The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey

Once again I have forked out my life savings to go see a movie during its’ first week in release.  This time the offering was The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey.  Now that the movie has been released to video I thought that it would be a good time to post my review.

The Hobbit was some of what I expected and quite a few things different.  Did it match the hype?  Not totally.  Was it grandiose?  Sure.  Was it well done?  Yup.  So, here’s the run down.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 22

Welcome to another Link-Friday post.  It’s been a horrendously long time since last I posted anything (thanks a lot lingering cold that makes me sooooo exhausted…) so I thought I would get back into the swing of things with a few links…  Oh, yeah…  Seeing how the voting thing seemed to be a HUGE failure I’ve abandoned it until such time as one of you wonderful readers wants to reinstitute the process.  With that being said, enjoy the following links…

First up we have an article that has pulled at my heart strings since I read the first version of it last night.  Suffice it to say I think it is one of the most beautiful, though tragic, things I have read as of late.  It’s the story of a four year old girl who helped to save her younger sister from a car accident that killed their mother.  I hope and pray that my children would take care of each other like this if the need would ever arise.  Quite an amazing little girl…