earth berms are easy

As I was fixing my Hobbit breakfast (four waffles, cream cheese, banana, and tea), I thought once again about Bag End. Each time I see the Bag End scenes from Fellowship of the Rings, I think, “I want to live there.” Today, I thought, “Has anyone tried to build a house like that?”

The answer, sayeth Google, is yes. And yes. Oh my, yes. Just thought I’d share.

UPDATE: If your budget is more modest, perhaps a Bag End dollhouse would be more manageable.

because everybody needs one

You know, I was looking for that special something for that special someone… something that said, “I was thinking of YOU!” and I found, well, this.

Don’t worry, special someone. You will not be receiving this anytime soon.

Maybe if it was covered with feathers? Or had a head? Or was something else entirely?

You see, I believe that every blog can aspire to some Bad Knitting content.

ok, define ‘freedom’

Gack! According to this “CNN article”:http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/31/students.amendment.ap/index.html, high school kids don’t understand what the First Amendment protects:

_when told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes “too far” in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories._