Is it just me, or does it feel like the age of the Elves is over. The time of the Orc has come.

[paleotn]

If someone's got the ring, please destroy it.

[Laurelin]

1. It's not just you

I hope the ring finds its easy into Mount Doom before the rest of us do. Elbows up.

[surfered]

2. The Orcs have invaded Ukraine and other Orcs have taken over the government here in Middle Earth.

[Efilroft Sul]

3. The Orcs aren't going to kill themselves.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Sure feels like it, doesn't it? A bit of laughter here, my sister's kid owns a pawn shop, and someone brought in

a replica of STING, the Orc sword, and he (after it went off on pawn, became available), bought the sword and gifted it to his Mom (my sister). How neat!!

She and her husband were going to the Ozarks mid-Missouri, and I told her to not get too crazy w/ the sword, make sure that she carried it for protection, ha ha heh. The things that a pawn shop sees...it is odd and neat all at once. I always ask her what interesting things have come into the shop, it's sometimes neat to hear.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Things are getting serious.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pPm_YuHaYoM

[paleotn]

7. Whoa! Didn't think they could do that anymore and remain employed, tenured or not.

Why in my day! Seriously we didn't have student satisfaction surveys. Profs would have rolled on the floor over that one. My Physics 111 course was full of young engineering and science majors. Mostly engineering in their sophomore year. Our professor said right from the start, "Some of you will survive this course. Some of you will not. I really don't care who does or doesn't. That's entirely up to you." He was a tough old guy. Tough but fair. You either got it or you didn't. If you didn't, you were off to the business quad or some major where the 101, 102 series of science courses would suffice.

Our exam grades were posted outside the professor's office, in order by our SS numbers (student numbers). Identity theft wasn't a thing yet. God I'm old.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. It was a prank that the students were in on.

If you listen to the names he called, they were the actors of LOTR.

[Timeflyer]

6. Right there with you. We need a Frodo and fellowship--it's going to get rough.

[Maeve]

8. So many books tried to warn us, but....

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Is this in reference to this Will Smith movie?