I got my PC in August, and I can no longer find that exact model for sale anywhere online to link you to. The model was a ZT Affinity 7152Ma. It's been great since I got it, runs StarCraft II no problem (that being the most recent resource intense game I've purchased).

Alternative Lord of the Rings Authors

http://www.changingthetimes.net/samples/brooks/alternative_authors.htm

Here are some of my favorites. Putting Boromir in red armor is choice.

Lord of the Rings, by Ian Fleming
Aragorn placed his hand on the cool, ivory hilt of his 6.38 Anduril sword, half-holding it in as casual manner as possible. His eyes swept the room of the Prancing Pony, eyeing up the potential threats. He took out his pipe, made from the warmed heartwood of a mature oak. In the palm of his left hand, he unwrapped his leather tobacco pouch filled, as he preferred, with Gondorian Silk Cut. Aragorn preferred it to the harsher, stronger Numenorian blend...

Lord of the Rings, by George Lucas
"Did you ever wonder who your father was, Frodo?"

"Uncle Bilbo was my father, Obi Gan Dalf."

"Your Uncle is a fine man, but he is not your father. Your father was a fine warrior and a great captain, strong in the Force. He was called Sarumann the Wise, and he was a good friend."

"Was? Is he dead?"

"He is no more. It is your destiny to avenge his death, young Baggins."

Bagenders
Gaffer Gamgee was relating the doings of the Baggins down at the old Green Dragon. "I tell you, they ain't proper Bagenders, with them noses in the air, not like our Samkin, who can turn up a turnip pretty as you please. Now Lobellia, she's all right. Nah, she is. But Bilbo? Remember that business with the Old Dwarfs? And what did that Bilbo give me on his elevnty first? Wine. I asks you. Do I look like a wine drinker? Yeah, I knows I drunk it, but that's not the point..."

Lord of the Rings, by Andrew Lloyd Weber
Don't cry for me, Numenoria
The truth is, you never sank down
Beneath those wild waves
Those deep sea wild waves
You never left from
This Middle Earth

Lord of the Rings, by Gene Roddenbury
"The Halflings, cap'n, they will na take the strain"

"Strider, we've got to get out of this snow. Legolas, did you get a reading on that creature?"

"Fascinating, Captain. It appears to be an unknown creature that lurks in the pool waiting for passing strangers. Ecologically implausible, captain."

"Do you know what it is?"

"I believe I said it was unknown, Dr Gimli. Logically, if I knew what it was, then it wouldn't be unknown."

"Cap'n, we're in some sort of temporal warp, stretching and deforming the plot. The snow should take place a day before our encounter with this beastie."

"Captain, what are we going to do."

"Boromir, put on that red armour."....

Hah! Those are good. I also like the Chandler, Hemingway, Carroll, and Milne ones.

And so an age comes to an end as the wheel of time turns once more.

I waited to read/listen to the previous two books in the series, trying to time things so I'd be primed for the final novel released today. My timing was off and I blame it on all the running I've done. I'm only one-third through The Towers of Midnight so will fall behind the mad-dash. Looks like plenty of people had time to grab the book and read it on day one though.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7743175-a-memory-of-light

I'm currently waiting for UPS to deliver my copy. It's "out for delivery" but not hear yet.

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