This and That

[eldritchhobbit]

Hello, everyone!

Fun things...
* From Medievalists.net: "The Hidden History of Christmas Carols." Well worth reading. (Thanks to James!)
* From Thirdroar: The Art of Amy L. Rawson: Santa Cthulhu 2013. Fantastic. (Thanks to wellinghall!)
* Today is The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug day! Woohoo!

Reminders...
* My free Hunger Games event begins on Monday, December 16, and registration is still open: "On Tyrants and Tributes: Real World Lessons from The Hunger Games." (Watch the trailer here.)
* Registration is also open for my Mythgard Institute Spring 2014 course on "The Gothic Tradition." (Watch the trailer here.)

Happy belated birthday to tuesday_darling, juliakarr, and janellemadigan. Happy birthday to mguibord and gypsyjr. And happy early birthday to ericadawn16, tuilelindowen, whswhs, arkhamdenizen, irisbleufic, i_llbedammned, internet_sampo pambachorz, cyloran, and mamomo. May all of you enjoy many happy returns of the day!

Comments

[mguibord.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for the birthday wishes Amy :-)
I also enjoyed "Sherlock Holmes and Science Fiction" - very interesting and well done!

Best wishes of the season,
Maurissa

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

My pleasure!

And thanks so much for your kind words. I'm so glad you liked "Sherlock Holmes and Science Fiction"!

Happy holidays to you and yours!

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much <3 Happy Holidays!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome! :D And happy holidays to you, too!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Whoo hooo! going to see the movie at noon with my friend who is the mother of fantasy author Holly Black. My friend is the only one who's into this sort of movie, and given that...I can see why she was a great influence on her daughter.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Oh wow - how perfect is that? Brilliant!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thoroughly enjoyed the movie!

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Happy Holidays.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

You bet! Thanks, and to you, too!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome! :-)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

:D

Loved the postcard, too - thank you!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome :-)

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Santa Cthulhu - ROTFLMAO!!!!! Loved it, and sent the link to TODS, who I will predict will love it even more. Thank you for sharing the link!!! ♥

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! My pleasure. :)

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And best wishes for the solstitial holidays!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! And to you, too! :)

[ace hamilton (from livejournal.com)]

Speaking of Christmas Carols, have you heard the Dance of the Sugar Pi Fairy by Danica McKellar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6cf2Z1D2s#t=79

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Awesome!!! I hadn't encountered that before. Thanks for this!