Josh Renaud<p>At Westmoot in May I'm hoping to highlight echoes of Middle-earth right here in Middle America. </p><p>While preparing, I was reminded of the last time I tried to do something like this: my kooky "111th Birthdays Quiz" comparing/contrasting the Weatherbird and Bilbo for STLtoday.com. </p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/weatherbird-vs-bilbo-111th-birthdays-quiz/html_0ed606c8-513b-11e1-a2a9-001a4bcf6878.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stltoday.com/news/multimedia/w</span><span class="invisible">eatherbird-vs-bilbo-111th-birthdays-quiz/html_0ed606c8-513b-11e1-a2a9-001a4bcf6878.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tolkien</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westmoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>westmoot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weatherbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weatherbird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/localnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hobbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hobbit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lotr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/middleearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middleearth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quiz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jrrtolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jrrtolkien</span></a></p>