Gandalf

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Gandalf says, “This Cannot Be Filmed!”

J.R.R. Tolkien once said his works could not be made into a film.  Of course the technology at the time was not sufficient for the grandeur of his imagination.  The movie trilogy is said by some to have stripped the deeper meanings of his stories to appeal to the 15-25 […]

You Shall Not Pass – I Double Daughter Dare you!

We all recall the great words of Gandalf the White’s famous words to the Balrog – “You Shall Not Pass.”  Wait, no, that’s actually from Monty Python’s Holy Grail.  Wait, no, that’s not it either. [youtube=http://youtu.be/gXY9TuuwyL8] Whatever. The point is that this applies to the household of Famous Hamish.  Just […]

Religious Similarities – Construction of a Mythology

Have you ever noticed that many religions have stories so similar that you wonder if all religions were founded and then modified from a single mythology?  I not insinuating all religions are myths, but they all have common themes: creation, life, and end of times. When I began contemplating my […]