ORC - The One Ring Convention

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It's true. There are Lord of the Rings conventions and yesterday Kathy and I made the drive to Pasadena to attend one. There are programming tracks with the actors, costume panels, literary panels, kid's workshops, a film room, and a dealer's room all for your LOTR indulgence.

Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood, and Sean Astin were the big stars of the day and as you might imagine, there were plenty of Hobbits in the audience. I'll blog more about this over the next couple of days, but for now, I'll leave you with Hobbits.

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