Greetings from the cave! I have been wanting to do this post for a while. Matter of fact, I think I have started this post a couple of times (it always gets deleted though...). Normally, I like to ruminate on these kinds of posts for a while and refine my arguments. But since I'm running so close on my time to submit it to the...

 Greetings from the Hobbit Cave! Of course, I fully intended for this post to go out yesterday. Which was still quite late for the actual Hobbit Day. Alas, epic travel plans involving trolls and elves thoroughly wrecked that schedule. But I am here now, ready to celebrate the 9th Tolkien Blog Party hosted by Hamlette @ Edge of the Precipice! I must admit that it...