Colonel Panic wrote:Perhaps we could do both?

Experience tells me that moving between boroughs grows exponentially more difficult with each beer.

vockins wrote:Don't give a fuck.

Perhaps one of the more unique to NYC establishments. Subway Inn, Holiday.

As always, Vockins has the best ideas.

I will make sure I can meet up with you guys. Wherever you decide to go.

I represent Queens (kinda like LL Cool J) so I can def. escort you back here/share a cab/etc. if it comes to that.

The time draws nigh. Do we have a plan? Or at least contact info in the event of a plan?

Haven't been on the boards or this thread much in a while, but the 27th is good for me. If we end up in Williamsburg, this place might be good Radegast. Havne't been there yet, but it's got a lot of beer, and it shares it's name with a Lord of the Rings character. Anyone been here yet? (I'm not specifically advocating this place, just thowing it out as an option. Beer crawl sounds good too.)

NERD ALERT

The Tolkien character is Radagast. I believe that bar is named for an old pagan god of fertility and hospitality, the inspiration no doubt for Tolkien's character of similar name.

/NERD ALERT

It's also the name of a decent Czech beer.

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Ty Webb wrote:NERD ALERT

The Tolkien character is Radagast. I believe that bar is named for an old pagan god of fertility and hospitality, the inspiration no doubt for Tolkien's character of similar name.

/NERD ALERT

Just to up my nerd anti, I was aware of the spelling difference too, and figured that Tolkien probably got his name from the pagan god too. Weird, a dude as Christian as him being so into so many things pagan.

Also, I was a little dissapointed they left him out of the movies. And Tom Bombadil too.

Edit: I used 'too' far too many times in this post.

slincire wrote:Weird, a dude as Christian as him being so into so many things pagan.

Also, I was a little dissapointed they left him out of the movies. And Tom Bombadil too.

Well, his first love was Scandinavian and old Germanic languages, to which he came first via the study of those myths.

And as much as I would've loved to see Bombadil, he would've been even more out of place in the movies than he was in the books.

Ty Webb wrote:

slincire wrote:Weird, a dude as Christian as him being so into so many things pagan.

Also, I was a little dissapointed they left him out of the movies. And Tom Bombadil too.

Well, his first love was Scandinavian and old Germanic languages, to which he came first via the study of those myths.

And as much as I would've loved to see Bombadil, he would've been even more out of place in the movies than he was in the books.

That's true, and he wasn't one of those crazy Christians who goes around smacking people with the bible all the time. I think I just too readily lump everyone Christian in with the ones who are fucking everything up; too much Dawkins on the mind. If I remember correctly though (I haven't read the books in a while, and the class I took on them, and where much of the information I'm basing this on was gleaned, was a bunch of years ago), Bombadil was pretty important. At least symbolically, and at least to Tolkien's overall thoughts on the horror of modern warfare and such. He was representative of the older, simpler, machine gun-less world that Tolkien would've liked to frolic barefoot in. Just looking at the story though, I guess his section does stick out a bit, but I always liked it. Plus the barrow wights were pretty cool. I think they did give some of Bombadil's lines to Treebeard though, so some of the themes associated with him did come through.

Anyway, this might be enough dorkiness for this thread. Let's get back to the beer, or maybe whiskey. Or any pork products that can be had in NYC.

27th, right?