If I'd known that in advance, I would have stuck with the Silmarillion longer.  All I remember is being crazy disappointed that it didn't have beautiful illustrations (like my edition of The Hobbit) and that it was really, really hard to wade through as a 9 year old.  I think it may have been my first recorded…

If I'd known that in advance, I would have stuck with the Silmarillion longer.  All I remember is being crazy disappointed that it didn't have beautiful illustrations (like my edition of The Hobbit) and that it was really, really hard to wade through as a 9 year old.  I think it may have been my first recorded…

@avclub-bca3531762af8a993c4f60c48fd5e33b:disqus Don't forget the art work of Jeffrey Brown (who looks suspiciously like Mark Webber)!  How adorable is that?

@avclub-bca3531762af8a993c4f60c48fd5e33b:disqus Don't forget the art work of Jeffrey Brown (who looks suspiciously like Mark Webber)!  How adorable is that?

I'm not often impressed by people talking about their cooking on the internet, but I'm impressed by your output, @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus .

I'm not often impressed by people talking about their cooking on the internet, but I'm impressed by your output, @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus .

@avclub-cd3695fb409b3ce6dc60ca44b08983ac:disqus to lure the Bourdain?

@avclub-cd3695fb409b3ce6dc60ca44b08983ac:disqus to lure the Bourdain?

@avclub-85d8ce590ad8981ca2c8286f79f59954:disqus All I can say is welcome to the club of having marketers trying to dictate the boundaries of your identity.

@avclub-85d8ce590ad8981ca2c8286f79f59954:disqus All I can say is welcome to the club of having marketers trying to dictate the boundaries of your identity.

that's what we want you to think.

that's what we want you to think.

Banda is the reason I love the sound of the accordion.

Banda is the reason I love the sound of the accordion.

@Dikachu:disqus That sounds like a weird flesh simulacra sex toy (with batteries and internet capabilities)

@Dikachu:disqus That sounds like a weird flesh simulacra sex toy (with batteries and internet capabilities)

Is this some sort of dig at Todd VanDerWerff?

Is this some sort of dig at Todd VanDerWerff?

@WrongSirWrong:disqus it takes a particularly lousy visual stylist to make boobs look bad.  I'm positing that Kevin Smith is one of them.

@WrongSirWrong:disqus it takes a particularly lousy visual stylist to make boobs look bad.  I'm positing that Kevin Smith is one of them.