggies and whatnot. My hilarious, seat-of-the-pants cooking style will be revealed to all of you.

HOWEVER. If even one person comes away from this feeling less terrified at the thought of having to buy beans and rice to stretch a grocery budget, it will have been worth it.

Abnormal

I know this isn’t my normal blog fare (thus the heads-up) but I think it’s important, so I’m going to do it. I won’t think less of anyone who skips past the cooking posts. *grin* (Not that I’d know if you did it anyway)

I’ve still got other blog posts scheduled for the coming weeks, so you’ll get non-cooking stuff from me as well.

I just don’t want you to worry that I’m turning the blog into a Monument To The Glory of Fiberlicious Foods.

^_^

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