Matthew Bardowell

Associate Prof. of English. I write about J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Old English, and Old Norse lit. Also Miami Dolphins tweets.

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@David_Mahfood @pabel_martin @JasonKPargin And in some places Tolkien even seems to have his own anxieties about the value of his literary creations.

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@David_Mahfood @pabel_martin @JasonKPargin And the quality thing seems right to me. Some things are made to last. Others are made cheaply and crudely. Some things heirlooms. BUT, even beautiful and well-made things can be dangerous. The rings, of course. The Silmarils.

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@David_Mahfood This is our version of “hey did you know Viggo broke his toe in that scene”

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@Richard06467410 Amazing job by the grounds crew

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A thunderclap of a poem

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I understand that the King asked for this poem by ⁦@malcolmguite⁩ to be read at the Royal Carol Service. It deserves to be read everywhere this Christmas.

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@houtz Boyer went with triangle + “give cushion” there

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This season of The Crown is good. My only complaint is that they need to take more time to show the fountain pens

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All of us when Twitter dies

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Had more fun coming up with the second guess.

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Settled in after some early jitters.

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Talked myself out of the answer at 3.

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@David_Mahfood Lol, that’s great

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On this Valentine’s Day, if you’re looking for something to say to that special someone in your life, try this:

I have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves leaning out of windows