Thoughts about Tom Bombadil, from Lord of the Rings: Lots of people try to guess what he is, from some kind of a nature spirit to one of the maia. I think that Bombadil is 'extra' story, that is he stands on the border of the story and reality. Tom Bombadil was the name of a doll in the Tolkein house. His first stories were to entertain his children, not to be sold. Lord of the Rings originated as a sequel to the gentler hobbit and only evolved into the darker tale in the writing. I think that Bombadil was a device placed into the story, from outside the story, to illustrate to his children that Lord of the Rings was only a story, nothing more. That is why the ring, the most powerful thing in the story, has no effect on him - because he is quasi-real and not fictional like the rest of the story. Picture is of a real-live Nazgul, caught on tape :)
Sucked at soccer again tonight, but not as bad as last week. Scored a goal, anyway.
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