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Yes, I'm a Tolkien fan, to the love of pipe tobacco marketing departments all over. For better or worse, though, I'm not one of those fans who can read and write Elven, or even quote passages of the Silmarillion from memory. To that end, I wouldn't mind knowing more about the pipes and tobacco...

This is a complete shot in the dark, but is anyone else around here following the Saimoe Tournament? Group C is just starting, and I'm cheering for Elsea De Lute Irma, Urushibara Ruka, and Eclair Martinozzi in today's matches. I know that among the entrants, Victorique De Blois is rarely seen...

For those of you who are also interested in writing prose fiction, whether or not you've actually done so, have you heard of or participated in NaNoWriMo? Although it stands for National Novel Writing Month, it's more of an international endeavor these days. The rules are fairly simple but I...

For those of you who use matches instead of lighters, what matches do you use? If you're using some old stockpile of matches, then, hypothetically speaking, if you ran out and had to grab matches at the local store, what would you choose? I started wondering about this after reading the...

That's where I am now, at least. I seem to jump around quite a bit, but Seatac Airport appears to be my usual entry/exit point in the US, so I tend to wind up here when I don't need to be anywhere else. I'm new to pipes. I only started at the beginning of the year. Before that, I was into...